Chapter 3

GAME OVER

Alex was awoken by a very familiar pair of brown eyes staring down at him. It was Dex just looking at Alex intently still lying on the bed. Alex suppressed his embarrassment trying to flare up in his cheeks by giving Dex an annoyed look.

"What the hell are you looking at?" he asked. Dex just smiled mischievously and said

"Did you know you talk in your sleep?"

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Fuck

Alex couldn't hold back the shock flooding his mind but all it did was make Dex's grin wider.

"So?" Alex diverted his eyes trying to think of what to say next but his mind was going blank. Dex shrugged and lied down on his back.

"Just thought you should know" he said wistfully.

Alex sat up freaking out in his mind.

"Dex what did you hear?" Alex asked.

"Oh nothing... nothing at all" Dex winked cheekily.

Shit, shit, shit! Alex knew better than to go to sleep with a fucking boner! Why didn't he wait it out first? Why did he have to keep acting stupid around Dex?

"Dex whatever you heard it was just a dream okay, I don't even remember it" Alex insisted.

Dex turned his back to him "Yeah sure, just a dream" he teased.

Alex narrowed his eyes "You're not going to tell anyone are you?" he asked trying to hide the worry in his voice.

"Of course not" Dex drawled mischievously.

Alex knew he was going to tell everyone, and the his life would be over. Game over, no extra lives in the game of life. He imagined dying like Master Chief, being shot right in the heart as his friend teabagged him to death.

He grabbed Dex by the shoulders and pulled him up to his eye level.

"Dex, I'm serious you can't tell anyone!" Alex shook him around like a ragdoll.

"Ow! Hey lay off!" Dex tried to shove him away but Alex was too desperate for that.

"Dex please I'm begging you! Do NOT tell ANYONE" Alex insisted.

Dex finally got a hold of Alex and shoved him off.

"Alright, relax will you? I didn't even hear you anyways"

"Bullshit"

"No I swear I didn't. You were just moaning a lot" Dex admitted.

Alex blinked in surprise.

"What?" Alex asked, his voice becoming very quiet.

"Yeah you were just moaning and rolling around. You smacked me in the face too, thanks for that. Oh well, at least it was pretty hilarious, shame I didn't get it on camera" Dex said regretfully.

"That's all?" he asked.

"Yeah... but I have to wonder what exactly you were moaning about?" Dex raised his eyebrow.

Alex shook his head "Nope, goodnight" Alex nervously concluded the discussion by hiding under the covers.

Dex smirked and pulled the covers away from Alex's head. He could see Alex blushing wildly and heard him mutter a frustrated "Dammit" under his breath.

"So Alex... who was it?" Dex teased.

"No one" Alex lied.

"Sure... how about I guess? Would that make it easier?" he asked.

"I'm just going to say no for every one" Alex snapped at him.

"Who could it be... I wonder" Dex teased.

"Just drop it I'm not telling you" Alex turned away from Dex with his arms crossed.

There was no way he was going to tell Dex, he had gotten lucky once again but Alex knew better than to push his luck.

"Let's see... was it one of the Creatures?" he asked.

"No! Why the hell would you think-"

"Got it, one of the Creatures" Dex interrupted.

"No it wasn't-"

"Alex please, people are trying to sleep" Dex shushed him.

Alex's face turned bright red with a mixture of anger and embarrassment.

"Dex seriously-"

"Okay so which one was it... I'm guessing it wasn't James" Dex mused to himself.

"Fuck no it wasn't James!" Alex snaps.

"Not James, got it" Dex pretended to tick his name off of an imaginary list.

"It wasn't any of the creatures Dex, I'm serious!" Alex insisted.

"Riiight" Dex rolled his eyes "You think I can't see through your lies Alex? You're so obvious" Dex teased.

Alex held in his laughter at that, the only reason Dex was in this bedroom was because he couldn't tell that he was lying earlier.

"Sure I am" Alex smirked.

"Yeah you are" Dex agreed.

"I was being sarcastic" Alex sighed.

"I know" Dex shrugged.

"Okay can we just drop this please?" Alex covered his face with one hand.

Dex pouted "You know this is hurting me more than it's hurting you. I'm the one who's leaving tomorrow remember? You're just going to leave me hanging here?" Dex whined.

"Yup" he replied.

"Hmm, what will it take to get inside that head of yours?" Dex poked Alex's head.

"Telepathy" Alex answered.

Dex sighed "You're being a real pain you know that?"

"I'm being the pain? Are you fucking serious right now?" Alex asked incredulously.

Dex nodded and continued "Yeah, I just want to know. I mean I could help you if you want, you know give you tips and whatnot. I am pretty amazing at dating" Dex grinned proudly.

Alex smirked "Yeah sure, I doubt you could help me"

"No it's true, I mean look at this face" Dex pointed at said face and Alex just rolled his eyes.

"Right... how exactly would you help me anyways? By making me look better in comparison?" Alex sassed him.

"HEY! SHUT UP!" he shoved Alex.

Alex chuckled at his reaction, he liked it when he could get under his skin. Also this whole situation was now starting to look like Dex was still clueless to his real feelings.

"Well it doesn't matter anyways because you don't need to know. Goodnight" Alex then lay back down again and buried his face below the covers.

"... is it Seamus?" Dex asked.

"No, stop asking Dex just go to sleep" Alex groaned.

"What about Jordan?"

"Go to sleep Dex"

"... Dan?"

Alex sat up once again. "Dex, seriously shut up okay! My God could you be anymore annoying right now?" Alex shouted.

Dex looked a bit shocked at his sudden reaction "... is it Dan?" he asked suspiciously. Alex threw his hands up in a fit of annoyance "It's not Dan you idiot! It's none of the Creatures okay! I've been trying to tell you this for the entire fucking night! Now go the fuck to sleep!" Alex yelled at the top of his lungs.

With a final deadly glare Alex turned around and grabbed the covers to end the conversation. Dex sat there frozen at the sudden tidal wave of fury Alex had inflicted upon him. He didn't expect him to get so worked up over it.

"Well I know one thing for sure, it isn't me" Dex joked.

No response came from Alex.

Dex waited awkwardly for him to say something but decided to just lie back down again and go to sleep.

However in Alex's head excuses came flooding into his brain. "It's just too complicated right now for him to know. I can't tell him" he thought to himself. However his hidden words were hollowed out with his remorse. He felt like such a coward. Did he want to tell Dex or didn't he? He thought he knew that he'd keep it to himself, but it was maddening how much it was killing him inside. He just couldn't bring himself to accept his true feelings. He didn't want to break his precious illusion, his web of lies he had spun over time had wrung around his throat to choke him from the truth. Now he had to face the fact that if his heart was going to suffer, it was going to suffer in silence.

This was going to be the longest night of his life.