Jack Barakat Imagines
College of Art; Roommate of Hell
Your POV
I go to the Maryland Institute College of Art, and let me just say that my roommate has the hottest boyfriend ever. I’ve only ever seen him in pictures because he’s away a lot. She never fails to show me what he looks like though. They text a lot and I guess he sends her a lot of pictures or something like that. Even though I think he’s attractive, I can’t have him and I know absolutely nothing of his personality.
My roommate, Regina, she isn’t the most faithful person out there. When she showed me a picture of her boyfriend, Jack, it surprised me that she got him to stay with her. His smiles were always sweet and cute and I felt a pang of jealousy and sympathy. I knew she was cheating on him. She simply just can’t do long distance relationships, and I figured that’s what this was.
Regina never really stays here, so I guess it’s almost like I live alone, though not quite. Sometimes she stays here. She gets ready here, and her dates usually pick her up here. Don’t get me wrong, Regina and I are good friends. It’s just that her boyfriend is too naive to be dating her. She is pretty, but she’s going to break him.
I was lying in my bed, typing away at something that I lost my train of thought to when I heard a knock at the door. I didn’t want to get up because I was having fun thinking about what I’d do if I ever got myself a boyfriend. It’s not that I don’t want one or have never had one, I just forget sometimes. Hard to explain.
Groaning, I staggered up out of my bed. It’s probably Regina, she probably forgot her card. Again. I opened the door expecting to find a tiny little blonde, but I find the opposite. A tall man with short black hair is standing in my doorway. When I looked up at his face, I recognized him immediately.
“Uh,” I stammered. “Can I help you?”
“Yeah, I’m looking for Regina’s dorm?” Jack tried to look past me for her. No luck.
“Yeah, this is it.”
“Oh.” He looked down and shuffled his feet. Something I found adorable but had to keep to myself. “Can I come in?”
“I guess so.” I opened the door more for him to walk in. It wasn’t a very big dorm, but it wasn’t too small either. Three people could live here. Not very comfortably, but it could happen.
Jack came in and sat on Regina’s bed. I went back to my laptop. My hair was tied up, and I was dressed rather comfortably. I probably wasn’t going to go anywhere.
“So, you’re Regina’s roommate?” he asked me, trying to make some conversation I guess.
“I sure am,” I replied, not looking up.
“What’s your name?” This is the most conversation any of Regina’s suitors have dared to make with me. I have deemed this Jack a dateable guy in the future.
“Y/N.” I stopped what I was doing and looked in Jack’s direction. He was staring at me, smiling. I don’t know why he was smiling, but I smiled back.
“That’s a pretty name.” He was still smiling at me. All I could think of was Jack’s charm: activate. I need to stop watching so much TV.
“Thanks.” I shut my computer, and thought that if this guy is going to make conversation, I might as well try as well. My bed was against a wall, so I laid on it horizontally, and put my feet on the wall so my head could fall upside down on the other side.
He raised his eyebrow at me and I just mentally shrugged. If I actually shrugged, I’d probably fall, and I’m not taking that risk in front of a handsome stranger. “How do you know Regina?”
“Oh you know, I like to sneak in her dorm room and just chill on this empty bed that she has to pass the time. I even sometimes sniff her panties.”
Jack laughed, and my stomach clenched. What a cute fucking laugh. I gotta hold myself together. “Okay, I get it, you’re her roommate.”
“10/10, I’m very proud.”
Jack laughed again and gazed around the room. “So your side is that side?” He was pointing towards my attempt at hanging posters. If this was my room back home it’d be so much more decked out. But since I always have to leave every summer, I don’t try very hard to accessorize. Unlike Regina.
“Yeah, I only put up bands I really like because anything other than that is just too much work.”
He nodded and looked around at Regina’s. It was fully decorated to look like a teenager’s wet dream. Teenage girl’s anyway. A teenaged boy’s wet dream would be that teenage girl naked. I digress. “So you like Blink-182?”
“Love Blink. Listened to Green Day first though.”
