Chasing Dreams

Meeting Alex

The Gold only panel had just ended and Jake and I pulled out the note Jared had handed us when we'd handed him the donuts. 

"Laila and Jake, Thank you so much for the coffee and donuts. They were much appreciated. We usually don't do this for fans and we'll probably get our asses kicked for this but we'd like to invite you both to hang out with the two of us, Misha, and Alex during trivia and if you stick around and skip the auction we'll give you something much much better than some stupid signed banner. We also heard from Rob that you guys are coming to the cast party tonight. If you'd like to take us up on our offer, just walk on stage and go through the door that we've all been coming out of to get on stage. The Creation staff and our security team know what's up so they won't stop you. Hope to see you both soon! AKF, Moose and Squirrel." 

Jake and I stood up and walked up on stage and nodded to the security guy as we walked through the door and came out face to, well, abs with Jared and Jensen. "Hey, glad you two could make it." Jensen said. 

Next thing I knew Jared was squatted down in front of me. "Would you like a piggyback ride to the room Laila?" He asked. I hopped on his back, and he stood up. "Hey Jake!" "What?"

 "Are you going to faint when you see Misha?" I laughed. "I hope not. I just have to remember that you guys are all regular people and fainting over any of you would make things awkward, so I'm not going to faint." He told me. 

Jared and Jensen chuckled. "Just like I keep telling you, they sit on the toilet and take shits just like everyone else. Nothing to faint over." Jared started cracking up, which caused Jensen to start dying laughing too. "That might be the best thing I've heard someone say about us." Jensen told us and Jared nodded in agreement. 

We came to a stop in front of a room down it's own little hallway that hid it from the view of all the crazed fans at the end of the main hall of the convention center. Jared put me down and gestured for Jake and I to come closer to the two of them so nobody could hear what they were about to tell us. "Do you guys want to play a prank on Misha and Alex?" Jared asked us, a mischievous smile spread across his face. We nodded.

 "So, here's the plan. Laila, can you cry on command?" "Oh yah, you betcha." I said in my best Donna impression. "Jen and I are going to walk in. Wait 5 minutes and then barge in and walk straight up to me and start crying, then say, "Jay, baby. I'm pregnant." then pull out this fake pregnancy test and hand it to me and then say "And Alex is the father." Hopefully by then they'll have figured out it was a prank rather than Alex start freaking out trying to remember when or if he slept with you. Jake, if you want to walk in and go straight over to Alex and say "How could you Alex? I loved you. Did I really make you decide to be straight? Was it that bad?" That would be the icing on the cake." 

We nodded at Jared and Jensen and they walked in the door. I waited exactly 5 minutes and then I barged in and walked straight over to Jared. "Jay, baby. I'm pregnant." I let the waterworks go as I handed him the fake test and then paused. "And Alex is the father." Jake walked in as soon as I said it and went straight over to Alex and said, "How could you Alex? I loved you. Was I so bad that you decided that being straight was better than being with me?" Jared and Jensen were having to fight to keep from busting out laughing at us. Alex immediately realized. "You fuckers! I knew I hadn't knocked you up and I've never even met you before." Alex said to Jake, Jensen, Jared, and me. Misha was dying laughing. "It was all Moose's idea. I'm Laila and that one is Jake ." I told Alex as I bright smile lit up my face. 

"Nice to meet you, Laila and Jake ." He hugged us both and I started to feel extremely light headed before everything went black. 

I came to and found myself in an unfamiliar place. "God Damnit Jake! I told you not to let me forget to check my sugars. This is just absofuckinglutely perfect!" I sobbed. 

Suddenly, I felt someone pull me into their lap and wrap their arms around me. "It's okay, Laila. You're going to be just fine, I promise you, you don't even need to go to the hospital okay." I hiccupped.

