affair II ; jack gilinsky

thirty-six

savannah's pov

i stepped back after knocking on the door to derek's house and it soon opened with him standing on the other side.

"hey" he spoke as he held onto the door with one hand.

"hey, is-is jack here?" i inquired.

"no, he stepped out about an hour ago for some air" derek stepped aside, allowing me to follow him inside. "did you want to talk to him?".

i shook my head, "no, i actually came to see you guys. i just didn't want things to be awkward if he was".

i came into the living room, where johnson and nate lazily sat on the couch in front of the tv, and munching on various snacks.

"so what brings you here?" johnson asked, gesturing the bowl of chips to me but i declined and instead handed him the visitation card in my pocket.

"what is it?" nate moved closer to see as i took a seat.

"visitation for maxwell preston" johnson read aloud.

"you went to see max?!" derek immediately exclaimed.

"who went to see max?" sammy entered the room, securing the zip on his pants.

"savannah, you're not serious" johnson said to me. "if this is about jack saying that he couldn't forgive you, he's just upset. but going to see—".

i threw my head back, "it's not what you think. max has tried calling me a few times, begging me to come and see him, so i did. but i told him about how much damaged he's caused and to never contact me again".

"really?" he asked skeptically.

"yes. you really think i would go there and accept his apology after he's the reason that jack can't even look at me the same anymore" i spoke and retrieved the card back from his fingers.

"well, you need to get rid of that before jack sees it and gets the wrong idea" derek urged and at that exact moment, the front door shut and jack walked in, briefly scanning the room.

"before i see what?" he wondered and i couldn't help, but move uncomfortably in my seat at his presence.

"nothing" derek replied. "it's nothing".

"hey, jack?" a female voice called. her heels tapped against the floor as she followed into the living room along with a bottle of wine. "where should i put this?".

i instantly frowned, trying to figure out if i recognised the brunette standing beside him.

"i bumped into nadine while i was out and i thought that she could hang out with us tonight" jack explained, whilst i swallowed the small lump inside my throat at the mention of the woman's name.

i quickly looked away from them both, looking at the tv and staying quiet as i could feel the other guys glancing at me.

"you mean now?" sammy questioned.

"yeah" jack briefly chuckled, taking off his jacket. "that's not a problem, is it?".

i watched them exchange a few looks, before concluding.