Jack

We just finished bringing all of Layla’s stuff over to Alex and Lisa’s house, she was telling the truth when she told us she didn’t have very much. She had two boxes of clothes, her guitar, and a blanket and pillow, that was it. The moment I met her family, everyone was right, they are assholes. Like, I know I met her Mom’s boyfriend last night, but I didn’t think her Mom and brother would be so horrid, I was wrong.

“Hey Layla, Lisa and I are going to go to the store, what color paint do you want for your room?” Alex asked her.

“Um...surprise me.” Layla stated, but more in a questioning way.

“Her favorite color is purple.” I spoke, remembering she told me that last night.

“Okay. Well, we will see you guys in a little bit, Layla, keep Jack out of trouble. Rain and Zack should be or in about an hour. Bye guys.” Lisa said with a smile as they walked out the door and shut it behind them.

“So, what you want to do?” I asked her.

“I don’t know. What do you normally do for fun?” She asked with a smile.

“Drink.” I said smirking.

“I really should have guessed that.” She ended with a laugh. If I was being honest, I would say that her laugh is really cute. Like, really really cute. She was really cute as well.

“We can play a videogame if you want.”

“Are you looking to get your ass kicked in Call Of Duty?” She asked with a smirk.

“Oh you are so on.” I said as I got off the couch and went to get the controllers, and turn on the xbox. We started up the game about fifteen minutes ago, and to say I was winning, would be a lie. How the hell was she this good?! “You have to be cheating!”

“I am not! I’m just better than you!” She laughed, as she killed me, again.

“This is so unfair!” I spoke as I lost another game to her.

“Maybe if you were better at the game you, you would actually win.” She said as she smirked at me.

“Oh you asked for it!” I said as I jumped off my couch. She squealed and jumped off her couch as well, running away from me. “Get back here!”

“No! Leave me alone!” She shouted as she laughed. I finally caught up to her and grabbed her. “Ahh! Let me go, Jack!”

“Nope.” I said calmly, popping the ‘p’ sound. I picked her up and threw her over my shoulder, as I walked us back into the living room, as she tried to get out of my grip. I brought us over to the couch and laid her down on it, and sat on top of her.

“Move yourself!” She said, laughing, as she tried to push me off.

“Not happening.” I said as I grabbed both of her wrists and pinned her to the couch. “Now what you going to do?” I asked with a smirk.

“I don’t really know. I have never been in a situation where my idol has pinned me to a couch.” She spoke as she continued to laugh. I watched her as she laughed, as creepy as that sounds, she is really adorable. How can someone be as adorable as she is? I just couldn’t help myself. I bent down and placed my lips on her’s. I could feel she took this by surprise, but soon started to kiss me back, which gave me a funny feeling, like my heart was doing flips out of pure joy. Wait, what am I doing? Layla is 17. She is soon to be Alex and Lisa’s daughter. I wrapped my mind around what I was doing, and I quickly pulled away, looking at her, she had wide eyes, I’m pretty sure my eyes were wide as well. I let go of her wrists and got off of her, and made my way to the couch across from the one we were on. I sat there on the couch, shocked. How could I do something like that? I looked over at Layla, and saw she looked just as shocked as I felt.

“Uh..how about...uh...we never talk about what just happened? Ever.” I suggested.

“Agreed.” She spoke nodding her head slowly.

“Uh..how about a movie?” I asked, not sure how this would affect our newfound friendship.

“Only you are not a wimp and pick a horror movie.” She spoke with a smirk, telling me that we were fine. I laughed and shook my head.

“Fine. But I swear, if there is jumpscares, I will freak the fuck out.” I said grabbing the xbox controller and going to Netflix. It took us only about two minutes to find a movie Layla wanted to watch, and she just had to pick The Blair Witch Project. Yep, I’ll be scared to death before the night is over. “Are you trying to make me have a heart attack?”

“Yep.” She said with a smile as she popped the ‘p’ sound. Making me laugh. I started up the movie, and I went into the kitchen to make us some popcorn. I grabbed us each a soda out and put it on the table, so I wouldn’t forget about them. I waited in the kitchen for a few minutes till I heard a knock on the front door, that was in the kitchen. I looked over at the mostly glass door and saw Rian and Zack standing there. I walked over to the door with a smile on my face and opened it up.

“Hey man!” Rian greeted me.

“Hey guys.” I spoke, continuing with my smile.

“So, where is the new addition to the All Time Low family? I can’t wait to meet her!” Zack said with a huge smile, he always liked meeting new people, even if he is quiet most of the time.

“She’s in the living room. I was just making some popcorn for us since we just turned on a movie.”

“Ooo, what movie?” Rian asked.

“The Blair Witch Project.”

“Dude, is she trying to give you a heart attack?” Zack asked with a laugh.