I gasped in surprise. "Alex, what are you doing? Why are you doing this? Where's Jake?" "I'm taking care of you. Jake is in the other room with everyone else. You kind of passed out on top of me and Jake couldn't carry you and Jensen and Jared can't leave that room right now because they just opened the main theater for all the rest of the fans who don't aren't Gold passholders and if a fan happened to see them it could cause a catastrophe of epic proportions, same goes for Misha. I'm not as noticeable as they are and I'm not exactly a big fan favorite so I figured I'd be the best person to take care of you, that and I am certified and trained in first aid and CPR.  Now give me your finger so I can check your blood sugar, so we can see how low your numbers are before I give you any orange slices, sound okay?" I nodded and offered him my left ring finger and he pricked it before putting my fingertip against the tip of the test strip and then pressing a piece of tissue over the spot where he pricked my finger.

 I heard my glucometer bleep and then Alex whispered under his breath, "Holy shit." "What are my numbers AlCal?" "Not good. We need to get some insulin in you now. Your sugar being low wasn't what caused you to pass out. Your sugars are really high." He found the vial of my insulin in my pouch, a fresh needle, and a tissue. He quickly drew my dosage up in the syringe and flicked it a few times until the air bubbles disappeared and stuck me in my thigh. He pushed the plunger down and injected the insulin into my body. "Shit, I must have forgotten to give myself a shot after Jake and I ate and had coffee this morning. I was so worried about my sugars being low, I forgot to worry about them being high." "You're okay." He must have taken my shoes off and pulled my jeans down enough to stick me in my thigh because I didn't remember taking my shoes off. 

 " I am so sorry for passing out like that. How long was I out?" He shrugged. "It was no big deal and you were out for only about 5 minutes. You gave us all a pretty big scare when you went down though." I let my head drop into my hands and started sobbing again. I felt Alex's arms wrap around me and he pulled me into his chest and just held me and let me cry into his chest. 

"Hey, it's okay. Just let it all out. I got you." He whispered to me as he sat down on the floor and pulled me into his lap. I let all my walls come crashing down as the sobs coming out of me shook my whole body and soul. I finally managed to pull myself together as I let out one last shuttering sob and took a deep breath. I sat up in his lap and looked up, expecting to find a comforting smile, only to be met with the face of a man, seconds away from completely breaking down. I pulled him into me, just as he broke down. The sobs coming out of him, were heart shattering.

This man was hurting badly and I could feel the hurt radiating off of him as he broke down in my arms. "Hey, it's okay. Just let all out. I got you and you are not alone." I told him as he held onto me like his life depended on it. I ran my fingers through his now platinum blonde hair and lightly ran my fingers over his back. He let out a shuttering sob before taking a deep breath and looking up at me. 

He had tear streaks running down his cheeks that matched the ones running down my cheeks, but he was smiling softly. He laid his forehead against mine and our noses touched. He rubbed his nose against mine softly and then looked right into my eyes. "Laila, can I kiss you?" I nodded in reply and he captured my lips and tangled his fingers in my long blonde hair. I looped my arms around his neck and deepened the kiss. He swiped his tongue across my bottom lip, attempting to gain access. He was successful and our tongues tangled as I opened my mouth to him and he poured every ounce of emotion he was feeling into that kiss. He began to move us so that I was laying on the floor on my back with him on top of me. He slid his left leg between mine and his right leg stayed on the other side of my right leg. He slid his arms around me and hugged me to him as we continued to kiss. When we broke apart for air, he leaned his forehead against mine, but he placed his palms, flat on the floor on either side of my head. "Stay?" He asked me. "Always." I grinned softly. The deeper meaning behind the question didn't escape me. 

He kissed me again, softly this time and rolled off of me and helped me up. He handed me my baggy of candy orange slices and grabbed my Glucometer and insulin pouch with one hand and then he took my free hand in the other and slid his fingers between mine and his hand fit into mine perfectly. As we walked out the door and ran back into the other room he looked straight at me and said, "I like your shirt." I cackled loudly as we made it into the other room without being seen.