A Little Bit of Everything and Everyone

Old Friends to New....Something...(Jack Gilinsky pt. 4)

Bella P.O.V

I don't know what came over me, but as soon as I walked into my bedroom when Jack and I got home, everything just kind of fell apart. I saw all the pictures Drew and I had taken the last six months and just lost it. I got angry and started tearing them down and moved on to the ones of Alexis and I. 

"Bells? You okay?" Jack asks, walking into my room. I look up at him from the torn photo in my hands.

"I guess I'm not as okay as I thought," I say softly. I collapse back onto my bed with the picture still in my hand and Jack sits next to me, handing me a tissue from my bedside table.

"You know, it's perfectly normal to cry after a breakup. Actually, I was starting to get concerned when you weren't crying," Jack says softly.

"I just, hate crying. I hate feeling so vulnerable. I hate feeling helpless. I hate Drew for putting me through this and Lexy for knowing he was my fucking boyfriend, my first fucking boyfriend."

"He was your first?" Jack asks. I nod and blow my nose. How attractive Bella.

"Yeah, and I guess I just thought I could be tougher than this, I've never had to deal with a breakup before and I didn't think it'd hurt this much," I sniffle. Jack pulls me close to him.

"Oh sweetheart, you're gonna be okay," he says, rubbing my back.

"But it fucking hurts Jack. It feels like there's a knife in my stomach, I just..." I break down in tears and Jack just holds me and lets me cry. My phone starts to ring a few seconds later and I see Ellie's name popped up on the screen. I take a deep breath before answering.

"Hullo?" I mumble.

"I'm outside your door with moosetracks and Magic Mike," she says. I smile a little.

"Okay, come on in it should be unlocked. We're in my room," I say. Ellie hangs up and I hear the front door open.

"You must be Ellie," Jack says when she walks into the room.

"You must be Jack, Bella never stops talking about you," she says, taking a seat next to me.

"I'll go get spoons for the ice cream," Jack says. He stands up and Ellie looks around, picking up a torn picture off the floor.

"I like it better this way," she says, I look over to see it's a picture of just us from the Halloween party we went to earlier in the year. We were supposed to all go as angels but Alexis had shown up as a slutty devil. The picture looked cute with all three of us but yeah definitely better with just Ellie and I.

"Me too," I say.

"Have you heard from either of them?" she asks.

"They texted but I don't want to respond. I should just block their numbers," I tell her. She grabs my phone and starts scrolling through my contacts.

"There, gone. Now you don't have to deal with them. But you know what we should do?" she asks, getting a mischievous look on her face.

"What?"

"We should make them jealous."

"And how do you propose we do that?" I ask her. Jack walks back in just then. Ellie raises her eyebrow at me.

"Him?!" I exclaim.

"No, I agree with Ellie, we should show that idiot what he's missing out on," Jack says.

"Social media is a powerful thing. You post one picture and soon it's everywhere. It's guaranteed he'll see it," Ellie says. I sigh, knowing I'm not going to win this battle.

"What do you have in mind?" I ask, giving in to her wicked ways. Ellie grabs my hand and leads me into the bathroom.

"We gotta take care of those tear stains. Never let them know they made you cry," Ellie says, grabbing my makeup bag off the counter. I sit on the edge of the bathtub, Jack leans against the door frame, and Ellie begins fixing my makeup. 

"There, it looks like you're ready for a night in with your man," she says. I smile a little. Ellie disappears into my bedroom and Jack comes to sit next to me.

"You sure you're okay with this?" I ask him. 

"Of course, anything to see that pretty smile of yours," he says.

"Okay, change into this," Ellie says, tossing me my oversized Yankees t-shirt. 

"And lose the jeans," she says. Jack exits the bathroom to let me change. I discard of the dirty clothes into the hamper and Ellie fixes my hair into a cute messy bun.

"You look great. And Drew is gonna be pissed he screwed this up," she says. She opens the bathroom door, inviting Jack back in.

"Alright, Bells, sit on the counter. Jack, step between her legs and look at her like you're totally and completely in love with her. Here's your phone Bella, snap the picture when you're ready," Ellie says. She should be a photographer, she's good at this.

Jack presses his forehead to mine, his brown eyes boring into my green ones.

"Smile, make him know what he's missing," Jack whispers to me. I smile a little and bite my lip. I quickly snap a mirror picture.

"One more," Jack mutters. His lips find my forehead and I hit the camera button again.

"And now we post on every social media site and hopefully Drew and Lexy get the message," Ellie says. She takes my phone and starts posting, Jack wraps his arms around me once again and I lean against him.

"Okay, I have to get back to studying," Ellie says a few minutes later.

"You're not going to stay and drool over Channing with me?" I ask, watching her gather her purse and keys.

"Nah, I think Jack's got this," she says, looking between the two of us. I break away from him to hug my best friend.

"Thank you, for everything," I whisper to her.

"Duo's are better than trios anyways," she says. I laugh a little.

"Go have fun with Jack. I think he really likes you and I know you feel the same about him," she says. Ellie squeezes me one last time.

"Love you," I tell her as she starts to walk towards the front door.

"Love you more! Enjoy the ice cream and Channing Tatum," she says before leaving. I start picking up the mess I made of the old photos and Jack bends down to help me.

"She's right ya know," he says softly. My eyes flicker up to meet his.

"About?" I ask, my voice almost a whisper.

"You and me," he says. I stand and he follows my lead, tossing the papers into the bathroom trash can.

"What do you mean?" 

"Bells, I know you're hurting. And I know it feels like your heart is in a million pieces and how vulnerable you feel. But I'm here. And I'm not going anywhere anytime soon," he tells me.

"And if you're not ready for someone new just yet, I'll wait. Bella, I would wait forever to have you and get to call you mine. I would wait forever if it meant that someday I got to love you and hold you. When I was on tour I hated being so far away from you. I hated knowing that you weren't in the crowd watching me every night. I hated spending every night in my hotel room alone. And then I saw you posting pictures and tweeting and you seemed so happy and I didn't want my sad feelings to disturb that. That's why I didn't text or call or DM or Snapchat you. And I feel horrible and I-" I cut Jack off by pressing our lips together. 

His fingers wind into my hair, pulling me closer before we break the kiss. He smiles at me and I reach up to touch his lips that were just on mine.

"Jack Gilinsky, I think I'm in love with you," I say. He grins.

"Bella Montes, I know I'm in love with you," he tells me before kissing me again.