A/N: Soo sorry for the lack of updating. Been pretty busy. -sigh- Hopefully this makes up for making you all wait so long? Haha
"Hey, Chris!" With a tiny blink, the blue-eyed man glanced up, half-expecting Kevin to be standing there with a bat. Realizing it was Sonjay and Jay, he sighed, pushing his hair out of his eyes and frowning up at them from his spot on the arm chair outside Cornette's office. This was really the last place he wanted to be and these two were the last people he wanted to see. In conclusion, he pretty much figured someone was out to get him. "We really want to talk to you." Sonjay fixed his black baseball cap and let himself sit down beside Chris, Jay placing himself on the arm of Sonjay's chair.
"Whatever it is, somehow I highly doubt I want to hear it." Chris muttered as he drummed his fingers on his chair, eyeing the pair suspiciously. Jay raised an eyebrow and opened his mouth to say something, but Sonjay quickly shushed him with his own words.
"I think you do, don't worry, this isn't anything about Alex. It's about me, you, and Jay. Me and Jay... we want to apologize to you... and Alex. We were a bit of jerks to you two and we're sorry. Honestly, we don't have any excuses for our actions, other than the fact that you were right. We're thick headed and mean and rude and we never give Alex a chance. If you're willing to forgive us, we're willing to give him a second chance." Sonjay excplained with a nod, keeping his gaze on Chris, seriousness in his eyes and voice. Chris could only stare at them. Were they being serious?
"You swear?" He asked skeptically, continuing to watch them. Both nodded, Jay a bit reluctantly, quietly eyeing Sonjay out of the corner of his eye.
"Totally. We're up for a change. We want to be better men and hopefully the rest of the locker room will follow in our footsteps." The Indian man explained in a sugar-coated voice. Jay put on his best sugary smile, although his eyes told Chris otherwise. But the dirty-blonde man ignored it. Sure they seemed uneasy about all of this, but it was a step in the right direction.
"Alright. Come to The Spot tonight at seven. I'll have Alex there for you two." He grinned, almost totally forgetting about the meeting he was about to have with Cornette. Almost.
"Perfect. See you two there!" Sonjay smiled and gave a thumbs-up before practically dragging Jay away, a smirk planted on his face and a gleam in his eye. Jay, for once, actually looked sure now, even as he wore his own two-faced smile.
"I honestly can not believe that I have you two sitting here before me after I gave you a fair warning." Jim shook his head at the pair as he leaned back onto his desk, his arms crossed as he eyes them quietly. Chris studied the ground, guilt building up inside of him while Alex tried to keep his face as expressionless as possible, even as it was becoming more and more difficult with each escaping word from Jim's mouth. Instead, the dark-eyed man glanced in Jerry's direction, hoping to block out what was being said. Jerry just disappointedly shook his head at the young man he once thought had potential. Alex fought back the tears as he felt his lip quiver. He closed his eyes and stared at the ground, drawing deep breaths. "You two know how much this show means to me and to have two ruined X-Division matches in a row really breaks my heart, it does. You're giving a bad name for us out there and more and more people are tuning out instead of in. Now there's even more pressure on the other guys to do the best they can, hoping they can gain the viewers back. The viewers you two lost for us." Jim paused, thinking over what he was saying to them. He studied their faces and he almost felt sorry for them. Chris looked clearly disappointed in himself while Alex was unreadable, although he looked truely sorry. "As much as I know I'm going to regret doing this, I need to teach you two a lesson. That's why I have no other choice but to suspend you two indefinitly." His words lingered in the air and Jerry could barely stop himself in time from dropping his jaw. He was expecting this all day long, but to actually hear it in person, it felt so much more painful. He saw Alex clench his fists tightly as well as Chris slouch over. He felt bad, he really did, but they were getting what they deserved. It just pained him to see the two so vulnerable and hurt. He had watched the two transform into what they were today, and he actually thought of them as family in a twisted way. Chris was like the son learning as he walked, challenging any who came into his path. He was one the one that he couldn't help but be proud of. Then there was Alex. Jerry figured Alex was more of the type where he did his own thing and you couldn't notice him if you weren't looking. But you couldn't help but feel for him. He sighed and looked over at Jim, who was watching him unsurely. Jerry gave his boss a nod of approval.
