Alive and Breathing (Adopted By Alex Gaskarth)

Chapter Two

Morgan
I could feel a tightness in my chest. I coughed lightly to loosen it. I knew I would need to do a treatment almost immediately when we arrived wherever the hell it was we were going. Alex glanced at me. "You okay?"he asked, worry filling his brown eyes. "Yeah. I'm fine. It's almost time for a treatment,"I said. "We'll be there in a few more minutes,"Alex said. I nodded and clicked the power button on my phone.

The screen was cracked, it was a miracle it worked at all. I knew I had no service. It was a hand me down from one of the house workers when she got a new one. I could use it on the wifi at the house. I was surprised to find out we had been driving for almost two hours. I heard Alex flick the turn signal on and we pulled into a long gravel drive. The end of the drive opened up to a beautiful farmhouse. I couldn't take in all of the sights. Everything was beautiful and alive.

I looked up to catch Alex staring at the cracked phone in my lap. I hurried to shove it into my pocket. He turned the car off. As soon as he took the key from the ignition, the front door opened. A very excited, grown man came running through the door. He had a bleached streak of hair through is natural hair color. My eyes widened in fear as he ran to the car. "ALEX! DID YOU BRING HER HOME?"He shouted over and over at Alex. "Woah, Jack, calm down dude you're going to scare her,"Alex said to the hyper man named Jack.

My eyes widened as I took in the scene in front of me. Two more men appeared in the door of the house. One was tall with large muscles and the other smiled at me with strangely blinding white teeth. Alex came over and opened the door for me. Jack, the hyper man was named, rushed over to my side and Alex tried to hold him back with one arm while reaching a hand out for me. I took his hand and climbed out.

"Jack, can you give us a minute please?"Alex asked. Jack pouted but walked back up to the other two on the porch. "Okay, Morgan, the guy with the large muscles is Zack, he's a giant teddy bear. The guy with the bright smile is Rian. The hyper guy pouting is Jack. You can go to them about anything. I'm gonna grab your things so we can get up to your room and you can do your treatment, okay?"Alex asked. I nodded again. I gave a small smile to the guys as I entered the large home.

I gasped when I saw the large living room inside the door, the kitchen just off that. There were stairs. I was taking in the view when I realized Alex was climbing the stairs. "Are you coming?"Alex asked, smiling back down at me. I started climbing the stairs behind him. He pointed out each of the guy's bedrooms. Mine was the bedroom at the end of the hall across from Alex. He opened the door to my room and the beauty of it amazed me. String lights were hung, my bed was a full side in the corner. A white desk was beside that and I also had a bookshelf in the corner.

A keyboard and guitar also sat in the room. "Like it?"Alex asked. The color scheme was purple and turquoise, my favorites. I nodded in awe and shock. Alex sat my belongings down and then handed me a present that was sitting on the desk. "You can open it, it's a little welcome home present,"Alex said. I sat beside him on the bed and tore off the wrapping paper. Inside the box sat a new Mac laptop and an iPhone. I looked up at Alex and threw my arms around his neck. "Thank you, Lex!"I said. He hugged me back. "You're welcome,"he said.

"Well I'll leave you to get settled and do your treatment. I'll come check on you in a bit,"Alex said and then he left, closing my door. I grabbed my nebulizer and my Aflo vest and set myself up for a treatment. I put the vest on then added my medication to the nebulizer before turning both on. I grabbed the trash can from beside my desk and began coughing up the mucus in my lungs. I was almost done with my treatment when I overheard Alex outside my door.

"What do you mean we have to be ready in three days?"he asked, angrily. "We just got Morgan home today and you're telling me we have to pack everything up now? I have to check with her doctors,"Alex responded. Alex sighed. "Fine, we'll be there,"he said and hung up. I pretended that I hadn't heard any of that as Alex entered. I turned off both machines. "What's up?"I asked as I began cleaning up. "Morgan, can we talk for a minute?"Alex asked, patting the bed beside him. I nodded and sat beside him.

"So, I'm in this band called All Time Low with Jack, Zack, and Rian. Our management called and we have to be ready to head out on Warped Tour in three days. I know we just got you here so if you aren't ready to go I understand and I can try to make some arrangements,"Alex said and then he began rambling. I began thinking over my options. "I wanna go!"I exclaimed, shocking both of us. Alex was gaping at me. "Are you sure?"he asked. I nodded. "Alright, cool. I'm gonna call your doctors and check about what we need. We'll go shopping tomorrow,"he said. I nodded and he hugged me again. I leaned into his embrace, unsure what I was getting myself into.

A/N: Hey y'all! Sorry I just now updated this, I know it's been a few months. Things have been quite crazy. I have some more ideas for this book. I'm sorry if this chapter was boring. I wanna try to start updating regularly but I cant make promises. Life is determined to kick my ass. I just graduated high school and in general things are just crazy. Thanks for sticking around and reading! Stay safe and much love!

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