Just A Family Friend

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Journal Entry
Saturday at 11:00am

Hello, it has been a week since Mark has been living with us. He's not that bad to live with, surprisingly. He's been helping around the house a lot recently. I keep telling him that he doesn't need to do my chores, but he insists saying that it's his way of thanking us for letting him stay with us. Fair enough...

Closed at 11:10am

I closed my journal and hid it in my dresser before standing from bed to stretch. I grunted softly as my back cracked here and there. Finally, I made my way downstairs to make some breakfast for Mark, my mother, and myself. I already knew dad was at work, so I will only need to make three plates today.

When I went downstairs, I was surprised to find no one down there, but a small note stuck to my mom's door. I went to read it.

Dad is at work. Also I went to go and run some errands, so I will be back shortly. :-)

I huffed inwardly, they really just left me alone with him. I'm not saying he's bad or anything, but you can't trust everyone. I threw the note in the trash and began making breakfast. I took out bacon, sausage, pancakes, and other ingredients out of the fridge, so I could get started. While sizzling the bacon on the stove, I heard creaking coming down the staircase. Is he up?

I saw him turn into the kitchen and he gave me a soft smile as he lightly waved to me. I returned a smile then quickly averted my attention back to cooking. That is until I heard a chair being pulled out and sat in.

Confused, I spun around to find him sitting their motionlessly dazed. I raised an eyebrow, puzzled as to why he just sat there to do nothing.

"Are you okay?" I asked, trying to be nice and courteous for once.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Why? " he replied,  making eye contact with me.
I just shrugged my shoulders before focusing on the food again.
"I just- was wondering why you were sitting there. " I said and he chuckled.
"What- I can't just sit here and ponder over life without you worrying about me." He scoffed and I rolled my eyes.
"Ugh - I don't care about what you do, Mark~" I scoffed and he just laughed.
I fixed my mom's plate first then sat it in the microwave. I then fixed Mark's plate and sat it softly in front of him. He looked at his plate shocked before dragging it close to him.
"Thanks!" He chirped before diving in.
"Welcome. "
"This is so good! " he groaned as he stuffed his face.
I blushed at that fact that he approved of my food.
"Th-thanks. " I smiled then made my own plate.

I sat in front of him, we both sat silently, eating and enjoying the morning glow and singing of birds.
"So... " he started, of course he ruins the moment of silence.
"Did you have a good sleep? " he spoke in a deep yet gentle voice. His voice threw me aback. He usually has a nice voice, but the way he asked me that question really rung in my head. His voice was baritone and had a nice buttery sound to it.
"I-It was okay. " I said and he gave me a funny look.
"Only okay? " he asked concerned.
"Y-yeah. I don't sleep well sometimes." I said as I played with my food.
"I have slight insomnia."

"Oh~" he hummed in realization. He ate the last piece of his meal and stood up to put his dish in the sink.
"I hope it gets better. " he said as he turned on the faucet. I stood up and looked for the dish rag.

"No. I got the dishes, you need to go rest,  beautiful." He demanded, taking my plate from me and feeling the sink with suds. I gazed at him astonished.
"Well- thanks." I said before slowly leaving and going back upstairs.

Oreo instantly ran to me when I walked through the door of my room.
He called me beautiful...
I sat on my bed, debating on calling Monae. I wanted her to finish telling me about the boy who wants to date her.

I heard creaking coming up the stairs.
He must be done.
I thought to myself as I called my friend.

The phone rung for awhile and when she finally picked up, he walked in his room and closed his door.
"Hello? " she spoke.
"Hi,  Monae." I chirped.
"Wassup? " she said,  her thick British accent showing up.
"Nothing much. I wanted to talk with you about that boy, remember? " I giggled and heard her snickers coming from the other side.
"Oohhh... Brian? " she laughed. 
"Oh?  Why do you sound, so happy all of a sudden?!" I laughed and she just cracked up.
"We're dating now! " she squealed.

My jaw dropped. The phone slipped from my hand and hit the ground with a thud.

I mean... I already knew it would happen soon. But reality suddenly hit me. She has a boyfriend now... And Rachel has her man as well... I'm still alone. I don't have anyone. Wh-what if she leaves me too, just like Rachel did??

"H-hello!? " a tiny muffled voice yelled. I snapped myself out of my thoughts before grabbing my phone off the ground quickly.
"H-hey!  Sorry bout that! " I said and she sighed in relief.
"Oh- gosh... I thought you might've fell or something. " she said concerned.
"No. I'm  fine." I stated blatantly.
"Are you sure. You sound a bit... Sad. " she asked and I just took a deep breath.
"I'm.  I'm fine. " I spoke and swallowed hard.
"No, you're not. Look,  (y/n)... " she started and I just sighed.
"I know what you're thinking okay... But I can assure you... I won't ditch you like Rachel did to us. Just schedule a time and I will be there okay? " she said concerned.

I sighed in disbelief.
"Yeah. I know. " I muttered, knowing she would probably forget.
"Look. I don't wanna get in the way of your new relationship okay. Don't worry about me. "I said.
"No.  I have to worry about.  I love you so much!  You're my bestest friend and it'll stay that way, okay!? " she assured.
I huffed before rubbing Oreo's fur.
"Yeah, cool... "
"Well... Uh- (y/n),  I gotta go okay, he's calling me." She spoke.
Of course he is.
"Okay. See ya. " I spoke and hung up before she could say "bye".

I laid back on my bed and sighed, closing my eyes in fear of what will happen to our friendship. We always had a hoes over bros kind of  friendship, but  now that we're older and wanting relationships, that has changed obviously.

I began to drift off until I heard my favorite song (f/s)  by (f/s/artist). It was blaring from Mark's room.
Hm?
I picked myself up and walked to his door. I was a bit hesitant but then timidly knocked on his door.
He opened it gently, looking at me with a blank face.
"Wassup? " he said and I just shrugged.
"You're listening to my favorite song. " I giggled.
His face light up as he opened the door wider.
"Wanna listen? " he asked and I averted my  eyes to the ground. I thought about being alone in my room with Oreo again and shook my head from my thoughts.
Finally I just accepted and walked passed him.
"Sure. " I said and he smiled before shutting the door behind me.

Journal Entry
Saturday at 2:00pm

Hey 👋, Mark is not that bad. I'm still kind of skeptical of him though😒,  but we like the same music,  so that's nice. But gotta go now, the weirdo wants my attention. 😂

Closed at 2:07pm

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