Back To You

Chapter One

"Zach!" Alex yelled out from his spot in the doorway of the boys locker room. Right in front of him was his current girlfriend, Jessica, making out with her ex boyfriend, Justin.

 Before Jessica and Justin had time to pull apart Zach had ran in to find out what Alex needed. When he saw what was happening he froze as well. Jessica got up from her spot to try and grab Alex's hand to explain, but Alex pulled away and turned to Zach instead. Jessica tried to explain through her tears while Justin just sat and stared back at Zach, silently begging his friend for help but his friend wasn't going to give him any help at all.

 "Let's go Alex, we don't need them anyways." Zach said as he helped Alex walk away. They both ignored Jessica's sobs and didn't see Justin try to console her. 

 "I can't believe I ever gave her a second chance. How can I be so fucking stupid?" Alex yelled once they got outside. He was tried of Jessica and her bullshit towards him, he didn't need it especially since he had Zach. Alex hoped Zach felt the same way because the only logical thing he could think to do in the current moment was stand on his toes and kiss Zach straight on the lips. Alex was honestly surprised when he felt the taller boy kiss him back and wrap his arms around Alex's waist.

  Zach slowly pulled away, still holding Alex. "I was too afraid to do that myself so I'm glad you did it instead." Zach said honestly with a smile on his face which made Alex blush a little. "I knew you were to pussy to do it. Plus I haven't felt anything for Jessica since her stupid party. I've always had a crush on you. " Alex answered back honestly and laid his head on Zach's shoulder.

  "Come on, lets get out of here I promised your dad I'd have you home by 10 and maybe I can stay over and we can continue kissing?" Zach said as he helped Alex to his car. Always the gentlemen, he holds the door open for Alex and closes it before getting into the drivers side. 

  The drive to Alex's house was never that long from the school but it felt longer now. They were half way there when Alex's phone rang and he looked at it to see his dad calling.

  "Dad, we're literally on our way back to the house-"

  "Oh my god, I couldn't find you at the school."

  "Wait why are you at the school?"

  "Somebody called in an active shooter."

  "Holy shit. Is everybody okay?"

  "As far as I know everyone is accounted for except for Tony and Tyler"

  "Shit, okay. Thanks for checking up. Can Zach stay the night?"

   "Yeah, just be safe. Love you.

  "Love you too" And with that Alex hung up the phone and set it in his lap before looking over at Zach to tell him the news. 

 "That was my dad saying Tyler tried to shoot up the school but they can't find him or Tony anywhere." Alex explained grimly. Everybody knew Tyler had problems but nobody tried to help, it was like Hannah all over again but now everybody pretended to care.

 "Holy fuck, I can't believe he would actually do it. My mom must be worried sick." If Zach wasn't driving at that moment he would probably do a a face palm, but instead he just let out a really long sigh before stopping at a red light. When he did stop he pulled out his phone and saw 20 notifications: 5 missed calls from mom, 5 text messages from mom, 6 text messages from May, 2 text messages from Jess, and 2 text messages from Justin. 

 Zach chose to ignore the other three people and focus on calling his mom back. By that time he noticed the light turned green and put the call on speaker and handed the phone to Alex so he could drive safely. After the first ring the phone was answered by a very angry Chinese woman,

   "Zachary Shan-Yung Dempsey, where are you? I have called you five times and texted you five times!"

"Calm down mo-"

"Don't you dare tell me to calm down! I get a call from the school about a shooting and my son that goes to that school doesn't answer me, what else I'm i supposed to do but worry."

"Mom, i'm okay. I left with Alex like 10 minutes before everything happened. I driving him how and I'm going to stay there for the night because he's a little shaken up from it."

"Fine, but I want you home tomorrow before noon. I love you."

"I love you too mom." With that Alex hung up the phone ad gave it back to Zach. Thankfully the conversation ended just as they got to Alex's house. He pulled into the driveway and shut his car off, they both sat in silence for a bit before Zach got out and rounded the car to help Alex out.

Nobody was home so Alex had to get his key out of his pocket which he handed to Zach as they both walked up the drive way. Zach knew Alex just wanted to go into his room so he helped him up the stairs like he always did. It was subtle and Zach barely caught on but it seemed like Alex was leaning on him a little more then usual. Whether it was from the trauma of tonight or just the hour, Zach didn't question it just set Alex on his bed when they finally entered his room.

"I just want to pretend this night never happened. Pretend Jessica didn't say she'd go to the dance with me then kiss Justin behind my back. Pretend Justin didn't betray my friendship after helping him through withdrawl, should of let him choke on his own vomit. And definitely pretend Tyler didn't try to shoot up the school and making Tony and Clay deal with his problem." Alex ranted as he scooted up his bed till his head could lay on his pillows. "

So I think you should get over here and help me forget by kissing me." Alex pouted and made the best puppies eyes he could until Zach gave him a small smile and crawled up the bed until he was directly on top of Alex.

Alex wrapped his arms around the taller boy's neck, forcing him to lean down more until Zach was on his elbows. Zach gave him a little peck before going back down and giving him a real kiss. Alex made a little hum of satisfaction as Zach kept kissing him.

Neither Zach nor Alex were ready for anything more than kissing, especially tonight, so they just continued to kiss for what felt like hours until Alex had to pull away to yawn.

"And with that I think we're done for tonight." Zach said with a little smirk on his face. Alex pouted again but ultimately agreed when he yawned again. "Undress me then, it doesn't have to be sexual."

"And it won't be." Zach agreed before getting off the bed and undressing himself down to his boxers, "At least I get a free show." Alex said with a smirk and a giggle. Zach smiled at that before helping Alex get undressed as well. With both of them in the underwear, Zach helped Alex get under the covers and slid in next to the smaller boy. Alex snuggled up next to Zach and let his head rest on Zach's chest so he could hear his heartbeat. Knowing Zach was alive and next to him soothed whatever anxiety Alex had just for the night.

Alex was able to, for the first time in a while, go to sleep quickly and stay asleep without the help of any medicine. Zach stayed up a little bit just to be able to hold Alex and ground himself into reality before he too fell asleep.

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Everybody: Bridget why don't you finish your other wip?

Me: Here have another story to distract you all from the fact that I haven't updated my sterek fic in almost a year.