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Chapter 24

-Mark's POV-
I looked at her laying on the couch. She was so peaceful, I felt so bad that she had been feeling so sick. I found out where she had kept the glasses and put some water in it. I slowly walked over, careful not to wake her, and set the glass down on the table. I walked back into the kitchen and I pulled out my phone to check social media. She walked in a few minutes later with an empty glass.
"Have a good sleep?" I asked her. "Yeah, I'm actually feeling better too."
Something didn't seem too quite right. I had this nagging feeling in the back of my head telling me somthing was wrong. I guess she must have saw my facial expression because she gave me this look. I walked up and put my arms around her waist, bringing my face close to hers. "Are you sure?" I asked. I put my arms around her waist and got close to her face. "Because I was thinking I should stay the night, to make sure you're okay."
Her face lit up. "O-okay!"she said excitedly.
I chuckled. "Alright. I just gotta go grab some stuff back at my house. Wanna tag along?" I asked. I didn't want her to be by herself. I was starting to get worried about her. I know I shouldn't, but I was.
She nodded, she still had that big grin on her face. God, she was so beautiful. Something came over me; I cupped her cheeks with my hands and brought her in for a kiss, but a more passionate one.
I broke away and looked at her stunned face. I pressed my forehead to hers and held her close. "What was that for?" She asked. "I mean, don't get me wrong; I liked that. I liked it a lot. But where did it come from?"
I looked deep into her eyes, then I smiled at her. "You're just so beautiful. I couldn't help it."
Her cheeks turned bright red.
"Awe!" I said smiling at her. "Someone's blushing!" I put my hands on her sides and immediately noticed a difference. She felt thinner. My mind started to worry. But as soon as she turned her face away giggling, I snapped out of it. I put my finger under her chin and brought her face back to mine slowly. "Don't don't do that." I told her. I kissed her again, softly this time. I broke away and started into her eyes again. I hesitated a minute before speaking; getting lost in her eyes. Then I finally whispered, "I won't be able to see the beauty that is you."
She blushed again. Running her fingers through my hair, she smiled at me. I could see some tears starting to well up in her eyes. Her hand fell down to my cheek and then she slowly leaned in to kiss me.

We walked out to the car and both got in. As we made our way out of the driveway and onto the road, I looked over at her. She was staring out the window. I reached my hand out and laced my fingers through hers, rubbing her hand with my thumb.
When we got back to my house, we pulled in the driveway and I turned the car off. I looked over at her and said, "I should probably warn you." I sighed as she looked at me questioningly. "The people I live with...are a bit...out there..."
She gave me this look of confusion so I continued to tell her what I meant. "They don't really know when to shut up. They always have to speak their minds." She looked concerned. I held up my finger. "But!" I exclaimed. "Those guys are some of my best friends."
She smiled and squeezed my hand. She looked at me. "You really want me to meet them?" She asked. I nodded, maybe a bit too happily.
She then sighed and unbuckled her seatbelt. "Let's do it." She said.

We got up to the front door. I put my key in the lock, looked back at her and then opened the front door. The room was empty. So far so good. We walked in and all of a sudden. "Mark!" Ryan called. "Is that you?! Where have you been?" He appeared around the corner and walked over to us. His eyes locked in on Jessica and he got wide eyed. "Oh no..." I thought. I looked over at her. She had no idea what she was getting herself into.
"Well hello there..." He made his way over to her. "Ryan," I held my hand up and took her hand with my other one. "Don't you do anything stupid." I told him in my head. "I'd like you to meet-".
"Jessica, I know who she is." Ryan said, cutting me off. "I saw your video. She's your guuuuuuuuurlfriend." He held his hand out to her. "The name's Ryan." He said. "It's a pleasure to meet you." She held out her hand but I could tell she was a bit uncomfortable. He took her hand and shook it. "So, how's it feel to be dating the ever famous Markiplier?" He asked her. "Alright Ryan," I said. "That's enough."
We made our way up the stairs and Ryan went back to wherever he came from.
We made our way into my room and I went into my closet to start putting my stuff into a bag. I grabbed one of my duffle bags and started filling it with clothes and my other things. Jess went to sit on my bed and waited. I snuck glances at her and smiled to myself. The way her long hair fell perfectly, her green eyes glistened as the sun hit them when she looked over at the window. She was so beautiful. I can't believe she is all mine.
One of the times I looked over at her, I noticed she seemed cold. Her arms were wrapped around herself and she appeared to be shivering.
I looked down at the hoodie I was wearing and I quickly took it off of me. I quietly walked over and I threw the hoodie at her face. It hit her and she jumped in surprise. "Gah!" She reached up and was fumbling around with it, trying to get it off her face. "What th-". She said. I chuckled to myself, I almost went to help her.
She took the hoodie off her face and saw what it was. "What is t-" she looked up at me, I was standing there with my shoulder leaning against the doorway. I smirked at her. "I saw you were cold. I wanted to help." I said. She blushed and smiled. She was so cute.
"Well, what are you waiting for?" I asked. "Put it on." She smiled and put the hoodie on over her T-shirt that she was wearing. She hugged herself after she got the hoodie on. Her face broke into a huge grin. I started laughing and I leaned over as I was laughing very hard. She suddenly came and wrapped her arms around me. I finally calmed down and took her in my arms and looked her in the eyes. "You're so adorable." I told her, grinning.

