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the elevator dinged, signifying it opening, and jack quickly shut off his phone, shoving it in his pocket, a goofy smile on his face as he looked up.

jack's face dropped as he was greeted with a pair of familiar dark brown eyes.

eyes that he would recognize almost anywhere, with complimenting, almost non existent faded freckles scattered lightly across his nose and cheeks.

it was finn.

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jack was conflicted. as he stood in front of finn. finn's mother, mary, immediately smiled at jack and wrapped him in a hug, exclaiming about how tall jack had gotten, and how gorgeous he looked. jack felt his face go red at the hubbub and looked at finn, who was leaning on the elevator doors, not wanting them to close. jack quickly backed away from mary after a moment and looked at finn, before the taller boy opened his arms, stepping forward a bit. jack quickly wrapped his arm around the other boys torso, leaning his head on finn's chest. finn had that familiar smell of fresh laundry and grape body spray, and jack took a moment to listen to his heartbeat. he suddenly he felt 12 years old again, as if they were about to go film as eddie kaspbrak and richie tozier. their height difference was truly astronomical now; finn rested his chin on jack's head and then backed up, dropping his hands to his side.

"hi," he said quietly, and jack nodded before smiling. he hated how fake it all felt. if it had been a couple years earlier, jack and finn would've fallen to the ground hugging from the pure excitement of seeing each other. now they were two feet apart, almost seemingly scared of saying the wrong thing.

"would you like to come down with us jack? we were just heading down to dinner." mary said, almost sensing the silence between the two boys. "where's your mother?"

"oh! she's still getting ready. she told me to go down without her. and, uh, yeah, i'll come down with you. if you don't mind, of course." jack smiled as mary turned around to open the elevator again, since it had closed since their little reunion. as the elevator door dinged and they all entered again, jack replied to the basic questions mary asked him. how have you been? any new acting opportunities? how's mom doing?

jack felt his heart speed up each time finn's fingers brushed his own in the small

elevator. the brunette boy next to him distracted him, and he hated it. as he looked up at finn, he couldn't help but appreciate how beautiful he was. jack had always thought finn was pretty, but now, at 17, puberty had successfully run it's course for finn wolfhard. he was attractive.

finn looked down at jack, and jack didn't look away. he saw a look flash across finn's face, (a look of guilt, maybe?) but it left as quickly as it appeared, and when the elevator dinged, finn didn't wait around. as soon as the door opened, he walked out into the lobby, jack trailing behind. mary took the lead, and jack realized he felt almost nauseous.

"are you nervous?" he whispered to finn, before he even realized what he was doing. finn met the other boys eyes and nodded slightly. "i missed everyone. it's just, weird, y'know?"

jack knew. he definitely knew. he wondered if finn had the same tingly, odd feeling in his stomach as jack did when their eyes met. he decided against saying anything and kept his mouth shut, watching as they approached the restaurant and mary told the waiter who they were meeting. jack wanted to talk to finn. but what would he say? hey, remember that time two years ago when we were super flirty with each other and i totally liked you, and we totally kissed, and definitely more than once, but i didn't know how to deal with my sexuality, and kissing my best friend, so here we are! haha!

jack cringed.

finn probably didn't even remember. or care.

jack was almost seemingly lost in his own thoughts, but brought out of them when he heard squealing and laughter, and felt arms wrap around him in a strong embrace.

jack recognized that laugh anywhere. he hugged sophia back, almost lifting her up off of the ground. he felt that safe, intimate feeling he only felt when he was with all the losers. as he felt more arms wrap around him, he felt okay. he knew things were rough between them, but as the group hugged, he couldn't help but feel hopeful. maybe things wouldn't be so bad. they could fix things. jack wanted them to fix things.

of course, not everything runs as smoothly as he wished it would. that seemed to be the way the world worked for him. but he tried not to think about that as he looked at all of his once best friends.

jack realized, they all somewhat looked the same. sophia had the same glowing eyes, wyatt's iconic noodles, jaeden's small yet precious smile. his heartbeat started to go back to normal and he felt, calm.

they all ran over to their table, wyatt leading the way. "you sit here, finn's here, chosen's here, i'm here, jaeden's here, sophia's here, and jeremy's there."

"oh, how i missed your bossy insight," jack giggled, taking his seat at the table. everyone else's parents were already there, along with barbara and andy. jack waved and playfully blew them a kiss, which they pretended to catch, much to jack's glee. he explained how his mom would be down later.

jack was seated next to finn, of course. probably the work of wyatt. speaking of, jack wondered where his girlfriend was.

"wy," jack spoke up, taking a sip of water, "where's your girlfriend?"

"we broke up," wyatt said nonchalantly.

jack started choking on his water.

"you good, grazer?" finn slapped his back in a teasing manner, and jack nodded slowly. "yeah, sorry. wrong hole. what happened, wyatt? if that's okay to ask."

"wyatt's gay," sophia interrupted, grinning widely. wyatt reached behind jaeden and smacked sophia on the back of the head, causing her to yell out, annoyed. "hey!" she yelped, rubbing her head. jack fought back laughter.

"fine. his girlfriend was gay." sophia said.

everyone looked at her, confused. thank god the adults were engrossed in their own conversation.

"for real?" chosen asked.

wyatt shrugged. "she said we didn't have a connection or whatever. sophia thinks that means she's lesbian."

"no, i know she's lesbian. my gaydar went off."

"i have a great gaydar," jack interrupted, smiling and making a goofy face. sophia laughed. "i'm sure you do." she grinned. "kissed any cute boys lately?"

jack choked on air.

"you alright, buddy?" jaeden teased. jack went red and rolled his eyes. "yep, sorry lieberbitch." this time jaeden went red, and everyone started laughed at the comment. everything felt normal. it surprised jack.

the dinner went quicker than jack expected. his mom came down eventually, and they all conversed. he ordered the same thing as his mother, and occasionally stole a fry or two from finn. jack almost dared say he had fun.

after the meal was all paid for, the teens started to get up, getting ready to head back to their hotel rooms. however, andy stopped them.

"i have some news," he smiled. "we rented an apartment for you kids, for the summer. you'll start filming in two weeks, but until then, you can use the time to bond. you move into the apartment tomorrow."

jack's jaw almost dropped to the floor. how realistic was that, in all honesty? he could tell the other losers grew uncomfortable, because they went silent.

"no offence, but, that stuff was fun when we were younger," finn said carefully. the others nodded in agreement.

"i need my losers back." andy said simply. "what i saw here tonight, was seven kids socializing because they felt the need to. not rekindling the chemistry they had not even two years ago."

the kids stayed silent, and looked at each other.

it was going to be an interesting summer.

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THIS IS A REALLY LONG CHAPTER AND IT'S UNEDITED BUT I JUST WANTED TO GET SOMETHING UP FOR YOU GUYS! thank you for all the votes and comments! it really made my day reading them, and i'm glad you like the story so far. i swear, it'll get interesting. i hope. also, shoutout to for being like, super active:) ily

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