He smiled and nodded. “Me too.”
“Really? You like them?”
“Of course, Blink is one of my favorite bands.”
I stole another glance at Jack, and his favorite band made sense. His hair was pushed back, and he had a black leather jacket on. The best kind. I couldn’t help but check him out. If I stared too long, he’d probably notice so I ended up tearing my gaze away.
“What were you doing on your computer over there?” he asked me.
“You know, you ask a lot of questions,” I giggled unexpectedly. Stop it, Y/N, you’re making it awkward.
“Sorry, just curious in my friend’s cute roommate.”
My face flushed, and I tried hard not to look up at him. He can’t know I’m blushing. Did he just say friend? Because I’m like 89% sure that they’re more than friends. I couldn’t help myself, it came out anyway. “I thought you were dating Regina?”
“Oh we are, sort of. I’m just relatively sure she’s cheating on me, so nothing’s really stopping me from flirting here.”
He just outright told me he’s flirting with me. My stomach hurt from all this excitement. If he keeps this up any longer, I’m not going to be able to eat dinner. And we’re having macaroni. I can’t let this happen.
Luckily, I was saved by Regina walking in from her date from last night. I never really did ask Jack why he was here, but I guess it didn’t really matter now. If he stays in here, I could witness their fight first-hand. I shouldn’t be excited about it, but I was.
“Jack?” Regina questioned, dumbfounded. “What are you doing here?”
“I came here to surprise you,” he shrugged his shoulders while he talked. I never met anyone who was so easily able to speak. How does that even happen? Also, why is he trying to surprise her if he’s so sure she’s cheating on him.
“Oh, well just let me get ready, and we can go.” She went to take a shower, and that left nothing but awkward stares between Jack and me. Yay.
“I’m going to break up with her after this date, you know,” he told me. He came to sit next to me on my bed. I was still in my earlier position, not bothering to move. I was comfortable.
“You do that,” I stated. I’m not very supportive when it comes to things like this. I don’t know what the fuck to say.
When Regina got out of the shower, she noticed Jack was sitting next to me. Her makeup had washed off, but she was dressed thankfully. I don’t think she liked Jack being near me, because she came right up to him and planted a sloppy kiss on his lips right in front of me, and for a while all that filled the room were kissing noises. I cringed.
She pulled away, and ran a hand through his hair. “Your hair looks so sexy pushed back, Y/N, tell him his hair looks sexy pushed back.”
“Fuck you, I do what I want.” Jack couldn’t help but let a laugh out, and I cracked a smile at what I said too. She’s trying to intimidate me, but it won’t work. I honestly don’t care about her opinion.
She groaned and got up to put on makeup. Jack looked over at me, and I stared back at him. For a while we just stared at each other. He snapped his fingers and held his hand out. I looked at him puzzlingly, and he tried to communicate it with his eyes. I still didn’t get it. After a while, he gave up, and took out his phone and pointed at it.
He either wanted me to order pizza or he wanted my number. I guess it was the latter. I took his phone and put my number in it. He smiled down at me and I smiled back. Regina came back in with a sway in her hips. “You ready to go babe?”
“As ready as I’ll ever be,” he mumbled. I giggled, and Regina shot me a death glare. I shrugged it off, and when they left, went back to my computer.
After about 20 minutes of silence, my phone beeps from an unknown number. I smiled when I realized it was Jack. He told me that they already broke up and that he wanted to spend time with me. I guess he’s coming back here? I know that Regina isn’t coming back. She always liked to go out partying whenever she got dumped, which was quite often. I don’t think twice about it.
I quickly agreed to pizza, but figured I should probably shower, that’s kind of important. So I hopped in the shower and told Jack to just walk in when he got here. This is weird, I’m going to be spending time alone with my roommate’s ex boyfriend as of 20 minutes ago. I already felt closer to him than I ever have with Regina, which was a strange thing to think about, but it’s happening.
Weirdly enough, the attractive tall guy wanted to spend time with me over Regina. Thank god it was in this environment, or I don’t think I would survive. I just hope it goes well.