I went back to packing. I put the remaining things into my duffle bag and then packed up my gaming stuff up. After I got everything I needed, we headed downstairs. I look and saw that Matt and Daniel were with Ryan in the living room. They all saw us coming down, and I took Jess's hand when we got to the bottom. I started walking to the door and was almost there when suddenly, "Hey Mark! You going to introduce us?" Daniel cried out. I stopped, sighed and turned. "So close." I thought. I clutched her hand.
"Guys," I started saying. "I'd like you to meet my-"
Daniel cut me off. "Your girlfriend. Please tell me it's your girlfriend."
I held up the hand that was holding Jessica's. I raised my eyebrows.
"Good job picking her out. Now we know why you're never here anymore."  Matt said and the rest of the guys laughed. "But in all seriousness, congrats." Matt said. He walked over to Jessica and held out his hand. "Hi, I'm Matt. It's nice to meet you." She shook his hand and said "It's nice to meet you too, Matt."
Daniel walked over to us and held out his hand "My name is Daniel." She shook his hand. "Hi Daniel." She smiled at him. "I like the glasses."
"Oh there?" Daniel said taking the glasses off, then he poked a finger through where the glass would be. Her face was shocked and it was so cute to see her jaw drop. Daniel must have seen her expression because he said "Didn't expect them to be fake, huh?" then he chuckled.
"No!" She exclaimed with a smile now forming on her face. "They are so real looking! Can I try them?" She asked and Daniel handed her the glasses. She put them on her face and then looked over at me. "How do I look?" She asked and she made a face. She looked so cute; I wanted to scoop her up and kiss her all over her face. "Very cute." I told her with a sheepish smile. She squeezed my hand lightly. "Aww!" The guys all said at once. "How cute!"
"Oh, fuck off." I glared at them.

We finally got back her house a while later. The guys wouldn't stop telling her about Cyndago. I pulled in and turned the car off. "Okay, I'm so sorry about them..." I started to say. "I know they are a bit much but I didn't expect them to be so..." I stopped. I couldn't think of the right word to describe what just happened.
"...out there?" She asked. I looked at her and smiled. "Yes. Exactly."
We both laughed and then got out of the car, we headed up to her front door. I made it up to her door before her and then I heard her say. "Hey, Markimoo. Wanna make a video when we get inside?" My heart jumped and the biggest smile came over my face. I turned around to face her, still smiling. "I thought you were never going to ask." I was beaming at this point. She just laughed and met me at the door. She turned the key and swung open the big front door. I picked my bags up and then brought it in the house. "You can bring your stuff upstairs and I guess put it in my room." She said.
"You guess?" I asked her; slightly wondering what she meant.
"Well, yeah....where else are you going to sleep?" She asked
"Well, I mean...the couch is pretty comfortable." I replied slyly
She giggled. "Will you just get your stuff in my room?"
I laughed and then went upstairs to put my duffle bag away. I walked out and met her on the landing. I went up behind her and hugged her around the waist. She giggled again and then hugged my arms. She felt thinner. I held on a bit to be sure. Yup; definitely thinner. I let go, spun her around, then pressed my forehead to hers. We stood in silence. Soon enough, it felt as though there was nothing else around us; we were the only people there. I closed my eyes and it hit me then suddenly, I am in love with this woman.