My Paradise

Chapter 17

Marcus's POV
<Hey stranger!> from Maggie
<what do you want> from Marcus
<we take a break and you go and find a tramp?> from Maggie
<We were completely broken up> from Marcus
<Buy I miss you 😘> from Maggie
<don't play with me. I'm happy now. Stay away!> from Marcus
<to late. Already in LA💋 see ya soon> from Maggie
My heart sunk. Maggie is back. Why now. It's like she can sense when I'm happy. I laid there think about all the ways she could mess this up. Then I looked down I Skylar. She was laying on my chest. Suddenly all my problems flew away. The sun was hitting her ombré curls. She was smiling in her sleep. She woke up and stared at me. "Good morning beautiful" I said to her. "Good morning." She smiled and sat up. She turned to look at me and leaned in to kiss me. Just when she did the doorbell rung. "I'll get it." We heard Jake yell out. We walked downstairs to see who it was. Maggie. Jake looked up at me with the 'oh shit' look on his face. "Hey Jake. Is Marcus here?" She asked letting herself in. "Umm... yeah but he has company." He said to her. "I know. Why do you think I'm here?" She said smirking. I ran back to my room and locked the door. "Is everything okay?" I hear Sky ask me. I nodded not being able to say words. My heart was racing. Why does this trick wanna ruin my life. I heard a knock on the door. I stood there not wanting to see who's was on the other side. Another knock. I jump and run from the door. Sky walked over to the door looking at me like I was crazy. "Hi can I help you with something?  If your looking Lucas..." Maggie cut her off. "Actually I'm looking for Marcus. Is he here." Sky's entire demeanor changed. "Yeah but he's busy right now. Maybe later." She said back slamming the door in Maggie's face. She turned around and looked at me. "You have 2 minutes. Explain" she said calmly. Not gonna lie it scared me. I told her everything about what happen with me and Maggie
~flashback~
"I can't wait for this party!" Maggie said with excitement. "Me either I can't believe. High school is over already." She nodded and kissed my cheek. We finally got to my friend's house. You could hear the music. I felt in my chest. We walked in greeting everyone. I went to go say hi to Harry. Maggie walked off somewhere. I assumed it was to go see one of her friends. "How 'bout this party man!" Harry screamed in my ear. I couldn't tell if he was drunk or just screaming or both. I noticed I hadn't heard from Maggie in a while. Usually by now she would have dragged me to the dance floor to show off and let everyone her boyfriend was talented. I walked around asking everyone if they had seen her. Someone told me she went upstairs. She must have gotten drunk. I walked into one the rooms and no one was there. I walked into about 4 rooms and still nobody. Harry had a big house. I finally walked into what I assumed it was the master bedroom. I walked in and saw Maggie on top of Sebastian. "What the hell Maggie!" She turned back and smiled at me. "Oh relax Marcus. I'm surprised it took you this long to find out." She said bluntly. "I'd expect something like this from Sebastian but I thought you had a little more respect for me. Guess I was wrong," I walked out and slammed the door. I walked back downstairs and head for the door. Harry grabbed my shoulder. "You alright man?" "Yeah. I just gotta get out of here dude." "What about Maggie?" I paused "Sebastian can take her home for all I care." I take off. I can't believe she would do this to me.
~Present~
"And ever since she has been popping up whenever I meet someone who makes me even remotely happy. I'm surprised it took her this long. I had forgot all about her" I said finishing my story. Sky looked mortified. "She was a dumb bitch if she left you" she grabbed my face and kissed me. I didn't think she would be okay with her hanging around. But she was determined to make sure Maggie didn't ruin us.
