Somewhere In Neverland ~Flykarth~

Chapter 10

A/N: aren't I nice...three updates in one day!!! In all honesty I have up to chapter 20 drafted, but the others still need editing! Anyway this is nearly at 200 reads already *squeals in delight* but no votes or anything *sobs in the corner*. If you like what you're reading please, please give it a ikkle vote pretty please *puppy dog eyes*. Much love xox

  Matt's POV
"You seem...happy!" Rian raised an eye brow at me.
"Aren't I usually?"
"Yes, for the most part, but you just seem...happier then usual." He shrugged.
"I just got some good news that's all." I smiled.
"Oh? Do tell!" Zack encouraged excited.
"I will, just I can't right now, I don't want to jinx it until I know for sure it's happening." Well, it wasn't exactly a lie, I did get good news...Alex agreed to be mine and that was just about the best news ever. And I didn't want to jinx it, we both agreed one of the reason's we wouldn't go public is because we'd hardly known each other long. I knew how I felt about him, but I got what position it put Alex in. He didn't trust anyone, and even though he never said it, I knew he still didn't fully trust me. I couldn't blame him, I mean if I was him, went through what he'd been through, then had a friend of a guy who made my life hell suddenly be nice to me, I'd be skeptical too. I'd just have to earn his trust, which I would do whatever it took to earn, even if I got beaten and battered doing it. But for now, I would respect what he wanted.
"Hmmm okay." Jack didn't seem convinced but he let it go. "Oh no...ginger approaching."
I looked behind Jack and sure enough there he was, and my blood instantly went to boiling point. As soon as I saw his face I remembered the horrific bruises he left Alex...my Alex.
"Hey guy's! You hear what happened yesterday huh?" Alan grinned smugly.
"Yeah man, apparently you did a real number on those two!" Rian forced out a laugh.
"It was brutal!" Mike howled in laughter. "You should have seen them!"
"Yeah, Quinn was wise enough to shield his face, but Alex, not so much, fags only got himself to blame!" Tony shrugged his shoulder's slightly, clearly not giving a toss about what they'd done to Kellin or Alex.
"Yeah well maybe next time he'll take note, then again the shit's as dumb as hell so I doubt it." Then, right then, I wanted to hit the ginger right where it hurt.
"You need to be careful though Al, too many marks above clothing..." Zack started.
"Yes, yes I am aware." Alan sighed, waving his hand around in the air, brushing Zack off.
"Oh look, here they come..." Shayley pointed down the hallway.
"Excuse me..." Alan turned on his heel and started walking, Tony, Shayley and Mike quickly following behind. Before I could even blink Alan shoved Kellin into Alex, causing them both to fall into the lockers with a painful sounding thud then too the floor. It took every ounce of strength I had in me not to go running to his side, hold him, I could see the pain in his eyes as he gripped his arm.
"Someone's got to do something." Jack sighed.
"Yeah..." Zack nodded.
"What if we did?" It was a risky question, but right now I didn't give a damn.
"Are you being serious? We don't stand a chance against him and his lot! You know it's not just Mike, Shay and Tony he'll call on. There's Jaime, Tino, Justin, then Tay and Jardine in the senior year, the list is endless." Rian looked at me wide eyed. He had a good point, if we did, we'd be done for, but I didn't care, they could all come at me, if it meant I was protecting him.
"Sorry man, but the only bruises I want are the one's I get from Skateboarding." Zack shook his head.
"Yeah, I want to make it through the last two years unharmed if possible." Jack sighed, those words kind of irked me a little, his little brother is getting bullied, shouldn't Jack be teaching him to stand up to bullies rather then cower and go against everything you believed?
"Yeah, you're right." I nodded and sighed, they weren't, but you know. "Still, we need like a Hulk in this school to sort the shit out."
"Yes, but sadly, Hulk only exists in comicbook's and movies." Jack shrugged. Just then the warning bell rang. "We better get to class."
I looked over to Alex, begging him inwardly to look my way, after a few seconds he did. I tried to pull the best 'are you ok?' face I could, he must have got the message as he gave a small, sad nod before quickly turning away. His lip and eye looked even worse today, I guess because they'd now had an entire night for all the swelling and bruising to come up properly. My heart sank, it hurt, I wanted to cry, I wanted to go be a real boyfriend and be there, but he wouldn't let me. I don't know how long I could keep up respecting his wishes, I knew it wouldn't take long before I cracked.