jack's pov +

after failing to find anything to eat, i closed the fridge just as the back door opened with sofia walking in.

she paused as she noticed my presence, tucking her curls behind her ear and not so subtly rolling her eyes.

"i just came to collect some of my stuff" she told. "unless you want to supervise - you know to make sure i don't send out any more letters".

i shook my head and suppressed a smile at her snappy sarcasm.

she immediately frowned, "what?".

"nothing" i shrugged, before she evidently lost interest and marched upstairs to find her belongings.

a part of me almost gets off on sofia's hotheaded side but i also know that i need to apologise already for being so brutal the other night.

i came upstairs to find her bent over on the ground to gather a few clothes that she left underneath my bed. i leant against the wall in my room, knowing that she could tell i was here.

"look, i'm sorry about the other day" i began to say. "i actually found out that it wasn't you who sent the letter. it was—".

"ayden? yeah well, i saw the look on his face when you freaked out that i'd rather you hated me than get mad at your little brother for just caring about you" sofia retorted.

i shook my head, "i never said that i hated you".

she finally stood up and went to the other side of the room where my chest of drawers was. she rummaged through the messy pile of clothes to find her own.

"so chanel" sofia mentioned. "you knew that she was pregnant, didn't you?".

"i spoke to her".

"spoke to her or fucked her?".

i scoffed, chuckling lightly, "why does that matter?".

sofia shook her head in annoyance and loudly shut the drawer as she made a bee line towards the door with her backpack.

"she wants to believe that i'm the father but i'm not" i explained, pulling her lightly back by her arm. "we haven't had sex for a very long time".

she stared at me, giving that same look that she had the other day - where she looks completely defeated but tries her best to remain confident.

"did you mean everything you said the other day?" she hesitantly questioned.

"no".

"well how much of it did you mean?".

i shrugged, holding my hands in my pants' pockets, "i think that a few boundaries could be useful to us, that's all".

she folded her arms across her chest, "but you were still an asshole to me. in front of your whole family".

i took a few steps closer to her, "i know and i apologise".

i came even closer and leant down to teasingly kiss the corner of her mouth.

"i'm really, really sorry" i whispered again before adding a kiss to her plump lips.

when i pulled away, sofia trapped her lips to hide a smile. she pushed back the door and lock it behind her as she dropped her backpack and quickly held her arms around my neck.

she attached her lips back onto mine before i willingly let her lead me backwards towards my bed.

after making my outburst up to sofia in multiple positions, we both rested, tangled up in my bed sheets. her head was laying against my chest, allowing me to rest my chin on top of her brunette locks.

"so if you're curious," she suddenly said with a small laugh. "home was a complete shitshow".

"fuck, i'm sorry for making you go back there" i apologised.

"it's okay. i can handle myself and to be fair, i do spend a lot of my time here".

"you mean, all your time" i joked, making her playfully slap my chest as we laughed.

as the joke dispersed, sofia adjusted herself more comfortably onto my chest and started to fiddle with our fingers together.

"it's only because it's the one place where i actually feel happy and safe" she answered much more seriously. "but now that i'm eighteen, i'm practically off cps' radar, so i can't wait to graduate and just go wherever the fuck i want".

with my arm around her, i gently stroked against her skin with my thumb, "where do you have in mind?".

"anywhere but here".

"well, i could get in on that. rob my dad for all his cash then we'll be sorted for years".

sofia chuckled, "you could but you're smart though, jack. way smarter than you think or give yourself credit for".

"damn, you're starting to sound like the teachers at school".

"but they're not wrong. you act like you don't care about education but you'll be out of this lifestyle way before me and...".

i glanced at her as she hesitated, "and what?".

"nothing" she shook her head. "it's stupid".

"no, go on".

"even though you probably wouldn't, i'd like to think you'd take me with you. i mean, no one's ever been as good to me as you have" she confessed.

i suddenly felt a small pit of guilt fill my stomach. i just know that i haven't been nearly as good to sofia as i could lately.

