Rumours Ruin Reputations (All Time Low FanFiction | Jack Barakat)

Awkward Encounters, Awkward Assumptions

My eyes were wide when I saw Travis standing in front of me. What was he doing here? And, no, I did not mean it in the 'oh-my-god-I-hate-him' way, because I seriously didn't hate the guy. I just didn't understand what he was doing here. People seeing us this close together could lead to serious consequences. As much as I would like to catch up with him, since he was still my friend, we really couldn't be doing that. This was dangerous territory.

"Travis, what are you doing here?" I said with pleasant surprise, but actually genuinely being very confused. The only logical explanation was that he was also in this movie, but I still asked. It was like asking somebody something you already know the answer to.

"Same reason you are," he confirmed my thoughts with a smile, "I only have a super small role, though, basically an extra. I'm just the drug dealer, no biggy."

I laughed at his comment, but it wasn't like my role was any better. Sure, I was the main character, but this whole movie wasn't all too happy and was actually quite eerie and dark. It was certainly new territory for me. "Look at us, we started out as the happy-go-lucky teenagers and now we're playing drug dealers and a girl who's a drug addict and dates an older man for money only to fall in love with his son while he's trying to help her get out of it. Definitely a whole new thing. I never thought I'd be playing roles like this a couple years back. Tell 19 year old me that I'd be playing in this movie and I'd laugh in your face."

"Same for me," he smirked, thinking back to our first movie as well, "but I've always been fascinated by the weird roles."

"Yeah, I know," I shook my head at him while I remembered the occasional times I'd help him prepare for auditions. It was completely normal for me to help my husband seem more psychopathic just so he would ace the audition. Weird for other couples, but it was normal for us. However, I still didn't know if what we were doing now was fine, "But are we supposed to be this close to each other right now? I don't mean it in a bad way, but it would be terrible having to basically ignore each other for a couple months only the fuck up at the end and not being granted a divorce."

"No, it's fine, there's a guy constantly watching us now, though," he nodded his head towards a wall where a very official looking person was keeping an eye on us, "we can't really help having to be around each other for work, as long as nothing else happens. I just thought I'd come say hi now before you'd question it all and be freaked out by him watching us. Just, no silly business."

"Trust me, no silly business. That would have happened months ago, there's no way it's going to happen now," I rolled my eyes. I didn't understand having to do the whole separation thing before the divorce. Yeah, I knew it was necessary because some couples couldn't do it, but Travis and I had been doing it for quite a long time already. We both knew we were completely ready and could live our lives on our own; we didn't really need a test to prove that. But if the government needed it, then sure. I was also ready to go on with my life without being shamed for it.

And then my phone buzzed on the floor, I went to pick it up expecting a text from David telling me how disgusting he thought the bottles were, but no. It was Jack instead. And forget about the funny business thing, because the message he sent me was really weird. No, not because what he did was weird, but because of what I did. I somehow had managed to leave my shoes at his place. How the fuck do you leave your shoes at somebody's place! I literally walked out of his apartment not wearing any shoes and I didn't even think about it. How the shit did I do that? I remembered the asphalt hurting my feat, and I didn't even think twice about the fact that there was nothing on my feet, not even when I changed into other clothes! How did I do that!