TEMPTATION 2 // JG

Chapter THREE

Jack's POV

'Someone had fun last night.'

I was still dreaming, I could tell. I saw Lauren and she was in front of me, giggly, but naked. Her hair was longer than usual. Her lips were luscious & pink with gloss.

'I know you enjoyed yourself. Look at him.'

"Yo!" Johnson's voice shook me awake. "Get your shit together, we gotta hit the road."

I groaned, attempting to sit up but it took a few tries. "What the hell happened last night?"

"You ate too much of that special brownie," Sammy said from the other room. "If you did anything with that Anna chick, Lauren's gonna kill you."

"Uh," Johnson began. "I think as long as he doesn't show the right side of his neck on FaceTime, he should be okay." His expression was uneasy and my stomach growled.

"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked him.

He points to the mirror and I rush to it. A hickey. Right on my neck. Large enough to be seen from the fucking moon.

"Are you kidding me," I exclaimed. "This has to be a rash or something. I didn't do anything with that girl!"

"While you were aware, I'm guessing," Sammy chuckled, finally joining us in the room.

"This can't be happening." I shook my head and frantically searched for my phone ready to Google home remedies for hickey removal. But as soon as I opened my phone...pictures of Anna and I...and a lot of them.

"Fuck!" I yelled. "Why did you guys leave me alone with her?!"

"We were kind of occupied," said Sammy.

I wasted no time deleting the pictures; praying to every single god, goddess, & prophet that these pictures were only limited to this phone. But then I was interrupted. My phone rang, scaring the shit out of me and I almost dropped my phone. It was a text message from Lauren, finally. But I felt guilty as hell reading it.

LAUREN: Jack!! sorry I didn't answer, I was fast asleep. But I love you forever more & I hope u have an awesome show in NYC tonight. I bet it will be fantastic! ;)

I held my phone to my forehead. I didn't even say anything to the guys, just packed up whatever I had taken out of my suitcase and took a shower.

. . .

I slept some more on the bus, not even caring to wake up to see the city skyline. We had a stage rehearsal really quick and I changed my clothes. I felt so good on that stage, moving the crowd with our music. There was a moment when the crowd started chanting Sammy's name so he came out and played a little guitar while Johnson beatboxed. After the show ended, we had an hour before the VIP Meet & Greet. I hung out backstage in the lounge by myself.

Sammy poked his head through the curtain. "Jackie boy, I have a surprise for you."

"Dude, if it's-"

Sammy opens the curtain some more and Lauren walks through, dipping under his arm. I felt every positive emotion at once; so much that all I could do was smile wide with surprise. She ran and jumped on top of me, hugging me tight. Sammy made sure to close the curtain all the way.

"What are you doing here, babe?" I asked.

"Finals are done and I had some Frequent Flyer Miles to spare. I brought Matt with me, he's out there with Shawn."