19. How Did I End Up Here

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Omg sorry im such an asSHOLE I HAVENT UPDATED IN LIKE A MONTH

[ J a c k ]

"I don't understand what's so great about this movie" Rian sighs, shoveling chips into his mouth

"Dude, The Breakfast Club is a cinematic masterpiece" Zack says defensively

"I get that it's some really deep stuff and a bunch of jabs at society, but I just don't understand why people are so fond of it"

"Well I don't understand why people are so fond of Taylor Swift but they are"

Rian throws the bag of chips and jumps up off the couch "TAYLOR SWIFT IS FUCKING AMAZING TAKE THAT BACK"

Alex chuckles and I can't help but smile.

"Excuse me mister, I know I didn't just hear that word coming from my son's mouth!" Rian's mom shouts from upstairs

"Sorry mom!" He grumbles

"Fuckin loser" Zack chuckles and Rian pouts

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"Yo... YO MAN WAKE UP!" Rian hits me with a pillow and I sit up, rubbing my eyes

"What?"

"Wake your boyfriend up, we gotta get to school" I look at my phone, 7:46. Shit! School starts at eight!

"Hes not my boyfriend" I mumble, looking over at Alex, who was still fast asleep

"Yeah yeah okay" Rian rolls his eyes and runs up the stairs, followed by Zack

"Alex..." I say, nudging his arm "Wake up, we've got like ten minutes to get to school"

He slowly opens his eyes and mumbles "Wha..."

"It's seven fourty six"

His eyes widen and he darts up, grabbing my hand and racing up the stairs. I almost trip once or twice but I manage to keep up with the only boy in the world who's sincerely terrified of being late to school.

"Hand holding" Rian notes and looks at me "Blushing"

"Smiling" Zack adds

"Boyfriend" They say at the same time.

Alex lets go of my hand and I mentally curse them for saying that. We grab our backpacks and run out the door.

"What time does your bus come?" I ask

"Oh I don't ride the bus. I walk" Rian says and bites his lip

"But you live like ten blocks from the school. Plus we've only got-" I pause and check the time on my phone "Six minutes to get to school"

"So we either have to run... Or just skip" Zack shrugs

I look over at Alex who was nervously playing with the strings on his hoodie "Are you okay with skipping?" I whisper

He nods and says "But if we skip today then we definitely have to go tomorrow"

"Okay, then it's settled" Rian claps his hands together and we head back into the house. I guess his parents are at work

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"We should go into town soon, maybe get some coffee or something" Zack suggests

"Wont we get caught?" Alex asks

"Nah, we'll just make ourselves look a little older than we really are, people wont suspect a thing" Rian walks over to his closet and pulls out a white button down shirt. He searches through the other clothes and grabs two more button downs, one black and one grey. "Here, you guys go put these on and try to make your hair look... Less like that"

I follow Alex into the bathroom in Rian's room / the basement and slip on the black shirt. It's a little big but I can deal with it.

Alex puts on the grey shirt and buttons it up, only to sigh and pout. He missed one of the buttons on the bottom so the whole shirt got messed up.

While he tries to fix it I attempt to make my hair look 'less like that'

"Finally" Alex mumbles "Hey Jack can you just help me get the back of my hair not to stick up? I guess not many well respected college-aged people have spikey hair"

"Sure" I chuckle, trying to get his always messy hair to look more 'sophisticated.'

"And what am I gonna do with the front of it? It's all flippy"

"Alex, you do know if someone sees kids skipping school they're not gonna call the cops or anything"

"I know" He sighs

I take a deep breath and say "Alright. You're good. How do I look?"

"Good, you just have one piece of hair sticking up in the front" He bites his lip, trying to brush it to the side. I can't help but stare at the boy, there's just something about him. Something... Ah fuck I can't even describe it.

Without any warning I lean foreword and kiss him. He seems surprised at first but then smiles slightly and kisses back. I run my fingers through his hair, completely messing up the whole 'sophisticated' look. The door clicks open and Rian screams

"OH MY GOD SORRY" As he slams the door shut

We break apart and both our faces flush bright pink.

"That was... Uh... That was nice" Alex stutters

I nod and we end up giggling at Rian's reaction.

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