Part 8

Gabe's POV

I tossed around in bed.

'Damn. What time is it?'

I quickly glanced at the clock, eyes half opened.

'7:00. I wonder what happened to Alyssa last night. Will left to go help her or something. Hope she's okay…'

I slowly waved my hand around my end table, knocking things over in the process of looking for my phone. Hell, I had so much shit I never knew where anything was. I grabbed my phone and called Alyssa.

"Hey, look who's up!"she snickered.

"I…I was worried about you. Couldn't sleep last night."

"What? Why?"

"Why?! I was IMing Will, rockin out to some Gym Class Heroes, when Will…he told me you called and that he had to go because you were in trouble and needed his help…Are you okay?"

"I am now. There was this guy when I was walking to Alex's. He…he kept harassing me…I don't know…I was scared. I thought he was going to rape me, so I ran…I ran and hid…then I called Will. I thought he'd be faster than the cops getting there." She began to cry.

"Shh…Ally…It's okay…I'll be over in a bit okay?" I was seriously worried. I had no idea what happened.

"Okay…" she sniffled, hanging up the phone.

Alyssa's POV

Gabe…Gabe was worried about me? I mean he was my best friend, but he had seemed more worried that I called Will.

*Ding Dong*

'The doorbell. Who could it be? Surely not Gabe. Not this fast…he was still in bed…'

"It's Alex, dear!" my mother called.

'Alex? What the fuck is he doing here? It's a school day…Oh well. Be cool…don't freak about yesterday. Damn. My eyes…you can tell I was crying…' I quickly wiped my eyes as Alex headed up the stairs to my room.

"Hey…Listen…I want to drive you to school today…" he said, looking at me.

"You drove…all this way…on a Wednesday…just so you could drive me to school?"

"Yeah, you ready?"

"Gabe said he'd be here soon…" I smiled.

"Gabe? Oh…well he can ride with us I guess…" Alex said, disappointingly.

"…OH MR. DJ, YOU GOTTA PUT A RECORD ON YEAH! WE'RE GONNA BURY THIS TOWN TONIGHT…WE'RE GONNA DANCE ALL NIGHT! Whoa! Hey Alex!" Gabe climbed through my window, singing.

"DUDE! Don't climb through my window! Why do you always come in singing? What're you singing anyways? I like it…" I grinned as Gabe cleared his throat.

"That fabuloso song you just heard just happens to be 'Send My Love To The Dancefloor, I'll See You In Hell' just a little something I wrote last night. Glad you like it."

"Whoa! Gabe! You write songs?" I was surprised. He actually did something other than drink.

"Whoa! Ally! You 'Have a major crush on Will' and 'Imagine him shirtless every time you see him?' interesting book you've got here Al…" Alex chuckled.

"THAT'S MY DIARY! GIVE IT!" I stomped my foot on the ground, reaching my arm out towards Alex.

"Oh! Diary you say? LET ME SEEEE!' Gabe yelled, snatching the book from Alex.

"GABE NO!"

"Alyssa 'Only pretends to hate Alex', but 'Deep down thinks he's hott' and 'doesn't want Gabe to know' because she…'…Kind of loves him and is afraid to say anything about it?!" Gabe let go of the diary, jaw dropped.

"I told you guys not to read it! Besides, we have to go to school, and I said 'kind of' so Gabe…don't even think about it." I picked up my diary and placed it on the dresser.

Alex's POV

"At least they aren't doing it. That'd kill me…I love her…" I mumbled.

"What was that Alex?" Gabe had heard me. Damn. I didn't want him to find out about this…He was the last person I wanted to know.

"Hey, I'm going to go get my bag and fix my hair. Be right back." Alyssa stepped out of the room, heading down the hall.

I didn't want to tell him, but I had to…I just had to talk to him.

"Gabe, listen…don't fuck her…no one night stand like you do with all those sluts…nothing. I don't want her hurt…I love her…I'll do anything for her…and it'd kill me to see her hurt…especially by her own best friend…so don't do anything stupid…she deserves better." I sighed, exhaustedly.

"Glad to get that out? I always thought you liked her…" I'd finally done it. I'd finally let it out. …finally told him.

Alyssa's POV

"You guys ready?" I stepped into my room, looking at the two of them. They looked serious about something…I ignored it, rushing them out the door and to the car.

"Yeah…" they both sighed.

We went down the stairs and said our goodbyes, walking to Alex's car, me jumping in front.

It was time for school once again, and I didn't know how to deal with seeing Will today…especially after last night.