Black roses and dark dreams

Chapter Six: The new guy

I woke up because of the sun that was arising slowly on the sky. I opened my eyes and turned around. I giggled when I saw Jax sleeping like a baby. He moved into my room temporary because of my nightmares. I climbed off of the bed and took a shower. In a pair of red boxers and an oversized shirt I walked into the kitchen to prepare some breakfast. I was starting to feel better even though I still had no answers to my questions. As I was preparing some eggs I heard a knock on the door. I went and opened it. My good mood disappeared when I saw who came to the apartment. Jax’s bitch… sorry Alexa came over. She looked at me up and down, obviously disturbed by my outfit. I was half naked and I didn’t walk like this around when she lived in here. Well… let the show begin.

” I came to see my boyfriend. Where is he? ” She walked past me to the living room.

” Good morning, Alexa. How are you? ”

” Well not ok if I don’t see Jax so tell me where is he? ”

” He is in the shower… In my room.” Her face dropped. She looked a bit confused. I will be too if my boyfriend would be in his best friend’s shower who by the way is half naked. I loved to play games with this little girl. Lucky me that I heard the water from the shower when I opened the door for this princess.

” I will wait here. I have to talk to him”

” Do as you like…” I heard footsteps. Jax appeared naked, with a towel around his waist behind me.He obviously had no idea who was here to see him. Well, well. Score for me. Now she looked even more confused and annoyed. He took both of us by surprise. Good one for me, bad one for her.

” Hey Alexa, what are you doing here? ”

” We need to talk. Now! ” She said. She grabbed his hand and lead him to the bedroom. Happiness came over me.

” Why the fuck is this hoe naked and you are too? What the fuck is going on ? ” Oh my god she didn’t!! She just called me a hoe?! I’m gonna beat the hell out of this fucking retard bitch!! I was annoyed, but amused. I decided to give them some privacy, so I put on some clothes and got out for a walk.

I stopped at Starbucks to grab a coffee. When I was about to get out, I accidental bumped into someone and split my coffee all over him.

” Oh my god!!! I’m so sorry! ” I looked up and saw this gorgeous boy. He had sparkly green eyes.

” It’s okay, I’m sure you didn’t want to completely ruin my shirt and my mood. ” I looked down in embarrassment.

” Pfff I’m so embarrassed! I’m a mess” He let out a short laugh.

” Relax! I was just kidding. How could I be rude with such a beautiful cutie? ” I blushed. He was so cute.

” At least let me buy you a cup of coffee. Oh I’m Alessia by the way. ”

” I’m Kent. Nice to meet you beautiful. And don’t worry, you don’t have to do that. ”

” Okay… if you say so. And it’s nice to meet you too. So, wanna go for a walk? ”

” Yep, I think I might enjoy that. Let’s go! ” We walked outside when something caught my eye. He had the same tattoo as Jax. I decided to act normal and see what he’s gonna tell me.

” So you live here? ” I asked curious.

” No. I live in Manhattan. I was born in England but my mom died when I was little and my dad gave me for adoption like I was a dog or something. ”

” I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have asked. It’s none of my business. I don’t know what’s with me today.”

” It’s okay. So you live here? ”

” Yes I live with my best friend. I am not from here either. He supports me a lot so he let me stay with him. ” We sat on the bench and stood silent for a while. It wasn’t awkward, I felt comfortable.

” So tell me about yourself… ”

” Well I don’t know where I was born but I lived in London my whole life. ”

” You don’t have an accent and why did you left? ”

” My parents were american… and I left because it was my dream. I couldn’t live with them anymore. There were too many problems in that house, plus the fact that I am adopted too and my parents never told me. I got really mad so I left. ”

He was looking at me processing the amount of information I just told him. I could see in his eyes that he knew perfectly what this * no childhood life * meant. I looked at the clock and saw that we were there for 3 hours and I was starving.

” We should go grab something to eat ‘cause I’m starving…”

” You sure about that? You don’t even know me.”

” Nah… it’s okay. It’s not like I have anything else to lose ” We walked to a restaurant near by, sat at a table and ordered something for both of us.

” Anything else I should know about you? ”

” I don’t know if I should tell you this but whatever. I’m suicidal, depressed and I used to cut myself. A lot of people pushed me away when they found out… so if you want to do the same it’s ok. Better now then later. ”

” NO! Just because you’re suicidal and depressed doesn’t mean you can’t love or be loved and respected. It means you’ve been through a lot and no one was there. Trust me I get it.” I cracked a smile. For some reason I trusted him and believed him. He was understanding what I’ve been through. He couldn’t see it but I really felt completely fine talking about my family with him. It was not like when I was talking with others about it. Then I felt like they didn’t want to hear about it and I was annoying them. I didn’t know what he wanted to do, but he suddenly put one hand on the table and lifted his sleeve to show his wrist. I couldn’t believe what I saw. He had scars- a lot of them. Apparently he was cutting and…. burning his skin. For some reason I suddenly felt guilty.

” Now you know how much I get it… ” His face became very sad. I slowly touched his scars and started crying. He stood up and came closer to me, then he hugged me.

” I have a feeling you and I will be good friends.” He whispered into my ear. We were interrupted by my phone that started ringing. I took it out of my bag and saw that Jax was calling me. He was probably wondering where the hell was I.

” It’s my best friend, he is probably looking for me. I didn’t tell him where I’m going this morning.”

” Then pick up. He might be worried.” I picked up. ” Hey Jax ”

” Uhm… Miss Young? ”

” Yes that’s me. Who is this? ”

” This is Officer Clark. The apartment you lived in burned in a fire. Is completely blasted. We found a boy, his name is Jax Robinson. Do you know him? ”

” If I know him? Hell yes, I know him. He is my best friend. Is he ok? ”

” He was taken with an ambulance at Lincoln Medical Center. You can go there to find out how is he. ”

” Ok. Thank you very much.” I hung up. I started crying. I couldn’t believe it.

” What happened? ”

” There was a fire at my apartment. Jax is in the hospital. I gotta go. I’m sorry ”

” Wait. You can’t go alone like this. I’ll take you there. My car is near by. ”

” Ok. Let’s go ”

I was hoping Jax was ok. I can’t stand the thought that I could lose him. Not now. Not ever. Not like this. Just no!!