Would You Turn Me On, Jack Barakat?

Chapter 6- Vans

I slammed on the door of the Maine’s van. Garrett opened the door and I climbed and slammed the door behind me.

“Aly, what the hell?” I climbed over into the very back and hid. That’s what I do. When I shock myself or someone else I hide. I popped my head over the seat, shh-ed him and then ducked back down. Garrett and Jared who were just chilling in their van burst out into laughter. Garrett came and hung over the seat in front of him. I looked up at him as he laughed at me. “Aly, you looked like freaking meerkat doing that. What the hell is wrong with you?”

“Garrett, I was being stupid and did something stupid and now I need to think.” I smacked him on the forehead and he laughed hard. “Don’t let All Time Low or John, Kennedy or Pat in.”

“Umm Aly?” Garrett raised one eyebrow at me looking confused “I have to let John, Kennedy and Pat in. They live in here.”

“Oh yeah” I paused to think for a second. “Ok, let them in but, none of All Time Low.”

Garrett laughed and went back to whatever Jared and he were doing and I sat and thought. What the hell did I just do? Why did I do it? I don’t like Jack that way, I never have, never will. Oh who am I kidding, I’ve always liked Jack that way, but does he like me? No, he told Alex he didn’t. But I never heard what he thought of me…

Just then the van opened and I heard a voice.

“Alyssa, get up.” I stayed where I was until I felt the seat beside me move and felt a hand on my back. I looked up, it was just John. He smiled wearily at me and then wiped at my face. I didn’t even know I was crying. “What happened back there, hun?”

“I got excited. You know how I can get. I get excited and I let my body take over without thinking and at that point apparently my body was ready to kiss Jack.” I sniffed and John wrapped his arms around me. He pulled me up onto the seat he was sitting on and leaned back so I was laying on him. I pressed my face into his red American Apparel hoodie and tried not to cry. He stoked my hair until I calmed down. “John, I really like him. I heard him earlier though tell Alex that he didn’t like me though.”

“Aly he doesn’t like you. He’s in love with you. Do you not notice how he looks at you?”

“John, he turned my hair green!”

“Yeah because you said you wanted to try a green streak in your hair.”

“I was asleep!”

“Ok well think of it in Jack’s perspective. He’s Jack, the kid is as ADD as Pat is. He probably thought you would laugh. Everyone loves it when you laugh Aly; you have the most infectious laugh.” He looked down at me and smiled; I couldn’t help but smile back.

“It’s true!” Garrett calls from the front of the bus and I laugh. After a little longer of talking about random stuff with Garrett, Jared and John, John convinces me it’s time to leave the van. He pulls me out behind him and I see Kennedy with Pat in a headlock. I laugh and Kennedy drops Pat, causing him to fall face down in the pavement. Pat looks up at me and smiles.

“I ate Kennedy’s skittles.” I laugh and Pat stands up smiling even wider “we weren’t allowed in our van and I had to do something to entertain myself.”

\I look at John who smiles down at me and shrugs. He had told them not to come in knowing full well I would have not told him anything had they been there. John knew me to well. Almost as well as Alex did, but no one could know me THAT well. I ran over to Kennedy and gave him a big hug, taking him off guard and him stumbling backwards, tripping and falling on his ass.

“Dog pile!” Pat calls and him and John jump on top of me and squish Kennedy. The sounds he was making made us all howl with laughter. They finally roll off of me and we all continue to laugh. Pat jumps on me and we wrestle until John pulls him off of me. I pout when he stops the fun.

“I’m sorry children” he says that like we are four year olds “but it’s time for Alyssa here to go to her bus.”

Pat and I moan and stand up, pouting. John laughs at us and takes my hand pulling me towards to All Time Low bus. I quickly hug Pat and Kennedy and then John takes me back to the bus. We stand in front of the door. I look up at it and then at John. He smiles, hugs me and speaks into my hair.

“Alyssa, everything will be fine. They all love you. Nothing bad will happen, I promise.” He kisses the top of my head and reaches over with one hand and knocks on the door. The door opens and he pushes me inside. I turn around and he waves and takes off back to his van. I turn back around and take a deep breath. I look up at the stairs and start to ascend.