I Love My Girlfriend But? - Part 9

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About three days later, Jake had made a decision. He had thought about it almost every night and day since he had decided to help Alex. Now finally, three days later he knew what to do - make Alex contact the boy from the club. Well, the downside of that was that they were in another country. That was an obstacle but no reason to give up.

'Hey Ash', Jake said as he sat down next to the boy who was currently on his phone.

'Hey.' 'Uhm, remember that night at the club?' 'In America?', Alex asked, still not looking up from his phone. 'Yeah, yeah there. You met that boy.. what was his name again?' Jake was nervously shifting in his seat, rubbing his hands together. 'Lucas.'

'Ah right, Lucas', Jake said, ignoring the fact that Alex hadn't told him what the boy's name was. Obviously, Alex had forgotten about that and told him immediately.

'Uhm so Lucas. Do you have his number?' 'Yeah, why?' 'Texted him?' 'No, I didn't... why are you asking anyway?', Alex asked, finally looking up. The boy frowned at the singers' sudden curiosity.

'Oh.. just for.. Uhm scientific reasons, he answered, his face flushed red.

'Jake?' The addressed boy hummed in response.

'You're one mess of a liar. Just tell me what you want.' Alex now had his arms crossed and looked at his friend with an eyebrow raised.

'No need to be rude', Jake mumbled with a pout. He didn't want to admit what his true intentions were so he had to talk himself out of this.

'Jake', the drummer warned him. Alex was clearly impatient and wanted an answer if only Jake wouldn't suck at lying.

'What? I'm just curious. But if I'm not allowed to ask, I won't anymore', Jake said standing up and wanting to leave. As he reached the door, he had almost given up that his plan would work.

'Okay, okay. Sit down and ask', Alex said and Jake hid his grin before turning around and walking back to where he sat before. Maybe Jake was bad at lying but manipulating was a different story.

'Why didn't you text him?'

'Guess I kind of forgot about it. He didn't text me either though', Alex responded as he watched Jake making himself comfortable.

'Then text him now? He seemed like a nice guy, Jake pointed out, even though he could hardly remember what the guy looked like.

'I could, yeah. But I still don't get why you care so much. Plus, you haven't talked to him so how do you know that he's nice?'

'I Uhm.. just a wild assumption but you talked to him for quite a while so I figured he is.'

'Are you saying that I only talk to nice guys?'

'Yeah', Jake said but it came out rather as a question. His hands were folded over his right knee that he had pressed against his chest and his head was resting on it as he looked at Alex, waiting for the conversation to continue. Alex on the other hand was just confused. He wasn't able to put a finger on why Jake cared so much about his meeting with Lucas. Was he jealous? Probably not.

'Rude to think of yourself as nice, the drummer mocked Jake. 'Hey! I am nice and you know it.' 'Sure.'

'I am nice but whatever. Are you going to text him now or..?', the blonde asked, leaving the question open. A smile spread on his face as Alex nodded with a sigh and unlocked his phone again. As the boy clicked on Lucas's contact, he frowned.

'What? What's wrong?' Jake immediately sensed his friend's discomfort, scooting a little closer in order to help.

'I don't know what to say, Alex admitted, locking his phone and putting it away.

'No, no don't give up already. Let's think..', Jake said, grabbing his friend's phone and putting it back in his hands.

'Maybe first tell him who you are and then why you didn't text. Just in case, you know? You could maybe add that you liked talking to him or

Surprised at Jake's sudden knowledge of club acquaintances, he nodded and started typing.

'How does that sound?' The honey blonde showed his friend the text he had typed but hadn't sent yet.

'Good. Maybe scratch the 'I'm in a boyband and we traveled through the world' part. Sounds a little.. well over the top, you know? You can add that later if he wants to keep texting.' With another nod, he deleted that part and let Jake read over it again. The blonde now approved and they send the text, now having to wait for a response. How long that would take?

A couple of minutes was the answer. Lucas had responded immediately, admitting that he had been too shy to text himself. Alex had chuckled at that, blushing a little and since then the boys were texting non-stop.

'Jake!', Alex yelled at the top of his lungs, making Jake jump. The blonde ran towards Alex, almost slipping and falling on his face as he stopped in front of his friend.

'Jesus.., the drummer said, laughing at Jake's clumsiness.

'God, Alex', Jake started but his friend cut him off.

'You can just call me Alex', he said and left Jake with nothing to do than to give himself a facepalm.

'For fuck's sake Alex. Why did you scream like a maniac?'

'Oh, right, that. I forgot, sorry', Alex admitted. Jake sighed and walked away, shaking his head in disbelief.

'Jake! I remember, Alex yelled from the back again but before the guitarist could turn around, Alex was already standing behind him.

'Lucas, you know, the boy we met in the club in America', he started, 'he actually lives in Sydney.' With big, happy hazel eyes Alex looked at Jake, waiting for the guitarist's reaction. His excitement was clearly visible and Jake had to smile as well at that.

