First Love, Last Chance
A.N.: Okay so I've never written So Weird before even though I love the show and I know a lot of people hate Annie but I think her and Jack are sooo cute together it's like..... I dunno really cute. So here goes please review whatever your thoughts.
Chapter One: Annie's Coming Back
"Yeah, uh-huh, so we're set. Meet me and Fiona at our house Saturday morning sixish. We have sort of a long drive and I don't want to waste our three precious days driving. Hiking and camping trips are not memorable if you spend most of the time in the car. Uh-huh, right, bring that. I gotta go, babe, someone's on the other line. Love you too and see you Saturday. Bye." Jack Phillips was pacing around his relatively large bedroom in his home in Hope Springs, Colorado. Carey, Clu, Fi, Gabe, and himself were going to go camping that weekend. Molly had taken a year off touring to come up with new material and to savor some quality time with her daughter. Annie Thelen had gone back to live with her parents about ten months ago.
Funny thing was, Jack missed Annie so terribly at first it was like losing Fi all over again. He remembered how in the beginning he had let that get in the way of his relationship with Annie, his sadness over Fi that is. In retrospect it seemed stupid but at the time he had thought Annie was trying to take Fi's place. He knew now she wasn't. Jack remembered how their friendship had blossomed after being locked in a detention room with Annie. They were two of a kind and were rarely seen apart. Jack told Annie everything and she told him everything. Some nights they would stay up and watch the sunrise through the window of a hotel or the bus and talk. She was just so easy to talk to Jack never seemed to want to stop.
They were together so much Carey used to make fun of them for being a couple. It was stupid to think of Annie like that at first but after a while it just seemed... logical. She was everything he was looking for, fun, gorgeous, smart, adventurous, and funny. The list went on and on but Jack was in a relationship with Gabe. It amazed him that sometimes he could look into Annie's eyes and want nothing more than to kiss the breath out of her and completely forget Gabe existed. But that's how he felt, Annie was like a drug he couldn't have enough of. At the end of the normal school year Fi decided she wanted to come back and Molly was just about done touring. They finished the concerts and picked Fi up on the way home.
For one prized week Jack Phillips had the girl he was rapidly falling in love with, his sister, and his two best friends under one roof. Things were a little tense though; Clu was back from college and kept monopolizing Annie's time. Jack had become fiercely jealous when Carey told him he thought Clu and Annie had hooked up. But Annie always made time for him and reassured him there was NOTHING going on between Clu and her. That Saturday, as Jack was preparing to call Gabe and tell her they were over and asked Annie out on their first date a surprise came. In the form of Annie's parents, they wanted her home. They even made her pack and leave that night with them.
Since they had been on the road most of the time and had hardly been home all week most of Annie's things were already packed. She took a LONG time packing what was left and cried through the whole process. She said her goodbyes to everyone and asked Jack to drive her and her belongings to the airport as most did not fit in her parents' small car. Once they had arrived at the airport and checked Annie's bags, got her boarding pass, and separated from her parents for their goodbye Annie began to cry.
Flashback
"Look, Jack I don't have much time so I'll make this quick." Annie bit her lower lip and Jack's eyes were trained on their perfect shape. " I know your in love with Gabe and I know you only think of me as a little sister but... but Jack.... Jack I'm in love with you."
Jack was so stunned he couldn't speak. He had hoped and prayed for months she felt that way about him and now that the time had come he didn't know what to say. He opened his mouth to tell her he felt the same way but she cut him off. "Don't say anything okay? It's easier this way. Goodbye Jack."
Annie turned and walked away her small body shaking. Jack chased after her and turned her around as the intercom announced boarding for her flight was beginning. Still clueless as to what to say Jack did the first thing that came to mind. Annie's mouth was slightly open from the shock of him stopping her and that was all the invitation he needed. Without another thought he plunged his lips onto hers. The slight gap between her soft lips immediately deepened the kiss. Jack pulled his arms around her. One around her waist and another in her hair urging her mouth closer. His tongue glides across her eager one and he thought he would die from the rush of pure pleasure flooding his systems. She tasted sweet like her strawberry lip gloss and salty from the tears streaming down her face. Eventually he pulled up for air. He looked into her beautiful blue eyes and said the only thing that came to mind. " Goodbye my sweet Annie. I'll miss you more than life itself." Annie placed one more soft, intimate kiss on his lips and then ran off, boarding her plane.
END Flashback
"Hello, Phillips Residence may I ask whose speaking?" Jack answered clicking over to his call waiting. He hated the way he answered the phone so polite, it was a force of habit.
