Possession [boyxboy]

23. "you're-you're...engaged..."

He smiled as he stared into my eyes.

"D-do you want us to be?" I asked him.

He bit his lip as he still smiled, and shrugged. "I-I mean, I-I do but if th-that's not what y-you want th-"

I shut him up by kissing him on the lips. "You were stuttering, a lot."

He looked down. "S-sorry..."

"Don't apologize." I placed my finger and lifted his head to where his eyes met mine. "I just know that when you're stuttering you're uncomfortable, and I don't want you to ever be uncomfortable around me." I said before giving him a quick peck on the lips.

He stared at me for a few seconds before blurting out, "Yes."

I gave him a confused look. "What?" I asked.

"I want you to be my boyfriend."

I smiled. "Then I'm your boyfriend."

.....

"So, how was your day, boys?" My mom asked as she set food down on the table.

I walked over to help her move some of the plates and Carter followed behind me and grabbed the silverware.

"It was good," I responded.

"Good? That's all I get. I let you two miss school and all you're going to give me is good? What did you do today?"

I chuckled. "Well we went to the park,"

"We played tag and I won," Carter said excitedly, cutting me off.

My mom nodded her head. "Anything else?" She asked as we all took a seat.

"Well... Carter and I are dating now," I told her.

She stared at me for a second before speaking. "Wait, you weren't already dating?"

"Well technically no."

"I thought you guys were dating this whole time."

"Well, we sort of were," Carter said speaking up. "We just weren't official, now we are."

She nodded her head and smiled. "Well I'm happy for you two."

Carter and I smiled and then we started to eat as we asked her about her day.

"Well, I have some big news," she said.

I looked up at her as Carter continued to eat, probably just enjoying the fact that he has a decent, home-cooked meal.

"So I went out to lunch with Harry today during my break, and..." she trailed off before holding up her hand to reveal an engagement ring.

My eyes widened as Carter started to choke on his food.

My mom patted his back, trying to help him out. He finished coughing and took a sip of his drink as I tried to gather my thoughts.

"You're-you're...engaged..." I said, still trying to wrap my head around it.

She smiled slightly. "Well yeah, Harry and I have been seeing each other for a while now, and we just figured it's the perfect time to just, do it..."

"You guys have only been dating for a couple weeks," I declared.

She shook her head. "No, you've only known him a couple weeks... we've actually been dating for about 6 months."

"That's still too soon to get married!" I shouted, not even realizing I had.

"Maybe to you, but at my age it's rare to find something like this and you don't want to waste time. I truly love Harry and I know he loves me too," she countered. "And why are you so upset about Harry anyway? I thought you liked him,"

"I do, I just..." I stopped and realized that I didn't even know why I was upset. "I don't know," I mumbled before leaving the table and heading upstairs to my room.

I walked into my room and sat down on my bed. I placed my face into my hands and sighed.

I sat there for a moment when I felt a small hand on my shoulder. I looked up to see Carter standing beside me. He had a soft smile graced upon his lips.

"Hey," he whispered softly.

I slightly smiled at him. "Hey."

"Are you okay?" He asked me.

I sighed and looked down. "I don't know," I responded.

He stood still for a moment before sitting down beside me on the bed and putting an arm across my shoulder. He pulled me to where my head was resting on his shoulder and then he started playing with my hair. "It's okay," he whispered to me.

I smiled and then sighed again. "I just, I don't know. I don't know why I was so upset down there. I really do like Harry, I just love my mom so much... I want her to be safe. The last relationship she was in... the guy wasn't so nice. He would hurt her. And I was only a child so there was very little that I could do about it," I said as he continued to stroke my hair as my head laid still upon his shoulder. "That's why I was so upset when I found out what your parents were doing to you. I'd seen abuse happen to someone I love firsthand before and I couldn't do anything about it, but this time I can," I said before sitting up and looking at him.

He had a small smile still on his lips but I could tell that he was trying to hold in tears from me talking about his parents. I grabbed his shoulder and pulled him into my arms. I heard him sniffle and a moment later I could feel tears fall upon my shirt.

I just held as he cried, letting him let it all out.

.....

I laid Carter's sleeping form down on my bed and covered him with the blanket. I, then, headed towards the door and left my room.

I walked down the hallway to my mothers room and sighed once I made it to the door. I sighed once before knocking on her door.

There was no response for a second and I thought she had fallen asleep before I heard a faint, "come in."

I opened the door to see my mom sitting on the side of her bed. She looked up to me for a moment before looking down. I could see that she had been crying. I instantly felt guilty.

"I'm sorry," I said.

"It's alright," she said with a shrug of her shoulders.

I shook my head. "No, it's not. You want to marry Harry because it's what makes you happy, he makes you happy. I have no place to get in between that, especially when I'm about to graduate. It's not my place, and I'm sorry," I said before walking over to the bed and sitting beside her. "I just want what's best for you."

She sniffled and looked up to me. She had a light smile resting upon her lips. "I know. And Harry is what's best for me. We truly love each other, and he makes me so happy. He makes me... as cheesy as this sounds... he makes me feel young again..." I smiled at her before wrapping my arms around her and hugging her.

"I love you, mom."

"I love you too, sweetie."

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