Me Without You

~Two weeks later~
I turned in my seat to pout at Jack who was slunk back in his chair, dead to the world. How did he sleep so easily on planes? I couldn’t get anywhere near drowsy and he knocked out the moment we took off. I lifted the small arm rest dividing us and lifted his arm so I could snuggle against his side. He stirred slightly and pulled me against him, leaning his head on top of mine.
“Can’t sleep?” He whispered and I shook my head, curling closer. “I’ll call for a tea.” I smiled as he rang the bell and the stewardess appeared in record time. “Can we get a tea with cream and sugar and a coke please?” The pretty blonde nodded and skipped off to bring us our drinks.
“How long until we land?” I asked Jack who promptly clicked his remote and studied the screen.
“We have five hours left to Glasgow. It’ll be about 8am when we land.” I groaned. The time difference was going to kill me. “Have a drink and then try sleep, baby. The jet lag won’t be as bad if you’ve already slept.” I sighed and took the cup gratefully off the stewardess. Sipping on my tea I chatted with Jack about the plans for the UK tour. The boys were watching me carefully now, despite my protests they cut down all my hours helping Matt so instead of assisting him and Colussy I was now doing every second meet and greet. Apparently twins changes everything and I’m “extra-preggers” so I needed to be “super extra careful”. I hated the coddling. It was subtle but it didn’t go unnoticed. I managed to fall asleep for an hour or two before we landed and was woken by a screeching Alex who was jumping round the cabin, pulling his hand luggage out of the compartment. Jack pulled me to my feet and slung our bags over his shoulder, leading me out of the plane. We were finally in Scotland and I was too tired to be excited. There wasn’t a show for two days but we had god knows how many interviews schedule in that time and unfortunately for me, I was included in a few of them. We sped through security and made our way out to the parking lot where our buses were waiting. My idea of driving in cars and sleeping in hotels was rejected at an early stage so I was going to be stuck on a tour bus. Pregnant on a tour bus. If I throw up everywhere I take no responsibility. I bagsed the bottom bunk opposite Jack, it was slightly bigger plus I didn’t want to be climbing up and down god knows how many times a day. Matt handed us all our itineraries and I groaned at the plans for this afternoon.
JACK AND JASEY INTERVEIW: KERRANG! 4pm
Why Jack had agreed to that I would never know. Why the hell did I need to be in an interview? I get that people are interested in me because of my connections with the bands but and interview? Really?
“I’m going in jeans and a t-shirt.” I mumbled as I stuck the piece of paper to the wall next to my bunk. Alex laughed and gave me a one armed hug.
“It’ll be fine Jasey. You’ll have to announce why you’re fat soon anyway.” I gave him a whack before laying down in my bunk and trying to catch up on missed sleep from the flight.

“So, Jack, the bands on a UK tour currently, you’re playing Reading and Leeds, is it any different this year to the other times you’ve performed?” The girl who was interviewing us was small and pretty and every time she batted her eyelashes at Jack I wanted to knock her teeth out.
“Well, Jasey came with us this time.” Jack smiled, flinging his arm over the back of the couch we were sitting on and wrapping it around my shoulders.
“That she is, the Jasey-Rae. How long have you two been together?” She queried and I quickly answered before Jack could reply.
“Jack and I have been off and on since we were sixteen.” I smiled and Jack looked impressed at my answer. Stretching the truth a bit would make it less dramatic when people found out I was pregnant. Fans would flip their shit if they knew that we had only been together for just over a month.
“Oh wow, that’s a long time.” The girl looked like she wasn’t 100% convinced.
“Well, we went to high school together.” Jack explained. If we did one thing well, it was tag-teaming. “We got together the first time in her sophomore year and then we were in an unofficial relationship until we left for California. We’ve been in and out ever since. It was difficult because of the two separate lives we led. But now Jasey’s back with us full-time things were easier and now we’re engaged.”
“It wasn’t a shot-gun engagement as most people thought. It’s been ten years in the making.” I smiled at the girl who was flipping through her question cards.
“That’s cute. Jasey, you’ve dated Mike Fuentes form Pierce The Veil and also had some sort of a relationship with Alex. Can you clear things up for us?” I took a breath and gave Jack a ‘fucking kidding me?’ look before answering her question.
“Well, I was working with the Pierce the Veil boys since I moved out to California in 2008. They’re like family and I suppose Mike and I felt like we really should give it a try. We realised after a month together that it was slightly weird being in a relationship and went back to our brother-sister status. Alex and I had a few days of high-school nostalgia on tour.”
“So, you dated Alex in high-school?” I bet twitter was going to go ape-shit when this video was released.
“No, we had a fling towards the end of their senior year after Jack and I decided to call it quits. So while we were on tour we had a little “we were cute back then” moments but we didn’t work out. Partly because Jack and I realised how much we missed each other.”
“Did the relationships cause any issues?”
“No.” Jack stated, knowing the girl was rooting for gossip now. “Everyone on that tour was like family. We all had our affections and feelings towards Jasey but we’re also not twelve. We dealt with it like adults. Jasey was totally destroyed by the fact that she essentially had to pick one of us.”
“Jack was the one I was in love with. I love all the boys, but like family. They’re all my brothers. But Jack is my man.” I smiled up at him and he laughed, kissing my nose.
“Now, Jasey, I want to bring some things up that have been going around on social media.” I raised an eyebrow, curious to hear about what she had found. “How are you coping with the vast amount of hate about your weight-gain.” I burst out laughing and Jack stifled a giggle.
“Should we just tell them?” Jack laughed and I nodded. It looked like we weren’t going to hide this for much longer. Not at the rate I was going, anyhow. “Jasey is not getting fat.”
“I’m pregnant.” The interviewer’s jaw dropped and she clapped her hands.
“You guys just gave me an exclusive. I should so get a bonus for this. So you’re pregnant?”
“I’m due in March. There will be mini-Jack’s running around soon guys.”
“Jack’s? Plural?” The girl grinned and Jack nodded.
“Twins.” The girl gave us her congratulations before deciding to wrap the interview up.
“So there you have it guys! The dick-joke master, Jack Barakat from All Time Low is going to be a father to twins. You heard it here on Kerrang! first. Wow, guys, thank you so much for coming in.” Jack shook the girls hand and I gave her a quick hug before we left the building.

Notes

SO I wanted a way to make sure everything here was understood so... yes, here you go.
Enjoy! I promise the drama is coming. All in good time dears x