"Jack? It's me, Annie." The crackly reception made it hard to hear the voice perfectly but Jack would've recognized it anywhere. It belonged to the woman whose kiss he had relived and fantasized about for months.
"Annie? What... Oh My God....Annie is it really you?" I LOVE YOU. The words just popped in Jack's brain and burned at the tip of his tongue but he held them back.
Annie laughed sweetly, "Yeah Jack it's really me. Is Molly around? We need to talk, it's urgent." Annie's voice was like a long forgotten song. Sweet and soothing and always what you wanted to hear. He ached so much to talk to her alone but if she needed his mom so be it.
"Yeah, hold on." Jack ran out to the backyard terrace. "MOM, PHONE!" he yelled.
Molly's brown hair whipped around her face as she ran to grab the portable from Jack. A split second later Fiona rounded the corner of the house and came to a screeching halt. "Who is it?" she mouthed the words as she seemed out of breathe.
"Annie." Jack mouthed back and delighted grin on his face as he tried to ignore his mother's half of the conversation. A clouded look past over Fi's face but it was gone almost as quickly as it came.
"Well I have some good news. Annie's parents are on a safari for the next two weeks so she'll be staying with us. She's coming Saturday night. So she'll see you guys Tuesday morning, I suppose." Molly was wearing a big grin that matched Jack's.
Sadness swept over Jack's features as he realized he would have to wait five whole days to see her, it was only Thursday night. Suddenly a thought popped in Jack's head. "Hey, where's Annie gonna sleep? Gabe'll be in Fi's room until next Saturday because she's staying a week."
Molly frowned. "That's right, hmmm. I guess she can stay in your room Jack." Jack face lit up like a Christmas tree, this was almost too good. "Only" Molly continued "Clu AND Carey are gonna be there until next Saturday too. Well that only leaves the couch. She'll just have to suffer for a week."
"She can take my bed and I'll take the couch." Jack blurted out. He really didn't want Annie uncomfortable.
"Great, problem solved." Molly ran into the house to make arrangements for ANOTHER guest.
"I don't see why she has to come HERE." Fi complained but Jack wasn't listening. He was too busy thinking of the right way to make it up to Annie about not saying the L word back.
A.N.: Okay so I've never written So Weird before even though I love the show and I know a lot of people hate Annie but I think her and Jack are sooo cute together it's like..... I dunno really cute. So here goes please review whatever your thoughts.
Chapter One: Annie's Coming Back
"Yeah, uh-huh, so we're set. Meet me and Fiona at our house Saturday morning sixish. We have sort of a long drive and I don't want to waste our three precious days driving. Hiking and camping trips are not memorable if you spend most of the time in the car. Uh-huh, right, bring that. I gotta go, babe, someone's on the other line. Love you too and see you Saturday. Bye." Jack Phillips was pacing around his relatively large bedroom in his home in Hope Springs, Colorado. Carey, Clu, Fi, Gabe, and himself were going to go camping that weekend. Molly had taken a year off touring to come up with new material and to savor some quality time with her daughter. Annie Thelen had gone back to live with her parents about ten months ago.
Funny thing was, Jack missed Annie so terribly at first it was like losing Fi all over again. He remembered how in the beginning he had let that get in the way of his relationship with Annie, his sadness over Fi that is. In retrospect it seemed stupid but at the time he had thought Annie was trying to take Fi's place. He knew now she wasn't. Jack remembered how their friendship had blossomed after being locked in a detention room with Annie. They were two of a kind and were rarely seen apart. Jack told Annie everything and she told him everything. Some nights they would stay up and watch the sunrise through the window of a hotel or the bus and talk. She was just so easy to talk to Jack never seemed to want to stop.
They were together so much Carey used to make fun of them for being a couple. It was stupid to think of Annie like that at first but after a while it just seemed... logical. She was everything he was looking for, fun, gorgeous, smart, adventurous, and funny. The list went on and on but Jack was in a relationship with Gabe. It amazed him that sometimes he could look into Annie's eyes and want nothing more than to kiss the breath out of her and completely forget Gabe existed. But that's how he felt, Annie was like a drug he couldn't have enough of. At the end of the normal school year Fi decided she wanted to come back and Molly was just about done touring. They finished the concerts and picked Fi up on the way home.
