wrong number ; jack gilinsky

eleven

i feel it coming by the weeknd played in the background and everything was pretty chill just like connor had described.

"hey" two hands lightly touched my shoulders from behind until they were revealed as jack's as he came in front of me with a smile.

"hi" i briefly waved, smiling back as he soon joined the others.

my attention diverted away from jack and to crystal and her friends, who were practically staring us down and evidently whispering to one another about our presence.

"um, what are they doing here?" crystal raised her hand and spoke up.

"we do have names, you know" kelsey pointed out.

"i invited them" connor replied as if he stating the obvious.

crystal chuckled, looking back at her friends, "why?".

"because it's called making friends other than just you, crystal" he said to her.

"no," derek spoke up - his words slightly slurring from being wasted. "it's only...it's only because connor wants jonah's d—".

"okay!" connor quickly interrupted. "come on, i'll get you all some drinks".

after eating a few slices of pizza, drinking one beer and feeling as though kelsey and i were only invited for the sake of connor getting to spend time with jonah, the boys were in the middle of laying out a game of beer pong.

throughout this whole night i haven't even managed to say one proper word to jack, except for that hi earlier and wondering when his next tutoring session is going to be.

i guess, the only good thing about tonight was watching crystal try to get close to jack and him reject her multiple times, and also having a few conversations with some of jack's female friends, that don't follow crystal around like a minion.

once the game was ready, johnson was assigned as the captain of the first team and crystal voluntarily assigned herself as the captain of the other - surprise, surprise.

"okay, i choose swazz..." johnson began. "...jack, seriyah...eva and derek".

"i pick sam, gigi, tez, adrianna..." crystal announced. "...and dakota".

my eyes instantly widened at the mention of my name.

"me?" i inquired, sitting on the couch and feeling everyone's eyes on me.

"yeah, you" she clarified, folding her arms across her chest.

"oh, she's not playing" kelsey spoke up and lightly held my arm back.

crystal snickered, making a few of the others laugh too, "can't she speak for herself?".

i looked at kelsey beside me.

"dakota, you barely even drink" she whispered and i bit the inside of my cheek.

"i know, but—".

"so, are you playing or not?" crystal loudly cut off my whisper. "or can you not take a little alcohol?".

she tilted her head with an annoying smirk plastered on her lips, that i could easily slap right off her face if i had the guts to.