
22: I missed you
Y/n POV
"Just loosen up, you'll be fine" Jack smiles, holding both my hands as he skates backwards in front of me.
"But I could break my neck and die!"
"You'll be fine Y/n, I promise" He squeezes my hands.
"Oh my god theres a kid behind you!" I yell and stop moving completely, getting ready to hit the ice.
"Y/n, I see him, Its fine" Jack giggles, pulling me.
"How did you see him?! Do you have eyes on the back of your head?!" I smile.
"Yeah sure. They have names too. Y/n one, and Y/n two" he jokes.
He attempts to teach my how to do this. He eventually lets go of one hand and stays by my side. We occasionally have to let go because our hands are sweating but he soon grabs my hand again. Elijah comes up to my other side with Abel with him.
"Hey, look who I found!" Elijah smiles brightly.
"Don't hit my feet! I don't want to do-You're getting to close!" I panic.
"Small world, huh?" Jack smiles at the two, ignoring me.
"Well, 1.3 million earths can fill the sun and the size of the sun is nothing compared to the size of the galaxy, the world is pretty small. The human brain can barely even comprehend how small we are compared to the galaxy" Elijah Speaks.
"Sometimes I wonder how you weren't bullied in school" Abel speaks "Well, we'll let you go. We should give Y/n a break from her mini heart attack"
"See ya!" I yell, staring at me feet as they leave "Yay! They didn't kill me!" I cheer.
"Loosen up. Its harder to do this if you're stiff"
"But I-" I was interrupted by Jack.
"You trust me, right?" He asks.
"Y-yeah, of course-"
"Then loosen up. You wont die, the worst you'll get is a sprained ankle"
"You sure about that?"
"Just listen to me, okay?"
"Fine" I groan.
Continuously falling and laughing my frozen ass off later, I begin to get the hang of it. I wasn't going fast, but I was still going somewhere.
"You think you can do it by yourself now?" Jack asks.
"No!" I tighten my grip on his hand.
"You're doing fine, at least try to do it by yourself"
"Don't let go, Jack" I say dramatically, quoting a line from Titanic.
"I'll never let go, Y/n" Jack smiles "Oh no, I died! Its the part where you let go and watch me sink into the ocean now!"
"No! Not yet!" I yell.
"Can I at least get on your other side? This hand its sweaty" Jack giggles.
"Sure, I-I guess" I nod.
He lets go, going behind me but never grabs my other hand. I begin to panic, forgetting what to do. Jack comes up beside me but with his arms crossed so I couldn't grab for his hands.
"See, you're doing it!" Jack smiles.
"Yeah, but I'm terrified out of my mind!"
"You're still doing it!" Jack skates backwards in front of me again, his arms still crossed "Stop staring at your feet. Look up at me, keep your eyes on me"
I force my eyes up to meet his deep blue ones. He stares back, looking behind him every now and then.
"Keep your head up. If you skate with your eyes down, you could run into someone" Jack smiles.
"But what if my feet hit each other?!" I ask, looking back down. His fingers come in contact with my chin, bringing my head back up.
"Head up" Jack speaks, never pulling his hand away.
"Now kiss!" Carter yells as he passes. Jack and I break eye contact and I glare at Carter. His eyes grow wide and he rushes off with Mia by his side.
"Why am I friends with him?" I mumble, rolling my eyes "And why am I closer to him than Mia?"
"How close are you two?" Jack asks, going back to my side, keeping his hands to himself.
"I don't know" I shrug "He knows basically everything about me and vise versa"
"Ah" Jack nods "I still haven't opened up all the way to Alex or Brandon"
"Why's that?" I ask, looking up at him.
"I'm just not that close to them. Alex is always working and Brandon is always with his girlfriend"
"Oh" I nod.
"Can I ask a stupid question?" Jack looks down at me.
"Yeah, sure"
"Are Carter and Mia" he pauses "A thing?"
"No, but Carter likes her. I'm trying to set them up but I'm not having much luck" I fold my arms.
Jack nods, scanning the room. We don't speak for a few moments. He watches the people as they pass, his faded green hair messed up. He said this was the last time he'd dye his hair and after this, he'll go back to his original hair color. I was excited but sad at the same time. I haven't seen him with his brown hair since he first moved to our school. But sad because I'm so used to the bright color on his head and it was so easy to find him in big crowds. Its like trying to find a highlighter in a group of sharpies.
"I still can't believe I'm here" Jack smiles down at me.
"Same" I smile, staring down at my feet. He brings my head back up and folds his arms once again.
"Oh, sorry for looking down" I playfully roll my eyes.
"Apology accepted" Jack smiles.
"I missed you" I giggle.
"I missed you too" Jack brings an arm around my shoulders.
"Ah! Too close!" I yell, pointing to our feet.
He rolls his eyes and drifts further away from me. I felt sad at the loss of warmth but relieved my feet didn't come in contact with his.
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