(Shelby's POV)
This was one of the best breaks I've had in a while surprisingly. I couldn't believe that I actually was falling for Mark. I saw him everyday during break and all we did was talk and hang out. We did romantic things here and there but I was just nice to be around him. He didn't make me want to shoot myself anymore so that was a step up.
It was already time to go back to school and I wanted to cry. I got up and I threw whatever close didn't smell like wet dog and headed to the school. I walked through the gates and I got a text from Jr.
J-hey want to meet me right now.
S-yah where?
J-cafeteria
S-ok I'm coming
I headed towards the cafeteria and saw Jr. sitting at a table. He saw me and waved at me. I got to the table and set my stuff down.
"Hey Shelby, I haven't talked to you in like forever."
"Get out of here you talked to me like 2 days ago." I laughed and opened up my phone.
"So anything new happen in your fabulous life?" He asked as he opened up his phone too.
"Actually yah, I kind of started talking to someone I think." I said as I notice Jr. look up, but I didn't dare.
He grabbed my phone from me and put it on his lap.
"Give it to me you asshole." I said motioning hand.
"Who?" He said laughing.
"If I tell you will you give me my phone back and promise you won't tell anyone?" I said. He nodded yes as I sighed hoping he wouldn't tell anyone.
"Ok it's....Mark." I said so he could barely hear me.
"Give me back my phone now." I said holding my hand out.
He slapped it back down and looked at me.
"What is you say, you mumbled like crazy at the end of the the sentence.
"Mark."
"My Mark? The Mark you hate so much."
"Yes."
He dropped my phone on the table and broke out into laughter.
I put my head down and pushed him.
"Shut up!"
"I'm so getting that out of him today."
I rolled my eyes at him and the bell rang.
"I'm going to class now, try not to be a wreck today okay?" I said laughing at him.
"Go to class." He said leaning back in his chair.
I walked through the campus and thought about what we talked about.
I wonder what he would tell him? What would he say? Mark said he liked me a lot so I guess there's nothing to worry about. I hope.
(Time)
It was finally lunch and I looked for Jr. he was no where to be found. Probably doing something dumb.
I walked up to Madison and asked her if she knew where Jr. was. She said she saw him by the portables. The only reason I was so eager to find him was because he took took my charger this morning. I needed it because my phone was gonna die.
I entered the portables and heard Jr. talking. Then I heard Mark. Then I heard something I didn't want to hear.
Jr: Come on dude! Just admit it you're talking to her! I don't care.
Mark: I'm not dude I swear!
Jr: You're an idiot dude she told me this morning.
Mark: She's lying to you I don't even talk to her, she's weird anyway.
Jr: She's actually really cool. Maybe I'll ask her out today...
Mark: Whatever she seems a little crazy...I would never like her.
I didn't want to hear anything else. I rolled my eyes and started to walk the other way. Why did I even like Mark? He was still the arrogant, annoying, and rude Mark I knew and hated.
I didn't even want to see him today. I would probably throw up.
I ate the rest of my lunch with my friends and waited for the bell to ring.
(Hallway)
I walked down the empty hallway going to the front of the school. I felt an arm around my shoulder and instantly flung in off my shoulder.
"It's just me." Mark said putting his arm back.
"That's why I did it." I moved his arm again and walked faster.
"Woah what happened? Everything has been going great?" He said stopping me with his hands on my shoulders.
"She's lying to you, I don't even talk to her she's weird anyway." I said moving both of his hands.
"Shelby you know I didn't mean that."
"Sure sounded like it. You know Mark I thought you actually could be a decent person but I was wrong. And I'm not weird I have plenty of friends and people in my life who actually want to be there. I don't need fake ones like you roaming around. Now get out of my way." I pushed him and walked through the door.
I wasn't even sad, it was just annoying. I couldn't wait to go to college and be done with high school guys who think they are badass. (lolz.) I got to the front of the school and saw Savannah waiting for me.
"Shelby what happened?"
"I think I ate something bad at lunch." I said getting into the car.
I didn't eat anything bad. I was at the wrong place at the wrong time.
(Mark's POV)
I really screwed up with Shelby. I was just scared on what Jr. thought. I don't know if he still liked her and I didn't want to get him mad at me.
