I Love You, So Much...I Mean It

Back In Cincinnati

Acceptance is good. It's everyone goal to be accepted by those around, that's what we try to achieve.
-Gunique (me)

~6 weeks later~

Georgia's P.O.V

"Guess who's birthday is coming soon?!" I exclaimed
"Uh, who?" Mark said in sarcasm
"Yours!"
"Yay!"

It's going to be Mark's birthday in two days and I had to wake him up because we are going to Cincinnati to celebrate. His Mum also wanted to see me too. Yeah. I had already packed my bag and so did he. We just got changed and had some breakfast when we got to the airport. I was a bit tired but I didn't care. We finished eating and I looked over to Mark. I remembered the day that he asked me.

~Flashback~

"Will you be my girlfriend?" Mark asked me

I was surprised and then I smiled.

"Yes, I would love to!" I squealed

I gave him a hug and he returned it. He just cuddled for like forever that day.

~End of flashback~

"What are you staring at?" Mark smiled
"Uh, you, duh!" I answered
"Well, I'm staring at you"
"What a coincidence"
"Indeed it is"

We laughed and joked while waiting for our plane. Which was an hour! We ducked into a gift shop and looked around. I was looking at the stuffed animals when Mark walked to me with something behind his back.

"Let's go" Mark said
"Okay" I responded

We went to out gate and Mark turned me around. He revealed the item that was behind his back and it was silver necklace with a rose pendant on it. I awed and Mark placed the necklace around my neck. I hugged him and gave him my thanks. A little girl came up to us with a smile on her face. She looked to be about 9 as she held a phone in her hands.

"Hello little girl, what's your name?" I spoke to her
"Ashley"
"Very nice to meet you Ashley"
"Guni, can I have a picture with you and Marki?"
"Of course Ashley! Mark, get in the photo"

I took a couple of photos in case I took a bad one and I gave Ashley the phone back. She gave me a hug with left me to awe.

"You're really nice Guni" Ashley complimented
"Aww, thank you"
"And Marki, thank you for making her laugh and smile"

"No, thank you for making her smile and laugh" Mark answered to Ashley

Ashley ran off and we then reached the time to board the plane. We sat in our allocated seats and then we took off to Cincinnati. We ended up playing the silent game while trying to make each other laugh or make a noise. It was a really annoying game and Mark was the pro at it. Soon enough, we were in Cincinnati!

"This is awesome!" I spoke
"That's good" Mark responded
"Do you know who's picking us up?"
"We are taking a taxi. My Mom doesn't know that we are here this early so I thought we'd surprise her"
"That sounds like a great idea!"

We took the taxi to drop our stuff at the hotel room then went two houses over before the family home. We paid the driver and walked over to the door. Mark knocked on the door and then the door opened.

"Mark! Georgia! It so nice to see you two again!" His Mum exclaimed
"It's nice to see you too Mom" Mark said
"Come in you two, have a seat in the lounge room"

We walked in and sat down by the couch, Mark sitting next to me. His Mum came back and sat down on the mighty chair and faced us.

"So, how have you two been?" Mark's Mum asked
"We have been good. There have been rough patches here and there but we are getting through them" Mark answered
"Oh well that's good. I see that Georgia has hurt her arms, what happened to it?"

I looked at my bandages. This was going to be a tricky thing to explain.

"Well, Georgia-" Mark started
"I was asking Georgia" his Mum interrupted
"But-"

"It's okay Mark. Better to be honest" I assured
"What's happened?" Mark's Mum questioned
"About six weeks ago, I...attempted suicide"
"What?! Why?"
"I fell under depression because the bullying happened again and I just snapped"
"Mark, why didn't you tell me this?"

"I didn't want Georgia's recovery to feel rushed" Mark explained

His Mum was silent until she gave her hand out. She turned my arms over and unwrapped the bandages, looking sad as she studied. There are only the two deep cuts becoming shallow and one cut on my right arm almost done healing. I looked down on my self but received a run on the shoulder by Mark. His Mum raised my head and gave me a smile.

"This doesn't make you a horrible person" She said to me
"It feels like it"
"But it doesn't. It was just a hard time"
"Thank you Mrs Fischbach"
"Oh dear, you can call me Mother"

I gave Mother a hug and Mark chuckled.

"Mother would be appropriate for this time" Mark stated
"Wait, are you two...dating now?" Mother gasped
"Yeah. I didn't know if you would approve of-"
"Oh! My little boy is growing up! Of course I approve of her! I gave her my permission last time she was here!"
"Wait, really?"
"Didn't Georgia tell you?"

Mark looked at me and I smiled

"I was going to tell you on your birthday but that's okay" I admitted
"Aww, you two are just adorable" Mother spoke

We laughed and went for a walk in the park. While we did, we talked about other things going on and what's for Mark's birthday. It's nice that I have been approved because I love Mark. I said yes because I love him. But, I still don't feel ready to make the commitment do saying the five words. I know Mark is but I'm not. Surely he understands. He knows what I have been through.

What I need is to just take my time.
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What a nice chapter. But anything can happen. Thanks and Smilies!