Adopted By Septiplier

Chapter 28

Jack's POV

"Okay, so thank you for coming and hopefully the panel and meet ups will go well tomorrow" Jade, the manager said and we nod. "Thank you" I pick up my papers and Mark follows me out.

Before we go out we go and sit down on one of the benches outside the building. "I need to do something" I say, and Mark looks at me confused. "I have to check my phone, was your phone vibrating loads through the meeting as well?"

Mark suddenly realises something and nods. "Yeah! I didn't want to check it though, that would be rude" I nod and go into Twitter, since that's where all the notifications are coming from.

One tweet catches my eye: "Did you and Mark know about this?? http://....." I press the link quickly and I can see in my screen Mark is looking at my phone. "Oh no" All I've seen is the title and I know it's going to be bad.

"YOUTUBERS DAUGHTER IN LOVE AT FOURTEEN??"

"What the fuck?" Mark takes the phone and scrolls through the photos. "Joe" he mumbles and I quickly look at the phone screen. "What?" I ask and he shows me the last photo. "Oh for fucks sake" I whisper and I zoom in the photo. Joe and Laura. Kissing.

"I don't know what to say, I'm not angry but I'm kind of disappointed? If you know what I mean" Mark says and I nod, looking up at him. "Yeah, like you have to say it's a cute photo" Mark laughs and I save it. "Yeah, but we can't make jokes. What'll we do? Do we give out?" I shake my head. "I don't know, I wouldn't really care if they were together, but she didn't even tell us"

Mark hugs me and kisses me on the forehead. "We better go talk to her, shouldn't we?" I nod, "Let's get out of here before people start taking photos of us" Mark laughs lightly and we walk back to the hotel, hand in hand.
Fortunately, all the photographers were gone now, so we had a calm entrance.

We took the elevator and reached our floor. I knocked on Laura's door. I hear shuffling inside the room. Laura opens the door, she looks so scared. I feel bad for her. "Hey guys" she says, and I give her a small smile. "Laura, we need to talk to you, immediately" Mark says, getting straight to the point. "You can bring Joe, if you want" I suggest and she agrees, running back into the room. "Why him? I thought we were only going to talk to her" Mark says and I shrug my shoulders. "He's part of it as well I guess" I whisper.  

We all go into our room because it's bigger. Mark and I sit on the bed while Laura and Joe sit on the huge beanbag in the corner. They both look at us, they look terrified. "So" Mark says, looking and me. I shrug my shoulders again. He sighs "Basically, I think you know why we need to talk to you" They both nod "The photos" Joe says slowly, and I nod. "Yeah, we are not angry at you at all" I add.

"Really?" Laura immediately looks a bit more relaxed, but she's still tense. "Well, I guess it's a bit more disappointment" Mark says, and they look at each other, confused. "Disappointed that you didn't tell us that you were together" I say, and Laura looks at the ground. Joe holds her hand. They're so cute together, I just wish we weren't told they were together like this. "I was scared, I guess. I mean, I've only been your child for a month" Laura says, still looking at the ground. Mark looks at me and I smile at him.

"Laura, it doesn't matter how long you've been our child, a week, a month, a year. We will always care about you. We love you so much Laura. Why do you think that we picked you? You made our family whole, you can trust us. You can tell us anything, we are always here for you" Mark nods "No matter what" he adds. I hold his hand.

Laura looks up at us. "Thanks, that means a lot" We both smile at her. "All three of us care about you" I nod at Joe and he smiles. "Joe you're a lucky boy" Mark says and he smiles even wider, nodding. "I know, I'm very lucky" Laura blushes, and he kisses her on the forehead. Mark and I look at each other. They're perfect for each other.