Jack Barakat Imagines
Fetus All Time Low Friends
Your POV
I hate getting up in the morning. High school is such a drag. I don’t understand why they say that teenagers need more sleep, yet elementary schooled kids get the later time for school to start. What kid do you know that actually sleeps in ‘til 10 or 8 or whenever they’re supposed to get up? Most of them get up at six anyway just because they can. High school and elementary school times should be switched.
The only thing I have that’s not worth crying about is my friend group. I have four people that I like to call my best friends. We do everything together, whether it’s hanging out and eating pizza or just going for a walk, I’m always doing something with them. One of them at least. I listen to their band rehearsals, and I tell them when I think they sound good. I don’t ever play with them because I can’t sing or play or whatever, but I pay attention.
If someone asked me to choose one of them to date, I would actually tell them none of them because I consider all of them to be my friends, and that’s it. I mean I never really have been a girl to them. If I was honest, I’d say Jack. I haven’t told anyone, not even Alex, that I have the smallest crush on him. Okay, it’s not that small, but I’m good at not showing it. Sometimes I think he flirts with me, sometimes I can’t tell, but he still makes me nervous.
Like the guys are all super close so they do things like cuddle and hug and weird things that people would consider them “gay” for. Everyone already thinks Jack is gay because he wears girl jeans. Hey, if he can pull them off, then I’m all for it. And he looks better than I do in girl jeans so more power to him.
I’m the closest with Alex, I consider him to be my secret holder. He’s the best at keeping his mouth shut. Rian and Zack tell each other everything, they’re like best bros to the max. Jack and Alex are like that, but Alex knows how to keep secrets. I still haven’t told him about the thing with Jack, but maybe I will one day.
Jack is in my first hour, and I got there rather late. I didn’t have time to grab breakfast, so I got it on the way here. Breakfast burritos are bad for me, I know, but they taste like heaven, so leave me alone.
“Hey,” I exhaled as I took my spot next to him. We were in the back of the classroom, class was going to start any minute.
“Hey,” Jack turned to me and smiled. The kind of smile where his eye twitches up at the corner, so you know it’s for real. The kind that set off butterflies.
“How was that date with what’s-her-name?” I asked him. I’m genuinely concerned, but I secretly hope it went terrible.
“Terrible.” Score. I’m a horrible human being. “Charlotte’s a bitch.”
“I told you!” I playfully punched his arm, then got out my notebook for the class. “Did you do the homework?”
“We had homework?”
“Yeah?”
“Fuck! I forgot.”
“I did too.” I laughed and so did he, and the teacher settled us down to start class. It droned on and on, and I had to take solace in doodling in my notebook.
When it finally ended, I said my goodbyes to Jack, and we went our separate ways. I didn’t see him again ‘til lunch. It took a while to get there though.
When it was finally lunch time, I grabbed mine out of my locker to make my way to our table. I hated spending money, so I always tried to bring my own. The guys all bought theirs, though.
I sat down at our table and waited for my friends to show up. It was awkward sitting alone, but I had to bear it. I hated everyone else.
Alex came by first. “So Y/N, how’s that crush of yours going?” I told him I did like someone, but I still refused to tell him who.
“It’s alright, I’m taking things slow.”
“Ah.” He shut his mouth because Jack had arrived with his lunch to sit next to me. For some reason, Alex never brought it up when Jack was around. I wonder why.
“Hey, Y/N. Alex.” Jack nodded to the both of us as he continued to eat his food.
Sooner or later, Zack and Rian arrived at the same time. “If I didn’t know you guys any better, I’d say you were gay for each other,” Jack laughed. Alex and I laughed along.
Zack stuck his tongue out at us and sat down at our table. They told me they were thinking about getting the same classes next year. Jack’s assumption wasn’t far off. They really were close.
“So, Jack, how’s things with that girl going?” Alex asked Jack.
“What, you mean Charlotte?” Jack cocked his head to the side, and I stared at Alex as he was speaking.
“No, the other one. The one you were telling me about. You know. In your first hour?”
“I still have no idea what you’re talking about.”
“You know, you told me about her and that you think all you’ll ever be is friends, but you want to be more?” My heart rate sped up at the question. You mean Jack actually liked someone?
