It Started in the Summer - (Jack Grealish)

Chapter 12 - He's The One

When I woke the next morning , my phone said it was 10:34, my head was banging but apart from that I didn't feel too bad. Jack wasn't next to me, this seemed to be a habit of his, waking up and leaving me in bed. I listened closely but couldn't hear the shower going either. Where was he? I asked myself. I checked my phone for a text but there was nothing. I swung my legs around to the side of the bed rubbing my head and was about to get up to go into the bathroom when I heard the key card go in the door and Jack came strolling in, coffees and pastries in his hand.

"Morning my beautiful girlfriend" he smiled chirpily, "I wanted to surprise you with breakfast in bed" he said putting the cups and pastries down on the bedside cabinet and swinging my legs back round so I was back in bed. He handed me a coffee and pain au chocolate and walked round to his side of the bed and sat down next to me.

"Hows your head?" I asked him

"Totally fine" he answered "Yours?" He replied

"Hmm, not great" I said "nothing a few paracetamol wont fix though"

Jack got up and rummaged through his toiletries bag pulling out a packet of tablets and passed them to me 

"Jack saves the day again" he said and kissed me on the forehead. 

I took 2 tablets with water and polished off the rest of my pastry before laying with my eyes closed for 10 minutes waiting for the pain to go away.

"I've got to go home today babygirl, I need to pack for the holiday" Jack said, sounding gloomy "Will you come with me?" 

I was about to agree to go with him when I remembered he was flying out to Mykonos first thing tomorrow and I had to go back to work for 3 days before I could join him, it would be a logistical nightmare for me to go all the way to Birmingham for the day and get to work in Cambridge for 9am tomorrow morning, I knew I wouldn't want to leave him and I'd be in bits having to say goodbye to him as he went off on holiday without me. I sat in silence not realising Jack had been looking at me for a response the whole time I'd be thinking about whether to go with him or not.

"Its probably for the best I just go home babe. Its gonna be a nightmare getting to Cambridge from Birmingham in the morning and watching you go without me is gonna break my heart" I said as I got up off the bed and headed into the bathroom to freshen up.

"I want to spend every minute with you babe , being apart from you for 3 days is going to be bad enough" he pleaded with me.

I looked at myself in the mirror of the bathroom, my face looked sad listening to him begging  me to go with him, but in my my mind the sooner we said goodbye the sooner we'd be back together on Friday in Mykonos. Friday had never felt so far away but I had to stay strong and just knuckle down at work. Spending a few days on my own might be good, i told myself, totally not believing it.

I quickly showered and got myself dressed, Jack and I moving around the room in silence. Watching him in the mirror broke my heart, he looked completely dejected by my refusal to go with him, my eyes started to water but I didnt want him to see me upset as I didn't want him saying he would stay with me til Friday and then us fly out together, so I kept my silence.

"Our car will be here in about 10 minutes" he said as he put the last of his things into his bag "I'm dropping you off on the way to Brum, I hope that's ok?" He asked. I turned to look at him, no longer able to hold back my tears and ran to him hugging him tightly...

"Of course it's ok" I said in tears, snuggling my face into his neck, his arms instantly wrapping around me.

"Babygirl what's wrong?" He said, concern etched on his face