good times.

@ liv morgan.

Maybe it was because she realized that this date, 4 years ago to the day she walked in on her ex cheating on her with her high school best friend. Maybe it was because her other friends from high school were all in serious relationships and it was a struggle for her to even get laid at this point. Or maybe because she was at the thing that a single girl hates the most in the world: a wedding. She was the bridesmaid for her best friends (re)marriage and she was happy they got back together. Rian without Sienna was not a Rian she wanted to see. Sienna without Rian made dumb mistakes in hope of forgetting him. But at the end of the day, they made a better pair. She was happy for them.

But even happier for the open bar.

Maybe even too happy for the open bar.

For as you see, when Thea woke up the next morning, in the bed and breakfast their other best friend owned, there was someone laying on the side of her. She looked under the covers and saw that she was naked as the day she was born, and the man on the side of her had quite the hairy ass. She sunk into the bed even further, grabbing the pillow she once rested her head on and sunk her face deep into it, sighing with how dumb she was. She was never the kind for a one night stand, but god damn, she felt so much better after months of not getting any. Then it dawned on her.

She had seen that hairy ass before. Several times, in fact, from a lanky Lebanese boy that she had been friends with since he first moved to Baltimore in the 5th grade.

She peaked out from under the pillows to look at the ass again. Upon further inspection, she saw the stick and poke tattoo she gave him in the 11th grade when they were drunk on cheap wine and high as hell. A shakey heart with the letters J.B + T.N. Not because they were high school sweet hearts but because they knew at the end of the day, they didn’t want a traditional love story, so they had agreed that night when they were 40, if they were both single, they’d marry each other. She had a matching one on her buttcheek.

Holy shit, she slept with Jack fucking Barakat.

Her mind went a hundred miles and hour and the only thing she could think of was to take a shower. She grabbed her clothes that were scattered across the floor and pulled them into the adjacent bathroom and quickly threw on the shower. Hoping to god she can be all dressed and ready before Jack even woke up.

At that moment, Jack knew two things. One—he drank WAY too much at Rian and Sienna’s wedding the previous night and had a killer hangover. And two—he definitely hadn’t been sleeping alone. Well, either that or his room at Elise’s inn was haunted because he could hear the shower running. Slowly, so as not to empty the contents of his stomach all over the bedspread, the guitarist sat up and opened his eyes. There was a purse on the dresser, and a condom wrapper on the nightstand, and realization hit Jack like a ton of bricks. He’d apparently brought someone up to this room and had sex with her. But who? It had to have been somebody that he and the guys knew, obviously. He racked his brain, mentally going through the wedding guests to see if anyone sparked his memory, but nothing came up. Jack decided to just wait and see who came out of the bathroom and then act accordingly.

Swinging his long legs over the side of the bed, Jack got up and grabbed his boxers off the floor and slipped them on so he wouldn’t be completely naked when his company exited the bathroom. He then reached into his overnight bag and slipped on a t- shirt so he would pretty much be fully clothed. Jack just about jumped out of his skin when someone knocked on the door like they were the fucking cops. “Jack, c’mon, we gotta go help clean up Ri and Si’s garage!”

Fuck. Jack had completely forgotten that he, Zack, and Alex promised to clean things up after the wedding. “Dude, calm the fuck down, I just woke up! Can you give me a minute to fuckin’ put my pants on?!” Now not only did Jack have a hangover, but he felt like his chest was going to explode due to nerves. Did this have to happen now?

“You have exactly five minutes until I come back and physically drag you out of that room!” Alex spoke before presumably leaving and going back to wherever he had been sleeping with El. Jack sighed in relief and sat on the edge of the bed, putting his head in his hands. He hoped to GOD whoever was in that bathroom hurried up and got out before Alex came back. Jack didn’t think he could deal with another lecture about how he needed to actually somewhat settle down. He was a fucking adult, for god’s sake. It wasn’t like Jack was out doing drugs every night or anything like that. So he liked to drink, maybe a little too much. Big fucking deal! Although Jack had to admit it was even a little much for him to not even remember taking someone up to his room.

Just then, Jack heard the shower cut off. He took a deep breath and rubbed his temples, preparing himself for whoever walked out of there.

In the middle of washing the hotel sample conditioner out of her hair she could hear a familiar singer’s voice ring through the halls. She stood still, thinking if she moved, he would be able to hear her. Her eyes rolled at his tone, though. Just cause his baby mama owned the joint doesn’t mean he can just treat people like jerks. But then again, it was Alex and Jack, so she really didn’t expect anything less.

When she heard his footsteps fade away, she stopped the shower and wrapped herself up in the big fluffy towels that Elise had stocked the room up. She made a note to self she was going to take a few and pay the woman back later. She brushed her teeth and slipped on her dress from the night before, skipping the underwear and shoving them into her bag. She tried to make herself seem like less than a hot mess than she was, but she knew on the other side of that door what was waiting for her.

She swallowed before walking out. Naturally her arm crossed in front of her, waiting for the look from her best friend. “I was going to deny it but I think the alcohol spoke for me last night.” She spoke softly, walking towards the bed and seating at the edge. “And thanks for not telling Lex. They’ve all been trying to play match maker since they all got together and I don’t need to hear how you’re the perfect guy.” She smirked, winking towards him playfully. Trying to ease the awkward tension in the room.

You could have knocked Jack over with a feather when he saw Thea come out of the bathroom, clothed in the bridesmaids dress she had been wearing the day before. Even with her hair wet and no makeup on, she was beautiful to Jack. She always had been. “I’m just glad it was you and not someone who woulda ran off with my wallet while I was sleeping—not that that’s happened before,” Jack joked, gently nudging Thea with his elbow. This brought him back to the very first time they’d slept together—the first time Jack had ever actually slept with anyone, really.

It was Sienna’s 17th birthday party, and Jack was plenty drunk due to the alcohol supplied by Si’s older brother Eric. One thing led to another, and the next thing Jack knew he and Thea were in Sienna’s bedroom without any pants. Did he regret losing his virginity to his best friend? Absolutely not. Did he wish he could press the reset button and do things the right way? Absolutely.

The guitarist sighed gently before flopping back on the mattress, looking over at his companion. “You looked really pretty yesterday,” Jack spoke softly, resting his head on Thea’s thigh. “I think Si paired you with Zack and me with Liv on purpose, you know? Can’t have you and I outshining the bride and groom.” He teased, a gentle laugh leaving his lips. It was just so easy being with Thea like this. Why the hell couldn’t Jack grow a set of balls and tell Thea how he really felt? Sienna dressed him down every time they talked about this—he wondered if Thea got the same ‘you two need to get together already’ speech from her. Jack exhaled gently and looked at the ceiling, hoping that Alex had fallen back asleep and would leave him alone.

“You think he would buy it if I texted him that I had food poisoning? I’m really not feeling getting up right now.” Jack spoke quietly.