'Awesome. Are you going to meet?'

'Yeah. I mean, it's only one concert before we're home again.'

'You have a lot of time for him then', Jake pointed out, receiving a nod from the other boy.

'Yes. Thank you so much for making me text him. He's great.' Surprised, the blonde caught Alex as he threw himself in his arms, pulling Jake as close as possible.

'You're welcome, Ash.'

About six hours later, the band was on stage again, performing their last concert before going home for an unclear amount of time. Their tour for their album 'Youngblood' was a lot of fun but also a lot of stress and everyone was exhausted. A new writing period would start then and maybe a couple of interviews and performances would follow but except for that, they had a little time for themselves.

'Alright, thank you so much for this incredible last night and an amazing way to end this tour. Every single concert was a blessing and a huge honor to play and we wouldn't have it any other way. Without you, we wouldn't be where we are today but thanks to the best fans in the world, we are. Thank you so much and good night.' With that, the boys ran off stage, the cheers getting more distant with every step they took.

'That was awesome, Michael exclaimed, dancing in excitement.

'It was. I'm glad we have a break now but I'm already pumped for the next tour, Calum joined Michael's little happy dance.

Music was playing in the big concert hall, guiding their fans their way outside. The sounds were damped through the thick walls of the shower room they had entered. Everyone stripped out of their clothes, walking under the showers. Seconds later, the running showers were drowning out the music.

Alex closed his eyes, letting the hot water run over his face. With slightly opened lips, he pushed his hair back, gasping for a little air. The honey blonde boy tried to relax but the constant feeling of someone's eyes on him was stopping him from that. When he opened his eyes, wanting to find the source of his discomfort, no one was even facing him. Even though he could swear that Jake had only just turned around, he was sure that Jake couldn't have been the one staring at him. He was probably just being paranoid.

Rinsing the last remains of the shampoo out of his hair he closed his eyes again. The other boys were already done, but Alex liked to take his sweet time. His plans on standing longer under the steaming, hot water were devilishly foiled by Jake. The blonde tapped the drummer's side, making Alex jump in surprise and look at the other boy with widened eyes.

'Jesus, Jake! You scared me!'

'Sorry, Jake said, nervously rubbing the back of his neck. His other hand was holding up the towel that was loosely wrapped around his waist.

'You scared me, Alex mumbled after giving his heart a chance to slow its pace again.

'You said that already, Jake said, smirking. He liked that Alex was blushing and the urge to kiss the drummer again got stronger. Jake didn't know what it was but knowing that he had a chance with his friend made him question everything. Sierra sometimes just fell out of the picture.

'What did you want anyway?', Alex asked as he finally collected himself and was able to think straight again. 'I just wanted to tell you to hurry up.' 'And you couldn't do that a little louder so I wouldn't get a heart attack?' 'Nope, so.. hurry up, Jake said and left, leaving Alex alone again.

Two days in their free time at home and Alex was already standing in front of his mirror, getting ready for meeting Lucas again. To say he was nervous was an understatement. Already three times he had changed his outfit because nothing worked for a date night in Alex's opinion. Slowly, the honey blonde boy grew frustrated and threw himself on his bed. Usually, he was quite confident about his style but right now, nothing seemed good enough. The fact that he had only about fifteen minutes to get ready wasn't helping and Alex knew, he needed help.

'Hello?' 'Yeah hi, it's me', Alex said, still scrawled across the bed. 'Ashy, shouldn't you be on your date?'

'Yeah.. that. I kind of need your help.' With his bottom lip between his teeth, he explained the problem to Jake.

'Uhh, fashion advice. I'll be right over', the blonde said and hung up. Alex on the other hand texted Lucas that he would be a little late and the boy from the club replied with 'cool, me too. See ya in 20?' to which Alex agreed.

When Jake had said he would be right over, Alex didn't think that Jake was already on his way while talking to him on the phone. Well, he was so the drummer opened the door and let him in. Alex followed Jake into his bedroom and sat down on his bed as he watched the blonde go through his clothes.

'Where are you two going again?'

'Uhm.. we're going to a restaurant but take the food with us and eat at the sea. It's warm enough to be there in the evening plus we're alone there', Alex explained.

'Aww Ashy, that's so romantic', Jake cooed, ignoring the slight jealousy building up inside of him.

'Not too much?' The drummer tried to hide the fact that he was blushing at his friend's words by hiding behind his hands, but Jake had already seen it.

'No, and don't be ashamed. If I was Lucas, I'd love it', Jake said and gave Alex the clothes he had picked out.

'Go change, I'll wait.' Alex nodded and went to the bathroom, putting the clothes on.

'Don't you dare to look in a mirror before I see it', Jake yelled just in time for Alex to walk past the mirror without eyeing himself. The drummer bit his lip as he walked into the bedroom, facing Jake.

