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"we're going to an amusement park. remember, bonding?"

"an amusement park? awesome!" jack grinned, looking at the others. "we have to go on the tallest rollercoaster! unless you guys are pussies."

"i'm no pussy." sophia teased. "where are we going, wy?"

"canada's wonderland." he replied.

and for the rest of their pancake breakfast, jack urged the others to finish, even helping them with their plates. they quickly started their shower rounds, (jack timed them each to only a couple minutes in the shower) and before they knew it they were dressed and ready, on their way to meet andy, barbara, and their parents in the lobby.

☆゜*・:+* 。 *゜☆

☆゜*・:+* 。 *゜☆

the ride to the park was around fifty minutes from their downtown toronto apartment, excluding the traffic that they would evidently run into. andy and barbara decided to take the seven teens themselves, their parents staying behind.

"you'll get time to yourselves soon," andy and barbara promised, "we just missed you guys."

a van was rented for the group, so they could all go in one vehicle. andy and barbara took the front, (andy driving), jaeden and jeremy took seats behind them, chosen and wyatt took the two seats behind them, and sophia, finn and jack took the very back seats. they squished jack in the middle seat, since he was still the smallest among them.

they all settled into the van, and barbara passed out drinks and a few snacks to everyone. she warned them to eat the goodies in the car, because they wouldn't be allowed to bring them into the amusement park, to which jack complained about, until sophia shushed him.

and, they were on their way. jaeden plugged his phone into the aux cord, due to jack's orders (he had good music, jack insisted) and they started talking among themselves.

jack looked at finn and sophia and grinned, getting out his phone, turning on his cellular data, and clicking on instagram. finn watched as he clicked the small camera button in the left hand corner, and scrolled until he started an instagram live.

finn looked at jack and jack shrugged. "the fans wanted it. they know we're all together, doofus."

finn shook his head and smirked, watching the comments flood in as jack answered a few innocent questions the fans had. they asked him basic things, like how filming went for his hbo show, or how his mama roo was. finn noticed a couple fack comments, but jack was seemingly ignoring them, so finn decided to as well.

finn took his own phone out and put his headphones in, listening to a spotify playlist ayla had sent him a few days prior. he hadn't gotten the chance to listen to it yet, and ayla said there was some good songs she wanted him to hear.

he wasn't even halfway through the second song when he felt his arm being poked. once, twice, then a third time. finn took an earphone out and looked to his left, to see a beaming jack.

"i'm not leaving you alone until you give me attention. now read these comments with me."

finn felt his face get warm and he took his other earphone out, shoving them in his pocket and turning his phone off. he moved slightly so he could read the comments.

"they're all about fack." sophia grinned, looking at the boys. she knew what she was doing. jack just laughed and read a question about wyatt out loud, and flipped the camera on him to get the attention off of them. finn gave sophia a look, and she sheepishly smiled at him and looked out the window.

the boys continued goofing around on live for a little bit, until jaeden took the phone and took it over, reading comments for a bit and answering questions with jeremy. finn looked at jack, placing his hand lightly on his thigh to get his attention. it seemingly scared jack, because he tensed up for a moment before calming down.

"are you okay?" finn questioned, a bit bewildered. jack nodded. "oh, yeah. i'm just kinda sleepy."

"that's a first," finn chuckled. "you were so excited. what happened?"

"i'm still excited!" jack insisted. "now, make yourself useful."

before finn could question what he meant, jack pulled on his seatbelt so he could reposition himself. he laid his legs across sophia's lap, to which she laughed and shook her head, and then he laid his head on finn's lap.

finn looked down at the boy, almost wanting to kiss his perfect little nose right there. his eyes were almost glowing with joy, looking up at finn.

he reached up and pulled on one of finn's curls, then proceeded to play with his hair for a minute before setting his hand on his tummy.

"your hair is soft. did you use my shampoo?" jack teased.

"you mean your whole blends rose scented shampoo? no, i didn't." finn chuckled.

the next song flooded through the speakers quietly, and finn recognized it as tame impala, although he couldn't quite put his finger on what the name of the song was.

"finn," jack took a deep breath, his brown doe eyes closing for a moment before looking back up at him. "could i ask you something?"

"anything."

"do you think i'm pretty?"

finn was taken aback by the question, surprised at how blunt jack was being. he had asked questions like that before; the first time finn let him borrow lipstick, or when he was texting finn about his nail polish. but never directly like this.

"of course i do." finn said softly. "why are you asking?"

"oh, i don't know. when i see those comments on the live and stuff, it kinda sucks." jack whispered. "i don't want it to get to me too much, but sometimes it- i don't know." jack shook his head, closing his eyes.

"you're beautiful." finn blurted out, and jack's eyes shot open. "beautiful boy." he teased, trying to play off his nervousness, and a smile grew on jack's face.

"thanks schrimp." jack buzzed, the grin not leaving his face.

right now, finn decided. i want to kiss him right now.

he wanted nothing more than jack's soft lips meeting his own.

he wanted more.

he wanted more than stupid touches that they had to play off as accidents. he wanted more than endless teasing and flirting. he wanted to kiss this angel boy so badly.

so, so badly.

finn finally realized the song that was playing.

it feels like i only go backwards, baby.

every part of me says go ahead.

i got my hopes up again, oh no, not again.

feels like we only go backwards darling.

but the moment was interrupted as jaeden tossed jacks phone back at him, it landing on his tummy. jack groaned slightly, reaching for his phone.

"i ended the live, lovebirds. you're lucky i kept them distracted." jaeden had a smug look on his face as he turned back around in his seat and changed the song to something more upbeat.

finn looked out the window, letting himself think for a moment. a silence had fallen over the van, and finn assumed jack had fallen asleep.

but just as he was about to fall asleep himself, he heard a soft whisper.

"i think you're beautiful too, finn."

☆゜*・:+* 。 *゜☆

☆゜*・:+* 。 *゜☆

i know this is all fluff but... i semi liked it? also, two chapters in one night? who am i?

please appreciate the chapter title, pLEASE tell me you get it

i may continue writing, but i'm not sure i'll post again tonight. i know chapters have been going slowly, but i really want to make this story good, and as well written as i can make it without rushing things. again, thanks for all the support, and thanks for reading.

- courtney