The miracle

Who is he?

🛑🛑WARNING THIS CHAPTER WILL INCLUDE MENTION OF SEXUAL ABUSE, PHYSICAL ABUSE, MENTION OF SELF HARM/SUICIDE🛑🛑

Jack

"Victor."

Mark's eyebrows creased together in confusion. "Victor? How do you know it's him?" He asked. "I... I don't. I just have this feeling like it's him." I said. "Okay, Let's finish this up and I'll ask my mom about you coming over tonight. I think you need a break for all of this anyways. You can do the singing over at my place. I'll see if I can find the chords to the songs and I'll try to play them on my guitar." He said. "Thank you Mark, you have no idea how much everything you've done means to me." I said wrapping my arms around him. 

"Will you... Will you tell me about him while we paint?" He asked. I tensed up a little. "Y-You don't have to if you don't want to, I'm just curious." He deserves to know. I took a deep breath and pulled away. "Yeah. I'll tell you." I said. I walked over to the curtains and closed them before draping a blanket over the bar to keep us out of sight. I played music as I spoke.

"Victor is my ex boyfriend. We were together in middle school and we stayed together until I moved. He's done some terrible things... Not just to me, but to other people as well. While we were together he would beat me, but he was smart about it. I always wore long sleeves anyways because of how cold it was, so he would go for my arms, legs, chest, and anywhere that wouldn't be seen easily." I set down my paint brush and pulled off my shirt and faced away from mark. Scars littered my skin from my wrists to my shoulders and scattered across my back and sides. His fingers drifted over a few of them and it was almost as if I could feel the sorrow and anger radiate through his touch. "He did all this to you?" Mark asked. I shook my head. "Not all of it, some of them were from me being a kid and falling out of trees and some were... Some were from my own purposeful doing." I turned to face him and showed him my wrists and forearms.

Tears filled his eyes and spilled down his cheeks as he cautiously touched my wrist, scared that they still might hurt me. "Jack..." He pulled me into a hug and I could feel him shaking. Of course, I couldn't tell whether it was out of anger or sadness. "I promise he'll never hurt you again." His voice muffled by my shoulder. I felt my own tears roll down my cheeks as I wrapped my arms around him and buried my face into his shoulder. "I don't want you to get hurt in the process Mark. He's dangerous." I sobbed. "He won't hurt me. Is there anything else he did to you?" He asked. I took a deep breath and hesitated before nodding. "He uh..." I pulled away from Mark with a sniff. "He..." I couldn't bring myself to say it. "Jack, did he... Did he rape you?" Mark asked cautiously. I hadn't heard that word in a long time. 

It sent chills through my body and I didn't realize how bad the effects of what he'd done to me were until now. I started shaking and sobbing uncontrollably. "Y-yes." I sank to my knees and curled up on myself. Mark was by my side in an instant, holding me and rubbing my back. "I've got you, I'm right here." He cooed as he pulled me into his lap. I latched onto him and cried as he rocked back and forth. I felt like a fucking child, crying into my boyfriends shoulder as he tried to sooth me. I felt weak and vulnerable as I clung to him. "How about we finish the painting another day and we head to my house. We can make hot cocoa and watch movies. I can even make some of my white chocolate peppermint  popcorn." Mark offered. I nodded. "Okay, let's pack you a bag and we can go." He said. He stood and helped me to my feet. He wiped my tears away and pressed a kiss o my forehead. "I love you Jack." He said. "I love you to Mark." I said hugging him. He wrapped his arms around me and held me tightly. "Please don't ever let me go." I whispered. "Never. Even when we're ghosts I'll be right there with you." He reassured.

We parted ways and I made my way over to my closet to grab my clothes. I threw a couple t-shirts and pants onto the bed and Mark put them into my bag. I grabbed pajama's as well and stuffed them into my bag. "Alright, let's head out." I said. I checked the windows to make sure they were locked before we left and I made sure to lock the front door. We walked hand in hand down the sidewalk towards his house. We talked about random nonsense and music the whole way there. He opened the door and a ball of fur barreled out and knocked me over. "Agh!" Mark said draging the furry creature off me. "Hi Chica. Long time no see girl." I said patting her head. "Every time. Every. Time." Mark scolded her. She looked up at him, nmouth hanging open and her tail wagging. He groaned and let her go. 

"Can't stay mad at that can you?" I asked. "Never have and I dont think I ever will." He sighed. I laughed and walked inside. "You work on finding a movie and I'll get started on the hot cocoa. You can help me make the popcorn." He said. "Ye!" I went up to his room and started to search through the movies that he had. I pulled out Guardians Of The Galaxy  and went back downstairs. "Do you want whipped cream and cinnamon in yours?" Mark asked. "Ooo, yes!" I answered. He gave a little laugh. "What movie did you pick out?" He asked as I walked into the kitchen. I held it up and wiggled it. "Guardians?" He smirked. "Yeah, I mean, I love my boy Chris." I said leaning on the counter. He shrugged. "Fair point. Now come on, we have popcorn to make." Mark wrapped his arms around my waist and picked me up. I yelped and laughed. 

"The oh so famous peppermint snow popcorn that you brought a while ago?" I asked. "Yep." He said setting me down to grab the stuff from the cabinets. We started popping the popcorn and melting the almond bark. "Would you like to do the honors of crushing the peppermint?" Mark asked handing me a rolling pin. "Hehehe." I took it from him and started smashing the bag of the red and white sweet candy. We sprinkled the candy into the chocolate and spread out the popcorn on parchment paper. 

"Alright, food has been made, drinks are ready, movie has been picked. Let's do this." Mark said.