Staged |Jack Avery|

Twenty-Three: Jetlag

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I stand with the guys, as they all get their stuff settled in.

"Uh Nikki, do you need a room?" A girl asks as she stands next to Emilio

"Um, I'm sorry but what's you're name again?" I ask

"Tessa." She smiles

"Um, i don't know the arrangement they had in mind, but if were being honest i feel comfortable enough around them all that the room doesnt matter." I shrug

"Okay, well if you need anything, please don't be afraid to ask. That goes for both of you." She smiles as she speaks to Angel and I

"Thanks! But I'm confused, i though Team 10 and everyone here weren't friends...?" Angel questions

"Well that't kind of complicated. Jake and Logan do have beef with each other, but in all honesty, its just them. The rest of us really couldn't care less." She laughs slightly

"Oh, well thats cool." Angel smiles

"Thats kind of stupid, no offense. Like yeah yall being friends is cool, but big bird and bieber hair? They need to grow the fuck up." I roll my eyes

"Big bird??" Corbyn bursts out laughing

"Bieber hair??" Tessa does the same

"Yeah, you know. Big Paul and little Paul. I don't know who's who and honestly don't care either." I laugh a bit as Logan enters the room

"Okay, i got you- oh shit. There's two of you?" Logan groans as he is just now realizing Angel is here as well

"I got this." Tessa sighs

"We have an extra room at the Team 10 House if you need. It is kind of boy ish, since, well, at one point it wad a boys room. But it works all the same." Tessa smiles

"Um, yeah that works." Angel smiles

"Noooo." Zach whines

"What?" I laugh at him

"You can't leave! What about our sleep overs and our movie nights and our everything like we used to!" He pouts

"Tell ya what, You, Angel and I can have a movie night tomorrow. Like we did when we were little. But only after we get settled, okay?" I laugh at his pouting as he agree's

"You know, Angel and Zach have known each other just as long as You and Zach have. Why doesn't she stay in his room, and Nikki stay with Jack?" Corbyn asks as he stand there looking confused

"I couldn't intrude like that." Angel and i say in unison

"You're not intruding." Jack laughs, "You're welcome in my room any time."

"Oh is that right, now." I roll my eyes

"Very." He winks at me as I laugh

"Whatever." I just sigh, "so is that okay with you, angel?"

"Thanks, but i think ill take Tessa up on her offer. I don't know, sharing a bed with Zach for a few weeks just seems weird to me." She shrugs

"Well alrighty." I shrug as well and we all get to work on getting our stuff situated

2 hours later

Jack's POV

"Nikki, what do you want for lunch?" I ask as i knock on the door only to fail at getting a reply

"Nikki?" I ask again as i crack the door open

I open the door all the way to see Nikki passed out on the bed next to her suitcase with a stack of cloths next to her

"What a dork." I laugh to myself as i walk over and grab her stuff.

I put what she has folded and organized into the dresser and her suitcase on the floor, when i notice there is a small, stuffed, whinny the pooh bear inside. I laugh as i pick it up and examine it. I take her shoes off, along with her glasses, and put a small throw blanket over her and the bear next to her before exiting the room.

"Where's Nik?" Zach asks as he was on his way to his room

"She's passed out." I smile, "did you know she travels with a stuffed animal?"

"Whinny the pooh." Zach smiles

"Yeah, is there a reason for it?" I ask im sheer curiosity

"It was the last thing her mom gave her. She has multiple, each year her mol would give her a stuffed animal. This one just so happened to be the last." Zach explains. His voice soft as he looks to the ground

"Oh, I'm sorry bro. I shouldn't have asked." I apologize but he just smiles

"No, don't be sorry. You deserved to know. It's not as though it were a secret." He shrugs

"Okay, well. Im making lunch, want any?" I ask him before starting to walk off

"Yeah, whatever is fine! Thanks bro." He smiles and i make my way to the kitchen

I make everyone a sandwich and grab two bags of chips from the cabinet before calling everyone in

Everyone grabs a plate and stands around the kitchen Island, all in their own conversation it seems like.

We stand around and talk for a bit before we turn to see a half asleep Nikki walk in with messy hair, sloppy makeup from being rubbed and a glare.

"Hey, sleeping beauty." Zack laughs as he judges her

"You moved my shit and now i cant find anything." She says blankly as she rests her head on zach

"You're glasses are on the dresser, you're contacts and makeup and stuff i put in our bathroom, and your cloths i put in the dresser other than your shoes." I smile as i explain

"Great. Come show me because i can't see." She smiles an irritated fake smile before reaching over snd grabbing...Jonah?

"Wrong one." Zach laughs

"Shut the fuck up." She groans as she lets go of Jonas and reaches up

"Come." She says as she grabs Daniel and pats his head

"No curls." She sighs

"You." She says pointing to Corbyn

"Never mind, you're hair is light." She rolls her eyes before finally grabbing me

"You're Jack." She smiles

"How did you know?" I ask in confusion

"Because when i grabbed you, you didn't tense up like they did. Also, you smell like a certain cologne or shampoo or something that smells good." She shrugs

"Thanks?" I say almost as a question

"Yeah whatever come give me my vision back so i can eat." She laughs as i lead her to where we need to be

She walks up the stairs, feeling as she goes because she is just that blind. I laugh at her every know and then, just if I'm being honest, its actually really cute.