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jack laid on his side, his eyes starting to close. he watched finn get comfortable in the bed then turn to face him.

jack's last thought before finally drifting off to sleep was how pretty finn was.

finn stayed up a bit longer, not being able to fall asleep as easily as the younger boy. jack's eyelashes were long, his hair a mess, and he snored lightly, his breath tickling finn's lips.

finn's last thought before finally drifting off to sleep was how much he wanted to kiss the other boy again.

☆゜*・:+* 。 *゜☆

☆゜*・:+* 。 *゜☆

it was harder to sleep with a beautiful boy next to him than finn thought it would be.

that's why when he woke up to jack shaking him, he was slightly confused. it felt like he had only slept for a minute, but in reality, it was 12:28pm. they had slept for five hours.

"chosen and jae are about to kick our damn door down. get UP, bobo."

finn felt his heart feel almost light as jack called him by his old nickname, a nickname he had responded to various times as a 13 year old, even if it was dumb. he wondered if jack would ever even call him bubba again, or baby monkey, or baby boy. those stupid, adorable nicknames still nag at the back of finns mind; and he can't seem to forget the fact that jack's contact name is still "Shrimp;)❤️" in his phone.

jack went to get the door, finn quickly following behind. he realized his mother wasn't asleep anymore, nor in the hotel room. that was a good thing, he thought to himself, because of all the banging at the door.

jack swung open the door, and sure enough, there was chosen and jaeden. they had big grins on their faces, and chosen raised his eyebrows up and down in a teasing way, making finn roll his eyes at him.

"good morning, sleepy heads!" jaeden chirped, letting himself in. "it's move in day!"

jack followed jaeden, who had hopped up on the counter in the small kitchen, opposed to finding a chair. jack sat next to him, or more so, laid his legs across jaeden's lap and pressed his back against the wall. they had always been close, and jack had always been touchy with the entire cast, so they had all learned to deal with it. in fact, finn realized, he was pretty sure they all enjoyed it. the affection from the adorable brunette was actually quite nice.

"our parents won't be staying with us." chosen said, opting to sit on the floor across from jack and jaeden. finn closed the door and simply walked over to them awkwardly, searching through the fridge for something to eat.

"there's nothing in here," finn groaned. a smile suddenly grew on jack's face, and he made eye contact with finn, who tilted his head slightly.

"let's go grocery shopping. we can bring what we don't eat to the new apartment with us."

"uh, yeah, totally. and what money will we go grocery shopping with?"

"we'll ask andy, or our parents. there's seven of us. we need food, don't we? by the way, where is everyone else anyways?"

"they're having lunch at some restaurant down the street, discussing apartment details," jaeden interrupted jack and finn's banter. "also, we'd have to be quick. we obviously don't have to move in furniture but, we have to pack up our hotel rooms."

"that's fine!" jack jumped off the counter, suddenly extremely enthusiastic. not that that was different; jack always seemed to be on the go, and always wanted to be doing something he deemed interesting. it was one of the things finn loved most about jack. there was never a boring moment with him.

"you guys aren't even dressed."

chosen pointed out, looking from jack to finn.

"yeah, finn doesn't even have a shirt on." jaeden teased. "what were you guys doing?"

jack suddenly grew uncomfortable, a weird feeling washing over him. he knew jaeden was joking around, but he couldn't help but feel uneasy at the suggestion finn and jack had been doing something. they were just sleeping, obviously. but there was a time, three years ago, when they would've been doing a little bit more. (well, not fucking, but not just sleeping either.)

"we were sleeping." finn said, interrupting jack's thoughts. "and it's fine. i can just grab a shirt. i'm sure jack doesn't mind wearing pjs."

jack nodded; he really didn't mind. they would just be going to walmart or target anyways.

with that, finn changed into a shirt while jack and chosen discussed how they would be receiving the rough copy of the script soon; while jaeden listened and chirped in with the occasional, "i cant wait to read it!" and "i wonder if i'll have to kiss sophia again," to which jack would tease him for kissing a girl, even if it was sophia.

soon enough, they were out the door, walking to the restaurant, and jack was complaining about how he couldn't go on his phone to check his instagram, since it was in his hotel room, and he had left his key in there. to shut him up, finn gave jack his phone.

jack didn't even log into instagram; he decided to instead tease finn about how he still had angry birds on his phone.

but when they got to the restaurant, he was complaining about how he couldn't get past a certain level on the game he had called stupid only a few minutes before.

chosen, jaeden and finn all greeted their parents and fellow cast mates once they located their table; jack, however, was still bitter about angry birds and wouldn't get off of finn's phone. he lazily gave his mama roo a kiss on the cheek and sat next to her, mumbling something to his mother about how his phone was locked inside the hotel room when she asked him about it.

they talked among themselves, until eventually, jaeden brought up the topic of getting snacks and going grocery shopping themselves.

"i'm not sure i trust jack," angela teased, to which he almost slammed finn's phone down, making a face. "i'm very trustworthy to buy nutritious meals." jack said to her, making her laugh and shake her head. budgets were discussed for a bit, before their parents decided they would give the seven teens money to do some grocery shopping on their own, and to go to the new apartment at 6pm. they would pack everything in their hotel rooms up, and have some stuff already moved into the apartment by the time the teens got back from their grocery shopping extravaganza. their parents would be living in separate apartments of their own, and so would andy and barbara.

the money was given, and although the kids weren't sure why they were given so much time just to go out and do groceries, they weren't about to complain.

"i'll text you all the address of the apartment! you can uber there, or get a taxi, walk, whatever you'd like." andy said. jack grumbled about how he didn't have his phone to receive the message, and sophia flicked his cheek.

the group waved their final goodbyes and started walking. they decided they would walk to the nearest walmart, which was only a few minutes away. jack was hyper as ever, and decided it was finn's job to look after him. chosen, wyatt and jaeden stayed towards the back of the group, talking among themselves. sophia had her camera around her neck, snapping pictures of almost everything she found interesting. jeremy just took the time to laugh at jack and finn.

"crouch down," jack huffed, pulling on finn's t-shirt. finn looked at him, confused and slightly bewildered. "i said, crouch down, poprick."

"i don't remember you calling me 'poprick' before," finn grinned, to which jack couldn't help but smile and roll his eyes. finn crouched down nonetheless, and felt jack hop on his back.

finn stood up, immediately laughing like an idiot. jack was light, and he could hear the smaller boy giggling in his ear. as he turned to his left, he saw sophia. she was snapping pictures of the boys, her smile not being covered by the huge camera.

what a sight, jack thought to himself. two weird, lame boys, in their pjs, giving piggyback rides in toronto.

"bubba!" jack pinched finn's cheeks, feeling a rush of heat going to his own chubby cheeks as those words left his mouth.

jack hadn't called finn bubba in so long.

he didn't want to overthink it; it was just a stupid nickname.

but it had felt so right.

☆゜*・:+* 。 *゜☆

☆゜*・:+* 。 *゜☆

THAT was kinda lame and i feel so bad i haven't updated in so long, but finally, new chapter!!! sorry this is moving kinda slow and is a bit boring, but i have lots of plans for his story. thanks for reading, and sticking around!

- courtney