Oh, Calamity . . . (Jalex)

7

Alex p.o.v.

I had been jogging for a while now, finally getting to where I wanted to be. it was a location just a little further out of the city area. I've been here before, when I was younger and still lived here. it was the last place my parents brought me before we moved to Baltimore.

honestly, I don't know how I remembered how to get her, seeing as I haven't been here for almost twenty years.

it was a public park, though no one ever visits. it was beautiful; tall, bushy trees stood with little bushes to either side of them. the pathway that lead around a huge water fountain was made of new cobble, bumpy, but not too bad. the fountain had a small height peak, but was still amazing and looked wonderful. coins sat at the bottom of the fountain, looking lucky as ever. about four benches sat in the four corners of the park, which was surrounded by a white, low fence. four more benches guarded the fountain. flowers were scattered everywhere and anywhere it was grassy, and jeez, was it amazing.

I personally didn't understand why people don't visit often, it was breathtaking.

I slowed down to a walk and caught my breath quickly, finding a seat on the cement wall that contained the fountain's water. I ran a hand through my hair, but quickly styled it back to normal, giving a long sigh while doing so.

what happened back there with Jack is something I couldn't understand. . .

he leaves after four years of never saying three words, comes back ten years later after stalking me, and finally says "I love you"?

I wanted to find him and yell "what the fuck" at him, but those words got to me before I had the chance to oppose.

I heard Rian's angrily-concerned voice call out.

how did they even catch up so fast? I was only here for maybe ten minutes. if they'd have walked it would've taken them nearly an hour to get here.

I stood up and faced him, looking to see if Jack was with him. and it was like he was reading my mind word for word.

"we took my car. he's waiting in there." Rian got closer to me, and I let him. he was the only person who I cared for as much as he did for me, and I wasn't about to be an ass to him.

"I just. . . need some time to think. . ." I said, looking down while rubbing my forehead.

he rolled his eyes. "if I would have let you alone to think, you would have gotten drunk and depressed, and that would leave to other awful things."

he was right. as much as I didn't want to admit it, it was true. I would have a d then I would have done something I would have regretted.

Rian got close enough to where he was standing only about a foot or so away from me, looking at me. "what did he say? I was about to kick his ass, but I didn't have a viable reason. I need to know if I can beat his face in or not."

i looked down, then back up to him. "he. . . he said he l-loved me. . ."

Rian tilted his head and furrowed his brow. "then sh-shouldn't you be happy? I mean, its great that he said that, Alex!" he was happy for me, but he didn't understand why I wasn't.

"Ri, he left for so long. fourteen years without saying he loved me and now he pops up out of ignoring and says he loves me while we're in a bathroom! does that sound like something I should be happy about?"

he looked down in a sort of defeat, shaking his head no. "n-no. it doesn't sound like s-something you should be. . . no. it's awful, what he did. but just this morning you were still waiting for him. and now that he's here, what's the deal, Alex? and he finally said something you've longed for for so long!"

everything he was saying was painfully true, so I nodded, combing my hands through my hair again, quickly fixing it again. I felt my throat begin to burn and same with my eyes as they blurred. I stood there for a moment before Rian knew I was about to breakdown, and he pulled me close to him, his arms around me carefully.

he cared a lot about me, more than I will ever know, but in a friend way. he's honestly my best friend and he's awesome.

"come on. lets go to the car. we'll work everything out." he said and squeezed my shoulder. the short man lead me to the car, where an emotionless Jack sat in the front seat.

he looked up and saw us walking towards the car, so he got out and moved to the back seat. I was going to sit in the front seat and ignore him, but first that was rude, second, I will still be stuck with him for a while, and third, I still really want to be close to him and next to him.

so I sat in the back seat, but as soon as I did, he turned to me with red, bloodshot, pleading eyes. "Alex, I'm sorry. . . I didn't mean to do tha-"

I cut him off by pressing my lips against his.

we didn't move for a minute until I began to pull away. he caught my face and gently held it, bringing our lips back. he kissed me unlike he ever has before. he was being passionate and forgiving, providing what I wanted - what I needed - for so long.

he was being real about this.

of course I forgave him. I could feel he was sorry about what he had done, and even though I forgave him, I didn't feel the closure I needed.

we both pulled away after a moment, not realizing we had just left Rian to watch us kiss.

Jack looked at me, confused and startled, but ended up smiling. I smiled back and hid my blush from him by hugging him tightly. he hugged back and Rian smiled, glad we "made up".

we cuddled in the back seat as Rian drove to my house, which took almost an hour.

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