Who The Fxck Is Jack Barakat?!

Part 18

*Friday evening*

I get back home from work and collapse on my couch, it's been such a stressful day. Although I love my work, sometimes I feel like I'm about to become a serial killer there.

First Toby made a mess at the check out which took me an hour to fix it (which means an hour of nobody being able to buy anything, our boss was even closer to killing Toby than I was) and then some snob didn't want to pay the full price for a guitar because he insisted that the guitar had a few flaws but guess what, it was perfectly fine and he just didn't want to admit that he didn't have enough money with him to buy it and he didn't want to go home and come back with the 100$ that were missing. So yeah, I've spent another hour arguing with him and I was so damn pissed off after it. Jordan tried to make some jokes to make me feel better but it didn't quite work out and I was more than glad that I could finally go home after 5.

Oh well, what happened happened and I should be happy to be home and try to focus on the weekend now. Jack and I go on a date tomorrow and I'm excited to find out what he's planned, as he didn't want to tell me where we're going. It's also the first time we see each other again after last Sunday, we both had to work this week and it takes an hour to get here from Baltimore so unfortunately we weren't able to spend time together. Instead we were texting each other as often as we could and in the evenings (and mostly nights, too) we were talking on the phone. It's only been a few days but I already miss being around him.

I check my phone to see whether I got any messages from Jack and I am not disappointed.

"You know that moment when you realize you're 70% coffee and 30% human being... My friend Rian did a whole speech about that some minutes ago and I think he will continue any minute. Save me pls"

"Update: He did continue... Why am I friends with him"

"Like yeah I get it man, I love coffee as well but enough is enough"

"Uh-oh. He's staring at me. I better go now!"

"He isn't staring at me right now so I just wanted to say that I..."

I'm not able to read the rest of the message because the "somebody's calling you and I thought it would be a good idea to interrupt you" screen comes up on my phone. The caller ID says it's Kaitlyn. Oh shit. I think I haven't really texted her or anything in the past few days because I was too busy with work and the fact that I have a boyfriend now... I hope she won't be that mad at me but I guess she'll understand it as soon as I explain the situation to her. Wait, have I even told her that Jack and I are officially in a relationship? I think it's pretty obvious by now that I deserve the "worst best friend of the year" award.

"Hey stranger" Kaitlyn greets me on the other side of the line. "Haven't heard from you for a longer time than usual, thought I should check whether you're still alive!"

"Oh my god Kaitlyn I am SO sorry but first I had to go back to work as you know and then..." I start to apologise but I'm not sure whether I should tell her on the phone that Jack asked me to be his girlfriend.

"It's okay Liz, you can explain everything to me when I come over." She answers. Did I miss something?

"Come over? Did we plan anything?" I ask confusedly. "I'm sorry but I had a really shitty day and I don't think I'm in the mood to talk to anyone..."

"First of all I'm not anyone, I am your best friend. If anybody could cheer you up, it's definitely me" She begins. "And second thing: stop whining, I'm already standing in front of your door so please be so nice and open it."

"Kaitlyn... KAITLYN!!!" I shout down the phone but she hung up. Ugh. I don't know whether I should love or hate her sometimes.

I make my way to the door and open it to see a very happy Kaitlyn grinning at me. I try to do my best death glare but she just ends up grinning even more.

"How are ya?" She says walking past me, heading straight to the couch in the living room.

"Oh yes, of course it's okay for you to come inside, mi casa es su casa!" I banter her but she only laughs at my comment. "But seriously, why are you here?"

"I've got some news for you that will maybe make your shitty day a bit less shitty" She smirks mysteriously.

"Well, tell me then!" I almost sound like I'm begging.

"Remember how we went to the festival to see All Time Low and Fall Out Boy but somehow it didn't work out and you ended up only seeing Fall Out Boy, not All Time Low?"

"That was two weeks ago K, I think I am indeed able to remember that" I reply sarcastically. Even though I didn't see All Time Low I've had a great time there...

"Yikes, that was a rethorical question, as if you couldn't remember! Anyway, turns out that the festival wasn't the last ATL show for a while, they decided to do some sort of secret gig next Saturday aaaaand drum roll, please..." She imitates a drummer, or at least tries to do so.

"Aaaaand?" I dig deeper, imitating her now.

"Well, I got tickets for the show and you're coming with me! It's a smaller show and it's in Baltimore, I think this should be fun!" She smiles.

"Oh my god, really? That's awesome! You finally get to show me your husbands next week" I laugh. "How much was the ticket? I'll pay you back of course."

"You don't need to, see it as an early birthday present! You told me you started to like their music and I'm happy if I can share something I love with you" She assures me.

"You're the best!" I hug her." Damn, what would I do without you?"

"You're close to finding out... Can't breathe..." She almost chokes on her own words.

"Oops sorry, didn't mean to kill you" I let go of her and she rolls her eyes at me.

"So, did anything exciting happen in your life recently?" She changes the topic. "I barely got to talk to you in the last days!"

"Actually... There are really some news and I think you'll like them." I answer. Oh, she'll definitely like the news.

"Good news or bad news? Oh wait, you've already said that... At least I think you've already said that with claiming that I'll like them. Okay, I'm ready!" I can see a glimpse of excitement in her eyes.

"So... Jack asked me to be his girlfriend" Her eyes widen and I decide to add the last part of the story. "And I said yes."

"OH MY GOD" She screams. "NO WAY, YOU HAVE TO TELL ME EVERYTHING!!!"

I smile. This is going to be a long night.