Never Gonna Let You Go
Chapter Seven
Jacks POV
I woke up this morning in a different bunk. I looked over to my right and Nicole was sleeping in my arms, with her head on my chest. Thinking about how cute she was when she slept, I remembered what happened last night. We both told each other our feelings for one another. Thank god. I finally got the balls to tell her how I felt. These past years killed me when I saw her with other guys. I know the boys would finally be excited because they knew how I felt ,I told them how I felt about her a while ago cause they were my best friends. I looked back down at Nicole and kissed her on her forehead and then I tried to get out of the bunk quietly so I didn’t wake her. Well that didn’t work. I heard her call my name just as I was almost out of the bunk.
“jack?” she said groggy.
“Hey, I was just getting out to make coffee, want some?” I said.
“Um..yeah…but can uh we talk about last night?” she said sounding confused.
Nicoles POV
I woke up with someone kissing my forehead. But without opening my eyes I already knew it was Jack. I smelled his cologne that I bought him for his birthday last year. I felt him try to get out of bed but I stopped him.
“Jack?” I said
“Hey, I was just getting out so make coffee, want some?” he said as he smiled down at me.
“Um..yeah..but can uh we talk about last night?” I said, I really was just confused.
I don’t remember much because I drank waaaay too much last night. What I do remember though is Jack carrying me to my bunk and then me blabbering to him about how I felt. Oh god, that’s embarrassing. I hope he doesn’t hate me for that.
“What about last night? Last night was great” he said while pecking me on the check. Last night was great? What does he mean? Oh my god. Does he mean that we had sex?
“We, we didn’t ha-have…sex did we?” I said nervously
“Haha no we didn’t” he said.
“Then why was it great last night?” I said trying to get out of the covers.
“Because we both finally told each other how we felt silly” Jack said while playfully pushing me. “Why did you forget?”
“No, no. I remember what I told you but I um don’t remember what you said” I said with a frown.
“Oh my god. Nicole, you really gotta take it easy on the alcohol.” He said laughing. “I told you that I felt the same way about you and that I’ve felt that way for a while”
“You do?” I was shocked actually.
“Of course I do” he said smiling. “We’ve been best friends for 9 years. Everything about you I like. I like how you can act like a guy with all of us, I like how you listen to me when I have a problem, I like the fact that you don’t give a shit about what people think and I especially like that you put up with my shit” he said while looking at me.
I know what he said was cheesy but it made me feel good. No other guy has ever been so nice to me and has cared for me like him. I don’t know why we hadn’t said that we felt this way about one another earlier.
I smiled and moved closer to him inching my lips closer to his. He finally pulled my face to his and we locked lips resulting one of the most passionate kisses I’ve ever had. Of course that only lasted for about 10 seconds because everything always had to get interrupted.
“Nicole wake the fu-“ Alex said screaming until he noticed that jack was in here and that we were kissing. “Oh shit haha. I’m sorry guys” he said with a smirk.
“Its alright dude” Jack said scratching his head.
“So this is where you love birds went after you disappeared last night. Cass was looking for you like all night” Alex said looking at me.
“Uh yeah haha. Where are we by the way?” I said awkwardly.
“2 hours away from our next stop. But I guess ill see you out there. WEAR A CONDOM!” Alex said. He gave us a wink and walked towards the front lounge.
“He’s crazy” I said as I laughed.
“Welp that’s Alex for yah haha. I think he has the hots for Mel by the way” Jack said.
“Yeah no shit” I trailed off “So now what do we do?” I asked.
“With what?” Jack said as he tucked my messy hair behind my ear. Very cliché.
“With us” I said.
“Well now I get to take you on a date…if you accept”
“So are you asking me out on a date barakat?” I said as I giggled.
“Hah yeah. So will you go out on a date with me?”
“Of course” I said and gave him a quick kiss.
We both got out of the bunk and headed towards the front lounge. Jack stopped at the kitchen to make us coffee and I went ahead and took a seat on the couch. It was around 12:30 pm when I finally sat down, so everybody was already up. All the boys were giving me shit about me and Jack cause Alex told everybody what he saw us doing this morning. He doesn’t know how to shut his mouth haha.
But I did tell them that Jack was going to take me out on a date the next time we had a day off which was in 4 days. Jack finally came in and handed me a cup of coffee just the way I like it; no milk and 3 sugars. He sat right next to me and put his arm around me and that gave the boys more ammo to make fun of us, typical. But as they were making fun I noticed that Mel walked out of the bathroom to the back lounge and looked upset.
