All Time Low Oneshots

Heartbreak - All

You come home crying and your bother Rian and his bandmates just came back from tour. They want to see you but you had the worst possible day and they comfort you.

I slam the front door of my house shut and dump my backpack on the floor.
Silent tears flow down my face and I wipe them away angrily. He isn't worth my tears. I take a deep breath and hear some yelling downstairs.
Oh no. Not now.
"Heyaaaaaa!", I recognise the voice of my brother and instantly take off to my room. I run up the stairs, down the hall to my bedroom and shut the door behind me. I lock it hastily and lean myself against it to calm down. There are still tears gliding down my cheeks as I hear Rian shout my name again. Then I hear his heavy steps in the hall and the handle to my door starts shaking.
"You in there?", he asks excitedly.

"Yeah", I shout out to him and hope my voice stays steady.
"Come out! I want to hug my favourite sister!", he yells happily and starts constantly knocking on my door.
"I'm your only sister", I chuckle softly through my tears.
"Yes", he chuckles back and continues knocking. I groan a bit but still don't open my door.
"Ri, please stop knocking", I ask him.
"Only if you come out to welcome your brother the right way! Come on! The guys are downstairs and want to see you too. Hell, I missed you on tour, little sis", he tells me happily.
"Give me a break, Rian. School was no fun and I need to take a shower. I'm gonna come down later, alright?", I sigh and tear up again. My voice trembles at the end of my sentence and instantly Rian stops his ridiculous knocking and falls silent.
"Hey... Everything alright?", he asks softly.
"Y-yeah! Go down a- and have fun!", I respond and start hiccupping again.
"Please let me in."
I shake my head although he can't see it.
"Why are you crying? Come on... I'll kick the boys out... Wait a second", he tells me.
"No! Rian stop being ridiculous! Go hang out with them... Don't worry about me. I'll come join you after I showered", I promise him and it's silent for a few seconds.
"Okay...", he sighs and I hear his footsteps going away.
I relax against my door and slide down to the floor. The tight feeling in my chest won't go away and tears are still pricking my eyes. I give myself a minute, then I stand up and take out some baggy sport shorts and a shirt. I walk past my dresser and see the pictures on top. I gulp when I see the picture of me and Jordan. With one swift motion I take the frame and turn it around. After a long and hot shower I feel so much better. I don't waste my time with make up or something like that. I just dry my hair and pull it up into a loose ponytail. Back in my room I glance into my mirror and see my bloodshot eyes. There's no way the boys won't notice I cried my eyes out for the whole way home from school and in the shower.
I don't want them worrying about me and I don't really want them to see me in my state but still I open up my door and walk downstairs.
I just get to take a few steps onto the stairs to the basement and I'm instantly tackled with two teenage boys. Laughing they stumble onto me and cuddle me. I giggle lightly and pet their hair.
"We missed you, love", Alex chuckles and Jack just purrs while I pet him.
"Me, too", my voice is still thick with my tears, so they both loosen their grip on me and look up.
"What happened?"
I shake my head and step two more stairs down, so I'm just one step above them. Now I have to look up at them.
"Spill the beans", Jack demands.
"Yeah, tell us", Alex agrees.
"Leave her alone, morons", Rian steps in and I see him at the end of the stairs. I push past the goofballs. Rian opens up his arms and I fall against his chest. He tightens his grip on me and I feel him press a soft kiss to the top of my head.
"You don't have to tell us... But please talk to me or them if you need help, yeah?", he asks quietly. I tear up again and bury my face more into his shirt. He cuddles me for a second longer, then he takes me over to the worn out couch in the back of the room.
Zack's already sitting there and sends me a shy smile. I let go of my brother and sit down next to him. We hug shortly but he sways me for a moment and I feel better.
I lean back against the couch and Jacks arm wraps around my shoulder. He pokes my cheek and I swat his hand away. He chuckles lightly and crosses his eyes at me. I giggle a bit and he instantly grins down at me.
"How are you? What happened while we were away?", Rian asks me and sits down.
I try to remember everything that happened in the two months the guys toured. Once we filled each other in to what happened in our lives and they actually send me into a laughing fit with their stories from tour, it gets silent again.
I feel so much better and nearly forget about Jordan. Nearly.
"So how's Jordan?", Rian asks me smiling.
I bite my lip and instantly tears start to pool in my eyes again. Rians brows furrow together and once the first tear slips onto my cheek the other guys tense up to.