"Now I don't expect to see you two around here until I say you can come back, alright?" Jim watched the two as they nodded quietly, neither sure what to say. Alex was mentally screaming at himself. Why had he let Sonjay and Jay over-power him? Why didn't he just keep walking to the tunnel? Why didn't he rat out Sonjay and Jay? It wasn't so much of the fact that he had temporarily lost his job, it was more of he had cost Chris his shot at having a clean record. He swallowed the lump in his throat, but continued to refuse looking up. It was too hard. "That's all." Jim sighed, rubbing his temples slowly, regret clouding up his heart. He truely had thought that the two would work together to keep their jobs safe. It obviously back-fired on him. Chris stood up and he could barely walk to the door, his legs felt that wobbly. He shakily opened the door and went to take a step out when Jim's voice called out again. "And boys, try to stay out of trouble..." He offered a grim smile, but earned no reaction from either. Not even the hint of a reaction. Alex stuffed his hands in his pockets as he followed in Chris' footsteps outside the office. He closed the door behind them, hearing Jerry say something to Jim. But he was too frazzeled to eavesdrop.
"I'm sorry." Alex heard himself saying as he caught Chris' shoulder, hoping to shed some light on the current situation. Chris turned to face him, anger and hurt evident on his face. "What happened last night... it wasn't my fault. Trust me. I wouldn't lie to you."
"Then why did you?" Chris snapped, glaring daggers at Alex, who only averted his gaze to the ground. Chris' face was too much to bear. He swallowed nervously, unsure of how to put his words. What if he broke the news to Chris, who told Jay and Sonjay, who came after him again? He wasn't willing to take that risk.
"I didn't. Something... something came up." He shrugged emptily. He sounded pathetic and he knew it, it may of even sounded as if he were lying, which was something he really didn't want. Chris' glare didn't loosen up on him though.
"Oh yeah? What? Did you lose your knife? Or maybe you just simply forgot which way the tunnel was because you haven't been there in so long? Is that it?" Chris spat darkly, eyes blazing as fury over-came him. Alex couldn't help but stare up at him in shock, eyes wide.
"Chris, you're being impractical!" He let out, tears burning his eyes. He felt another sob work it's way up into his throat. It didn't help any that they were just outside Jim's office so a few people were staring at them. Mainly Jeff Jarret, Leticia, SoCal and a few others. Chris looked ready to jump on Alex, which made the dark eyed man wince.
"No, Alex, no! I'm nowhere near being impractical!" He screamed, reaching out and grabbing Alex's wrist. He tore the wristband off in one swift motion and pointed to the healing cuts, "This is impractical! Me caring about you is impractical! Jackie loving you is impractical! Hell, your entire life is impractical! Don't turn this all around to being my fault! Face it, Alex, you're the reason for everything that's been fucked up in my life! You're the reason for everythig!" Chris continued yelling as he tightened his grip on Alex's wrist. It was all too much. Alex ripped his arm out of Chris' grasp as the tears trailed down his face. He wanted to run but he felt rooted to his spot. Tension was in the air and everybody could feel it, but no one dared to move. Chris glared a hole into Alex while Alex numbly stared at Chris through blurry eyes. "And you actually wonder why people avoid you? Because you're a life ruiner! I was all fine and dandy before I-"
"Stop it!" Alex cried out, cutting off Chris sharply. Even more tears filled his eyes as Chris continued glaring at him, disbelief written on his face. "Just stop it!" The Michigan native sniffled as he fell to his knees, holding onto his wrist as if it would cure everything. At hearing all of the commotion, a large crowd began gathering around the scene. Chris didn't need to look around to know that the majority of the locker room was standing there. With a huff, Chris turned on his heel and gazed around himself. He scanned a few people's shocked faces and at that moment, he had realized what he had done. Confusion clouded up in his head, but sorrow filled his eyes and heart as he looked back at Alex, who continued to sit on the ground, tears still racing down his face as if the crowd didn't exist. Chris allowed himself to kneel before Alex. Unsurely, he reached out to touch Alex's shoulder.
"Alex..." He mumbled, swallowing his pride as he tried his best to blink back the tears beginning to form. What had come over him? He opened his mouth to speak but was suddenly ripped to his feet. He looked up to see Kevin glaring at him, his hand still clenched on his hoodie's collar.
