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Thunderstorms
Jack's POV:
It was like anyother day that I had experienced, at the start. The only difference being a change of clothes and a little change in weather. Well, actually, it was sunny yesterday, and now it was thunderstormng, flashes of lightning and rumbles of thunder going by every few minutes while the wind whistled loudly and rain attacked the bus heavily. Of course, I was the one to be scared of thunderstorms, and made a very unmanly noise every time a clap of thunder occured. Funny thing is, no one actually knew I was afarid of thunderstorms, not even Alex, my old highschool friend [who so happened to be the only one on the bus apart from me at this very moment]. The reason Alex doesn't know is because, well, I have a tiny crush on him and...I just don't want him to think of me as a wimp. But, of course since life hates me, I was unable to stop myself from whimpering and being the only one on the bus apart from Alex, it would probably be easy to hear me.
I was painfully correct at that moment as Alex was all of a sudden at my bunk with a concerned look on his face.
"Dude, what's wrong?" He asked, a worried tone being all but hidden in his words. His hands reached to wipe away the tears streaming down my face as I looked up at him with fearful eyes.
"N-nothing...I'm fine, Alex. Go back to watching TV," I responded with a sniffle, putting my face back into my pillow, expecting to hear his light footsteps only for them to fade away after only a few seconds. But they didn't. Instead I heard a sigh come from my older friend. Looking up, I saw that Alex had an even more concerned look than he had when he first appeared.
"Jay, something's up and I';m not moving until you tell me," He stated clearly, crossing his arms and looking at me expectantly. It was only a few seconds after that when another boom of thunder roared outside and a flash of lightning made itself present, and I yelped, hiding my face in my pillow, shivering from both being cold and terrified.
When I looked back up at Alex, with fresh tears streaming down my face, he seemed to have put the few pieces together and gave me a sympathetic look, reaching over and putting a hand on my face.
"Jay....you're afraid of thunderstorms? Since when? Why didn't you tell me?" Alex asked, question after question. I silenced him by grabbing his wrist and pulling his hand away from my face and sighing.
"Yes, since always and I just.....I didn't want you to think of me as a wimp...."
"Why? what? Why would you think I'd see you as a wimp?" He questioned again.
"I....I didn't want you to not wanna be friends with me because I'm scared of something so stupid..."
"But....why...? why would you care so much about what I think?"
"Because.....b-because....Because I love you, alright!? Is that what you want to hear!?" I quietly yelled, new tears forming in my eyes.
Silence. That's all that was there for a few seconds as Alex stared at me. An awkward silence. I was about to shove my face back into my pillow but was stopped by Alex's hands on my face instead.
I was going to ask him what he was doing, instead my voice being made useless as Alex's lips met mine in a soft kiss. I tensed up for a second before sighing, relaxing and kissing back.
The kiss lasted for a few seconds and we both pulled back, Alex looking at me and smiling widely, where as I yelped and whimpered at yet more thunder and lightning letting its presence be known. It was then when Alex shook his head, smiled and crawled into my bunk, putting his arms around me in a comfortable hug. I felt safe. Not scared. Not terrified. I felt safe...and it was a wonderful thing to feel. i snuggled into him, and wrapped my arms around him as well, out limbs now tangled together in a loving embrace. I then started to feel sleepy. I stifled a yawn and mumbled.
"I love you, Lex.."
The last thing I heard before I drifted off into sleep was his response.
"I love you, too, Jay."