Closer☾(A Roadtrip Fanfiction)

10

Jacks POV~

I was quickly putting some things away in the shed while Mikey ran up to let Sam know we were going to Ryes. I felt really bad that he thought I was unhappy about him and Lily, it was just a shock, I loved Lily, and she made him happy. I just couldn't shake the thought of Olivia, and how I could see how happy they made each other, I've never seen him laugh and smile as much with her, but I had to get rid of that, he was with Lily now.

Mikey came back into the living room, he was smirking

'What's with you?' I asked as he tried to hide his smile

'Nothing, are we ready to go' I sighed

'Let's go' we left the house and drove to Ryes, he was already outside waiting for us and he jumped in the back

'Hi boys' he said fastening his seatbelt 'how're we?' He asked

'We're good. But you'll never guess what' Mikey replied, I looked in the mirror to Rye

'Sam and Lily are a thing' his mouth shot open and I burst out laughing

'No. Way.' He spat out. I nodded and explained how we found out

'So, when we get here, what's going to happen?'  Mikey asked and we both shrugged in response

'I guess it'll just be like normal. We'll chill and then see what happened' Rye said, we pulled up to Brooks and he slid in next to Rye.

'Hello boys' he said. His normal chappy self

'Brooklyn' I nodded as I started to drive again

'You'll never guess what these two found out this morning' Rye said nudging Brook, he frowned

'What?' Brook looked at us all, thinking something bad had happened

'Lily and Sam are you know' Rye replied before whistling, I rolled my eyes and laughed

'That's my son you're talking about' Brook looked at me through the mirror

'Wait seriously! Are they together or is it just purely sex?' Then buys burst out laughing, if it wasn't about my son I probably would join in

'Very funny. They're together, and they haven't been together long, they probably haven't done anything yet' I said knowing I was wrong, the car was silent, I could tell they all wanted to laugh at my response

'That's not what I saw earlier' Mikey said patting my shoulder, the laughs were so loud I could feel the car shaking

'This morning, when?' I laughed

'I went to tell them we were going out and they were ready to do the deed' I cringed a little

'While we were in the house, it's a good job I didn't go up' I laughed. The rest of the journey was like always, we laughed, we joked, we sang to our favourite songs, then we arrived..

We buzzed up at the old set of flats

'Come up' he said, we went in, and up the stairs, Rye knocked on the door, I looked around the hall, when the door opened

'Hey guys' I turned around and followed everyone inside, as soon as we were in there it felt like we had never left, the old band room, the small kitchen, it looked exactly the same as we still technically owned it, the beds were the same, the toys all lined up on top of the mirror.

'Andy. Have you been here since you left?' I asked sitting on my old bed

'Yeah. I can't be around them, I'm not good for them' he replied

'You think they're better without you?' Mikey said walking towards him. He nodded

'They are' he slumped down onto the sofa

'Andy, you should see them, they are not better without you, Maisie keeps asking for you, she wants her dad to be able to say goodnight, have cuddles, Gabby needs her husband and Lily needs her dad right now, you're missing everything' Mikey sat next to him

'Lily's home?' He asked. I could see a whole weight lift from his shoulders

'See Andy, you care about them, come home, you can get help from there, you don't have to hide in our old flat'

'I know. I just feel calm here. Like all my problems are gone'

'Remember everything that happened here?' Brook asked looking around, I nodded

'Yeah...' Rye replied. Thinking about everything

'Remember when we found out we were going on tour, and when we were playing Wembley' no one replied, we all just sat reminiscing the memories

'That was a crazy day'

We all sat around for hours, just talking about everything that happened here, all the good memories.

'Guys, I love you all' Andy said

'I love you all too' Brook said and all we joined into a group hug

'And now it's time for me to go home and be with my family' I patted his back and we all made our way to the car, I dropped everyone home so it was just me and Andy in the car

'Lily's round ours so I can drop you home or you can come mine first?' I asked

'I'll come see Lily and we can go home together, how come she's at yours?' He replied, I didn't want to tell him, It wasn't my place to

'You'll find out' I smiled and pulled up into my drive, I unlocked the door and when we got into the living room, Lily and Sam were watching to, cuddled together, Andy frowned as although they were friends, you could tell it was more, Lily looked up at us

'Dad...' her eyes widened and she jumped up from Sams arms and into Andys

'Hi baby' he hugged her back and after a few moments they let go

'Where have you been? Don't ever leave again' she asked

'I was at the flat, I'm sorry, and don't you ever leave again, I've never been so scared, I thought I'd lost you' they hugged again

'I'm sorry about what went down, it wasn't your fault and I shouldn't have shouted at you' he shook his head

'You don't need to apologise, you're safe and that's all that matters, where did you go anyway?' I looked at Sam

'I was with Sam, we erm. We're dating' Andy looked behind her shoulder to him. He walked closer, he hadn't said anything

'Thankyou' he pulled him up and hugged him

'For what?' Sam asked

'For making my baby happy, and keeping her safe'