Rebel Yell

Chapter 26: It Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better

"Uh.. Uh... hmm.. tree?" Jack asked as I stood in the middle of the living room and shook my head 'no' and stood up on one foot again, this time flapping my arms up and down. "Drunk girl?" Jack guessed again.

I sighed, "No. Come on Jack." I frowned, doing the same motion as I had just done except this time I flapped my arms up and down. "Quack, quack.." I added, giving Jack another hint.

"A duck?" Jack asked, raising an eyebrow up at me as he took a swig of his beer.

I sighed deeply as I no longer wanted to play from being annoyed, "Jack.. I'm an ostrich."

"What ostrich fucking quacks?" Jack asked as he busted out laughing. Jack fell back on the couch, holding his beer up carefully so that he wouldn't spill his beer during his fit of laughter. I narrowed my eyes at Jack, glaring as I watched him finally sit back up and set his beer bottle down on the coffee table in front of him. Jack chuckled slowly as he used his thumbs to wipe away the tears that had formed from the hysterical laughter he had just endured.

"I'm not playing anymore." I pouted as I sat down on the couch beside him. I had told Jack from the get go that I was no good at charades but oh no, he decided we were going to have a few drinks and play this stupid fucking game. Jack turned to face me, leaning his face towards mine with his lips puckered. I leaned my head back, "You just made fun of my marvelous reenactment of an ostrich! No kiss for you!" I declared, Jack still leaning forward and making me fall back on the couch. Jack climbed on top of me, both of his knees on both sides of me as he gently grabbed my wrists and raised my arms above my head. I gasped, shocked that he had the nerve to do so. This gave Jack time to crash his lips down on mine before pulling away and letting go of my wrists. "Jack!" I scoffed followed by a giggle.

Jack climbed off of me and sat back down beside me staring in my eyes making everything suddenly awkward, "Why did you leave me?"

I cleared my throat, "What?" My voice crackled a little.

"Was it because of the baby...?" Jack asked slowly, staring away from me and down at his lap.

"...No." I replied with a deep sigh. "I was hurting... I had to get away from everything... I don't know Jack..."

Jack looked back at me with sad eyes, "You're not actually staying are you?" He asked, his voice quivering with sadness. I sighed and looked at Jack who was shaking his head as he jumped up off of the couch. Jack looked around the room before looking at me as I stood up off of the couch. "Look me in the eyes and tell me you don't love me." He said quietly, almost in a whisper.

I could feel tears welting up in my eyes as I tried to think of something to say, "I can't" I whimpered.

"Why?" Jack asked challenging me.

"Because I love you..." I cried.

"Then stay." Jack said shortly.

"Why do you think I'm here?!" I raised my voice, becoming angry. "Because I love you and I want to be here! I am staying!" I yelled.

Jack smirked and stepped towards me, his arms wrapped around my waist. I stood up on my tip-toes and placed my hands on each side of Jack's neck, pulling his face down onto mine, running my fingers through his messy styled, hair.that I loved and missed so much. Jack and I weren't kissing in the 'oh I wanna bang you so hard right now' way, but kissing in the way like 'holy shit, I love this person... I missed this person' kind of rough making out.

"Is this going to be your way of shutting me up?" I asked sarcastically as Jack let out a little laugh.

Jack instantly went back to kissing me as he cupped both sides of my face into his hands. I wrapped my arms back around the back of Jack's neck again as he used that as an invitation to place his arms around my waist and lift me up causing me to instantly wrap my legs around his waist. Jack and I continued to make out as he carried me over to the hallway just before the staircase to go up the stairs. He pinned me up against the wall as his kisses moved from my mouth to my jaw line, leaving gentle kisses all the way down my neck. I shut my eyes and let my jaw relax as I continued to run my fingers through his hair.