I couldn't tell if she was hurt when I met her in the hallway. She looked more mad. Did she even care? What am I talking about I'm the one who messed up here not her.
I have to fix this soon or I'll never get another chance with her. What am I gonna do? Shelby was the best thing I had and I ruined it so quickly.
(Shelby's POV)
Mark's been bothering me all weekend. I avoided him all week and it was hard. I saw him everywhere. Every time I did, I turned and went the other way. What did he understand I didn't want to talk to him. At all.
He kept calling me and texting me. I blocked his number and he started calling my sister. How did he even get her number? I don't even care? He just needed to give up.
I told Savannah about it and she was on my side, surprisingly. Even though she was still obsessed with Jackson she thought I was right.
(Monday morning)
I got out of bed and started to get ready. I got to school and started to walk to where I saw my friends when Mark got in front of me.
"Move." I tried to walk around him but he moved again.
"Why can't you just talk to me? I know I shouldn't of said that but can I at least explain myself." He said grabbing my shoulders.
"Explain why you wouldn't date me because I'm weird, no thanks." I'm pushed off his hands from my shoulders and started walking. He grabbed my hand and pulled me towards him.
"Please..." He said. He looked pretty hurt.
I don't want to deal with this anymore so I agreed and we sat at the tables and he explained everything. I paused for a second and just stared anywhere else but Mark.
"Shelby, I want to be with you. I don't think you're weird, I didn't mean a single thing I said to him. I was just nervous. I'm sorry. "
If I was him I think I would do the same thing too. He stood up and I did the same. He pulled me to him and hugged me tightly. I didn't want him to let go.
Being mad at him this whole time was really hard.
He let go and looked at me. He smiled and kissed me. I missed kissing him. Why was I even mad at him. I'm so stupid.
We started to walk and Mark took my hand in his. I almost forgot that we were at school.
The bell rang for us to go to class and he walked me to my 2nd period. We got there and we stood next to the doorway.
"I'll see you at break?" He asked playing with my hand.
"Yah."
"I'm so happy we're ok." He said quietly.
He kissed me and walked out of the hallway.
Me too.
(Jr.'s POV)
Today was the day that I was gonna ask Shelby out. Butterflies flew through my stomach as I entered the gates of school.
I was gonna text Shelby, but I saw her by the tables. I couldn't see who she was with, but I didn't care. I started to walk towards her when I saw.
I saw Mark. He was holding her hand as they walked towards the buildings.
Why did he lie to me? I told him I wouldn't be mad or anything, but this is worse. He lied to me.
I shouldn't of waited so long to ask Shelby. Maybe that would be me if I actually did it. But I guess not.
(Shelby's POV)
After school Mark walked me to the front and he left. I had to wait here still for Savannah.
I needed to use the bathroom so I went to the one by the garden house. No one barely used it so it was pretty clean.
I went and was walking back to the front when I was pulled into the same supply closet I was the first time.
Why is this happening again?
The light was off and a pair of lips went onto mine. I knew it was Mark so I instantly kissed back. He pulled away and stood there for a minute I couldn't see his face and he was just standing there. It was pitch black and I was getting annoyed.
"Mark what are you doing?" I said my hands still on his shoulders.
He turned the light switch on and I almost jumped out of the closet.
"That hurt!"
I had kicked him when I jumped out of the closet.
He hopped out and sat at a table across from the garden house.
We sat in silence for a few minutes.
"I'm sorry I kicked you."
"It's fine Shelby." He sighed with his hand rubbing his forehead.
We sat there again for a few moments of silence and I couldn't take it anymore.
"Are we ok here? Because we were like fine not too long ago." I said. He wouldn't look at me. What the hell is going on?
"Jr! What did I do?"
He explained everything that happened.
"Why didn't you ever tell me you liked me?" I asked still really surprised hearing it from him.
"Because I was scared that you would reject me."
I smiled and sat next to him.
"How would I reject the Jr.? Lady killer?" I messed up his hair and he laughed.
"I hope this doesn't ruin our friendship." We both stood up and I hugged him.
"It won't." I said into his ear.
"Thank you." He said back.
"Cmon let's go the student store."
We started walking towards the student store and got ice cream when we got there.
The bell rang and 7th period ended.
