J.A.C.I.E.'s World (All Time Low Fanfiction | Jack Barakat)

Chapter 18

I was so excited as I stood amongst the busy crowd. The sun was still high in the sky, matching my ecstatic behaviour as my eyes kept flickering between the corridor in front of me and the information board. It said Jack's flight had landed a while ago and it was only a matter of time until he'd be walking out.

As another group of passengers started exiting, I scanned all the faces, eagerly searching for the familiar grin. I was fully prepared for his arrival, with a cheesy 'welcome home' balloon in one hand and an iPad showing a sign in the other. I even wore a shirt I got just for the occasion.

It wasn't long before I spotted him, walking down the corridor with multiple bags. My heart soared when our eyes met and I couldn't help but grin. He looked so tired but also so happy to be back, a smile spreading across his face. I waited patiently as he approached. His eyes scanned over me from afar before he started laughing, recognising the effort I had made.

"What's all this?!" He continued to giggle when he finally got close.

"A warm welcome!" I chuckled back, moving the iPad out of the way so he could see my shirt better.

Another burst of laughter came out of him, making a few people turn to look at us. "Where did you even get that?"

"I made it."

My full ensemble included a black t-shirt with a huge photo of Jack on it. It was an old photo, from way before we had ever met. Just a simple google search was needed to find the image of him with floppy black hair. And then I got it printed on a shirt. The iPad had a callsign for him. Well, for him... for 'Jake Barasnatch'.

"Oh my god," he breathed out through the laughter.

He let go of his bags and leaned in, capturing my lips in a passionate kiss. It felt like fireworks were going off inside me as our lips moved together, reminding me of how we got here in the first place.

As we finally pulled away, Jack looked deeply into my eyes, his thumb gently tracing my cheek. "I love you so fucking much, Jacie."

"I love you too," I chuckled again.

"Let me take a picture of this before we go." He took a step back and pulled out his phone.

I struck a few poses as he snapped the pictures, which he sneakily proceeded to post.

I took hold of some of his stuff and walked with him back to his car. Over the past two months, I had been driving it whenever I needed to get somewhere. But now, Jack took over again. It was pretty funny when he got in the driver's seat and found himself much too close to the steering wheel, his knees pressed up against the dashboard. We just laughed as he put everything back in a way he liked it to be.

Although we had already spoken every night, we chatted about everything again during the drive back to his place. The stories were so much more immersive when we were sitting next to each other than through a phone's speaker.

Once we arrived at his apartment, we dropped the bags to the floor, deciding it was a problem for another day.

"I see you've been moving some more of your stuff in," he pointed out as he looked around the living room. There was an extra guitar in here and some other random small belongings that were mine.

"Slowly but surely, I'm taking over your whole world." I bit my lower lip as I wrapped my arms around his waist.

"You already are my entire world," he mumbled back as we looked into each other's eyes.

"That's not very healthy," I whispered and pressed my lips against his.

He kissed me back before breaking away and dropping onto the couch with a loud satisfied groan. It was always great to be back home after a long time away. But, to be honest, I wasn't looking forward to just a quiet evening on the couch. It had been a month since we last shared a hotel room. I was actually surprised Jack wasn't jumping me himself.

I just watched him for a little bit, half expecting him to shout out 'sike' and rush me into the bedroom. But he just stretched out contently, putting his feet up on the coffee table. I shrugged and let myself fall forward on top of him. He let out a loud 'oof', but laughed and pulled me closer. As his arms wrapped around me, he caused me to roll over so I was now almost sitting in his lap.

Before the moment passed again, I hooked my arms around his neck and pushed my lips against his. Luckily, he kissed me back hungrily this time. I shuffled around a little so I was straddling him, keeping our lips connected as I did so. His hands settled on my hips, but mine weren't ready to stay put just yet.

I gingerly slipped my fingertips underneath the hem of his shirt and slowly trailed up further and further. He just dug his own into my hips as approval. But I was the one to suddenly break away, pushing myself up with both of my hands halfway up his chest. And I frowned.

"What's wrong?" Jack asked me, sounding slightly out of breath.

I looked down in between us. "You're going to fuck me while I wear a shirt with your face on it?"

His gaze flickered down to the photo as well. "Well... it's not the worst sight..."

I continued to think for a second. And then a specific idea flashed through my mind. It was one I had had earlier. One that could make things a little more... fun. As fun as it would be without as well.

"Stay there," I instructed as I jumped off him and rushed to the bedroom.

"Where are you going?" he complained from his seat.

"Stay there!" I repeated as I closed the door behind myself.

I quickly scrambled around to pull off all of my clothes. All of them. Literally, all. After getting naked, I dashed to the closet to pull out the plastic bag from the airport. Inside was the amazing hoodie Jack had made me buy. It was unworn and ready for me to break in. I pulled off the tags hastily and put it on. It was large on me, but I knew Jack would be able to see what I had done.

I pulled open the door again, Jack's eyes snapping towards me at the sudden movement. They were already wide, but then I also did a little pose at the doorway.

"Ah, shit," he growled and quickly stepped over to me.