Jack Barakat Imagines
Reunited and it Feels so Good
Your POV
“Y/N! Hurry up in there!” My friend Julie calls to me. “You’ve been in that bathroom for over a decade!”
“Okay, first,” I peeked my head out of the doorway, “you need to get your units of time straight. Second of all, I haven’t seen Lex in forever! I have to be perfect.”
“I can’t believe you know the lead singer of All Time Low,” she sighed. “I mean I’ve loved them for so long, it’s so weird that you didn’t tell me.”
“I didn’t even know their whole band thing took off. Jack was probably a huge pain in the ass about it. I remember from high school.” I laughed, and continued straightening my hair.
“How did you guys even lose touch?”
“Well I went to college and he had a record deal and we went our separate ways. I kept an eye on their band to see how big they’ve gotten. It’s pretty awesome.”
“Yeah,” she sighed dreamily. “It really is.”
I remember the day that I stopped talking to Alex pretty well, actually. It was a little bit of a fight. He didn’t want me to go to college, but I told him that people weren’t usually as lucky as him. We didn’t really speak much after that. I mean we were friends on Facebook, but not anymore since he’s a band member and all. I followed him on Instagram, but then again, who didn’t?
I was excited to find that he was coming to Maine finally. He hadn’t been here in awhile, and it felt too close to our argument to go see him then. Sometimes, I listened to their music just to hear his voice again. I really did miss him. Part of me wished that something would happen tonight, and part of me just wanted to be his friend again. I’d always had a tiny little crush on him, but I don’t know if that was in the past or what.
Julie and I got to the venue and there were already so many fangirls all around us. Most were between the ages 13 and 17, but there some older ones there, just as excited.
We didn’t arrive too early or too late. I wanted to be in the middle, so he didn’t recognize me and it could be a surprise. Julie was so happy to even go, she’s loved them ever since I’ve met her, which was a long time. We met freshman year. She was in love with Zack, and it made me laugh how much she knew about him, like she almost was friends with him.
When the time of the concert came around, we flooded in, and it was one of those venues where the earlier you got there, the better your spot was. The concert was great there was dancing, moshing, and sweaty teenagers crowdsurfing. Julie and I were having a great time. All Time Low really knew how to put on a great fucking show.
Next came the meet and greet. To be honest, I was kind of nervous. I hadn’t seen him or spoken to him in forever, I doubt he’d recognize me. I know for a fact the other guys wouldn’t. They hadn’t seen me since Alex had, and I doubt they’d think about me since then.
We were in the middle of the line. I didn’t want to hold anything up, but I didn’t want to be the last one he saw, he’d be tired by then. As the line grew shorter, my breath came quicker. Julie put a sympathetic hand on my lower back. I smiled at her gratefully.
We reached the front of the line, and I had brought a CD for them to sign, and Julie had like everything in her hands. If I wasn’t going to hold the line up, she sure as hell was. I got to Jack first. He looked up to me, and his eyes went a little blank, not really looking at my face. I laughed and gave him the lyric book and he took it, and when he gave it back to me, he had also written his number. Silly Jack, he was definitely going to see a lot more of me than he realized. Next came Rian, and I handed him my book as well and he happily signed it and gave it back. I got to Zack and he did the same, not really looking up at me. When I got to Alex, he was kind of talking to someone else.
“Hey,” I smiled, grateful to finally see him again. Last time I saw, his hair was a lighter brown than what it was now and longer, but other than that, he hadn’t really changed.
“Hey,” he smiled back. He signed my lyric booklet and gave it back. He most likely isn’t going to recognize me.
“I love you,” I said, knowing that he always said this to his fans.
“I love you too.” When he looked up at me, his eyes went wide with recognition. He started to get all excited, and thankfully, Julie was still on Rian. “Holy fucking shit, Y/N?” He asked me, almost not certain it was me standing before him.
“Yep.”
“Oh my fucking god, I haven’t seen you in like years.” He started acting a bit like a fangirl himself and I just giggled at his hilariousness. Always over the top.
He called a security guard over to us and told him something I couldn’t hear. For a second I thought I was going to be thrown out, but he knew who I was and I was relatively certain he didn’t do that to people he liked. The security guard told me to come with him, and I gave Julie a thumbs up. She smiled back at me, then turned around to continue to talk to Zack. He either was frightened, or generally amused, I couldn’t tell.
