- Chapter 1 - If I Could Tell Him -
Ship - Ralbert
Modern AU
Song: If I Could Tell Her - Dear Evan Hanson (the Broadway Musical)

Albert sees Race walk past him. He rounds the corner and leans against the wall of the school building.

JoJo and Elmer come over to him, confused.
"You good Al?"

"He's just so- perfect" Albert responds, smiling dreamily as he zones out, looking into the sky.

JoJo and Elmer smirk at each other.

"How so?" Elmer asks as JoJo pulls out his phone.

Albert starts singing.

I said
There's nothing like his smile
Sort of subtle and perfect and real
I said
He never knew how wonderful
That smile could make someone feel

JoJo and Elmer grin at each other, as Albert sticks his hands in his pockets, kicking a rock and smiling as he continues.

And I knew
Whenever he get bored
He scribbles stars on the cuffs of his jeans
And I noticed
That he still fills out the quizzes
That they put in those teen magazines

Albert stops for a minute, as he sees Race doodling in his notebook across the campus yard. He sighs to himself, running his hands through his hair.

But I kept it all inside my head
What I saw I left unsaid

Albert frowns to himself, as JoJo and Elmer look at him sadly.

He walks around a little more, and sees Race walking. Race stops, grinning, and waves at Albert, who waves back, wanting to speak to him, but he couldn't.

He starts singing again.

And though I wanted to
I couldn't talk to him
I couldn't find the way
But I would always say

He sits down on the bench next to JoJo and Elmer, pulling his knees to his chest.

If I could tell him
Tell him everything I see

Albert points to Race, as he continues singing.

If I could tell him
How he's everything to me

Albert raises his voice a little bit, Mike and Buttons come over. JoJo and Elmer quickly kiss them, before explaining, as Albert starts singing again.

But we're a million worlds apart
And I don't know how I would even start
If I could tell him
If I could tell him

He stops for a second, as JoJo speaks up.

"Do you want to add anything else?" JoJo asks Albert, who turns to him, confused.

"A—about him?" Albert asks. Elmer mentally facepalms.

"Never mind, I don't really care anyways—" JoJo mumbles, apologizing. Albert stops him; he knew JoJo was worried about pushing people too far/getting in trouble/hurting someone all the time.

"No, no, no—just, no, no—I notice—I notice so many things about him, I'm just—I'm trying to remember the best ones. So, um—" Albert explains. He runs his hands through his hair, exhaling, before continuing.

I thought
He looked really pretty, er—
It looked pretty cool when he put indigo streaks in his hair

Albert laughs a little bit with JoJo, Elmer, Buttons, and Mike. It was pretty cool, or cute, to Albert.

"You did?" JoJo asks, and Albert nods, grinning.

He continues;

And I wonder how he learned to dance,
like all the rest of the world isn't there

The other four boys smile. Race was a really good dancer, he practiced a lot and you could tell he loved it.

Albert frowns again, as he continues, remembering his problem.

But I kept it all inside my head
What I saw I left unsaid

Albert looks over at where Race was. He was biting a pencil, a nervous habit of his, so he was probably studying.

If I could tell him
Tell him everything I see

Albert motions to Race.

If I could tell him
How he's everything to me

Albert continues singing, as Race slides down the wall of the bathroom to the floor, singing as well.

But we're a million worlds apart

Albert continues.

And I don't know how I would even start
If I could tell him
If I could tell him

Buttons nudges JoJo.
"Wow, he's fallen hard hasn't he?"

JoJo nods.
"If he doesn't tell Race soon, or if Race doesn't tell him, I'm doing them both a favor and doing it for them."

"My little cupid" Buttons chuckles, ruffling JoJo's hair, as JoJo grins.

Albert sits down next to Race on the rooftop of the school, on a bench. Race smiles, blushing a bit.

Albert starts singing again. (Race doesn't notice, cause the one they're singing about never notices in a musical, it's just logic.)

But what do you do when there's this great divide?

Race starts singing too.

He just seems so far away

Albert;
And what do you do when the distance is too wide?

Race;
It's like I don't know anything

Albert takes a deep breath, before taking Race's hand in his, turning Race's attention to him, as he starts singing again.

And how do you say
"I love you"?
I love you
I love you
I love you

Race blushes hard, as does Albert, but he continues, frowning a bit.

But we're a million worlds apart

He looks off into the sky.

And I don't know how I would even start
If I could tell him
If I could

Seeing as he knew Albert probably wouldn't, Race cups Albert's face, and kisses him.

Albert's eyes widen, shocked, but he kisses back, wrapping his arms around Race's waist, and pulling Race close to him.

They pull away after a minute, Albert's forehead (he's the taller one) tilted down against Race's forehead, as Race looks up at Albert.

"My gosh I thought you would never admit it" Race mumbles to Albert, who chuckles a bit.

"I admitted it, and when you didn't respond I thought you didn't like me back-" Albert starts explaining, but is cut off by Race.

"And then I kissed you" Race responds, as the two boys start laughing.

"Finally! You two were killing us!" A voice shouts, coming onto the roof.

"JoJo? You knew?" Albert questions, confused. JoJo, Jack, Crutchie, Elmer, Mike, and Buttons walk onto the roof.

"Albert was so head over heels for you Race, I have footage" JoJo exclaims, pulling out his phone to show Race.

Albert goes to stop him, worried that he's gonna get embarrassed, but Jack stops him.
"Don't worry, it's not bad, it's actually pretty cute."

JoJo shows them the video of Albert singing, up to the point where he got Albert and Race singing, and then them kissing.

Albert, and a little bit of Race, looks at him, astonished and impressed.
"How in the World High School did you do this?"

"Easy; I filmed you when you were singing, took the clips, and pasted the sound over the clips" JoJo explains, shrugging it off like it's nothing.

"It looks like a real music video!" Albert exclaims, still impressed.

"I know, cool right?" JoJo asks, and Albert nods.

"I taught you how to do that!" Race exclaims, pointing to the camera.

"You sure did" JoJo responds, smirking. Race grins.

"Our smart techy boys" Buttons states, pulling JoJo close to him, his arms wrapped around JoJo's waist.

Albert, Jack, and Mike do the same thing to Race, Crutchie, and Elmer.

"You got that right" Mike agrees, causing Elmer to giggle. Mike smiles.

Albert kisses Race again, as the other boys smile at them.

Race pulls away, grinning.
"I'm never gonna get used to that."

"Right? It feels like a gift everyday" Jack agrees, nuzzling his face into Crutchie's neck, as Crutchie smiles.

Albert looks down at Race again, smiling. He was so happy, and he admitted to Race. Well, sorta.

Albert kisses Race's forehead, before looking up at the sky, silently thanking God.
"If I could tell him."

1334 Words
I had this idea, and I'm excited. I'll post chapters when I get ideas and have time. I do have a good amount of other books.
(Disclaimer: I did change a few of the words, sorry.)
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