DIRTY LAUNDRY - ALEX GASKARTH

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september 8th, 1993

i walked out of my class, my legs shaking nervously in my combat boots. it's thursday and it was lunch time at dulaney high.

i walked up to my locker and started to put in the combination i could barely remember when i heard a high pitched, hyena sounding laugh.

i turned around to see laura, the most popular girl in school was the one laughing. "new girl! what's your name again? jasey?" she said, playing with my pink hair.

"i um-" i said nervously. what did she want with me?
"my girls and i were going to get milkshakes, but decided to follow around the boys instead" she smirked

the boys?
"if you lay one hand on alex, i'll destroy you sweetheart" she said, smiling an evil smile.

just as she was about to walk away, alex, jack, zack, and rian appeared.

"ALEX!!!" laura said, unzipping her jacket and
throwing herself at him.

"um hi laura" he said as the girl grabbed his face and slammed his lips onto hers, him desperately trying to push him off.

"broke up a year ago, yet the bitch can't let go" jack whispered in my ear, i nodded.
"oh" i said quietly.

"laura i have a girlfriend-" alex said in desperate need to get her off of him
"oh yea? who?" she asked teasingly
"uhhh jasey!" he said, pulling me into him by my arm

"WHAT?!"

"i-" i said
"lets go" alex said quickly, pulling me to the lunch room, the guys following.

we all sat at the lunch table that i assumed the four of them always sat at.

"i'm sorry for that" alex said, smiling akwardly.
"it's okay" i said so quietly he could barely hear me
"you don't talk very much, do you?" jack asked out loud
"you don't shut up very much, do you?"
i blurted out and covered my mouth with my hand
everything was quiet and then the guys started hysterically laughing.

"i like her! she can stay!" rain said through laughter
"what?" i asked, confused
"you're in the crew" jack said, smiling
"wow, are you sure?" i asked, eyes wide
"yes, my fake girlfriend!" alex said, wrapping his leather jacket wearing arm around my shoulders.

i walked to my brothers car, shivering in the cold. it was the end of the day, thank god. but i didn't mind today as much...

i rolled up my sleves and saw all of the bruises on my arms. sighing, i got in the car and waited for him, still looking at them.

i heard a knock on my window and looked up to see alex. smiling weakly i rolled down my window, looking up to see alex.

"hey!" he said, smiling brightly and getting on his knees so he could look through the open window.

"hi" i said, attempting to roll down the sleeves on my jean jacket
he put his hand through the window and ran his fingers along the bruises, making me shiver.
"what happened?" he asked, looking at me with his big, concerned brown eyes.
"i fell" i said flatly.
"no you didn't" he mumbled, looking into my eyes

i was about to say something when my brother came running from the college next door, his school bag falling off his shoulder. he jumped into the front seat, panting.

"who's this?" he asked, still breathless and looking at alex
"i'm alex, hi" he said, smiling.
"i'm ben, jasey's brother"
it was almost like alex let out a sigh of relief

"c-could jasey maybe hang out with me and my friends tonight? we're gonna just listen to some records and stuff" alex said, straightening out his band t shirt.

"sure" ben said, shrugging his shoulders.

he wrote down our address on a paper and gave it to alex and alex walked away afrer saying goodbye to me.

a/n
i'm making it like zack went to their school because it's easier for me k thanks bye