"Just try it." I said to Jack while holding out a pickle dipped in chocolate milkshake.

"Hell no, get that away from me."

"Oh come on, it's tasty."

"It's disgusting and I won't eat it."

"Fine, more for me then." I said before popping the pickle in my mouth.

Jack watched me with a look of disgust on his face. I just grinned at him before dunking another pickle into the chocolate shake and then putting it into my mouth. I knew it was disgusting or at least it seemed disgusting but it was so good and it's all I wanted to eat at the moment.

"That's why you're so sick all the time; you're eating pickles and chocolate milkshakes." Jack said after he took a bite of his burger.

"This is the first time I've had it."

"Well then you're gonna make yourself sick."

"No, this is literally the only thing I've been able to keep down so far."

"Okay you haven't thrown it up, doesn't mean it's any less disgusting."

"I'm telling you, just try it and you'll love it."

"No."

"Fine then." I said as I stood and finally pulled my dry clothes from the dryer.

After making sure the dryers were clear and I wasn't leaving anything behind I rolled the two baskets over to a table and started folding clothes, stopping every couple of minutes to eat another chocolate milkshake dipped pickle. Jack was quiet and I thought he was eating but that was until I heard a giggle. I knew that giggle; it was the same giggle that left my little brother's lips when he was up to no good.

"Jack you're gonna die if you keep doing that." I said when I looked up and saw him in a dryer.

"Is that a threat?"

"No, I'm serious, those things can kill you."

"No they can't."

"Yeah they can, I can show you if you like." I said while grinning and Jack quickly maneuvered himself out of the dryer.

"No it's okay. I'm just bored." he whined while throwing himself across the table I was folding my clothes on.

"You don't need to stay."

"But I want to."

"Okay but you don't need to."

"I know and there's nothing better to do anyways."

"Aren't you nineteen? Shouldn't there be homework or work you should be doing?"

"I told you, I'm in a band."

"Well isn't there like band practice for you to head to?"

"Why are you trying to get rid of me?"

"I'm not."

"Sure."

We were quiet after that; the only sounds were the washers, dryers and other people in the laundromat. I began folding my clothes again and Jack watched with a bored look on his face. After five minutes of working under his gaze I sighed and shoved a pair of jeans into his hands.

"If you're gonna be here you can at least work."

"I don't even fold my own clothes."

"Who does it then? You're mommy?" I sneered and laughed when Jack nodded sheepishly.

"It's not funny."

"It actually is."

"No it isn't."

"It is though, I'm the same age as you and I have my own place, a job, I go to school and I take care of my household without any help whatsoever from my parents."

"I have a job."

"Mhm, playing an instrument in a garage is not considered a job Jack."

"You just made yourself look like an ass." he said while pulling his cell phone from his pocket.

He had a determined look on his face as his fingers quickly danced along the touch screen of his iPhone, his tongue stuck between his teeth. I rolled my eyes before going back to folding my clothes until there was suddenly a phone in front of my eyes. I pushed it away so I could focus on it and raised an eyebrow when I saw he was showing me a picture of him and three other guys, Alex, Zack and Rian.

"Okay, what does this mean?"

"It means this is my band."

"Okay….and that means what?"

"It means we're not some stupid garage band."

"All you did was show me a picture, how does that prove anything….?"

"Well that's my band, All Time Low. I play guitar and we're pretty good. The kids go wild for us, listen." he said fumbling with the phone and pressing play.

Jack handed me the phone and I held it closer to my face. On the screen a music video was starting and I watched it with interested. I recognized Alex instantly as the video started and then Matt. I sat Jack next and I giggled when I saw he was wearing a pink polo and a white skirt. The song was pretty good and when the video finished I handed it back to Jack.

"You guys are good."

"I know."

"The words you were searching for were thank you."

"Nope, I got the right words, thanks for being concerned though."

I rolled my eyes and began to fold my clothes again. So Jack was in a pretty popular band. It kind of was soothing knowing that he would be able to help me but it also worried me, was his band on tour all the time?

"Do you guys tour a lot?"

"Usually but we took off the next few months so some of the guys could take a couple classes, Alex and I are deciding to just laze around instead of take classes."

"Oh. When do you guys start touring again?"

"Bout late July." Jack said and I let out a breath I hadn't realized I had been holding in.

The baby was due in July and I had been hoping Jack would be here for it. I chewed on my lip as I thought, I felt bad for the thing growing inside me. It's father toured a lot so how often would it actually be able to see Jack? Would Jack miss birthdays? Christmases? I frowned and began putting clothes neatly into my laundry bag. When I finished I went to lift it but Jack caught my arm.

"You shouldn't lift heavy things." he said trying to take the bag from my arms but I twisted away.

"I'm pregnant not an invalid."

"I don't know what that means but just let me carry it."

"No and it means sick or crippled."

"You are crippled; you have a baby inside you."