"What did he do?", Rian demands sternly and I see his jaw tighten. Oh no. That's not a good sign.
So I shake my head and wipe my tears away. I feel them falling freely down my face again. Shit. Not now! Please, just let me hold on until I'm in bed. Then I can cry myself to sleep and no one will notice.
"I could beat him up", Zack offers softly next to me and I choke out a soft laugh. His fists are balled up on his knees. I lay my hand carefully on one of them and loosen his fist. Zack eases up a bit at my touch.
"We could all beat him up", Jack pipes in from my other side. Again I have to chuckle.
"Yeah, cause you're so scary, Jacky."
"Hey!", he exclaims and has a hurt look on his face.
"Sorry", I say and sigh again. Another pair of arms sling themselves around my neck from behind and I turn my head to see Alex laying his head on my shoulder.
"Don't cry, baby girl...", he smiles sadly and pecks my cheek.
"Okay, you all get your hands off my sister", Rian grumbles annoyed.
Alex loosens his grip but he squeezes my shoulders briefly before going back to his spot next to my brother.
"Spill it out. What did this dickhead do?", Rian asks.
"Really... I don't want to talk about it", I mumble.
"Come on... You'll feel better", Zack smiles at me.
I wipe my eyes one last time and feel around for one of Zacks hands. He grabs mine and entwines our fingers. I lean against him and Jack takes his arm of my shoulder. Zacks so warm and I love how he's always quiet and calm. It's a welcoming change when you hang out with Alex and Jack. Zack doesn't say anything. His thumb just brushes over my hand lightly.
"Today after school Jordan and I wanted to meet up. We wanted to go out and eat something together before I head home. I searched for him but he was nowhere to be found. I asked some of his friends and they awkwardly told me he's still in the locker room. So I went back there and - yeay, there he was. Snogging the face of some stupid, blonde chick", I confess the story.
Rian instantly starts yelling out profanities and threats.
Alex and Jack are speechless for once in their life. I bury my face in Zacks shoulder and he strokes my hair softly. He still doesn't say a word, but that's okay with me.
"Oh, he's so gonna regret what he did! I'll kill him! I'm gonna kill him! How can he do this to my baby sister?"
"But Jordan ... he...", Alex start stuttering: "He was the one to be so truthful and honest and not pushy and everything? Didn't it take him more than a month to actually French kiss you? Man, you told me he wanted to save his virginity for even longer and just let you give him head and you two already dated for a year!"
My eyes widen as Alex babbles out what I told him in secret one evening.
"WHAT?", Rian interrupts himself and looks at me and repeats himself: "What?!?"
"What?", I ask back and hope he didn't get what Alex statement meant.
"You two did what?"
"About that... uh...", I gulp and don't dare to look at Rian.
"He's a dead man", my brother states simply.
"How do you even know?!", he turns around to face Alex.
"Well... you know... before tour she came up to me to talk to me... She wanted to know if... you know, it's normal for a guy to not want to have sex and we talked and she told me about their relationship", Alex starts to explain. I remember our little talk and I clearly remember the situations I asked him about.
Jordan and I making out in so many different places and he never wanted more. I was so down every time he rejected me, cause I thought he thinks I'm ugly and fat. Now I know better. He probably screwed this slut the entire time.
Once this hits me tears start to fall from my eyes again. A steady stream builds up and I sniffle and hiccup to myself.
"Shhh... Come here", Zack whispers and pulls me closer by my hand.
„Don't cry over this dick", Jacks voice joins in and I look at him. Jacks rarely serious and quiet. I appreciate him not jumping into screaming like my brother and Alex did.
"Group hug?", Jack suggests softly. I nod and cuddle up to Zack. He wraps me up in his strong arms and Jack hugs me from behind so I'm squished between the two boys. Jack whispers soft nothings into my ear and Zack gently caresses me wherever he can reach. And I just cry into his chest.
I'm crying so hard I don't realise Rian and Alex calm down and join us on the sofa. I just feel Zack and Jack getting even closer to me and other hands patting my knees and holding my free hands.
It take me an eternity to finally calm down and entangle myself from all these guys.
"You don't need him, love. You have us", Alex says softly.
"Yeah, forget him. He's so dumb if he doesn't realise what he has in you", Rian joins.
"You're beautiful", Zack smiles softly.
"Yeah, you can always hook up with one of us and make Jordan jealous", Jack grins and gets a not so soft whack upside the head of my brother. It makes me giggle lightly.
"Love you, guys."