Secondhand.♡[Alex Gaskarth]

Guts.♡

His laughter brought my smile to life. I couldn't figure out how he did it, but he did it. We looked around at all the dogs and even held some dogs. Alex and I narrowed it down to two types of dogs; a yorkie or a pug. We looked at the two and finally decided that I would get a pug, although I really wanted a yorkie and thought it looked sad when we didn't choose it.

"This is why I don't buy dogs!" I whined to Alex.

Alex chuckled and helped pay for the pug. We bought all the supplies and took it home. Alex asked me what I should name the dog and I stared at it for a second. Once the name came to mind, I almost shouted it.

"Zelda!" I smiled.

"Really?" He asked, looking down at the pug. She looked up at Alex and licked his chin. I smiled widely and nodded. "Zelda it is."

We got Zelda into the apartment and set down the "potty" mats. Zelda was pretty good and didn't chew on anything like we thought she would, but then again, it was the first day I had her. Alex's phone rang and he picked it up, taking it into the computer room, as I played with Zelda. She cuddled into my lap then fell asleep before Alex came back into the room. Alex looked at me and sighed. I looked at him confused and he just shook his head.

"What's wrong?" I asked, stroking Zelda's belly.

"I have to go get my things," Alex sighed. I shrugged, not knowing what to say, then told him he should go.

He left with no other word. I set Zelda in her bed in my room and started to leave, until my shoe hit a box under my bed. I stopped, leaned down, and pulled the box out. I opened the top and saw the pictures from high school.

Jack and Alex looked so different.

I flipped through the pictures and found my favorite one. It was Alex and I at the cabin, sharing a chair and blanket, and him kissing my cheek. I covered my mouth and tried not to let the tears break, but they did. I laughed and wiped my eyes. I pushed away some of the bracelets and things to find the scrapbook Jenna made me before I spent a few months traveling. The pictures brought the memories in my mind back.

I left the apartment to get a poster board to make a collage of the pictures with of, and copied the pictures. After I got back to the apartment, I started to work on the collage with the copied pictures, after cleaning up some of the mess Zelda made. Alex walked into the apartment while I was in the computer room and called my name. I called him into the room where all the pictures covered almost half the floor. Alex sat beside me, carefully, and looked at all the pictures.

"I remember that one," he whispered, picking up the picture of us at the cabin.

"I do, too," I whispered.

"Do you ever think about it?" He asked. I nodded.

Flashback~

Jenna and I watched Jack start the fire as Alex brought out the chairs and blankets. Jenna got the marshmallows ready and took one of the chairs from Alex.

Looks like we're sharing chairs.

Alex set up a chair for him and I then sat down in it. I sat on his lap. Jenna handed me a stick with a marshmallow on it and we started to roast them. Jack was still standing and started dancing. Jenna tried to get him to sit with her, but he just moved around. I laughed at him and leaned into Alex.

"Look out!" Alex said. "Your marshmallow is on fire!"

I yelped and pulled it out of the fire. Alex blew on it and tried to eat it, but I slapped him away. He laughed and took the stick away from me. Jenna took a picture of Alex, then Jack, then me. I stole her camera and took a picture of her. She laughed and took her camera. Alex ate his marshmallow then tried to talk with his mouth open. I laughed and covered his mouth. He moved my hand and pulled the blanket up and around us. I cuddled up to him and felt him kiss my cheek. I looked at him and couldn't help but blush.