Drunk Love || Jack Barakat||

New Years

Standing in front of the closet where Justin took his life makes me uncomfortable. His house was empty on the first floor. Jack, Justins parents and I were going to pack his room up. The front yard already had a up for sale sign. Jack stood by the stairs looking around. Everything was quiet, everything was cold. Everything felt wrong. I made my way to the stairs and looked for Justin's room. I opened the door that had a My Chemical Romance poster on it and walked in. His was room covered in posters, he had a clean room for the most part. I went to his desk to see cut up magazines. I looked around till I found what I was looking for, a purple binder sitting on the ground next to a empty bottle of beer. I opened the binder and smiled. Our past life's together in high school. From freshman year to graduation. Jack peeped over my shoulder and pointed to a picture of me. "Damn look at you." He smiled.

"That was me when I was 17 I believe." I chuckled. I kept flipping the pages till I found what I was looking for. I looked at pictures of me holding Emma before she died.  The pictures stopped and all that was left was a picture of me and Justin holding hands. We looked so happy together before things went to shit. I closed the binder gently and set it on the desk. "I'm done." I Said.
Jack grabbed my hand and took me down stairs. Justin's parents and his older brother stood by the kitchen stove. My stomach began to act uneasy by the sight of Justin's brother Jake.
"Hello darling." Bethany smiled.

"Hello Bethany, Tony, and Jake." I smiled. They were always a ray of sunshine towards me and they always tried to be happy. They were faking their happiness this time. I could tell because I always fake my happiness. "Look at you, beautiful girl nothing has changed about you. You could be 60 and still look perfect." Tony laughed. Tony was Justin's father, a figure I could have looked up to if things went to shit. "We heard about Sydney, how are you holding? Can we help in any sort of way?" He asked.

"No no, let me help you first." I Said. They went upstairs and took a box with them

"You never changed Jones, you look amazing." Jake said placing his hand on my thigh.
"Please don't touch me." I whispered.

"Round two later on? It's been a few years since I saw you, we can catch up at my place if you want." He Said in my ear.

"I-I'm married Jake, and I was never interested in you in the first place." I whispered.

"I thought you liked a man who was in control?"

"You were too controlling and made me feel uncomfortable, I never want to see you again." I smiled.

"The whole family is on the way over from New York, the funeral is the 2nd, you can bring whoever you'd like." Bethany said from the stairs.

"I'll bring Jennifer, and my friend over here Jack." I Said.

"Hello Jack." Tony said shaking Jack's hand.

"Hello Mr.Hill." Jack smiled.

"You don't have to stay, I'm sure we can pack the rest of his house up." Tony said fixing his hat.

"Are you sure?" I asked. They all nodded their head and kicked the empty boxes towards the stairs. "We love you Jones, or Weber... don't know what you want to go by anymore." Bethany laughed.

"Jones Is fine." I laughed.

"Go on, we'll take care of everything." Jake said.
I grabbed my purse and got into Jack's car. "I don't want to go out tonight anymore." I Said.

"That's fine I'll tell everyone we won't be there tonight." Jack said placing his hand on my thigh. I intertwined our fingers together as Jack pulled out the driveway to my house. I never knew how to feel in situations like this. I want to cry but I can't in front of Jack. I put my seatbelt on and rested my head on the seatbelt strap. "I love you Chloe." Jack said. Those were my favorite words to hear come out his mouth. 'I love you Chloe.' I noticed we're at a red light and Jack was waiting for response from me. He kissed my forehead and smiled. "I love you." I Said tearing up.