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Tourette's Syndrome (Pt. 2)

This is Part 2! Read Part 1 first to figure out what's going on :)

Daniel's POV

I hate being the reason Jack is crying right now. I'm supposed to be his friend. I still can't shake the image from my mind, the image of Jack's little face crumpling as he starts to cry.

I just don't understand why he didn't take the interview seriously. The show, it's... whatever. I think we were all nervous about it, and he was probably nervous as well. It's not like the rest of us haven't made mistakes during performances.

But whatever's going on, it needs to stop. I don't know what it is, but it's not good for him or for any of us.

Dear Lord, it's against each and every one of my morals to not run up to his bunk and give him a hug. That's all I want to do right now, it's killing me not to.

Jonah's POV

I'm just disappointed in him. Today was supposed to be a big day, an amazing day, a monumental day, and Jack just soured it. We could have come out of this day laughing and smiling and excited, but instead we're sitting here pretending not to hear Jack crying in the bunks.

I don't even know why he's crying, to be honest. It was his choice to do what he did onstage, it was his choice to do what he did in the interview. He should have just done what he was supposed to do, then we wouldn't be in this mess.

There's a weird part about being the oldest member of a band. It's hard to gauge the level of maturity of the boys. I know Corbyn's matured enough, and Daniel-- well, Daniel's getting there. He might seem like a baby with his apple juice and watermelon and giraffes, but he knows where to draw the line.

And then Jachar-- I mean, Jack and Zach... well, they're somewhere on the maturity spectrum. But definitely not that high up. And it's difficult to just know what they're thinking all the time.

Corbyn's POV

Something's wrong with Jack.

I never really liked how that phrase sounded. It makes the bearer of the negativity sound like a machine. Like if I was pointing out a technical glitch in a computer, or an error in a coding pattern. Something's wrong with it. As if it was in black and white, as if a person's emotion could be right or wrong.

I don't know what happened during the show. He didn't fall or anything, maybe he faltered his lines, maybe his mic was spazzing out? He was definitely acting weird -- It was so hard to tell with the bright spotlights. And there's no excuse for everything he did during the interview. It's not even that he's annoying, but it's also a distraction to the rest of us. We can't have Jonah fuming and Zach miserable for each and every interview. Jack has to know when he's taking things too far.

I just don't want him to be upset. We've worked so hard to get here. The last thing we want to be doing in this moment is crying. And he would never intentionally hurt the band like that. I know he wouldn't. Something has to be wrong if he's acting like this.

I think what bothers me the most wasn't what he did during the show, or during the interview. We all know Jack's a bit of a comedian. He'll goof around from time to time. Yeah, he might've overdone it today, but it's not that unusual.

What strikes me the most is how he reacted when we confronted him about it. Because unless we're talking about something he genuinely cares about, he won't be crying. Jack's like a mini Daniel, he might be a little emotional, but he tries to keep everything lighthearted. He wouldn't cry over something so trivial unless there was something behind it that was truly troubling him.