After The Show | RoadTrip

✖️T H I R T E E N✖️

J A C K•

I finally have Liv to myself. For the past week or so she has been wondering off, god knows where and with who, and I haven't spent much time with her. So today we are spending our last day, before tour starts up again, together. We are walking through the busy streets of London, trying to find a great place to have lunch.

"Livvy how far are we going to walk?" I complain. She laughs, shaking her head.

"Quit complaining Jack"

After all that we end up eating in Pizza Hut. It's her favourite place to eat so I'm not surprised. We used to order Pizza from here every Friday, before I moved to England. It was our thing; we would stay in and watch movies until we fell asleep. She would normally fall asleep first, throughout the third film. There was only once that I fell asleep before her; that was when she made me stay up all night to watch The Vampire Diaries. By the time Damon and Elena were hitting off, I was asleep.

I awoke from my thoughts as I felt Liv dragging me through the restaurant by my hand. Tingles shot up my arm at the contact. I don't know how long I can last like this, not telling her how I feel. I just don't want to ruin our friendship. That's all our relationship is... a friendship. It breaks my heart thinking about it; I've learnt to numb my mind to those thought.

L I V•

I let go of Jacks hand, I see a look of sadness wash over him but it is gone in seconds. I decide to not say anything because it was probably nothing.

We sit down across from each other, not bothering to look at the menu because we already know what we are getting. We both remove our jackets and place them on the back of our chairs.

"So, what have you been up to then?" I ask Jack out of nowhere.

"Well, as you know, I've already been on tour with the boys. Alstar did a Christmas show, everyone was there: Josh, Bronnie, Harri, Robyn, Cal. It was great!" He explained.

"Glad you enjoyed it! Look at you, touring the world now!"

"We are touring England, I wouldn't exactly call it the world" He laughs.

"Yeah, but we are going to Amsterdam" I smile at him. He is just about to speak again when the waiter comes over.

"What can I get for you?" He asks, a pad and pencil in his hands ready.

"I'll have a thin base with BBQ sauce and chicken please" The waiter quickly writes it down "and he will have the pepperoni feast" He writes it down, smiles and then walks back over to the kitchen.

"It's funny how after so many years, we still order the same thing from here" Jack laughs.

"Yeah" we are both laughing now.

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"You never told me what you had been up to while I was away" Jack turned to look at me. We are currently sat on some swings in this random park we found, slowly swinging back and forth with a foot still on the ground.

"I went to collage. It's much better than high school, I'm happier" I smile at him.

"Good, I'm glad." He looks forward, the wind ruffling his hair a little. He looks back to me after a few seconds "what about that dick you were seeing"

"Jack!"

"What?" He laughs.

"Luke isn't in my life anymore" I give him a sad smile, if only he knew the real reason why. I don't know why I won't tell him, I guess I just don't want to make him feel guilty for leaving me with that monster.

"Was it a bad break up?"

"You could say that. It's no big deal, nothing to worry about" He doesn't need to know anything. It's strange because I could always open up Jack, I could always go to him with complete trust to help me with my problems. But this I just can't tell him; which is funny because I've know Mikey less then a month, but yet I just blurt out the whole story. It scares me just how much I've come to trust him, even though I've not known him long. He makes me feel safe in ways Jack cannot.

"Well at least it's over and done with. You are too good for him anyway" He smiles and reaches out for my hand. I return the smile, but the moment his hand comes in contact with mine I shoot back. I don't know why really, I just did. I see a small flash of hurt cross his face, but he instantly covers it up with a smile; that's the second time I saw that look today, I make a mental note of it.

"Sorry, I don't know why I did that" it comes out as almost a whisper.

"No it's fine" he runs his hands through his hair nervously, sitting forward on the swing, elbows on knees with his hands holding his face. He lets out a long sigh "it's getting dark, I think it's time we left" he stood up instantly, not meeting my eye. Had I hurt him with what I did? what's been his problem recently, he's been acting so... off. It's never been weird with us, never like this.

We walk home in science. The only sound that could be heard was the thud of our feet and our breathing as we walked side by side. There was a small gap between us, but it felt like it was a mile wide. I hate this. I hate this so much.

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Once we arrive back to the flat, Jack goes straight to his room. I don't get a good night, he says nothing. I'll have to talk to him about it tomorrow.

I let a small sigh escape my mouth before I turn for the room I am sleeping in. Once I open the door I am met with a hard chest and strong arms around my shoulders. I breathe in and I know right away that this is Mikey hugging me. I wrap my arms around his middle, burrowing my face into his shoulder.

"I missed you" He kisses the top of my head and then rests his chin on the same spot.

"I missed, you" I smile to myself as I hug him tighter. I know as long as I am here, in his arms, I am safe.
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I'm so sorry! This is so late. I've been on holiday with my dad. I've just been busy in general 😂 I'll try to start updating soon, I promise.

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