'Is this what you eat for lunch every day?' I said laughing, putting a piece of fluffy cotton candy in my mouth, he chuckled.
'I wish' he replied, his childlike grin playing on the corners of his mouth.
We were walking around the only theme park there was in Baltimore. I'd texted the band saying I probably wasn't coming back this afternoon.
'You scared of roller coasters?' he asked.
'Hell no' I said, he grinned and pulled me over to the line for a huge roller coaster. The line moved pretty fast and pretty soon we were at the front just as it started to rain. I crossed my bare arms across my chest and shivered as cold drops started to land on my skin. It had been so sunny all week I hadn't even thought to wear a jacket. Jack looked down at me and shrugged of his leather jacket and handed it to me.
'You sure?' I asked, noticing he was only wearing a thin hoodie underneath.
'Yeah, you need it more than I do' he said, I smiled and pulled it on. It was warm and smelt faintly of cologne and marshmallows. The dude let us on to the ride and Jack ran straight to the front, I laughed and followed him. I sat down on the seat next to him and pulled the shoulder strap down and it clicked.
'Oh god, crotch being squeezed' Jack said and I burst out laughing as he shifted uncomfortably.
The cart jolted into movement. It started up a huge hill and I gripped the bar in front of me. He only reason I like roller coasters was for the rush you got when it tipped over the edge. We reached the top and it stopped, the car leaning half over the edge. It suddenly launched off the edge, adrenaline practically pumping through my veins and I felt jack's hand slam down on top of mine and even though we were flying around at 100 miles an hour I still managed to blush. The ride was your stereotypical roller coaster, really fun but over way to fast. Somehow Jack didn't drop my hand and when we got off our fingers were laced together. The rain was coming down pretty hard now.
'You want to go?' Jack asked. 'We'll probably get slightly less soaked if we leave now'
'Yeah sure' I said smiling, mostly at the fact he still hadn't let my hand go. We'd walked here, it was only a couple of streets away from Juice and then it was a few blocks to my apartment. The rain was coming down in buckets and my hair was drenched by the time was past the park that was about a block away from my house. We were passing through the park when a loud clap of thunder boomed out. I nearly jumped out of my skin, Jack chuckled at me.
'You won't be laughing when we get struck by lightning!' I said, he just smiled and swung my hand in his back and forth. I giggled as he awkwardly wrapped his arm around me while not dropping my hand. (Any one seen Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging? It's like what they do in that) Eventually we made it to my apartment and he let go of my hand as I pushed the key into the door.
'do you want to come in?' I said with a smile.
'Sure' he replied grinning and followed me inside. I flicked the lights on in my empty apartment and pulled off his jacket. He smiled as I gave it to him.
'So is this what Alex's new place looks like too?' he asked, pushing his hands inside his pockets.
'Probably' I replied and flopped down on my couch 'The apartments here are all pretty similar'
'Okay' he said and sat down next to me, smiling all the time. 'So tell me about your band?'
'What do you want to know?' I asked, pulling my legs up into my chest, resting my feet against the edge of the cushions.
'Everything' he said with a laugh.
'Alright, well uh, we got together in high school, we all kinda knew each other before hand, Scarlet was my best friend and she knew Destery, I knew Nix and he was friends with Ronnie. It all just fell into place really' I said, twisting a lock of my hair round in my fingers.
'So your guitar right?' he said
'Yeah, rhythm' I said
'So does that mean that, Ronnie is your lead?' he asked, I nodded.
'So tell me about your music' I said, shifting so I was sitting cross legged and facing him.
'Well, we also got together in high school' he said tensing up. 'I met Alex first and then we met the others' he added, slightly bluntly, dropping his gaze to his hands.
'Jack, are you alright?' I asked leaning forward slightly, to look into his eyes again.
'Yeah, I'm fine' He said, smile returning 'Sorry'
'So what's your band name?' he asked, quickly moving the subject from his music.
'Fixed at Zero' I said 'yours?'
'All Time Low' he said, smile becoming slightly fixed.
'That's cool, isn't that from a New Found Glory song?' I asked, he nodded.
'Awesome, we stole ours from the VersaEmerge one' I said, he laughed weakly. A thick awkward silence fell over us making when my doorbell rang sound ten times louder than it usually did. I got up and walked to the door, I pushed up onto my toes to look through the peep hole. Alex. I shrugged and opened the door.
'Hey Tori' he said and I smiled.
'Hi, what's up?'
'Looking for Jack, has he gone home?' Alex replied
'No, he's right here' I said and turned back into my apartment and called.
'Jack it's the police looking for you, something about nude pictures leaked online?' Jack was up and at the door in record breaking time, noticing it was just Alex he started laughing.
'You gave me a fucking heart attack Tori!' he said, giving me a shove, I giggled just glad he was back to normal Jack.
'So what's up Alex?' he said
'We just need you to come lay down some guitar for the song and then it'll be done' Alex said
'Alright cool, do you mind if I go?' Jack said turning to me, I smiled.
'No, have fun' I said, he smiled we stood for a moment before he turned to Alex and gave him a look. He caught his drift and coughed.
'Well uh, I'll wait in the car' he said and wandered away down the hallway, his hands deep inside his pockets.
'He's so slow' he muttered.
'I had fun today Jack' I said, moving the subject from Alex.
'Me too, we should do it again?' he said, sounding rather hopeful.
'Definitely' I said and a grin split across his face, he then leaned forward, kissing my lips for a fleeting second before pulling away and winking. He pivoted and wandered down the hall way without another word. I slipped back inside my apartment, closing the door by leaning gently into it. I sat with my back to the door for a minute, my skin still tingling for were our lips had met.
