No Matter What ~ Jackxpenn

Chapter 7 - Goodbyes are Never Easy

Jenn POV

When I woke up the following morning, Jack's arms were wrapped around my waist and he was holding me close. I felt so safe in his grasp. I wish we could stay like this, all morning. I reached to my right, being careful not to wake Jack, and picked up my phone. I checked the time, 11:02. Anthony must be gone already. I wish that we all could stay in LA forever. It was the final day in the o2l house, which meant I wouldn't see Jack until Playlist live. It wasn't that far away, but I feel like being without him by my side for that long would be a struggle.

I thought about what Jack said last night, about love. It was true, well at least I thought it was. I never felt real love which Matt when we were together. It was more a one way thing; where I was the one who loved him, and I felt he didn't truly love me back. Which the more I think about it, I was pretty dumb to carry on with the relationship for that long. Oh well, it's over now. And now.... I looked up at Jack. What are we? I didn't want to call him my boyfriend just yet, but we were definitely more than best friends. Maybe it's best just to wait, and see what happens. The last thing I wanted to do was jump into a relationship that we both aren't ready for and end up ruining our friendship. Just then, I got a text from Rebecca.

Becks: Can you two love birds hurry up? We're gonna film Andrew's video soon!

Jeez, since when does Rebecca want to film a video this early? At least that means that I get to spend the rest of the day with the other 3/5 before they head back home.

I responded to Rebecca's text:

Jenn: Okay okay! Coming! And shut up ;)

I twisted slightly in Jack's arms to face him, half hoping that he would wake up without me telling him to. To my luck, his eyes fluttered open, and he smiled at me.

"Morning Jenn Jenn," he said.

"Rebecca wants to film Andrew's video soon, so we have to get up Jacky," I said, nuzzling my face in his neck.

He nodded, releasing me from his grasp, and he both got off the bed to go get dressed. Once we were both dressed, I jumped on his back; luckily he caught me, and he piggy-backed me downstairs to the kitchen where we would film.

Rebecca crossed her arms and smirked at me. I already knew what she was thinking. I hopped off Jack's back, and rolled my eyes at her, laughing a bit.

For Andrew's video, we made mac and cheese balls, then deep fried them. They were pretty good, but they did taste a bit like toast. During the video, Jack accidently touched my butt, but I played it off, knowing what my fans would say.

After the video, The 4/5 of us decided to go out and get some lunch, then go shopping after. We ate at Panera bread, then I split up from the boys go to shopping with Rebecca.

"Alright Jenn, spill. What's going on?" she asked, crossing her ams.

I knew exactly what she meant, but I tried to play dumb, "What's going on with what?"

She immediently put the shirt she was holding down, and put her hands on my shoulders, staring at me, "You know exactly what I mean, Jenn. What's going on with you and Jack?"

I instantly looked down, and started to blush. Shit. Rebecca's never gonna let me forget this. She laughed. "If you won't tell me, maybe I'll call Jack and ask him," she said, beginning to take out her phone. "I swear to god Rebecca!" I screamed, reaching for her phone. Great, now everyone in the store was staring at us.

Finally, I grabbed her phone out of her hand, "Fine, fine, I'll tell you. But can we at least get out of the middle of H&M first?" I said quietly, giving her back her phone in defeat.

Rebecca clapped her hands in victory, and shrieked like a little girl. "Yasss! Just lemme buy this shirt first," she said, already walking to the cash.

After we got out of the store, we sat at a small table outside Starbucks, where there weren't many people around. "Alright, here goes nothing," I thought, before telling her everything, up until this morning.

Rebecca's jaw dropped. She smirked at me, "Oh my god! I suspected something between you two, but I didn't think you were soulmates or something!" she said, but then paused, looking worried, and continued, "But Jenn, he lives in Connecticut; across the country."

I sighed, "I know," I said, tracing the ingravement of the Starbucks logo on the table. "I guess if we're meant to be, it will work out, and we will be drawn back to each other," I said, looking up at Rebecca. I remembered Jack's definition of love, and smiled.

She was deep in thought, as if she was trying to remember something, "Jenn, you didn't say you were dating, did you?" she said, then continuing, "What are you two exactly?"

"I-I honestly don't know," I said, truthfully, "I really didn't want to rush anything because I'm afraid it might ruin our friendship."

"Oh," she said, "Well I guess that makes sense. Best of luck Jackxpenn," she laughed, pulling me in for a hug. Just then, Andrew and Jack came up to us, each with a couple of bags in their hands.

I looked up at Jack. "God, I hope this will work," I thought.

The four of us looked at each other. We all had the same thought, "I don't wanna leave,"

I pulled the other three into a hug, the last hug before I would take them to the airport. "Alright guys, let's go," I said sadly, as we walked out to my car.

TIME SKIP

Andrew and Rebecca both had just left on their flight back home, leaving Jack and I in the airport. His flight wasn't until another hour. We sat on two chairs, watching families in the airport leave their loved ones, or be reunited again.

I wrapped my arms around Jack's neck, and he did the same for my waist. We just sat there, in the middle of the airport, hugging. I was going to miss him so much. Suddenly, a voice came onto the speaker. It annouced that Jack's flight would be boarding in 15 minutes, signaling he had to leave.

I hugged him a little tighter, before letting go. I looked up at him, "I'll miss you like crazy, you know that?" He got up and bent down to kiss my head, "I know Jenn Jenn. Just a few weeks until Playlist Live, and we will see each other again," he said softly, then continued, "I have to go now, bye Jenn," he said, turning his back and starting to walk away.

"Bye Jacky," I said, watching him turn around and smile at me. Then, continued to walk away.

"Don't turn around, don't turn around," I thought as I tried to hold back tears. I didn't want him to see me cry, and make him cry as well. Why was I so emotional? I was never like this. I guess goodbyes to those you love are never easy.

I sighed, getting up from the chair. As I started to head outside for my car, I thought again of Jack's definition of love, and how it would be put to the test while he was away from me. I believed in it, and believed in us. We could make it work.

Author's note: Hey guys! The End to another chapter! By the way, when I talk about Jack's definition of love, I was specifically talking about love you share with a boyfriend or girlfriend, for example. Jack's definition is not refering to family or friend love, just to clear that up :) One or two more chapters later today!

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