For one prized week Jack Phillips had the girl he was rapidly falling in love with, his sister, and his two best friends under one roof. Things were a little tense though; Clu was back from college and kept monopolizing Annie's time. Jack had become fiercely jealous when Carey told him he thought Clu and Annie had hooked up. But Annie always made time for him and reassured him there was NOTHING going on between Clu and her. That Saturday, as Jack was preparing to call Gabe and tell her they were over and asked Annie out on their first date a surprise came. In the form of Annie's parents, they wanted her home. They even made her pack and leave that night with them.
Since they had been on the road most of the time and had hardly been home all week most of Annie's things were already packed. She took a LONG time packing what was left and cried through the whole process. She said her goodbyes to everyone and asked Jack to drive her and her belongings to the airport as most did not fit in her parents' small car. Once they had arrived at the airport and checked Annie's bags, got her boarding pass, and separated from her parents for their goodbye Annie began to cry.
Flashback
"Look, Jack I don't have much time so I'll make this quick." Annie bit her lower lip and Jack's eyes were trained on their perfect shape. " I know your in love with Gabe and I know you only think of me as a little sister but... but Jack.... Jack I'm in love with you."
Jack was so stunned he couldn't speak. He had hoped and prayed for months she felt that way about him and now that the time had come he didn't know what to say. He opened his mouth to tell her he felt the same way but she cut him off. "Don't say anything okay? It's easier this way. Goodbye Jack."
Annie turned and walked away her small body shaking. Jack chased after her and turned her around as the intercom announced boarding for her flight was beginning. Still clueless as to what to say Jack did the first thing that came to mind. Annie's mouth was slightly open from the shock of him stopping her and that was all the invitation he needed. Without another thought he plunged his lips onto hers. The slight gap between her soft lips immediately deepened the kiss. Jack pulled his arms around her. One around her waist and another in her hair urging her mouth closer. His tongue glides across her eager one and he thought he would die from the rush of pure pleasure flooding his systems. She tasted sweet like her strawberry lip gloss and salty from the tears streaming down her face. Eventually he pulled up for air. He looked into her beautiful blue eyes and said the only thing that came to mind. " Goodbye my sweet Annie. I'll miss you more than life itself." Annie placed one more soft, intimate kiss on his lips and then ran off, boarding her plane.
END Flashback
"Hello, Phillips Residence may I ask whose speaking?" Jack answered clicking over to his call waiting. He hated the way he answered the phone so polite, it was a force of habit.
"Jack? It's me, Annie." The crackly reception made it hard to hear the voice perfectly but Jack would've recognized it anywhere. It belonged to the woman whose kiss he had relived and fantasized about for months.
"Annie? What... Oh My God....Annie is it really you?" I LOVE YOU. The words just popped in Jack's brain and burned at the tip of his tongue but he held them back.
Annie laughed sweetly, "Yeah Jack it's really me. Is Molly around? We need to talk, it's urgent." Annie's voice was like a long forgotten song. Sweet and soothing and always what you wanted to hear. He ached so much to talk to her alone but if she needed his mom so be it.
"Yeah, hold on." Jack ran out to the backyard terrace. "MOM, PHONE!" he yelled.
Molly's brown hair whipped around her face as she ran to grab the portable from Jack. A split second later Fiona rounded the corner of the house and came to a screeching halt. "Who is it?" she mouthed the words as she seemed out of breathe.
"Annie." Jack mouthed back and delighted grin on his face as he tried to ignore his mother's half of the conversation. A clouded look past over Fi's face but it was gone almost as quickly as it came.
"Well I have some good news. Annie's parents are on a safari for the next two weeks so she'll be staying with us. She's coming Saturday night. So she'll see you guys Tuesday morning, I suppose." Molly was wearing a big grin that matched Jack's.
Sadness swept over Jack's features as he realized he would have to wait five whole days to see her, it was only Thursday night. Suddenly a thought popped in Jack's head. "Hey, where's Annie gonna sleep? Gabe'll be in Fi's room until next Saturday because she's staying a week."
Molly frowned. "That's right, hmmm. I guess she can stay in your room Jack." Jack face lit up like a Christmas tree, this was almost too good. "Only" Molly continued "Clu AND Carey are gonna be there until next Saturday too. Well that only leaves the couch. She'll just have to suffer for a week."
"She can take my bed and I'll take the couch." Jack blurted out. He really didn't want Annie uncomfortable.
"Great, problem solved." Molly ran into the house to make arrangements for ANOTHER guest.
"I don't see why she has to come HERE." Fi complained but Jack wasn't listening. He was too busy thinking of the right way to make it up to Annie about not saying the L word back.