13 Reasons Why / Zalex Story

Montgomery de la Cruz

Zach Pov.
We arrived at 7:55.
I opened the door of my car and then helped Alex get out of the car.
I took our bags and gave him his cane.
Even though he has the cane I still supported his side with my arm.
First of all I wanted to help him and second of all I don't mind touching him.
That's probably the only touch I can get from him here so I'll take it.
I would take any opportunity to feel him.
We walked inside the building and went down the hall.
"Hey the faggot couple is back. We missed you over the weekend."
I would recognize that voice out of everyone's. Fucking Montgomery de la cruz.
"The fuck you want Monty." I said while turning on my heel to look in his face.
"Nothing. Didn't mean to interrupt you and your little bitch." He said with a grin on his face.
"Say that again you fucking dick." I responded.
"Just ignore him. Come on we're gonna be late." Alex said and pulled me in his direction.
I turned around and we started walking again.
"Yeah, you better listen to your faggot cripplet." Monty yelled.
Thats enough.
I let go off Alex' arm and ran in Montys direction.
I slammed him against the lockers and held him by his shirt.
"WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM !"
I yelled in his face.
He pushed me off of him and punched me in the stomach.
I punched him in the face and he fell to the ground.
I kept punching him and he fought against me.
"TELL ME WHAT YOUR FUCKIN PROBLEM IS !" I yelled.
I stopped punching him when I saw the dirty smile on his face.
His face was swollen and he was spitting blood.
"Haha fuck, you done?" Monty said.
"Wtf is wrong with you Monty." I said and stood up.
I picked up my bag and walked back to Alex who was still standing on the spot where I left him.
My hand was still bloody from punching Monty so I took a tissue out of my bag and cleaned my hand.
Then we started walking to our first class.
"Are you okay?" Alex asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. He only punched me in the stomach."
"Don't do that ever again."
"What do you mean ?"
"Beating someone because of me."
"Alex what he said was not ok."
"Well it was the truth."
"Alex what the fuck."
"I don't want you to fight for me. What if a teacher had seen that ? You would've been suspended." Alex responded.
"I don't care. When I said I'd do anything for you I meant it."
"Well then do that for me. Don't get yourself in trouble because of me."
And with that he walked into the class and I followed him. He sat down on the chair next to Clay and I sat down on the one behind him next to Justin.
"Hey Dude. How was your weekend?" Justin asked.
I answered:"Pretty good yeah."
"Well what did you do, or who did you do." He asked and winked at me.
"No one haha. On Saturday I went to the cinema with my cousin and on Sunday I was at Alex' House." I answered.
"What did you do?"
"Just play Video games and watch movies." I lied "Why'd asked?"
"Just because." He said and then checked his phone.
What was that about.
I mean he is one of my best friends but he never wanted any details about what I'm doing.
The teacher came inside and started the maths lesson.
I tried to listen but all I could think about is Alex. Was he mad at me ?
I only wanted to protect him.
No one talks to him like that, not if I'm around.
I understand that he doesn't want to be protected but I can't just ignore something like that.
I just want him to be happy.
I can't fucking focus.
God Alex what are you doing to me.
I can't think straight. Ok literally. But thats not what I meant.
I fidgeted in my seat and played with the hem of my shirt.
When the teacher turned to the blackboard I leaned forward and tapped on Alex' shoulder.
He turned his head in my direction and asked:"What is it?" he didn't seem annoyed though.
"Are you mad at me? You know, because of the Monty thing." I asked
"God Zach, of course not." he whispered back and looked me straight in the eyes.
"God I wanna kiss you so bad right now." I whispered and made sure no one else would hear it.
"I can only give that back." he said and smiled and then he turned around.
I leaned back in my seat and had a big grin on my face.
"Did Standall offer you a blowjob or why are you so happy?" Justin whispered.
"What are you talking about?" I asked a bit shooked.
"Chill dude. It was just a joke." He said.
"Or was I right?." He asked with a faked shooked face.
"Fuck you." I said with a laugh and punched his shoulder. Justin just laughed.
"Dempsey, Foley, quiet." the Teacher said.
I picked up my pen and started writing down the stuff from the blackboard.
If I don't listen I should at least write this shit down.
Alex stood up with a crumpled piece of paper in his right hand.
I don't know why I did it but it was like a reflex.
"I'll throw that away for you." I said while getting out of my seat.
Alex looked at me a bit confused and I felt like the whole class was staring at me.
I quickly took a blank piece of paper from my desk and crumpled it up.
"I wanted to throw something away anyway." I quickly said, took the paper out of Alex' hand and walked to the bin.
Why the fuck did I do that.
That wasn't even my intention.
It's like my body took over me.
I walked back to my seat and sat down.
"What was that about? Is he paying you?" Justin asked.
"No of course not. I only wanted to help and I wanted to throw something away anyway so." I tried to talk my way out.
"Of course." Justin said and looked at me with disbelieve.
It was the truth. I just didn't want that Alex had to stand up so I helped him.
I just did it. I didn't even think about it.
It's like my mind is only focused on Alex and on what he is doing.
Even now I catch myself staring at him.
My eyes follow every movement of his body.
How he supports his head with his hand and how he taps his fingers on the desk.
He moved back with his chair and shifted in his seat.
I took the opportunity to put my feet down on the edge of his chair just to fuck with him.
He pushed my feet down with his hand but I just put them back up.
He looked at me annoyed and I just grinned back.
He turned around again and just ignored me.
I obviously couldn't live with that and poked his butt with my foot.
He still ignored me.
So I started poking him with both of my feet.
He turned around and whisper yelled:"What do you want?! Cut it out."
"You." I whispered almost inaudible and with a big smirk on my face.
He looked a bit shooked and blushed. Then he turned back around.
The rest of the time I just left my feet on his chair and tried to listen to the lesson.

