Your POV

I was on my way to go surprise my boyfriend Jack on tour. He had no idea I was coming. They were in Texas last time I checked, and Jack had just skyped to tell me how much he missed me. I couldn’t help it, I had to go see him. I was coordinating with Zack because he’s literally the only one in the band that can keep a secret. No matter how hard Alex tries, he’ll never be able to keep a secret away from Jack. Rian just accidentally spills things out over boring conversation, so the only logical choice was to tell Zack.
Jack and I had been going out for a year or so now. I absolutely loved him but it was difficult to keep it together when we had to stay away from each other for so long. I couldn’t go see them all the time when they were touring. Of course I supported them, but I still missed him like crazy.
In the heat of the moment, right after I got off my skype call with Jack, I purchased tickets to Texas so I could surprise Jack on tour. I made my way on the airplane, and the ride there wasn’t eventful. Except for the various Texan accents.
When I got to Dallas, I decided to go to the place where the next show was. In the middle of the concert, Zack was going to let me in through the back so I could surprise Jack right after they got off stage.
When the time for the concert actually came, I was still getting ready. I wanted to be perfect for Jack tonight, I didn’t want anything to go wrong. So I wore what I knew Jack loved and headed off to go surprise my boyfriend.
Zack let me in when Alex was playing Therapy. Jack loved to watch this performance, and after Therapy went, Missing You was next, and that was everyone’s cue to get back on stage.
I came in quietly and hid next to some of the security guards backstage.I didn’t want Jack to see me until after the show. When Therapy was done, the guys went back on for Missing You. I watched the whole thing backstage.
When the show was over, the crowd was super loud, and the guys walked around. Rian was throwing his drum sticks, and Jack and Alex were throwing their picks. Jack was the last to come off, and right as he was coming near me, I jumped out. I caught him off guard, and he stumbled a little before breaking into the widest grin I have ever seen on him.
“Y/N! You made it! Oh my god! I missed you so fucking much!” He engulfed me into a hug, and spun me around in a circle. Alex snapped a picture of us hugging on his phone.
“This is so going on Twitter,” he mumbled to himself, walking away.
“See, I told you this show was going to be killer,” Zack told Jack.
“Wait, you knew?”
“Of course I knew, how else did you expect her to get here?”
Jack didn’t say anything, just smiled again and kissed me passionately. Rian coughed as we broke apart. “I don’t mean to rain on your parade,” he started. “But we’ve got to get on the bus. We’ve got an early start tomorrow.”
“Can Y/N come?!” Jack squealed. I giggled at his excitedness.
“I don’t know, I’m not the tour manager,” Rian laughed and went to find Brian.
“I’m so fucking glad you’re here, Y/N. You have no idea.”
“I think I have some clue,” I smiled at him.
Once we were on the bus, we started chilling around the living room. Brian had agreed to let me stay for as long as I wanted to. Alex put on Adventure time, and Jack and I were on the couch. His head was resting on my chest, and my arm was around him. He yawned, and I did too. I guess we were both super tired.
My phone buzzed, and I took it out to look at it. It told me there was a festival nearby that was open for all hours of the night. I got really excited, and showed Jack.
“Jack!” I poked his side, trying to get his attention.
“Mmm.” he mumbled, not wanting to wake up.
“There’s a festival tomorrow night, do you want to go?!”
He yawned and stretched out his long body. “Sure, Y/N.” I grinned and poked at him to get up again. “What?”
“Bed time.”
He didn’t say anything, just silently agreed with me. Even when we were staying on a bus, Jack and I loved sharing the tiny bunks. Well I don’t know if he loved it, but I sure did.
“No penis inserting back there,” Alex called from where he was.
“No promises.” Jack called back. I giggled, and brought Jack back to his bunk. He set my stuff on his junk bunk, and pulled me into the bed with him. “Sleep.” Jack exhaled as he climbed in next to me. We both fell asleep almost instantly. I was tired from my journey here, and he was tired from the show. Luckily they had a day off tomorrow.
I woke up to the bus moving, and Jack was still asleep next to me. I checked my phone for the time and it was around 8 in the morning. I got up, and decided to make some cereal.
Zack was the only one up right now, so it was weirdly quiet on the bus. “Hey, Zack, I just wanted to say thank you for letting me in to see Jack.” I smiled at him.
“Yeah, no problem.” He gave me a smile as well, and went back to eating his own cereal. “You didn’t have sex last night right? If you did, then I’d have to applaud you, it was super quiet.”
I laughed again. “No, Zack. We didn’t have sex. We’re going to that carnival today though. The one in Austin.”
He nodded, and took a sip of his coffee. I looked around the bus, inspecting all of the cupboards and drawers. I found my cereal and sat down next to him. “So what time does Jack usually get up?” I asked him with a mouthful of cereal.
“Like around two in the afternoon.”
I nodded and continued on with my breakfast. By the time Jack actually got up, Zack was right it was two in the afternoon. He slept later than literally everyone else.
