without you // jack duff

chapter 38 ~ friend zone

cassie's pov

after a long day of everyone being hungover, we were finally ready to go home and everyone was loading their belongings into back of the bus. i made sure my bundle of photos were safe in the bottom of one of my bags, placing it into the back and bringing my big fluffy blanket onto the bus with me. since no one was there yet, i went and sat on the back row in the corner, putting my feet on the seats beside me.

"rye?" amelia spoke as they got onto the bus, but before rye could reply i butted in

"i swear if you say you've lost your shoes i'm going to slap you" i said, causing rye to chuckle. amelia paused since that was exactly what she was going to say and i laughed, rolling my eyes

"hey i think i saw them in the bottom of the pool" brook said as he sat beside tori. how did they even get there?

"looks like we're leaving them" rye chuckled and sat amelia down beside him, wrapping his arm around her. jack came onto the bus and momentarily hesitated before coming towards me

"can i?" he asked, wanting to sit beside me. i smiled and nodded, moving my feet off of the seat to let him sit. over the space of twenty four hours, we'd somehow became so much closer, but i wasn't complaining. this morning, after we'd ate and looked through the photos we just stayed in bed, watching movies and cuddling into each other (which i really needed after so long). i was still wearing his hoodie since it was so comfortable. he sat beside me as noah climbed onto the bus, instantly coming towards us when he saw us sitting together

"yay! my favourite couple!" he shouted, sitting on the other side of jack.

"shut up!" i shouted back, lifting my foot over jack to kick noah, resulting in him pushing my leg back down. jack chuckled as he stayed sitting between us, knowing he'd probably have to deal with us the whole way back

the journey home began and everyone had been in their own conversations since we set off. me, jack and noah were talking about past memories, mainly the funniest ones. our parents could literally never separate us

"remember that time we went swimming and noah tripped over and accidentally pushed the lifeguard in" i laughed and they both joined in with me

"or the time he fell face first into a pile of mud" jack said and we laughed more

"don't bully me!" noah shouted but laughed,
"what about when you went on britain's got talent and cassie friend zoned you" he laughed and jack blushed. it was true - we were all there when jack performed with cormac. after they'd came off the stage, i'd gave jack a big hug to congratulate him. he leant in to kiss me but i turned my head so he would kiss my cheek instead (obviously, this was before we'd first dated).

we all laughed as we continued to talk about other embarrassing experiences we went through together until we arrived home - home being the boys' flat. everyone made their way in while i stayed out

"i think i might head to mine. i'm sick of seeing you all" i giggled, picking up my bags

"are you sure?" jack said, almost frowning. i nodded

"y-you can come with me if you want. we have a lot to catch up on" i spoke and a smile grew on his face.

"brook, can you take my stuff in for me?" he called to brook and he looked at the two of us, smiling. i smiled back at him as he took jacks stuff, heading into their home. we turned around and headed in the direction of my apartment

"thank you" i suddenly said, breaking the peaceful silence

"what for?" jack asked, confused

"for yesterday and today" i grinned, looking up at him. he looked back down at me, smiling too

"you deserved an amazing birthday" he smiled and i looked to the ground, smiling even more. once we'd arrived at my apartment i pulled my key out and unlocked the door, opening it to reveal a giant mess

"i forgot about this" i giggled, stepping in

"what happened?" jack chuckled, looking around to see the disaster that lied everywhere

"noah was here" i giggled and that was enough for him to understand what had happened. there was no way i was gonna clean this up now

"so what do you wanna do?" he asked, taking a seat on the sofa

"i might go take a shower since i probably stink" i replied,
"and if you want you can take one afterwards. then we can find something to do" i said and he nodded. i handed him the remote for the tv so he could watch something while i was gone, and then i headed to the bathroom for my lovely shower

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