“Alex, shut up,” Rian interjected. I breathed a sigh of relief, grateful that this wasn’t being taken any further.
“What, I’m just curious.”
Jack sighed too, and glanced off into the cafeteria. “Are you gonna eat that?” I asked him, snapping him back to reality.
“What?”
“Are you gonna eat your fries? I’m still hungry.”
“Nah, you can have them.” Jack willingly gave me his fries, and I looked at him with disbelief.
“Whoa, Jack never gives up his food, not even for me.” Alex glanced at me, and gave me a wink.
I mouthed, what? to him, but I don’t think he saw, because he didn’t answer me. I was munching on Jack’s fries when their conversation finally started to pick up and this awkward small talk was over. Thank god.
I was just silently listening to them talk as Alex reiterated what happened on Friends last night, and Rian and Zack were arguing about some video game I think.
After a while, Jack was talking about Jurassic Park again, and Alex was barely listening. I had usually joined in, but at this point, I wasn’t feeling it. Jack liked some girl, and I wanted to know who it was. What was I supposed to do, ask him? What if it was just some bitch? No, Alex said he was friends with her. But he was friends with a lot of girls.
“There’s just something about Home Alone that I love. I can’t get enough of it.” Jack was now talking about Home Alone I guess. He recently has fell in love with it and hasn’t stopped talking about it since.
“But nowhere near as much as Y/N, right Jack?” Alex giggled. Wait. What?
“What?” I asked, because I was actually listening. What the hell? Jack likes me?
“Alex!” Jack quickly looked at me, and I was staring wide-eyed at Alex, confused about everything that we were talking about. Well that they were talking about.
“Oh shit, I didn’t just say that, did I just say that?” Alex looked at me for confirmation and I just nodded. Zack and Rian stopped their conversation too.
Jack stood up from the table, his face super red. “Fucking Alex. Why? Why would you say that?” He waltzed off, angrily grumbling to himself that Alex had ruined his secret all along.
“Shit, I didn’t mean to say that,” Alex mumbled, more to himself.
“I’ll go talk to him,” I stood up to follow Jack.
“No, I think I’ll go,” Alex tried to go too, but I just smiled as I turned around.
“No, Alex, trust me, I can go.” I tried to give him the hint that Jack was the guy, but he just sat there, his head in his hands. Zack and Rian tried to reassure him that his friendship with Jack was not over.
I followed Jack out to the outside of the school. He went to sit on the side of the building, and didn’t see me until I was actually in front of him. He glanced up at me, his face still tinted with a blush.
“Does this mean that you don’t want to be friends anymore?”
“What? No, not at all.” I went to sit next to him on the wall. We sat for a while in silence. I lifted my head to speak, but his was still bowed. “Do you really like me?”
He didn’t say anything, just slowly nodded.
“Jack?” He didn’t look up at me, so I poked him on the thigh. “Jackkkk.” He faced me and I ran a hand through his hair, like I always did when I was calming him down. “Hey, it’s okay, okay? You want to know a secret of mine?”
“Sure,” he mumbled.
“I like you too..” I said it really quietly hoping he wouldn’t hear me, because that’s a terrifying thing to admit.
“You do?”
“Yeah,” I blushed and giggled quietly. “I guess I do.”
Jack was finally facing me, and he had the widest grin on his face. He swished his hair out his face, and put his arm around my shoulder. I smiled and leaned my head on his shoulder. He kissed the top of my head. “Thank god,” he whispered.
Alex, Rian, and Zack were now outside and they came to where we were. “Wait, wait, wait,” Alex went over to us. “Are you meaning to tell me that Jack was mystery boy all along?”
I looked at Jack, and he looked at me. We both smiled at each other. “Yep.”
“Where the fuck have I been? Of course. It’s obvious.” Alex laughed, and we all laughed. Zack and Rian highfived, and Rian handed over a five dollar bill to Zack.
“We had a bet going,” Rian explained.
Alex kicked the ground, and groaned in frustration. “How could I not know that my two best friends were hot for each other? I mean I knew about Jack, but still!” I giggled and Jack turned his head toward me. He kissed my cheek quickly then turned away. I giggled again, and Alex ruffled my hair. “Little Y/N’s all grown up.” Jack grinned and I did too.
