𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐓𝐎 𝐘𝐎𝐔 - jack avery

6 - Cliff

October 4, 2016

~Janelle's POV~

I haven't talked to the boys since I left their house the other day. I just couldn't get my self over Jack, and it would just be too awkward to see the other boys. I haven't told my mom about him either, which I know is bad. I've barely even talked to Paige, only on Instagram DMs.

Disney Channel was playing on the living room TV, and I was looking through my old YouTube videos. I was such a dork back then, and I ranted A LOT. But to be honest, I still do. One video, in particular, caught my attention. It was a my first ever "Life Update" story or whatever you call it. I clicked on the video and watched it.

The video was mainly about school, and how much I hated it. But then towards the end of the video I started talking about Jack. It was Jack's first day on the IMPACT tour, aka the day we stopped talking to each other. I started tearing up, looking at how hurt I was back then. It was silly of me to cry over someone like Jack, but he was my "best friend," you couldn't blame me.

I had enough of that video, so I scrolled back up towards my newer videos. I reached the video I recorded last week with the boys. I seemed so happy to be with them. I continued to watch the video until I got the part at the beach. The boys wanted to jump off this cliff that led into the water, but I was too scared.

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"Janelle! Jump off with me!" Jack said excitedly.

"Oh um, I don't know. Wh-what about the camera?" I said starting to shake.

"It's ok! I will hold it and record you two." Corbyn offered.

"I uh... I don't know," I mumbled.

"Come on Janelle, there's nothing to be scared of." Jack said holding my hands.

"Wh-what if I get h-hurt?"

"You won't, I promise. I will be with you the entire way down," Jack spoke softly.

     My heart was beating faster than I could think. I was never someone to try new things because of my anxiety. I always think too much and go to worse case scenarios. I could feel Jack's soft hands hold tightly onto mine. But even though I was scared out of my mind, Jack was always the person there for me. He was there to push me to do things I wouldn't do without him.

"Fine, I will do it." I sigh. A smile starts to form on Jack's face.

"Great. You won't regret it." He says assuringly.

     We walk up to the edge of the cliff as Corbyn starts to record. Jonah and Daniel were already at the  bottom, waiting for us. I look at Jack and he looks at me. I take a deep breath.

"Count down from three." I say, trying to calm myself down. "Three."

"Two." Jack says confidently.

I hesitate, "One."

     I feel my feet lift off the ground when I jump. I held tightly onto Jack's hands, not allowing myself to let go. After a matter of seconds, we hit the water. We fall deep into the salty ocean, feeling tons of weight lifted off my shoulders. I flow back up to top, Jack following close behind. When his head finally reaches above the water, we start to laugh.

"I missed this," I said smiling.

"Missed what?"

"This." I say lifted up my arm, showing my fingers interlocked with Jack's. "I missed you and me, conquering the world."

Jack smiles back, "I missed this too."

     We start to swim back to shore. Corbyn comes running down with my camera.