"Tooooorrriiiii!" Jack groaned, laying on top of me. I groan back, not in the mood for his shit.

"Whaaaaaaat?" My voice is muffled because of the grown man casually suffocating my lungs.

"I need love."

"Is alex busy?"

"Shut up."

I laugh some as he snuggles down next to me on the couch. His hair was an absolute wreck. My phone buzzes on the coffee table and i reach for it, immediately being stopped by an attention starved jack.

"Nooooooooo." He groans wrapping his arms and legs around me like an koala on a tree.

"Jack Bassam Barakat, what's wrong?"

"I miss you." He says looking up at me with puppy dog eyes.

"You've literally seen me almost every day for the past like. Year."

"I know but i miss you."

"Okay, weirdo."

There was now an active call on my phone. Jack rolls his eyes, loosening his grip enough for me to check the call. It was an unknown number.

"Do i answer?"

"Let me prank them."

"Alright."

I hand my phone to Jack and he answers. He decides to fake the voice of an old lady from new York.

"Why hello jeremy i was wondering when we'd ever discuss the situation. Child support doesnt pay itself ya know. Why i oughta... oh. Hey! Yeah, yes. Yeah, okay. LOVE YOU!" he laughs, stopping the fake accent and handing me the phone.

"Uh.. hi." I say, unsure of who in the world Jack just gave a pregnancy scare to.

"Hey! Wow, you sound a lot different on call. It's sweet." A familiar voice says and my heart drops then speeds up within a matter of seconds.

"H-hey Awsten! So you got a new phone?"

"Yeah, I did. Sorry that it took so long. Apparently apple doesn't have a standard procedure when it comes to asses breaking screens on stage floors." He laughs and i can't help but smile.

"Anyways, uh, i wanted to know if you wanted to get some coffee or something? I'm in Baltimore for a week for tour and i just, well i, i don't know." He rambles on, i loved hearing him talk.

"I'd love too." I say, blushing. Jack moans really loud and Awsten laughs.

"Is jalex fucking again?"

"No, he's laying on me because Alex isn't giving him attention right now."

"Lucky." He mumbles, then immediately recovers by laughing awkwardly.

"Text me the details and we can meet up, alright?"

"Yeah, okay. See you soon!" I can practically hear him smiling.

"See you soon."

We hang up and Jack looks at me, frowning.

"I need love." He pouts and i sigh.

"Alex come fuck your boyfriend!" I yell.

"He's not my boyfriend! I'm taking a bubble bath!"

"Oooo, even better. Have fun on your date, love." He says, getting off of me before running into the bathroom. I can hear alex screaming and laughing a moment later.

"Boys, you better not be using my glitter bath bombs!"

"Oops." They say in unison and i roll my eyes, laughing. Children. The whole lot of them.

I stand up and go into my room and get changed. I'm wearing a white shirt that says "Anti social social club", it's tucked into black highwaisted shorts with a black belt. I top it off with black knee socks and black hightop vans. I straighten my faded purple hair and push it to the side. I don't even bother to do makeup.

I walk into the bathroom to see the boys sharing the bath. I dont even care at this point.

"What do you think?" I ask and twirl around.

"Nope. Absolutely not." Alex says, frowning.

"What? Why?"

"Too hot. Gotta go change, now." Jack says, nodding at Alex. I roll my eyes.

"Boys, really?"

"You're stunning. You should let me dye your hair something else though. Doesnt suit the new aesthetic."

"True." Alex agrees with Jack.

"Go pick up some manic panic, i dont care what color. No yellow though."

"But-"

"No yellow, Jack. No yellow."

"Fine. Go have fun on your date." He smiles.

"I will. By the way, its kinda hard to hide a boner when you're literally naked in a bathtub." I say, laughing and walking away.

"Shit!" He panics and bubbles splash everywhere. I can't help but laugh. Such weirdos. I love them.

I go to the coffee shop Awsten had sent me the directions to and sit patiently at a table, sipping some of my cappuccino. After about 5 minutes of scrolling through twitter, a purple haired boy sits across from me.

"It would be really awkward if this was the wrong table. Hey!" He says, smiling. I smile back.

"Hey. Holy shit your eyes are gorgeous. Wow I just said that I'm sorry." I awkwardly laugh and he smiles more.

"Thank you, and don't apologize! Yours are stunning too. I can't help but notice we are twins though." He says, looking at my hair.

"Yeah, not for long though. Alex and Jack are on a mission to get me manic panic and dye my hair today apparently."

"What color?"

"I have no fucking clue. They get to pick it."

"Oh god."

"Yep, I made a mistake." I laugh.

We continue talking for what seems like hours. We talked about our careers. Our favorite bands. Our weird habits. Everything. We took countless pictures together. Some of which were very questionable but quality memes. The coffee shop eventually made us leave because they had to close down for the day.

"Oh my god look at that dog!! Jack has got to see this." I say, grabbing my phone to Snapchat him a picture of the incredibly fluffy dog walking down the street.

"Are you and Jack...?"

"Oh God, no. I love him to death but we're just best friends. We've known each other for years."

"Oh, okay. How'd you meet?"

"Back in the beginning of their start as a band, i was their photographer. I was friends with Rian at the time and Jack had asked me to come help out. I've been around ever since then. Ashley and I are close and she took over as photographer. I help out with other stuff too, obviously, but yeah."

"That's really cool."

"How'd you meet Geoff and Otto?"

"Otto and I met because I gave him a flyer when we were like 17. I found Geoff wearing a choker on Instagram or something."

"Oh?"

"You'd be surprised."

"You all seem pretty close."

"Yeah, we're family. I could say the same about you and ATL."

"Unfortunately." I laugh. "They can be a bit too much to handle. But they're still family."

"I understand."

My phone buzzes and I groan, checking it. It was Jack.

Jackrabbit: come home

Me: why

Jackrabbit: because i said so. We gotta do your hair and stuff

Jackrabbit: and i told you no fucking on first date

Jackrabbit: unless its with me

Me: I hate you

Jackrabbit: ❤❤❤

I laugh, shaking my head. Such a mom friend. A horny and hormonally raging alcoholic mom friend, but still a mom friend. 

"I gotta go home, is that okay?" I say, looking at Awsten. He nods, frowning some.

"Will we hang out again?" He asks, his eyes looking deep into mine.

"Of course! Just let me know when you're free. I was actually considering seeing you guys before you've gotta leave."

"Really? That would be sick!" He smiles, jumping like an excited child. It was adorable.

"There's still like 10 tickets left last time I checked. I'll try my best to go. But for now, I've really gotta go before jack assumes I'm dead in a ditch somewhere since I didn't send back a million hearts."

We both laugh and Awsten hesitates saying something then stops, rubbing the back of his neck.

"I'm not the best with goodbyes. Do I hug? Do I handshake? Do I run away screaming? The world may never know." He says, kinda awkwardly. I laugh, rolling my eyes some.

"A hug works." I say, opening up my arms. He smiles, wrapping his arms around me gently. I couldn't help but notice that he smells like peppermint bubblegum. I wasn't complaining.

We let go of the hug and go separate ways. I smile at the ground as I begin my walk home. He was really sweet.