No Matter What ~ Jackxpenn

Chapter 28 - White Lies

Jack POV

The following morning, I woke up feeling strange. The room came into view as my eyes opened slowly and the bright light from the open window immediately flooded into vision. I looked down at my chest to see a sudden emptiness. My arms were no longer wrapped around my Jenn, and instead rested gently at my sides. I looked around the room, sitting up. Where did she go?

I sprang up from the couch, and thoughts of panic spiraled in my head. Suddenly, I heard a laugh from behind me interupted my thoughts, "Woah there, calm down," the voice said. Jenn.

She jumped on my back, almost knocking me over. We both laughed as I set her back down on the couch, and soon sat beside her.

Jenn smirked a bit and continued to laugh, "Protective much?"

I raised my eyebrows and laughed, "Of course. Wouldn't want you to go missing, now would we?"

"True," She said, wrapping her arms around my neck and sitting on my lap.

We just sat there for a while, enjoying our company, and hugging. I wasn't sure exactly why we both felt inclined to be so cuddly today, especially being that I hate being touched, but I liked it. Well, slight correction, I only let Jenn touch me. But still, I loved that feeling of her in my arms; her body and warmth against mine.

After a while, I began to speak, "What do you want to do today? We could go for lunch, or shoppi-"

Jenn immediately pulled her arms away and cut me off, with a slight look of panic in her eyes, "Oh... Well, I have to do some stuff with Andrea for AwesomenessTV today...." She trailed off, changing her gaze to window nearby, "I'm sorry," Jenn said under her breath, turning her head back in my direction, but not once looking me in the eyes.

I was a bit disappointed, but I'm sure whatever Jenn's doing with Andrea is important for her YouTube channel, so I guess it's fine. I wondered what they were doing... Prehaps something for the Jenndrea show? Or maybe something else I don't even know about yet.

"Oh okay," I started, "I should go then, I'll text you later, okay?" I said, kissing her cheek, making her blush.

Jenn got off my lap, allowing me to stand up, and looked up at me. There was something she wasn't telling me, I could tell in her eyes. However, I wasn't about to question her, so I let the thought slip out of my mind, pushing it aside.

I hugged her one last time, embracing her presence. As I went to turn to leave, Jenn grabbed my arm gently. I smiled, turning back to her.

"Wait a minute, Jack," she said quietly before pressing her lips to mine. She held onto me tight, like a small child would onto their mother or father, and squeezed me a final time before pulling away.

I brushed her bangs out of her face, pushing them behind her ear, "See you soon, beautiful, I love you"

"I love you too, Jack. Talk tonight," Jenn replied.

I walked out of her apartment, only turning around once at the very other end of the hallway, only to see Jenn playfully blowing me a kiss from her doorway.

Jenn POV

Did I feel bad about lying? Yes, extremely bad. I hated lying, but in this case, it had to be done. In order for my plan to work, I had to go behind his back. The thought made me sick to my stomach, and saying it out loud made it seem even worse, but I promised myself that it would all be worth it in the end. It would be worth it to see the reaction on his face when I throw him his very own prom; one that he will enjoy.

But unfortunately for me, the tortune didn't end here. In fact, this whole week I would have to avoid Jack, only communicating through text, which I was afraid of even more than just lying. I had to ensure that everything would be perfect, and do to so, Jack could not be involved in any part of it. It had to be a complete surprise.

Was I really going to do AwesomenessTV stuff with Andrea? No, of course not, I had to talk with the o2l boys and the Fab Five about my plan, and mend things up with some of them while I'm at it, being that we still aren't on the best terms since Jack and I's break up situation.

I wanted to hold the prom at the o2l house, being that it was huge. I needed Rebecca and Andrea's help for decorations, and I'm assuming that Anthony and Andrew would want to handle the food aspect of it all.

I drove over to the o2l house, blasting the new Fifth Harmony album on the way, mouthing the words to almost every song. The warm afternoon breeze, flowed in from the windows, blowing my hair in various directions. Once I pulled into the driveway, I heard the famaliar sound of Kian and Jc's screams from inside, most likely playing Mario Kart. I rolled my eyes, and walked up to the front door.

To my surprise, the door opened before my hand reached the door handle, revealing Ricky in the doorway.

"Oh my god, Ricky, you scared me!" I exclaimed.

He laughed, moving out of the way for me to walk in the house, "Well it is my house, Jenn," he rolled his eyes, "Anyways, what's going on?"

"Oh nothing. Actually, I needed to ask a huge favour...." I trailled off, suddenly realizing how big the favour was once I said it out loud.

"Sure, Jenn. What do you need?" He said, leaning slightly on the stair railing.

Author's note: Hey guys! Happy Friday! Sorry about the shorter chapter, I was feeling like crap today and this is what you get when I'm sick. Oh well, I hope you enjoyed :)

Side note, is anyone at Playlist Live? I wish I was going :(

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