What the heart wants (boyxboy)

Twelve

Jax is in his natural habitat, I stand against a wall watching him dance and laugh with his friends holding a cup of beer in my hand that I'll probably not drink. Jax looks so happy when he's with them, and everyone just surrounds them like they're the center of the universe. I on the other hand don't mind standing as far away from it all. I continue to stand there keeping an eye on Jax who'd look over once in a while and flash me a smile "hey" I turn to find a girl standing next to me smiling

"Hi" I greet her back

"Don't want to sound weird but I've been checking you out for the past hour hoping you'll notice but you haven't taken your eyes off that guy, is he your boyfriend?" She points to Jax

"No he's not"

"So you're straight?"

"Last time I checked"

"The music is kind of loud would you want to go outside and talk?"

Looking over at Jax who seems to be doing fine "sure" I decide to go with her.

Following her outside the music fades "so much better" she chuckles "I'm Jessie"

"Mitch" we shake hands

"So Mitch if the guy in there isn't your boyfriend then why were you watching him so much?"

"Just making sure he's ok, tends to get out of control"

"Oh makes sense, I have a few friends like that. So what are you doing at a party like this? Doesn't really seem like your type"

"How would you know what my type is?"

"I wouldn't, I just have been noticing you since you walked in and you haven't even tried to talk to anyone, besides the guy that you came in with"

"Jax, his name is Jax"

"Sorry I don't really know anyone here, I was invited by Krista maybe you know her"

"I know of her"

"Yeah I go to CHAMPS"

"I've heard of that school, Van Nuys right?"

"Yep, I'm a dancer"

"Cool"

"What do you do?"

"Nothing"

"No sports? Or extra curricular activities?" I shake my head no "that has to suck"

"Has its moments."

As we stand outside talking the door swings open and out comes Jax very drunk and stumbling everywhere "Mitchy!" He yells my name and I rush to him catching him before he falls. He laughs "my savior I've been looking for you" I help him stand up "what are you doing out here?"

"Talking, to Jessie" I point to her and she waves

"Hi" she comes closer to us "I'm Jessie" she smiles

"Aww you're so cute" he hugs her "I'm Jax" I pull him off of her "what are you guys doing out here?"

"I told you already, we're talking"

"Oh! You guys are talking" he grins nudging me

"No not like that Jax"

"Well I'll tell you what Jessie" he holds her shoulders "tread lightly with this one, he's a tough nut to crack"

"Thanks for the advice" Jessie replies

Jax laughs "I'll see you beauties later" he hugs me then stumbles back to the door.

Jessie laughs "he's charming" and very drunk. I can't let him go back in there he'll just keep drinking until he passes out, I keep glancing at the door to make sure he's ok but I've lost sight of him "you're worried about him" Jessie says catching my attention

"I'm sorry"

"It's ok go check on him"

"I should really take him home"

"Yeah, come on I'll help you find him" we walk back inside and I push around looking for him. How does he disappear that quick? Jessie and I continue to walk around the giant house and we don't spot him anywhere. Standing in the hall on the second floor of the house I look around when I hear Jessie yell "Mitch! Over here" walking over to her looking out of a window "look"

The window faces the backyard where the pool is looking to where Jessie is pointing I see some guy gripping Jax's wrist and Jax trying to pull away. Running out of the house practically flying over the stairs I rush to the backyard "get off me!" I hear Jax as I approach them

Running up to them I push the guy away from Jax "he said get off him jackass!"

"Hey mind you're own business! I found him first!" The guys pushes me

"Found?" Without thinking I ball my fist punching him in the right eye. The piece of shit falls back and doesn't move, turning to Jax "are you ok?" I ask as he holds his wrist

"I'm ok. Are you?" He grabs my throbbing hand

"I'm fine, come on let's get out of here" he wraps an arm around my neck and I wrap an arm around his waist supporting him as we walk to the car.

We get to the car and I help Jax in and shut his door "hey" Jessie walks toward me as I'm about to get in "gonna leave without saying goodbye"

"Sorry I had to get him out of there"

"No I get it, he's lucky to have a guy like you looking after him. I saw what you did back there, it was bad ass!" she laughs "you literally punched the lights out of that guy"

I smile faintly "he had it coming"

"Yeah he did! But anyways I wanted to ask if you'd like to hang out tomorrow or something?"

"Yeah I'd like that"

"Awesome. Here give me your arm" she takes my arm and pulls a pen out and starts to scribble on  "text me"

"Ok" I stare at her number on my arm then she kisses me on the cheek. "Bye" I wave as I get in the car, buckling up, and driving away.

Driving on the highway I keep turning to Jax checking on him. "At least one of us had a good night" his head rests against the window and his eyes are closed still holding his wrist

"Why do you have to drink so much?"

"It's called having fun Mitch, you should try it"

"Was what that guy doing to you back there fun?" I take a quickly glance at him but he doesn't answer "Jax if something is wrong you can talk to me about it"

He quickly sits up "pull over!" He barks

"Why?" He holds his mouth and I quickly pull over. Jumping out of the car Jax bends over by the side of the road throwing up everything he had to drink. I get out of the car and stand a bit of distance away letting him get it all out. After about 10 minutes Jax finally stops throwing up, practically out of breath he turns to me "how do you feel?" I ask handing him a bottle of water I found in my car

"Better" he takes a sip

"Come on lay in the back I'll drive you home."

Jax climbs in the back of the car and I get behind the wheel about to pull away "what's the gift for?" He asks half asleep

Looking at the clock I reply "it's my birthday."