Rebirthing (Sequel to Say Something)

Chapter 3

Alexander sat next to John at lunch again. Why, he wasn't sure, but he didn't know what to think about this fact. He had a friend now, he guessed, so that was cool. He had absolutely no clue what to do with that. What did friends do, exactly? Hang out? Talk about life? Eh, whatever. Alex did most of the talking anyway. Then Alexander asked him something he never would have expected. Because no one ever asks him to do anything or go anywhere.

"Hey, do you wanna go to the park after school?"

"Um... what?" John gave him a confused look.

"Well, Usnavi, Pete, Sonny and I are all gonna go to the park after school, and I was just wondering if you wanted to join."

"Oh. Uh, give me a second." He pulled out his phone and texted his dad, asking if he could go to the park. It took a moment until he got a response. "Dad says I can, I just have to be home before dark."

"Awesome!" Alexander grinned ear to ear. He moved over to the other people and talked to them excitedly. John just smiled and watched his enthusiastic hand gestures before he went back to typing away on his computer. No, he wasn't doing research for school or anything. He was writing a Destiel and Sabriel fanfiction based off of the show Supernatural. Don't judge. They're his OTPs. He saved his work and closed the laptop as the bell rang, ending the lunch hour. Alexander followed him to his locker, chatting happily about who knows what? He was seriously almost rapping, he was talking so fast. It was fine though. It kept John from having to think of something to say.

"So what do you think, John?"

"Oh. What? Sorry, I zoned out." He gave an apologetic smile.

Alexander laughed. "If I was talking too fast, you should have just said so."

"Alexander, you were talking to fast."

"Wow, thanks for that." He smiled at John. "I'd have to repeat my whole story again for you to be able to properly respond."

"Oh, alright then." John grabbed his things for the next class. He closed and locked his locker before looking at Alex with a smile. "See you in seventh period, then?"

"Yep. See you then." Alexander grinned wider before they parted ways, heading to different classes.

(TIME SKIP BECAUSE NO ONE CARES ABOUT ANY CLASS THAT DOESN'T PROGRESS THE STORY)

Seventh period came and ended without much talking, much to Ms. Bradbury's dismay. It's almost like she wanted them to talk so they would bond more and get into a relationship or something.

When school let out, Alexander took John to meet up with the three other people that were going with them. Alex grinned and waved at them as they approached.

"Hey, you sure you wanna go to the park today, Alex? It looks like it's gonna rain," Sonny commented, looking up at the sky.

"Hell yeah!" Alex said excitedly. "If it rains, that's just a bonus."

"Alright then. For some reason, I was under the impression that you didn't like rain for a second." He shrugged, and the group of five started their walk to the park.

It didn't take long to get there, maybe about ten minutes, but when they did, literally all of them ran for the swings. Because swings. Sonny and Pete got into a contest to see who could swing higher, and Usnavi just smiled and watched them. Alex ended up getting as high as he could and jumping off, hitting the ground on his feet without so much as a stumble. He tried to convince John to do the same after Sonny and Pete followed suit, but John kept refusing, seeing it only as a way to get himself hurt. He always managed to be the unlucky one in a group.