Skylar's POV
Maggie sounded like every drag queen I ever meet in high school. She wasn't going to ruin me and Marcus. I decide to take shower and Marcus was gonna accompany me. When we got done I put one an oversized hoodie and some light washed jeans I had worn the other day. When we walked down stairs Maggie was still her. I grabbed Marcus's hand and intertwined it with mine. She began to frown. I smiled in accomplishment. Jake was down stairs with Alissa and Alex. "You guys wanna go get some breakfast?" Jake asked "I would love to!" Maggie answered. All eyes were on her. "And who asked you to come?" Marcus asked aggravated. I squeezed hand and signaled him to calm down. "That's fine you can come" Alissa said with a scoff. "But drive yourself." Alex said. I could tell the entire squad hate her. I smiled and laughed a little. She cut her glance at me. She stared at me so to make her feel even worse I kissed Marcus. Should I have done that? Hell no! Do I care? HELL NO! We all got in Jake's truck again. We waited for the rat umm I mean Maggie to movie her car. We went to IHOP. I got a lot of pancakes. "Pig" I heard Maggie mumble under her breath. I stop and 'accidentally' spill my coffee on her white jeggings. "Oh my gosh I'm so sorry" I said exaggerating. She winced at the pain. "It's... okay. I will.... just...fine!" She said through her teeth. She got up and waddled to the bathroom. Once she walked in we all bust out laughing. Marcus kissed my cheek. "What was that for?" I asked smiling. "For being the most awesome girlfriend ever!" He said. When Maggi came back we all tried to stop laughing but it was really hard. All of our faces were red. Maggie was looking at us weird. "What is wrong with you guys?" She said kinda snobby. "Nothing" we managed to say. After breakfast we went to the mall. We separated and Me and Marcus had the luxury of have Maggie with us. "We will meet at the truck in about an hour and a half" Jake told everyone. We nodded and went out separate ways. I decide to go into H&M. They had some cute skirts. I saw this cute maroon pencil skirt. "This would go rest with a grey top and jean jacket" I thought to myself. Marcus came up behind me and hugged me. He was holding a hoodie that said SORRY I'M TAKEN! I looked at Marcus and shook my head. "What?" In confusion. I look at him and smile. Then Maggie came up. "Aww Marcus that's so cute. Thank y..." I immediately walked away. She scoffed and went off somewhere. I decide to get the maroon skirt along with some white and red shorts and a couple of t-shirts. Marcus bought the hoodie. He made me put it on as soon as we left the store. I laughed and kept it on. Surprisingly it was comfy. After that we went to the food court and got a pretzel to snack on. I stay hungry 24/7. We saw Alex and Alissa at Chic-Fil-A. They each got a strawberry milkshake. "Where's Jake?" I asked." Honestly I have no clue. We ran into a huge group of fans and we got separated." Just the Alex got a text. "He just texted me. He's at the truck. We better go. Where's Maggie?" We looked behind us expecting to see her but she wasn't there. "I'll go find her" I said enthusiastically(not really) i walked off and suddenly got pulled to the side. It was Maggie. She was crying. "What's wrong with you" I ask not really caring what her answer was gonna be. "Do you love Marcus?" She asked me. "What kind of question is that? Of course I love him." She started crying even more. "I've been trying so hard to keep him loving any girl and he goes and finds you and you too just seem so... happy and I guess I just jealous" "What are you jealous of? Your the reason you two broke up. I should be thanking you. By showing Marcus your true colors you have him a chance to find true love. I don't if that's me but I'm glad it's not you." I said angrily. She stopped crying. "Did he tell you what I did?" She asked: "Uhh yeah." "You've only heard in side of the story."
~flashback~
Me and Marcus arrived at Harry's place. The music was really loud. We walked in and everyone greeted him. I saw my friend and went over to talk to her. Sebastian walked over to me and grabbed my ass. "Chill boy. I have a boyfriend." I said. "That hasn't stopped you yet" he said slyly. I could tell he was drunk. "I can't keep do this Sebastian. Marcus isn't dumb. He is gonna find out."  "Let that punk find out. What do I care?" I pushed him away and went to grab a drink. Sebastian was smiling weird. He winked at his friend and walked away. I didn't think much of it. I grabbed and drink and chugged the whole thing. I felt weird about 5 minutes later. Then I hear someone whispered in my ear." How do you feel?" "I feel... amazing!" "Great. Come with me." I followed the voice and realized it was Sebastian but I really didn't care anymore. I didn't care about anything. I followed him into the master bedroom. He threw me on the bed and climbed on top of me. We started make out and doing other thing. A few minutes Marcus walked in. I was on top of Sebastian. "What the hell Maggie?" He yelled. "Oh relax Marcus. I'm surprised it took you this long to find out." I said not realizing I was hurting him. He kept yelling but I zoned out. He slammed the door. The next day I woke up next to Sebastian with a nasty hangover. I looked at my phone and saw that Marcus had unfollowed me on all social media and updated his status to single. I gasped and put my hand over my mouth. What did I do? Then I realized what happened last night. I started crying. Sebastian woke looking a mess. He saw me crying and tried to hug me but i pushed him off, slipped on my clothes and ran out the door. Then realizing I Marcus was the one who drove me here I called my friend to come and get me. I tried calling him. After about 50 tries he finally picked up. "What?" He asked sternly. "I wanted to apologize for what happened last night" "So you do remember. Well remember this. I don't ever want to see your face again. You have hurt for the last time. Goodbye Maggie!" He hung up. I started crying and threw my phone at the wall. Why did I get mixed up with Sebastian?