"What the fuck is your problem!?" The bigger man exclaimed, his grip tightening and only causing Chris to freeze. He peeked behind Kevin to see Austin beside Alex, trying to calm him down. He looked out into the crowd and felt awestruck. Jackie was staring at him, eyes wide, while Christy stood beside her, emotionless. Scott Steiner, Chris Harris, James Storm, Robert Roode, Christian Cage, Tyson Tomko, AJ Styles, Chase Stevens, Andy Douglas, Christopher Daniels, Senshi, Jay, Sonjay, everybody. Hell, even Raven and Serotonin were there. Everybody was here and everybody was watching him. There was no hiding from them. They all knew. He uneasily looked back at Kevin, who was still staring at him darkly. "Answer me." Kevin growled as he ignored what everybody else was doing. Chris closed his eyes and sighed. What did he do? Where did he go from here?
"I... I don't know." He muttered quietly, eyes staring at his feet as the thoughts of what had recently happened raced back to his mind.
"So you make Alex cry and scream at him and then go and act all friendly as if you did nothing wrong and you have no reason for it?" He rhetorically asked, eyebrow shooting up. Chris kept quiet, his heart pounding in his chest. Kevin rolled his eyes as he balled his free hand into a fist. "Give me one good reason as to why I shouldn't murder you right here, right now." He spat, keeping his steady gaze on Chris.
"Because you'd be fired." Jim broke the silence coming from Chris as he fought his way to the center of the crowd. Jerry was right at his heels. Kevin let go of Chris and turned to face the two men as he crossed his arms stiffly across his chest. Jim eyed Kevin suspiciously for a few moments before looking at Chris, "I thought I told you to get out of here."
"I was..." Chris mumbled, keeping his eyes fixed on his feet as he felt more and more regret formed and imbedded itself inside of him. He still couldn't figure out what had caused him to snap at Alex. Jim frowned as he spotted the confusion on Chris' face. With a sigh, he crossed his arms loosely and eyed Alex out of the corner of his eye.
"I want you two out of my building now. This isn't something I want to deal with. You two want to fight so badly? Go find a bar." He ordered, pointing at the hallway to the parking lot. Chris licked his dry lips as he turned on his heel slowly, making his way towards the hallway as a million questions buzzed in his head. Jim turned his full attention on Alex, who still hadn't moved an inch, but had at least calmed down enough to stop crying and just sit there red-eyed. The younger man bit down on his lip while Austin continued to hug him. Kevin studied his two friends quietly, feeling ready to kill something. "That means you, too." He watched Austin look up in shock.
"But, Jim-" The Wisconsin native was cut off briskly.
"Austin, keep your mouth shut. Alex, get out." Jim once again pointed to the hall. Austin reluctantly watched Alex stand up and trudge to the hallway, ignoring all of the looks he was earning from everybody. Kevin shook his head as he opened his mouth once Alex was gone.
"Jim, you're being unfair." He stated gruffly as Austin stood up, dusting himself off and walking over to Kevin's side. Jim glared at Kevin.
"And you're being rude." He shot back before focusing his entire attention on the rather large crowd, "That's it, show's over. Nothing to see here, people!" He yelled out, clapping his hands together loudly. Some people groaned while others stayed silent, but nontheless, they all left. When they were all gone, Jerry shook his head, placing his hand on Jim's shoulder when Jim tried walking back to his office.
"Don't you think you're being a little harsh?" He questioned curiously, frowning deeply. Jim only shrugged his friend's hand off.
"Don't start with me." Was all he said before storming into his office, leaving Jerry alone.
Jackie frowned as she eyed Christy quietly. The red head let herself collapse beside the blonde on the bench inside the women's locker room. They were the last two there, with Jackie telling SoCal and Gail that they would meet up with them later. Tracy had gone off with Rob somewhere while Jacqueline mysteriously disappeared. Christy leaned back with a giggle as she let her head rest in Jackie's lap, staring up at her friend with a grin.
"He was soo amazing. I swear, I don't think I've ever met anyone like him before. Thanks so much for making me give him a chance, Jacks." Christy sighed dreamily, eyes glazing over at the memories of last night. After her and Austin had abandoned Jackie and Alex, they had gone out to the nearest restaraunt, and to Christy it was perfect.
"Yeah, what are friends for?" Jackie half-heartedly smiled down at Christy, who continued to beam.
