「Chapter 19」

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"Boys, wake up! you're going to be late for school." I hear the door creak open and I feel a warmth around me.

"5 more minutes mom..." I say flipping over and continuing to sleep, Mark's arms still around me.

"Mom?" The moment she said that, my eyes shoot open and I sit up to see mrs. Fischbach standing in the doorway, she looked confused.

"IM SORRY I MEANT MRS. FISCHBACH!" she chuckles and Mark tosses and sits up.

"what?" he says in a raspy and hoarse voice scratching his head and yawning.

"well, you two start getting ready for school." she closes the door. After she left, I look at Mark who is rubbing his eyes. why was he in my bed?

the memories of last night begin to flood back to me, and I blush just thinking about it. I wonder if Mark remembers or not.

"morning my handsome prince." he says as he kisses me on my forehead and ruffles my mop of green hair.

"so i'm a prince now?" Mark smiles.

"of course you are!"

"whatever you say Mark." I say as I stand up and look through my duffel bag to find clean clothes for the day. Mark lays back down and wraps himself back up in the blanket. "you know Mark, this is why you're always late to school."

"does it look like I give a single fuck?" Mark says as he sits up smiling with the blanket wrapped around him like he was a child. I sigh.

"well, i'm gonna go and shower." I walk out and walk down the hallway into the bathroom. I look in the mirror, and boy do I look sleep deprived. well, I haven't gotten good sleep in ages.

I bring out my travel toothbrush and brush my teeth. After I was done I strip down and toss my dirty clothes into one pile, I step into the shower and turn on the water.

"FUCKING SHIT THAT'S COLD!" I yell as I step out of the water nearly slipping in the process and give it a moment to heat up. When it's warm enough I step back under the water and allow it to envelope me.

As i'm in there, I begin to think of last night again, the image of Mark shamelessly rutting into the pillow, moaning my name, it was burned into my brain. I got a bit flustered just thinking about it, but I quickly snapped out of it.

I dried off and put on my clean clothes and stepped out of the steam filled bathroom, I felt fresh and rejuvenated and ready to tackle the day, which isn't something that I frequently feel.

I step into the living room and see Mark dressed and ready for school but hunched over shoveling large spoonfuls of fruity pebbles into his mouth. It makes it seem like he has never eaten cereal before.

He finally sees me standing there staring at him and he stops all movements.

"uh... hey Jack." he says with his mouth full and bits of cereal flying out of his mouth. He holds up his bowl and smirks sheepishly. "cereal?" I laugh at how embarrassed and adorable he looks.

"sure dude, I love fruity pebbles." I say as I grab an empty bowl and pour milk and cereal into the bowl. It had been a while since I had eaten cereal for breakfast, it was so simple, yet so delightful.

We finished eating and we wash our dishes. I grab everything I need and triple check that I had everything that I could potentially need.

"ready to go?" Mark places his hand on my shoulder as we stand at the front door.

"yeah!" We begin out journey to school (lucky for Mark, his house is literally a block away from school, he sometimes drives to school because he feels a bit lazy).

When we arrive, we're greeted by Danny and Arin sitting out front at one of the school's picnic tables. They spot us from a distance and wave to us, we decide to walk over and chat a bit with them.

"Hey Mark! Hey Jack!"

"hey Danny!"

"so, you two walking to school together now? is this a cute couple thing you guys do now?"
we look at each other and realize our hands are intertwined. I blush and Mark is giggling like a school girl.

"I guess so."

"Hey! Mark, Jack, I heard there's someone new transferring in, I heard a rumor going around that they have the same classes as you?" Mark furrows his brows, I look at him.

"huh, wonder who they are, maybe we can get them in the group! if they're nice that is." Mark smiles.

"it'd be pretty cool to have a new addition." The bell rings for all of us to go to class, Mark and I begin to walk side by side to History class. we sit in the back next to each other and wait for the teacher to start the lesson.

The bell rings again signaling that class has begun, Mr. Yang walks to the front of the class with his usual expressionless mug.

"good morning. Today we have a new student transferring in, her name is Sierra, you can come in to introduce yourself." In walks a girl with fairly tan skin like she goes to the beach all the time, dark brown wavy hair, and a strong body build, she still had curves but she also had muscle. She looked directly at Mark and smiled devilishly.

Mark freezes and I feel his hand shaking, he stares blankly at her, I know he's having flashbacks. This had to have been the girl that made his life a living hell.

"j-jack, i-it's, it, c-can't be." he finally says, the shakiness in his voice sounds like he's in an earthquake, tears were flowing down his face.

"Hi! i'm Sierra! I used to go here but my dad got a job opportunity in Philadelphia, and then he got another job opportunity to move here, and so we did! and here I am. it will be fun to get to know all of you again." she says with a smile I can clearly tell is fake. She has trouble written all over her.

"May I go to the bathroom?" Mark finally asks.

"please wait, we must find somewhere for her to sit."

"I think I can sit next to Mark back there, if you didn't have anything planned." she said batting her eyes, hoping he would approve the seat.

"well. I have no problem with it." she smiles and begins walking towards Mark and I, he begins shaking and crying even more. She sits down next to Mark and smiles at me.

"Hey Mark, did you miss me?" she said with an evil tone, her voice stung like needles, it was cold and harsh.

"Mark you can go to the bathroom now." Before I knew it, Mark was out of the classroom, I raised my hand and asked to be excused as well.

I run through the empty halls and enter the bathroom where I hear sobs and sniffles. I find Mark sitting in one of the bathroom stalls, balled up in the corner.

"Mark..." I place my hand on his shoulder and his head bolts up.

"I can't do this Jack, I just can't. Not again." I wrap my hands around him and place my head on his shoulder.

"I promise you, as long as i'm around, I won't let her do anything to you."

"really?"

"you're the one putting a roof over my head, feeding me, caring for me. it's the least I can do for you." I say kissing him on his temple. "you protected me from anything that threatened me, I may be scrawny and have 0 muscle mass, but i'll find every which way to protect you."

A/N: sorry for this being so late, school is now slamming me with waaay too many assignments and projects, it's hard to manage everything. but I can assure you, i'm writing at every free moment I can get.

~S❤️

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