Take A Picture, It'll Last Longer || Jackary Fanfic

Fifteen

A/N: This chapter is sad, just saying. Halle you'll be sad mostly, especially with the fact that your missing. Yeah I know your reading this Halle! Oh and this chapter is 1500 words. Okay Bye was just waring ya!

Zach's POV

I let my anxiety take the best of me. Here I was, putting up missing posters with the boys. We didn't let Corbyn come because he would have cried a lot, made a scene, and he would have wrote on the posters writing stuff like 'has pretty face' and other lovey-dovey stuff about her. We all just sneaked out, not even telling him. Wait, now I feel bad. His girlfriend has disappeared and we aren't letting him help. But let's be real, he wouldn't come. He would be too busy sniffling and moping about the whole situation. I snapped back into reality and realised Jack was waving his hand in front of my face. I jumped and fell onto the floor. Hard. "Sorry for scaring you, Zach, but we're going to get Chipotle if you wanna come?" Jack said. I stared at him "you are asking me if I want to go to Chipotle? You should just assume I want to go" Jack chuckled and grabbed my hand. "Come on. Get off of the dirty floor" I sprang up onto my feet with the help of a trusty side kick. Jack was frozen and I wondered why. "Jacky..you okay?" I said, clapping by his ears. "Huh? Yeah?" He said. "Who were you staring at...?" I asked. A girl with short, brown hair and a light, silver blonde fringe waved at Jack and me. "My ex" Jack mumbled. "I wanna meet her!" I said, putting a hand onto my chest. I don't know why I did, it just seemed to fit this dramatic scene. Jack grabbed my hand and we walked up to her. "Hello"  she then looked at me "who is this?" "My boyfriend" He said with pride dripping from his sentence. What? His boyfriend!? I mean, I would love to be but, he hasn't asked me yet. "Omg yasss LGBTQ+" She shouted. "What's your name?" She turned her focus onto me. "I'm Zach Herron. Nice to meet you" I said, pulling out my arm. She shook it and said "I'm Abbie. Your hand has been shooketh" I snickered. "So noodles, snack, where is Kirby, average girl and mars bar?" She said, in a questioning tone. "Corbyn is sulking at home, Jonah is in the car waiting for us and Daniel is also in the car" Jack said. Abbie's gaze was on me "I swear I have seen you before. My friend has been sending me photos of her boyfriends roommates. But she suddenly stopped texting me" Abbie mumbled the last part but I still heard her. Wait. Boyfriends roommates? Suddenly stopped? CORBYN. AND. HALLE. "Was her name Halle? Halle Williams?" I asked. Her face lit up, probably surprised "Yes it is. Have you met her? Have you seen her?!" She practically shouted. Me and Jack were silent. How do we tell her that her best friend was kidnapped? "You see Abbie, that's why Corbyn has been...upset. Halle was his girlfriend and..." Jack said, taking over "she was kidnapped" Abbie's eyes flickered from jolly and happy to downcast and miserable. She was on the edge of crying. "You mean Halle? My best friend? My true friend? My ONLY true friend?" She cried. Jack's face was...default? It was blank? It has no emotion. I better ask him about his current state in the car. "Maybe I'll see you at her funeral Jack and Zach. Zach, it was nice meeting you" She said through her sniffles. A girl ran up to her "Abbie you said she was your only true friend... What about me?" She said. This girl also had short hair but, it was shorter and she had blonde hair. Her face had glasses and her face was covered in freckles. "Lexie your not a true friend. Your always bringing me down and saying my family is better than yours (Welcome to my world) and making me feel bad on purpose. Your brother threw a goddamn brick at my head for crying out loud!(This is true. But I quickly pushed it away when it was in mid air. #QuickReflexes)" Abbie said, obviously not caring about her feelings. Abbie seems like the person who wouldn't care at the moment but later regret everything she said. Maybe even apologise. "He was six!" Lexie scoffed. "SIX AND SWEARING!" Abbie screamed. "Abbie your not being a good friend!" Lexie said, her voice sounded angry. "Not trying to be" Abbie said, in a sassy voice. Jack laughed. "Think I'm funny do you? No need to ask for your name. Ugly face, curly hair. Your obviously an ex of Abbies! I feel bad for you. You have to go through taking to Abbie, hearing Abbie's bird constantly squeak, watch Abbie look horrible in her awful fedora, sit with her watching Harry Potter over and over again and most tragic, look at her FACE!" Lexie screeched. "That's it Lexie. You bring up Amlyn which makes me mad already and then you bring in my FACE! Your dead to me and you might be physically dead to me after the boys take a step back" Abbie snapped. Jack already was interested and took a step back, tugging me along. "Jack it's nice to know you didn't forget that I love having fights" Abbie beamed. Abbie kicked Lexie in the shin, tripping her over. I better take another step back. They basically rip each other apart so I decide to put myself in between them. Bad idea. "ABBIE IS THIS YOUR NEW BOYFRIEND?! HE DOESN'T HAVE CURLY HAIR SO THATS A CHANGE!" Lexie screamed. "LEXIE, GIRL, STUPID,  PSYCHOPATH, DARLING. HES GAY SO IM NOT OFFENDED, HE IS!" Abbie laughed. Lexie grabbed me by the ear. Abbie stopped dead in her tracks. "Take one more step, he gets it" Lexie said, pulling out a knife. My weave was snatched and I couldn't tell which one was more cringe, Lexie being a literal Wattpad cliché, or the fact that the readers are still reading (HEY! NO BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL ZACHARY) Okay, gotcha. Jack's face was red with anger. "Why didn't you just stab me? It would have been much better." Abbie said. Deep. "Halle's gone. Your a psychopath. Everyone hates me. May as well" Abbie said. "Abbie. You know that if Halle was back, she would disagree" Jack said in a comforting,  soothing tone. "I'm sure you would rather have me gone than Zach. It's a fact. I don't really care anymore" Abbie whispered. "Too afraid to step forward? Have I finally beaten the Queen Potato?" Abbie cringed. "No, just warming up" Abbie said. There was silence. Abbie suddenly jumped onto Lexie, throwing the knife out of her hands. I jumped forward and hugged Jack. "I'll call the cops next time" Abbie whispered. Lexie nodded. Abbie let go of the blonde, letting her run away. "What did she mean by 'Potato Queen'?" I asked. "When we were little, we were drawing bunkers and making vegetable crops in the gardens for our work. I had potatoes in my garden and my friend, Kai, called me a Potato Queen, then it was basically my name. But then one day Kai and I had a fight, then we went separate ways. Then me and Lexie got into a fight and also went our separate ways. I haven't been called that name for 12 years" Abbie said, in a sad tone. She must miss being in her small gang. I certainly do. "You guys better get back to average girl and and mars bar, but it was nice meeting you snack and noodles, it was nice seeing you after the incident" she said hugging ya both. She hopped onto a picnic table and played a ukulele. Me and Jack walked back to the car and sat down. "Jack?" I said. "Yes?" "I have two questions..." "ask on" "Why was your face just, blank when Abbie cried?" Jack went silent for a while. "She cried a lot. She has anxiety and a lot of people die in her life. She told me her pet Ethel died the other day (Rip Ethel 2.8.18)" I was shocked. "And also what did she mean by 'the incident'?" I questioned. "When I got her bully to tell her that I was done with her. I swear I didn't know they bullied her! But they hurt her afterwards. I felt so bad for her, but she didn't want to hear it. She was so traumatised that she missed a few days off of school. They were the most painful days of my life..." Jack said. I wish I knew more but we were at chipotle. I bet Jack misses their relationship. I miss my old relationships. But obviously I'm much more happier with Jack.