This Wasted Time On You Has Left Me Shaking And Waiting

Why Me?

That whole week I kept an eye on Jack. He had changed so much. When we entered high school he was just an awkward, lanky kid with a flippy hair cut. Now here he is with messy, spikey hair with blond in it. He's also taller, but still lanky. I don't think he'll ever grow out of his lankiness. He is most definitely more popular than he was then and a lot more of a jack ass. No pun intended.

He wasn't as much of a jerk as the other guys, but he was still a jerk. There was always this smug look on his face, and it kinda made me want to punch him in the face and scream, "LOOK AT YOURSELF! What happened to that dorky Jack that played counter-strike nonstop even though everyone stopped playing that game in the 7th grade! And that kid who thought rap was stupid, but now you're surrounded by this crap!"

I could feel myself growing more and more angrier by the second just thinking about it. Why did he have to change? The more I thought about it the more I longed to be friends with him again.

~

At the end of the period Mrs.Hanes called me over to her desk. "Alex you're smart.." I furrowed my brow. "Uh yeah I guess so" She folded her hands and gave me a sympathetic look. "I need you to tutor Jack. He's failing my class, and I will not have him again next year" She wanted me to tutor Jack? I wasn't sure whether I should be excited or angry. Teenage boy problems. "I- okay.."

This was the probably only the second time I've seen Mrs.Hanes smile, but she smiled at me and grabbed my hand. "Thank you" she mouthed. I nodded and pulled away from her grasp. Before leaving her class I stopped at the door. "Wait, when is our first tutoring session?" "Today after school in the library. The librarians only stay until 3, so you'll be there without help for about an hour before you can leave" I nodded assuringly before leaving to go on with the rest of the day.

~

Rian sat down in front of me with a turkey sandwich and salt and vinegar chips. Meanwhile I had a chicken sandwich, two bags of potato chips, a cupcake, and a Mt. Dew.

"Dude are you trying to gain weight or something?" He laughed. Pouting, I opened my chips and began to eat. "No! You're just jealous you can't eat a lot without gaining weight!" He rolled his eyes at me. "Yeah okay. Anyway how's it going with Jack?" What? Nothing is happening between us. At least I don't think so. "Mrs.Hanes wants me to tutor him. He's failing English 9"

The biggest smile spread across Rian's face. I swear to god he was giggling like a little girl. Rian is the girliest guy I know, and that's sad. Have you seen the muscles on this guy? I mean he's a weakling compared to Zack Merrick. Zack sat at Jack's table. Although he was really quiet he was still popular. Don't ask how. It's probably his muscles. Other than his strength Zack has his nose pierced and he even has a tattoo.

I looked down at my skinny arms, and then back up at Rian who was still smiling like a mad man. "You and Jack are so cute" Uhm what? "W-wait what? Jack and I aren't even friends." My hands clenched into fists, but not out of anger. More out of nervousness.

"You will be and then you'll be dating and then you'll get married and have kids!- Well not so much the kids but still just imagine. MISTER ALEX BARAKAT!" At that point I wasn't sure whether to bang my head against a table, or cause more attraction by yelling at him. "Will you shut up!" Jack's table was laughing and pounding their fists against the table. Jack was smiling and blushing. Wow he was so cute.... I paused and rewinded my thoughts. Did I just say Jack was cute? Pffft no.

"You are the reason I will soon be cyber schooled" Rian chewed the last if his turkey sandwich and laughed. "This isn't funny! I am going to be the laughing stock of the school because of you! Why don't you scream it a little louder so everyone knows that Jack and I are going to get married!?" The room seemed to grow hotter the angrier I got. "You will not be the laughing stock of the school. Do you remember tampon girl?" I shuddered. "Please don't remind me" He smiled and shook his head. "She is still the laughing stock of the school and she doesn't even go here anymore. But at least you aren't in denial" The last thing I was was in denial.

"Jack and I are not a couple and we never will be"

"Whatever you say Gaskarth" Rian stood up and threw his stuf out. "I'm going to go sit with Casadee, so I guess I'll see you later" We waved to each other and Rian left me there.

I began to zone out and think about Jack and I as kids. He was the biggest blink-182 fan out there and he always wanted to be a rock star. I remember for his 10th birthday his parents bought him his first guitar. All I got him was some hot wheels and a can of Mnt. Dew. He still loved it but not as much as his guitar. Later that year when I turned 11 I got my first guitar. Jack was so excited for me that when he was jumping up and down on my bed he fell and sprained his ankle.

~6 years earlier~

The older boy strummed a C chord on his brand new guitar. "Oh my god Alex your new guitar is so awesome" Jack jumped up and down on his friends bed causing Alex to slowly move up and down with him.

"Jack please be careful"

"I'm fine don't worryyy-" The raven haired boy began to lose his balance. He put his arms out, grabbing the air, looking for some kind of support to help him. Alex threw his guitar the ground and reached his arms out for Jack to grab onto, but he was too late. The younger boy seemed to be flying through the air in slow motion. His senses heightened, but everything was still a blur once he hit the ground.

Alex ran around his bed and dropped to the floor. "Are you okay?" Jack was quiet for a minute, his lip quivering. "Jack?" He closed his eyes and started quietly crying. "M-m-my ankle, it h-hurts" The older boy gently touched his best friends ankle. Jack whimpered and pulled away. "Stay here I'm going to get my mom"

A few days later Jack was taken to the doctor where they gave him a black cast and some crutches. Since you couldn't sign the cast with sharpie without it being invisible the two boys covered the cast with duct tape and Alex signed his name all over the cast so no one else could.

"Alex?... Alex?"

I came back to reality and looked up. Jack was there with a confused look on his face. "What?" He sighed. "I heard you're tutoring me for English, I'll see you after school" I nodded at him and finished my sandwich. Jack smirked at me and walked off to his table of jerks, and again I was alone.

((Aw hi guys! At first I wasn't too sure of this chapter and was scared I would have to totally rewrite it, but I really like it. :3 Please comment and tell me what you think!! ))