A lick away

SPEAK

Nic:    Yo old man let go

Joh:    Just apologize for giving his son a black eye

Nic:    What?

Jul:    I know it was you, Nick. And I am so done with you hurting Alex.

Nic:    I didn't

Jul:    Who the fuck else would?

Nic:    I swear. I haven't psychically hurt Alex in a while. You know this dad.

Joh:    Don't mean you won't again

Jul:    Exactly

Nic:    I DIDN'T. I could literally go to prison for that. I wouldn't risk that for no one

Julio let go of Nick

Jul:    Are you serious? You had nothing to do with it

Nic:    Yo, bro. I didn't even know about it. I had nothing to do with it. But I will look into it. 

Jul:    What

Nic:    Someone hurt my neighbor. He's mine to hurt. I will find who did this and put him on his fucking place

Joh:    No you won't

Nic:    I will

Jul:    I'm okay with that. Tell me when you find out

Nic:    Can't do that. 

Nick goes inside.

Nic:    But I will take care of it.

Nick goes upstairs. Skip to the next day. Nick walks into school, on time and sees Alex with a black eye talking to Jeong, Emilia and Jordan. Nick starts getting red and looks around for Basit, he starts walking towards him

Ale:    Oh, fuck

Nick grabs Basit and floors him. He goes sit with one knee on his chest. Alex runs towards Nick and pushes him off.

Nic:    WHAT

Ale:    HE DIDN'T DO NOTHING

Alex helps Basit up

Bas:    What's going on

Ale:    He thinks you gave me this black eye

Bas:    Why does he care

Ale:    I DON'T KNOW

Nick is red hot.

Nic:    YOU DIDN'T FALL TORRES

Ale:    I FUCKING DID. For once. No one hurt me. 

Nick grabs Alex's arm and goes outside.

Ale:    NICK. DUDE. 

Nick goes to the side of the building and throws him against the wall

Nic:    Truth, now.

Ale:    WHY DO YOU CARE

Nic:    SPEAK

Nick shouts to Alex.

Ale:    Fucking hell. I was walking home after Basit and I did our study session for the project, turns out he's fucking awesome. Real nice guy. Kinda hot. Anyway. I was ... thinking about him ... and, I didn't see there was a pole right in front of me. So I walked with my face straight into the pole.

Nic:    Are you serious?

Ale:    YEAH

Nic:    He's not hot

Ale:    WHAT!

Nick sighs

Nic:    So, no one hurt you? Basit isn't trying to steal you?

Ale:    No, man. Why

Nic:    Good question. Why do I still feel hurt

Ale:    What?

Nick brings his face closer to Alex

Nic:    Why does it still feel like I've been stabbed a thousand times in the heart? When nothing happened?

Ale:    I don't know, cause you're fucking weird?

Nic:    Fuck

Nick gets back and falls to the wall and goes sit down on the floor. Alex looks at him

Ale:    Why do you care who hurts me, Nick. 

Nic:    Because you're mine

Ale:    To hurt?

Nic:    Yes

Ale:    Right

Nic:    What

Alex goes sit down next to Nick.

Ale:    So, you felt hurt because someone else was bullying me, or so you thought?

Nic:    Yeah

Ale:    Okay, so. That makes sense

Nic:    What

Ale:    Nothing. You'll get there.

Nick looks at Alex

Nic:    WHAT

Ale:    I don't know. You might just have a thing for me

Nic:    WHAT?