Burning Brighter Than The Stars (Jalex)

Chapter 1

"Alex you need to get up or you're going to be late for school." I roll over to see my older brother Tom standing in the doorway of my room. 

"Do I have to" I protest and he crosses his arms showing me he's serious.

 "Look I know it's a hard time for you dealing with what happened to mom and all but the school called and you can't miss another day. Now get your lazy ass up before your breakfast gets cold" He says exiting the room. I get up following Tom's orders and knowing that going to school is inevitable but at least it's friday. I walk over to the bathroom and mess around with my hair until it looks presentable before I brush my teeth. Then I walk over to my closet and put on my usual black skinny jeans with a Blink-182 shirt. I then grab my phone and backpack before heading downstairs for breakfast.

When I reach the bottom of the stairs I instantly smell eggs and bacon and hear my two Nieces fighting over something. I walk into the kitchen and surely the twins Mabel and Charlotte are running around and fighting over a doll while their dad tries to finish breakfast. I sit down at the table and Mable and Charlotte sit on either side of me and then Tom hands the three of us plates with breakfast. The three of them eat in a comfortable silence while I just stare at the plate in front of me only seeing calories and fat. I decide i'll try to eat something at lunch but recently i'm never hungry. 

"Uncle Alex can we go to the park today" Charlotte asks giving me puppy eyes.

"Maybe after school okay?" I ask and they both nod and go back to eating their breakfast. 

"Okay i'm gonna head to school before i'm late" I say getting up and grabbing everything I need for school.

"But you didn't eat anything" Tom says with a look of concern.

"I not hungry this morning. Goodbye see you after school" I say giving each of my nieces a kiss on the head and I wave Tom goodbye before I walk out the door. I'm greeted by the cold air which makes me put on my jacket and I walk to school arriving about five minutes later. I walk into the building and make my way to my locker avoiding everyone at all cost. I eventually find my locker and I start putting stuff in it and taking out what I need for first period. Then I hear some sort of commotion behind me so I turn around to see someone on the ground and people laughing around him. I think of just leaving it and minding my own business but I decide to go and help the guy. 

"Are you okay?" I ask holding out a hand to the stranger. He takes it and I help pull him to his feet while he continues to grab his stuff he dropped. He looks at me with dark brown eyes and when he completely stands up I can clearly see that he is taller than me. 

"Yeah I just wasn't paying attention to where I was going" He explains. 

"You're new aren't you" I ask and he nods confirming that my statement was in fact true.

"Is it that obvious" 

"Yeah and I've never seen you around before" I explain and I look at the clock which tells me I'm gonna be late if I don't go now.

"Well I have to go to Math so see you around" I say before heading to the classroom. A few seconds later I hear someone come running up behind me and I turn around to see the same stranger I helped a few seconds before.

 "I have math too" He says slightly out of breath and a small smile tugs at my lips. 

"Follow me" I say with a gesture and he does. We make our way to the classroom in a comfortable silence neither of us saying a word. There is something different about him but I don't know what it is. His dark brown eyes make me feel safe and his crazy hair makes me smile. He is just overall very attractive. No no I can't have friends. They all betrayed me and leave me for dead and he would be the same. 

We walk into the classroom and I instantly take my seat in the back corner while the stranger lingers up front near the teacher. They talk until the bell rings and then Mr. Dawson waits for everyone to take their seats. When everyone is seated and has their eyes on him he starts talking. "Hello and good morning. This is our new student Jack Barakat and he will be joining us for the rest of the year so make him feel welcomed. Jack why don't you take a seat next to Alex back there" He adds making me slightly upset. Jack follows his orders and takes his seat next to me. Mr. Dawson starts the lesson for today and Jack tries talking to me and make small talk but I ignore him acting like i'm really paying attention to the lesson. After a while Jack gives up and this time we sit in uncomfortable silence for the rest of class. 

When the bell rings I get out of the classroom as soon as possible and make my way to my second period class. After walking a few feet I feel someone grab my shoulder and I turn around to see Jack. Great just the person I wanted to see right now.

"Alex did I do something wrong. One second you were being nice to me and the next you're ignoring me" He says and I feel a little guilty for making him think he did something wrong. It was me who always has to screw everything up but I can't trust him not to stab me in the back like Zack did. I can't trust anyone.

"Jack there are three rules you need to survive high school. Number 1 don't look at or talk to anyone because then they don't have a reason to beat you up. Number 2 don't make friends because they are all backstabbing little bitches. Number 3 Do your homework and be to class on time. The third one is kinda optional but it doesn't hurt to have it." I say turning around to leave and this time he doesn't stop me so I walk all the way to my next class alone. Just the way I like it.