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Time-Bomb

"You are a shining example of why I don't sleep at all."

Jack’s POV
After I got back, I went to my bunk and just laid there. What did Dawn mean when she said that? The scene kept playing over and over again in my head.
“Listen to the truth. That’s all I wanted to let you know.”
Those two sentences stuck out the most. What did they mean though? I really wasn’t very good at puzzles. Dawn should know that. Maybe that’s apart of it too. If I do care, then I’ll work my butt off trying to figure this out.
She said listen to. Is that a clue? I don’t think she ever gave a speech in high school that dealt with that. I don’t think she did any plays or musicals either. Maybe this didn’t have to do with anything in high school or the fact that she was really into Drama Club.
Listen to could have something to do with music. I can’t think of any bands that she liked that have that in their name. I can’t even think of any songs she liked that had that in the title. Think Jack think.
I couldn’t think of anything so I grabbed my ipod and looked at the forbidden section of it. I secretly had her band on my ipod. I just never listened to it because I was afraid that the guys would take it off. I guess now would be the best time to listen to her music. It would kill some time before I go to that party tonight.
I put the buds in my ears and started to go to a state of half asleep half awake. Does that make any sense? I was awake, but I felt like I was asleep. Oh well, it doesn’t matter.
When it finally got to number six, everything got softer. I remember that Dawn secretly liked soft songs. She just always told people that she only liked heavier stuff. The song started with piano and a girl crying. She sounded like Dawn. Then there was another voice. It sounded like her sister.
“Why don’t you tell him?” her sister asked.
“What’s the point?” Dawn questioned. “We can’t be together.”
“At least you could tell him and get it off your chest.”
“It doesn’t matter now. It’s too late.”
“It doesn’t matter if it is or not. Put it in a song or something.”
Her sobbing started to be less violent. “Ok. I’ll write a song about the truth because that’s really all I want him to know.”
Wait. Did Dawn just say what I think she said? I played the song from the beginning again. She did say that. I looked at the title of the song. “The Truth (I Wanted to Let You Know)”. Wow. I must be an idiot. The truth was literally right there in my hand the whole time. Well, expect when we were in the woods because then it was in my pocket. Anyway, I started to listen to the lyrics.
Was I hearing this right? It sounded like she was sorry that she acted the way she did and that she was pissed at herself. She sang that she still loves me. She still loves me? Am I interpreting this right? Maybe saying, “I still love you” meant something else. Wait. Maybe she’s just being straightforward. Dawn was always straightforward about stuff. So is she really saying she still loves me? That really is the only thing it can mean. I felt my heart skip a beat. She still loves me!
By the time that I stopped jumping up and down inside my head, it was time for the party. I pulled out a really nice pair of skinny jeans out of my bag, and one of my newer “Boner” shirts. Wait. Will she think it’s weird that I’m wearing a shirt that says that? Well, I’m always acted like what she called “silly, childish, and cute” (I liked the last one), so I guess it wouldn’t be that weird.
I hurried up and put it on before heading out of the bus. Of course, I ran out too fast and ran into someone, which knocked us both down to the ground with me on top. I looked down to find Alex. “Hey Lex,” I smiled.
“Please get off,” he breathed. “You’re on my…”
“Oh sorry.” I got off him and started skipping to the party. “Hurry up guys!”
“You’re in a good mood,” Zack said. “You know that we didn’t tell you where the party was, right?” Oh yeah. I have no idea where I’m skipping to.
“Maybe you guys should lead the way.” They chuckled while shaking their head before leading the way. “Did I say something funny?”
When we got there the party was in full effect. I separated from the guys and tried to find where Dawn could be. I finally spotted her away from the crowd of people. Dawn never did like parties. I looked at her clothes. Holy shit! Was she trying to turn me on or something? She was wearing a tight black corset top and really tight fitting skinny jeans. She was also wearing high high heel boots, and the amount of black eye shadow that she wears on stage.
“Hey Dawn!” I called as I headed her way with the biggest smile on my face. She looked at me and her small grin dropped. It looked like she mumbled something under breath before heading over to the table of alcohol and grabbing a bottle of vodka. I thought she said that she would never drink. She started drinking it, but then started coughing. Yeah, I was right. She’s never had vodka before. I walked over to her. “It burns going down. Didn’t you know that?”
“Yeah,” she mumbled.
“Then why were you trying to chug it?”
“I wanted to hurry up and get drunk.”
“Why’s that?” She shrugged. “I figured out your secret code.” She tried chugging it again to only be coughing even more. “Slow down.” I started rubbing her back. “You have all night to get drunk.”
“I’d rather get drunk now.”
“Why?”
“Because you’re here.”
“Why would you want to be drunk around me? Do you want to have sex with me and blame it on drinking?”
“No. It’s because you figured out my ‘secret code’.”
“You didn’t want me to?” I was hurt.
“I wanted you to.” She took another swig. Surprisingly, she didn’t start coughing again. I was impressed.
“If you wanted me to, then why are you drinking?”
“Because I’m scared, ok?!” Then she walked off.
I didn’t get it. Why was she scared? She knows that I wouldn’t hurt her. Or does she? Maybe she thinks that after all of this we won’t be able to be together. She probably thinks that history is going to repeat itself. I had to tell her that I’d never let that happen again. I had to tell her that I didn’t try either.
I started looking for her, but it was hard with the music blaring and the fact that there were so many people here. What if one of those people find her first? What if someone hurts her? I looked desperately for her. After what seemed like forever, I finally found her passed out next to her sister.
“Care!” I called. Only Dawn and I called her that. She looked at me and unexpectedly waved her arms for me to come over. When I did, I saw how bad Dawn was. She was defiantly going to feel that tomorrow, and she’s probably never going to drink again.
“Will you help me get her to our bus?”
“You’re not bad at me?”
“Why would I? Because of you we have a lot of popular songs.”
“There is more then just one about me?”
“Yeah. Most of our songs are about you.”
“Oh.”
“Now help me out.” I picked Dawn up and carried her to their bus. When I got there, I set her in her bunk and was about to walk away when a hand grabbed my leg.
“Don’t go,” she barely made out.
“I’ll never go.” I got into her bunk with her. I didn’t even care if she barfed on me in the morning.
“She didn’t have that much,” Care said. “I think it was mostly the emotions that made her pass out.”
I nodded before pulling Dawn closer to my body. She was warm, and I felt whole again holding her. I smiled to myself before finally drifting off to sleep.

Prequel

Walls

Walls

PG-13 Romance

Jack Barakat/ OC Prequel to Time-Bomb

4/16/13

- 2 Votes

Comments

@Amberflorencebarakat
Oh thanks! It's been forever since I've gotten comments or anything.
And I'm happy you like this one. It's not favorite, but it's forever there for me since it was my first ATL fic.
Oh and Idon't know if you've started the prequel but I got really stuck on it, but I have thought of just putting up all the info that wasn't explained. Ex. Why they hate Brittany so much

Anyway, thanks! :)

QueenDes QueenDes
7/30/13
This is my favourite fiction on this website ever
@Dreamer182
Thanks!!!
QueenDes QueenDes
11/18/12
This is seriously amazing!!
Dreamer182 Dreamer182
11/18/12