Alex Garcia||I'm Scared To Death||One Shot

"What's got you so bummed?" Derek asked as he took a seat across from me.
"Nothing," I lied.
"It's not nothing, Halli," he said. "Now, what's wrong?"
"Alex," I replied.
"What's he done now?" he asked. "Did he take all of your junk food again?"
"It's not that," I told him. "I'm pissed at him because he's started dating that whore."
"Her name's Melissa," Derek told me. "And don't call her a whore because you're mad at her for being with Alex. You, of all people, should know that Alex wouldn't pick up on your hints."
"I thought that it'd at least be worth a shot," I mumbled.
"You should just tell him how you feel," he said.
"I can't," I told him. "I don't want to tell him how I feel and then have him tell me that he doesn't feel that way at all. Then, if that would happen, we could end up not being friends anymore because things would get too weird."
"You worry too much, Halli," Derek said. "If you don't take chances when you can, you'll regret it once the chance is gone."
I knew that he was right, but there was no way that I was going to admit it. "Just shut up," I told him.
"Despite your obvious rudeness, I think that I'm going to help you out." Derek pulled out his cell phone.
He was going to call Alex.
"Derek, please don't do it," I pleaded. "I can't have him find out."
"Halli, I'm doing this," he said as he dialed Alex's number. "I'm tired of you being bummed out all of the time because you can't tell him. Oooh, he's answering. Alex, I have something important to tell you. No, that's not it. Halli loves you." Derek then hung up the phone and gave me a smile. "If I know Alex like I think I do," he began "he'll be here soon. So now's my time to depart. Make sure to tell me what happens."
It took all that I had to not punch the crap out of Derek before he left. I couldn't believe he did this. Now, because of him, a secret that I had kept safe for the past five years would now be revealed. I was going to kill Derek the next time I saw him.
I was mentally preparing myself for the end of the world as I knew it when I heard my door slam open. I looked up to see Alex standing there with a smile a mile wide on his face.
"Finally!" he shouted before running over to me and laying a kiss on my lips.
"Alright, what was that for?" I asked him once he pulled away from me and I had regained my senses.
"Was Derek lying?" he asked worriedly.
"No," I replied "he wasnt."
"Then what was the problem?" Alex asked me, letting a smile grace his face once more.
"You surprised me," I admitted. "I didn't know you felt that way about me."
"I do," he said "and I have since the very first day I met you."
Now that was a shock.
I sat there in silence, unsure of what to say or do. This was the last thing that I had expected to come out of Alex's mouth. I hadn't even thought of what to do if this happened. Alex didn't seem sure of what to do either; he sat there, motionless.
"Um, what do we do next?" Alex asked after a while.
"Well," I began "if you want to be with me, you should go break up with that wh- I mean Melissa. If you don't want to be with me, then we can forget that this whole thing happened."
"I'll go with the first option," he told me as he tossed me another smile. Alex got up and headed towards the door. Once he reached it, he turned back to me. "So, do you wanna go out with me tomorrow night?" he asked.
"Sure," I replied with a smile, trying to be cool about it.
"I'll pick you up at seven then," Alex said before leaving.
Once I was sure that he wouldn't hear me, I let out a squeal of happiness. I then picked up the phone to call Derek and thank him.

Hmm....