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two

Mark

When I open the door, I see Jackson waiting standing there with a bouquet of roses. He's wearing a similar suit which makes him look breathtaking.  "Jackson..." I'm in shock. My apartment looks amazing. It's all dark and lit with twinkle lights. It looks amazing. He hands me the bouquet of roses.

"Mark..."
"Jackson..." I drop the roses and run into his arm. "Jackson...I've missed you." I bury my head into his chest. "How...? How did you do all this." "When you were on your scavenger hunt, I set all this up."

"This is incredible." I say. I pull away from the hug. The lights, the roses, the suit and suddenly all my anger, all the confusion just disappears.  The questions that I've had for weeks are gone. Suddenly I don't care. All I want is Jackson.

"I have a fancy dinner planned." He says leading me to the kitchen. There are candles on the table and a giant box of pizza. "The fancy dinner is pizza." I say. "You know me so well."

I want to ask him about Hong Kong. I know that's where he went. The day after our big fight I went to his apartment, after knocking and not getting an answer I just let myself in. It was quiet and empty. I looked around and found a note on the table.

M-

I'm going home. I need to think.

-J

Asking about Hong Kong would be weird though. He did go there to get away from me. So we just eat. In silence. An awkward silence. An unfamiliar silence, since usually Jackson never stops talking.

"Say something." I say. "It's weird."
"I don't want to fight."
"We're not going to fight."
"Mark you know we're going to and I don't want to."
"Let's just talk like we usually do."
"Why."
"Jackson...Why am I even here then." I say getting up. "I came here to talk. I love you. I know you don't want to move. So let's not move. Okay. Let's stay here. I don't care. I just want to be with you."

He stays silent. "I'll just go." He says. "This is your place. I shouldn't have come without your permission."

"No. I want you here. I know that it's weird for us to fight because usually we agree on everything, but couples fight. It's okay. We need to fight."
"Seriously."
"Seriously."

"Let's fight..."
"I don't want to hurt you."
"Jackson..."

"I don't want to fight. Mark. I went back to Hong Kong thinking that we were over. That we had two completely different visions for our future. You wanted one thing and I wanted another. But then I realized that I just need to be with you."

"Mark what I'm trying to say. Is let's get married. I just want to spend the rest of my life with you. Let's fight and love each other for the rest of our lives."

"You want to get married?"
"Yeah...Let's get married. I mean if you want to." He says getting down on one knee. "While in Hong Kong. I did a lot of thinking and I got these rings."

I definitely didn't see this coming. I had imagine that this night was going to be a lot of arguing and heartache. But marriage?

"Mark?"

"Yes, Jackson..."

End of part 2