I said bye to Jr. and headed to the front of the school. I saw Savannah waiting for me in the car. I got in a we drove home.
I'm so happy today went the way it did. Everything was ok and there were no more problems. I don't hate this school as much anymore.
~time~
(Shelby's POV)
Mark and I have been dating for 5 months now. It's been the best 5 months of my life, to be honest. Schools over in 4 months and I'm actually a little sad. Once we graduate, I'm going off to the University of Hawaii. I'm really excited to live in Hawaii but I'm sad too. Mark is going to Grand Canyon University. We're both gonna be in different states and I don't know what gonna happen after that. Maybe we could work something out, but for now I just want to be with him.
It was our first day back from winter break and I haven't seen Mark in almost 2 weeks. I went on a trip to go see family in Apple Valley and got back last night.
I got out of bed this morning with butterflies in my stomach. I don't know why I talked to him everyday, but I felt like I haven't seen him in years.
I got my stuff together and headed to school. I was so excited to see him.
I walked through the gates of school and looked around. Still same crappy school. I laughed in my head and kept walking. As I stopped to text Mark I felt arms go around me and a kiss on my cheek.
"I missed you so much!" He said turning me around kissing me again, hugging me tightly.
"It was two weeks." I laughed and hugged him back. It felt so right.
"The longest two weeks of my life!" He said.
We started to walk to the cafeteria. He grabbed my hand and kissed it.
"So how was Apple Valley? The way you explained it made it sound so cool!" He was so excited. And I thought I was too excited.
"It was great, it was fun see everyone."
We got in line and got our food. We headed to where my friends were.
Mark started hanging out with me and my friends more and I did the same. They weren't as bad as I thought they were. They were actually really fun to hang out with. But it was a little awkward when I would see my sister with Jackson.
Her and Jackson have been hanging out a lot lately and she's really obsessed with him. And apparently he is too according to Jr. and Mark.
We talked about how our break went when we weren't together until the bell rang.
He walked me to class and we said bye.
As I sat in my class I thought about how great everything was going. I've never been this happy in high school before. I'm really starting to like it. And Mark.
~later that week~
Mark started staying with me to wait for Savannah to get of class.
We sat at on the cement wall and I put my head on Mark's lap as I went on my phone. I looked up and him to find him staring at me. I got up and looked at him laughing a little bit.
"What?" I said.
"You're just so beautiful." He said smiling at me not breaking the eye contact we made.
"And how beautiful you'll look on the date I have planned for us this weekend."
Mark and I went on plenty of dates already but I got excited for this one.
"Where are we going?" I said grabbing his hand, acting like a child.
"It's a secret."
"Eww I hate you." I said laughing and lightly punching him on the shoulder.
I hopped of the wall and grabbed my bag.
"The bells gonna ring right now, I'm gonna go out front." He hopped down of the wall and stood in front of me.
"Ok I'll text you." He kissed me and I started walking towards the front of the school. The bell rang and I waited for Savannah to come.
I saw her coming through the crowd of people. She was with Jackson. They were holding hands. Wow I'm gonna give her so much crap. She stopped with him and hugged him and came towards me.
As she came up to me all I did was laugh.
"You're such a puss Savannah!" I said in between my laughing attack.
She pushed me and blushed like crazy.
"Shut up!" She laughed.
We got into the car and drove back to the house.
I wonder what Mark has planned for our date. I'm so excited. I've been excited lately. It's a really good feeling.
~that night~
I finished eating dinner and went upstairs to go get my homework up.
I finished and started to put my stuff away when I got a text from Mark. I smiled and opened it to see what it said.
M-so about our date how does tomorrow night at 7:30 sound?
S-sounds great. I can't wait. What are we doing.
M-that's a secret for me to keep and for you too wait to find out. 😉
S-ugh I hate you 😂
M-I'll see you tomorrow night. Be ready😉
I put my phone down and laid on my bed.
I wonder what we're gonna do on our date. Before I went to bed I showered and watched a couple movies.
I couldn't even keep my eyes open. I went to my bed room and fell asleep. The last thing in my head was Mark.
