Sick Little Games [Jack Barakat]

You've Seen My Penis Before

"My mom is having people over tomorrow." Rian said, "She doesn't want us practicing here."

"But we have a gig on Saturday." Alex said, "We need to practice."

"I know." Rian said, running a hand through his hair.

"We can practice at my place."

They looked at me, "Really."

"Yeah." I said.

"Well, shouldn't you ask your mom first?" Zack said, tuning his guitar.

"Moms never home." I replied. "She won't care."

"You can just have boys over when she's not home and she doesn't care?" Rian laughed.

"Yeah." I said. "Jack comes over almost every day."

"Speaking of Jack.." Alex said, "Where the hell is he?"

As if on que, Jack walked into the room with us. He had a huge smile on his face.

"Why are you smiling like that?" Alex asked.

He moved his hair out of the way to show us he pierced his ear.

We all started laughing. I'm not sure why, but we did. And his smile turned into a frown, "What?"

"First girl pants, now this?" I asked.

He crossed his arms, "You guys are assholes."

I put my arm around him. "Oh, we love you, Jack."

9/30/13

Lincoln, NE

"Thanks Nebraska!" Alex shouted and we ran off the stage.

I was sweating terribly, it was an intense show for such a small venue. 

"Hey Maddy," Vic walked up to me, "Can I talk to you?"

"I.. Uh.."

"What do you want?" Jack protectively wrapped his arm around my shoulder.

Vic looked up at him, yes he had to look up. Vic's only 5'6", the same height as me. And Jack's up at 6'2".

He sighed, "I wanted to apologize."

We were both silent. And he looked back at me, "I'm sorry for kissing you. I was drunk and I didn't really know what was going on." Then he smiled up at Jack, "Thanks for punching me. I needed someone to snap me back into reality."

I smiled at him, "It's okay, Vic."

I caught Jack smiling too, "Yeah.. I forgive you.. Just don't do it again."

"I won't, I promise." He said, grabbing his guitar.

"Well, good luck." I said, heading to go shower.

Jack caught up with me and held my hand, "Are you going to shower?"

"Yes, Jack. Why?"

"I need a shower buddy."

I laughed. "A shower buddy?"

"Yeah," He said, "Like how you need a cuddle buddy."

"Jack. Those two things are very different."

"How?"

"Because." I said.

"Because why?" He asked, opening the door to the bus bathroom.

"Because that would require us getting naked together."

"And?"

"And."

"You've seen my penis before."

I laughed, turning on the shower. "I know."

When I turned around he was removing his shirt. I bit my lip and he smirked at me. "Come on." He kissed my lips. As we did, I felt him tugging on the bottom of my shirt, so I removed it, and he pinned me up to the wall, still kissing. I let go of his hand and reached over to lock the door.

"Did you two just have shower sex?" Alex asked as we walked out of the bathroom.

"Baby," Jack said, petting Alex's head, "You know you're my only one."

I raised my eyebrows at them, then shook my head and headed to the kitchen area. I pulled out the milk and poured myself a glass and sat down next to Abby. 

"Where's Zack?" I asked.

"Shower." She looked up from her phone.

"Still?"

She shrugged. 

"What are we doing tomorrow?" I asked anyone.

"Let's.." Jack started. "I have no idea." 

"Hey, how many days left of tour?" I pointed to the poster hanging up of all the tour dates.

"Last show is October 24th." He said, looking at it. "So we should be back by the 25th."

I nodded. A whole month left. "Jack we should start looking for a house soon." I said.

He sat down next to me with his laptop as Zack walked in. Abby followed him somewhere and Jack googled houses for sale in or near Baltimore.

I set my head on his shoulder as he scrolled through a bunch.

"Ooooh." I said, pointing at a house, "That one's pretty."

He clicked on it. It was a big, two story house, with a wrap around porch.

"We can afford that." I stated. "That's actually really cheap for that nice of a house."

"I guess." He said.

We did some research on it, and made an appointment to see it when we get back.

"What are you guys doing?" Alex asked, leaning against the counter.

"Looking at houses." Jack responded.

"You're gunna buy a house?" He asked.

"Look at this one." I turned the laptop around so he could see it.

"Wow." He said. "That's really nice."

"Isn't it pretty?" I asked.

He nodded and turned it back towards us. "What town is it in?"

"Parkville."

"Not too far from Towson." He said.

"Exactly."

"I say you get it." He smiled at us.