Boomerang // Jack Avery

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Jack's POV

"How'd you know that?" Daniel asked with both curiosity and interest.

To me, it felt like forever until I answered but I came up with something. "I-I just guessed?" It sounded more like a question than a statement. "Everyone from Pennsylvania loves blue moon." I gave a small smile. Daniel stared at me as he processed what I had just said, then shrugged his shoulders and looked back at the ice cream flavors. Phew, that was close.

I noticed Addilyn sending me a death glare. "Sorry" I mouthed to her. I turned to go to the options farther away from them but bumped into Jonah who stood close behind me. I looked up to meet his face and he was just staring at me. He looked as if he was analyzing something. I snapped in front of his face a couple of time, breaking him from deep thought.

"You know what guys," Jonah starts, "I think me and Jack will leave you two alone and be on our way." Jonah smiles at them.

"Are you sure dude, you haven't even gotten your ice cream yet" Daniel argued.

"We'll get some later, we shouldn't have interrupted your date." Before Daniel could protest, Jonah firmly placed his hand on my shoulder and practically dragged me out of there.

"Woah dude, what was that about?" I questioned as soon as we started leaving the boardwalk.

"You tell me." I was taken back from his remark and furrowed my eyebrows in confusion. "Oh c'mon man, there was some weird tension between you and Addilyn back there." His eyes look suspicious.

"I don't know what you're talking about. I just happened to guess her favorite ice cream" I lie.

"Okay, then what about the beach? I could see there was a problem when I was in the water." I didn't say anything, trying to think of another lie. Jonah was too clever to outsmart. After a few moments of him looking at me waiting for an answer, he spoke again, "You guys were obviously arguing so...were you hitting on her or-"

"Ew no!! I was not hitting on her!"

He held his hands up in defense. "Okay fine, was she hitting on you?"

"Jesus Jonah, no one was hitting on anyone!"

"Then why were you guys arguing?!" I contemplated telling him. I trusted Jonah a lot and I knew he could keep a secret.

"If I tell you, you can't tell anyone." He nodded his head in understanding. "Promise?" I asked and he easily agreed. "Okay, it's a long story so you might want to take a seat."

I spent the next 20 minutes telling Jonah the whole story of Addilyn and I. He just sat and listened without interrupting. I told him how we met and started dating. I included the hard times with Kimberley and the times I neglected her. I explained how we fell apart and how she left. I also made sure to tell him about yesterday when we finally got to talk after a year and this morning. Then finally I filled him on the argument on the beach that took place not too long ago.

When I was done, Jonah took a deep breath, breathing out loudly.

"Wow. I did not expect that. I mean, how does it feel seeing her after all this time?"

"I don't know. I haven't really processed it all the way yet. It's strange but I'm not mad or sad or anything."

"Do you still have feelings for her?" Jonah asked, eyebrows perked.

"NO! no, I mean...." I sigh, "I don't think I do. It's all confusing... but it doesn't matter because she's with Daniel now so..."

I didn't really want to talk about this anymore, it was kind of killing my mood. I think Jonah sensed that and decided to switch the conversation.

"Okay, lets get going. I want to beat your ass in ping pong." Jonah says confidently, I laugh and we head back to the house.

Addilyn's POV

Finally!! Jack is gone! I'll have to thank Jonah for that later. Jack almost blew our cover and that pissed me off. I didn't want to lie in the first place and now he was about to ruin it.

After I cooled off internally from being with Jack, I got to thinking. He remember my favorite ice cream flavor? How... sweet? Creepy? No, Addy, not sweet at all!

I pushed any though of Jack out of my head as I spent the well deserved alone time with my boyfriend. We got our scoops of ice cream and both struggled to keep it from melting all over. I laughed as Daniel got ice cream on his nose.

After our ice cream, we spent a little more time together until we were both tired out. We went back to my place but he only stayed a little before giving me a peck and leaving.

I was exhausted after the beach but I hated sleeping when I'm dirty so I took a quick shower. After getting dressed, I went strolling to the kitchen for more food. Wilma was lounging on the couch. We acknowledge each other and I went searching through the cabinets for a snack.

As I was looking, someone knocked on the door. Wilma and I both looked at each other confused. "Were you expecting someone Wilma?" I asked. She shook her head and gave me a curious look.

I go to open the door to see an unexpected visitor.

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