~Present~
After hearing that I didn't know what to say. "Have you told Marcus any of that?" I asked Maggie. "I've tried but he doesn't believe me." Still angry she did that Marcus I understood why she does what she does. "I'm sorry for trying to ruin you and Marcus. I'll back off. I'm leaving tomorrow any way." She said smiling. "Thank you for listening and actually believing me. I'm gonna go apologize to Marcus." Still stunned about what just happened I'm brought back to Marcus. "Did she tell you?" He asked me. I nodded. "She she tell you that she thinks I don't believe her?" I nodded again. "Well that isn't true. I do believe her. I'm just mad she would get involved with Sebastian at all. She knew why I hate him and all the people she could have cheated on me with she chose him" he said on the brink of tears. I didn't say anything else. I felt bad for both of them. I can't believe I felt sorry for Maggie. But did. When we got back to the squad house everyone was quiet. Maggie sat on the couch. Marcus went up to his room. I sat in the kitchen trying to find a way to cheer everyone up. Then I had the perfect idea. I asked Jake if he had any water guns. I figured if I could get everyone outside for a water day, everyone would feel a lot better. He had a tub full of guns of all sizes. I had the best idea ever.
Marcus's POV
I wasn't feeling very social after the mall so I went up to my room. Maggie was in the living room. For once in her entire life she actually decided to shut up. Sky was in the kitchen. I heard footsteps in the hallway. I assumed it was Alex or Alissa. They are always bothering Jake. I few hours later I got a text from Sky.
<Come outside. Put on swim trunks😘> from Sky
I didn't know what she had planned but I did it anyway. I walked outside looking for Sky but I couldn't find her. Next think I knew I was sprayed with a lot of water. I look over and see Sky,Jake, and Alissa in the pool shooting me with water guns. Maggie was also there too. Never though I would see her and Sky next to each other willingly. I saw a table full of water guns and grab two pistols and start shooting back. I hit Hake in the are and he fell back in the pool like he actually got shot. Sky manage to sneak past me and shot me from behind m. Dodging her line of fire I grabbed her. She started screaming as I started walking towards the pool. Once we got there she stopped yelling. "MARCUS NOO!" She yelled one more time. I ignored her and dropped her in. It was a huge splash. Everyone was laughing. I guess that's why I didn't realize she had came up. She grabbed my leg and pulled me in. She started laughing. Then everyone else jumped in. We decide to have a chicken fight. Me and Sky, Jake and Alissa and Alex and Maggie after Alex finally came out. Jake and Alissa were the first to fall. Maggie and Alex came from behind and tried to knock us over but it didn't work. Sky reached backed I grabbed Maggie's arm and yanked them down. "VICTORY!" Sky yelled from the top of her lungs. She is so crazy. We were outside til sundown. We went back in to get something to eat. I took forever but we finally decided to go a Japanese restaurant. Sky had never seen the ones that cook in front of you. We all were shocked. Everyone goes to those places. She came up to me and kissed my cheek. " Are you feeling better?" She asked me. " I am now." I said and kissed her deeply. "Good. Now if one of my crazy exes come to bother me you know how to make me feel better" she said and walked off. I lobe that girl so much.
Skylar's POV
We went to get ready for dinner. I showered and put on the following,