Alex Pov.
What is up with Zach. Is he like super horny or what is his problem.
I can't deny that I wanted him too, but we're in school.
And then that incident with the paper.
He is acting a bit weird.
Should I be worried?
I guess he just wanted to help me but I'm not paraplegic. I hate this special treatment. I don't hate Zach for it. I could never hate him. Actually the exact opposite. But I don't need him to babysit me.
God now all I can think about is Zach fucking Dempsey. Or actually fucking Zach Dempsey...
What am I thinking.
That fucking smile and fucking perfect face and body.
Focus Alex. Just think about something else.
I wrote down the things from the blackboard and tried to listen to the teacher and then the bell finally rang.
"Thank God." I said.
I packed up my things and turned around to face Zach. He shouldered his bag and then walked up to me.
"You ready short guy?" Zach asked.
"Fuck off." I said.
"Oh come on Alleee." He whined
I tried to hold back a smile but I couldn't.
"Here we go." Zach said and smiled.
Then he reached out for my bag but I stopped him.
"I can carry that myself." I said.
"Alex don't be like that." Zach answered
"Like what? Not a cripplet. Sorry Zach."
I said and turned away. Everyone left already . I wanted to leave but Zach grabbed my arm. I turned around and looked at him.
"Don't say stuff like that. You know that's not what I meant." Zach said and caressed my arm.
"Then what did you mean?" I asked
"I don't want you to think that I only help you because you need it. I'm helping you because I want to. I know you can do it alone, but you're not alone Alex."
He ran his hand up and down my arm.
He looked into my eyes and I just stared at him.
"Please forgive me. I just want to be there for you." He said and placed his other hand on my hip.
I looked around to see if anyone was there. When I saw that nobody was around I grabbed Zach by his neck and smashed my lips on to his. He kissed me back and cupped my face with his hands.
I put both of my hands around his neck and pulled him even closer.
We broke the kiss after a while to take a breath and looked at each other.
Zach broke the silence:"So we're good?"
I caressed his cheek and said:
"Of course we are."
"And you let me carry your bag?" he asked.
"If you really want to be my pack donkey." I said while handing him my backpack.
He smiled,took my backpack and asked:"Is that my pet name now? Donkey."
"Pet name? Like couples do? No I would never do that. Come on big guy." I answered ironically. I grabbed my cane and started walking towards the door.
"Comin' , baby boy." Zach said while following me. I rolled my eyes at him and he wrapped his arm around my shoulder.
"We're already 10 minutes late for psychology." I said after taking a look at my phone.
„You wanna skip?" Zach asked.
„Sure." I answered.
There was no one in the halls so we just left through the front door.
We went to Zachs car and he opened the door for me, as always and I got into the vehicle.
"You know you don't have to open the car door for me every fucking time." I said and laughed.
"I know Allee but I fucking want to." he responded and smiled while getting into the car.
He started the engine and drove off.
"Where are we going?" I asked.
"Just somewhere with more privacy." he said and had a dirty grin on his face.
My whole body started to tingle just at the thought of what Zach could mean by that.