I Love A Challenge (Alex Babinski Fanfic)

Chapter Seventeen

Suddenly it felt like everything was shattering around me. This would ruin PVRIS, which would ruin Brian and Alex's friendship, which would ruin Alex and my relationship; and it would all be my fault. I couldn't let this happen. This was the last thing I wanted to have happen.  "No," I blurted. "Alex you can't!"

"Yes, I can," Alex crossed his arms. "If Brian won't let me see you, I am going to quit the band."

"Brian just let them be together! Get over it! Who cares? The band is at stake now!" Lynn shouted, suddenly wanting to be very involved in the conversation.

"He's not quitting the band," I said quickly. "I won't break up PVRIS, I can't."

"You're right, he's not quitting," Brian said. "I won't allow it."

"Then you better quit your bitching about Blaire and I," Alex shrugged, suddenly too casual after making what he thought was a good argument. He seemed to think he had control of the situation now, but it looked to me like he had just made things worse.

"Brian can we please talk about this?" I begged.

"NO!" Brian yelled. "No we cannot talk about this! I am tired of talking about this! We've already talked about this and look where we ended up! Your stupid boy toy is about to ruin the band! The two of you are through and that's final!"

This was supposed to be a calm conversation. Everything was supposed to work out fine. Alex was supposed to be able to handle everything. Instead Brian was yelling, Lynn was shouting and Alex was threatening to destroy PVRIS. It all became too much and I began to feel like the walls of my own living room were closing in around me. Tears began to form in the corners of my eyes and I felt a huge lump begin to grow in my throat. My lip started to quiver and my breathing became shaky; then I began to sob. The scene before me grew blurry as tears streamed down my face.

Alex's became visibly less agressive, turning to me and taking me in his arms. "Blaire," he whispered. "It's gonna be ok. Don't cry. Take a deep breath, calm down." He rubbed my back, trying to soothe me.

I could tell Alex was giving Brian the death glare as I watched Brian open his mouth, the stop, and sigh. "Blaire wait," he put his head in his hands, hiding his face full of shame. "Blaire, kid, don't cry. Ah, fuck."

"Brian please do something and fix all of this!" Lynn was still in panic mode.

Alex spoke softly to me, rocking the both of us back and forth but I continued to sob. It was as if I was trying to cry three whole months worth of tears. I hated how emotional I was getting; it was embarrassing but I couldn't help it. "Look what you did," Alex growled at Brian.

"Look what I did?" Brian raised his eyebrows. "Look what you're doing! Trying to soothe her because you know she's vulnerable right now!"

I felt Alex's hands drop from my sides as he stood and got closer to Brian. "Listen to me," he said, gritting his teeth. "If you're not willing to accept that I've changed then fine! Some best friend you are! But I want you to know that I am not doing any of this because I think she's vulnerable. I am doing this because I love her!"

Though my vision was still blurry I could clearly see Brian freeze up, simply blinking at Alex. "You what?" Brian sputtered.

"I love Blaire," Alex said again.

"Oh Alex don't pull that shit!" Brian shouted, getting worked up again. "You don't love her. You won't love her after she's let you fuck her." I had to resist the urge to explain to Brian that we already passed that point. As true as it was, it was bad for my argument. "You're just saying that so she'll take your side. Stop toying with her, you don't love her."