After the show we made our way back to the bus. Everyone seemed completely exhausted, but I was pumped. We all said good night and dragged ourselves to our bunks. I slipped into my bunk trying to wrap the covers around me to make it warm. I sat and replayed the night over and over in my head, trying to make myself sleep. My phone beeped next to me, I shoved it under my pillow trying to muffle the sound. It was 3 am who was texting my?
One new message: Alex xxx
I can't sleep Xx
I hit reply and typed out:
I can't sleep because I'm fricking freezing my ass off! Xxx
I set my phone to vibrate, he replyed:
I'm toasty warm! I have experience with these bunk, maybe I should come and warm you up? ;) xx
I replied:
I'm waiting xxx
I heard him moved below me, I was facing the wall of my bunk. For a minute I thought he wasn't coming, until I felt to warm arms wrap around me. I turned around to face him.
'Hello.' I whispered to him.
'Evening' he said quietly, smiling at me.
'I can't sleep because I'm freezing.' I said 'why are you still awake?'
'Something's been bothering me..' he mumbled
'What is it?' I said brushing my lips across this forehead
'Nothing.' His voice trailed away.
'Alex, what is it?' I said looking at him 'tell me.'
'It's really nothing.' He started but when I gave him a cold look he continued 'it's just that you are my girlfriend and Jack's a dick but he's still my best friend and I barely know anything about you past?'
I let out I sigh, I guess I knew this day would come, I couldn't hide it forever. I loved Alex so much, he had a right to know.
'Okay, Alex. I'm going to tell you my past. Tell you the reason I lived with Jack until I was 20 and why we don't talk about our past.' I said, determined not to cry, all the memories were flooding back to me. He looked at me with his deep brown eyes and I let myself open up to him.
'Well, I have lived in Baltimore my whole life. I lived in a tiny house with my parents and Jack. We were so happy but money was really tight. It became really stressful and they started to argue a lot. Jack and I tried to ignore them fighting, tried to pretend everything was fine. Until my dad started to drink a lot. He would come home drunk and abuse my mom. He would punch her and beat her, he started to beat us too. Jack would always jump in front of me taking the blows so I wouldn't get hurt.' I inhaled trying to stop the tears but they started to leak out. Alex's grip around me tightened. 'it drove my mom crazy, she told us everything was fine, one day she sat me and Jack down and told us she loved us and always would. She committed suicide the next day. Could you imagine being 10 and walking into you moms bedroom and finding her dead? We called the police but it was too late, they said she had been dead for hours. We told them about my dad and the beating, he was arrested and we were sent to live with my grandparents.' I was crying so much I couldn't continue. Alex pulled me against his chest and I gripped the front of his t shirt.
'I'm sorry Hails, I shouldn't have asked you to tell me.'
'It actually felt good, to get all that out of my mind' I said into his t shirt, and it did, it felt like something has been weighing me down for years and it's been lifted. I sat crying against Alex's chest, it seemed all the pain of my life was coming out into a whole load of tears that weren't going to stop.
'Please don't leave me alone, Alex' I whimpered into his chest. I don't know where it came from but I knew I couldn't bare another heart break.
'I'll never leave you.' He whispered in my ear and I fell asleep in his arms.
ALEX PROV.
I woke up in Hailey's bunk, she was still asleep in my arms. I smiled at her, she looked so beautiful. Her eyes were closed, her mouth was slightly open, her blue hair falling across her face. I remembered the night before and mentally kicked myself. Why did I ask her to tell me, she was so broken and weak telling me the memories. I loved her so much, I knew I could never love anyone else. I just hoped she loved me as much. I brushed the hair out of her face and her eyes slid open. God I loved those eyes, they were a piercing blue with hints of green across them.
'Morning, sleepyhead.' I kicked myself again, so clique. She didn't seem to notice she just smiled and kissed me briefly.
'Morning.' She said and slid out of the bunk.
We wandered through to hammered. I smiled remembering when me and Jack named it that, we both drank way too much and just slept on the floor here. I had grown so much more respect for Jack overnight, sure I respected him, I mean the guys the best friend I've ever had but yesterday he was Jack my best friend who could be a total dick but you loved him anyway. Today he was Jack the guy who protected his little sister from the fists of their dad, he was still a dick though. Jack saw sitting on the couch eating a bowl of multicolored ceareal. I went over and sat on him.
'Ugh, get of Gaskarth. Too early in the morning.' He mumbled groggily.
I glanced over at the clock. It was 1.30 in the afternoon. Laughing I walked over to Liver who was looking in the fridge for something to eat, I wrapped both arms around her. She turned around and kissed me deeply. I didn't know where that came from but I happily responded.
'Someone's in a good mood' I said when she pulled away.
'Yeah, I feel amazing, I feel practically weightless!' she said smiling
'I wanna feel weightless and that should be enough.' I sang to her, she smiled and kissed me again.
'BUT NOW IM STUCK IN THIS FUCKING RUT!' Jack screamed. I laughed and threw the TV remote at him, it missed and landed in his cereal, which slashed up and soaked him. Storm burst out laughing and I joined her.
STORM PROV
I helped clean jack up and try to get the milk of the couch for a while. Jack went into a huff and stalked off. I sat on the slightly wet couch and sighed, he could be such a kid sometimes. Alex flopped down next to me and I felt his arm sneak around my waist. I turned and looked at him before crashing my lips into him. He seemed surprised but kissed back, I really needed him right now. I pushed him down onto the couch so I was lying on top of him not breaking lip contact. I heard someone come into the room and clear their throat. I broke off from Alex to see Jack looking at us with raised eye brows.
'Having fun?' he said sarcastically
'Pervert.' I muttered
'Hey I have just as much right to be in here as you to do.' He said immaturely. I sighed and got off Alex taking his hand I led him into the back room. Grabbing the covers off my bunk as we passed we got into the back room where he sat down and I straddled on his lap.
'Where were we?' he said playfully, I got up and locked the door.
'Just about..' I said getting on his lap and leaning into his lips 'Here.' I muttered before his lips were on mine.
He spun us round so he was on top of me. He kissed me passionately for about a minute before I ran my tongue along his bottom lip. He smiled against me and slipped his tongue into my mouth. I started to unbutton his shirt before pulling it off completely. I ran my hands across his bare chest before snaking them up his neck and into his hair. I pulled on the soft ends of his hair. He pulled me onto his lap and I straddled on the edge of the couch, I pulled of my t shirt and smiled at him playfully. He pulled of his jeans and I did the same. I pushed him down onto the couch kissing him, I bit down on him bottom lip and he let out a moan of pleasure. I pulled on the strap to him boxers, he smiled and pulled them off. I grabbed the covers and pulled them over us. His arms snaked around me running his hands up and down my back before settling at my bra strap and unhooking it.
There was a knock at the door.
'Guys we are here, in New York.' I heard Rian say from outside the door. 'You will have plenty of time for that tonight but we have a show to go to, in case you forgot.' I laughed and started to pull on my clothes.
'Why so we always get interrupted?' Alex said pouting.
