ON SET | FACK

TWENTY FIVE

"that game. towards the end. you seemed off, that's all."

shit. jack thought to himself.

"no? i'm okay." the boy wiggled out of finn's tight grip, his jaw tightening, plastering a fake smile on his face. "c'mon, i wanna see what wyatt's surprise for chosen is."

"i thought you knew? did you not plan it with wyatt?"

fuck! jack thought to himself.

"y-yeah," jack stammered, trying to get ahold of himself. "i was just-"

"jack."

"finn!"

"don't do that."

"do what?"

"act like nothings going on. i'm not letting you act like this with me-"

"you don't control me. you're not the boss of me. i'll act however i want." jack snapped, turning on his heels and waking away from the boy, wanting to just dart down the hallway. however, it dawned upon him that he had lost the others, and he didn't know where the hell wyatt was going. he stopped in his tracks, turning to face finn again.

finn pressed his lips together, his brows drawing together. "what are you doing?"

"he asked me if i caught feelings for you, finn. he asked me that in front of everyone. in front of you."

finn stayed quiet. he almost could swear his heart had stopped. he couldn't hear the slight buzzing of the ice machine down the hallway anymore, he couldn't make sense of what news channel was blaring loudly from somebody's room down the hall. all he could see was jack, this precious dawn haired boy standing at least eight feet away from him, a pained look on his face, almost pouting.

"what did you tell him?" finn asked in a hushed tone.

jack gave him an exasperated look.

"what do you think?"

although he never said it out loud, they both knew.

how could they not?

they couldn't pretend they didn't revolve their whole entire world around each other anymore. because they did. and everyone knew it. the virgo and the capricorn were crazy about each other. it wasn't like it was hard to tell. all you had to do was look at the videos of them together, the pictures they took, the way they acted.

that was it. they were each other's person.

and in the yellowish tint the light was giving off in the hallway, as the two boys from not so similar backgrounds stood, looking at each other with perplexed gazes filled with bemusement, they knew how lucky they were to be with each other in this lifetime. they didn't just come into each other's lives, they became each other's lives.

"i'm tired of waiting." jack's voice cracked, squeezing his eyes shut for a moment before looking back at his best friend. "sometimes i think i'm going insane, like we never really had any romantic connection to begin with, or that you would never even think about wanting to be with me. then you touch my waist in a certain way, or call me a cute pet name, or make me my favourite food for breakfast or, OR, get this one, fucking kiss me in a bathroom, and i feel a little more sane. like maybe i'm right. maybe you do want me. but then you act like it's nothing but something a best friend would do and i feel crazy all over again. and now that i'm older, and i still fucking feel this way about everything you do, i'm so tired of it. i'm so tired of it, finn."

it felt like the air was being sucked out of him, out of his lungs, as finn watched the boy in front of him tremble and practically break in front of him. all because of him. all because of his actions. he didn't want to hurt jack, he couldn't hurt jack, he didn't think he had it in him. but here finn was, watching the teenager he had grown to love slowly disappear in front of him.

"you're not crazy," finn stepped closer to him, and jack shook his head, tears finally started to run down his cheeks. they weren't tears of joy, or sadness, but tears of frustration, tears of anger.

"then what am i! what's fucking going on finn, huh? because i've never hurt this much before all because of one person."

"that's what love does to you!" finn's own voice rose, and he finally stepped closer to jack, only being a foot or two away from him now. "it's chemical, it messes with your head and your emotions and makes your heart feel like it was thrown into a wood chipper but you have to deal with it if you want it badly enough."

"love doesn't hurt people." jack replied in a harsh tone.

"yes it does." finn shot back. "unrequited love hurts like a bitch."

"but our love isn't unrequited."

"we didn't know that until today."

the pairs voices had gotten softer, more calm and more controlled. they simply stood there, frozen in time, not knowing what to do with themselves.

"do you remember the night we went grocery shopping?" finn said softly, wanting jack's tears to stop flowing so heavily. jack nodded slowly.

"and you told sophia all we would be was best friends?"

jack was obviously taken aback, his pouty expression changing to a look of surprise. "how did you hear that? we weren't with you."

"grocery store shelves aren't soundproof," finn tried to joke, but the awestruck boy didn't crack a smile.

"all i remember thinking when i heard that is that, is that it wasn't true." finn let out a shaky breath. "you've always felt like more than a best friend to me. and i thought you knew that. the laser tag, the day we went to canada's wonderland, all the little things. i never meant to confuse you. god, the night we kissed in the bathroom, i wished on an eyelash that i would get to kiss you a million times more. everything i've done was for you."

and for the first time since wyatt had asked him the question that night, jack broke out into a smile.

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AUTHORS NOTE

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wow. WOW! fack is happening, FRFR.
alright, so, hear me out.

this book will probably only go to chapter 28, IF that. it might be even less. i just don't have inspiration to write this book anymore, and i'm not apart of the fack fandom as much, as in, im not active on my fan page. i love the IT cast endlessly, (they've helped me through so much without even realizing it,) but i am finding ways to be happy without needing to depend on social media.

i love all you guys so much. you're all so patient with me, and it means the world. your comments and votes and reads make me so happy, and i'm so grateful there are people the enjoy my writing.

when this book ends, it'll be hella sad an era is over, but i've been planning this story and writing it for over a year now. i know you guys will be satisfied and happy with the ending.

love you guys!

- courtney <3