A New Year's Kiss (BoyxBoy)

13. Leave Me Alone

Jay

UUrgghh! I felt rough. I hadn't felt this bad in a long time. I had planned to go and see Alex today, but I would be lucky if I managed to get out of bed at all. Maybe that was a good thing. Maybe Alex would need longer than a night to cool off.

I did spend the majority of the day in bed, only going out in the evening to do a beer run for my mum.

The following day, I was determined to see Alex and put the kiss behind me. It had all been one big mistake and I needed to sort it.

I knocked on his door just after lunch, with a new game in my hand, ready to make peace.

The door opened and Alex stood there blocking the entrance. He would normally have just opened the door and let me follow him in.

"Hey," I said with a small smile. "I've brought a peace offering."

Alex frowned. "You really think buying a game is going to make things ok again?"

I sighed and put the game behind my back. "No, but I thought it might at least get me inside so we can talk about it."

Alex looked at me for a second, then stood back to let me in.

I mentally gave a huge sigh in relief, feeling like half my job was done. I went and plopped myself down on the couch. Alex pulled out a chair from the table and straddled it putting the back of the chair between himself and me. That wasn't a good sign.

I drew in a breath, "I'm sorry Alex, about what I did that night. I thought it would be funny, but I'd had too much to drink and took it too far. I promise that upsetting you was the last thing I intended to do." I had been practicing that speech all night and thought I'd delivered it well.

Alex stared at me, not giving anything away with his facial expression. The silence was starting to make me feel uneasy. I thought things would be ok after I apologised.

Eventually Alex spoke.

"Fine, I'll accept your apology, but on one condition."

I nodded.

"On the condition that you leave me alone for 2 weeks. No visits, no calls, no texts, no nothing."

Now it was my turn to stare at him. Did I really just hear that right?

"Why?" I managed to say, a confused frown on my face.

Alex shrugged, "Why not?"

"Because it's weird for one. Is this some sort of punishment? Am I supposed to see being your friend as some kind of privilege?" I was getting annoyed now.

For the first time since I'd arrived, Alex's face slipped, and I saw the sadness that lay behind the mask.

"No, of course I don't" he said quietly. "But please Jay, please can you just do this for me?"

I still didn't understand, but I didn't want to fight with him. "Fine, I'll do it then." I stood up to leave, "but just for the record, I think you're being a shit."

Alex's angry face was back. "Well that makes us both shits then doesn't it. You crossed a line Jay, and believe it or not, when you mess with someone like that, it takes more than a day and a cheap knock off game to get past it. All I am asking for is two weeks. Just be grateful I didn't say two months."

I was really pissed now. "Two months did I hear you say? Right then, two months is fine by me. If that's what it takes to get over yourself, then that's what you'll get."

And I stormed out slamming the door behind me.