“I’ll be right back guys. I’m just gonna go check up on Mel” I said getting up from the couch.
“Is she okay?!” Alex said jumping up from his seat.
“I don’t know Gaskarth that’s why I’m going to check on her…unless of course you want to do it,” I said smirking at the fact that he got so worried.
‘Um no you can go” he said quickly sitting back down.
I went to the back lounge and saw that Mel was just sitting by herself looking out the window.
“Hey Girl” I said
“Hey” Mel said still looking out the window.
“Are you okay? You seem kinda down” I said taking a seat next to her.
“Yeah I’m fine” she said but obviously something was wrong.
“Mel, I’ve known you for 3 years. I think I know when something is wrong. So spill”
She took a deep breath then spoke. “Ugh I don’t even know anymore Nicole. You know me. I was never one be in a relationship or be hung up on one guy. But last night me and Alex were talking for almost the whole party. And we really hit it off and I could tell he was trying to get closer to me the whole night. But I’m just so confused right now. I don’t want to be in a relationship on tour especially with a guy who is known for sleeping around and partying. I mean I’m not one to say anything on the partying because I party almost every night, but still. I just don’t know what to do” I could tell she was confused.
“Well you wont know what would happen unless you try it. Believe me, I’ve known Alex 9 years and he can be sort of a ladies man. But I know he has genuine feelings for you. When he has feelings for someone he doesn’t screw with them. He might seem like an asshole but the real him is a sweetheart. So just give him a chance” I said trying to be genuine.
“Yeah, I know. I really want to give him a chance but I don’t want to fall hard and then get my heart broken” she said. She made a point.
“Well let’s make it simple. Do you like him?” I asked.
“Obviously” she said with a smirk.
“Do you wanna try to make things work with him?”
“Yeah”
“Well then there’s your answer. Just give him a chance. He really is a good guy. And if he does anything wrong ill kick his fucking ass” I said while laughing.
“Thanks Nicole. You always know what to say bitch.” She said while giving me a hug. “By the way its about time you and Jack hooked up!!” she said while acting much more happy and skipping to the front lounge to go hangout before we hit the venue.
Seriosuly? Why did everybody already think this about me and Jack and why was I the last to know? Well it didn’t matter anymore cause I have a date with him!
I woke up this morning in a different bunk. I looked over to my right and Nicole was sleeping in my arms, with her head on my chest. Thinking about how cute she was when she slept, I remembered what happened last night. We both told each other our feelings for one another. Thank god. I finally got the balls to tell her how I felt. These past years killed me when I saw her with other guys. I know the boys would finally be excited because they knew how I felt ,I told them how I felt about her a while ago cause they were my best friends. I looked back down at Nicole and kissed her on her forehead and then I tried to get out of the bunk quietly so I didn’t wake her. Well that didn’t work. I heard her call my name just as I was almost out of the bunk.
“jack?” she said groggy.
“Hey, I was just getting out to make coffee, want some?” I said.
“Um..yeah…but can uh we talk about last night?” she said sounding confused.
Nicoles POV
I woke up with someone kissing my forehead. But without opening my eyes I already knew it was Jack. I smelled his cologne that I bought him for his birthday last year. I felt him try to get out of bed but I stopped him.
“Jack?” I said
“Hey, I was just getting out so make coffee, want some?” he said as he smiled down at me.
“Um..yeah..but can uh we talk about last night?” I said, I really was just confused.
I don’t remember much because I drank waaaay too much last night. What I do remember though is Jack carrying me to my bunk and then me blabbering to him about how I felt. Oh god, that’s embarrassing. I hope he doesn’t hate me for that.
“What about last night? Last night was great” he said while pecking me on the check. Last night was great? What does he mean? Oh my god. Does he mean that we had sex?
“We, we didn’t ha-have…sex did we?” I said nervously
“Haha no we didn’t” he said.
“Then why was it great last night?” I said trying to get out of the covers.
“Because we both finally told each other how we felt silly” Jack said while playfully pushing me. “Why did you forget?”
“No, no. I remember what I told you but I um don’t remember what you said” I said with a frown.
“Oh my god. Nicole, you really gotta take it easy on the alcohol.” He said laughing. “I told you that I felt the same way about you and that I’ve felt that way for a while”
“You do?” I was shocked actually.
“Of course I do” he said smiling. “We’ve been best friends for 9 years. Everything about you I like. I like how you can act like a guy with all of us, I like how you listen to me when I have a problem, I like the fact that you don’t give a shit about what people think and I especially like that you put up with my shit” he said while looking at me.