"A baby that's the size of a sea monkey and probably looks like one too. You'll have more than enough time to carry stuff for me later on, just let me do it while I actually can."

"No and you can get used to this, it'll be like this for the next nine months." Jack said as he took the bag and began traipsing out of the laundromat.

I rolled my eyes before tossing the remains of my meal in the garbage bin and following Jack. He looked like he was lost and I sighed before gesturing for him to follow me. We walked about halfway down the street until we reached my car and I unlocked it before pulling open the back door so he could throw the bag in.

"Thank you, I guess I'll see you later unless you wanna come over…?" I said nervously while scratching the back of my neck.

"Uh, sure. I'll meet you at your place okay? My car is down there." Jack said while gesturing behind him.

I nodded before slipping into my car. I kind of didn't want to go home knowing Audrey would be there and I just wasn't in the mood to fight with her. I was really tired and sore and all I wanted to do was relax. I pulled my car out of the spot and began the short ride home. When I got to my house Jack was already there waiting for me and grabbed the laundry bag before following after me inside. We stopped right before we walked into my apartment and I looked over at Jack.

"So if Audrey is in the living room just come into my room with me, okay?"

"Why?"

"Because she's not happy with me so I have to avoid her and smooth it over. Maybe I'll make her dinner and clean up the bathroom to make it up to her…" I said thoughtfully.

"Wait….what? You shouldn't have to cook for her or clean for her, she should be doing that for you!"

"Jack, that's not how things work. Just don't question it, please?" I begged and he looked like he wanted to protest but instead he clamped his mouth shut tightly.

"Thank you." I said before unlocking the door and stepping in.

Just like I thought Audrey was on the couch but she wasn't alone, Charlie was there with her. I gave Charlie a smile before grabbing Jack's wrist and pulling him along to my room. He threw the bag down on the bed as I shut the door and bit down on my lip nervously. Charlie was here which meant that Audrey had been bitching and I was going to have to deal with the attitude for days.

"Uh hello? Earth to Josie." Jack said waving his hand in front of my face and bringing me out of my daze.

"I'm sorry, what?" I said shaking my head slightly.

"I was asking you why you looked so nervous."

"Oh, no reason."

"Why do you always do that?"

"Do what?"

"Say nothing is wrong or deflect people being nice to you?"

"I don't do that!"

"Yeah, you do."

"No."

"And why do you always fight with me?"

"I don't know, I'm not usually like this."

"Okay, you can admit to that but not tell me what's bothering you?"

"You wouldn't understand."

"Try me."

"It's just, I don't know. When Audrey is mad at me it's one thing but now she has Charlie over and they're probably both not happy with me."

"Why?"

"Because I was mean to Audrey this morning and no one is mean to Audrey."

Jack didn't say anything for a couple moments, his face screwed up like he was trying to understand. I didn't understand why it was so confusing to him. If someone was mean to Audrey then she always went crying to Charlie who instantly defended her. Charlie was the protector of the group, I was the mother hen and Audrey was the baby.

"Wait, I don't understand. Why is Charlie mad at you if you didn't do anything?"

"Because I was mean to Audrey."

"What did you do to her?"

"I yelled at her and pretty much called her self-centered."

"But is it true?"

"Yes but that doesn't matter, it was mean and I shouldn't have said it."

"Well what did she say that made you say that?"

"She was upset that we woke her up."

"Oh."

"Yeah."

"I think you're not telling me the whole story because why would you call her self-centered for her just being upset we woke her up. And you still haven't said why Charlie would be mad with you."

"She swore at me and said she didn't have to hear us fighting. I just got mad because she brought up the fact that she pays half the rent. And Charlie would be mad because she's kind of like the protector."

When I finished Jack frowned. I knew he didn't agree with this whole situation but it didn't matter. This was how my friends and I worked, everyone came to me for advice, to be coddled, or to do things that needed to be done, Charlie stuck up for people and just was there to listen people to complain and Audrey….well I wasn't sure what Audrey did besides be a giant pain in the ass but she was my best friend, had been for years and I didn't see it changing any time soon in the near future.

"You shouldn't have to put up with their drama."

"They're my friends."

"So? That means they should be there for you, making things easier, not making things harder. Alex is my best friend but if he ever did something like that I would tell him it bothered me."

"I'm used to it Jack, it doesn't bother me and now move over, I wanna sleep."

Jack scooted over on the bed and I crawled in. I slipped under the covers and I felt Jack adjust himself on the bed. I rolled over so I was on my back and stared at him for a moment. He seemed to be thinking about something hard.

"What's on your mind?" I asked curiously.

"Just thinking."

"About what?"

"Do you want to go on a date with me Josie?"

"No."

"What….why?"

"Because I just barely put up with you, I don't like you." I teased and Jack frowned.

"Just like you said before though about the pickles and chocolate shake, just try it and you'll love it."

"You didn't try it though."

"Well next time I promise I will, just please Josie? I want to make it up to you for this morning."

"…okay….."