Your POV

Jack and I were at the airport. He wanted me to go to Lebanon to meet his parents.It was weird because his parents had recently moved back, and I didn’t want to impose on them. But he kept insisting that I had to meet them. He was telling me that they were super nice and not to worry because May and Joe were bringing their dates there too.
“Babe, calm down,” Jack shushed sitting down on a bench. He was looking up at me as I was standing, sort of pacing around.
“I don’t know what to do, what if we’re imposing. I feel like we’re imposing. Are we imposing?”
“They invited us, remember?”
“Yeah but that doesn’t mean we’re not imposing.” I continued to pace back and forth until Jack grabbed my arm and pulled me down on his lap.
“Everything’s gonna be okay, Y/N.” He reassured me.
“If you say so,” I murmured.
“Here, while we wait for our flight, let’s go get some ice cream. I know you love ice cream.”
I had insisted on getting to the airport like two hours early. Jack didn’t agree, but went anyway because he knew it’d calm me down. But nonetheless we had a lot of down time.
He led me by the hand to the ice cream place to grab our food and sat us down at one of the nearby tables.
“It’s gonna be fine. We’re not imposing, they’re going to love you. I love you, so they’ll have to.” He stuck a spoonful of chocolate ice cream in his mouth with the last part.
I smiled and mumbled I love you too as I was playing with my ice cream with my spoon. When we were finished, Jack threw my cup away since he was already done with his, and we were off towards our gate. The flight would soon be boarding and I didn’t want to miss anything. Jack had gotten us first class seats so for one thing he could have wine and for another, I had never traveled first class before.
“Now boarding first class travelers for flight 231,” the intercom stated. Jack gave me a smirk and led me up to the podium where the attendant was taking the tickets. I was clutching my backpack and we were off to our seats.
We reached our spots and settled down. These seats were a lot more comfy than coach seats, that’s for sure. We waited for everyone to board for the plane to take off to Europe. The only other country I had been to before was Canada, and even then, that terrified me. Jack had assured me that he hadn’t really been to Lebanon that often and that he was scared as well, but it didn’t really help. At least he had been overseas.
I knew it wasn’t doing any good to worry about things that I couldn’t control, but I just couldn’t help it. Thank god I had him here to keep me sane or I swear I probably would’ve left the plane already.
The flight was fairly steady, nothing too terrifying and I was finally starting to relax halfway through the flight. Jack had bought the digi player for us to share and insisted that we watched Home Alone, assuming it was on there. When it wasn’t, Jack pouted, and I laughed and we continued to search for something else.
We eventually settled on 21 Jump Street, and I actually felt calm. It helped having him being there, holding my hand. When we got there, we had both been awake the entire time. It was now 1 am in Baltimore, but I had no idea what it was here. I glanced at Jack and he gave me a reassuring thumbs up with a smile. I couldn’t help but smile back.
We got off the plane and were making our way down to baggage claim when I heard a high pitch girl voice. My first thought was fangirls but when I saw one girl run up to Jack and hug him, my thoughts quickened. Who was she?
“Y/N!” Jack called over to me, after he hugged the stranger. “Come and meet my sister!”
I smiled and made my way over there. That makes sense, she does look an awful lot like he does. “Hey, I’m Y/N, Jack’s girlfriend.”
“Yeah Jack’s told me a lot about you,” she smiled back. “My boyfriend is currently back at the house. You should see it Jack, it’s really gorgeous. Joe and I just wanted to come and pick you guys up.”
Jack exhaled and I instinctively grabbed his hand. He squeezed it and we made our way down to the claim.
When we arrived, Jack and I grabbed our bags and followed May to the car. Jack held my hand all the way through, probably thinking I was going to fall over if he hadn’t. He was right.
We made it out to the car, and Joe was driving, May was in the front seat, and Jack and I were to be in the back. We got our luggage in the car and settled in the back.
Jack kept his hand on the small of my back the whole time as we were driving. I was grateful he was here with me. In general.
Lebanon was a strange thing to see. I don’t really know how to describe it, but Jack was just as intrigued as I was to see everything. He moved to the states when he was a baby so he doesn’t remember anything from here.
We reached a beautiful home out in the country, and Jack and I were excited to look around the new house. We got out, grabbed our stuff and bounded to the door. We both passed right on by Jack’s parents without even noticing and ran to the bedrooms.
“Which one do you want?” Jack asked me looking around at all the rooms.
“I don’t know, they might be taken though,” I replied, excitedly looking through the doors. If there’s one thing I love, it’s new places to explore. Jack and I continued to look through the doors, until I finally found a bedroom. “Jack I found one!”
Jack came to where I was and examined it. “This is a nice choice,” he smirked. He ran to the bed and pounced on it. “Comfortable.”
“Enjoying the bed?” a voice came from behind me.
Jack sat up to see who it was, and I turned around. “Oh,” he stated blankly. “Mom.”
I backed up a little, feeling slightly overbeared.
“It’s right next to my room, so that should be fun.”
Jack blushed, and I was still backing up, mindlessly searching for a comforting hand to grasp.
“And who’s this?” Jack’s mom asked, gesturing towards me.
“Oh. Right. Mom, this is Y/N. Y/N, this is mom.”
“You can call me Joyce,” she smiled stepping forward to shake my hand. I took it and returned the smile. “And this is Bassam.” She pointed to a sort of elderly gentleman standing behind her. He waved, and continued on with what he was doing. “It’ll be great having you to stay with us.”
She left and I turned back toward Jack. “Well that was sufficiently awkward.”
“Just wait ‘til dinner time.” He smirked and pulled me down on top of him.

