Chapter 3:
Alex felt like a teenage girl that evening as he tried to work out what he should wear. For the past goodness-knows-how-long he had kept his crush on Jack quiet and now today he'd taken the bull by the horns twice and what was he supposed to wear? After going through almost everything he owned, he decided on a casual look of dark-blue jeans and a plain pale-pink t-shirt. He arrived at the Phoenix Bar a good 15 minutes early which he was horrified about. He ordered a soft drink, and tried not to look nervous.
'Hey Miles'
Jack voice came so suddenly and unexpectedly from behind him that Alex almost threw his drink all over himself. Smooth he thought sarcastically to himself. To Jack he said 'I only have one heart now, I'd like it to remain beating a bit longer if it's all the same to you'
Jack laughed and sat down 'Anyone would think you weren't expecting me' He said 'And' he added with a smile 'Anyone would think this was your first date'
Alex tried to look sarcastically at Jack but was unable to not smie 'It is'
'Well then, lucky me' Jack said. He clapped his hands once, jumped up and announced he was going to get a drink.
Between then they lost count of the number of drinks they had, while Jack talked endless about aliens and Torchwood and ex-lovers. Alex didn't talk about his life much; mostly because there wasn't much to say. He wasn't going to tell any of the Doctor's stories because they weren't his memories, she there wasn't anything to tell. He was very drunk by the time he finally told Jack to shut up about his exes.
'Any other guy would be put off by your conssstant yabbering about exessss' Alex told him 'But not meee. I'm not put off in the slightessst' He leaned across the table 'In fact it makesss me want to kisss you' He placed a quick kiss of Jack's lips 'just to stop you from talking' He kissed Jack properly this time and barely a moment past before Jack kissed back.
'You're drunk' Jack told him simply.
'What a way to ruin the moment, Jackily' Alex moaned 'Drunk I may be, but my head is perfectly clear. I know exactly what I want' Alex smiled 'And it'ss you, Captain' He kissed Jack again, then moved to whisper in his ear. 'Come back to mine?'
Jack nodded and they slipped out of the bar