"But after all that time of him begging me and hitting on me, I would've thought that he'd want things to go further than they did... y'know?" The red head sat up and pushed her hair back from her face with a frown. "Not that I'm complaining cause everyone knows that I don't sleep with someone on the first day, or the second. Unless, of course, there's something undenyable about us and I'm really really into him. I just don't want to screw up so early in the relationship. I was surprised when he kissed me." She giggled again, watching as Jackie raised an eyebrow. "I never would've thought Austin Starr was one for romance. Maybe you were right when you told me people change. I swear, I'm in debt to you!" Christy threw her arms around Jackie in a tight hug, smiling proudly. Jackie nodded, hugging her back only slightly. She desperately wanted to be happy for her friend, but she couldn't tear her mind away from Chris and Alex. There was just so much drama that she didn't know what to do anymore. "You're going out with us all tonight, right?" Christy suddenly changed the subject, skipping over to the mirror to fluff up her hair.
"Uhm..." Jackie slowly blinked, not getting what Christy was asking of her at first. She nodded after a few moments, "Yeah. I am."
"Good. I want to introduce you to Austin, one on one." Christy winked before strolling out of the locker room, leaving Jackie by herself.
Chris yawned as he stretched out his back, staring at his coffee boredly. Where the hell was Alex anyway? He had been sitting here inside the local coffee shop, The Spot, for almost an hour. Alex had gotten his text message, didn't he? Yeah, he replied. Chris groaned and checked his cell phone for the fiftieth time. Actually, where were Jay and Sonjay? Did all three of them flat out ditch him? He stared at the table, another yawn threatening to escape. At feeling someone else's presence, he let a smile form and he looked up. "About damn time!" He smirked but let his face fall at not seeing Alex there. Instead, Kevin sat infront of him, a frown deeply placed on his face as he stared at Chris menacingly.
"Sorry, didn't know we had a date." He sarcastically muttered, rolling his eyes as he clasped his hands together on the table. Chris swallowed nervously.
"I was uhm... waiting for my sister." He blinked, his face becoming puzzeled as he said this. Kevin only stared at him, disbelief still clearly readable on his face.
"I didn't know Alex was your sister." He smirked, though it soon disappeared. Chris went to open his mouth, but stopped. Kevin didn't seem as perky and witty as he was the other night. He swallowed nervously.
"Uhm... Is something wrong?" Chris slowly asked, eyeing Kevin up and down slowly, anticipating what the bigger guy would say next. Kevin nodded curtly as he rubbed his temples silently. He continued frowning, thinking over his words.
"Actually, yeah, there is something wrong. Look, I know what's going on between you and Alex." He stopped briefly before continuing on, "Although I don't like it, or you, I'm going to accept it. Alex's my best friend and well, simply put, you hurt him, I'm going to make you regret ever being born." Kevin glared, watching as Chris blinked blankly. The dirty-blonde man felt his throat run dry. Alex told Kevin about them? "I don't need anyone to fill me in on what's going on, because when something's that obvious, I can tell. Alex is starting to perk up a bit. He even went to the beach with Austin yesterday. But then today happened and I haven't seen him this miserable in a long time. Yeah, he's been upset, but not this badly. He really trusted you, Chris, and you ripped it all away from him. I know I sound harsh and maybe unfair in your eyes, but I'm just looking out for Alex. I hate seeing him hurt, and if you're one of the reasons for him being so miserable, I won't even hesitate to hurt you. So basically, you'd better watch out where you take your next step today, because if I ever see even the hint of hurt back in Alex's eyes, your ass is mine." The much bigger man warned, glaring into Chris' wide blue eyes. The smalled man nodded quietly as Kevin's words echoed in his mind. He sat there in silence, Kevin's narrowed eyes still entirely focused on him. As Chris repeated what Kevin had said for the twentieth time, a question popped in his mind.
"If... If you knew about everything, then why didn't you try and help him?" Chris inquired slowly, a puzzeled expression forming on his face as he put together the pieces. Kevin studied Chris for a bit, quickly thinking over his words.
"Because I knew that this was something he needed to do on his own. He's an adult, Chris, not some kid on the street. He can fight his own battles, I know he can, and that's why I have faith in him through all of this. You say you do, but you don't. If you really trusted him, you'd know that he would never do anything so stupid such as killing himself. You just gotta believe and shove away the negativity." Kevin shrugged, furrowing his eyebrows together as he said this. Chris nodded, his eyebrow raised in question.
