Caught Up In The Moment But Not In The Right Way (JALEX)

Caught Up In The Moment But Not In The Right Way (JALEX) chapter 10

*ZACK'S POV*

I slumped down in the extremely uncomfortable waiting room chair, eyes glued to the door, waiting for some news about Jack. It was 3:00 the next morning. Jack had gone into surgery at 11:30 last night so they should be finishing up by now.

Since we'd been here, Matt had shown up but went back to the bus to figure out what we were supposed to do about this tour.

My eyes flicked to the clock. It had only been five minutes since I last checked and I sighed. Time just seemed to be dragging on.

"Zack, go back to the bus. I'll stay here and let you know if anything happens,"Rian said from his seat beside me. I shook my head.

"No, I'm gonna be here when Jack wakes up. He's gonna need someone."

Rian sighed and nodded, checking his phone.

"Zack! Rian! Any news?" Tay said coming and sitting down beside me. She had said that she was gonna come by for a little bit.

I shook my head. "I guess he's still in surgery. How's Alex holding up?"I asked smiling remembering how hard I had punched him.

She scoffed. "He has a black eye-which he deserves. And he's freaking out about Jack. He's guilty to say the least."

I laughed slightly. "Let him suffer."

Tay rested her head against my shoulder. "I'm worried about Jack. Not only because he's in surgery but about him and Alex."

She was right. Jack was absolutely in love with Alex and nothing was gonna come between that. Not even a ruptured spleen caused by Alex's fists.

"Jack Barakat's friends,"We heard someone say. It was the same doctor that had taken Jack in when we first got here.

Rian, Tay, and I jumped up and walked over to where he was standing. "How is he?"We all said simultaniously.

He looked down at his clipboard. "We were right about the ruptured spleen but it was a little more severe than we initially thought. He lost a lot of blood and he's gonna be in bed for a while but other than that, Jack should make a full recovery."

I breathed a sigh of relief.

"When can we see him?"Tay asked.

"Right now. He's in the recovery room but he's still asleep. Follow me,"He said and led us down the long white hallway. After we'd made endless turns and walked what seemed like a mile, we stopped outside a door that had Jack's name and chart hung on it.

The doctor opened the door and Rian, Tay, and I walked it, closing the door behind us.

Jack was knocked out as the doctor promised. I sat down on the side of his bed and Tay took the pink chair beside the bed while Rian leaned against the window sill.

I put my hand on his cheek and silently willed him to wake up. Much to my suprise, he did wake up.

"Zack? Where the fuck am I?"He asked grogily.

"You're in the hospital. You just came out of surgery. How does it feel not having a spleen?"Rian said, jokingly.

Jack scoffed. "The same. I didn't know I had a spleen in the first place so it makes no difference to me,"He smiled. "Hey Tay."

"Hey Jack,"She grinned. "How ya feeling?"

"Like I just came out of surgery. I'm sore as fuck. Where's Alex?"

I raised an eyebrow. "He's back at the bus, feeling like shit like he should."

Jack just nodded. "Oh."

"Don't worry about it, Jack. There's more important things to worry about right now,"Rian said.

Just then, Tay's phone went off in her pocket.

"Crap,"She muttered, running outside to answer it.

Rian sighed, standing up. "I'm gonna go get something to drink. You guys want anything?"

Jack and I shook our heads and Rian walked out. The two of us sat there in awkward silence for a few minutes.

"Why'd you hit Alex?"Jack asked so softly that I barely even heard it.

I sighed. "Because he's a douchebag for putting you in this situation."

Jack frowned, dismissing the conversation.

"I'm tired,"The younger boy said.

"Then go to sleep, dumbass,"I teased and watched a smile form on Jack's lips.

His eyes slowly closed again and Tay called my name softly from outside the door. I got up and padded quiety out of the room.

"Whats up?"I asked her. She had a nervous look in her eyes.

"I...uh... That was Jordan. He said that Alex is freaking out because we won't let him come see Jack. He said the Alex was running around breaking things and he wouldn't calm down until..... Jordan's on his way with Alex,"She sputtered.

I clenched my fists and felt my jaw set. I groaned knowing that there wasn't any way that I was going to be able to keep Alex away from the injured boy lying in the hospital bed. "Fuuuuuuuck,"I moaned and felt Tay's hand on my shoulder.

"It'll be okay, Zack."

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I know this is short but it's more of just a filler. I promise the next chapter will be better because this on fucking sucked ass. But anywho, comment and vote! Thanks for reading! xx