Dedication Takes a Lifetime but Dreams Only Last for a Night

Jacks POV:

I didn't know what to make out of the days events.

Zack that bastard hitting on my boyfriend, almost breaking up, and then making up. Why would Alex almost cheat? I know I'm not nearly good enough for him but couldn't he just break up like a normal person instead of almost breaking my heart?

I laid in bed thinking as I got a text from my least favorite person in the world. Blake.

"Hi fag. U better not be with the other fag or else he might be in the hospital again soon."

That's it. I'm sick and tired of Blake and his threats. He won't touch Alex again. I won't let him hurt Alex again. I've had enough of this. Maybe Alex almost cheated but I can't let Blake hurt him and I'm no going to break up with him. I have to stop Blake. But I can't. I'm not strong enough. I need help. But who can help me?

Rian also cares about Alex. He can help me. Maybe together we can beat Blake. Alex doesn't need to know about it. He'd tell me not to.

I peeked into Alex's room and saw he was still sleeping so I wrote a note quickly saying I had to go to Rian's earlier.

I texted Rian as I headed to his house. He said it was fine. When I got to his house guess who opened the door? That jerk Zack.

"What the hell are you doing here? I need to talk to Rian!"

"He's in the shower. I slept here. Come in." He was so shy and nervous. It made me want to punch him. He looks so innocent. You'd never guess he almost made out with my boyfriend.

I entered and sat on the couch. He sat next to me and fidgeted.

After awhile of this awkwardness, he took a deep breath and said "I know I said this earlier but I'm so sorry. I'm going through a hard time and I'm confused." Yeah right! Excuses. But I couldn't help but be curious about what he means.

"What do you mean?"

"I haven't told anyone but my girlfriend just broke up with me. I honestly loved her but she called me gay and cheated on me. I feel terrible about what I did. I was confused and I just saw Alex and wondered what if I'm gay. Maybe kissing Alex would prove to me that I'm not gay. Or maybe I'd like it and it would prove that to me. Either way I'd get an answer. I had no idea you were together. I'm so sorry. I think we could be good friends. I wanted to ask you something. How and when did you figure out you were gay? How did everyone react?"

He looked so sad. I wanted to hate him but I couldn't help but feel empathy. I was in the same situation just a mere year or so ago. I wish someone was there for me. I had to help.

"Well about a year ago. I met someone. He showed me I was gay and was my boyfriend. Then he betrayed me. He cheated." I replied flatly.

"Oh. I'm sorry. How did everyone react?"

"Well apart from getting bullied endlessly great." I blurted sarcastically.

"So no accepting the gay and different people? Well I can relate about the bullying. I was bullied all the time in my old school. It really changes you. It's the reason I started to workout. So no one could bully me anymore."

As I looked at Zacks emoish appearance and muscles I realized he is not the kind of person I thought he is. And that made me think we might be friends. I also realized he might be the solution to my Blake problem.

How should I ask him? I'm not all that great with subtle.

After wondering for a while I simply blurted out "There's this bully who wanted to hurt Alex if I don't break up with him and he's a freaking giant. I didn't ask Alex since I know he'd be against the violence but could you help us stand up to him? Just once so he won't hurt us again. He's the one who made Alex go to the hospital. I don't want anything to happen to him. Please?"

Zack looked thoughtful as he answered "Normally I don't believe violence is the answer but Ben told me how he found Alex. That can't happen again. I may not love him like that but I honestly care about him."

He sighed and said "Alright. I'll help you."

I smiled and we both started to plot out revenge. At that moment when we both shared smiles I felt a sense of comradeship, maybe even friendship.
Maybe he could be my friend.