"Thanks..." He unsurely replied as Kevin pushed himself away from the table. With that being said and done, he stood up and strolled to the door just as Alex was walking in. The two-toned haired man didn't even seem to recognize Kevin as he passed him, just sat down across from Chris silently. "Hey." Chris tried to smile, but it failed and he could only stare at Alex dully. Alex nodded, eyeing up a few people at a random table. Chris took a deep breath. "Look, I'm really sorry about what happened earlier. I didn't mean to snap at you or anything. I was just stressed because of everything. And you weren't giving me straight answers and I didn't know what to believe." He admitted, settling for staring at Alex's face pleadingly. He tried his best to ignore everything except Alex, hoping he would see through the lines and actually understand where he was coming from.
"I should've listened to Kevin." Alex muttered and shuddered when he felt Chris touch his hand. He pulled back and continued to stare away from him, his eyes becoming distant as his mind wandered in thought for a few moments. The pair sat in silence until Chris opened his mouth again.
"What did Kevin say?" He asked curiously, raising his eyebrow as he stared at Alex expectantly. Alex shrugged and finally let his attention focus on the table.
"He told me not to waste my time with you." He mumbled quietly, letting his hair fall over his eyes as he began to absent mindedly peel at his chipped black nail polish. He bit down on his lip and continued staring at the table. Chris felt his heart pick up speed as he gazed at Alex's face, silently hoping he was joking. Obviously, by the uneasy way Alex was acting, he wasn't.
"I don't blame him. I haven't exactly done much to help you, huh? If anything, I've made things worse." He admitted, pursing his lips in thought as he watched people walk by outside. Alex looked up at Chris after that and he silently shook his head.
"No, actually I've liked it. Yeah, it's been confusing as hell, but it's better than nothing." He shrugged again, frowning as he watched Chris offer a tiny smile. "I'm new to all of this and I have so many different people telling me so many different things. Kevin tells me to forget you and then you go and waste your time to be with me. I'm just... confused and I don't know, it's weird." He sighed, slouching down in his seat as he eyed Chris.
"Yeah." The dirty-blonde man agreed, going back to watching his coffee from earlier. The two sat in another silence until the door opened and two familiar looking men walked in. "Hey!" Chris grinned as he waved Sonjay and Jay over, motioning to the two empty chairs beside both him and Alex. Alex turned slowly and his eyes widened, quickly turning back to face Chris. "Uhm, hope you don't mind... but I kinda invited Sonjay and Jay, too. They want to talk to you." Chris chewed on his lip as he spotted Alex's shocked look. The dark eyed man let out a nervous chuckled as he nodded, eyes still wide as his mind screamed at him to leave. Instead, he sat there and gripped onto his chair stiffly, hoping to push away all of his fear of the two.
"Hey guys!" Sonjay chirped cheerily as he plopped down beside Alex, Jay sitting across from him quietly, but grinning like a lunatic. Chris smiled at his two friends. They sure seemed cheery, but he pushed his thoughts aside. Sonjay turned his attention on Alex, a sympathetic expression overcoming his grin. "Hey, 'lex. Look, I know me and Jay have been jerks to you in the past, but we just want you to know that we never meant any of it. We were just being idiots, y'know, goofing around and whatnot. If we ever hurt you in any way, we're sorry. Guess we get out of control." With a tiny laugh, Sonjay continued on, "No hard feelings?" Alex swallowed nervously, glancing between the three of them. Jay and Sonjay seemed sorry and Chris was sitting there, nodding his head. With a regrettable sigh, Alex curtly nodded to them.
"Uhm... yeah, no hard feelings." He raised his eyebrows up, placing a tiny smile on his face as if it would convince himself that last night never happened. Chris grinned while Sonjay and Jay beamed.
"Great! I would really hate it if you took our stupidity the wrong way." With a final wink, Sonjay turned his attention back to Chris, "So tell me, what's up between you and little Miss Gayda?" Sonjay once again winked, elbowing Chris suggestively. Jay snatched Chris' coffee, taking a sip as he joined Sonjay in the prying. Chris shook his head, still smiling as a wave of relief washed over him.
"Ha, nothing, guys. We're just friends." He assured them, although his mind, as well as his heart, told him otherwise. As much as he wanted to believe what he had just said, he couldn't. Yeah, the two had come to a common ground, but he couldn't help but have a bit of doubt in her. He knew it was mean, but he didn't feel that way purposely. It just seemed too perfect for Jackie to want Chris to have Alex. He tried to convince himself that he was being stupid, but it didn't work. Something inside of him wouldn't let Jackie's confession go unheard.