I go to the Maryland Institute College of Art, and let me just say that my roommate has the hottest boyfriend ever. I’ve only ever seen him in pictures because he’s away a lot. She never fails to show me what he looks like though. They text a lot and I guess he sends her a lot of pictures or something like that. Even though I think he’s attractive, I can’t have him and I know absolutely nothing of his personality.
My roommate, Regina, she isn’t the most faithful person out there. When she showed me a picture of her boyfriend, Jack, it surprised me that she got him to stay with her. His smiles were always sweet and cute and I felt a pang of jealousy and sympathy. I knew she was cheating on him. She simply just can’t do long distance relationships, and I figured that’s what this was.
Regina never really stays here, so I guess it’s almost like I live alone, though not quite. Sometimes she stays here. She gets ready here, and her dates usually pick her up here. Don’t get me wrong, Regina and I are good friends. It’s just that her boyfriend is too naive to be dating her. She is pretty, but she’s going to break him.
I was lying in my bed, typing away at something that I lost my train of thought to when I heard a knock at the door. I didn’t want to get up because I was having fun thinking about what I’d do if I ever got myself a boyfriend. It’s not that I don’t want one or have never had one, I just forget sometimes. Hard to explain.
Groaning, I staggered up out of my bed. It’s probably Regina, she probably forgot her card. Again. I opened the door expecting to find a tiny little blonde, but I find the opposite. A tall man with short black hair is standing in my doorway. When I looked up at his face, I recognized him immediately.
“Uh,” I stammered. “Can I help you?”
“Yeah, I’m looking for Regina’s dorm?” Jack tried to look past me for her. No luck.
“Yeah, this is it.”
“Oh.” He looked down and shuffled his feet. Something I found adorable but had to keep to myself. “Can I come in?”
“I guess so.” I opened the door more for him to walk in. It wasn’t a very big dorm, but it wasn’t too small either. Three people could live here. Not very comfortably, but it could happen.
Jack came in and sat on Regina’s bed. I went back to my laptop. My hair was tied up, and I was dressed rather comfortably. I probably wasn’t going to go anywhere.
“So, you’re Regina’s roommate?” he asked me, trying to make some conversation I guess.
“I sure am,” I replied, not looking up.
“What’s your name?” This is the most conversation any of Regina’s suitors have dared to make with me. I have deemed this Jack a dateable guy in the future.
“Y/N.” I stopped what I was doing and looked in Jack’s direction. He was staring at me, smiling. I don’t know why he was smiling, but I smiled back.
“That’s a pretty name.” He was still smiling at me. All I could think of was Jack’s charm: activate. I need to stop watching so much TV.
“Thanks.” I shut my computer, and thought that if this guy is going to make conversation, I might as well try as well. My bed was against a wall, so I laid on it horizontally, and put my feet on the wall so my head could fall upside down on the other side.
He raised his eyebrow at me and I just mentally shrugged. If I actually shrugged, I’d probably fall, and I’m not taking that risk in front of a handsome stranger. “How do you know Regina?”
“Oh you know, I like to sneak in her dorm room and just chill on this empty bed that she has to pass the time. I even sometimes sniff her panties.”
Jack laughed, and my stomach clenched. What a cute fucking laugh. I gotta hold myself together. “Okay, I get it, you’re her roommate.”
“10/10, I’m very proud.”
Jack laughed again and gazed around the room. “So your side is that side?” He was pointing towards my attempt at hanging posters. If this was my room back home it’d be so much more decked out. But since I always have to leave every summer, I don’t try very hard to accessorize. Unlike Regina.
“Yeah, I only put up bands I really like because anything other than that is just too much work.”
He nodded and looked around at Regina’s. It was fully decorated to look like a teenager’s wet dream. Teenage girl’s anyway. A teenaged boy’s wet dream would be that teenage girl naked. I digress. “So you like Blink-182?”
“Love Blink. Listened to Green Day first though.”
He smiled and nodded. “Me too.”
