JAGK (Jack Barakat fanfic)

FOUR

"Jack, Jack wake up," I whisper shaking his shoulder gently.

"No," he whines tiredly, his grip around my waist tightens ever so slightly.

"Come on, your phone has been going crazy," I say, Jack groans and sits up rubbing his eyes.

"Who's been calling?" He asks mutters.

"Alex, Rian, Zack, and a few other people," I read from his missed calls, Jack suddenly snatches the phone from my hand and reads the messages. Suddenly he jumps out of the bed and gets dressed.

"Sorry, I have to go, you can come with but it's not that important for you," he rushes, I get out of the bed too and grab a random pair of jeans and quickly throw on a bra and shirt.

"I'll come, just tell me what's happening," I ask. (Totally not gonna connect this story to my Oliver Sykes fanfic *whispers* not sorry)

"Just a close friend of mine that I haven't seen in a couple of months has gone into labour," he says, I follow him out the door and lock it behind us, we rush to my car.

"So, where are we going?" I ask.

"Hotel, then we're either gonna go to England or San Diego," Jack replies.

"England, is that where your friend is?" I ask as I start the car.

"Yeah, her family is in San Diego,"

"Wait, the other names from the missed calls, Vic, Mike and Jace I think they were, is this friend of yours Jesse Fuentes?" I ask Jack nods.

(Obviously, Jesse isn't the name of the character in Broken rules doesn't really have a name since it's an X reader, so I just grabbed a random book from my shelves and used the first name I saw)

"Aww cute, Oli Sykes is really lucky," I say, Jack laughs.

"Yeah, he is," Jack replies, we pull up at the hotel and we rush to the band's hotel room, the boys are already packed.

"Oh, hey Mally," Rian says when he sees me.

"Hey," I say waving my hand slightly.

"Okay so, I've talked to Mike, he says that they're gonna get on the nearest plane to England, so it doesn't matter or not if we go now or in a few days," Alex explains, Jack nods and starts to put his clothes in a bag. I just stay standing next to the door awkwardly while looking at my phone.

"Mally, do you wanna go home or join us?" Alex asks, I look up suddenly and gaze at him surprised.

"You want me to go to England with you?" I ask.

"Only if you want," he adds, I think for a little, do I have enough money? Is my passport still valid?

"I don't know, I probably don't have enough money and I'm not sure if I can still use my passport," I say rubbing the back of my neck.

"I could pay for you," Jack says suddenly.

"Aww that's so sweet," I say blushing, "But that still doesn't help the passport issue."

"Well, we might not go for a couple of weeks, so you should have enough time," Rian explains.

"Yeah okay, so does that mean that you're going to go back to Baltimore?" I ask.

"For now yes," Alex replies, I nod.

"Okay, so I'll go home and pack, then meet you guys back here then," I state.

"Sounds like a plan, Rian says, I say goodbye before rushing out the door and into my car, trying my best to not break speed records as I make my way home. When I finally pull into the driveway I run to the door and speed inside to my room.

I pull out my suitcase from the top of my cupboard and fill it with random clothes and essentials. In twenty minutes I've finished packing and locking up my house before walking to my car and placing my bag in the backseat.

"Okay now I'm tired," I mutter to myself when I slump in the driver's seat. "Welp, no rest for the wicked," I say as I start the car and make my way back to the hotel.

When I get there I see that the boys are already waiting patiently outside, when I pull up they all pile in, placing all the bags in the boot (trunk) with mine as well before Jack takes the front passenger seat and Alex, Rian and Zack in the back.

"So, to Baltimore then eh?" I say pulling away from the hotel and merging in with the traffic on the main street.

"Yeah, this should be fun," Zack says.

"ROAD TRIP!" Alex and Jack exclaim, I laugh.

"We should get some road snacks though," Rian suggested, we all agreed to stop at a 7-ELEVEn, I park the car and all of us walk in, I instantly grab a packet of gummy bears, a bunch of chocolate I'm gonna let melt and a packet of salt and vinegar chips.

"I'll pay Mally," Jack says, I look up at him with wide eyes.

"No, no it's okay," I say shaking my head heading for the counter, Jack steps in front of me.

"Please," just the way he says please like that, I soften inside before nodding my head reluctantly and finally place the yum yum's on the count as Jack places some Pringles and a bottle of beer. The cashier smiles at us.

"You two are a very cute couple," she says, I blush furiously and shake my head.

"Yes, yes we do don't we?" Jack says placing his arm around me and I just stare at the cashier with the most embarrassment a human person can possibly feel.

"Well, your total is fifteen dollars and eighteen cents," She says still chuckling, I grab the bag and rush outside as Jack hands over the money, when I get into the car I slump down in the seat and start to play Sunshine Riptide by Fall Out Boy loudly as I wait for the boys to finish buying food.

A few minutes later they all walk out laughing, I make eye contact with Jack and I look down and start the car as they open the door and get in, soon after we're on the road, music still playing loudly, I stay silent though, and I feel Jack continuously glance at me.

"Sorry guys, I just gotta go to the toilet," I say after about half hour right before we get onto the highway, I turn the car off making sure the music stays on and walking into the small unsanitary building, I do my business and as I start to wash my hands, I get a message.

I open my phone and see the contact name Jakipoo, when did I get Jack's number?

Jackipoo: I'm sorry for embarrassing you

Me: It's okay, I kinda over-reacted, social anxiety and all...

Jackipoo: oh, I didn't know, I'm so so sorry, come back to the car now, please?

Me: okay

I place my phone back into my pocket and shake my hands before walking back to the car, the boys have started to sing really loudly to All Star by Smash Mouth, I chuckle and get in, Jack gives me a small smile and I return it, starting to drive again as the song finishes. We spend the next few hours singing to songs until it's about eight o'clock at night before I start to yawn.

"Hey Mally, want me to drive the rest of the way?" Zack asks, I look at him through the dark rear-view mirror before nodding, I pull over and we switch seats, so I'm now in between the door and Rian. As Zack starts to drive I yawn even more until I start to close my eyes and the feel of Rian's shoulder under my head.

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