The guard brought me back to their tour bus, and sat me down on their couch. I smiled happily and waited. I already told Julie that Alex was probably going to steal me for today, and she said it was fine as long as I gave Zack her number. I laughed at the thought and waited for Alex and the rest to show up.
Not too long later, Alex shows up, but the rest of them hadn’t yet. “Where’s the rest of them?” I asked.
“I wanted you all to myself so I sent them out to go get pizza. I hope that’s okay.”
“Oh, yeah that’s fine.” I smiled up at him, and almost forgot how tall he was, standing at six feet. I kept having to remind myself that Alex was my friend, but somehow my gaze kept wandering down to his lips. Once I caught myself, they quickly moved my eyes back up to his.
“So how’s Maine treating you?” He started.
“It’s not like Baltimore. It’s cold and riany and wet and I feel like I’m going to drown if I stay outside for too long.”
He laughed. That same laugh I had heard so many times, except this one made my heart jump a little. I can’t help being nervous around him. But this was really inhibiting my flow of conversation.
“That’s good. So are you seeing anybody?”
He had said it so casually, like that question didn’t set off fireworks in my brain, causing me to overthink absolutely everything.
I shook my head. “Nope, are you?”
His face lit up, and I already knew the answer. Even though I had been nervous all night and thought that something would actually happen, I’m thankful it didn’t. I can let my walls come down and speak to him normally. Friends was a lot easier than constantly guessing other people’s intentions.
“Yeah,” he smiled. “Her name is Lisa.”
“Awh, how cute. How long have you guys been dating?”
“It’s been on and off for a long time now.”
I frowned. “Lex, you know that’s not good for you.”
He smiled at my immediate nickname I gave him. “I know, but I just keep going back to her. I can’t help it.”
I knew what he meant. “I understand.”
We caught up for awhile until the guys came back with pizza. “Pizza! Pizza! Pizza!” Jack was chanting. I laughed, and Alex let them in.
Once they stepped inside, they all looked at me strangely. I guess Alex wasn’t known for taking random girls in his bus. Good to know.
“Alex, who’s this?” Rian asked, a little confused.
“That is Y/N, from high school.
Suddenly I notice a wave of recognition flow through Jack’s face, and he turns a bit red while muttering “fuck” under his breath.
I wave to them all. “Hey.”
They waved back and Alex turned to me.
Alex asked me a question, and I was so excited that I immediately accepted without even consulting anyone who I should’ve talked to.
“Guys, meet your new stylist.” Everyone smiled and I could hear Jack groan in the back room. I giggled and started to anticipate what was next to come.
Jack’s POV
I can’t fucking believe it, the cute girl at the meet and greet was Y/N? From high school! Jesus christ, a warning would’ve been nice. I didn’t even recognize her at all. Alex just asked her to be our stylist after I made a douche out of myself at the meet and greet. And now I had to face her every single day. She sure was hot as hell, though.
Through the next couple weeks, I couldn’t keep my mind off of her. It kept wandering to her face or to her body, or anything about her. Since she was going to be our stylist, Alex wanted her on the bus with us. I was seriously about to lose my shit.
I couldn’t help but look at her all the time. My gaze was drawn to her, and anybody with a brain at all could tell that I wanted her and that I liked her. A hell of a lot. She didn’t notice though. Everyone else did. I was having a hard time keeping my eyes to myself.
We were watching Rian and Zack play video games, and I was watching Y/N play on her phone. Alex texts me and I look down.
He told me to go meet him in the back, and after some arguing, I go.
“What is so important?” I ask him in a hushed tone.
“I know your secret,” he said, looking around anxiously.
“What secret?”
“You like Y/N, don’t you?”
“No.” I immediately looked down.
“Yes you do, I can tell.”
I blushed and messed with my hands. “Okay maybe a little bit.”
“A little bit?” Alex was whisper shouting at me and I just avoided his eyes. “You’ve been staring at her for 3 weeks straight and if she hasn’t caught on by now, then she’s the most oblivious person on this planet.”
“So I like her, what’s the big deal?”
“You’re going to tell her, Jack.”
“Fuck no.”
