When I woke up, Jack was half-way on top of me, with his legs and arms sprawled out in every direction. Alex was lying on the floor, face down. I pushed my way out from under Jack, only to have him roll off of the bed and land on the floor with a thud. I tried to hold back my laughter as Jack got up and rubbed his butt, but it was too hard, and soon I had woken up Alex.

"What happened, what's so funny?" Alex asked, getting up off the floor. "How did I get on the floor?"

"You must have rolled over in your sleep, but Jack here rolled off the bed and hurt himself." I laughed, holding my stomach. Alex started laughing too, as Jack pushed out his bottom lip to resemble a pout.

"It's not funny guys; I think I broke my ass." Jack muttered, sitting back down on the bed.

"No you didn't, you big baby. You're fine, just a little sore, that's all." Alex smiled, going to his suitcase and getting some fresh clothes. Suddenly the door opened and in stepped Rian and Zack.

"We heard laughing, and we wanted to know what happened." Rian raised an eyebrow at us.

"I fell off the bed, actually, I think Lacey pushed me, but anyways I fell and landed on my ass. Will one of you check and see if it's bleeding?" Jack asked.

We all yelled 'Eww' which caused us all to laugh. "Guys! I'm serious. It feels like its bleeding." Jack moved to pull down his pants but I stopped him.

"Jack, go to the bathroom and do that shit. No one wants to see your hairy ass." I laughed, closing my eyes. I heard a muttered 'fine', before opening my eyes to see that Jack had left the room.

A few minutes later we all heard Jack yell from the bathroom, "It's not bleeding! You guys don't need to worry anymore."

"We weren't worrying in the first place!" Alex yelled back, cracking a grin.

"So, who wants to go out for breakfast?" I asked once everyone was clean and Pig's food bowl was full. All four boys raised their hands. I smiled and grabbed the car keys, leading the way to the garage.

"Oh, Zack, in case you want to work out while you're here, there are some weights and stuff." I pointed to the far corner of the garage where my brother had set up his exercise equipment.

"Awesome, thanks Lace." Zack smiled, "I'll check it out later."

We all got in my car and drove to a little diner not too far from my house.

"Here we are boys, I love this place. They have the best waffles I have ever eaten in my life. I would marry them if I could." I smiled, walking inside the diner, and taking a seat at a booth.

Alex got in beside me, and Zack got in beside him. Jack and Rian got in across from us. A girl about my age with totally fake blonde hair walked up to the table.

"What can I get you boys to drink?" She asked, smiling at all of them. I watched her eyes linger on Alex and I felt myself getting angry.

"Uh, milk." Rian smiled, "It's good for your teeth."

"I'm pretty sure your teeth are completely nourished, Ri." I laughed. We always joked about how perfect Rian's teeth were.

"I'll have orange juice," Jack smiled.

"I'll have milk too," Zack ordered, looking over the menu.

"I'll have coffee, and she will have apple juice." Alex smiled, pointing at me.

"Alright, I'll have your drinks out in a moment." The girl smiled, winking at Alex. He acted as though he didn't notice.

"I'm getting waffles," I smiled, putting my menu in the middle of the table.

"Me too," Alex smiled, "just to see how 'amazing' they are."

"WAFFLES!" Jack smiled, bouncing up and down in his seat.

"I'm having eggs and toast." Rian smiled, setting his menu down with the others.

"Same here dude." Zack nodded, putting his menu down as well.

The girl came back with our drinks, and we gave her our orders. She returned about 10 minutes later with them, and I noticed she kept checking Alex out. I wanted to get out of the booth and bitch slap her so hard that the hair dye came out of her hair, but I didn't.

"These waffles are amazing." Alex smiled, swallowing his meal.

"I know right?" I laughed, taking a bite of mine.

"So, Lace, what do you do around here?" Rian asked, eating some eggs.

"Besides boys," Jack winked. I blushed and looked down at my plate.

"Uh, I work at a boutique, selling dresses to classy middle-aged woman who can afford to buy a 1,000 dollar dress that they're most likely only going to wear once in their life." I answered, "But besides that, as Jack said earlier, I do boys."

"Ah, do you have a boyfriend?" Zack asked, eating some toast.

"There are a few guys that are interested, but no. I went on a date the other night, but he was lame." I smiled, taking a sip of apple juice.

"So, hump-and-dumps?" Alex asked, "One-night stands?" I didn't answer, only looked down at my plate kind of ashamed of it. "Aha, she does!"

"Shut up, enough people already think I'm a slut! It doesn't help that I came in here with 4 extremely attractive guys," I laughed, "The girl that's our waitress, she'll probably run off and tell her friends, who will tell everyone else. And I'll have to hear all about when I see Roxie tomorrow. Oh my god, Roxie! I totally forgot about Roxie!" I fished in my purse for my phone and pulled it out, hitting number 5 on my speed-dial.

"Who's Roxie?" Alex asked, pushing his empty plate aside.

