The Game of Love

Chapter 7.

Time skip to 1 month later

A month has already passed by so quickly. It was September which means Mark's birthday was coming up; all he was doing for his birthday was have a big dinner with his family and then hang out at the Santa Monica Pier; he even invited me. I know it was to be expected but I was nervous as hell. Not only because it's going to be my first time meeting his parents and I'm worried on what they will think of me but also that I have really strong feelings for Mark.....AND Jackson; I was really in some deep shit. So Wednesday went by pretty fast and then Thursday came. I wanted to go to the mall with Yumi so I can pick out a dress or something for tomorrow because I wanted to make a good impression. We went into all of our favorite stores and I couldn't find the perfect dress. Until I came across this store I never heard of and I saw the cutest skater dress in teal; it was perfect, I had to have it. Yumi and I went into the store and I went straight towards the dress. I went into the fitting rooms to try it on and it fit perfectly to my body shape.

"Mark is going to love it" I said as I looked into the mirror, taking one last look before I took it off. The dress was $30 but it was worth it paying for.

"Are you ready for Mark's party tomorrow?" Yumi asked.

"I'm nervous"

"Why? You shouldn't be nervous"

"I'm just worried on what Mark's parents will think of me"

"Because you're half Asian and your skin color not helping at all?" she knew me too well.

"Yeah"

"Look, skin or race shouldn't matter. If Mark's parents are cool as Mark says they are, then they should love you for who you are" I smiled at those sincere words she said to me.

"Thank you for calming me down"

"You're welcome" With that, we went to a restaurant to eat and went home. When I got home, I took a shower and changed into my pajamas and I happened to look at my phone and I saw a couple of texts from Jackson. Jackson was still going on with this game (Camarin still didn't have no knowledge about it). We would send flirty texts back and forth to each other but for some reason...I felt like it was wrong. I know I'm not dating Mark but it still felt wrong but I somewhat ignored it and continued to text Jackson. After a while, I stopped texting him and I started watching K-Dramas on my laptop and that's when I heard a knock on my door. Thinking it was either my mom or my dad I just said nonchalantly,

"Come in" that person that came into my room was Mark; I froze, "M-Mark...W-What are you doing here?"

"Well, I know that I was going to see you tomorrow for my birthday but I just missed seeing you" I laughed at his cheesiness and said,

"You saw me at school today silly" as I poked his cheek. He smiled at my actions and said,

"I know..." "Whatchu doin?"

"Watching K-Dramas about to watch some Netflix"

"Can I join?" I smiled at his cuteness that I could never resist.

"Sure" and then he got on my bed and we laid back under the blankets while we watched movies together. Occasionally, Mark would start flirting with me and it would always give me butterflies in my stomach. Why can't I just date him already?! I guess it's because I have feelings for Jackson as well, he's giving signs that he likes me but I'm not sure if he like likes me the way I do, and I don't want to ruin the great friendship we have. After a while, I started dosing off and before I knew it, I was out. Mark looked over at me and saw me sleeping. He smiled at how peaceful and beautiful I looked.

"No matter how many times I will see you sleep...you'll always look beautiful" he said to himself. He kisses me on my forehead and slowly got out of bed so he wouldn't wake me. When he finally got out, he kissed me again but on my cheek this time. He caressed my hair and mumbled under his breath,