I hate getting up in the morning. High school is such a drag. I don’t understand why they say that teenagers need more sleep, yet elementary schooled kids get the later time for school to start. What kid do you know that actually sleeps in ‘til 10 or 8 or whenever they’re supposed to get up? Most of them get up at six anyway just because they can. High school and elementary school times should be switched.
The only thing I have that’s not worth crying about is my friend group. I have four people that I like to call my best friends. We do everything together, whether it’s hanging out and eating pizza or just going for a walk, I’m always doing something with them. One of them at least. I listen to their band rehearsals, and I tell them when I think they sound good. I don’t ever play with them because I can’t sing or play or whatever, but I pay attention.
If someone asked me to choose one of them to date, I would actually tell them none of them because I consider all of them to be my friends, and that’s it. I mean I never really have been a girl to them. If I was honest, I’d say Jack. I haven’t told anyone, not even Alex, that I have the smallest crush on him. Okay, it’s not that small, but I’m good at not showing it. Sometimes I think he flirts with me, sometimes I can’t tell, but he still makes me nervous.
Like the guys are all super close so they do things like cuddle and hug and weird things that people would consider them “gay” for. Everyone already thinks Jack is gay because he wears girl jeans. Hey, if he can pull them off, then I’m all for it. And he looks better than I do in girl jeans so more power to him.
I’m the closest with Alex, I consider him to be my secret holder. He’s the best at keeping his mouth shut. Rian and Zack tell each other everything, they’re like best bros to the max. Jack and Alex are like that, but Alex knows how to keep secrets. I still haven’t told him about the thing with Jack, but maybe I will one day.
Jack is in my first hour, and I got there rather late. I didn’t have time to grab breakfast, so I got it on the way here. Breakfast burritos are bad for me, I know, but they taste like heaven, so leave me alone.
“Hey,” I exhaled as I took my spot next to him. We were in the back of the classroom, class was going to start any minute.
“Hey,” Jack turned to me and smiled. The kind of smile where his eye twitches up at the corner, so you know it’s for real. The kind that set off butterflies.
“How was that date with what’s-her-name?” I asked him. I’m genuinely concerned, but I secretly hope it went terrible.
“Terrible.” Score. I’m a horrible human being. “Charlotte’s a bitch.”
“I told you!” I playfully punched his arm, then got out my notebook for the class. “Did you do the homework?”
“We had homework?”
“Yeah?”
“Fuck! I forgot.”
“I did too.” I laughed and so did he, and the teacher settled us down to start class. It droned on and on, and I had to take solace in doodling in my notebook.
When it finally ended, I said my goodbyes to Jack, and we went our separate ways. I didn’t see him again ‘til lunch. It took a while to get there though.
When it was finally lunch time, I grabbed mine out of my locker to make my way to our table. I hated spending money, so I always tried to bring my own. The guys all bought theirs, though.
I sat down at our table and waited for my friends to show up. It was awkward sitting alone, but I had to bear it. I hated everyone else.
Alex came by first. “So Y/N, how’s that crush of yours going?” I told him I did like someone, but I still refused to tell him who.
“It’s alright, I’m taking things slow.”
“Ah.” He shut his mouth because Jack had arrived with his lunch to sit next to me. For some reason, Alex never brought it up when Jack was around. I wonder why.
“Hey, Y/N. Alex.” Jack nodded to the both of us as he continued to eat his food.
Sooner or later, Zack and Rian arrived at the same time. “If I didn’t know you guys any better, I’d say you were gay for each other,” Jack laughed. Alex and I laughed along.
Zack stuck his tongue out at us and sat down at our table. They told me they were thinking about getting the same classes next year. Jack’s assumption wasn’t far off. They really were close.
“So, Jack, how’s things with that girl going?” Alex asked Jack.
“What, you mean Charlotte?” Jack cocked his head to the side, and I stared at Alex as he was speaking.
“No, the other one. The one you were telling me about. You know. In your first hour?”
“I still have no idea what you’re talking about.”
“You know, you told me about her and that you think all you’ll ever be is friends, but you want to be more?” My heart rate sped up at the question. You mean Jack actually liked someone?
“Alex, shut up,” Rian interjected. I breathed a sigh of relief, grateful that this wasn’t being taken any further.
“What, I’m just curious.”