“Really? You like them?”
“Of course, Blink is one of my favorite bands.”
I stole another glance at Jack, and his favorite band made sense. His hair was pushed back, and he had a black leather jacket on. The best kind. I couldn’t help but check him out. If I stared too long, he’d probably notice so I ended up tearing my gaze away.
“What were you doing on your computer over there?” he asked me.
“You know, you ask a lot of questions,” I giggled unexpectedly. Stop it, Y/N, you’re making it awkward.
“Sorry, just curious in my friend’s cute roommate.”
My face flushed, and I tried hard not to look up at him. He can’t know I’m blushing. Did he just say friend? Because I’m like 89% sure that they’re more than friends. I couldn’t help myself, it came out anyway. “I thought you were dating Regina?”
“Oh we are, sort of. I’m just relatively sure she’s cheating on me, so nothing’s really stopping me from flirting here.”
He just outright told me he’s flirting with me. My stomach hurt from all this excitement. If he keeps this up any longer, I’m not going to be able to eat dinner. And we’re having macaroni. I can’t let this happen.
Luckily, I was saved by Regina walking in from her date from last night. I never really did ask Jack why he was here, but I guess it didn’t really matter now. If he stays in here, I could witness their fight first-hand. I shouldn’t be excited about it, but I was.
“Jack?” Regina questioned, dumbfounded. “What are you doing here?”
“I came here to surprise you,” he shrugged his shoulders while he talked. I never met anyone who was so easily able to speak. How does that even happen? Also, why is he trying to surprise her if he’s so sure she’s cheating on him.
“Oh, well just let me get ready, and we can go.” She went to take a shower, and that left nothing but awkward stares between Jack and me. Yay.
“I’m going to break up with her after this date, you know,” he told me. He came to sit next to me on my bed. I was still in my earlier position, not bothering to move. I was comfortable.
“You do that,” I stated. I’m not very supportive when it comes to things like this. I don’t know what the fuck to say.
When Regina got out of the shower, she noticed Jack was sitting next to me. Her makeup had washed off, but she was dressed thankfully. I don’t think she liked Jack being near me, because she came right up to him and planted a sloppy kiss on his lips right in front of me, and for a while all that filled the room were kissing noises. I cringed.
She pulled away, and ran a hand through his hair. “Your hair looks so sexy pushed back, Y/N, tell him his hair looks sexy pushed back.”
“Fuck you, I do what I want.” Jack couldn’t help but let a laugh out, and I cracked a smile at what I said too. She’s trying to intimidate me, but it won’t work. I honestly don’t care about her opinion.
She groaned and got up to put on makeup. Jack looked over at me, and I stared back at him. For a while we just stared at each other. He snapped his fingers and held his hand out. I looked at him puzzlingly, and he tried to communicate it with his eyes. I still didn’t get it. After a while, he gave up, and took out his phone and pointed at it.
He either wanted me to order pizza or he wanted my number. I guess it was the latter. I took his phone and put my number in it. He smiled down at me and I smiled back. Regina came back in with a sway in her hips. “You ready to go babe?”
“As ready as I’ll ever be,” he mumbled. I giggled, and Regina shot me a death glare. I shrugged it off, and when they left, went back to my computer.
After about 20 minutes of silence, my phone beeps from an unknown number. I smiled when I realized it was Jack. He told me that they already broke up and that he wanted to spend time with me. I guess he’s coming back here? I know that Regina isn’t coming back. She always liked to go out partying whenever she got dumped, which was quite often. I don’t think twice about it.
I quickly agreed to pizza, but figured I should probably shower, that’s kind of important. So I hopped in the shower and told Jack to just walk in when he got here. This is weird, I’m going to be spending time alone with my roommate’s ex boyfriend as of 20 minutes ago. I already felt closer to him than I ever have with Regina, which was a strange thing to think about, but it’s happening.
Weirdly enough, the attractive tall guy wanted to spend time with me over Regina. Thank god it was in this environment, or I don’t think I would survive. I just hope it goes well.
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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