(Anthari Fanfiction) Fade

Chapter 15

{A/N: A NEW CHAPTER YAY! So a new side of Joven aye?? I really enjoyed writing this chapter because I got to explore the story through Mari's overall view and stuff so yea!}

I look for a bathroom to dry my eyes so nobody knows I was crying. I can hear footsteps behind me, and I pray it isn't Matt. I turn around and see Joven, panting attempting to catch up with me.

"Mari!" he calls out to me. "Mari, what's wrong?"

"Nothing Joven," I say turning back around. "Really you wouldn't understand. There's just a lot of stuff going on in my life right now and I don't think you'll understand."

Joven took a step closer and looked at me, sympathetically. "Can I at least try to understand?" I could tell he was honestly concerned. The look in his eyes, how they glimmered, as if he really wanted me to be happy. Not what I expected from someone like Joven.

"Sure," I say hesitantly. "I guess I could explain it to you." I walk over to a bench and he comes and sits next to me. "It's just," I start, feeling a single, hopeless tear escape my eye. "Let me start from the very beginning. So about a month ago, Anthony and I started dating. We were totally in love and then I got into that car crash. After that everything just went awful. Peter asked to take me back and bribed me with concert tickets. I stupidly was blinded by the bribe and took him back. Then I found out Peter was using me for my fame, and I broke up with him. But then, I went to the Smosh Games building and went to apologize to Anthony and he was-" I can't quite finish my sentence without starting to sob.

"Mari," Joven says, hugging me and patting my hair. "It's okay you don't have to tell the rest."

"No," I object. "I need to tell someone. He was kissing Kalel. That bitch! And then when I went back down to tell Ian what happened and he kissed me." I heard Joven start to say something, but I signalled him with my hand to let me finish. "And then when I got home, I found a note on my door from David, confessing he loved me. And I didn't think much of it, but then there was a fire at David's apartment building, which is why we are all here. But, on my way to the hospital, Sohinki picked me up in his car. But as we were going up the elevator, he confessed to me as well and then that's why I was crying just now." I can tell now that there are several tears rolling down my cheeks.

"Mari," he says, pulling me into a bear hug. "Mari, I want you to know that whoever you choose, that the rest of them will understand and that I would support you completely and I would make sure the rest of them supported you completely." He finishes that last part by holding up a clenched fist, implying he would "knock some sense into them."

"Thank you so much Jovey." I say hugging him again. "I'm so happy I finally have someone to talk to about this. But, who should I choose? They honestly are all wonderful people. And I love them all so much."

"Personally, I think you should go with your first. Anthony really deserves someone as amazing as you." Joven says, giving me a sympathetic look.

"That's what I was thinking," I lie. "I just wasn't completely sure." The truth is, I really don't know who to pick. They are all my favorite somehow.