Jack Barakat has had enough of being upset with his life and is taking charge of his own happiness. He pledges to never revert back to his old self, and be who he truly is. Even if who he truly is attracts Alex Gaskarth, the asshole.

Jack is the funny, smart, attractive, "Mr. Popular" of Baltimore High. Alex is the bad boy, exchange student, sent here by his parents to "straighten-up his act". What happens when their paths are forced to cross? - Completed: 27-April-14 - *Sequel out now - A Love Like War*

This is the sequel of "Under A Paper Moon" so you should go read that first :D Yay for Jalex A Love Like War will be set at the end of summer. Alex has to move back to Essex and Jack is left alone in Baltimore, miles away. Alex will run into a lot of old friends when he returns. Despite having to pretend to be straight and interested in girls, Alex keeps up a secret, long-distance relationship. Read to find out how everything pans out for our darling Jalex <3

Jack and Alex used to be best friends until Jack came out of the closet. Jack is now a loner while Alex became popular. When Alex starts trying to get close to Jack again will something in their relationship change?

Jack Barakat has a perfect life. He's famous at school, he is the leader of the football team, girls like him. He is his school's 'cool guy', who bullies un-normal kids. But when Alex Gaskarth moves to Jack's neighborhood and comes to his school, something in this boy starts to bother Jack - he starts to feel bad about bullying Alex. A Jalex fic.

The woods had always fascinated Alex, but so had the house on the other side of it. Large, tempting, and beautiful... Alex had always found himself drawn to the house, much like how he found himself drawn to who lived there. Jack... he was a million things. Jack got Alex talking again, which he hadn't been able to bring himself to do since the hard death of his brother, Tom.

"Well fuck you too, Paul!" I yelled as my Mom's boyfriend stormed back down the stairs. Boarding school? Fucking boarding school? What the hell are they thinking? Everyone knows that those shitholes are just full of dickhead guys and slutty girls. Well, I'll show them. Anything's better than staying with Mom and that asshole. Jack was pissed off with his family. They had sent him to boarding school and he WAS NOT happy about it. But when Jack meets Alex, who may be an even bigger ass than his horrible step dad, will his luck change? Trailer for this fic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc0_6dVX5G8