Summary: Jack cheated on Alex six months ago, and now he shows back up. 

(Title from Pretty Venom by All Time Low)

(Alex)

I gasp and look away from the door when a certain someone walks in. How dare he even be a few miles from me. How fucking dare he. 

He looks different though, a red streak instead of a blond one. He's taller and isn't as skinny- but he isn't big either. He also has more facial hair. 

"Alex?" Rian raises an eyebrow. "Are you okay?" He looks over my shoulder and his eyes widen immediately. "Holy shit, let's go-"

"Rian, is that you?" He asks. 

I clench my fist and look down, praying he doesn't remember me. Why should he though? Fucking bastard. 

My entire body shakes as he walks over. "Hey, I haven't-" he stops. 

"Go away, Jack. Can't you see what you're doing to him?" Rian grumbles. He glances at me. "Come on, Alex, let's go."

"Alex?"

His voice- god his voice is still so beautiful. His voice is definitely deeper, but that doesn't help me.

I stand up, the chair squeaking loudly, quickly getting peoples' attention. Rian sighs and puts 20 dollars down on the table before placing his hand on my shoulder. I shrug him off and stare at the ground, crossing my arms so he can't see them shaking. 

"Alex, I-"

"We're leaving," Rian cuts him off and grabs his jacket. "Hope you have fun." He leads me out of the cafe. I stop walking the second I get out of the cafe. "Alex?" Rian says, turning. I hear footsteps and Rian's eyes narrow. "Let's go-"

Jack places his hand on my shoulder and I shout. I turn around and smack him in the face. Jack's eyes widen, but he doesn't say anything. 

"Get away from me," I grumble. "Why don't you go find Zack- or have you cheated on him too?" I shout in his face. He sighs and looks away from me. "What, are you fucking one of my other friends? What do you want from me?"

Rian steps over. "Alex, come on, let's just-"

"Fuck off, Rian," I snap. He sighs and nods. "Tell me, Jack. What do you want?" 

"I just want to apologize- it was stupid and I was drunk and-"

"That doesn't make it better," I huff. I cross my arms. "If that's all you wanted to do, fine. I heard it. Now leave me alone."

"I never meant to hurt you," he says softly. "I know I hurt you. I hurt you bad. And I hate myself for it. I just- Alex, I love you and the second you ran off, I stopped it with Zack and I couldn't even go out for weeks and I-"

"How can you say that? How can you try to take it all back? You can't just do that, you can't fuck with my head like that," I shout. "I fucking trusted you."

"I'm sorry." He whispers, his voice breaking. "I never wanted to hurt you."

"But you did." I scoff. I look away from him, tears rolling down my face. "And it hurt like hell." I spit and turn away from him. Rian rushes over to me and gets into the car. 

"Alex-"

"Drive," I grumble and lay my head against the headrest. I look out the window and see Jack watching us leave. 

Rian stops at my place. "Alex, I can come in with you, I don't think you should be alone."

"No, it's fine," I sigh and open the door. "Thank you though. I'm sorry for snapping at you."

He nods. "Of course."

He was there when it all happened. When I saw Jack and Zack, I ran to Rian's house. He's been there ever since. 

All this happened six months ago, and now Jack tries to fix it? For what? His own morals? Did Zack leave him? Maybe he was caught cheating again. 

Six months. And I finally started to move on. I could finally go out without being scared of seeing him. I could finally think clearly. 

"Alex?" Rian shouts. I jump and look at him. "You blanked out for a moment there, do you want to go to a different cafe next time or something?" 

"No, it's fine. I should go now, thanks again," I smile and step out of the car. I close the door and jog over to the front door. I wave to him as he drives off before I walk into the house. 

He broke me. 

I sit down and feel tears cascading down my face. He broke me. I bury my face in my hands and a sob escapes my lips. 

He broke me. 

How could he do that? How could he try to take it back? Why? 

I grab a pillow and bury my face into it. I scream into the pillow and lay back on the couch. I glance down at my bleeding hands. 

I guess I scratched them up again. 

Bitter habit. That's what he called it. 

I stand up, blood pooling the top of my hands. I rush to the sink and run water over my hands. I groan and stare at my reflection. I scream again and feel my fist hit the mirror, glass shattering everywhere. 

"Fuck," I yell and stare at my hand, glass shards sticking out of my skin and blood dripping everywhere. I take a breath and pull the glass out, disposing them in the trash. I clean my hand up before cleaning the glass. 

My phone rings, so I answer it. 

"Alex, is that you?" A panicked voice shouts. 

"Yeah- who is this?"

"Kevin- Kevin Fisher, you need to get to Jack, you're closer to him- b-by distance, I mean. I know the history, but you need to get to him." He says quickly, his words starting to overlap. He takes a breath. 

"Why would I do that?" I scoff. I glance at my hand. 

"Alex, just do it." He groans and I hear a car door slam. 

"WHY?" I snap. "He fucking-"

Kevin takes another breath before screaming, loud and clear. His words make my heart stop.

"ALEX, JACK IS ABOUT TO KILL HIMSELF." 

A/N

This made me feel things that I wish I didn't have to feel, but here we are ehhh. 

Wake Up, Sunshine (the album) is absolute gold (IF YOU HAVEN'T LISTENED TO IT IN FULL, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?) I wrote this entire one-shot based on Pretty Venom which is probably one of my favs. It's so beautiful and makes me tear up every time I hear it.

There will be a part two to this!

~Lunar