Terrible Things [Chapter 26]
Title: Terrible Things
Rating: R
Pairing: Alex and Jack
POV: Third, focused on Jack. Sometimes Alex.
Summary: Jack meets Alex after they're thrown together in a dorm at college and is desperate to have the English boy close, but after the first few nights, is it ever that easy?
Disclaimer: Fictional, may contain sexual references, violence, homophobia and a lot of swearing.
Credit: Title to Mayday Parade
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A/N: Thought I'd update a bit earlier so here you go. Also, somebody posted about the massive warped tour roleplay so I auditioned for Jack because there's alreay an Alex and if I get it I'll just sit for the entire thing with a huge grin on my face.
Chapter 26
Alex had gotten heavily excited for the weekend. He’d had the idea that he could use what little money he had from his seasonal job to buy new clothes in the sales. He’d took Jack up on his offer of borrowing clothes just a few times, but he still felt as if he needed to do things for himself. He’d also managed to save up enough money to be able to pay for his food easily, leaving Jack with much more money than he expected this month. Though once the English boy found out Jack’s plans to visit family, he went in a mood almost immediately.
“We just got back!” He protested.
“But I need to get a few things!” Jack had yelled back.
“Fine.” Alex had given in. There was no point in arguing; if Jack wanted to go he could go. So with that, Saturday came and Jack’s train left early, leaving Alex with an entire weekend to himself. When the day rolled into night, he’d decided that sitting indoors watching more reruns of Jeremy Kyle wasn’t good enough and it didn’t take him long before he was out the door and headed to a local nightclub just off campus.
Inside, the room was almost completely filled with people Alex’s age, but he recognised very few from his own college. Calmly, he bought a drink from the bar and sat in the farthest corner and just watched the rest of the crowd in their movements. Across from him sat a bunch of girls fixing up their makeup and tits whilst a few of their friends were in the middle of the room, dancing with some guys that looked too drunk to be able to stand. It wasn’t long before a guy spotted the emptiness of Alex’s table and invited himself to join him.
“Alone?” The guy asked. He was fairly tall with short, dark hair and much more muscular than Alex. The English boy just nodded and allowed the newcomer to sit opposite him.
“Zack, and you?” The guys confirmed.
“Alex.”
“Not many come alone y’know.”
“I guessed, but I had no choice really.” Alex laughed.
“Nice accent.” Zack said. Nobody had really picked up on Alex’s accent before, or at least none had mentioned it. “You from England?”
“Yea, just moved here for college really.”
“Sweet, what college?”
“Campus just two blocks away.”
“I go there!” Zack grinned. “I think I’ve seen you once or twice. I take music but that’s it.”
“Me too, but I guess we’re in different classes.”
“Sucks really.” Zack said as another guy came over and took the seat next to him. This guy was shorter than Zack with much shorter hair too, but he beamed over at Alex as if they’d known each other for years.
“This is my mate, Rian.” Zack introduced them. “And this is Alex. He goes our college.”
“Hey.” Rian smiled, offering a drink to Alex. The three of them talked for a while and Zack had supplied them with constant drinks all night. By midnight, Alex was feeling slightly tipsy but he’d not drank enough to miss the crowd that had just arrived, lead by a familiar face.
“Aw fuck.” He complained, sinking further into the corner.
“What’s up?” Rian asked.”
“That guy’s got it for me, and that girl’s my ex.” He half whispered, flinching as the guy at Lisa’s side noticed his presence. The whole crowd started to make their way over to the table.
“Isn’t that the guy that beat up that Jack kid?” Zack asked Rian who nodded and stood up to greet the oncoming storm.
“How’s it going, John?” Rian grinned at them, positing himself to hide the English boy.
“Out of the way Dawson.” John growled. “We told Gaskarth not to come out.”
“Well you can fuck off.” Zack almost yelled, standing up next to Rian.
“Make me.”
“Don’t push your luck.”
“He only wants the cheating fag.” Lisa spat, glaring from John’s side. Alex had never known her to be such a bitch before, but then he’d never seen her as pissed off as she was now.
“Maybe if you weren’t such a bitch...” Rian started, only to be met by John’s fist flying towards his face. Zack reacted quickly and with one blow to the attacker’s stomach he forced him to miss Rian and stumble backward slightly. Alex half expected John to come right back and throw punches at all three of them but instead, he got up and left with a simple “watch your back.”
“I’m so sorry.” The English boy apologised.
“It’s cool.” Zack laughed. “You’d think by the age of 18 they’d be more mature, guess not.”
“So is Jack your friend?” Rian asked, sipping on his drink some more.
“Guess you could say that.”
“Well don’t worry about those pricks, we’ll introduce ourselves on Monday.” He winked, nudging Zack in the side. “He’ll be safe with us.”