Me Without You

I checked the time on my phone and smiled. 11.58pm. Perfect. I slid out of my bunk and climbed up into Jack’s. I slid myself in next to him and ran my cold toes up his leg.
“Shit!” He gasped, pulling as far away from me as possible. I looked at my phone again before smiling up at him.
“Happy Birthday.” He grinned and pulled me tight against him.
“Is that why you’re here? Birthday sex?” He laughed and nuzzled my neck. “Because I am so down for that.” I looked up at him and rolled my eyes. “It’s not like we haven’t done it before.” He stuck his tongue out at me and I whacked him over the head for ever bringing that up.


“Jack?” I whispered as I pushed his window up and climbed through. I tiptoed through his mess of a bedroom and slowly crawled up the bed and whacked a hand over his mouth before he could scream. “Happy Seventeenth!” I cheered and he looked over at his alarm clock to see the time tick over to midnight.
“What is this, birthday sex booty call?” I nodded over enthusiastically and his eyes narrowed. “Have you been drinking?” I giggled and covered my mouth with my hand. “I take that as a yes. Get out of my bed, Jasey.” I flopped down so I was propped up only by my elbows and lifted the bottle of Jack I had stored under his bed earlier that day up from the floor.
“I came prepared.” I waved the bottle in front of his face and he twisted the top off, sitting up and pushing me into a seated position. He chucked back a couple of mouthfuls before cringing and laughing.
“This is why we all love you, Jasey-Rae.”

“Seriously, I like you.” Jack was now just as intoxicated as I was and we sat on his bed playing a bad game of truth or dare. “You’re very pretty and you’re my best girl friend.” I leaned my forehead against Jack’s and we giggled as we felt the alcohol swimming in our brains. Jack stared at me and pushed my jagged fringe out of my face. He slowly leaned in and pressed his lips to mine. I was quick to respond to the kiss, pushing him back on his bed and straddling him. I tugged at the bottom of his shirt and he whipped it over his head. “This is a bad idea.” He whispered in between kisses. “Plus, this means I kissed you first. I win.”
“You don’t win. We’re drunk. Drunk doesn’t count.” I pulled my shirt over my head as Jack unbuttoned my jeans. “And yes it’s a terrible idea, but those are the most fun.” He flipped me over and stripped me down, staring at me.
“Are you sure you want to do this?” I rolled my eyes and chucked the condom that I found in his drawer at his face. He beamed and slipped it on before planting kisses all down my neck and chest. His tongue swirled around my nipple and I groaned at his touch as his hands trailed down my sides. My ribs, my sides, my belly button, my hip bones. Jack trailed kissed all down my body and stopped just inside my thighs. He turned his head so I could feel his breath against me and I shuddered at his teasing.
“Jack, please.” I whined. He chuckled lowly before flitting his tongue over my clit. I moaned and he gripped my thighs tighter as his tongue traced small circles. My back arched at the feeling and just as I started to moan that I was close he stopped. “What?” I looked up at his mischievous smile and he sat there, watching my body. “Jack!” I complained as he dragged one finger over me slowly sending shocks through my body. “Please.” Jack slowly slid himself into me and I moaned quietly at the…

“Jasey?” Jack laughed, waving a hand in front of my face. “Hello? Jasey? Where did you go?”
“You were the best I’ve ever had, y’know.” I smiled at him. He grinned and pulled me against his chest.
“It was the best birthday sex ever and I get the proud honour of never telling anyone that I took Jasey-Rae Roberts virginity.” We both laughed at that. We had made a pact not to tell anyone about that night. Besides, it didn’t count because we were drunk. “Wait…” Jack started to chuckle as he traced small circles in my back. “Does that mean I’m better than Alex?” I giggled and shut my eyes, focusing on his touch.
“I don’t know. Nothing seems to compare to drunken seventeen year old Jack sex.”
“Brilliant. I’ll claim that.” I sighed and rested my head on his arm. “So what did you get me for my birthday?” I shot out of the bunk and picked up my massive parcel from the foot of my bed. I threw it up to Jack who caught it expertly before climbing back in beside him. He wasted no time in ripping into the different items. “Seriously?” He held up a black mug. “A cup?” I told him to wait until he made coffee and he gave me a strange look before moving on to the next one. “Holy shit.”
“Signed by every single one of them.” I smiled proudly. Jack held up the Raven’s jersey and beamed at me. “I know. I’m awesome.” He pulled me tight against him and snuggled down to enjoy the rest of the night’s sleep.