“Fuck yes. You might as well go for it. She’s cute, and I think you’d be cute together. But if you ever hurt her, I hurt you, Got it?”
I merely nodded and scratched the back of my head, confused as fuck.
When he walked away, Y/N was strolling up right past him, heading towards me. “So what was that all about?” She asked, gazing her fucking gorgeous eyes up at me. I always have a hard time speaking around her. I hope I don’t sound like a goddamn idiot.
“Alex was just giving me shit.”
“About what?” She cocked her head to the side. Whenever she was confused or asked a question, she’d always cock her head to the side a bit, and I found it so fucking cute, I had to physically restrain myself from attacking her face. I know, hopeless romantic, huh.
“Some chick.”
“Oooh you like someone? Who?”
“I’m not telling you.”
“Come on, Jack, this isn’t fifth grade, what am I going to do, tell them?”
“Well. Yeah.”
“Tell me.”
“No.”
“Tell me, or I’m stealing your Adventure Time comforter.”
“Go ahead.”
She inhaled like I’d done some sort of crime. “Jack Barakat is willingly giving up his Adventure Time comforter? What is this world coming to?” She giggled that damn giggle and continued. “So you must like her a lot to give that up for your secret.”
“Yeah,” I said after awhile. “I guess I do like her a lot.”
“Are you going to tell me who it is, or am I going to have to continue to sit here begging like a damn toy poodle?”
I stopped playing with my hands and looked at her. I stared into her eyes for awhile, and she looked away after some time. She was always joking, but right now, I don’t think she could think of anything at the moment. I watched her until she finally looked up at me again. I took the moment to grab the back of her head and bring her lips to mine. “It’s you, Y/N,” I whispered in her ear as I pulled away.
She stared at me in slight shock. I was pretty sure she wasn’t expecting that at all. I didn’t think she liked me back so I turned around to walk away. She grabbed my wrist and turned me around.
She was hiding behind her hair, but she tucked it behind her ear, looked up at me and said ever so softly, “I like you too.”
I smiled widely and pulled her close to me so I could kiss her again. And again and again, until I finally felt like they were enough.
“Y/N! Hurry up in there!” My friend Julie calls to me. “You’ve been in that bathroom for over a decade!”
“Okay, first,” I peeked my head out of the doorway, “you need to get your units of time straight. Second of all, I haven’t seen Lex in forever! I have to be perfect.”
“I can’t believe you know the lead singer of All Time Low,” she sighed. “I mean I’ve loved them for so long, it’s so weird that you didn’t tell me.”
“I didn’t even know their whole band thing took off. Jack was probably a huge pain in the ass about it. I remember from high school.” I laughed, and continued straightening my hair.
“How did you guys even lose touch?”
“Well I went to college and he had a record deal and we went our separate ways. I kept an eye on their band to see how big they’ve gotten. It’s pretty awesome.”
“Yeah,” she sighed dreamily. “It really is.”
I remember the day that I stopped talking to Alex pretty well, actually. It was a little bit of a fight. He didn’t want me to go to college, but I told him that people weren’t usually as lucky as him. We didn’t really speak much after that. I mean we were friends on Facebook, but not anymore since he’s a band member and all. I followed him on Instagram, but then again, who didn’t?
I was excited to find that he was coming to Maine finally. He hadn’t been here in awhile, and it felt too close to our argument to go see him then. Sometimes, I listened to their music just to hear his voice again. I really did miss him. Part of me wished that something would happen tonight, and part of me just wanted to be his friend again. I’d always had a tiny little crush on him, but I don’t know if that was in the past or what.
Julie and I got to the venue and there were already so many fangirls all around us. Most were between the ages 13 and 17, but there some older ones there, just as excited.
We didn’t arrive too early or too late. I wanted to be in the middle, so he didn’t recognize me and it could be a surprise. Julie was so happy to even go, she’s loved them ever since I’ve met her, which was a long time. We met freshman year. She was in love with Zack, and it made me laugh how much she knew about him, like she almost was friends with him.
When the time of the concert came around, we flooded in, and it was one of those venues where the earlier you got there, the better your spot was. The concert was great there was dancing, moshing, and sweaty teenagers crowdsurfing. Julie and I were having a great time. All Time Low really knew how to put on a great fucking show.