By the time Jack actually was mobile and walking around, it was time to get ready for the carnival. None of the other guys wanted to go so it was just going to be Jack and me. I was happy because it’d be the first date we’ve had in a while.
Jack was finally ready to go at around four. We said goodbye to the guys and were on our way. We got there, and the very first thing that Jack wanted to do was go on the Scrambler. My least favorite ride.
“Oh! Oh! Let’s go on the Scrambler!” He started jumping up and down.
“Jaaackk,” I whined. “I hate that one.”
“Oh, come on Y/N, it’ll be fun!”
“I don’t wanna.”
“I’ll love you forever and ever.”
“You should already do that!” I laughed and punched him on the shoulder.
“Please?” He looked down at me with his stupid puppy eyes, and I caved.
“Fine.”
“Yay!” He brought me to the ticket booth, grabbing my hand and dragging me there. “Don’t worry, I’ll pay,” he called back to me.
We got our tickets, and headed off towards the Scrambler. “Oh! Look! Corn fritter. Let’s get corn fritter.”
“Jack. We’re going on the Scrambler. Do you know why they call it that. To scramble your guts until you die.”
He laughed at my dramatization. “Fine, fine, we’ll get it afterward.”
When it got to be our turn, we got on the little two person pod. They secured the metal bar over us, and I grabbed his arm tightly. “Relax, Y/N, you’re not going to die.”
“Says you.”
It started up, and it was slow at first, but it got faster. When it did, my grip on Jack got tighter. He laughed as I did, and by the time the ride was over, I was severely dizzy. “Jack, I don’t think I’m going to be able to be able to eat corn fritter after this.”
“We’ll play games so your stomach can settle.” He kissed the top of my head and shot me a supportive smile.
We got off the ride, and instantly he grabbed my hand. We got to the place where the games were, and first he tried the thing where you bang the hammer on the thing to get it up to the bell. He didn’t make it very far.
“My hero,” I whispered to him. He flicked me on the nose as punishment.
“These things are fuckin’ rigged, Y/N. There’s no way I can win these.”
“Whatever you say, prince Charming.” He wrapped his arm around me as we walked away prize-less. We wandered over to the kiosk where you fish for ducks, and depending on which one you got, depended on your prize. Jack paid for the game and got one duck, giving it to the person in charge of the game. She smiled widely, and pointed to the bigger stuffed animals.
“Choose one.” he told me. I chose the panda and she gave it to me. “I told you I’d get you something. Now you have something to hold when I can’t be there with you.” I smiled, and hugged the stuffed panda tightly. “Does your stomach feel better?”
“Yeah,” I smiled. We walked hand-in-hand toward the food counter. He got corn fritter and I got a snow cone. While we were eating, he couldn’t stop smiling and after a while, I couldn’t take it anymore. “Why in the hell are you smiling so much?”
“You.”
“What about me? Do I have something on my face?” I began feeling around for something that was wrong with me.
“No, your tongue.”
“My tongue?”
“It’s blue.” He started giggling again and I blushed lightly. “No need to be embarrassed, it’s cute.”
“Jack!” I whined.
“Y/N!” He mimicked me.
When we were done, Jack wanted to go on the Ferris Wheel. We had wasted a lot of our time on food and games. The rides were so expensive that with the ticket pack we bough we could like go on two rides total together.
We got to the Wheel, and thankfully the line wasn’t that long. Within two or three rounds, it was our turn. We both stepped onto the car, and as the guy moved us along, Jack started rocking the car.
“Jack! What are you doing?” I yelled at him. I didn’t really like heights and this wasn’t making it any better.
“Having fun!”
“We’re going to die!”
“That’s what you said on the Scrambler. And did we die? No, I kept you safe. Now trust me.”
I sighed and agreed. Finally after the last couple got on, the ride started. The sun was just setting and I smiled to myself, leaning on Jack’s shoulder. He smiled as well and kissed the top of my head. We rode in silence and after the fifth revolution or so, I guess he got bored of just sitting and watching because he started to tickle me.
“What’re you doing! Stop that!”
“Never!”
“Jack!”
“Y/N!”
“That tickles!”
“That’s the point!” I looked around and it seemed as though we were disturbing the peace for the couples around us because they kept looking back at us. To make him stop, I grabbed Jack’s shirt, and pulled him into a kiss. He kissed back, and smiled against my lips.
We pulled away, and he was panting after all that tickling. “I missed you so much.” he sighed, pulling me into a tight hug.
“I missed you too.” The ride stopped, and we were at the top as couples started getting off the ride. I hummed quietly to myself, and rested my head on Jack’s shoulder. I just wish we could stay like this always, feeling like we’re on top of the world looking down at the sun.

Notes

AN So Idk if you guys know what the Scrambler is, but I heard of it on the Netflix special with Mike Birbiglia (it’s really funny go watch it - it’s called my girlfriend’s boyfriend) but there’s an explanation of what it is. Personally, I have never been on it. But you’d probably lose your lunch, just saying. The conversation is between you and Zack, I really hope you guys like this one xx