Dark affairs

Jack and I sit in the backseat of the car cuddling as we ride through the night to my hotel.

We don't talk much as there's good music pumping through the speakers and we both bop our heads to the beat.

A short ten minute drive later we enter the lobby. I check in, while Jack is waiting at the elevators holding my overnight bag.
When I have finally obtained my key card we go up to the sixth floor.

"Man, I can't wait to stretch out in a real bed again." Jack sighs happily, he pulls me in a sideway hug and looks down into my eyes.
"Mickey would you be mad if we just chill and go to sleep tonight, I'm pretty spent." He asks shyly.

I giggle an shake my head. "I was gonna ask you the same thing, I had a really long day with flying in and such. And there is always tomorrow morning." I wiggle my eyebrows at him.

"You can bet your sweet little ass on that." He playfully slaps my butt grinning.

We enter my room and I fall onto the bed exhausted while Jack explores the room.

He plays around with the TV channels until he has found something he likes, he raids the mini bar and pours us some whiskey and coke as 'sleep medicine' or so he claims.

Then he inspects the bathroom.

"Mickey! Mickey! We have a bathtub! Oh my god, I didn't have a bath for three weeks. Can we please have a bubble bath together?" I hear him shouting from the other room.

He doesn't wait for my reply as I can hear the water running and something that sounds like he had knocked over all the complimentary shampoo bottles.

"I thought you were too tired for sex?" I shout back.

His head appears in the doorway. "Who said something about sex, you always have such a one track mind, Mickey" he tuts. "I really just want to relax with you, no funny business, I promise."

He retreats back into the bathroom and I hear him rummaging some more.

"Okay, call me when you're done." I tell him, kicking off my shoes and laying back closing my eyes just for a second.

I jerk awake because something wet hits my face, I look up and see a naked Jack looking down at me and his hair is dripping with water.

"What?" I ask because he's grinning like a fool.

"You fell asleep already and I had to get out of the tub because I was screaming for you for five minutes but you wouldn't wake up." He pulls me up by my arm.

"Come on, it's so awesome." He turns around and runs back into the bathroom and I hear a huge splash and a "Sorry!"

I sigh and get up and start to undress myself dropping the clothes to the floor carelessly. I follow Jack's wet footprints on the carpet to the other room and nearly slip because the floor around the tub is drenched.

He has obviously used all of the bath and shower gels because there are so many bubbles they spill over the rim of the tub into the puddles on the floor. The main lights are off and in the absence of candles, Jack had put on some app on his phone that provides us with colour changing swirls as lighting. I have to smile at that.

"Jay that is so cool, you are a genius" I praise him as I step into the tub and sit down between his legs leaning back into his chest, sending a few more globs of foam over the edge and onto the floor.

We relax in silence for a while. Jack rubbing my stomach lovingly while planting little kisses on the side of my face and all along my neck. My mind starts wandering, replaying all the things that happened today.
"Jack?" I start. He hums in acknowledgment. "Would you say, we can talk about everything?"

He stops what he is doing and drops his head back onto the bathtub thinking, then sighs happily.

"I really think so, it's one of the things I have never had before with a girl. I believe I could tell you everything and even if you might get mad, we could still reach some point of understanding. I hope it feels the same for you." He leans forward and looks at me from the side.

I nod. "So, would you tell me what you and Alex, you know, have been doing together since you guys went on tour?" I ask because this question hasn't left my mind.

Jack chuckles."You have no idea how busy we always are when we're touring and there is practically no privacy on the bus, so apart from making out a few times at night and a quick hand job in the bathrooms. Nothing. Why? "

I shrug pushing my lip out. "I guess I'm still afraid you might fall so in love with Alex that you'll dump me to be together with him."

"Hey," Jack whispers and turns me so he can look into my eyes. "Where is this coming from. Don't you believe me when I say I love you? I do. And Alex cannot change that, okay?"

He huffs and pulls me close wrapping both his long arms around my torso and hooking his chin over my shoulders.

"Do you know Linda the Merch girl?" I continue after a moment.

He sighs annoyed, "Not my type!"

"That's not what I mean." I elbow him lightly. "She said she would try to get into bed with Alex."

He snickers, "well good luck with that."

I turn and look at him. "What do you mean! She told me the boys said that he is always sleeping around. She doesn't even care that he is married."

Jack searches my eyes for a moment. "Why is it bothering you what Linda says?"

I think for a moment."I don't want him to just use us and then leave when he gets bored. He has done it to us before." I remind him.

"He didn't dump us because he got bored but because he got married." Jack counters.

"Yeah, to the love of his life, his soul mate." I muse.

"Blah, blah, blah." He sounds annoyed and I look at him with furrowed brows.

He leans back again pulling me with him and stares at the ceiling while playing with my hair. "You know Alex loves the idea of the perfect relationship and he keeps repeating these things to convince himself. Whereas the guys and I see this completely different. He constantly tells everyone that he married his high school sweetheart but the fact is that during the ten years they have dated, they broke up at least four times and Alex had different girlfriends during the breaks. He says they get back together because they are meant for each other." He looks at me for my reaction and I nod because that sounds plausible.

"Well The boys and I see it that way, they have been trying for ten years but it never worked out, what makes him think marrying her changes anything? This is a toxic relationship but he refuses to realise it."

I have to admit what Jack said makes sense. I still contemplate this new information when he speaks up again. "And about sleeping around, since our little 'arrangement' Alex hasn't so much as looked at another girl - or boy for that matter."

"Lisa told me to stay away from him and she was pretty rude about it and Rian said the same thing yesterday. Just so you know, Rian hates me and I don't really know why." I confess, I guess these things bother me more than I want to admit because it feels good to tell somebody.

Jack hums nodding. "Well Lisa is not stupid, she probably noticed how he looks at you but that also confirms that he hasn't told her anything about us and I don't think he is planning to. And Rian" here he snorts. "Rian is an idiot. He thinks he knows everything and is oh so clever but most of the time he is completely clueless about what's really going on. Don't worry about him. He is as threatening as a cooked potato." He giggles.

I look at him and smile. "You know Jay, for someone who constantly makes stupid jokes and inappropriate comments, you can be incredibly deep and profound when you want to." I give him a wet kiss.

He looks at me still twisting my hair around his fingers. "Completely unrelated though, have I ever told you that I love your curls? They make you look so innocent like a little angel when I know you're everything but. As they say : A lady in the streets but a freak between the sheets."

He snickers at his own joke and I roll my eyes. I guess that means our serious talk is over.

Notes

Yay another update, a lot of dialogue but also some explanations?
Maybe. ;)