Once Upon a Road Trip (Jack Harries Fanfiction)

Epilogue

~one month later~

        “Oh praise the lord,” Ellie cried when we were finished building the bunk bed. “I don’t have to sleep on the pull-out anymore.” She kissed the ladder.

          Corey laughed and leaned against the wall next to Sam. Everyone was over, even Sophie and Zoe. I smiled and walked into the kitchen.

          “So I was thinking pizza for dinner?” I called out.

          Jack agreed. “I’ll pay,” he said, taking the phone.

I snatched it back. “No, you won’t.”

“You paid last time,” he protested.

Finn swiped the phone from our grasp. “I’ll pay,” he decided. I stuck my tongue out at him. Jack laughed and kissed my head.

Ellie came skipping out of our bedroom, Corey in tow. It was still a mystery how that boy has been with her a whole month. Any other guy would have run away in fear by then. She pulled him over to the movie rack and the started discussing which one we were going to watch. Sam and Sophie sat on the couch next to Alfie and Zoe while Finn left the room to order the pizza. Marcus, Jack and I sat on the floor, leaning against the couch.

“We’re watching Wizard of Oz and you have no say in it,” Ellie announced and pranced over to the DVD player. Finn joined us on the floor as the movie started. I let my head fall on Jack’s shoulder and his hand went around my waist. He fingers brushed a scar left from the burn given to me a month ago. They didn’t hurt anymore, but I still winced every time they were touched. Jack pulled me closer and kissed my cheek.

I managed to stay awake for the whole movie, which proved to be much more of a challenge than I had anticipated. Finn and Marcus picked up the pizza halfway through and soon after the musical ended, everyone but Jack left my flat.

“Do you want to stay over tonight?” I offered.

Jack nodded and yawned. “I’m down for that.”

          He followed me into my bedroom and opened the bottom drawer of my dresser where he keeps him clothes. He had clothes in my room and a toothbrush in my bathroom, just in case. He left the room so Ellie and I could change into our pyjamas.

          Ellie climbed up the ladder into her new bed and sighed happily when her head hit the pillow. I left the room and found Jack preparing to open the pull-out couch.

          “What are you doing?” I asked.

          He turned to look at me. “Getting my bed ready,” he explained.

          “Don’t be stupid,” I grabbed his hand and pulled him after me into my bed. He slid in after me and draped his arm around my waist, pressing his bare chest against my back. He kissed my head.

          “Don’t you dare shag while I am in the room,” Ellie warned.

          I giggled and decided to play with her head. “Oh, Jack,” I moaned.

          He caught on. “Amyyy,” he whined.  

          “I fucking hate you guys,” Ellie cursed and jumped off her bed. “First day with the new bed and I can’t even sleep in it.”

          “I love you, Ellie,” I sang. She flipped us off and left the room. Jack laughed and lay back down. We were silent for a moment.

          “You know we could totally shag now,” he said.

          I laughed and turned around to lay my head on his chest. He laughed and kissed my head. Before I knew it, I was asleep.

***

          “Good morning,” I sang as I left my bedroom.

“Morning,” Jack answered. He was sitting at the kitchen table doodling on a piece of paper. I went up behind him and kissed the back of his neck, when I noticed something peeking out from the collar of his shirt. “I drove Ellie to work, by the way.”

“Thanks,” I mumbled. I pulled his collar down further to satisfy my curiosity. Jack tried to stop me, but I swatted his hands away. He had a red rose tattooed at the base of his neck. “When’d you get this?”

He turned around, embarrassed. “Same day we got these,” he said, pointing to the puzzle piece on my arm.

“Why didn’t you show us?”

He shrugged. “It’s kind of embarrassing.”

“How?” I asked, sitting in the chair next to him. I looked into his Cricket Eyes.

He took a breath. “Well, I got it because of you,” he laughed. “I know we weren’t dating yet, but it was just a spontaneous thing. I was telling the tattoo artist how much the puzzle piece meant to me, right? And Paul, that was his name, told me that every single one of his tattoos has some meaning to it and he told me about his wife, Lily, and how he got a lily tattooed on his neck because of her and it’s his favourite tattoo. So I told him, ‘The girl I love’s got a flower in her name as well, except she’s a Rose’ and he asked me, ‘Do you want me to give you a rose?’ and I just thought, ‘What the hell?’” he admitted. “I know, it’s kind of creepy because you were Sam’s girlfriend at the time but it sounded like a good idea at the time.” He scratched the back of his neck.

“I think it’s amazing,” I told him. I pulled his face to mine and kissed him. I looked at what he was drawing and saw a little faceless, block-like cartoon of him. I smiled and picked it up. I had an idea. “Can I keep this?”

He nodded. “Yeah, sure.” I kissed him one more time and went to get dressed. “I’ve got to get to work, I’ll call you when I get off,” he told me, standing up.

“Okay,” I smiled. He kissed me one more time and left my flat.

***

          “Hey Sophie,” I said, smiling, as I entered the parlour. She smiled when I entered.

          “Hey,” she sang. Ben walked to the front of the store then and grinned when he saw me.

          “You’re back,” he smiled. “I can take you right now,” he motioned for me to follow him, so I did. I pulled the cartoon from my pocket and handed it to him when I sat down.

          I pointed to a gap in my sleeve. “Just right here,” I told him. “And can you make the shirt blue?”

          “Of course I can,” he smiled and got to work.

                                                                        ***

          Jack got home as I was taking the bandage off. He had a key to my flat, and I had a key to his. “Amelia?”

          “Bathroom,” I called.

          He walked in and kissed me when he saw me. I extended my arm and showed him the tattoo. “What’s that?” he raised his eyebrow.

          “When you told me about the rose, I had an idea,” I smiled. “You have your tattoo and now I have mine.” I looked into those Cricket Eyes and smiled even wider.

          Jack smiled. “I bloody love you,” he crashed his lips onto mine. I smiled into the kiss and Jack pulled me towards my room, grabbing my arm roughly.

I didn’t even flinch. 

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A/N

okay you lovely people, this is my first fanfic and I'm really sorry if it's shit but I tried okay XP I hope you liked it and again I'm so sorry if it's rubbish asdfghjkl