Next to You ☼ Jack Avery

forty eight

it's been a week since Jack and I broke up

I wiped the tears from my face and walked onto the family patio, it was empty, I walked towards the couch and sat down as a light breeze began

the door opened and I turned and saw Jack

he didn't make eye contact with me, he rushed and sat down beside me

he looked up and he seemed fine

why does he seem fine

I looked away and we sat in silence for a second

"i'm sorry" we said insync and he shook his head "no I really am because I made a mistake last night"

"what?"

"I didn't cheat on you with that girl, she was helping me surprise you with something and the empty condom wrapper I actually don't know where that came from but last night I hooked up with someone"

"Jack" I groaned and leaned back and he looked disappointed in himself

"i'm so so so sorry, I really am, I was drinking and upset and I regret it, you mean so so much to me and I wish I never hurt you in the first place"

I sighed and shook my head, I was about to walk out but he grabbed my hand

"wait, please just- let's sort it out"

"Jack I don't know what to do" I sat back down and he sighed

"don't walk away, this is something that can be fixed, I want us to be okay I don't want more problems I just want you"

"yes I know but it's just hard to put that completely behind me"

"you don't have to, we just have to learn from this and try and make ourselves better together and stronger together" he looked up at me and I nodded

"you're right"

"so are we good?"

"yeah we're good" we both smiled and he leaned over and kissed me
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