Cheers To The Shitty (And Not So Shitty) Times! *An Alex Gaskarth Fanfic*

Chapter 1

Chapter 1

I sigh and let my head drop onto the bar.

"You doing okay man?" My best friend Jack asks me, sliding into the bar stool next to me.

I sigh again. "Well, my girlfriend of 7 years just dumped me and told me that she had been cheating on me for 4 years, so no Jack, I am not okay." I down the rest of my beer and look over at him. "I thought I had finally found the one, y'know."

Jack frowns. "I'm so sorry."

"I just can't fucking believe it! After all these fucking years!"

I order myself an extra strong rum and coke. The bartender gives it to me and I take a big gulp.

"There's a really hot girl over there. You should go talk to her. She looks like she could use a friend," Jack tells me.

I don't even look over. "She probably has a boyfriend."

"With the way she is drinking, she is definitely going though some shit," he says.

I shake my head. "She's taken."

"I'm just going to go ask her," he says, turning away.

Before I can stop him, he is talking to the girl. I can't see her, but I hear their conversation.

"Do you have a boyfriend?" Jack asks bluntly.

There's a short pause. "No. I'm single," the girl answers.

"K thanks!" Jack replies.

He walks away without another word and smirks at me. "There. She's single, so go talk to her."

"I don't want to. I just want to mope," I say.

He grabs me by my wrists and pulls me to my feet. He pushes me from behind and forces me to sit beside the girl. He smirks at me and walks away.

The girl and I sit in silence. I break the silence. "Sorry about my friend," I say.

She chuckles, but there is no heart in it. "It's okay."

"I'm Alex," I tell her.

She smiles weakly at me. "I'm Kylie."

We sat in silence once more. We both down our drinks and order more. I notice that she orders really strong drinks, like me. I tilt my head to look at her and notice that her eyes are red and puffy.

"Are you okay?" I ask softly.

Her eyes well up. "Where do I even start? My brother committed suicide 2 weeks ago for reasons no one knows. 2 days later, my best friend, who was also my brother's girlfriend, offed herself because 'she couldn't deal with the pain.' My parents are getting a divorce because my mother blames me for my brother offing himself while my father blames my mother. So, my mother hates me for that reason, while my father blames me for the divorce, so he hates me. And to make things even fucking better, my boyfriend just broke up with me because I'm 'too depressed.' You fucking go through what I have been going through and tell me if you want to be fucking happy!"

I suddenly feel bad about moping. Getting cheated on and dumped was nothing compared to what this beautiful girl was going through. "If it helps, my girlfriend just dumped me and told me that she'd been cheating on me for 4 years. We were together for 7 fucking years."

She holds up her glass. "Cheers to shitty times!"

I chuckle. I clink my glass against hers.

Kylie turns to me. "Look, this will probably seem really forward and pushy, but I need a distraction. Do you want to come over to my place?" There is a spark in her green eyes.

I consider turning her down, but I realize that it's exactly what I need. I need a distraction from the shit going on. I smile at her. "Okay. I could use a distraction myself."

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Hiya!

This is a new fanfic I wrote! It's not going to be long, only 12 chapters! The whole thing is already done and ready to be posted, so I am going to be posting one chapter a day for the next 12 days, or that's the plan!

Hope you like it! Let me know what you think!

Love you guys! xoxo

Haley