Chapter 4
Jack felt like the happiest guy on earth. He was literally living his dream, and Alex was a lot more perfect than he'd originally imagined.
The next few days went on with no sex but plenty of flirty talk but because it was Alex and Jack, none of the others really paid attention. Jack didn't want the rest of the crew to find out; he had only told Zack because he knew he could trust him. Zack was brilliant at keeping secrets and Jack really respected that.
Jack was sat with Zack in the back lounge, they were having a great talk about the 'Jalex' relationship when Zack suddenly said,
"Don't you feel bad though?"
Jack stopped talking and gave Zack a confused look,
"What do you mean?"
Zack sighed and sat up, a sure sign that this was serious. Damn! Jack hated serious conversations!
"Well, while you and Alex are off having 'fun' together, Alex has a girlfriend at home who you've stolen him from. Does she even know?"
"Shit!" Jack looked down, trying to think. Alex hadn't mentioned Lisa since the argument on the first day of tour. Maybe they broke up? He tried to convince himself, but if they had, wouldn't Alex had said something about it? "I don't know man, I never thought about that!"
"I think you need to have a talk with Alex, dude. I mean, it's fine if you two want to carry on doing this, but it's not fair on Lisa."
Once again, Zack had proved to be the voice of wisdom and no matter how hard he tried to fight it, the thought of Lisa back in Baltimore was nibbling away at the back of his mind. Jack loved Alex, but he wasn't sure if he was prepared to cheat with him.
Later that night after the show, the band and crew were all on the bus, heading to the next destination of the tour. After watching two James Bond movies, everyone started to drop like flies and they all headed for there bunks. Before long, it was just Alex and Jack left.
Jack wasn't sure whether he should say anything, he'd tried to steer clear of Alex all day because of it. If I ask him, he might freak out and then he'll never want to-
Jack's thoughts were interrupted by the feeling of Alex's teeth against his bare neck. Alex kissed and sucked before clamping down hard, surely leaving another mark on the back of Jack's neck.
"A-Alex, not tonight." Jack pulled away and began to stand up, "I'm really tired!" He began to walk away but was stopped short when Alex said,
"Have you been avoiding me?"
"No, I-I..." Jack's mind went blank, fuck, what do I say?
"Yes you have, you've barely talked to me all day! I thought we were-"
"What about Lisa?" Jack brought his hand up to his mouth to stop himself from saying any more, had he really just been stupid enough to blurt that out?
"W-what do you mean?" Alex asked, attempting to hide his initial shock.
"I mean, while you've been fucking around with me, Lisa's still in Baltimore waiting for you to come home!" Jack was trying to be as quiet as possible, but the anger he felt was rapidly rising. Alex was speechless,
"I was gonna-"
"Save the bullshit, Gaskank! What were you gonna do? I'll tell you what you were gonna do: you were gonna fuck me around all tour then go home, sleep with your slutty girlfriend and forget everything that's happened!"
Alex sat in shock on the sofa, Jack had never started an argument intentionally like this!
"Jack I-I'm sorry,"
Jack looked down at his best friend and, for a moment, was about to forgive him. But then he thought about the dreams he had always had about them running away together, that could never happen if Alex was still in love with Lisa.
"Were you just using me?" He questioned the still shocked Alex.
"No, I really do have feelings for you, Jack!" Alex looked like he was on the verge of tears, "I thought I loved Lisa, but now I know what I really want. These last few days with you have been incredible and I never want this tour to end!" Alex stood up and took Jack's hand, "I swear to god, as soon as this tour's over, I'm breaking it off with Lisa, I just don't want to be dick and do it over the phone!"
Jack still wasn't sure, Alex seemed sincere but a lot of people had lied to Jack over the years and he still couldn't escape the feeling that he was being taken advantage of.
"Jack," Alex said, looking deep into his eyes, "I-I think I love you..."
Jack's heart melted in his chest and he pulled Alex in for a long embrace.
They both headed back to Alex's bunk and just lay together; Alex's arm around Jack's shoulder, it was slightly uncomfortable but Jack finally felt safe.
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Challenge Accepted: Sick Little Games (Jalex)
Подростковая литератураJack Barakat becomes extremely jealous of his best friend's girlfriend, he wants Alex to himself, but what will he have to do to prove how much he wants Alex?
