Ours. // J.G.

friends.

I woke up the next morning with a massive headache. It had to come from either the drinks from last night, or seeing him. Seeing Jack brought back a rush of emotions I hated feeling. I pushed them down for about 4 months, and surely did not want them to resurface. I sat up and made my way to the bathroom. After brushing my teeth and washing my face I decided I needed to go for a run. After changing, I made my way to the kitchen and saw a door I hadn't noticed before. Johnson mentioned he had a roommate, and that he was going to be back now. Just as my thought's began to swirl into thoughts of who it could be, he walked out. Hair a brown tousled mess. Shirtless, inked words on his chest, spelling out ' Manasseh'. Our eyes met, and back came the emotions from the night before, and all the nights before that.

"Jack? You're his roommate?" I asked. A small smirk formed on his face.

"Of course, who else would it be?" He asked. I sighed and pushed hair out of my face. A sickening feeling began taking over my body. 

"Someone, who values- never mind. I'm going for a run" I stated, grabbing my water bottle. He caught my other hand, and held it.

"Baby, we need to talk about this.." he whispered. I felt a lump rise in my throat. 

"It's Lia.. and there's nothing to talk about." I said coldly. I looked up to meet his gaze.

"You.. stopped using baby? And there is tons to talk about.. I want to-" he started but I cut him off. Not smart at all, anger flashed across his face.

"I don't want to talk to you" I said, yanking my hand back and grabbing my cellphone, that way if he had tried grabbing me again, I could simply throw it at him. 

"I'm going for my run, tell Johnson I'll be back" I replied. He simply locked his jaw, and walked off. Sighing, I grabbed my phone and went for my run. 

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When I got back, I showered immediately. I always hated feeling sweaty after runs. After showering, I put on a white t-shirt dress, a red and black flannel tied around my waist, and my white converse. I threw my hair into a half up half down bun thing. Then applied my makeup. Today I was going to get my car from my parents house, then go shopping  because I needed more clothes and needed to restock on my makeup.  I walked over to Johnson's room, and he was sitting with Jack playing a video game. I knocked on the door and he paused it. They both turned and faced me. Avoiding Jack's eyes I cleared my throat.

"You said you would drive me to mom and dads to get my car.." I said in an almost inaudible voice.

Johnson glanced at us both and ran his fingers through his hair

"Enough you two. You're going to be living together. You may be broken up, but try making it less awkward." Johnson said. standing and putting a shirt on. 

"Alright.." I said. 

"Alright," Jack agreed, standing to put a shirt on as well. I tried not to stare and turned my face, fiddling with my lip. I could see Jack smiling out of the corner of my eye and decided to walk out before I could make a fool out of myself. 

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After getting my car, I convinced the guys to come with me to the mall. We drove in two separate cars, which gave me the chance to clear my head. How was I honestly going to put up with living with Jack? Could I actually do it? We pulled up at the mall, and I waited for them to get out of their car. They were laughing, and seeing Jack's smile made my chest flutter a little bit. 

'stop it Lia' I thought to myself. We walked in and I dragged them into H&M. Johnson and Jack had major gigs coming up to I needed clothes to wear to go to it. After grabbing a few items, mostly black stuff. I made them wait in the dressing room. I showed a few outfits, but I didn't really like any. I then came across this black body con style dress, it had a gold zipper in the back and I just knew it would be one of the items I would take. Walking out too ask Johnson if he could zip it for me, I saw he was gone, and only Jack was here. He just stared at me, looking up and down, then he looked in my eyes, a small smirk forming on his face

"Hey, could you.. zip me?" I asked. He stood, and I turned, my back facing him. He started zipping me up, letting his finger graze my back the entire time. His fingers were cold, and my breath hitched in my throat as soon as he touched me. He finally zipped it up, and moved his finger down my shoulder. I shuddered away and faced him. Both of our faces were pink and his hair had fallen into his face. I moved it, and his lips brushed my hand as I did it. I pulled away and just looked at him, suddenly grateful that Johnson wasn't there and we could share this awkwardly intimate moment.

"I'm really sorry.." He whispered.

"I am too.." I replied.

"Why are you sorry?" he asked

"I never let you explain... I just shut you out.." I whispered back. He kissed my head and I sighed.

"But now, we can be friends. No problems or awkwardness." I said

"Right. Friends" He said. 

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Jack's POV

Being in the dressing room with Lia, brought back so many memories. Especially that from when I saw her getting her outfit for her birthday party. That's when I was dating Madison. I even hate saying her name, it feels like poison on my tongue. She tainted my life, and I know that I have to work for Lia to even think about forgiving me fully. But being friends is a start. Looking over her once more, I sat  back down as she continued to try clothes on. After shopping in a few more stores, we grabbed lunch and headed home. We have an event tonight, and Johnson hired a team to come work on Lia, just as a surprise for her.  I went to get a trim, because my hair had began covering my eyes. Before I left, I looked over at Lia one more time, she was giggling at something the makeup artist had said, and I oddly felt a pang in me, because I knew it would be a long time before I could make her giggle like that.

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Lia's POV

After I got my hair and makeup done it was already 7. After shopping we went for a late lunch and got back around 4. Johnson rushed me to shower, because he had a team coming over to do my hair and makeup for this event they had for this really exclusive club they were performing in. I slipped that body con dress I fell in love with earlier with some black pumps. After I was satisfied with the amount of perfume I put on I made my way downstairs. Sammy, Skate, Rae, Christy and Johnson and Jack were there along with Liv. She immediately ran over to me and filled me in on why marie wasn't there. She and Skate had broken up and she transferred to a school in Utah, where her grandma lives. She told skate that he, and all of us could fuck ourselves and she was done with everything. I sighed, and saw he was holding it together, but it honestly looked like he didn't care. We all got into Jack's range rover, and into Sammy's Jeep. When we arrived to the event, I saw all of the Magcon guys immediately. I ran and hugged Hayes and he squeezed me tight. I had missed these boys so much, and didn't talk to anyone even after I left. After all the guys hugged me we made our way inside and the party began. We danced, and drank and over all caught up. Sammy made a fool of himself as usual. But, when I danced with Nash I could see Jack watching from the table kind of pissed off, which I knew was not a good sign. I would just talk to him at home. It would be best because anything that would get broken in the process belonged to us, and we could easily replace. Until then, I was going to have fun

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