Next came the meet and greet. To be honest, I was kind of nervous. I hadn’t seen him or spoken to him in forever, I doubt he’d recognize me. I know for a fact the other guys wouldn’t. They hadn’t seen me since Alex had, and I doubt they’d think about me since then.
We were in the middle of the line. I didn’t want to hold anything up, but I didn’t want to be the last one he saw, he’d be tired by then. As the line grew shorter, my breath came quicker. Julie put a sympathetic hand on my lower back. I smiled at her gratefully.
We reached the front of the line, and I had brought a CD for them to sign, and Julie had like everything in her hands. If I wasn’t going to hold the line up, she sure as hell was. I got to Jack first. He looked up to me, and his eyes went a little blank, not really looking at my face. I laughed and gave him the lyric book and he took it, and when he gave it back to me, he had also written his number. Silly Jack, he was definitely going to see a lot more of me than he realized. Next came Rian, and I handed him my book as well and he happily signed it and gave it back. I got to Zack and he did the same, not really looking up at me. When I got to Alex, he was kind of talking to someone else.
“Hey,” I smiled, grateful to finally see him again. Last time I saw, his hair was a lighter brown than what it was now and longer, but other than that, he hadn’t really changed.
“Hey,” he smiled back. He signed my lyric booklet and gave it back. He most likely isn’t going to recognize me.
“I love you,” I said, knowing that he always said this to his fans.
“I love you too.” When he looked up at me, his eyes went wide with recognition. He started to get all excited, and thankfully, Julie was still on Rian. “Holy fucking shit, Y/N?” He asked me, almost not certain it was me standing before him.
“Yep.”
“Oh my fucking god, I haven’t seen you in like years.” He started acting a bit like a fangirl himself and I just giggled at his hilariousness. Always over the top.
He called a security guard over to us and told him something I couldn’t hear. For a second I thought I was going to be thrown out, but he knew who I was and I was relatively certain he didn’t do that to people he liked. The security guard told me to come with him, and I gave Julie a thumbs up. She smiled back at me, then turned around to continue to talk to Zack. He either was frightened, or generally amused, I couldn’t tell.
The guard brought me back to their tour bus, and sat me down on their couch. I smiled happily and waited. I already told Julie that Alex was probably going to steal me for today, and she said it was fine as long as I gave Zack her number. I laughed at the thought and waited for Alex and the rest to show up.
Not too long later, Alex shows up, but the rest of them hadn’t yet. “Where’s the rest of them?” I asked.
“I wanted you all to myself so I sent them out to go get pizza. I hope that’s okay.”
“Oh, yeah that’s fine.” I smiled up at him, and almost forgot how tall he was, standing at six feet. I kept having to remind myself that Alex was my friend, but somehow my gaze kept wandering down to his lips. Once I caught myself, they quickly moved my eyes back up to his.
“So how’s Maine treating you?” He started.
“It’s not like Baltimore. It’s cold and riany and wet and I feel like I’m going to drown if I stay outside for too long.”
He laughed. That same laugh I had heard so many times, except this one made my heart jump a little. I can’t help being nervous around him. But this was really inhibiting my flow of conversation.
“That’s good. So are you seeing anybody?”
He had said it so casually, like that question didn’t set off fireworks in my brain, causing me to overthink absolutely everything.
I shook my head. “Nope, are you?”
His face lit up, and I already knew the answer. Even though I had been nervous all night and thought that something would actually happen, I’m thankful it didn’t. I can let my walls come down and speak to him normally. Friends was a lot easier than constantly guessing other people’s intentions.
“Yeah,” he smiled. “Her name is Lisa.”
“Awh, how cute. How long have you guys been dating?”
“It’s been on and off for a long time now.”
I frowned. “Lex, you know that’s not good for you.”
He smiled at my immediate nickname I gave him. “I know, but I just keep going back to her. I can’t help it.”
I knew what he meant. “I understand.”
We caught up for awhile until the guys came back with pizza. “Pizza! Pizza! Pizza!” Jack was chanting. I laughed, and Alex let them in.
Once they stepped inside, they all looked at me strangely. I guess Alex wasn’t known for taking random girls in his bus. Good to know.
“Alex, who’s this?” Rian asked, a little confused.
“That is Y/N, from high school.