I know what he said was cheesy but it made me feel good. No other guy has ever been so nice to me and has cared for me like him. I don’t know why we hadn’t said that we felt this way about one another earlier.
I smiled and moved closer to him inching my lips closer to his. He finally pulled my face to his and we locked lips resulting one of the most passionate kisses I’ve ever had. Of course that only lasted for about 10 seconds because everything always had to get interrupted.
“Nicole wake the fu-“ Alex said screaming until he noticed that jack was in here and that we were kissing. “Oh shit haha. I’m sorry guys” he said with a smirk.
“Its alright dude” Jack said scratching his head.
“So this is where you love birds went after you disappeared last night. Cass was looking for you like all night” Alex said looking at me.
“Uh yeah haha. Where are we by the way?” I said awkwardly.
“2 hours away from our next stop. But I guess ill see you out there. WEAR A CONDOM!” Alex said. He gave us a wink and walked towards the front lounge.
“He’s crazy” I said as I laughed.
“Welp that’s Alex for yah haha. I think he has the hots for Mel by the way” Jack said.
“Yeah no shit” I trailed off “So now what do we do?” I asked.
“With what?” Jack said as he tucked my messy hair behind my ear. Very cliché.
“With us” I said.
“Well now I get to take you on a date…if you accept”
“So are you asking me out on a date barakat?” I said as I giggled.
“Hah yeah. So will you go out on a date with me?”
“Of course” I said and gave him a quick kiss.
We both got out of the bunk and headed towards the front lounge. Jack stopped at the kitchen to make us coffee and I went ahead and took a seat on the couch. It was around 12:30 pm when I finally sat down, so everybody was already up. All the boys were giving me shit about me and Jack cause Alex told everybody what he saw us doing this morning. He doesn’t know how to shut his mouth haha.
But I did tell them that Jack was going to take me out on a date the next time we had a day off which was in 4 days. Jack finally came in and handed me a cup of coffee just the way I like it; no milk and 3 sugars. He sat right next to me and put his arm around me and that gave the boys more ammo to make fun of us, typical. But as they were making fun I noticed that Mel walked out of the bathroom to the back lounge and looked upset.
“I’ll be right back guys. I’m just gonna go check up on Mel” I said getting up from the couch.
“Is she okay?!” Alex said jumping up from his seat.
“I don’t know Gaskarth that’s why I’m going to check on her…unless of course you want to do it,” I said smirking at the fact that he got so worried.
‘Um no you can go” he said quickly sitting back down.
I went to the back lounge and saw that Mel was just sitting by herself looking out the window.
“Hey Girl” I said
“Hey” Mel said still looking out the window.
“Are you okay? You seem kinda down” I said taking a seat next to her.
“Yeah I’m fine” she said but obviously something was wrong.
“Mel, I’ve known you for 3 years. I think I know when something is wrong. So spill”
She took a deep breath then spoke. “Ugh I don’t even know anymore Nicole. You know me. I was never one be in a relationship or be hung up on one guy. But last night me and Alex were talking for almost the whole party. And we really hit it off and I could tell he was trying to get closer to me the whole night. But I’m just so confused right now. I don’t want to be in a relationship on tour especially with a guy who is known for sleeping around and partying. I mean I’m not one to say anything on the partying because I party almost every night, but still. I just don’t know what to do” I could tell she was confused.
“Well you wont know what would happen unless you try it. Believe me, I’ve known Alex 9 years and he can be sort of a ladies man. But I know he has genuine feelings for you. When he has feelings for someone he doesn’t screw with them. He might seem like an asshole but the real him is a sweetheart. So just give him a chance” I said trying to be genuine.
“Yeah, I know. I really want to give him a chance but I don’t want to fall hard and then get my heart broken” she said. She made a point.
“Well let’s make it simple. Do you like him?” I asked.
“Obviously” she said with a smirk.
“Do you wanna try to make things work with him?”
“Yeah”
“Well then there’s your answer. Just give him a chance. He really is a good guy. And if he does anything wrong ill kick his fucking ass” I said while laughing.
“Thanks Nicole. You always know what to say bitch.” She said while giving me a hug. “By the way its about time you and Jack hooked up!!” she said while acting much more happy and skipping to the front lounge to go hangout before we hit the venue.
Seriosuly? Why did everybody already think this about me and Jack and why was I the last to know? Well it didn’t matter anymore cause I have a date with him!