"My best friend, I was supposed to call her last night but I didn't. Shit!" I answered; the phone rang for the second time until finally she answered.

"Lacey Nikole Marx, you better have a damn good reason as to why you didn't call me last night!" Roxie yelled.

"I do, actually, meet me at my house and I'll tell you, okay?" I smirked and looked at the guys.

"Fine, I'll be there in 10." And then she hung up.

"Come on guys, you're going to meet Roxie." I smiled.

After Alex and I fought over who was going to pay the bill, Zack paid for it and we made our way back to my house. Roxie was already outside, leaning against her car.

She was wearing distressed skinny jeans, a white v-neck, and about 100 metal necklaces. I saw Jack staring at her, and I smiled to myself. I had a new goal, to get them together.

"It took you long enough, bitch!" Roxie smiled, throwing her arms around me.

"I know, I know. It was these fools, they're so slow." I laughed, moving so she could see the guys. Her mouth dropped open and I thought she was going to fan-girl but luckily, she didn't.

"You're….they're….are they what kept you busy last night?" She asked. I nodded, "How…how do you know them?"

The guys stood beside me as I told her about how I knew them back in Baltimore, and how I hadn't seen them for 5 years.

"That's amazing!" Roxie smiled, "Why didn't you tell me before?"

"I didn't think about it, and I've never seen any pictures of All Time Low. To be honest, I forgot that was their bands name." I blushed.

"God, you're so lucky!" She smiled again, hugging me.

After Rox calmed down, we all went inside and decided to watch a movie. I put in Harry Potter and we all sat in my room to watch it.

Roxie and Jack sat beside each other, and I occasionally heard her giggling, so I knew they were hitting it off. I smiled to myself and leaned back against my beds headboard. A few minutes later Alex joined me, claiming that the floor was 'uncomfortable.' I laughed at him, but made room.

"Go with me to get more popcorn." Alex whispered. I sighed and got up, rather annoyed at the fact that Alex couldn't make the popcorn by himself.

"Don't worry, my parents aren't here. They're off looking at colleges with Cadee, and Travis is staying at his girlfriends' house." I laughed, noticing how Alex was tippy-toeing his way down the steps. He started to walk normal, and almost ran down the remaining stairs.

I followed him into the kitchen where he got out a bag of popcorn, put it in the microwave, and set the timer.

"So, why'd you make me come down here, obviously you're capable of making popcorn?" I asked, smiling.

"I burn it a lot." Alex looked away and smiled. He was lying.

"Mhmm, what's the real reason Alexander?" I asked, looking him in the eyes. I never noticed it before, but Alex was gorgeous. His hair which was now shorter and a purplish-red color made his face look more angled. His dark-chocolate brown eyes were shiny and full of confidence. He had a nice body, it wasn't as toned as Zack's, but his arms were muscular – probably from hours upon hours of playing the guitar.

He wasn't as stick-thin as he used to be, he had put on a little weight, but it looked fine on him. His legs were more muscular now, as well. He still wore his skinny jeans, sagging them so his boxers were visible to the world. He still wore those shirts that had the flying pig on them; I think he said they were made by the brand Glamour Kills. He also still wore his old grey converses, which were worn through in places.

I had to admit it, Alex Gaskarth was lovely.

"What do you mean?" He asked, stopping and staring at me.

"I heard you last night, before I fell asleep. When you said you missed me so much, and then…kissed my forehead. Alex I heard you." I admitted, looking away from him.

"Oh god, you did?" He asked, his face flushing with embarrassment.

"Yeah, I did." I nodded, looking back at him.

"I meant it, I missed you a lot. I broke up with Lisa about a week after you left, I couldn't take it. I cried a lot, I drank my feelings away. Oh, and earlier when I said Jack cried himself to sleep every night, I was talking about me. I still do, occasionally…or, I did." He admitted, looking me in the eyes. He moved a little closer to me. He had me pushed up against the counter. But I didn't mind, I even liked it. "I don't think that will be a problem anymore."

"I missed you, too. I wanted to call, to text you guys, but I didn't want to get in the way of your dreams, you know. I also knew that if I talked to any of you I would cry. I couldn't do that, to you all, or myself." I looked deep into his eyes, to try and find out what he was feeling. "Selfish, huh?"

"Absolutely not," He shook his head. "I came here once; to look for you…I didn't have any luck."

"You what?" I asked, my eyes as wide as they could get.

"I tried to find you. To tell you…" He trailed off, because the timer for the popcorn went off and interrupted him. I pushed him away and got the bag out; I took it and went upstairs to my room.

I didn't really ignore him…but I didn't talk to him, because I was scared of what he might have said. I was scared that I might have felt the exact same way.

DUM DUM DUM. Suspenseful, huh? I was out of school today for flooding :D. So I wrote this, and now I'm updating it. HOLY STUFF MAN, I've updated 3 days in a row! That's a freakin' record for me; it usually takes me like 3 weeks to update. Ahh, you should love me for this. Review, review, review. Question: What do you think Alex was going to say?