Why?

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• Joe's pov •

The sun was out and it was boiling. All the boys were at mine and just chilling on my balcony. It was a really good day.

It was getting late and I feeling sleepy so I crawled onto my boyfriend's lap.
"What you doing here babe?" Jack ran his fingers through my hair, I just shrugged and snuggled into his chest.
His brother laughed at us,
"You two eh? Do you ever sit normally?"
"It's comfy like this! He's like a massive pillow." I said. Jack jokingly took this the wrong way.
"You saying I'm fat?" We all laughed and he kissed the top of my head.

"Right love birds, it's getting dark. We're off, you coming with us Jack?" Conor asked, not really expecting Jack to say yes.
"Ima stay here with Joe for a bit, will drive home later." He waved off the boys and so did I. The whole apartment fell quiet as me and Jack snuggled for the rest of the night.

It was about half one in the morning and I was drifting off to sleep on Jack's shoulder.
"I should get going babe, it's really late." He slowly got up and kissed me goodbye.
"Love you Jacky!" I shouted way too loud. Jack chuckled and softly said "Love you too Sugg. See you tomorrow." And he left.

Morning

I woke up on the sofa with a sniff neck, not the best start but it all went downhill from then.

I switched on the tv and flicked through the channels when I see a picture of my boyfriend on ITV. Why was he on there? I listened closely and was shocked to hear what it said.
"YouTube sensation and I'm a celebrity star Jack Maynard has been found dead in a crashed car on one of London's motorways. Police say that they have no idea what happened to cause this death but investigations are going on. This is a sad and tragic piece of news and I'm sure many people will be upset."

I sat there just staring into space. I didn't want to believe the stuff that had been said. Tears poured down my cheeks but I wouldn't wipe them away, my body wouldn't let me do anything.
He was gone... forever. My best friend and boyfriend of 4 years was no more.

Conor - I'm coming over Joe, I need you and you need me. I've heard the news.

I opened my phone and looked through photos of me and Jack. He looked so happy to be there, he always was. No matter where he was or what he was doing, he would always make the most of it. I scrolled on and found the picture of our 4th anniversary. We were stood in front of a sunset, just staring into each other's eyes, admiring what we called ours. Slamming my phone on the floor, I broke down. Jack was such a brilliant person, why would anything like this ever happen to him? Why?

"Hey Joe, come here." My door opened and Conor came in, his eyes still shedding tears as he embraced me.
"Just remember that he's looking down on us now, probably laughing at us for making a big deal out of him." He said, I laughed a little just thinking about it.
Then Conor left to answer a call, he came back all upset.
"The hospital just called me and asked if we wanna see Jack, say goodbye to him and all that. You up for it?" He said and helped me up.
"I guess so, I need to speak to him anyway. Give him one last kiss." I mumbled, trying to break through my tears.

We got to the hospital and headed towards the room that Jack laid in. The nurses in the room gave us both reassuring smiles and left us alone with Jack for a bit.
It was weird seeing the boy I loved so much like this, he looked at peace. His scruffy highlighted hair was still the same his soft lips parted a little like always. Conor crouched down next to him and just leant against the body.
"I fucking love you, you crazy twat. Bet you're looking down on me and laughing, I bet you are. Love you Randy, sleep peacefully." He got up and stood beside me, hugging my side. It was my turn to say something.
"I'll leave you in private if you want, just you two." Conor said and I nodded, he walked out and I stumbled over to the bed in which Jack laid on.

"Look at you, you're finally free, eh? I just wish that you could speak to me right now and tell me everything's gonna be alright. You'd probably be telling some kind of joke to make me laugh and forget about everything. But you're not, and never will. You don't know how much I love you Jack, I look forward to the day where I can meet you up in the clouds. I will never forget you, never." I laid one last kiss on his cold cheek and left the room.

And that was my final time telling my man that I loved him. Rest in peace Jack, fucking love you.

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