Victoria enjoyed her Sunday afternoon with Jack. Despite the latest conversation between her and Alex repeating over and over again in her head, she remained happy while watching a bunch of stupid comedy movies with her roommate. She knew that she still shouldn’t have been obsessing over it, but she kept replaying the scene over in her head and what she could’ve done better. Usually, those replays ended with her apologizing and kissing him, and that was something that couldn’t happen again.

Victoria’s head lay on Jack’s leg as they watched the newest Jack Ass flick. She giggled as one of the guys entered an explosion and ended up alive. Jack looked down at her happy and smiling face, knowing the loneliness that hid beneath the surface. He wanted to help her, but he knew that if he approached Alex about the subject, he’d end up slapping his own best friend.

“How are you, really?” He blurted, regretting it. He wanted to talk with her about it, but not at this moment. He couldn’t stop his running mouth though.

She looked up at him. “What do you mean?”

“Come on, Hammy.” He urged, his eyes trained on the floor. “You know what I mean.”

She sat up on the edge of the couch as she bit the bottom of her lip. “It’s whatever.”

“Victoria,” he frowned, “a couple days ago, I found you crying in your trashed room. You barely ever cry unless it’s something horrible.”

“It’s noth―”

“Please, just cut the bullshit, Vic.” He scoffed. “I’ve known Alex for years―he’s my best friend. I know when he’s in love, and you’ve always been the person he’s chased for. Rian and Zack see it too. Those seven years without you, he missed you like crazy, and to fill the void, he either slept around with girls or continued his relationship with Lisa. Hell, every album we’ve made there’s been a song dedicated to you.”

Her eyes widened. “Excuse me?”

“You’ve never really listened to our other albums?”

She nervously ran her hand up and down her arm. “I kinda disconnected myself from you guys completely after high school.”

Jack sighed and stood up, walking to his room. He came back a moment later with a disc in his hands. “He made me stash this so Lisa would never find it. He made it right after our 2011 recording, Dirty Work, when he decided he needed to move on finally.” He put the CD in Victoria’s lap. “I know he’d hate me for giving this to you, but you need some realization, Hammy.”

She looked down at the disc, seeing the words “VICTORIA'S SONGS” written boldly in sharpie on the cover. She furrowed her brow as she flipped it over and read the song list:

1) “Hit the Lights (Tribute to a Night, I’ll Never Forget)” – Prom song
2) “Circles”
3) “We Say Summer”
4) “Vegas”
5) “Lost In Stereo”
6) “Time Bomb”
7) “A Daydream Away”

Her fingers brushed over the song that was starred and written in bold marker:

**8) “Remembering Sunday”**

She then looked up at Jack, confusion written over her face. “Why are you giving me this?”

“You need to grasp the idea that even though Alex is with Lisa, he hasn’t moved on. I swear by it.”

She took his words into consideration, but that CD sat in her car for the days to come.

Notes

CD cover
Song playlist
(Thanks to my friends for making the cover!)
Sorry this is so short! I wrote it while I was bored with my family yesterday xD Hope you guys had a great holiday!
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