"but even if you don't, you and your family are better than anyone i've ever met. you've always there for me so you deserve whatever good shit comes your way" she continued.

i placed a kiss against her head, holding my lips there and wondering how anyone could think so highly of me after the shit way that i act sometimes.

"you're amazing, you know that?" i whispered until i subtly cleared my throat. "you know, just for putting up with me".

"well i've never really felt like this about just anyone so," she trailed off..

"felt like what?".

"don't make me say it" she muttered with an embarrassed laugh. "i've always believed that all guys were dicks and you still are, but unfortunately you're one that i happen to like a lot".

i chuckled and gently pulled her in closer as she glanced up at me.

"so stop being such a douche to me, okay?".

"of course" i agreed, intertwining our hands to hold them together.

+

sofia's pov +

my lips formed into a big smile as i saw jack waiting in the school hallway for me after class.

"what are you doing here? i thought you were skipping today?" i wondered.

"well, technically i did. the school day is over" he replied, putting his arm over my shoulder. "and plus i wanted to pick you up like a gentleman".

"would you look at that?" sam abruptly joined jack's side, messing up his hair. "it's mr and mrs jack gilinsky reunited".

"fuck off" jack retaliated, pushing his friend to the side.

"jack, how nice of you to join us at 3pm" miss hunnington announced as we walked towards her, standing at the open school doors.

"always a pleasure" jack did a small bow, making sam and i snicker.

"i think you'd find more pleasure in thinking about your future instead?" the teacher called out.

"i will when my future actually looks like a possibility!" jack responded just as loud as we walked further away from the building.

"you know, these teachers are only tryna help" i informed but that only caused him to give me the biggest eye roll.

"so dude, underground right now" sam informed, rolling a joint as we paused outside the school. "huge fight today".

"can't, i'm kinda busy".

sam sighed, then patted jack's back with his free hand, "fine. text me when you stop being so pussy-whipped".

we watched sam walk away whilst i laughed at his chose of words.

"maybe you are a little pussy-whipped" i chuckled, wrapping my arms around his neck. "you could have gone, you know".

jack nodded, "yeah, but then i wouldn't get a spontaneous blowjob".

i cocked my head back with a smirk, "who said you were getting a fucking blowjob? i have to study for the bio test, the one that you also have. it's 20 percent of our grade".

"oh my god" jack threw his head back in annoyance. "i gave up the underground for studying".

"hey" i came closer to his face, purposely brushing our lips together. "if you're really lucky, we won't just be studying".

"fuck" he ran his tongue over his lips, locking his eyes on mine. "okay, let's go. we can study at my house".

with that, we walked at a faster pace back to our neighbourhood but first had to stop at my place so i could grab my biology textbook.

we entered the house and instantly were hit with the smell of cigarettes and beer. jack leant against the nearby wall, ironically lighting up his own cigarette as i began to search around.

"sofia, how was school?" my mother smiled, holding her own cigarette in her hand.

i ignored her and continued to look for my textbook in the living room. i know i left it in here somewhere.

"hey, answer your mother" dave demanded.

without diverting my attention, i gave them both the finger as my response.

"still hanging around this kid?" dave pointed out. "thought you moved on after you came back here for more than two minutes last week".

"yeah and i caught you two having a cocaine party right in this living room" i responded, finally finding my textbook underneath an old couch chair, holding it steady.

"sofia, sit down. let's spend some time together" my mom patted the space on the couch between her and my father. "just like old times".

"can't" i exhaled, clearly bothered by the request. "have to study for biology".

she suddenly beamed with a smile, "i was pretty good at biology when i was in school. i could help".

"wow, high school biology" dave added, releasing smoke from his lips. "the shit we used to get up to in that lab after hours".

he nudged and winked at my mother, making her giggle like a schoolgirl. jack and i grimaced at them both as i tried to hold in any urge to barf.

"you get used to it" i told him, before we finally left to continue over to his house.

"what did you get for number 6?" i questioned, before jack dramatically shut his textbook.

"don't know, don't care" he responded. i rolled my eyes at him and concentrated back on my own work.

we've been doing this for almost two hours and i could tell only ten minutes in that jack wasn't bothered. and i was eventually proved right when he began to place kisses along my shoulder, following up to my neck.

