Truth or Dare (Jack and Finn Harries fanfiction)

Chapter 55 A First Date

We were two bottles into the wine and sadly, the intoxication had only exaggerated my sad feelings. And with alcohol in me, I was finding it hard to filter the depressed thoughts from leaving my mouth.

"Love sucks, you know that?" I slurred, angrily.

Jack nodded his head in solemn agreement as he stubbed out a cigarette on the empty dinner dishes on the coffee table next to him.

We were sitting in the lounge, on a beautiful exotic couch not paying attention to the muted rom-com playing out in front of us.

"You know, and I really trusted him, Jack, I really loved him" I laughed, bitterly.

"and what did I get in return, I got a big load 'I never loved you' right back at me." I went to the kitchen and opened and gulped at a fresh bottle of wine.

Jack had been silent but spoke up after a pause.

"I can top that," He walked over and sat at the kitchen bench with a freshly lit cigarette.

"I was desperately in love with the perfect girl, she was astoundingly beautiful and I thought we had something" He paused to take a long drag of his cigarette. I had sat down next to him with my wine bottle firmly clutched in my hand, listening to his story.

"And she went off and fucked my brother and pretended we had nothing,"

This story had become sadly familiar.


"And now we are together, but not really" Jack paused to look into my eyes for the first time in what seemed like forever,

"we aren't really together, at all"

I was going to ask Jack to stop because it felt like my emotional wound had just had salt and gravel pressed into by Jack's heart felt story, but it didn't seem fair to him.

"You see Liv, I love her and we are together and maybe she might even grow to love me back, but I'll always be her second choice" Jack broke eye contact to take the wine off me and swig back a few gulps.

"I'll always be the one that forced you and your beloved fucking Finn to break it off," Jack voice reeked of alcohol and self hatred.

"No it wasn't your fault Jacky, Finn showed his true colours last night and I'm glad that it's over" I spoke angrily and once again walked to the couch in the lounge, following Jack.

"You're glad? What did he say to you Liv?" Jack became aggressively protective.

Before I could begin explaining away what Finn said the night before I started to desperately cry.

There was no worrying for mascara or silent little hiccups.

It was drunken, angry, hard-sobbing, ugly crying.

"I- I'm so sorry" I said through sobs into Jack's shirt.

My tears had seemed to sober Jack and he started gently stroking my hair.

He shushed me quietly and gently begged me not to be "sorry" and promised me that it was going to be fine.

I was in pain but underneath that I felt so unbelievably safe in Jack's arms.

"Come with me" I looked up from Jack's mascara and tear smudged shirt to see a small reassuring smile.

He pulled me up from the couch and toke me up to his room where he laid me on his bed.

"I uhh-like your room" I tried to smile but I was so unhappy that it hurt to even pull at the corners of my lips.

We made small talk for a while Jack walked around his room, pushing buttons and editing on his camera.

Sometimes I would start to cry a little and as soon as Jack heard a sob he would lay down on the bed with me and hold me until I said I was fine.

"It's late," I stated, looking out at the skylight above me. There were stars shinning brightly and behind them was a dark black-blue background.

"Yeah, it is" He agreed,

I felt a little deflated that he hadn't offered to let me stay the night, but tonight hadn't been the most fun for him I imagine.

"This wasn't a great first date was it?" I laughed a little, and started to gather myself to leave.

"It was the best date I've ever had" Jack looked up from his camera and smiled at me, and I could tell he was telling the absolute truth.

"Do you mind if I stay here tonight?" I asked meekly. I really desperately didn't want to leave, I wanted to stay with Jack.

"Sure, Livy" Jack almost jumped with excitement. He smiled and put his camera down to come cuddle up next to me in his bed.

I fell asleep in Jack's safe grip. It was too hot for cuddles and I felt sweaty and clammy, but there was nowhere I would have rather been.


WHAT DID YOU THINK? I thought it was kind of sad and cute at the same time. That's the vibe I was trying to give. TELL ME IF IT WORKED.

COMMENT COMMENT COMMENT.