Silence fell over everyone as we glanced over to Jack, waiting for his reaction. Disappointment seemed to cross his face before he spoke. “She really did? You’re not fucking with me?”
“I’m telling the god honest truth, man,” Alex replied.
Jack scratched at the back of his neck nervously, looking at the ground for a moment. “Matt, have you figured out how to get her home yet?”
“You want her gone?” Matt questioned, and Jack nodded. “Then yeah, I did.”
“Well, let’s all get going! I want to crash some go karts!” he exclaimed, his childish excitement shining through.
We all piled in a van and were taken to the go kart place, where Jack seemed to brighten at least a little. We kept rear-ending each other by accident, making stupid remarks to each other and silly faces. We all got kicked out for destroying the front bumper on one of the karts, but it just made everyone laugh as we made our way back to the bus.
Matt booked Sadie a plane ticket for the next town we’d be in, and then went to talk to her about it in her bunk. Everyone headed back to their bunks, partially to sleep, but also to eavesdrop, but I grabbed Jack by the arm to stop him.
“Jack...are you okay?” I asked.
“Sort of, I guess,” he shrugged.
We sat down on the couch. “Look, you’re better off without her.”
“I know. She’s a total bitch. I just...sometimes I get tired of the whole one night stand thing. Sometimes I want like, an actual girlfriend. But that’s usually when Alex gets the girl,” he explained.
“Technically, he didn’t get Sadie,” I commented. “He has me afterall.”
“Yeah, but he got you too,” he muttered.
I tipped my head to the side in confusion. “What do you mean?”
He sighed. “When I first met you, I thought you were pretty cool. I even called dibs before we got on the bus that night, which is part of why Alex acted so mean towards you. I think he was jealous. But then you told me you liked him, and I backed off,”
I stared back at him, shocked. “Jack, I’m so sorry. If I would’ve known...”
“Nothing would’ve been different, Maxine. You know that. It’s fine, honestly. I’m over that, and I’ll get over Sadie. I’ll be back to my old self in no time,” he replied.
“Are you sure?” I questioned.
“Yes. Now go get some sleep. We got another show tomorrow night, and who knows what might happen,” he said.
I stood up from the couch. “Good night, Jack.”
I went to my bunk and stared at the ceiling. Jack was right, it probably wouldn’t have made a difference, but that didn’t make me feel any better. I was probably in love with Alex at this point, and nothing I could do. Jack seemed fine with just being close friends though, so I hoped it would be okay.
My 20th birthday was just around the corner too. God only knew what would happen there.

Notes

Okay this is a really short chapter, and I apologize, but I think I've got writer's block ;-;