My Only One [Alex Gaskarth]

I Can't Just Jump Right Into The Nick Names

Alex's POV

I walked up to my bus to get Jack. But there was a girl standing infront of the door. Her back was facing me and she was on the phone.

"Uh excuse me." I said.

She turned around and I locked eyes with the familar big blue eyes that I haven't seen in almost two years.

"Daniela?" I asked. My heart pounding out of my chest. I just want to grab her and hug her so tight.

"Casey.. I gotta go." She said to whoever she was talking to on the phone.

She looked down as the person spoke back to her.

"Bye." She hung up and looked back up at me.

"Daniela," I repeated. Shit. I already said that. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm working here."

"Oh.. Um.. Cool." Be cool, Alex. "Hey, can we talk. About, what happened between us?"

Her face went blamk. "Maybe another time. I have to go." She turned on her heel and ran off.

I set my back on the bus and smushed my face with my hands. Memories from that night of my birthday came flying back to me.

"Lex, can we talk, please?" Lisa asked me.

"Sure." I smiled and we walked onto my bus.

"What's up?" I asked as we walked into the back lounge.

"Alex. I still like you."

"Oh."

"And I know you still like me."

"I have a girlfriend, Lisa."

"Yeah, and she's sleeping." She set her hand on my cheek.

I felt the sudden urge to kiss her. Why is this happening.

"I know." I said. "But-"

"No butts." She smiled and wrapped her arms around my neck. I felt my heart pounding. And I was so intoxicated. Nothing felt right about this.

She crashed her lips onto mine, and my arms wrapped around her waist out of habbit.

I heard a gasp from my left which snapped me back into reality. I pulled away from her and I saw Dani standing there.

She was in my Baltimore hoodie and my baggy sweat pants. She looked adorable. Except for her facial expression. She looked crushed.

"Dani." I said. But before I could say anything else, she sprinted off the bus.

"Now that that's taken care of.." Lisa smirked and went in to kiss me again, but I backed away.

"WHAT THE HELL LISA."

"What."

"WHAT DO YOU FUCKING MEAN 'WHAT?'"

I ran off the bus to chase after my girlfriend that I had just cheated on. This could not be happening.

As I ran through the crowd of people, I prayed that I would just wake up next to Daniela. With her snuggled in my arms.

This is a nightmare.

I made a fist and punched the side of the bus. I fucked up everything. I need to make things right again.

I spent the rest of the day thinking of how I'm going to explain to her.

~

Daniela's POV

"Can I please talk to you?" Alex asked me.

"Good luck." Jack walked away.

"Alex," I said, starting to tear up, "I really don't want to talk to you.." I started to walk away, but he grabbed my hand and turned me towards him.

"Then listen." He said softly.

I looked up at him. I wanted to yank my hand away, but I missed the feeling of his skin on mine.

What am I thinking? I'm inlove with Casey. Not Alex. I hesitated, but he snapped me out of my thoughts in time for me to pull away.

"Dani. I know I kissed Lisa when I was with you. And I know how wrong it was for me to do that. Trust me, I've been living with regret ever since. But you should really know, it was her who kissed me. I don't expect you to want to date me again.. But you need to know, I haven't stopped thinking about you since that day, and I know you hate, who wouldn't after-"

"Alex." I took my hand away and shook my head. I smiled softly, "I forgive you. But you should know, I have a boyfriend now."

"Oh. You do?"

I wasn't sure which he was asking to, but I said yes anyways.

He nodded. "Well, I mean. Good for you.. I just want for you to be happy."

"Maybe we can catch up later?" I asked. "I gotta go get these pictures edited." I pointed to my camera.

He smiled for the first time since I've seen him here. I smiled back, I couldn't help myself. 

"That would be great."

I nodded, "Well.. I'll unblock you from my phone and text you later." I laughed.

"You had me blocked!" He laughed.

I laughed again and nodded, "Sorry. I needed to get over you."

His smile faded. A lot. "I understand."

"Well," I said, turning, "I'll talk to you later."

Alex's POV

"Well," She smirked, turning, "I'll talk to you later."

"Bye, D." I said, but then mentally punched myself. We just became friends again about thirty seconds ago. I can't just jump right into the nick names.

I watched her walk away then headed back to my bus to tell Jack. On my way there, I bumped into a small girl.

"Oh, I'm sorry." I said.

She smiled, "It's okay."

"Alex Gaskarth." I held my hand out. This girl was kinda cute. "Singer in All Time Low."

"Tay Jardine." She shook my hand. "Singer in We Are The In Crowd."

She's in a band? A band on Warped Tour? That means she listens to my kinda music.. That means she plays my kinda music. This girl just got a hell of a lot more attractive.

I stood there for a couple minutes talking to this Tay girl. She was insanely hot. And you know what, Daniela has clearly moved on. She has a boyfriend now. A boyfriend that's not me. And it's been almost two years. Maybe it's time for me to move on.

And I'm taking this Tay girl as a wake up call to stop dreaming about getting Daniela back when I can have this cutie right infront of me.