~next morning~
I got up around 11:00 and had a giant smile on my face already. I was so excited for my date tonight with Mark. I got up and brushed my teeth and went downstairs to get something to eat. I was waiting for my food to be done when I got another text from Mark;
M-good morning beautiful I hope you're ready for our date tonight! Wear something comfortable. 😁
Comfortable? So like sweats and a t shirt? That's my comfortable. I shrugged my shoulders and went to go get my food beeping in the microwave.
I sat around all day waiting for it to be time.
It finally got around 7:00 and I started getting ready.
I decided to wear a pair of jeans and a nice blouse just in case. I straightened my hair and went downstairs to wait for Mark to get here.
I heard a knock at the door and ran to it. Mark was standing there with his hands in his pockets. He looked me up and down. He rolled his eyes and smiled.
"I said comfortable."
"What's wrong with this?"
"That's not comfortable." He said putting his hands out and laughing.
I pushed his hands and looked at what he was wearing. He was in black and gray plaid pajama pants and a t shirt.
"Fine give me 10 minutes." I turned around and headed upstairs.
I put my hair in a braid and put on some sweats and a t shirt with my moccasins.
I came back down stairs and saw Mark still in the doorway.
"That's better." He said smiling hold out his hand for me to take.
I smiled back and took his hand.
We walked to his car and he opened the door for me.
I got in a he ran to the drivers side. We started driving and got on the freeway.
"So where are we going?"
"To my house."
"Why?"
"For our date of course." He looked over at me and winked. We got off the freeway and we got to a gate.
"I thought we were going to your house?"
I said looking at the winding road behind the gate.
"We are." He typed a code into the keypad and the gate slowly opened.
We drove slowly up the long road, being lead by little lights that lite up the tall tree surrounding the road. As we got to the top of the hill, a giant mansion came into view.
We pulled up in front of a smaller house.
He came around the side and opened the door for me. I got out and looked at the tall house in amazement.
"This is your house?"
"Yep. Do you want to go on our date now?" He said smiling holding his hand out for me once again. I grabbed it and we headed towards a gate.
"Where are we going now?"
"Shhh...you ask too many questions." He looked back at me and winked, pulling me behind him.
We got to the gate and he stepped in front of it.
"Are we gonna go in?"
"Yah but put this on first." He held out a black blind fold and I looked at him.
"You're kidding right?"
"I wish I was." He laughed and spun me around. Before I could object he put the blind fold over my eyes making everything pitch black.
I heard him unlatch the gate and we walked forward.
He held my hand to guide me.
"Ok ready..."
I felt him stand closely behind me, feeling his warm breath on the back of my neck. Chills shot through my body.
"One..." He whispered.
"Two..."
"Three..." He slowly unknotted the blind fold and I opened my eyes.
What I saw made my jaw drop. (Picture)
"Mark..." I could feel the giant smile grow on my face.
I turned around a hugged him tightly.
"This is awesome. How did you do all this?"
"Top secret." He smirked at me and gave me a kiss.
"Shall we?" He said putting his hand in front me. We walked over and sat down.
"So what movie are we gonna watch?" I asked putting the popcorn in the middle of us. He held up a movie to me and I got really excited.
"How did you know this is my favorite movie?"
"Wild guess." He said. I looked at him and was looking for a real answer.
"I asked Savannah." He laughed and grabbed a small remote to turn on the movie.
The beginning of the Fault In Our Stars came on and I clapped. He looked over at me and just laughed.
"I believe we all have a choice in this world..."
The movie played and I got really cold because of the breeze that was coming in.
"Are you cold?" He whispered to me.
"A little." I laughed and he grabbed a blanket for us. We both got underneath it and ate popcorn.
Before I knew it I was falling asleep. Mark noticed and he got closer to me.
"Shelby...the movies over...I'm gonna take you home now." He whispered again in my ear before moving his arm from around me to stand up and stretch. He helped me up and we started walking back to his car.
We got back to my house and he came and opened my door.
I slid out of the seat and yawned. He laughed at me.
"Yah you're tired."
We got to my doorstep and I took his hands.
"I had an amazing time Mark thank you."
"It was my pleasure, you made it even more amazing." He hugged me tightly and kissed me on the head.
"Goodnight, I'll text you in the morning."
"Ok." I walked in my house and a smile grew on my face.
I had an amazing time with Mark. I don't think it can get better than this.
