Chapter 1: I Wanna Watch You Take The Stage By Storm

It was the fourth day of the second semester at Weightless High School. Jack sat in the corner of his English class. No friends. No anyone. He was alone. He was always alone. Always was, always had been, - and most likely- always would be. Jack knew why no one liked him. He was the stupid gay kid with no friends who couldn't even talk to anyone because he was that socially awkward.

Jack sat there and stared at the kid one row over and two rows up from him. Alex. The most gorgeous, amazing thing Jack had ever laid eyes on. He felt his heart flutter as he watched Alex laughing with his best friends Rian and Zack. He wished he could be with them. Laughing, smiling, living. He just wanted to be normal. But that could never happen to someone like him, could it?

The bell rang and Jack felt his heart rip to pieces as he watched Alex leave. He wanted to walk out hand-in-hand, be able to wrap his arm around Alex's perfect waist and hug him from behind, to kiss his soft lips. He wanted Alex so bad it hurt just to look at him. But it was like a drug, once he looked, he didn't want to stop. Alex's perfect figure walked down the hall and out of sight. Jack was left again. Alone. A void inside his heart where he needed someone, Alex, to save him.

Jack walked off to chemistry. He liked chemistry. He liked that he could make something beautiful out of something that looked like nothing. That he could make nothing become something. All you needed was the right formula. He walked in a sat down in his typical seat in the second to last row on the left. The bell rang, and the teacher stood up at the front of the class.

"Alright," Ms. Krupnik said "One of the other chemistry classes had too many students, so there will be a few new students in our class." The door opened. "Oh here they are! So what are your names?", she asked them. Jack's heart stopped. Everything around him went dark except for the one thing he was looking at- Alex. Alex was in his chemistry class. "Alright, so Maria you sit over there, Matt you can sit over there, and hmm… Oh! Alex there's an empty spot over there", she said pointing at the empty seat next to Jack. Wait, the seat next to Jack. Alex was going to be 2 inches away from him. Every day. For the rest of the semester. Jack felt his face grow warm and tried, unsuccessfully, to hide behind his hair. "Alright! So today we're going to be doing the Copper Cycle Lab. I've already picked your lab partners, and no complaining about it!" Despite he instructions, the class gave an annoyed groan in disappointment. Ms. Krupnik ignored them and started to read the list of partners. "Alright, Dan and Phil, Maria and Helena, Gerard and Frank, Adam and Mabel, Lindsey and Jamia, Alex and Jack-" What? Alex and Jack. Jack had stopped listening to the list as his mind flooded with thoughts. Was this really happening? How was he going to get the courage to talk to Alex? What if Alex noticed him blushing? What if- "Jack, I said go to the lab tables please", Ms. Krupnik said looking down at him.

"Oh, oh sorry" Jack said grabbing his lab sheet and heading off to the lab table. He sat down on the lab bench next to Alex. He looked over at Alex and felt he heart start beating out of control. Could he handle this?

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