Perfect // Jack Avery

✧ perfect -12

- jack's pov

Thursday, 2 days until graduation and I'm finally free. I'm so happy I'm done with high school cause now I can focus on music more.

It was 9:30pm at night and Lex and her family were coming over for a family hangout since it was a thing we used to do. I wasn't kidding when I sad our families were super close. Just then the door opened, I stood up as I greeted Lex's parents.

"Hey." Lex smiled.

"Hey, how are you?" I asked.

"Good, you?" She asked back.

"Great, come on Isla is waiting for you." I laughed.

We all walked in the living room were my sisters were. Right away everyone began to socialize. It felt like nothing has changed. I couldn't stop the smile forming on my face seeing the people I loved all together. It's been awhile. Mom ordered Chinese take out for dinner. I handed my sisters and Lex some food and we all went back to the couch.

"How can people even use chopsticks? I'm never gonna be a pro!" Syd laughed.

"Oh my gosh I know Syd, I'm struggling here!" Lex giggled.

"Ha! You're weak." I chuckled.

"How am I weak? I eat my noodles." Lex said shoving some in her mouth.

"Oh." I smirked.

"Ugh you nasty!" Lex said playfully slapping me.

"You love it." I smiled.

"I will pull those curls off your he-" I cut her off.

"Keep it pg Lex, Isla is here." I grinned.

"Eat yo damn take out." She tells me.

"Feisty." Syd stated.

The whole time we were eating we made small talk and watched Isla dance. We ended up playing a few games too. We were in the middle of playing Uno till my mom called Lex.

"Lex?" I heard her say.

"Yes mom?" Lex answered.

"Can I talk to you sweetie?" Lex looked over at us before standing up and leaving.

I watched as they disappeared upstairs. Not thinking much of it I went back to playing with my sisters.

- lex's pov

I was concerned as to why Mama Stanford brought me upstairs and into Jack's room. I looked around seeing nothing changed much. I remember making covers with Jack in this room. We on sat on the bed and she looked at me.

"Lex, I never got to talk to you that day. What happened to you and Jack.. I''m sorry. Me being his mother I couldn't believe Jack did such a thing and I'm telling you now I'm so so sorry Lex. I The day it happened and you walked out Jack called me right away and I honestly had no words at all. Jack could tell how disappointed I was. Trust me I wanted to yell and knock some sense into him and find this girl but I didn't, the mother side of me took over and I saw how Jack was struggling on how to say sorry to you these past months but never did. Which is why your mother and me came up with the plan on you moving in with the boys, I'm sorry we didn't tell you but we just wanted you guys to fix things. Jack has honestly been a mess without you.. I'm not saying you have to get back together but at least save your life long friendship."

I sat there speechless. All I could do was hug her and whisper "it's okay" and a "we're working on it" but now I have all these emotions and I don't know what to do. Yes I still love Jack. The thing is I don't fully trust him, he hasn't gained my trust fully so until then I don't have answered as to what's gonna happen to us.

"Just always remember nothing changed we love you Lex." I smiled as I hugged her one more time.

"Love you too."

This friendship is gonna take a lot of work to rebuilt. I'm not saying I don't wanna fix it and waste 18 years of friendship, what I'm saying is that I don't know what's gonna happen. Yes okay Jack and I are perfectly fine right now but maybe it's because we're in our natural habitat. We're surrounded by our families and that environment is nothing but filled with love. What happens when we go on tour for the next coming weeks nobody can predict what can happen. The idea of being on tour with Jack scares me now. Let's remember what happened last time, so I can't just give in to Jack easily on everything being normal. I fell for things so quickly before and look what happened. I have to play carefully or the same mistake can happen again... and I don't want that. Because if it does I'll have to remove Jack from my life completely and I don't want that. I need Jack in my life.