Alex

Thursday, December 10, 2002

Night

The Blonde dickhead sat in the middle raising his wineglass. "Surprise!" Joseph let go of my hand running into his arms. "Almost spilled my wine" blondie joked, getting a laugh out of the crowd.

"What are you all doing here?"

Blondie took a sip of his wine, smiling like no other. "Me and your parents thought you'd wanna see everyone." He glanced at me, taking his hand. "Someone wants to see you."

They walked into the crowd and the rage in me was stronger than ever. As everyone danced and laughed at the deafening music, my fingers dug into my palms. Where the fuck is he? Rushing through the crowd, He sat in a large gazebo, smiling and laughing. While that dickhead threw his arm over his shoulders.

"Joseph!" I yelled, catching everyone's attention.

His eyes caught mine, and a huge smile grew on his face. "Oh, this is Alex!" He beamed, getting up pulling me to where he was sitting. They all stared at me in confusion, while I wrapped my arm around his waist. Staring at everyone with a big grin.

"Who's this?" an older lady asked. She looked shriveled up and expensive. Reminded me of a lady I mugged a month ago...

My grip on him got tighter, and he instinctively kissed my cheek. "He's my boyfriend, grandma." They all looked to blondie and there was an awkward silence. "He's not as scary as he looks you guys, I promise," He smiled, laying his head on my shoulder.

"I look scary?" I joked, kissing his cheek.

They all shifted their gaze back to Lance. "Aren't you, Alex Crawfield?" A man in a suit asked. How does he know my name?

"Who's asking?"

He looked me in the eye, switching his attention to Joseph. "Nephew, do you know who you're with?"

He lifted his head off my shoulder. "What do you mean?"

"He knows!" The whisper yelled, making me jump up. "I have to go..."

I rushed out of the gazebo before Joseph stopped me. "Alex, what's wrong?"

"Act sad," the whisper echoed in my ear. "Your family hates me..."

He engulfed me in a hug, kissing my lips. "Wanna hang out somewhere else for a little?" I nodded, getting another kiss from him. "Come on."

He guided me into the house before the blonde prick stopped him. "Where are you going? Everyone's wondering where you went."

"Just give me a second. I'll be back out, promise."

He looked at me, then back at Joseph. "Can I talk to you alone?"

"No, you can't, now fuck off," I growled.

"Alex..." Joseph groaned.

"No, it's cool, I'll go..." the blonde prick stammered, walking back outside.

"Lance, wait!" Joseph yelled, but he was already gone. "Alex, why would you say that?"

He's upset with me... "I just want my alone time with you..."

"That doesn't mean you talk to him like that!"

"So you're taking his side?"

"Yes! He's my best friend and threw me this big party!"

"Then fucking go with him! I don't need this shit!" I shouted, storming to the door.

"So you're gonna leave me? That's it?" His voice was small and full of hurt and turning around only made my heartache. There was a mountain of hurt on his face. It was strange to see it. He actually wanted to be with me?

"Joseph..."

"No, leave!" he cried, storming off outside.

Fuck, I can't lose him... I rushed out the back door, pushing past people. "Joseph! I'm sorry!" I yelled, going straight to the gazebo. He was talking to blondie and I couldn't help but pick up my pace. "Joseph, I wasn't gonna leave, just cool off..." I muttered.

Everyone in there looked at me in disgust, but worry was the only thing that filled his eyes. "Alex, what are they talking about?"

"He knows... You have to go..." the whispered, stressed. "Can we talk in private? Please?" he looked to Blondie before agreeing. I moved away from the crowd and toward the empty section of the yard.

"Alex, they said you killed someone..." He took my hand, looking at me with those caring eyes I'd grown to love. "Is that true?"

The memories of the situation started flooding back, and crocodile tears ran down my face. "I swear I didn't mean to! I swear!"

He wrapped his arms around me, gently stroking my curly hair. "Why didn't you tell me? I could have helped."

"I'm sorry... I wanted to put it behind me, start over..." The comfort of him was quickly fucked up by the whisper echoing through my head. Laughing. "You fooled me actually," Yeah... fooled you.

"I don't see you any different, Alex..."

I had a huge grin on my face. For reasons other than him. We returned to the gazebo, and everyone stared at Joseph's lit face, confused. "Everyone has a past and—" Blondie immediately stepped in, and I couldn't help but smirk. He's not gonna get his way...

"Joseph, he's a convicted felon... He killed someone once. What makes you think he won't hurt you?" he stressed, holding his hand. It was pissing me off, but I kept it in. Like chess...

"Lance, he said it was a mistake... I believe him, there are a lot of people wrongly convicted."

He got closer, grabbing both of his hands. My body heated up and trying not to get pissed was getting more difficult by the second.

"No, Joseph, you're just sweet and don't know when to take a hint..."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"He's fucking up..." the whisper giggled. "That came out wrong... Just listen to us!"

"Us?" Joseph looked at everyone in the gazebo. "My family doesn't control my life anymore, Lance! And you shouldn't let them control yours!"

His mother spoke up, grabbing everyone's attention with no effort. "Honey, I know we've been hard on you and I know you're still hurting from Sebastian, but be smart about this. He wants nothing you want and even if you wanna ignore his past, he's taking advantage of you."

"Separate him..." the whisper insisted. "We're going," I growled, dragging him away. "They're trying to break us apart and I won't let it happen."

A few people called his name, but I didn't give a fuck. I'm not losing him. He stopped me as we got into the house. "Alex, that's my family. I can't just up and leave them..."

"You believe them, don't you?" I mumbled with a pinch of sadness.

"Alex..." he took a deep breath. "They weren't completely wrong..."

"You aren't serious right now? You're gonna let your family get between us?"

"Alex, you don't want what I want, that was clear from the start," "I just need time to think..."

The urge to kill everyone in that fucking house blasted through my brain like lightning, but I kept my cool. "You're not leaving me, Joseph..."

"Alex-" he stammered, making me even more pissed.

"YOU'RE NOT LEAVING ME!" He tried to rub my jaw, but I shrugged him off. "I'm gonna give you two days to get over whatever this bullshit is, then after that you're gonna be with me!" and with that, I stormed out of the house.

There was a fire boiling inside me as I slammed my car door, shattering the window. My phone chimed, and of course, it was another person to piss me off.

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Ryan

Meet me at the club.

what the fuck does he want... Why?

Just meet me, Alex

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I guess it's better than going back to that fuck up of a mother...

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Who do you like more, Alex or Joseph? Lemme know in the comments!

Hope you enjoyed the Chapter!

Sincerely, R.J