Jack’s POV

Having Y/N meet my parents was terrifying. Until she actually got there. My mom had plenty of reactions with the girls I’ve brought home, anything from scowls to implications of hatred. But with Y/N, she smiled and she shook her hand. It was weird.
By the time dinner rolled around, I wanted her to give the best impression, so I told her to dress up. That resulted in her pushing me out of our room and telling me to get dressed somewhere else. I guess I was on my own.
I didn’t pack anything super fancy. Just jeans and shirts, all I ever wear. So I asked Joe for a jacket like thing and wore a black shirt with black pants.
When dinner was almost served, I went to grab Y/N, and she was beautiful. Her hair was curled, and her dress was about mid thigh, white with baby blue flowers on it. It complimented her figure, and almost gave me a heart attack.
“I said dress up, not murder me in one glance,” I whispered to her.
“I’m sorry I’ll go change-”
“No it’s fine.” I kissed her on the cheek. “You look stunning.”
When dinner started, we all sat down, and introduced ourselves. I hadn’t met May’s boyfriend or Joe’s girlfriend, so I was happy for the both of them. They seemed to like Y/N okay, so that was going for me.
“So Jack, how long have you and Y/N been dating?” My mom asked us.
“About a couple months or so.”
“How’s it going for you, Y/N?”
Y/N looked up. She hadn’t spoken all evening, mostly talking to me. “Um, it’s been good,” she said quietly. “Jack’s really nice.”
I smiled and she smiled and my mom left us alone after that. It was like being interrogated for something we didn’t do. Y/N and I mostly talked to ourselves, and laughed at our little jokes that we made. By the time dinner was over, I offered to do the dishes and she came with me.
“Your family seems nice,” she smiled.
“Until they get drunk. Then they just get weird.” I laughed and she laughed along with me. We cleaned up for a bit then retreated back to our room, and I honestly couldn’t wait to get her out of that dress. But my mom was in the next door over. I couldn’t really handle putting her through that. So I decided not to. For the sake of awkwardness.
I crawled into the bed next to Y/N and held her in my arms. We were both fully clothed and still hadn’t decided on whether or not to go to bed.
“So is it always going to be this awkward?” she asked me.
“Not always, you’ve made it this far, further than anyone else has gone. So you’re ahead of the game.”
I could feel her smile and she tightened my grip around her. “I like you. And your family. I’m glad you brought me here.”
“I’m glad too.” I smiled as I pulled her closer against me and we both fell asleep like that. Fully clothed, without the covers on, me holding her close. I’d hate to have to let go.

Notes

AN Okay, let me just tell you that it’s always a terrible idea searching through to find cute Jack gifs and pictures. It hurts my feels and makes me want to throw pillows at people. I will contain myself for now. I was just sharing. If this seems shitty, I’m sorry in advance. I didn’t really have an idea where this was headed, and just went with it. Thanks for sticking out with me guys, sorry for the late post. The conversation is between May and Jack.