A/N: I don't think I ever established this, but the boys all moved back to their hometown after they graduated from Michigan. So the story below isn't situated in Michigan, but from where they grew up.

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Axel's POV

"I'm such a crappy boyfriend, Jack"

I sigh into the phone, as I hear Jack shifting. I hear a groan in the background as Jack hushes someone. He's probably in bed, seeing as I called at 3 am. I do feel bad about waking him up, but he'd be even angrier if I didn't wake him up and wallow in my emotions by myself.

"He's gone again?" Jack asks, and I nod as I hug my knees to my chest. Pancake nudges my hand, and I move one of my hands to stroke her head.

I realize he can't see me, so I speak up. "Yeah.." I murmur quietly, and there's more rustling on Jack's end.

"Hold on," he says, hanging up. Barely a minute passes, and I hear the doorbell ring. Eager, I get up and tell Pancake to 'stay' before closing the door and running downstairs, hoping that the person on the other side of the door is him.

The door opens before I get to open it, Jack walking into the house and dragging along an asleep Pete. Jack probably went over to Pete's to drag him out of the house, poor guy.

All in the span of a minute too, Pete clearly doesn't even realize he's been dragged out of his house yet. He probably doesn't even realize he's not in the comfort of his bed.

He's wearing his shoes on his hands.

My shoulders slump slightly in disappointment, as it wasn't the one I wanted to see at the door. Though, he'd have the keys so there was no point in ringing the doorbell. Jack always barges into our house, though he does have the courtesy to ring the doorbell before he does.

Jack releases Pete's arm and Pete wobbles a bit on his feet to regain his balance, still completely out of it. Jack walks over to me, giving me a hug. He brings me over to the couch, sitting me down on it before going over to Pete. He grabs Pete's arm, dragging him over and plopping him down on the couch.

Jack slaps Pete behind the head, "Wake up, bitch. There's drama" he says and Pete's eyes immediately go from barely open to bulging out of his sockets.

"Where's the drama? Where the fuck is the gossip? BRING ME THE TEA!" Pete exclaims and looks around with wide eyes, causing me to laugh.

Pete calms down, looking at Jack and I and his surroundings.

"What am I doing here?" Pete asks, his eyebrows furrowed in confusion.

"I dragged you out of the house and to Axe's. Axe called me at 3 am and said he's a crappy boyfriend, so we are here to convince him he's not" Jack informs, looking pointedly at me.

Pete looks at me, taking my hands in his. "You are, in no way shape, or form, a crappy boyfriend. Jay can-" Pete says but cuts himself off, realizing that his name is taboo for me right now.

"Why don't you explain how you're feeling? Why do you think of yourself as a crappy boyfriend?" Jack urges, and I nod.

I take a deep breath, "Jay's an amazing boyfriend" I start, as Pete and Jack give me a deadpan look.

"We been knew" Pete replies, as Jack nods.

"And it's because Jay's such an amazing boyfriend that I'm such a crappy one" I say with a sigh, as Pete and Jack look at me in confusion.

"Going to need you to elaborate starting from the 'And'" Jack says and I nod.

"Jay is a great boyfriend, he's always treated me amazingly and is always around whenever I need him. He's also constantly spoiling me and he hasn't done anything for me to ever doubt him" I explain, as Jack and Pete nod.

"But he's been gone a lot lately, and what I mean by a lot is that I probably saw him for a total of 10 minutes this whole week" I continue, and Jack and Pete share a look.

"I know that Jay has given me absolutely no reason for me to doubt him," I say, feeling tears start to well up in my eyes. Jack and Pete both hug me, urging me to continue.

"He's done nothing but been kind to me, and make me feel loved. But he's been gone almost every night. Even on the nights he is here, he's gone by the time I wake up. He leaves a note that says, 'be back soon' but he comes back really late or doesn't come back that night at all" I say, as Jack and Pete continue to keep me in their embrace.

