wonderwall (Septiplier)

forty three

[Sean's POV]

I sliced my gammon and placed a piece into my mouth, listening to my ma as she told me about her new job. I nodded and hummed every now and again, I was interested but the anxiousness of speaking to her about the move was eating me up.

"What did you want to talk to us about?" My father asked, sipping his Guinness.

"I - erm - well I," I began, placing my cutlery on my plate and wiping my mouth with my napkin.

"I was talking to Mark the other day and we were discussing pax and indy popcon and all the events that are happening in America, and I explained how much of a pain pre-recording is and he-" I cleared my throat,

"He asked me to move to America with him for a while." I blurted out, I looked up at my ma who turned to my father. He wiped his mouth and rubbed his forehead,

"Wow, erm..."

"I haven't made a decision yet, I wanted to speak to you guys before I did." I reassured them, my ma leant over and took my hand in hers, resting it on the table.

"I'm happy that you and Mark are that serious, knowing that my little baby has somebody taking care of him and treating him right really warms my heart." I brought her hand up and placed a quick kiss on it, thanking her.

"Dad?" I questioned, looking over at him.

"It's great Sean, honestly, and you'll have a lot of new opportunities over there if you decide to go. I just want you to be definite on your decision before you go and tell Mark OK?" I nodded,

"I'll support you and help you pack your things up and that if you do decide to go, but please make sure it's what you want to do." He added,

"It's all I've been thinking about ever since he asked me. I'd love to move there for a bit, Daithi is having a blast over there so maybe it will do me good. It just means moving even further away from you guys, and I haven't seen much of you lately which I really regret. I'm sorry that youtube took up so much ti-" I was cut off by my mum sniffling, so I stopped talking and looked at her.

"I'm sorry Jack, I'm just being silly again. It's just that my baby is all grown up and I miss the days you'd come stumbling in from nursery with paint all over your face and hands, demanding mummy cuddles." She cried, I got up from my seat and walked over to her, wiping her tears before wrapping my arms around her.

"Hey, listen, I'll always be your little baby and I'd never turn down mummy cuddles okay? I won't go if you think it's going to make you too sad, I don't want you feeling any worse than you do now. Mark will understand." She shook her head before pulling away from me,

"No, no, don't be silly. That's not what I mean. I want you to go and do exciting things and take every opportunity you can, I'm just going to miss you a lot whilst you're doing them." I pouted at her and took a seat, keeping a hold of her hand.

"I'll miss you guys too, both of you," I said, grabbing my father's hand too, "But I won't be gone forever, six months maximum."

They shared a look before nodding,

"You have to do what's best for you laddie, either way we'll be happy for you." My dad grinned, I thanked them both and let go of their hands as my phone buzzed in my pocket.

Markimoo ♡ : im home now angel, was such a long flight. Are you with your parents? I miss you already 💝

Jackaboy ♥: thank goodness, get some sleep love. Yeah I'm with them, just spoke to them about America but my mum cried 😟 she's happy if I want to though, but I'm still undecided 💝

Markimoo ♡ : Im going to, I just needed to talk to you first 😊 and aw baby 😟 take care of her! She's the most important lady in your life. I'm happy with whatever you decide too 😊💝

Jackaboy ♥ : I will, the hardest thing about moving will be leaving these two behind, it's just like when I first moved out of home. Anyway get some sleep! I'll be here when you wake up 💝

Markimoo ♡ : It was hard for me to leave my mum but I did it and I'm okay now, just spend some time with them beforehand if you do decide to move. I'm going, goodnight sweet. I love you 💝

Jackaboy ♥ : I will 😊 goodnight, I love you too 💝

I set my phone down and looked back up at them, they had just ordered dessert and were now chatting away about something different.

"Was that Mark?" My ma asked, I nodded.

"Yeah, he was just letting me know that he got home safe." She smiled at me before excusing herself to go to the ladies room.

"How are things going with you guys then?" I asked,

"We're good, your mother's really happy with her new job and I just got some pretty good work coming in for me. The dogs are healthy, and all the kids are fine, so we're all good." I chuckled at him,

"Good to hear, what are you going to do for ma's birthday?" He patted the seat next to him and got his phone out, I got up and sat down in the seat next to him, looking down at the screen.

"I found this really nice getaway in Greece, it looks beautiful. There's spas and stuff for her, a nice pool, great shopping, lovely weather. She'll be in her element." I watched as he scrolled through the pictures,

"It looks great," I admitted,

"Is it expensive?" He turned to me and raised a brow,

"I wouldn't think of going cheap, your ma deserves every penny on this earth." I smiled at him and felt a warmth in my heart, knowing that my mother and father were still so happy in their relationship made me feel incredible. They'd been through a lot together and done an amazing job at creating a family,

"I'll give you some money towards it," he shook his head at me,

"No need Sean, it's my treat." I shook my head and pulled my wallet from my back pocket,

"I'll give you fifty now and a hundred tomorrow. Honestly, I want to." He tried to put me off giving him the money but I wasn't having it, so he sighed in defeat and hid the money in his jacket pocket.

"Thank you for this,"

"My pleasure." I switched back to my own seat as I spotted my ma coming back from the toilets, she took her seat and the waiter arrived with our deserts.