later skater| jack avery

VII.

kinslees pov

"Kinslee get up." Jacks soft voice whispered in my ear. "Come on." Jack shook me, making my eyes flutter open.

"What the fuck?" I rubbed my eyes, as I was met face to face with Daniel. "What are you doing in my apartment? What time even is it?" I scanned my room noticing the rest of the boys were there, but something seemed off.

"Kinslee.." Daniel started, causing corbyn to put his hand on his shoulder silencing him. Daniel nodded stepping back.

"Kinslee, jack got drunk and he left. We don't know where he could have possibly went." Corbyn said, looking at the floor along with the rest of the boys. I immediately sat up.

"He what?!" I yelled, rising to my feet.

"He mumbled something about coming to talk to you and he ran down the stairs and out the door. I couldn't keep up with him and he wouldn't stop, but I see he didn't end up here." Jonah whispered, twirling his thumbs. Panic rushed over my body. I stayed silent for a few seconds, absorbing everything that was being thrown at me. Why did I have to be such a bitch to jack. His heart is golden and he's so pure, he didn't deserve what I said. I frowned, grabbing my phone and held down the lock button. A white screen appeared signaling that it was turning on. Once it turned on, I put in my passcode and tossed my phone to Zach. As he was finished reading, he passed my phone along to the next person and so on and so forth.

"After I told him I didn't want to talk to him he called me," Daniel handed my phone back to me, "he had told me he loved me and I, well you see-" Zach cut me off.

"Just spill it Kinslee." He stood in the corner with his arms crossed. I shot him a dirty look.

"Well, as I was saying before I was rudely interrupted, i shut him down. I stayed silent. I was still hurt and I didn't know how to take that kind of news. He asked if I was gonna say it back and I said goodbye instead." I looked down at my hands, I couldn't bear to look at the boys.

"Well we have to find jack." Zach piped up.

"No shit." I snapped, turning my head towards him. I crossed my arms and glared at him. "I know you miss and are worried your 'boyfriend', but he's my actual boyfriend. We will find him, just shut your trap." He scoffed at me, shaking his head. He looked at the ground, an angry look plastered on his face.

"Where do you think he could be?" Corbyn asked. We all shrugged our shoulders, thinking of where the curly headed boy could have ended up.

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After hours of searching, the boys and I decided to go to the park where jack and I carved into a tree. We made our way through the long stretch of grass, the dew from the grass, sticking to my feet. The night sky was so beautiful, the moon and the stars lit up the sky. The crickets chirped around us, killing the dead noise.

"Guys do you hear that?" I asked, stopping in my tracks and holding my arms out to get the boys to stop walking. They went quiet, listening for what I just heard. Low, distant sobs echoed barely audible through the noises the crickets were creating. "Oh my gosh." I started sprinting towards my tree, I could hear the boys following behind me. "Jack!!" I screamed as I got closer to the tree. The curly headed boy was sitting on the ground as his back rested against the trunk of the tree. He was curled in a ball, his head resting on his knees. "Jack, baby, I'm here. Please don't cry." I slowed down, jacks head poking up. He quickly stood up and ran to me. His eyes were pink and swollen, he looked a mess. He ran to me engulfing me in a hug. His sobs grew louder as he had his arms strung around my neck as he played with my hair. I wrapped my arms around his waist pulling him close. "Hush baby, you're alright." I cooed in his ear.

"Kinslee, I tried to find my way to you but I got lost and I was scared. I was so scared I was gonna get in trouble and the police were going to find me." I rubbed tiny circles in his back with my thumb.

"You're okay jacky. I understand. Shhh." He sniffled in my ear. I could feel my shirt sopping up all of jacks tears.

"Kinslee I'm so grateful for you. I love you so so so much. I'm so sorry baby, for everything." Jack whispered through his sobs.

"I love you jack avery."