I sniffle, "He used to never mind me taking his phone, but whenever I so much as glance in the direction of his phone, he immediately gets up to grab his phone, hiding it in his pocket, and leaves the room"

"There are times where he'd look at his phone and have this huge smile on his face, then he'd immediately leave the house and not come back for hours. I feel like crap for thinking that Jay could be.. cheating on me.. especially after everything he's done for me, but I just.. don't know what I'm supposed to think"

"This is the only week we both have off before we return to training, and I was so happy that we could go on dates and spend time together again. But he's been gone so much that I probably see him more when we're both busy than I have this week. There are only two days left before I have to start training for the upcoming season, so we won't be able to spend time together for a while" I finish.

"Have you talked to Jay about how you're feeling?" Pete asks and I nod, grimacing as I remember our conversation earlier.

5 hours ago...

"Hey Jay, can we talk real quick?" I ask, seeing Jay grab his keys.

He puts them down and turns his attention towards me, smiling. "Of course, babe"

We sit down on the couch, Pancake jumping onto the couch and resting her head on my lap.

"What's up?" Jay asks, sitting down beside Pancake so that Pancake is in between us. Jay looks tired, as he lay his head on his hand. He has really huge eye bags.

"It's just... I'm going to have to go back to start training in two days" I start, and Jay nods.

"This was the only week we had in a while where we were both free" I continue, as Jay nods again, not sure what I'm getting at.

"I was hoping we could spend this week together, and go on dates and stuff. But.." I trail off, and Jay seems to realize what I'm trying to say.

Jay sighs, ruffling his hair. "I'm sorry baby, I know I've been really busy this week and rarely been home" I nod, looking down at Pancake while playing with her fur.

"I just.. want to know what's been occupying you. Maybe I can help?" I offer, and Jay shakes his head.

"Thank you for the offer, Axe. But you can't help with this" Jay says, getting up.

I stand up along with him, as Pancake looks up at the both of us.

"Why? We always dealt with problems together!" I yell as Jay sighs.

"Axe, drop it," Jay says, turning to leave.

I grab his wrist, "I rarely see you. I go to bed without you beside me and whenever I wake up you're gone! Can't you at least tell me what you've been doing?" I urge, and Jay pulls his arm out of my grip.

"Axel, I told you to drop it," Jay says frustratedly, raising his voice.

I pull my hand to my chest, looking down at my feet. Jay has never raised his voice at me, let alone act so aggressively towards me.

Jay sighs, "Shit, I'm sorry princess. I didn't mean to-"

He reaches out a hand but I take a step back. Jay shakes his head, looking down at his phone "I got to go, I'll be back soon"

Jay turns and leaves, the sound of the front door closing and Pancake's whimpers being the only sound I could hear besides my sniffling.

Jack's POV

After Axel told us about his fight with Jay, he started crying and soon fell asleep. So, Pete and I are currently carrying a sleeping Axel up to his room.

We're strong, capable young men. So obviously, carrying a 5'4 male up the stairs and to his room is a cinch for us very capable young men.

We only almost dropped him down the stairs a few times, no biggie.

We open the bedroom door, seeing Pancake laying on the bed. Hearing the door open, Pancake immediately springs up, jumping off the bed and running towards us.

"Shhh, calm down Pancake. Don't wake up Axe, okay? Good girl" Pete calms Pancake, and Pancake obediently follows and sits down at the foot of the bed.

We gently lay Axel down onto the bed, pulling the covers to tuck him in.

"I feel so bad.." Pete says, and I nod as we look at a peacefully sleeping Axe with puffy eyes.

I sigh angrily, walking out of the room. I stand in the hallway, taking my phone out of my pocket.

"What are you doing?" Pete says, following me into the hallway.

"Calling the son of a bitch" I respond angrily, hearing the phone ringing.

A deep, tired voice answers the phone. "Hello?"

"Where the fuck are you?" I hiss angrily into the phone.

"Woah, calm down. You already know where I am, what's going on?" there's a pause on the other end before the voice changes into a concerned one. "Did something happen to Axe? Is he okay?"

"No he's not fucking okay," I say and Pete rubs a hand up and down my back, trying to calm me down as he can probably see the steam coming out of my ears.

"He called me at 3 am, and do you know what was the first thing he said? 'I'm such a crappy boyfriend, Jack'. Who do you think made him say that?" I whisper-yell angrily into the phone.

