I guess once you escape from hell, you’re pretty much okay with any situation, as long as it makes sense. You find a balance, a routine, and no matter how shitty it may seem, you accept it because it’s better than what you had before. And you forget that everything can still change, that your life continues to unwind to the point where you lose track of it. You don’t realise, at first, that you’ve lost control. That is, of course, until you come face to face with death. And that’s when it hits you… you’ve fucked up. Yeah, I guess you could say that’s what happened to me. ....... Yay, another Jalex fanfic! El-oh-el. Expect some James Bond stuff in this one guys. So hi. This is a collaboration between me and my friend Emily (she writes the Jack parts, I write the Alex ones). We try to update once a week but we actually update once a month. Ownership rights: We own All Time Low. We keep them tied up to some chairs in my attic. We feed them cotton candy sometimes. (but in all seriousness we do not own All Time Low) Okey-dokey that's all hope you like it ^-^

Alex is broken to say the very least. He feels like everyone hates him. That is until he gets a new music teacher. Mr. Barakat teaches Alex to use music to get all of his emotions out and maybe falls in love along the way. Teacher/Student. BoyxBoy. Disclaimer: This is all as true as Peter Gaskarth's tutu. Title goes to Fall On Me by Paradise Fears.

Title and idea belong to Daniel Waters. I do not own ATL blah blah blah. Plot is mine and all that. When Alex loses his best friend, he thought it was for good, thought he'd never see Jack's face again. He was wrong.

"Distance means so little when someone means so much"

Alex has to face moving away from London to Baltimore, Maryland in the USA and has to come to terms with making new friends at his new school. What he doesn't know is what this holds for him and what a boy called Jack does to his life... -------------------------------------------------------------------- 80k reads, thank you so so much! I didn't expect people to still be reading this years on.

Secrets. Alex has plenty of them, and they're the reason why him and his mom have moved all the way across the ocean; to get away from them. If anyone finds out, it could ruin him, all over again. Meanwhile, Jack has some secrets of his own. He's content being a loner, but feels a strange pull towards the mysterious new kid Alex. Will they be good for one another, or ultimately destructive?

Books are the light of Jack's life. He doesn't really care about much else in this seemingly unordinary world. The fantasies he reads about tell him that he needs to be special to have his story told. But he finds out that it's not what makes you extraordinary, but someone who makes you feel like you are.

Alex Gaskarth is a nobody. He's just one small speck that walks the world alone and barely makes it by. He's lived off of his parents ever since he graduated, but now that they've moved back to England and left him in Baltimore, he's barely able to pay to put food on the table. He doesn't have a job (and doesn't care to get one) so the only way that he's able to make money is playing guitar in the local park, but what happens one day when he's approached by a stranger who just so happens to also be a part of the richest family in Baltimore? Jack Barakat is a somebody. Being one of the four children of a wealthy industry owner, he pretty much has enough money to buy whatever he wants and more. He enjoys having money, but there's one problem... Eventually the money runs out and the fact that his father has an obsession with alcohol and his mother is addicted to cocaine isn't helping any. He thought he could have all the fun being rich, but he's at the point where he realizes that the money will eventually get to your head and he wants out of that life. That's when he stumbles across a man playing guitar in the park. That's when he realizes that he may get the chance to live "normally" for once. This is a story I am cowriting on mibba. Jack's point of view: Me, c0l0urfultears Alex's point of view: My coauthor, @EmptySighsAndWine Title credit: Get Down On Your Knees And Tell Me You Love Me - All Time Low Completed but not edited.

Alex is a troublemaker, yet he doesn't want to be. It's just that when people get too close, or too personal for his comfort, he snaps. Events of his past have left him afraid of almost any physical contact, and other people in general. He's trying to mend his broken life, and is offered a fresh start after being expelled from his last school. Jack, on the other hand, is depressed. He feels worthless, like a waste of life and space, and has just about the lowest self-esteem possible. He's searching for the affection and comfort he so desperately needs. The meet at a bus stop one day, but are torn apart when Alex has to suddenly run off, without even giving the boys a chance to exchange names. Half a year later, the pair is reunited, when Jack is assigned to be Alex's tour guide on his first day at Dulaney High. Their feelings for one another quickly grow, though they're confused about where, exactly, the relationship is headed. Can the two boys help each other? Are they enough?

If it wasn't for one faulty clasp, Jack Barakat and Alex Gaskarth would have been nothing more than another one night stand to each other. If Jack hadn't been rushing to college, they never would have met properly in the daylight. If Alex hadn’t had to get to work early, they never would have fallen for one another. If the pendant hadn’t caught the light, they never would have torn each other apart. But on that day, late January, that seemingly insignificant piece of metal did break. Jack was late. Alex was forced to be early. The sun shone at the right angle. And that made all the difference.