Jack sighed too, and glanced off into the cafeteria. “Are you gonna eat that?” I asked him, snapping him back to reality.
“What?”
“Are you gonna eat your fries? I’m still hungry.”
“Nah, you can have them.” Jack willingly gave me his fries, and I looked at him with disbelief.
“Whoa, Jack never gives up his food, not even for me.” Alex glanced at me, and gave me a wink.
I mouthed, what? to him, but I don’t think he saw, because he didn’t answer me. I was munching on Jack’s fries when their conversation finally started to pick up and this awkward small talk was over. Thank god.
I was just silently listening to them talk as Alex reiterated what happened on Friends last night, and Rian and Zack were arguing about some video game I think.
After a while, Jack was talking about Jurassic Park again, and Alex was barely listening. I had usually joined in, but at this point, I wasn’t feeling it. Jack liked some girl, and I wanted to know who it was. What was I supposed to do, ask him? What if it was just some bitch? No, Alex said he was friends with her. But he was friends with a lot of girls.
“There’s just something about Home Alone that I love. I can’t get enough of it.” Jack was now talking about Home Alone I guess. He recently has fell in love with it and hasn’t stopped talking about it since.
“But nowhere near as much as Y/N, right Jack?” Alex giggled. Wait. What?
“What?” I asked, because I was actually listening. What the hell? Jack likes me?
“Alex!” Jack quickly looked at me, and I was staring wide-eyed at Alex, confused about everything that we were talking about. Well that they were talking about.
“Oh shit, I didn’t just say that, did I just say that?” Alex looked at me for confirmation and I just nodded. Zack and Rian stopped their conversation too.
Jack stood up from the table, his face super red. “Fucking Alex. Why? Why would you say that?” He waltzed off, angrily grumbling to himself that Alex had ruined his secret all along.
“Shit, I didn’t mean to say that,” Alex mumbled, more to himself.
“I’ll go talk to him,” I stood up to follow Jack.
“No, I think I’ll go,” Alex tried to go too, but I just smiled as I turned around.
“No, Alex, trust me, I can go.” I tried to give him the hint that Jack was the guy, but he just sat there, his head in his hands. Zack and Rian tried to reassure him that his friendship with Jack was not over.
I followed Jack out to the outside of the school. He went to sit on the side of the building, and didn’t see me until I was actually in front of him. He glanced up at me, his face still tinted with a blush.
“Does this mean that you don’t want to be friends anymore?”
“What? No, not at all.” I went to sit next to him on the wall. We sat for a while in silence. I lifted my head to speak, but his was still bowed. “Do you really like me?”
He didn’t say anything, just slowly nodded.
“Jack?” He didn’t look up at me, so I poked him on the thigh. “Jackkkk.” He faced me and I ran a hand through his hair, like I always did when I was calming him down. “Hey, it’s okay, okay? You want to know a secret of mine?”
“Sure,” he mumbled.
“I like you too..” I said it really quietly hoping he wouldn’t hear me, because that’s a terrifying thing to admit.
“You do?”
“Yeah,” I blushed and giggled quietly. “I guess I do.”
Jack was finally facing me, and he had the widest grin on his face. He swished his hair out his face, and put his arm around my shoulder. I smiled and leaned my head on his shoulder. He kissed the top of my head. “Thank god,” he whispered.
Alex, Rian, and Zack were now outside and they came to where we were. “Wait, wait, wait,” Alex went over to us. “Are you meaning to tell me that Jack was mystery boy all along?”
I looked at Jack, and he looked at me. We both smiled at each other. “Yep.”
“Where the fuck have I been? Of course. It’s obvious.” Alex laughed, and we all laughed. Zack and Rian highfived, and Rian handed over a five dollar bill to Zack.
“We had a bet going,” Rian explained.
Alex kicked the ground, and groaned in frustration. “How could I not know that my two best friends were hot for each other? I mean I knew about Jack, but still!” I giggled and Jack turned his head toward me. He kissed my cheek quickly then turned away. I giggled again, and Alex ruffled my hair. “Little Y/N’s all grown up.” Jack grinned and I did too.
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RIGHT SOMEONE POINTED THAT OUT ON MY WATTPAD VERSION AND I WAS LIKE ???? how did i do that I'm magical
9/19/16