Suddenly I notice a wave of recognition flow through Jack’s face, and he turns a bit red while muttering “fuck” under his breath.
I wave to them all. “Hey.”
They waved back and Alex turned to me.
Alex asked me a question, and I was so excited that I immediately accepted without even consulting anyone who I should’ve talked to.
“Guys, meet your new stylist.” Everyone smiled and I could hear Jack groan in the back room. I giggled and started to anticipate what was next to come.
Jack’s POV
I can’t fucking believe it, the cute girl at the meet and greet was Y/N? From high school! Jesus christ, a warning would’ve been nice. I didn’t even recognize her at all. Alex just asked her to be our stylist after I made a douche out of myself at the meet and greet. And now I had to face her every single day. She sure was hot as hell, though.
Through the next couple weeks, I couldn’t keep my mind off of her. It kept wandering to her face or to her body, or anything about her. Since she was going to be our stylist, Alex wanted her on the bus with us. I was seriously about to lose my shit.
I couldn’t help but look at her all the time. My gaze was drawn to her, and anybody with a brain at all could tell that I wanted her and that I liked her. A hell of a lot. She didn’t notice though. Everyone else did. I was having a hard time keeping my eyes to myself.
We were watching Rian and Zack play video games, and I was watching Y/N play on her phone. Alex texts me and I look down.
He told me to go meet him in the back, and after some arguing, I go.
“What is so important?” I ask him in a hushed tone.
“I know your secret,” he said, looking around anxiously.
“What secret?”
“You like Y/N, don’t you?”
“No.” I immediately looked down.
“Yes you do, I can tell.”
I blushed and messed with my hands. “Okay maybe a little bit.”
“A little bit?” Alex was whisper shouting at me and I just avoided his eyes. “You’ve been staring at her for 3 weeks straight and if she hasn’t caught on by now, then she’s the most oblivious person on this planet.”
“So I like her, what’s the big deal?”
“You’re going to tell her, Jack.”
“Fuck no.”
“Fuck yes. You might as well go for it. She’s cute, and I think you’d be cute together. But if you ever hurt her, I hurt you, Got it?”
I merely nodded and scratched the back of my head, confused as fuck.
When he walked away, Y/N was strolling up right past him, heading towards me. “So what was that all about?” She asked, gazing her fucking gorgeous eyes up at me. I always have a hard time speaking around her. I hope I don’t sound like a goddamn idiot.
“Alex was just giving me shit.”
“About what?” She cocked her head to the side. Whenever she was confused or asked a question, she’d always cock her head to the side a bit, and I found it so fucking cute, I had to physically restrain myself from attacking her face. I know, hopeless romantic, huh.
“Some chick.”
“Oooh you like someone? Who?”
“I’m not telling you.”
“Come on, Jack, this isn’t fifth grade, what am I going to do, tell them?”
“Well. Yeah.”
“Tell me.”
“No.”
“Tell me, or I’m stealing your Adventure Time comforter.”
“Go ahead.”
She inhaled like I’d done some sort of crime. “Jack Barakat is willingly giving up his Adventure Time comforter? What is this world coming to?” She giggled that damn giggle and continued. “So you must like her a lot to give that up for your secret.”
“Yeah,” I said after awhile. “I guess I do like her a lot.”
“Are you going to tell me who it is, or am I going to have to continue to sit here begging like a damn toy poodle?”
I stopped playing with my hands and looked at her. I stared into her eyes for awhile, and she looked away after some time. She was always joking, but right now, I don’t think she could think of anything at the moment. I watched her until she finally looked up at me again. I took the moment to grab the back of her head and bring her lips to mine. “It’s you, Y/N,” I whispered in her ear as I pulled away.
She stared at me in slight shock. I was pretty sure she wasn’t expecting that at all. I didn’t think she liked me back so I turned around to walk away. She grabbed my wrist and turned me around.
She was hiding behind her hair, but she tucked it behind her ear, looked up at me and said ever so softly, “I like you too.”
I smiled widely and pulled her close to me so I could kiss her again. And again and again, until I finally felt like they were enough.
@SecretsDontMakeFriends
RIGHT SOMEONE POINTED THAT OUT ON MY WATTPAD VERSION AND I WAS LIKE ???? how did i do that I'm magical
9/19/16