Shut Up And Kiss Me Now

Title Credit: "For Baltimore" - All Time Low

Chapter Title: Liar, You'll Pay For Your Sins

^Credit to "With Ears To See And Eyes To Hear" - Sleeping With Sirens^

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When the bell rang in my last hour class at 2:30, I got all giddy and shit inside. Tonight, I'm going to propose to my boyfriend, Cody. Before I left, I tried to finish grading the last few papers left I have. Once I finished, I locked my classroom up and headed to the florist to pick up the bouquet of flowers I had asked to be held for me. Once I got those and paid for 'em, I got back into my car and headed out to the liquor store.

​​ Once I got to the liquor store, I walked inside and up to the register. The clerk turned around, "Alex!" he exclaimed. "Long time, no see! What can I getcha today?" he asked.

​ "Hey Mike! I'm actually proposing to Cody today, so I came for some Jameson." I replied.

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​ "You're still with that scum?" he asked, shocked.​​​​​​

​ "Yeah, what's your point?"

​ "He's cheating on you, Alex," Mike said. "Before you get angry and accuse me of being jealous, which I'm not, ​​​​​​​​take a moment to remember what he did to Vic. He cheated on my brother. Once a cheater, always a cheater. But here's the thing, Lex; he called the store today. He asked me to hold him a bottle of Jack, and th--"

​ "He hates Jack Daniels! Why would he buy a bottle of-"

​ "Believe me, Alex, I know he hates Jack Daniels. Hear me out, please."

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​ I nodded. "Alright. Speak."

​ "As I was saying before, he asked me to hold him a bottle of Jack, and that made me suspicious, because like you said, he hates Jack Daniels," Mike continued. "About an hour ago, he came in for the bottle, with another guy. And before you interrupt me again, I know this for sure because when he and that other guy walked in, they were making out. Tongue-on-tongue action, Alex."

​ I was speechless, and I could feel tears coming out.

​ "Listen to him, Lex," I heard a familiar voice say. "I saw it, too. I know how you feel, Alex. Call him, I bet you he won't answer."

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​ So I called him. It went straight to voicemail. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Hey! You've reached Cody, I'm not available right now because I'm fucking my boyfriend or someone else. Leave a message and I'll call you back!

​ ​​"Gather all of my belongings and bring them to Athena and Zack's house," I yelled into the phone. "We're through, you piece of shit."

​ "Thank you guys for telling me, it means a lot that you care. I'm gonna head over to Athena and Zack's.​​ I'll see you later!" I said, walking out of the store and dialing Athena's number, crying.

​​​​​​"Hello?" Athena answered.

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​​​​​"Athena." I sobbed.

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​"Lexy, what's wrong? Why are you crying? Where are you?" she asked.

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​"O-On m-my w-way over. Cody's ch-cheating on m-me. C-Can I st-stay w-with you guys for a while?"

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​"I'm going to kill that fucker," she shouted. "And Alex, of course you can stay with us. You're our best friend. I'm gonna go, I want you safe whilst driving. I'll see you soon, kay Lex?"

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​"O-Okay," I sniffled. "Th-Thank you. You're such a good friend to me."

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​"Oh, Alex," she said. "You'd do the same for me or Zack. Bye, Alex, don't get pulled over or in an accident. Love youuu."

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​​​I chuckled ​​a bit. "Okay, bye Athena. I'll see you soon." I said and hung up. I love my friends.

​​ I pulled into Zack and Athena's driveway and put my car in park. Athena ran out side quickly and pulled me into a bone crushing hug.

​ "Hello there." I said.

​ "Are you okay​​​​​​​​​​, baby?" she asked. Oh, so I get a lung-crushing hug and an "are you okay?"? What about my hello?!

​ "I'll tell you if you stop breaking my arms." I replied. Athena chuckled and let go of me.

​ "Sorry​​​​," she replied. "I'm worried about you, baby. You're my best friend, so it was scary to hear you sobbing like that on the phone."

​ I kissed her cheek, "Thank you for caring so much, Athena," I said. "I could lie and say that I'm fine, but I'm not.​​ I-I need someone right now." I started sobbing. Athena put her arm around my waist and we started walking.

​ "Here, let's get you inside. Just let your emotions out, it's okay to cry, Lex." she said as we walked inside. She sat me down on the couch and sat next to me, holding me close.

​ "W-Where's Z-Zack?"​​​​ I stammered.

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​ "He's supervising detention today. He should be home in a few minutes." she replied.

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​ Zack walked in about 2 seconds after she said that.

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​ "HONEY, I'M HOMMEEE." he called out, and he looked over to the living room.

​ "Hey, man, is there something wrong?" asked

​ "​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Cody cheated on him." Athena said.

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"I-I w-was gonna pro-prop-pose, too." I stammered, sobbing again.

"That bastard, where is he?"

"My house, fucking someone else. But don't go there. I called him and left a message telling him to bring all my belongings here and that we're through."

"Man, I'm so sorry that happened," Zack said. "You're welcome to stay here until you find a place of your own if you want."

"Kind of already said he could," Athena spoke. "He called me crying and I was worried about him."

Zack laughed, "It's okay," he said, kissing Athena's cheek. "I wouldn't of cared if Alex just let himself in. I mean, you are like my brother, man."

I smiled, "Thanks you guys, you're the best friends a sad gay guy could have."