Jalex - My Toxic Valentine

Chapter 16

Alex’s P.O.V

It’s been 2 months since Todd’s death, and a lot has changed since then. Jack gave a speech at the funeral as he was still feeling guilty for his death, despite my constant nagging him that it wasn’t his fault.

The funeral was full of jocks, who had finally washed the gel from their hair, and sluts, who have unrolled their skirts, making them knee-length. It shocked me slightly how many people were here, and how many people would genuinely miss him. What shocked me most is that I think I’m going to miss him too, and I know Jack will.

Even through all the beatings, all the pain, and all the mocking, there was clearly a side of him who actually cared. I mean, yeah, he might have beaten me unconscious, he might have threatened me to kill my beautiful boyfriend, but I would never have wanted him dead.

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After the funeral, Jack stayed at my house, and we lay there, just holding each other, silent, but thinking the same thing.

How we hoped it’d get better.

And it sure did, we just didn’t know it then. It all started when we got back to school.

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“Jack…” I said, leaning over my sleeping boyfriend, smiling at how his face was so peaceful. He remained asleep. I sat myself up and sat on his stomach, leaning forward to connect his lips with mine gently, and at last, he stirred, and began to kiss me back. I pulled away and rested my forehead onto his. “Good morning baby” I whispered, and he grabbed my shirt, pulling me closer to him, reconnecting our lips again. He rolled over so he was on top of me, his arms and legs around me so he didn’t crush me. His tongue swiped my bottom lip and I opened my mouth, granting him access. His tongue scrabbled around my mouth, making me moan gently into his mouth. I felt his hand reach down, and slipped into my boxers, making me gasp. His hand curled around my junk, and I jumped up, almost like an electric shock. I pulled his hand away, and crawled out from underneath him.

“Babe, as much as I’d love to, we got school” I said and he pouted. I swooped down and pecked his lips, before pulling away and opening my wardrobe. I picked out a New Found Glory shirt; I’ve really started liking them, and some dark wash skinnies. I threw Jack some clothes and skipped to the bathroom. Judging by the clunk and the groan I heard from my bedroom, Jack had just fallen out of bed, and was now crawling to the wardrobe to get clothes. I chuckled slightly to myself, before jumping in the shower, smiling as the hot water washed over me.

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Half an hour later, and we were showered, dressed, and ready for school. We sat on the sofa, hands entwined, watching cartoons, laughing at all the dumb crap SpongeBob gets up to. Then, Jack’s phone vibrated, making us jump, as we were sitting on it. Jack sprang into action and checked his texts, a confused look on his face.

“Hmm… it’s from that Rian kid…” he said, confused. I looked at him, puzzled.

“Huh? What’s it say?” I asked and he gave me his phone. I looked closely at the text. “Hey, you and Alex wanna hang out at mine after school?” it read. I looked at Jack, before handing his phone back. He took it back, a look of confusion still on his face. “You wanna go?” I asked him, and he shrugged.

“Kinda, it’d be nice to make some more friends?” he said, and I nodded, before pecking his lips.

“Okay, we’ll go! Sounds great” it said. He picked up his phone and sent Rian a text, telling him that we could make it, and we were looking forward to it.

“Ah, its 8, we should really get going?” he said, looking at me. I nodded and stood up, then held out my hand to help him. Then I dropped his hand, grabbed my school bag, slinging one side of the backpack on my shoulder, Jack doing the same, before reconnecting out hands and walking out the door.