Tapes :: Alex Standall

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Teenagers-My Chemical Romance

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It was absolutely breathtaking.

Our lips moving in sync together as he pulls me onto his lap. I feel the heat rise to my cheeks instantly as we both stopped to breathe letting our foreheads touch as we took deep breaths. This was all I ever dreamed of.

"That was," he starts trying to find the words he's looking for "Breathtaking." I finish for him as I backed my face away looking at him. Instead of saying anything more, we just lay down on his bed with our arms wrapped around one another.

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"Ryan," I spoke stopping in front of him "What?" He questions "I-I'm sorry," I let out "I'm sorry for getting mad at you over nothing. I should have known that they'd find out either way." I say "I understand." He replies

"Now," Ryan starts "You and Alex, what's going on between the two of you?" He questions raising an eyebrow "Well," I start as I feel a blush creep up onto my cheeks "We may have kissed last night." I say almost in a whisper "What?!" He exclaims "OH my god, are you two dating now? Tell me everything!" He says like a massive fan girl. "Well, I've been staying at his house because I had nowhere to go. And he said he wasn't just going to let me stay homeless, and we've been hanging out since." I start "And last night one thing led to another and we were kissing!" I say happily "How was it?" He questions "It," I start "It was amazing." I tell him "Oh my god, you two have to get together. Like, now!" He says smiling "Oh my god, I highly doubt he'd want to even go out with me. I mean he made a goddamn list and my name wasn't anywhere on it." I tell him "Dumbass, he didn't put you onto the list because he likes you!" He says "How would you know that? And I'm sure if he did that I would have been on that list." I look back up at him as I close my locker "Because of the way he looks at you, Athena!" He exclaims loudly causing some looks pointed at us "You two are so blind you both don't see how madly in love you guys are in with each other!" He says louder causing eyes to turn to us "What?" I question almost in a whisper tone "The way you both act around each other and how you look at each other." He starts "Who are you guys talking about?" I hear Jessica question from behind us "Alex." Ryan tells her "Oh my god," She starts smiling brightly "What?" I question in confusion "Listen to Ryan, he's right. Just go tell him. He feels the same way, trust me." She says "Wha-" She cuts me off by turning me around and pushing me towards Alex who happen to be at his locker. Almost tripping over my own feet, I get to Alex nervously and look behind me to see the two mouthing "Go!".

"H-hey" I nervously stutter "Hey." He replies almost sounding as nervous as me "Who were you and Ryan talking about?" He questions in a sad tone that he tried to hide. Hesitantly, I reply "Y-You." I stutter out causing him to go wide-eyed turning to look down at me "Seriously?" He questions surprised "Yeah," I start "I told him it was stupid because you'd never feel the same way. I mean look at you, and then look at me. You're the kid who has a lot of friends and could get any girl he wants in a heartbeat, and I'm the kid who sits in the back of the classroom who doesn't really have any friends. I mean, why would you even like someone like me? Someone so-" He cuts off my rambling by grabbing my face having our lips smash together forming a kiss.
I, Athena Grace Foley am kissing him, Alex Standall.
I kiss back hesitantly as his hands still cupping my face. We both back away to breathe when I suddenly hear someone yell, "FINALLY!" I hear the familiar voice yell causing kids to glance their way. I look to see my brother stood there with Ryan and Jessica. "Athena," I hear Alex say causing me to look back at him "Will you allow me to take you on a date after school?" He questions nervously "Always." I tell him feeling the heat pool around my cheeks.

"Athena!" I hear the familiar voice I dreaded to hear. Tyler Down. Why he was here talking to me, I have no clue. "What do you want, Down?" I question walking through the empty hallway "I have proof," He says causing me to stop and turn around in confusion "Proof of what?" I question "I have proof of Bryce doing what Hannah said he had done and her watching it." He says handing me a flash drive from his pocket "How?" I question "Because I was at the party taking pictures, I must have taken them without noticing it. I found them on my camera," I starts "When I found out that you heard your tape, I thought you might want to know if it had actually happen." He says "T-thanks." I stutter looking at the flash drive in my hands "Will you need them back?" I question "No." He replies "Okay." I say "I have to go to class, I don't really want to fail." I tell him "Okay." He says as I walk off with the flash drive in my hand.

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"Do any of you guys have a computer?" I question sitting next to Jess at the lunch table. She happen to be sitting next with the very few people with their own tapes. "Yeah, I have one. Why?" Jessica questions "I- I need to look at something." I tell her "What is it you need to look at?" She questions "I need to look at something on a flash drive." I tell her causing confused looks from the people around me "Alone." I tell her "Here, just don't break it." She tells me handing me her laptop "Thanks." I say taking the laptop from her hands carefully as I get up from my seat.

I click on the file on her computer sitting on the floor of the bathroom stall with the supposed pictures with them. I wait for the pictures to load which happen to be loading too slowly. When I saw the pictures, I couldn't believe my eyes. He did take pictures. But they look like they were taken on purpose. You can see Hannah stood there not moving in all of them along with me naked on the floor with tears down my eyes as Bryce does it. You can tell in the pictures that I wanted him to stop. You can see that I was too drunk and weak to be able to stop it. You can tell how scared I was. And you can see how much Bryce was enjoying it by the look on his face. You can see the tears streaming down Hannah's face as she just stood there doing nothing.

Maybe they'll leave you alone
But not me.

I feel the wet warm tears streaming down my face as I walk out of the bathroom immediately wiping them away with my free hand. I hold the computer closed as I walk towards Jessica.
"Hey, everything alright?" She questions "Yeah," I lie "I just miss Jeff." I tell her. That wasn't a complete lie, I do miss him. "We all do," She says giving me a sympathetic smile "Well, I have to get to my next class, so here's your computer." I tell her as I hand her the computer completely forgetting to take the flash drive out.

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Holy shit.