“Alex, she’s in his bunk.” I stirred to the loud whispering of Lisa outside Jack’s bunk. “I thought she had a thing with Mike?”
“Give it a rest Lisa. Jasey’s not with anyone.”
“It looks like she’s with Jack.”
“She’s not!” Alex’s voice was getting progressively louder. “They’ve always done this on his birthday. She turns up dead on midnight so she can give him his present first and then they have birthday cuddles. She even kicked his girlfriend at the time out of the house one year.” I giggled at the memory of that and felt Jack stir beside me.
“Hey.” I whispered as he placed a kiss on my forehead.
“Morning.” His voice was grumbly and I felt my stomach flutter at the huskiness. “Is she talking shit about us?” I nodded and he groaned, pulling the Raven’s jersey over his head and burying his face into my neck. “Send her away.” I laughed and got down from the bunk.
“Hey. Lisa!” I called out and she came running.
“Yeah, Jase?” I pulled her close and loud whispered to her so Jack could hear. “I completely forgot the alcohol for Jack’s party tonight, you don’t think you could head out and get some before we get too busy do you?” She nodded and picked her course up off the bench before setting off. “That was easy.” I laughed and the other band members emerged from the bunks. Zack and Rian whispered a thank-you in my ear as they headed for the kitchen and Jack slid down form the bunk, mug in hand.
“I wanna see what this fucker does!” He cheered and poured the kettle I had just boiled into the mug. The black steadily disappeared to reveal the classic Home Alone picture of MacCaulay Culkin. “I love you!” He screamed, scooping me up in a hug. I bowed to the bus as they clapped and took a seat next to Vic on the couch. Alex shot me a wink across the room and I quickly looked at Vic who shook his head and wrapped an arm around me.

The rest of the day was spent exploring New Orleans and sending Lisa on ridiculous errands no one really needed running. She was getting insanely clingy over the boys and would try drag the attention onto her when we got into some personal jokes she didn’t know.
“Seriously though, Buzznet is so cool. They’re all really fun people and…”
“Do you guys want ice-cream?” Alex cut Lisa off, giving her an apologetic smile before gesturing to me and waving to her to continue. Alex and walked off down the boulevard to find the nearest ice cream store and half-way down the road he burst out laughing. “I feel so bad! Leaving them with her. She won’t shut up!” We both giggled as we turned into a small gelato store. “It’s like, they know all this stuff! She’s been with us for five years, everyone knows about her work.”
“She’s just trying to make me jealous.” I said as I placed our orders. “Which is failing miserably because I am twenty times cooler than her but hey, let the chick try.”

“Dance with me, Jasey!” I staggered to my feet and let Jack drag me onto the dance floor. Alex slapped my ass as I walked past which earned him a slap from Lisa. Jack and I nearly fell over laughing and I pulled the bottom of my dress down from where it was starting to hitch up. “Thank-you for everything you did today. You are the bestest person ever!” I laughed as I flung my arms around with Jack. The more we danced, the more we drank, and the drunker we became. As more alcohol flooded our systems our silliness faded and I ended up practically sitting on Jack as we grinded. His hands ran over my hips as he pulled me even closer and I pulled away so I could turn around and look him in the eye.
“I really need to pee.” I giggled. I held out a hand to signal for him to stay. “Don’t move.” I ploughed my way through the crowd, unsure on how exactly I planned to locate Jack again and fell into the ladies. I couldn’t stop laughing as I pushed into a stall. Was it just me, or did you never really realise how drunk you were until you were in a bathroom alone?
“Jasey?” Lisa called out, clearly as drunk as I was. I flushed the toilet and dramatically exited the stall, holding my arms in the air.
“Yes, Ruocco?” She laughed and grabbed my hand.
“Jack is beckoning you.” She led me out of the bathroom and back into the club to a corner where our group had gathered. Alex grabbed Lisa’s waist and pulled her to him while Jack did the same to me.
“We challenge our women to a drink-off!” Alex shouted and everyone cheered.
“Our women?” I laughed. “Excuse me but I am no one’s woman at the moment.” Alex gave me a pointed look before whispering loudly.
“Well today you are quite obviously Jacks. So, three tequilas. Three beers. Three vodkas.” I looked at the line of drinks on the table. “You are both quite fucked so whoever wins get the pleasure of not remembering who took them back to their bed. Are you ready?” I beamed. After drinking this I wouldn’t be able to walk, but I knew I could easily beat Lisa.
“Bring it on Gaskarth.” I leaned up to wrap an arm around Jack. “I can drink your woman under the table. Team Barakat!” Jack cheered and gave me a quick kiss on the cheek.
“Waste her, Jay.” I smirked at Lisa who looked nervous and waited for Alex’s signal. As the shouts erupted I downed a tequila and vacuumed a beer before finishing the next two tequilas and another beer. I flicked back all three vodka shots in a row before looking over to see that Lisa had only finished two shots and two beers. I leaned against Jack and took a sip of my last beer. I put my hand on my hip and smiled at Alex who was laughing at Lisa’s feeble attempts to catch up.
“I think you all forget who taught me to drink.” I giggled, smiling up at Jack, my ability to stand suddenly falling away from me. Jack grabbed me under my arms and lifted me back up so I was leaning against him. I turned around so my head was on his chest and looked up at him. “Bedtime, Jacky.” He smiled down at me a nodded. I reached up and stroked his cheek, moving my hand to twirl in his hair. I pulled his face down to mine and kissed him gently.
“Hello? Jasey?” I heard Rian laughing and broke the kiss to turn to address the group. I pointed to Mike and Alex who was supporting a defeated Lisa.
“Now don’t you two get all jealous, but Jack and I are going back to the bus.” I giggled, my attempts at trying to be serious failing. “It’s bed time.”

Notes

Hey guys! Yeah so a tinnnyyy bit of smut snuck in there but it's essential to the storyline ;P
ANYWAY! Dirty thoughts aside, I hope you guys are liking this fic!
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PLOT TWIST, Jasey is with Jack? Or is she? WHO DO YOU SHIP? I'm still writing so your ship could effect the outcome? I'm still kind of undecided here :P xx