"Shit.."

"Shit is right you dickhead. How could you just leave Axe like that after your little spat?"

"They called and asked me to come check everything.." Jay defends weakly.

"You could've at least tried to console him before you left. This is so out of character of you. He was crying, Jay" I tell him, and I hear Jay's breath hitch.

"I know this isn't an excuse but I've been so stressed with lying to Axe about everything that I haven't been sleeping well. I wasn't thinking clearly, and I was so happy that everything was finally finished and that I didn't have to keep a secret from him anymore that I just-"

"When will Axe know?" I cut him off.

"It's all done, Axe will know everything tomorrow," Jay says quietly.

"Then where the fuck are you?"

"I'm at the location.. checking things over one last time and getting ready for tomorrow"

"You better know what you're doing, Jayden. If Axe sheds another tear, it's your head on the line"

Axel's POV

I groan, rolling over to turn away from the bright light.

My hand lands on something and I slowly open my eyes, blinking away the sleep. My eyes couldn't open fully since they were swollen from how much I cried.

I look over at my hand to see a piece of paper under it. I grab the piece of paper, laying down on my back and examining it.

The paper's folded in half, my name written in beautiful cursive writing on the front. I open it and was about to read the writing on the inside when Jack bursts through the bedroom door.

I jump slightly, my eyes widening -well, as wide as my swollen eyes can open- as I look at my best friend who has a stupid grin on his face.

"Oh, you're already up. Moooorning" Jack greets, jumping onto the bed and laying beside me.

I chuckle, "Morning" I greet back, forgetting about the note in my hand.

"What's that?" he asks, referring to the paper in my hand.

I shrug and open it to read the inside, Jack looking at the writing from beside me.

Good morning, Love. I'm sorry for being away all week, please don't be mad :( I have a surprise for you, so follow along with the game, okay?

Roses are red, violets are blue, go to the place, where I first bumped into you.

Easy enough, right? Good luck, I love you! :)

"Where he first bumped into you?" Jack reads, looking at me.

"A surprise? Is this what he's been doing this whole week?" I mumble, and Jack shrugs. He's been planning something for me, yet I flipped out on him and even suspected he was cheating.

God, I really am a crappy boyfriend.

I get out of bed, "Come on, let's go"

"Go where?" Jack asks, standing up from the bed.

"To the school. That should be where I first bumped into him, since that's where we met" I say, looking at Jack as if he was asking the obvious.

"Okay.. but aren't you forgetting something?" he asks, and I tilt my head to the side in confusion.

Jack chuckles, "You're seriously going out dressed like that?"

I look down at my outfit, blushing. I was wearing a pair of briefs and Jay's shirt that barely goes over my mid-thigh.

I quickly scramble to the closet, grabbing whatever outfit I could before rushing to the bathroom with Jack's laughter sounding behind me.

We arrive at the school, Jack parking the car in the spot that's closest to the school. I place the ice that I was using for my swollen eyes down and excitedly get out of the car, tripping over myself.

"Geez, calm down!" Jack says, catching me.

I pout, standing up straight and walking up the stairs to the school. I pray that the doors weren't locked and luckily, they weren't.

We enter the school, wandering around as I think of where I first met Jay. We check the cafeteria and the library, but we couldn't find a note anywhere.

"Where could it be?" I murmur, looking in between some books in the library.

"Is it in one of the classrooms? He said he bumped into you right? Maybe he bumped into your desk or something?" Jack offers, and I think. Classrooms... Oh!

"I think I know where it might be..." I say, and we leave the library. We continue walking through the halls as I check the numbers of the classrooms.

303... 305.... 307...

309!

"Here! I was leaving Mr. Falcon's room after class and turned the corner" I exclaim, pointing at the end of the hall, "That's where I bumped into him!"

"But we just came from there, and there wasn't anything there," Jack says, and I frown a bit. Maybe I was wrong... did we meet somewhere before this?

Suddenly, the classroom door opens, revealing a familiar face.

"Mr. Falcon?!" I yell, surprised to see my old teacher.

He chuckles, "Hello Axel, how are you?"

