DIRTY LAUNDRY

11

Caught up in a hurricane,
Paper-thin walls •

"Jack, talk to me!" I said as we were walking back to the dorm. I knew Andie is bad news, she has to ruin everything! Being beyond pissed, I tried not to show it because Jack was already worried and upset enough. I remember him telling me that his parents don't approve of this lifestyle and if Andie tells them anything, sprinkling it with some additional lies, Jack will be in a lot of trouble.

"Fuck fuck fuck! Why did I even agree to date that bitch!" He muttered, unlocking our door.

"Don't worry, she has nothing on you." I tried telling him that she can't touch us.

"Alex, you don't understand. I only stayed together with Andie because my parents like her for some reason. If she says anything, I'm screwed." He said, worried.

"She can't prove it, can she?" I asked. He shook his head. "That's right. If you talk to your parents, explain everything and be convincing, I'm sure they won't say anything."

"Maybe she was just threatening me, she can be such a snake." He ran his fingers through his hair after taking a seat on the edge of my bed. I joined him and started rubbing his back.

"Don't worry, she's probably bored and just wants to stir some drama. Forget her, we'll figure it out when and if we have to. Okay?" I said. He just nodded and leaned his head on my shoulder.

"It's so weird, I wasn't even aware of it." He said.

"What do you mean?" I asked, still rubbing his back.

"Sitting there with you, laughing, feeding you, touching and kissing you... it all comes so naturally for me, I didn't even think about the fact that we were in public." He said and it melted my heart. It's the sweetest thing he's ever said to me.

"Really? That's very sweet, I'm glad you feel that way." I said and put my arm around him, pulling him closer.

"Yeah, really. It's so strange because it used to happen to me with girls... and now it's you." He said, wrapping his arms around me, laying us down. He cuddled up to me, squeezing me tight.

"Have you ever liked a boy before? You know, attraction and all that..." I asked and felt his head move.

"Nope, only as friends, I don't think I've ever been sexually attracted to a guy before. Maybe Zack Efron but that doesn't count." He chuckled and looked at me. I smiled back at him.

"Oh yeah, Zack is killer, he went from hey daddy to your wife calls me daddy. Hot!" I said and heard him laugh, it's one of my favorite sounds.

"You're special." I heard him say after a few minutes of comfortable silence that we shared.

"Why do you think so?" I asked. He was in such a vulnerable state and I would've done anything to protect him.

"Well, for start, you make me feel this; something I never thought was possible for me to feel. It's so real and raw, yet it's the dreamiest state I've ever been in." I was speechless yet again. Of course you expect to have someone special in your life and they tell you how much you mean to them but when it really happens, it's just extraordinary. It's warm and fuzzy and it makes your butterflies go crazy, knees weak and your whole body feel like mush.