Do You Want Me (Dead) (Jalex)

Chapter 2 (Damned If I EAT Ya [Damned If I Dont])

Chapter 2

Alex

Damned if I EAT Ya’ (Damned if I Don’t)

“Jack?” Said the girl standing behind us with an oversized purple Ravens Jersey, black leggings, and her black and white hair with striking purple streaks that matched our favorite team’s jersey that was pulled back into a messy bun with a purple bandana and white patterns tied around her head and her black and purple bangs hanging over her forehead and into her eyes. She also wore white and purple vans that matched every detail of her outfit. She turned to me. “Alex?”

            I didn’t know this girl, and by the expression on Jack’s face when she ran into his arms and nuzzled her face into his shirt, he didn’t either.

“Y-you guys are a-alive?!” She cried. “Thank god!”

            Jack awkwardly wrapped his arms around her small body and smiled. “Even when the world goes to hell, hustlers still can’t leave us alone can they, Lex?”

            The girl laughed and pulled away from him and turning to me for my hug, which I was hesitant about at first. The world was over with no laws to stop anyone from doing all kinds of sick things. This girl could do anything to us if she was that kind of fan, but as I felt around her tiny waist and my arms brushed her ribs that seemed to poke through her skin, I couldn’t help but feel bad. She was slowly starving.

“Shy?!” Someone yelled.

            The girl spun around, leaving my arms and embrace and yelled back, “Love! Love! Come here! You’ll never guess who I just found!”

“Jack Barakat and Alex Gaskarth?” The other girl joked as she walked up not really paying attention to the smiling girl and us behind her, but when her eyes landed on me she halted.

            I waved with a nervous smile. There were two of them, they could do anything and the other girl was healthier. The blond one turned to me, then Jack, then me, and then the Ravens girl. “Bella-Shy!” She cried, “How do you manage the impossible?!”

The Ravens girl, Bella-Shy, shrugged and Jack piped up, “Bella-Shy?” cocking a bushy eyebrow.

Bella-Shy scoffed, “It’s just Shy! I hate that name so much! Just Shy, please?”

We both nodded and listened as they both introduced themselves as Bella-Shy (Shy) Johnson and Love Miller. I couldn’t help but wonder how old these girls were. Young obviously. I wondered what they had to do, go through, risk, and give up in this world in a little over a year. What was the coarse the girls themselves had to endure? What would they do if we weren’t careful; we did only just meet them. They could be crazy obsessed fans!

“You guys can come back with us we have plenty of fo-“

“No.” I said cutting Jack off making everyone’s head snap in my direction. Jack’s eyes pleaded I wouldn’t say what he knew I was about to say but I pushed it away and averted my eyes from his, “We can’t bring anyone else in. We haven’t even found Zack and Rian yet. What if we’ve lost them, Jack?” I shook my head, “I’m not going to be responsible for anyone else!” I turned to avoid the glare of Love and the broken spirit of Shy’s dimed eyes.

Jack grabbed my shoulder and turned me to face him, “Alex,” He said trying to force me to look into his eyes that I knew were still pleading, “Please just hear me out-“

“No, Jack!” I snapped.

“They’re just kids, man. They don’t know how to survive on their own.” He went on ignoring my protest. When I didn’t say anything he smiled and said, “It’ll just be for tonight…” He was begging.