"I'm doing well sir. By the way, what are you doing here? Isn't it the summer holiday right now?" I ask, wondering why Mr. Falcon is here when it's only July.

He smiles, ruffling for something in his pocket. He takes out a paper, handing it to me. I look at it confused, opening it and seeing that it's the second note.

"I'm glad you two found each other," Mr. Falcon says, patting me on the shoulder.

I smile, looking down at the paper in my hands. "I'm the lucky one"

We talk a little bit more with Mr. Falcon, catching up with what we've been up to for the past 7 years. Mr. Falcon's 9 year-old son is a huge fan of basketball and an even bigger fan of me. It makes me happy to know that there are people who look up to me, even after everything. I take a picture with Mr. Falcon so that he can show his son before we part ways.

"He hasn't changed at all" Jack says, and I nod. I open up the note, Jack peaking over my shoulder as we read what's inside.

I'm giving up on the riddles and rhymes, they're too difficult to write.

Anyways, now that we're here, let's take a trip down memory avenue :)

The place where it all began for us, is where you'll find the second clue.

I chuckle at the first line, he only wrote one letter with a rhyme and he's already giving up.

"Where it all began? Is you guys bumping into each other not where it all began?" Jack asks and I look around, trying to think of what Jay is trying to say.

"This is the place we first met... but I don't think we talked to each other here" I say, and Jack thinks about it.

"Do you remember what happened after this?" Jack asks, and I shake my head.

"It's been 7 years, I barely even remember what I had for dinner yesterday..." I mumble, and Jack chuckles.

"Did you guys share any classes after your class with Mr. Falcon?" Jack asks, and I close my eyes trying to think.

Obviously I can't remember my schedule from senior year, it's been years! But I remember we definitely shared a class... that's where Jay told me Mr. Falcon asked him to tutor me.

Now what class was it...

"Gosh, I'm getting a headache just trying to remember," I say, rubbing my temples.

Jack chuckles, "I think I remember you had one of the sciences, PE and English in the first semester of our senior year?"

I look at Jack in shock, "Your memory is amazing"

Jack laughs, "Everything about me is amazing, I'm fabulous"

I roll my eyes, "Now that you mention it, I remember having PE first period, so it shouldn't be that. It should be a class I have after Mr. Falcon's, so it's either English, Chemistry or Biology. I definitely didn't take Physics in my senior year. Luckily the Chemistry and Biology classrooms are beside each other, so let's go check out the English room first"

We wander around until we reach the hall where all the English related classes are. I try to open the door to one of the classrooms, but it's locked.

"Shoot, they're locked. What am I supposed to do?" I ask, turning to look at Jack who was stretching his back like an old man.

"Is this the classroom you were in for English?" Jack asks and I shrug.

"I'm not sure" I reply.

"Maybe it's not in your English classroom then. It's probably in one of the science rooms, Jay probably only unlocked the rooms that were actually needed" Jack guesses.

"That makes sense, so if either the Chem or Bio classrooms are locked we know it's the other one!" I say and Jack nods.

"Let's go!" I say excitedly, grabbing Jack's arm and dragging him to the science hall.

I drag Jack through the halls as he complains about something along the lines of 'not knowing how much moving this job involved'.

When we arrive at the science classrooms, I get Jack to stand in front of the Bio room as I stand in front of the Chem room.

"On the count of three, let's try to open the door" I tell him and he nods.

"1... 2... 3!" We both turn the knob, and I pout as my door doesn't open.

"Axe! It opened!" Jack calls, and I run over to him as he enters the classroom.

It looks a little different from what I remembered, but the overall setup is the same.

"Where could it be..." I mumble as I walk around the classroom in search of the note.

Jack helps me look, and I search the teacher's desk but don't find anything. I see Jack searching the desks, so I follow what he's doing. I head the back of the classroom to search since Jack is searching the desks at the front.

I feel around the desks, trying to find a piece of paper. After searching about 8 desks, I finally find the desk that has the note taped to the bottom of it.

I peel the tape off and take the note, "Jack, I found it!"

Jack stops searching, walking over to me as I unfold the paper to read what's inside.

Great job, Love.

Now, let's see how much more you remember.

The next note is in the place where we started off our school day.

"Where