"this isn't what studying for biology is" i pointed out, lightly biting down on my lip at the sensation.

he let out a sound of disapproval, "you said there wouldn't just be studying".

i stood corrected since his actions were turning me on more than i anticipated. i let out a sigh and quickly allowed him to kiss me.

as the moment escalated, we pulled off our shirts before jack laid down on couch. he raised his brow, signalling for me to straddle his lap.

i leant down and continued to kiss him, moving my hips and turning this into an incredibly hot make out session with jack's hands firmly squeezing my ass.

i could quickly feel him harden beneath me that i slowly pulled away in realisation. our bodies breathlessly rose against one another.

"what if your family comes back?" i asked.

"they won't" jack shook his head. "mom's at work, ayden, jas and gabe are with the neighbours, and kenzie with friends i think".

he sat up on his elbows and held one arm around me as he reattached his lips to my neck.

for the quick second that i drifted into my thoughts, i was distracted from the pleasure that jack was giving me by something i've been meaning to ask for a while.

"wait, can i ask you something?" i inquired.

"sure".

"...what are we?".

jack chuckled, clearly caught by surprise until he took in the serious look i had.

"well, we're friends. best friends" he replied.

i moved back slightly with a frown, "is that all?".

"where is this coming from?" he awkwardly laughed. "you're the one who would glue it to my mind that you don't do boyfriends".

i looked down, my eyes leaving his before i heard a small sigh exhale from his mouth.

"look, we're just two people," jack softly pecked a kiss on my lips. "that are very attracted to one another, and like to do things like this"

he added a few more kisses to my neck, sucking slightly harder against my skin.

"does all this really need a label?" he stopped to whisper, sending chills down my spine but i narrowed my eyes at him.

"i told you that i liked you the other day, which was a huge deal for me and with the amount of time we spend together alongside the pda and the sex, i'd thought you'd at least think of me as more than just a friend".

i could tell that all of my words were putting him on the spot right now, but that's what i needed so i can check that i haven't wasted my time here for months.

jack eventually lifted a small shrug, "sof, you know how i feel about you".

"do i?".

as if on cue, the front door opened, relieving jack from answering me any further and causing me to quickly cover myself with my shirt.

i immediately pulled it back on and climbed off his lap as natalia walked in alongside jack's younger siblings. she stared at us both sceptically as she carried gabriel in one arm and many groceries in the other.

i cleared my throat, "hi natalia".

she observed us both, "i don't know if i like you two being home alone like this".

"last time i checked - i'm eighteen, mom" jack reminded her.

"being eighteen doesn't magically give you the superpower of birth control" natalia headed into the kitchen as the kids piled up on the couch with us.

"seriously?" jack recalled to his mother.

she popped her head through the doorway, "yes, i'm being serious. be safe because i'm not taking care of another kid, and definitely not that chanel's newborn".

i glanced at jack in that moment, clearly causing him to grow frustrated at all the assumptions.

"god, is she telling everyone?" he pulled his hands down his face.

"jack's having a baby?" jasmine's head turned to her big brother.

"no!" jack and natalia simultaneously answered.

"that baby isn't mine" he continued to clarify. "i'm just an easy solution for her".

the conversation was beginning to wear me down, so i stood to pack my school things together as jack's eyes refused to leave me.

"where you going?" he wondered.

"sofia honey, are you staying for dinner?" natalia called out over the sound of pots and pans being sorted through.

"thank you, but no" i politely declined. "i need to continue studying at home".

"didn't look like you two were studying" ayden commented, causing jack to slap him on the back of his head.

i glanced at jack, both of us knowing that our conversation was still very unfinished. but without another word, i pulled my bag over my shoulder and left the gilinsky household for my own.

even though i've fallen for jack, i'm still the same bitch who won't tolerate being toyed around by some guy so i'll need to know where i stand soon.

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hope y'all still like this book lol

why am i like sofia? i fall for guys who lowkey treat me like shit only because i've never known any better

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