Jack's POV
After Tay and I had finished our main course, the burgers I had mentioned earlier, a waitress came to pick up our plates and we ordered another drink. I had felt pretty tense all night as I was still afraid Tay would say no. I didn't think she would, because if I did I wouldn't be asking her, but I wasn't 100% sure she'd say yes either. This was probably the right time to ask her though. I couldn't keep pushing it back until the end of the night. I really did want her to be my girlfriend, I just wish I didn't have to ask her to be because it was nerve-racking.

"Are you okay?" Tay snapped me out of my thoughts. "You seem a bit tense."
I sighed. This was the moment. I had to ask her now.
"That's because... I have to ask you something" I said shyly.
Tay furrowed her eyebrows questioningly. "Yeah?"
"I was just wondering if uhm..." I started, not sure how I was going to finish my sentence.
"Yes?" Tay asked after I'd been quiet for what seemed like a very long time but was probably only a few seconds.

"Do you want to be my girlfriend?" I said quickly, wanting to get it over with.
I didn't dare to look at Tay and see her reaction so instead I was looking at the wooden table we were sitting at.
"Ah, look at you, all shy suddenly" Tay said teasingly, causing me to look up to her smiling face. "Yes, of course I want to be your girlfriend! Did you really expect me to say no?"
"I don't know, you could have..." I muttered.

"I'm not that much of a tease. I don't go around kissing people I don't like" she winked.
"Yeah that's what I thought, I just wasn't sure" I said, unable to keep myself from smiling broadly.
"It is kinda cute though, that you've been so nervous about it all night" she joked.
"Oh shut it... Girlfriend" I said smiling.
"I must admit, I like the sound of that" Tay said.
"I know right, it's like music to my ears" I replied.

The waitress showed up at our table, bringing our drinks and asking if we wanted dessert. Tay gave me a questioning look.
"Hell yeah!" I exclaimed, causing both Tay and the waitress to smile.
"Sometimes you really do seem like a 5 year old, you know" Tay said after the waitress walked off.
"I know" I said, grabbing my drink and holding it up in the air. "Here's to never growing up!"
Tay smiled and carefully hit my glass with hers.

The waitress returned with the dessert menu so we could pick a dessert. Tay went with a dame blanche and I ordered something that included different flavors of ice cream. The waitress brought our desserts pretty quickly and as soon as we finished them, I asked for the bill. Being the gentleman that I am, I insisted on paying for the both of us, even though Tay did not agree with it. After arguing for a few minutes I convinced Tay to let me pay, so I did and we got up to leave. We got into my car.

"Could you drive me home?" Tay asked.
I looked over at her before starting my car. "You sure?"
"Yeah, now that we're official I might as well tell the guys about it now and get it over with. You don't have to come in if you don't want to. I can't really blame you" she said.
I shook my head. "No I'll come with you. What kind of boyfriend would I be if I were to let you face your angry band mates on your own?"
Tay smiled. "As you wish"

I started the car and drove off to Tay's apartment. When we got there, I followed her inside, where we found the four guys in the living room watching tv. They looked up when we entered the room, seemingly confused.

"Jack" Jordan said kind of coldly. "What are you doing here?"
I was just about to answer when Tay answered for me.
"I haven't been exactly honest with you guys as to where I was tonight" she started. "I wasn't with Haley and Cassadee, I was with Jack. We were on a date."
"Why didn't you just tell us?" Cameron asked.
"Because I didn't feel like I could" Tay replied. "Because I was afraid you would, I don't know, tie me to a chair to keep me from going on a date with Jack."

At that, the expressions on the boys' faces softened.
"Really?" Mike asked and Tay nodded in reply.
Cameron looked at Mike, Jordan and Rob and then turned to Tay and me.
"I think I speak for all of us when I say we're sorry. We might not be too fond of Jack, but then again, we hardly know the guy. I would never want you to feel like you can't tell us something" he said.

"Well, that's good to know, because Jack and I are dating" Tay said.
I could tell they were not too pleased to hear that, but they didn't say anything.
"Well, as long as you're happy, Tay" Cameron said.
"And.." Jordan added, turning to me. "If you hurt her, we'll come after you."
"Jordan!" Tay exclaimed. "None of your business."
In reply, Jordan just shrugged innocently.

"Speaking of which, how are things going with you and Rachel? You seemed to be getting along pretty well last night" Tay asked Cameron.
"Things are going just fine" he replied vaguely.
"Well, on that note, I'm gonna go home as I don't think I want to talk about this, considering Rachel is like a little sister to me" I said.
"Well, then I suppose you would understand how we would feel about you and Tay" Jordan said.
"Shut up!" Tay hissed at him, leading me out of the living room, into the hallway.

"Just ignore Jordan" she said, while I opened the front door. "He's so overprotective."
"He's right though" I answered. "I would not exactly appreciate it if Cameron were to hurt Rachel either. I see where he's coming from. But trust me, I would never intentionally hurt you."
"Good to know" she said smiling.

As I walked outside, I turned around. "I'll see you Monday, I suppose?"
"Yes, I suppose you will" she answered, leaning in to kiss me softly. "Bye boyfriend."
I smiled. "Bye girlfriend" I said, before I turned around and headed for my car.
Once I reached it, I turned to wave at her before I got into my car and drove off.

Notes

My god, I'm so sorry I kept you guys waiting for over 2 weeks! I've been busy with school and then I just needed to relax after all of those tests, but I was mostly just procrastinating writing this because I was kind of stuck. Sorry! I now have a 1,5 week break from school so I'm gonna try to write ahead with the sequel.

So yeah, this is the last chapter of part 1, I'll be posting a link to the sequel as soon as it's posted!