Who The Fxck Is Jack Barakat?!

Part 13

*Alex's POV*

"Alright guys, I think this sounds pretty good but maybe we could change the guitar part after the second chorus a bit, what do you think?" I mumble and obviously more to myself than to the others who are not really paying attention to me. Zack is half asleep (to be fair, it's almost 2 am but we wanted to finish the song tonight) and Rian is... wait, where is Rian? And Jack is just daydreaming about who knows what. Well.

"Jack?" I ask specifically the guitarist as it's his part but again no response. "Jack? Jackoooo... DAMN JACK"

"Huh, what happened?" His head turns around to me and it seems like I've really woken him up from a dream, at least according to his facial expression.

"Nothing man, just wanted to ask you whether it's okay for you if we changed a guitar part of the song a bit" I tell him but it still looks like he is in another universe right now.

"Um yeah, cool" He finally replies after a long silence. God, what's wrong with him today?

"Are you okay?"

"Sure, why shouldn't I be okay?"

"I don't know, it's just you're somewhere completely else with your thoughts" I shrug.

"Oh, sorry. I'm really trying to concentrate on the song but..." He begins to explain.

"But...?" I repeat curiously.

"Well... Do you remember Liz?" He says quietly.

"You mean the girl you wouldn't stop thinking about?" I grin.

"Yeah" He starts to grin, too, before he gets a bit more serious again. "You know... I kissed her yesterday."

"You did what?!" I squeak.

"Calm down Alex, I don't want anybody else to know it... At least not right now. Anyway, why are you so shocked that I kissed a girl? It's by far not the first time I did that..."

"Yes but it's probably the first time you're behaving like she could actually be the one" I admit. "Is she the one for you?"

"Woah don't ask me something like that when I'm not even sure myself... All I know is that I really like her, probably more than any girl before." He smiles.

"Awww little Jacko has fallen in love" I tease him and he throws the pillow which was lying next to him at me.

"Sorry dude... And please don't attack me another time!" I quickly add because it seems like he's looking for something else to throw at me. "I'm happy for you and Liz. Really."

The skunk-haired guitarist looks way more relaxed now. "Thanks Alex, it's great to have friends like you. And don't look at me like that, I'm not even being sarcastic. So... didn't you try to tell me something about changing a guitar part of the song?"

"Oh yeah, right, wait a second" I grab my guitar and plug it in.

"Hey, I have an idea" Jack smirks suddenly.

"As long as I don't have to get undressed there's a big chance that I'm okay with it" I reply and we both begin to laugh.

"Deal!" Jack grins and takes his guitar. "It's time to wake up our sleeping beauty, don't you think?" He nods towards Zack on the other side of the room.

"And how do you wanna do that? I've already tried, you know" I ask him doubtfully but he just keeps on grinning and starts to play a tune on his guitar. I immediately recognize the song and we both begin to sing/scream the lyrics.

"DON'T WANNA BE AN AMERICAN IDIOT" We shout and jump around the room, forcing Zack to stop his sleep.

"I hate you" He says dozily and yawns but after another minute of us going crazy he eventually joins us.

"Hey guys, I'm ba... WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING" Rian stares at us and we all fall to the floor, bursting out into laughter.

"I just wanted to get a coffee, seems like I can't leave you alone for more than five minutes" He chuckles and takes a sip from his cup.

"Did you really think we could behave like grown-ups?" I wink and Rian fakes a sigh.

"Nope, unfortunately I know you well enough to be sure that you will never be a fully adult." He shakes his head. "But neither will I so go on playing Jack!" He puts his coffee aside and we start singing again.

The next morning we wake up to a ringing phone, apparently we've fallen asleep after being finished with singing Green Day songs and recording our own song for the new album. I open my eyes slowly and see that the others are disturbed by the loud and annoying noise, too, and they're beginning to move.

Rian and Zack have been spending the night (or what was left of it) on the two only sofas existing in the studio so Jack and I were sleeping on the floor with some pillows and blankets. I know we could have driven home but we all agreed that we were way too tired to even think about driving a car so we ended up sleeping here. The phone turns out to be Jack's and as soon as we notice that Rian starts to moan.

"Dude, answer your phone... I've had such a nice dream." The drummer gets up, stretches shortly and sits down on the sofa again. Zack simply hums to show that he supports Rian's opinion.

"Why does somebody have to call me that early" Jack groans. "I mean it's only... Oh shit, it's nearly 3 pm." He says, looking at his watch.

"ANSWER YOUR PHONE" The three of us now shout at him almost simultaneously and he finally stops the ringing.

"Hey there, it's Jack... Oh hi, Liz" The guitarist starts to smile. Rian and Zack look at him, then at each other and lastly at me.

"Yeah I've really enjoyed the evening, too! Next time it's your turn to choose a movie... You've already chosen one? Awesome!" Especially Rian is grinning now and I know exactly what he's thinking. I smirk and we continue listening to Jack's part of the conversation.

"Today? Um yeah I don't have any plans so far, sounds great! See you later!" He hangs up and Zack, Rian and I have a look at each other again. Even though they don't know about the kiss, they know that something is going on between Liz and Jack.

"Just friends, eh?" Rian banters him.

"Oh shut up" Jack mutters but blushes a bit at the same time. I smile. Who would have thought that Jack Barakat really loses his heart to a girl one day?