Just One Of The Boys

For You

"Why the hell are you here?" KJ's voice boomed through the room. "Who do you think you are, coming back here to do what huh? Break her heart some more?"

"Ka-"I start but immediately shut my mouth seeing how angry KJ was.

"Who the hell do you think you are huh?" KJ pushes again, putting himself between me and Alex.

"I-I love her." Alex stumbles out looking slightly terrified before looking to me. I was frozen. absolutely, stone cold frozen. I couldn't move if I wanted to, I couldn't talk if I wanted to. Alex searched my face for some sort of reaction and I just stood there like a deer in lights.

"You piece of-" KJ yelled back before lunging forward. A scream erupted from my mouth before I jumped back in shock.

Alex stumpled back and fell against the table hitting a lap to the ground. The shattering could barely be heard under the screams from Alex and KJ.

"Stop!" I yelled out pointlessly. I just stood there in shock, not being able to process that Kj and Alex were fighting in my house.

"What the fuck!" Tate slammed the door behind him. He ran up between the two pulling KJ off of Alex. The pair stood feet apart, breathless and fuming.

Tate looked between them, "seriously?" He shouted angrily.

Alex kept his eyes on KJ before grunting and storming past everyone and out the door. With another slam of the door he was gone.

"Liz..." KJ turned looking despretly to me.

"No." I looked to him holding out a hand, "No. Leave." I snapped to him still in shock.

"Liz." this time Tate spoke up catching my eye. "Come on, he needs to clean up." he pointing to KJ's bleeding lip and bruised up knuckles.

"Then I'm leaving." I snap before turning on my heel and walking out the door. Some part of me hoped that Alex would be in my driveway still, but there was only one car occupying the space now; KJ's car.

"Elizabeth!" KJ's voice followed me, I turned to look seeing him running after me.

"What?" I snap at him, "why the hell did you punch him?"

"He-I-look he hurt you...I was just-"

"beating him up." I cut him off, "how big of you." I grit my teeth in anger.

"Liz...I'm sorry, really I don't know what happened, I just got so mad when I saw him...after everything he's done. You deserve better..you-" KJ stopped suddenly shaking his head and running a hand through his hair. I looked up to him reaching out to his cut open lip,

"That'll hurt like a bitch tomorrow." I let out a small laugh.

"Gee, thanks Liz." KJ smiles to me.

I sigh before shaking my head, "you need ice."
With that we walked into the house, KJ went to the kitchen and I bent down to help Tate clean up the shattered glass.

"You okay kid?" Tate asks after a few moments of silence. I nod and go back to picking up shards of glass before one sniped my finger. I let out a groan before trying to pull it out and failing misesbly.

"Uh!" I groan before Tate laughs at me and sends me off to the kitchen.

I walk in swing KJ and he looks to me with an amused expression,
"Leave you alone for two seconds and your bleeding." He laughs
I send him a glare, "leave you alone and you beat up one of our best friends."

" guess I deserve that one." KJ lets out evenly. I let out a harsh laugh before nodding, "you think."

"So what are you going to do?" KJ asks while pulling the shard of glass out of my finger.

"About Alex?" I ask.
He nods, putting a bandage over the empty wound.

"He did say he loved you." KJ points.

"Yeah- but..."

"No but's." KJ smirks before his smile falters, "that's a hard thing to do regardless..." He atarts before looking up to me since I was sitting on the counter. He had lifted me up here and was currently fixing my finger. "It's hard to admit that to a girl..." He finally finished after staring into me for a bit. I shifted uncomfortably,
"Yeah...I guess." Is all I could mutter.

"It is." KJ says harshly. I look up to him in surprise.
"You would know?" I pry before giving him a questioning look. KJ laughs my comment off but I here him mumble, "yeah" when putting away some of the bash as supplies.

I look to him, watching as he moved around the kitchen at ease, knowing where everything was and placing things in there areas.

"Hey KJ..." I say gently before reaching out for his arm. My hand brushes his forearm and he looks back to me surprised.

"Yeah?"

"You know you mean the world to me..." I start. "But you can't go beating up every guy that hurts me." I say gently.
KJ moves closer to me. Leaning up against my knees he looks into my eyes.

"Like hell I can."