Augustus and Alex

Discovery

----Augustus----

Before I knew it, it was morning again and I was getting together Alex's and I's toothbrush so we could brush our teeth. Mikey and Olive must've left the bathroom by now (hopefully). I wake Alex up and lead him to the bathrooms. The walk there is silent, probably because we feel awkward on the events on what happened yesterday. 

I slowly open the door, in fear that Mikey and Olive would pop out of nowhere. Nothing. I walk inside and it is completely trashed, Mikey and Olive must have had a party in here or something. We walk to the sinks and brush our teeth.

"Pretty trashed, huh?" Alex asks. His teeth glisten cause it's so frickin white. I nod and put my toothbrush on top of the sink.

"I gotta use the bathroom. Wait for me?" Alex nods and I walk towards the biggest stall, I have always used the biggest stall. I open the door and see Mikey and Olive sleeping inside the stall, comfortably in their sleeping bags. I almost shriek but that would be very un-manly of me so I calmy tap Mikey's shoulder. He doesn't respond until I shake him awake. He jumps out of his sleeping bag and turns red at the sight of me.

"You trying to get me to cheat on Olive, huh?! You walking in here so he won't find out, huh?!" He is genuinely angry and his fists are balled up, ready to attack. 

"What?! No oh no--"

"SHUT UP!" Mikey punches my stomach and my head slams against the wall. My head is throbbing but I manage to be OK. 

"What?!" Alex is inside the stall now, and he grabs Mikey and pushes him away from me. Alex pulls me toward him and gives me a big hug, and gently massages my head. The pain is going away now, Alex is an amazing doctor. He turns around to face Mikey, who's eyes are red and fists are still balled up. 

"I LOVE OLIVE, OK?! I WILL NOT CHEAT ON HIM AND YOU BETTER STAY AWAY FROM ME BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO LOSE HI--" Mikey is interrupted by Alex putting a finger over Mikey's mouth, immediately hushing him.

"We came in here to brush our teeth. Augustus just wanted to use the bathroom and you two were in here, so he just woke you up. OK?" Mikey flushes and scratches his head, finally realizing that I do not want him to cheat on Olive. God, must've had a terrible nightmare. 

"I-- I'm sorry. That was pretty dumb of me. Olive and I will go now." Mikey bent down and tapped Olive's shoulder. I was afraid he would have the same reaction but he woke up. He got out of the sleeping bag and followed Mikey out of the bathroom. They quietly closed the door, leaving Alex and I alone. Alex took one look at me and started laughing, causing me to snort. He laughs even harder and grabs onto the handle because he is turning red from laughing. I run over to him and pat his back so he does not lose his breath, that would be tragic. 

"Wow." is all he manages to say. He looks up at me and massages my head, which still does hurt from that darn wall. 

"Um, can I use the bathroom now?"

"Oh, yeah. You've gone through enough." 

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"Auggie, we really do have to look for Martha." Alex says to me. He looks really cute with his hair pulled into a beanie, he looks like Harry Styles without the curly hair. 

"No" I feel depressed again, so incapable of walking, moving or breathing. I don't want to do anything today, and Alex better not mess with me. 

Alex gives me another sad look but shrugs it off. He grabs a cookie from the inside of our food bag and sits on top of my sleeping bag. He looks worried about something, but I'm not going to question it.

"What's wrong?" Alex randomly asks. His face looks worried and I try to push it aside. 

"Nothing."

"You have these constant mood swings, you get mad for no reason at all it seems. Auggie, there is something wrong. Please tell me." I feel the anger boil up in my insides, I have no idea where it came from. I slam my fist against the sleeping bag. 

"NOTHING!" Alex eyes turns wide, and he looks scared. I feel like we switched places, he became an innocent, shy boy and I became a monstrous bully.  

"Ok, ok. Forget anything I said." 

"I'm BIPOLAR, OK?!" I scream at him. My hands are balled into fists and I want to choke him, it's a sudden urge. I calm down a bit after seeing Alex's frightened expression. He obviously did not expect me to tell him this, or see this anger. He walks towards me, unlike anyone I have ever known. He gives me a hug; not a short squeeze, but a long hug that makes me feel alright. I imagine telling my old self that one day Alex would go on adventures with him and give him long hugs when he's feeling down. I would have never expected it. It's funny how fast your life can change. 

"Auggie?" I look up at him and see a huge grin on his face. 

"You obviously need some fun brought into your world. I think we should ask Mikey and Olive for advice."