ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴜꜱ ━━ 𝑴𝑨𝑹𝑪𝑼𝑺 𝑩𝑨𝑲𝑬𝑹

𝘀𝗶𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻.

I was laying down regretting anything I said. I wanted to say yes I love him. But part of me always known I've always liked him or loved him. I gotten up and texting Marcus. To answer.

I was asleep. I heard I knock at my door. "Come in!"I yelled. It was my mom. "Hey have you heard anything?"."he said.

"When i last talk to Ellen he was going in for a cat scan he's gonna be okay."My mon said. "you don't know if he is or not."I said.

"Can we talk about it?"my mom sighed. "About what?"I told her.

"You and dad? , or the fact that Marcus got in motorcycle accident?"I sighed. "Either.both."

"I just wanna get some sleep please."I told her. "Okay. That's fair I love you."she smiled.

"I love you too."I told her. I heard a door close. I gotten up. And look quickly at the window Marcus. Marcus stare at me while Ellen kept on calling him. I gotten up brush my teeth and taking a quick shower and changed into this.

"Okay , look Marcus told you I love you?"Malia said. "Yeah.but I wanted to say I love you. But it's Max brother."I told her we went to the group. I sat down in the chair next to Abby.

"He took a corner too fast ,slid off the road. So now he has a concussion."Max sighed.

"Oh damn. That's scary."Abby said. "I had a concussion once when I went skiing. It was the worst. Did he black out did he throw up?"Norah questioned her. "Do the hokey pokey?Turn himself around? Yeah he got the whole grab bag."Max sighed.

"He's gonna be okay?"I questioned her. "He should be back to normal , but it could take a few months , so. It's just so stupid why would he ride his bike. He doesn't have his license or know how to ride? Who possessed him to do that?"Max told us. "Holy shit. So your brother just got in the bike and boom crash thank gosh he didn't die."Malia said.

"I don't know he's just so stupid."Max said. "Okay."Abby said.

"Hey."Sophie said. Max went up to her and hugged her. "Hey guys."she smiled. "Actually it's mmangs."Abby told her. She said no. I grabbed my phone trying to text Marcus.

At work.

"So I need all of those tables reset. With cutlery before you take off. Please. Oh look sing sing! A musical with all white people behind the bars. A work of fiction. Also. Summer have you seen my pens? I don't know where my pens are. I feel like restocked them. It's like just this very mundane episode of the twilight zone."Joe said.

"What's going on with you?"Joe said. "Nothing."I sighed. "Nothing okay?"Joe gulped. I was putting the spoons in order.

"Would you like to talk about nothing?"He told me. "What do you when you like someone you shouldn't."I sighed.

"Ah , is this a skateboarding tshirt wearing shouldn't?"He told me. Holy shit.

"How do you know?"I told him. "Come on, I see stuffs."

"It's just so complicated. Everyone would freak out he's a mess and I'm a mess it would be just toxic. But I don't know. But I don't know I thought he would be gone forever. And it killed me. So." I sighed. "So?"joe questioned

"So give me advice. You're always walking around all granola yoda"I told him. "Okay Um we are the sum of our surroundings. Life is made real because you experience it, and love is the death of duty. But you can't use that last one because it's from game of thrones"Joe said. "This is complicated situation."I sighed.

"No it's not."Joe told me. "What do you mean?"

"I mean I've seen the way you and marcus look at each other. There's nothing complicated about that. If you want my real advice, just be brutally honest."He told me.He went to go grabbed the dishes when I heard someone coming in Georgia. My mom came in. Georgia and my mom were talking. "Go grab your stuffs"my mom said.

We went inside the car saying nothing.
"Mom , we don't have to go home. We can just drive off , start a new life."I told her she sighed. "Hell no."My mom drove us to my house.

"Hey! I thought we should go to the bakers. Also the millers will be there."my dad said. "Oh no. I don't wanna go."Manny said. "You have too."my mom told him.

"Okay , uh don't leave without me okay? And changed."I went upstairs and taking off my shoes and putting on this outfit.

I put on vans. And a ring on.

At the bakers.

I was sitting with Ginny and Max. "Oh my gosh guess what!"Max got excited. "What?"I told her and also Ginny. I was scrolling thru Instagram.

"Sophie , just found she got into NYU early decision. Isn't that amazing! I can up on weekends next year. We'll be like a chic New York couple. What?"Max told us. "Nothing."I smiled.

"Alright everyone come grab a plate!"Zion said. I sat down next to my dad and manny was next to me.

"Come here."Georgia told Austin. "Uh , should I get Marcus?"I told Ellen. Holy shit why did I say that? "He's resting."Ellen told me. "Okay."

"Home cooked meals are always good on hard days"my dad said in a thick Russian accent. "You're Russian?"Ellen said. They were talking.

"So Ginny dad"Max said. "How long are you in town."Maxine told him. "Uh I'm gonna stay here."Zion told her. "Victoria , how's work?"Max smiled at her. "Oh good."my mom told her. I sighed. They were talking when I was in my own world. "Can I go to the restroom I already know where it is."I said. "Oh yeah sure."

I went upstairs looking for Marcus room.

"Marcus. Marcus."I whispered.

"Hey."Padma said. I turn back. "I was just looking for the bathroom"I said.

"Brought him his homework his mom said I could just come up."Padma put his homework on the desk.

"Do you like him?"Padma sighed. "What? No."I lied.

"Look, he's not gonna be good to you. He's only gonna hurt you. He's messed up. He's really selfish , he's just..a dumb guy. And I uh. I think he likes you too."Padma said. She left.

"Hue Padma. Please don't tell anyone."I said. She nodded and left.

At my house.

I laid down in my bed. Just thinking if I should give Marcus a chance?