addison // jack avery

Part 56

today jack and i are heading out, he has a whole day planned apparently. first we got to the main beach of melbourne, jack pulled out from the car two skateboards. i gushed over them as they were gorgeous. 

j- i'm gonna teach you how to skate

he doesn't know that i already can, let's not spoil it. 

he taught me the basics, i seemed impressed and was adamant i could do it. 

j- you sure?

a- yeah i'll be fine

i went to start and fell completely over the board in the first five seconds, i covered my face with my arms and he helped me up. 

j- so much for being ready...

a- shut up, it was probably the um ground

he looked at me with confused eyes. i took the board off the ground and walked a bit further up the street. 

a- let's see, so left foot here, and right behind?

j- yeah that's it

i pushed off and started, he walked beside me for moments until he got on his. i decided to have some fun with him and began doing what i knew. skateboard dancing. 

i looked back at him and he had in mouth open in awe. i smiled back at him and put my headphones in. 

we skated around the main street for what seemed like hours until i could feel my legs getting tired. jack was with me and i jumped off the board and we walked back to the car. while driving to our next stop, i held jack's hand as it was on my thigh. 

we reached a very familiar place but i couldn't point it out. it was a zoo, with pictures of animals hung everywhere. while we were getting entry tickets, we got four instead of two, but nobody else was coming in with us. 

we walked around further and a few people said welcome back to us. 

a- we've been here before?

j- yes, before the accident...

a- oh

i swallowed back the pain of that time and continued smiling, watching the animals with jack by my side. his hand never left mine, even when we came face to face with crocodiles and i hid behind him in fear. 

i started to remember everything from this place, the animal encounters. we walked to where the kangaroos were and jack spoke to one of the keepers before he brought out the kangaroo that i had fallen in love with last time. 

j- do you remember crystal?

a- of course!

i got down on my knees and she came over, reluctant at first but eventually remembered us. we hung around with her, feeding and playing until she laid down. a keeper ran over and pat her head, her eyes were drifting and i started getting worried. 

k- it's okay, she's getting old and just needs her medication

a- oh okay

he picked her up and told us to follow him, when we got to another building, he took us to a waiting room and then disappeared with crystal. in that room we heard a lot of animal noises, i looked at jack as he was laughing at a bird dancing in the window. 

soon enough, the man came back in and took us through to where crystal was sleeping in a pen. i smiled as she looked peaceful. 

j- thanks for today man

k- no worries, enjoy the rest of the sanctuary 

he smiled and we followed him out to the main entrance again. we walked back out, waving at the staff as they said goodbye. before getting into the car, the keeper ran to us with something in his hands. 

it was a stuffed toy kangaroo that looked like crystal. 

k- hey guys, i don't know when you guys will be back, but this is for everyone as a thankyou for adopting crystal. 

a- of course, thankyou so much

k- have a good rest of your visit guys!

he ran back inside and we got in the car, we turned on the radio and jack put the address into the car. he then handed me his phone that had millions of songs downloaded. 

j- it's going to be a long drive

a- i'm sure it's not that ba- 

i look to the estimated time arrival on the car and was shocked when it read four and a half hours. 

a- woah

i laid back in the seat and put the music on shuffle. i hummed to the music and watched the road rush past. jack tapped the driving wheel to the beat of the music and i laughed. we went past monuments and towns before jack stopped and handed me a bandanna. 

a- really?

j- for me?

i took the bandanna and covered my eyes with it, tying it around my head. we drove for another five minutes and eventually the car stopped. i heard jack's door shut and mine suddenly open, he grabbed my hand and lifted me out of the car. he sat me on the bonnet and took off my shoes. 

a- jack what are you doing?

j- trust me

the next few steps were concrete, until i felt the known feeling of sand between my toes. i smiled even though i couldn't see where i was, i heard water crashing on the sand bed. 

j- okay you can take it off now

with that i took off the blindfold, trying not to smudge my makeup. i looked around to see a table set up with candles and lights strung, behind it was a lake, but it was pink. i've always wanted to see the pink lake but never been able to, and now i'm here with jack. 

he pulled out the chair for me to sit down and i did. he sat across from me and took my hand in his. our food was still hot as we sat down and started eating. we drank champagne and laughed at where we were right now. 

when we were done, jack got up and walked me over to the edge of the water. we stood ankle deep and he looked at the horizon before looking back at me.

he took in a deep breath before smiling at me.