Barakat, Jack Barakat

Amy sat in Starbucks clutching at her coffee. Of course she had arrived early. She was nervous, but really happy. She was finally going to sort things out with Jack. She couldn’t wait to have that idiot back in her life. She picked up her coffee, carefully taking a slow sip of the hot liquid. She quickly glanced upwards towards the door to see Jack walking in. Something was different. He looked around for her, smiling when he met her eyes and made his way over.
“Holy shit. What have you done to your hair?” she asked laughing.
“I felt like a change” he shrugged. Amy reached out her hand to touch his hair.
“Can I?” she smiled.
“It’s never stopped you before” he laughed.
Ugh, that laugh, my favourite sound she thought. She reached out and ran her hand through the red stripe that now graced his hair, instead of his usual blonde. She had ran her hand through that blonde stripe so many times. Part of her was slightly upset that it had gone, but she did like his new look.
“I approve” she laughed before sitting back.
Insert awkward silence here.
“So Alex told me everything” he finally broke the silence.
“Oh…” she said, now finding her coffee cup interesting to stare at.
“I just want you to know that I forgive you. And I believe that nothing else happened with Alex” he placed his hand on hers. She looked up straight into those eyes. Why did she do that? She looked right into those big, chocolate orbs and felt like she was being sucked in, just like many times before.
“Thank you” she whispered.
“So” he spoke up, leaning back into his seat.
“Can we go back to being friends again?” he smiled at her.
“Of course, you idiot” she grinned, the pair standing to hug each other. There she was, back in Jack’s arms. Safe. She felt safe at last. They both sat back down, not wanting to cause a scene.
“Uh, so I kicked her out” he said, uneasy about talking about her.
“I can’t believe I had a fight with her” Amy burst out laughing, recalling the memory.
“Neither can I really. She was lucky you didn’t cause her any damage. Who knew you had that in you?” he chuckled.
“She started it, but she had it coming” Amy said, shrugging. She turned to gaze out of the window, letting her mind wander.
“Hey Amy?”
“Yeah?” she snapped her head around to look at him.
“If you like Alex, you should go for it”
“WHAT?!” She shouted a bit too loud, turning people’s heads. She shot them an apologetic smile, turning back to Jack.
“Sorry, Alex and I are just friends. If anything, he’s like a brother to me” she said, completely shocked at what Jack had said. Why would he even say that? Is he completely unaware of the fact that they used to be in a relationship, and here he is suggesting that she get with his best friend? Her heart sank. Has he already gotten over her? She felt sick.
“I’m sorry Jack” she quickly stood, grabbing her bag and jacket.
“I don’t feel too good at the moment” she said, leaving him completely confused. She exited Starbucks and began walking in search of her car.
“Wait, Amy!” Jack called, grabbing her hand and turning her around. He was out of breath after running after her.
“I’m sorry, if I offended you, I’m sorry. I just thought that you liked Alex and I just wanted you to be happy. Just like you want me to be” he frowned. Amy just pulled him into a long hug, resting her head on his chest. That soothing sound of his heartbeat was something she had fallen asleep to many times. She felt relieved.
“You want me to be happy, which is why I want you to be happy. You being happy makes me happy” he pulled away, smiling at her.
“You know I’m happiest when I’m with you” she grinned.
“Which is why I’m glad we can go back to being friends again” he hugged her this time, pulling her close into his chest.
“I’m so happy to have you back in my life, Amy” he smiled, kissing the top of her head.

Notes

Not a very long chapter, but I just wanted to get something up. I absolutely love Jack's new hair! Although, I would kill for him to put blue in his hair. Part of me does miss the blonde though.