May I Have This Dance

Chapter 31

Jack's POV
        As I set the table Mark and his mom cook the meal for when my family comes over.  His mom put on some 80's pop music which is lit as fuck. You have no idea how well we're gaming out to Whitney Houston while getting dinner ready.
          It's not until an hour later that my mother and sister show up. They have a tray of cupcakes for dessert with them. Mark's mom takes it and puts it in the kitchen. Once the sweets are out of my mom's hands she grasps me in her arms.
"Are you well sweety?"

"Very well ma."

"Hey little bro," my sister tussles up my hair and goes to find Tom.
         I fix my now mess of hair with a grumpy face. When I look back at my mother she has a sad smile on her face.
"What's wrong?"

"I'll tell you after dinner," she gleams sweetly at me.
            My second mom calls everyone to dinner and Mark grabs my hand and leads me to the dining room. Tom and my sister follow us shortly sitting across from us. We serve ourselves quickly and dig in. Our moms engage in a conversation while Mark and I have our own little separate one.
"Maybe it's about your dad," Mark shrugs.

"She was a bit too happy for it to be about my dad."

"Are you sure?"

"I don't know Mark. I'm just going to wait."

"Well if you end up staying here for a while longer then we'd love to have you," Mark squeezes my hand lightly with a soft smile towards my way.
         I give a squeeze back along with a smile. Mark rubs his thumb over my hand as we continue to eat.
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        We sit in the living room with our sweets and I'm waiting to know what mom wants to talk about. The anticipation isn't helping. I'm basically sitting over here thinking of the worst thing possible.
"You alright Sean," ma asks.

"Yeah....just what did you have to tell me?"

"Oh, yes! I almost forgot. Well, Kate do you remember Clarissa?"

"Yeah..," Kate questions quite confused.

"Well, apparently for the past couple months he had been seeing her once again."

"Wait dad was having an affair? Again," I question.

"Why did you think he went on so many business trips? Which is one of the reasons I left him. He promised he would never do it again when you were born. Then he had basically disowned you so I had enough," she starts to sob.
        Kate and I wrap our arms around her instantly. What a fucking asshole of a guy.
"It's alright ma. He's almost out of our lives. As soon as you get the divorce then you won't ever have to see him," I tell her.
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         As I zip up my suitcase I feel a drop in my stomach. There's a knock on the door and Mark is leaning in the doorway. He sits beside me with my bathroom stuff in his hands.
"You know your mom did give you a choice to stay here."

"Yeah, but that would be for my own selfish reasons. Plus ma is going to have to pick up a second job which means I have to be on kit hen duty."

"Was just a suggestion."

"Mark I know you want me stay, but I can't. They're my family and I need to be there for them."

"Yeah, but I just enjoy having you by my side every waking moment."

"I do too but you'd probably get sick of me. So I have to go."

"How could I get sick of you. You're absolutely amazing," Mark snuggles his head into the crook of my neck.
         I giggle as he kisses my shoulder then rests his head on it. My head leans on his head as I sit my suitcase up. We stand up and he helps me carry up all my crap. I thank his mother for letting me stay and I give Mark the biggest hug I can give. Ma, Kate and I go out the door and over to our house next door. What if I did stay? Would anything be better for my mom? Of course not she would think that I didn't love her. Plus that's selfish. Why would I ever stay? I mean Mark is a big factor, but he can always climb a tree over to my window. This is going to be good for our family. Us learning how to be adults. With Kate and Ma getting jobs or second jobs. It'll be good.....hopefully.

Okay so very short chapter and I'm sorry for not updating. I've been taking extra summer dance classes on top of my ballet. Plus I'm at a show choir camp thing right now so I'm trying to update as much as I can.