"Yeah, sure. We saw you two sneak off at Jeff's party and then in the catering room, you left us for her. You two are spending a lot of time together." Jay piped up as a huge grin formed, "I think she likes you." It was his turn to wink and Chris felt his face drop. He pushed his hair back and stared at Alex almost longingly. Why did it seem like lately everything eventually led back to Jackie and Alex? Couldn't Jay and Sonjay pick a less confusing topic? Like... UFO's or alien encounters? Maybe even how Earth came to be. Chris was almost certain that having Sonjay list the entire Indian dictionary would be more entertaining than for Chris to have once again, battle how he felt inside about all of this.
"Nah, somehow, I highly doubt Jackie likes me." Chris waved Jay off with an uneasy roll of his eyes, "But what about you guys? Any girlfriends I don't know about?" He let a grin form, hoping this changed the subject, even just a little. Jay and Sonjay both sighed in unison, almost like they planned it.
"Nope." Sonjay replied dully, "There's not one available chick on the roster and even if they were, none of them appeal to me. I mean, Tracy's got Robert. SoCal and Leticia are too experienced for my liking. Christy has Austin. Gail has Chris. Jacqueline, I think, has James, not entirely sure about that rumor or not. And then Jackie has you and I don't want to step onto your territory, bud." With a chuckle Sonjay slumped his shoulders, taking his own sip of Chris' coffee. Jay nodded in agreement with everything his best friend was saying.
"Oh." Chris replied blankly, not even bothering to defend his and Jackie's relationship again. It just wasn't worth it anymore. Nothing would change how these two thought. Alex continued to sit there uncomfortably, staring at the table as if it was the most fascinating thing he had ever laid his eyes upon. "What about you, 'lex?" He questioned, deciding he should let Alex join in the conversation. Alex blinked as he glanced around at the trio watching him. To be honest, he wasn't really following their discussion.
"No?" He answered uneasily, raising his eyebrow as if to question himself. Sonjay and Jay nodded while Chris gave Alex a small smile.
"Looks like we're all lame losers, minus Chris. You should really ask Jackie out. I think she'd say yes." Sonjay once again looked at Chris. With a sigh, Chris shook his head. Was Sonjay purposely doing this? Was he able to, like, read his mind or something?
"Guys, really. I don't think I'm her type anyway. She'd rather go out with someone like... Jeff or maybe even Scott. Not me." He tried waving them off, wanting this conversation to be over.
"Pfft, explains why she's always hanging around you. Man, if I had a hot chick like that following me around like a lost puppy, I'd already be doing her. You have her wrapped around your finger and you're just brushing it off like it's nothing. Tell me you're gay." Sonjay pleaded, practically throwing himself at Chris. Alex almost choked on his air at this, staring at Chris blankly. Chris blinked as his heart picked up speed, even if it was just a joke. He laughed quietly, hoping it would cover his nervousness.
"Sorry, man, I don't swing that way. Look, Jackie's Jackie. To me, she's just my friend. Can we leave it at that?" Chris slowly pushed Sonjay away from him, sighing to himself. Alex went back to watching people, tuning out the conversation once again. Jay was too busy swirling Chris' coffee around to really notice or hear anything. Sonjay nodded, skepitcally watching Chris.
"Alright, alright. Since you're one of my best friends, I'll believe ya." He laughed and playfully shoved Chris. He glanced at the clock, his eyes widening. "Shit, me and Jay gotta run. We have to go work on our match, make sure it's pefect for next week. Be sure to call me everyday of your suspension, got it?" Sonjay stood up, as well as Jay. Chris nodded his head, his smile returning to his face.
"Got it." He confirmed, watching Sonjay nod. Saying their byes, both ran off before anybody could say another word. Chris watched Alex for a few moments, hoping he would say something. When he didn't, he opened his own mouth. "See? They're not that bad. They're actually trying to clean up their act a bit. Y'know, be nicer." Chris nodded his head at Alex. Alex only nodded back silently. The pair seemed sincere, but he couldn't help but notice the odd look in Jay's eyes and the weird way Sonjay was so perky. It was just weird, a little too nice to be normal.
A/N: Ha, for some reason, I find it kinda funny how both Chris and Alex's friends all think that they're with Jackie (besides Kevin, but shh). Please R&R.
