My name's Payton Mailer, I'm sixteen and my best friend is Alex Gaskarth. We've been best friends since I moved to Baltimore when I was nine, and I was sat beside him. He introduced me to my other best friends, Jack Barakat, Rian Dawson and Zack Merrick. Those guys are all part of a band called All Time Low. They're sort of amazing.
"Alex William Gaskarth!" I yell, jumping up from the couch in Jack's basement, "Give me my phone back!"
He stuck his tongue out at me before running quickly up the stairs, taking them two at a time. I chase him up and into his kitchen before cornering him, and smiling, "Fuck you Paige. I'll get it next time!" He says before handing over my white iPhone.
I grab it then happily turn around. I begin to walk back downstairs, but I feel cold arms wrap around my waist and I turn just in time to see Alex laughing, and then he picks me up and swings me over his shoulder.
I pound on his back, making sure to leave at least a mark "Alex! Let me down!"
"Nope! This is next time, and I'm getting you."
When we get down, he drops me on the couch and we watch a movie. "How about Paranormal Activity!?" Rian says, flipping through all the scary movies Jack had that weren't Home Alone. The selection was surprisingly big.
"Or Home Alone.." Jack says, playing with the hem of his shirt.
"No!" We all say in unison.
"Fine, we'll watch the scary one."
I begin to bite my lip, and pick off the nail polish on my thumb nail. I hated scary movies, and I always ended up with my head buried in one of the guys' chests or curled up in a ball with my heart pounding.
Alex moves a little closer to me, putting an arm around me. He leans over, and whispers in my ear, "It's okay. I'm here if you need someone to cling too."
I smile at him, and rest my head on his flat chest. These moments were honestly my favourite, when we were cuddling, everything was peacefull, and calm. Cuddling was one of the things I did to help kill my depression when I was thirteen. I always saw a different side of Alex when it was just him and I. He didn't act like a cocky dick around me. He acted like a real, sweet guy around me.
The movie begins, and I brace myself for whatever was going to happen.
The movie ends and as usual I'm curled in ball and Alex is hugging me, telling me it was just a movie and that everything is okay.
"Awwe!" Jack says looking at us, "Alex and Payton sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!"
I pull my head out of Alex's arms, hoping he wont notice my cheeks that were currently burning.
I look over at Rian, laugh at his face.
He looks over at me and flips me off before crossing his arms over his chest and pouting, "Shut up Payton, at least I didn't scream and jump in to Alex's arms!"
I glare at him before getting up, "I'm getting a drink, you guys want anything?"
"Monster!" Zack yells out.
"Rockstar!" Alex yells.
"Water please!" Rian and Jack say.
I walk up, making sure there is no demon in the kitchen before entering it. I reach for the water, then balancing them in my hand I reach for the Monster.
Just as I grab the Monster, I feel someone tug at my long brown hair, and I scream dropping all the items on the floor, then turning around quickly. I see Jack standing there laughing.
"Oh haha you're so funny Jack! Just for that, you can pick up your own water!" I reply, bending down picking up everything but one water.
"Wait, while were alone I wanted to ask you, how are you with Alex?" He asks, leaning against the counter.
I sigh, "I don't know.. I still like him, like a lot, but he's making out with like every girl and sleeping with girls every other weekend! I need to know that he can settle down. I wanna be the girl that changes him, you know?" I ask, "I want to be the girl that he settles down with."
"Yeah, I know..he needs to learn some respect for girls and learn how to have an actual relationship." Jack says, "I'll talk to him, because this has been bugging me too lately. I don't want to see him with all these girls. It's not healthy, and he needs to smarten up.."
"Thank you Jack." I say, hugging him.
"No problem, you're one of my best friends! I would do anything for you." He replies.
Alex's POV.
"So, Jack. What did you wanna talk about?" I ask, sitting down next to him.
"Alex, you really need to stop with all these girls. You're making out with every girl you see, and I don't remember a time when you didn't have a girl you were leading on."
I sigh, "I know dude. I really wanna settle down, and there is this girl in mind but I can't tell you." I say smiling.
"Dude!" Jack says, "I'm your best friend!"
I laugh, looking down at my hands. "I know, and if everything works out you will find out soon enough."
Jack gives me a look, "Can you at least give me a hint? Or when you'll ask this girl out?"
I shake my head, "Nope! I need to keep this to myself, I don't want anyone meddling in. I really need to do this myself."
Jack sighs, "Okay, I understand. But when she says yes, I'm the first one to know right?"
I laugh, "Of course!"
Hey guys, so obvs this is my new story, and I hope you all like it(: Also, most of the time the story will be in POV, but it will be from Alex's or someone else's for important parts(:
