It's Now or Never

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A/N: Because it took a while to update the last chapter, I made this one a little longer this time. Sorry about the slacking off. I moved recently and took a little break.

[THE NEXT MORNING]

Mark has a hould of Jack's shoulder and is lightly shaking him.

Mark: "Jack, hey Jack, wake up."

Jack lets out a frustrated moan and shoves his face further into the pillows.

Mark: "Come on, time to get up. I don't think it's raining anymore."

Jack: "Hu?"

He props himself up on his arm and looks around.

Jack: "Oh yeah, I forgot I was in the bathtub."

Mark: "Put your clothes on. I'm going to go check for any damage."

Jack's face turns red as he realizes he doesn't have his clothes on and Mark is looking at him. He grabs his clothes and gets dressed quickly. Mark opens the door and walks out.

Well that was a hell of a night. Ouch! I'm all stiff. Mark probably is too.

Jack climbs out of the tub and walks around the house. There doesn't seem to be any damage so that's good. The power is still out though. It's still raining but not nearly as hard. Mark comes back up stairs and starts cleaning up the mess of pillows and blankets. Jack goes to help him put everything back in it place.

Jack: "Did you see any damage?"

Mark: "No, thank goodness. All the power is down in the neighborhood though. The fans will have to wait for videos. I tweeted out that the power is out and I'll post videos as soon as I can. They'll understand."

Jack looks down, and Mark notices.

Mark: "Did you take your medicine today?"

Jack: "No, not yet."

Mark: "Go take it, I got this. I'll make something for breakfast  afterwards."

Jack: "Okay"

Jack walks into his room and takes out his pills. He sighs and takes them. Then he plopps down into his bed. He is starting up at the ceiling fan, it wasn't moving. He rolls over to his right side.

Why is this happening to me? Why can't I just be a normal person and not have to deal with this shite?

His eyes flutter shut and he drifts off into sleep. Mark walks up the stairs about to get Jack for breakfast. When he gets to Jack's door he stops. He sees Jack sleeping and smiles to himself. He quietly steps out and goes back into the kitchen to eat breakfast. After Mark eats his food and puts the extra up for when Jack wakes up. There is a slight humming of electricity and all the power turns on.

Mark: "Oh Thank goodness. I've got to make videos right away."

He goes into his room and starts his routine. Jack wakes up a little while later and hears Mark yelling. He steps out of his room and notices that the lights are back on.

He must be recording a video now.

Jack goes to the kitchen and locates the food Mark made him. Jack smiles bites his lower lip. He pulls off the sticky note on top that had his name written on it.

He made this for me? How cute.

Jack eagerly eats his breakfast and puts away the dishes. He walks to the top of the stairs and takes a moment to prepare himself to tell Mark how he felt.

~Don't, you'll mess everything up~

You can do this Jack! He won't hate you. He is too nice to do something like that.

Jack sits down outside Mark's door to wait for him to be done recording. Hours pass and Jack had grabbed his cell phone and was listening to music with his head phones on. Eventually Jack sees the door open and he gets to his feet quickly. He looks to Mark's side and notices he is carrying a packed suitcase. He looks up confused.

Jack: "What are you doing?"

Mark: "Sorry Jack, I completely forgot, I'm supposed to be at comic con in a few hours. I'll have to send the next few days in a hotel. You'll be okay on your own right?"

Mark places his hand on Jack's shoulder.

Jack: "Oh uh, yeah, I guess, but how am I going to get to my next appointment?"

Mark: "There is a bus the runs down here into town you can catch. I'm sorry Jack I really have to be going now."

Mark walks passed Jack and is about to go down the stairs when Jack stops him.

Jack: "Wait! I have something I need to tell you."

Mark stands there waiting for Jack to continue.

Jack: "I-I'm in love...with you."

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