“That’s the same thing I said!” I spoke, laughing as well. The bell on the microwave went off, telling me the popcorn was done. I grabbed out a huge bowl to put it in, then took it out of the microwave. I opened the bag and poured all the popcorn into the bowl, throwing the bag away and grabbing mine and Layla’s drinks. “If you guys want drinks, go ahead and get them now.”

“Okay.” Rian and Zack both said at the same time. They both got out soda’s and we made our way into the living room, where I saw Layla staring intensely at the TV screen. I chuckled and went and sat next to her.

“Enjoying the movie?” I asked with a chuckle. She looked at me and smiled as she nodded her head. “Here is your drink, and here is the popcorn.” I said as I handed her drink to her, and put the popcorn in between us.

“Hi Layla!” Rian said.

“Hey Rian. Oh! Hi Zack. I’m Layla.” She spoke with a smile as she saw them.

“Hello.” Zack said returning her smile.

“Okay fuckers, no more talking. Watch the movie.” I spoke with a chuckle.

“Fine, but if you get scared, I’m not protecting you.” Layla laughed.

“That’s fine. I’ll just run over to Zack and sit on his lap if I get scared.” I spoke as I stuck my tongue out at her.

“No you won’t.” Zack spoke with a straight face, I could tell he was holding back a laugh though.

“Watch me.” I laughed.

“What happened to no more talking?” Rian asked with a laugh.

“Yeah! No more talking.” Layla spoke. We all stopped talking and turned our attention to the movie on the screen. I have to admit, the movie scared the living shit out of me. We were halfway through the movie when Alex and Lisa came back, we were so into the movie that we didn’t even hear them. We only found out they were home when Alex came up behind me and scared the shit out of me.

“Don’t fucking do that!” I shouted as I held a hand on my heart.

“Aww, did little Jacky get scared?” Layla teased me.

“It’s not funny.” I muttered.

“Yes it is.” Lisa said with a laugh. “Anyways! Layla! Come upstairs with me! I got you this beautiful outfit and I want you to try it on.” She spoke as she held her hand out to Layla.

“You really didn’t have to do that, Lisa.” Layla spoke.

“I know. But I wanted to, now come on girl!” Lisa laughed. Layla laughed as well and took Lisa’s hand, and they both took off down the hall and upstairs. Alex took Layla’s spot next to me and had a can of paint with him.

“Do you think she would like this color?” He asked me as he pointed to a light purple, lilac looking color that was on the can.

“Yeah. It’s not to dark, not to light. Looks perfect.” I spoke with a smile. He gave me a smile and a nod, telling me that he agrees. I soon got this feeling of guilt, coming from hiding something from my best friend. I kissed his soon to be daughter, and I wasn’t planning on telling him, or anyone at that matter.

“You okay, man?” Alex asked me with a worried look.

“Yeah, yeah. I’m fine. Just too much popcorn I think.” I said with a small laugh, trying to play it off. He nodded his head in understanding. This was my best friend we are talking about here. I have to tell him. I can’t hide something like this from him. That’s it. I need to tell him. I was about to speak up, till I got interrupted by Lisa’s voice.

“Everyone! I want you all to put your hands together for the beautiful Layla!” She spoke with a huge smile as she moved out of the way, letting Layla step out. And wow. Wow was all I could think of. She had on this beautiful white, summer dress that came down to her thighs, and was strapless. Lisa did her make-up and hair as well. Her hair was curled at the ends, and her make-up was so natural, if you didn’t look closely, you would think she didn’t have any on. I must have been staring at her for a little bit too long, because Alex elbowed me in my side.

“Fuck. Sorry.” I muttered as I looked at Alex. He raised his eyebrow to me and gave me a questioning look.

“I could tell when you are hiding something, Jack. What’s on your mind?” He spoke.

“N-nothing, I just don’t feel well. That’s all.” I spoke, lying through my teeth again. “I think I should be getting home now. If I do come down with something I don’t want to get you all sick, I’ll talk to you tomorrow.” I spoke as I grabbed my jacket and keys and rushed out the door. I went to my car and sat there in it for a minute before putting the key in the ingestion. I turned on the car, and Green Day blaired. I quickly turned it down and pulled out of the driveway. The whole way to my house, I couldn’t get Layla out of my mind. What is it about her that makes me feel this way? She’s too young for me, she’s Lisa and Alex’s daughter! I pulled into my driveway a feel minutes later and went into my house, going straight to my room and plopping down on my bed, not even taking the time to take off my jacket and shoes. I let out a groan of frustration. I quickly sat up and threw off my jacket at the same time taking off my shoes, just throwing them on the ground and curled back up in my bed. I couldn’t get her off my mind. Her beautiful long, fire red hair, her adorable dimples she gets when she smiles that beautiful smile. How cute she sounds when she giggles. Gosh her giggle could kill. Yep, I wasn’t getting much sleep tonight.

Notes

Sorry it's a bit of a shorter chapter.

Jack kissed Layla! Ohmygosh.

Why do you guys think Jack is feeling like this?

Hope you enjoyed!