'Ah, I did great, didn't I?', the blonde praised himself, allowing the other boy to take a look at his outfit.

As he turned around, standing right in front of the huge mirror that was part of his wardrobe, he hummed happily. Jake had given him black skinny jeans with a chain on them, a neon yellow, tight, and a long-sleeved shirt, and a leather jacket that said 'that's the cool baby.'.

'Do you like it?' With his pretty ocean blue eyes, he looked at Alex with hope.

'I love it, but isn't that your jacket?'

'Yeah, but I thought it would suit you and I was obviously right', he pointed out, causing the honey blonde to blush. Since he didn't know what to respond, he stayed quiet and so did Jake. Awkwardly, Alex stood in the middle of the room, still blushing and wondering what was going on and again, so did Jake.

'I should.. probably go', Alex said after a while, breaking the uncomfortable silence.

'Uh, yeah. Shouldn't be late on your first date.' Jake followed his friend to the doorframe of the bathroom, where he watched the boy attempted to style his hair with shaking hands.

'Come on, Ash. Let me help you', Jake mumbled and walked closer, taking the drummer's hands in his and bringing them down. Without thinking too much of it, Alex put his hands on Jake's waist, while the guitarist fixed his hair.

'So, done.'

'Thanks', Alex mumbled as he looked at Jake. He could swear that for a second, he lost himself in the boy's blue eyes.

Tiptoeing into the cool water, Lucas clung to Alex's hand, giggling.

'You said you had towels, right?', the redhead asked, following Alex a little further into the sea.

'Of course', the drummer replied, taking Lucas's other hand and pulling him closer as they were now in the water.

'Never thought that you'd be so romantic.'

'Don't judge a book by its cover.' With his famous giggle, he put an even bigger smile on Lucas's lips, who was slowly falling for the sweet honey blonde boy. And he was falling hard.

Holding his date in his arms and looking into his beautiful brown eyes, Alex felt normal for once. Nothing about the moment felt wrong or pressured and knowing that you wouldn't have to act like it didn't happen made it even better.

'You remember that I said that I have never seen such dark and beautiful brown eyes?', Alex asked, getting hum in response.

'I think that was a lie because now that I can see them in all their glory, beautiful isn't the right word to describe their true depth and beauty. They're mesmerizing and I feel like drowning in them.'

'God, Alex. I've never met someone quite like you', Lucas said with a deep blush coating his cheeks, 'kiss me please.'

'I'd be honored to, Alex replied and connected their lips. The kiss was soft and innocent but both could feel the butterflies coming alive, making their bodies tingle at the sensation. As their lips parted again, a satisfied smile was displayed on them, sharing the same feelings about each other.

'Ash?', Lucas asked, biting his lip. 'Luz?' 'Aww I like that.' 'Luz?', Alex asked and Lucas nodded. 'We'll keep that then. What did you want to say though?' 'Now that we're soaked anyway, he started and Alex could swear, his voice held something seductive. 'No, not that, you think completely wrong, Lucas laughed and before Alex could even answer, his head was underwater.

'Such a bad boy!', Alex chuckled as he surfaced again, rubbing his eyes. When he opened them, Lucas was already trying to swim away, giggling like crazy.

'Oh, just wait until I get you', he yelled and started swimming in his direction, chasing him through the sea.

While Alex and Lucas had a great time on their date, Jake was sitting at home, holding Sierra in his arms. They were watching something but Jake hadn't once paid attention to her since he returned. He would probably feel bad about his mental absence later but right now, he had to fight the jealousy that was building up in him somehow.

'Babe? I think I'll go for a walk', he mumbled, moving a little so Sierra would sit up.

'Are you okay?', she asked worriedly. Of course, she had noticed the mood that her boyfriend was in, but had decided to give him time to talk about it.

'Yeah, sure, the blonde answered, standing up and leaving the living room. Sierra did the same, following him and watching as he put his shoes on.

'You don't seem okay hun. What's wrong? Should I come with you?' With a heavy sigh, he shook his head, giving his girlfriend his best puppy eyes.

'I can't talk about it right now, I'm sorry. I just. I don't know. I need to clear my head and maybe a little space?', he said but the last part sounded more like a question.

'Of course. I won't pressure you, you know that', she said and he leaned down to kiss her but she just softly kissed his forehead, caressing his cheek.

'I'm here and I'll wait for you. Just please, take care of yourself', she mumbled and once again, watched as Jake got his jacket and grabbed the key to his car. She frowned at that but didn't say anything, as he opened the front door.

'Bye.'

'I love you Jake', Sierra said, her arms wrapped around her stomach. Situations like this always made her sick of worry.

'I love you', Jake replied and walked out of the door, closing it behind him. With big steps, he walked towards his car, quickly getting in and driving off. Technically, he was way too absent to drive but he needed to getaway. Why was he jealous?