Under a Paper Moon (Jalex)

Chapter 2

Alex's POV

Jack lead me up to his front door before he unlocked it with the key he'd been scavenging through his back pocket to find. I liked his jeans, they weren't any of that tacky Hollister shit the Jock's wore. They were skinny fitted Glamour Kills that complimented his figure quite well. What the hell Alex, could you sound anymore Gay?! No, probably not. "Well Alex Gaskarth haven't you grown up?" I looked up to see Jack's mum grinning like mad. "I guess so?" I spoke quietly before coughing, this cold wasn't helping this to be a good night at all. "Hands to yourself, J." His mum whispered into Jack's ear before he turned a shade of pink that darkened. What was that supposed to mean? Maybe I didn't want him to keep his hands to himself? Stop it Alex.

"Remember that time we had a fake wedding?" Jack struck up the conversation, I nodded and chuckled because it was all I'd thought about since I saw him again. "It's the only wedding I'll ever have." Jacks laughter turned to a deep sigh. His only wedding? Was he on drugs or something because that was complete and utter bullshit. "Bullshit." I said bluntly before turning my controller off as it the clock flashed 10:30 PM in bright red colours. I picked myself up, ready to go home even though I'd much rather stay and cuddle with him. The thought of doing all of that sort of stuff with Jack made my stomach do some weird crap. "It's bullshit and you know it, Jack. Any guy would be mad not to like you, you're perfect." I mentally slapped myself round my face over and over.

I found myself sat in his bathroom, cursing and hitting my head over and over. This god damn anxiety was creeping up on me all over again, I had hoped it stopped by now since we all planned to forget about Tom. I rested my back against the door and buried my head inner week my legs hoping everything would go away.

Jack's POV

"It's bullshit and you know it, Jack. Any guy would be mad not to like you, you're perfect." As those words fell from Alex's lips I froze. Perfect? Me? No. As soon as I gathered the courage to speak to him again he was gone in a flash out of my room and into the bathroom. "Alex?" I whispered, tapping on the door. I caught sight of his mom arriving to collect him downstairs. "Go away." He grumbled before pushing against the door so I couldn't get in. "I just want to talk to you, please? If you don't let me in then I'll wait for you back in my room." I sighed, giving in with waiting.

I arched my back against my bed and felt the bags under my eyes growing before my head slammed down. I could feel myself falling asleep but I had to wait for Alex. I couldn't open my eyes but I could hear everything that was being said about us by our parents downstairs. I hated how my mother would talk about me being gay as if it was something amazing and extraordinary. I heard Alex's footsteps getting closer to me as he sat next to me and fell into my chest. "I wanna talk but you're asleep." He sighed before turning his head away. "I'm awake Lex, just talk." I grumbled already half asleep. I wasn't sure what this was or what it was going to turn out to be but it sure did feel nice.

I was woken up by a grinning mother in my doorway. "School time Jay!" She shut the door before heading downstairs to start breakfast. I wriggled Alex to wake him up and to get him off of me. "Just feel free to put on whatever, I'm gonna shower." I stumbled over my own feet and locked the bathroom door. I knew Alex probably thought I was going to hit on him every second just because I was gay. I ruffled my hair through the towel before wrapping it around my waist, every towel we owned was too big for my skinny as fuck frame. I walked in to find Alex trying to fit into my jeans, just as he did, the button burst off. He sighed and seemed unhappy with himself.

Alex's POV

I could of sworn I'd put on weight, I couldn't help but play with the fat on my stomach I hated it. I wanted to be like Jack. Just as he opened his door the button pung off, I couldn't help but feel unsatisfied. Jack just stood there in his towel, looking at me like I was crazy. "Why am I so fat." I grumbled, hoping I'd be the only one able to hear it. "Look at me." Jack turned me around, "You are not fat. Heck, Sean Paulson is fat he weighs like 30 stone okay? You've just got a bit of meat on your bones whereas I've just got bones." Jack tried to force happiness upon me because he wanted the same. I wrapped myself around him because it felt like the right thing to do, I didn't care about the towel. "I don't know how to explain this but it's nice." We both said in-sync before grinning. After doing our hair and Jack getting dressed, we both headed down stairs.

Jack's POV

"How long do you guys take? Your food's cold!" My mom moaned before chucking it away. "I'm sorry Mrs. Barakat but you see Jack's a bit of a pre madonna." Alex chuckled to himself as I jabbed him in the ribs, "You don't think I've noticed?" Her tone seemed more relaxed and calm. "I'll see you later!" I yelled back to the kitchen before me and Alex left. "FAG!" A deep voice called over and over from a burgundy Jeep, this time it wasn't Zack or Rian. I shrugged it off and make conversation about something completely different, girls. "So, fancy any of the whores?" I grinned but sadly I wasn't joking. All of the girls at our schools really were whores. "You're a bit of a whore yourself." Those were the last words Alex said to me that morning. What on earth did he mean? I wasn't a whore, I'd never kissed a boy or a girl for that matter.

We all gathered around the same table at the exact same time for the same lunch, like everyday. But it wasn't, Alex had nearly every girl eyeing him up and checking him out. Maybe it was the fact he'd dressed a little different, in tighter clothes, because they were mine. The ones that had always drown me seemed to fit him perfectly. "Hey, Alex? Those girls are looking at you like you're a piece of meat and they're some fucking endangered species." Zack whispered to him, Alex didn't seem to happy about it. "It doesn't mean anything to me." He hummed happily before shooting a toothy smile my way, I kindly returned the favour. "Can I ask you something? Because I kind of think you'd understand?" Alex whispered, I nodded maybe a bit too eagerly.

It was probably going to be something about Blink-182, skinny jeans or how to do his hair. Oh how wrong I turned out to be.

// I don't really like this chapter myself, it's a bit weird but it's important I guess. Vote, comment, share or whatever you like and if you don't like it tell me why and I'll take it into consideration. \\