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That Saturday

(Art drawn by me)

Jack

Mark texted me that morning telling me to get some dance clothes on and put on the mask I made for myself. I quickly got dressed and used some temporary colored spray to change the color of my hair so no one would recognize me. I checked myself in the mirror before grabbing my phone and speaker and heading out, my mom was already over at Mark's mom's house. Mark told me to meet him where I had first seen him dancing. I grabbed my skateboard and started down the road to town. 

When I got there I saw Mark stretching while typing away on his laptop. I jumped off my board and snick up behind him. I planted my feet behind him and leaned all the over him. "Boo." I said when my hands touched the ground. "Jesus! Why?!" He said startled. I laughed and stood back up. I held out my hand and helped him up. "Thanks. You look hot by the way." He said. I laughed and leaned against him. "I wish." I said. "If anyone is hot, it's you." I pulled down part of my mask and kissed his cheek. He smiled at me and kissed my forehead. "Okay, so, what are we doing?" I asked. "We. Are dancing. You bring your speaker?" He asked. I pulled it out of my bag and handed it to him. "Perfect. The song that you and I practiced on Friday is the first one we're doing. Then two solo's, and maybe one more with both of us." He said.

"Nice, you have all the music? If not I have them on my phone." I said. "I should have them all. Come on, you're better at computers than I am." He said gesturing to his computer. I giggled and sat down at the computer, typing in a few things and changing some of the inputs. "Countdown at ten seconds or fifteen?" I asked. "Let's go with twenty so we have enough time in between each song to drink water and catch our breath." I nodded and typed it in. "Okay, tell me when you're ready and we'll start. We've already attracted a crowd." I said nodding my head at the people that were standing around, watching us intently. "Well, let's go ahead and start then." He shrugged. I nodded and pushed play on the music. We both took swigs of water and stood in our places. 

We took big gulps of water and Mark started his solo, which was damn impressive.

I hid my face and took a drink of water. I high-fived him and ran out to the spot.

I was out of breath as I walked over to Mark, who had paused the next count down. "Take a knee, that was fucking amazing. Show off." He said as I sat down. "Thanks." I huffed grabbing my water. "I only know one person who can dance like that." I nearly choked on my water from the sound of their voice. I pulled on my mask and turned around to face them. "What are you doing here?" I asked. "Just thought I'd come and enjoy the view and maybe see how my pet is doing." He said taking a step towards me. I immediately stepped back, cursing myself for doing so. "Just like the old days." He chuckled. Mark put a hand on my shoulder. "Who is he?" He asked. "I'll tell you later." I said. "Oh, looks like my kitten has a guard dog." He said. "I am not. Your kitten." He was starting to piss me off.  He chuckled and got right in front of me, inches from my face. "I thought I told you that you are mine. No matter where you go. No matter what you do. You," he put his hand on my cheek, "are mine." I swatted his hand away and stepped back. "I do not belong to you Victor. I left you and you know exactly why." I said. "I can't seem to remember. Maybe you should come show me. Come on, ditch this loser and come with me." He said looking at Mark. Mark took a step forward and I put up my hand to stop him. "It's not worth it. Can you start a song for me?" I asked. "Yeah, which one?" He never took his eyes of the one that ruined me. "Do re mi." I said.  He nodded and walked over to the computer. 

I took one more drink of water before walking out, staring him down the entire time. As soon as the music started, I started dancing. (make up your own dance in your head, I can't find one that would fit the song.)

As soon as I was done he looked pissed. Mark collected some money, as did I and we started to put all of our stuff away. "I'm the one that taught you to dance." He said. "Just like you taught me how to kiss ass all the time?" I said. I could hear mark holding in his sniggering. "You better watch your mouth." He said getting in my face. "Or what? You gonna teach me something else?" I asked, keeping my voice steady. "I might teach you to watch who you're talking to you slut." He said. "How so?" I asked. "I'll show you how. I will get inside you and tear you apart" He stated. "Please demonstrate, because it seems you've managed to shove your own dick so far up your ass that it's dangling out of your mouth." I said. Mark completely lost it. "I'll teach you. Don't worry kitten." He gave a confident smirk. "Oh, you mean, like you taught Leah?" I said, smirking back.

His face was red with anger. Leah was his old girlfriend, he tried to 'teach' her not to disrespect him and she kicked his ass. "Shut your mouth!" He slapped me and Mark stopped laughing. Even though I was on the verge of tears I kept a straight face and looked directly at him. "Don't. Touch me. Again." I said through gritted teeth. "Or what?" He said. "Or you'll get your ass kicked again." Mark said stepping in. "This isn't your fight dude." Mark clenched his jaw. "It became my fight when you messed with him." He said. He leaned in close to my ear. "You won't win this. Sean." I froze right there. Every memory. Every horrifying memory that he gave me, flooded into my head. I could feel my knees buckling underneath me. 

Black started to seep into my vision and the world came at my face quickly. No. No no no. Get up Jack. Don't let him win...Weak. Pathetic. Stupid. Useless. freak. I felt something wrap around me, I could hear someone talking. "You'll leave him. He's useless." I felt tears spilling down my face, my chest was constricting. I couldn't breathe. Everything faded to black and the last thing I heard was Mark. "Jack! Jack....ay awake!" 

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I could hear beeping. I groaned and opened my eyes. Thankfully, the lights in the room were dimmed. "Jack, Oh thank god you're awake." I looked over and saw Mark sitting in a chair. He leapt up and came over to me. "How are you feeling?" He asked. "Tired. My head hurts." I said. "Yeah, the doctors said that it might. Here. Ibuprofen." He said handing me two little pills and a cup of water. "Thanks." I said downing the pills and water. "What happened yesterday?" He asked. "Yesterday? How long have I been out?" I asked. "About a day." He said. I sighed and let my head fall back on the pillow. "Where's my mom?" I asked. "At work, she felt bad about having to leave. but I promised I would stay here with you and I would take you back to my house. Doctors said you're on bed rest, and since your mom has to go to work, you and I get to stay home for a couple of days." He said. I smiled at him. "You brought me to the hospital?" I asked. "Yeah, you started breathing really raggedly and you were shaking. then you just collapsed. What did he say to you that made you do that? And who was he?" Mark asked. Just as I was about to start talking a doctor walked in. "Oh good. You're up. We need to ask a few questions and then you and him can leave." He said. I nodded, ready to leave the hospital.

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Mark carried me from the car up to his bedroom, despite my saying I could walk. "No, doctors said rest. That literally could've caused you to be in a coma. I am not gonna let you risk it." He said setting me on the bed. "Fair point." I said. He climbed on next to me and held me close to him. "I can't stand the thought of losing you. I love you too much." He kissed my forehead. "I love you too Mark. I can't express how grateful I am to have you." I said. I had to tell him. I had to tell him my past and who the other guy was. 

"Mark. I think it's time I told you about my past." I said. I was shaky but I knew I needed to do it. "Are you sure Jack?" Mark seemed genuinely concerned. "Yeah. Yeah, I'm sure." I said. He nodded. I took a deep breath. Here goes nothing.