Monday, August 26th

"Wow look who's back."

We wake up to Noah and Kayla staring at us.

Marcus yawns and rubs his eyes before looking at them.

He smirks.

"Well I guess the two love birds are back together." Noah says.

"Yup." Marcus Says.

"How did that happen?" Kayla asks.

"A long story. Basically met up off of impulse due to my inability to ignore my subconscious, talked, made things official."

"Okay, then. Nice to have you back, bro. Living with two girls is weird."

"Well I'm sure when it comes to Brianna, you enjoyed it."

Noah actually laughs. Marcus didn't sound salty but his remark was very sarcastic

"Yeah, sweetheart's quite fun, actually."

Marcus' smile went away.

"I'm just playing with you. I know she's yours, man."

"Where are you going?" I ask, looking at them.

"I was heading out for class." Kayla Says.

"Same here. Your coffee is on the counter. Just made it before you guys woke up." Noah says.

"Thanks, Noah." I say, giving him a smile.

He nods and they both head out the door.

"He seems off."

"He didn't have his best friend for a while, I'm sure it's odd to see you back."

"I'm not sure that's the reason, but okay."

I get up and get my coffee.

"You got classes today?" I ask Marcus.

"Yeah, just one. What about you?"

"Nope."

"I can skip." He says.

"Why would you do that?"

"I missed you Brianna. I want to hang out with you."

He comes up to me, and we kiss.

"I missed you too. But I don't want you to skip class for me."

"Okay then, when can I see you? I have class in an hour so I need to get back to my dorm and get ready."

"We can get lunch?" I suggest.

He smiles in what I'm assuming is agreement.

He leaves and goes to his dorm.

I have a boyfriend.

And his name is Bad Boy Marcus.

Kinda cool.

NOAH's POV

Shit. I promised myself I wouldn't get attached. I had a couple days of affection from Brianna and apparently I expected Marcus to be gone forever.

I like that he's back. He is my friend after all.

But I am angry at the fact that Brianna has no reason to come to me with her problems and she has no reason to kiss me when she's drunk out her mind. There will no longer be the need for her to sleep by my side, clinging onto my shirt. There will be no need for me to receive her stares because they will never be filled with admiration like they are when she looks at Marcus.

I'm happy for her, but I don't think Marcus deserves her back.

He screwed up. I don't want to see Marcus or Brianna hurt again.

Marcus needs to be more understanding when it comes to Brianna and Brianna needs to be more considerate of others feelings but hers was more off of other instances.

It's not fair to Brianna, to be treated badly for the way she felt.

I'm also selfish. I want Brianna. Any chance I can get to hold her and comfort her I will gladly take.

I'm not going to make her cheat.

That's messed up.

But if he ever messes up again, he won't get her back.

Because I love her.

But he loves her enough to not hurt her.

So I have to move on.

I can only love Brianna as a friend.

It has to go back to how it was. I'm sure she misses that.

MARCUS' POV

On my way back to my dorm, I can't stop smiling. All the trouble and waiting and pain all for nothing. I ended up with Brianna as my girlfriend either way. I've known I wanted her to be my forever since the day we had a sleepover with Kayvan, Collin, and Titus. I had talked to them the other day and like my mom, they also said I'm stupid for not calling Brianna.

I grab my shower bag and go to the showers.

After showering, I call my mom.

"Have you called that girl yet?" She asks.

"We had dinner last night."

She gasps.

"How did it go?"

"We are officially dating." I say, acting as if it's no big deal.

"You must bring her over this weekend!"

"I will, ma." I say.

"Okay love you."

"Love you too." I say.

"Tell Brianna I said hi and I love her."

"I will."

"Okay bye bye."

"Bye."

I hang up the phone and text the group chat with me, Kayvan, Collin and Titus.

Marcus: me and Brianna r dating.

Collin: wth?

Titus: How did that happen?

Kayvan: wow everyone is so shocked I told you guys I seen this coming.

Collin: sorry bro, no one listens to u.

Titus: tru 👆

Marcus: y'all better stop making fun of Kayvan or Brianna will kill you all.

Collin: ha without a doubt she seem like the murder type.

Marcus: she'd probably take that as a compliment

Kayvan: any smart person would.

Titus: Kayvan bro, ur weird as hell.

Kayvan: 😊

Marcus: Ight, i gtg to class. Wanna come to my house for dinner with Brianna this weekend?

Collin: Hell yeah ur mom can cook

Titus: Collin not even concerned about seeing Brianna.

Collin: yeah I am, I missed her.

Titus: me too.

Kayvan: me three but we already knew that :)

I put my phone down, and decide to finally head out for class.

Brianna's POV

I got in the the shower and got dressed for the day. Black leggings, blue long sleeved shirt, and socks that showed above my air force ones.

Marcus texts me.

I assume it is around the time his class ends.

Marcus: my mom said hi and that she loves u.

Brianna: tell her I said hey and love her too.

Marcus: k wyd

Brianna: getting ready to come have lunch with you

Marcus: don't you work today?

Brianna: night shift.

Marcus: oh ok . Where u wanna have lunch?

Brianna: anywhere is fine with me 🤷‍♀️

Marcus: ok I'll text u the address and I'll head there, we can meet.

Brianna: ok

He texts me the address and I head out.

Once I get there, I immediately spot him.

Even in a room full of people, I don't see nobody else but him.

And he was all mine.

Looks like my luck is turning up.

"Hi Rose." He says, smiling a bright smile.

"Hi." I reply, returning the gesture.

I sit down and he orders the same thing for the both of us. We usually get the same order by accident every time we go somewhere to eat, but this time it was intentionally.

"Are you happy with me, Rose?" He asks.

"You are the source of my happiness, bad boy Marcus."

"What if something comes between us? What if you decide life is too hard again?"

"Life will never be too much to handle when I have you by my side."

August 31st, Saturday

We were at Marcus' mom house. We had just pulled up. I was so happy. I had missed her so much.

We go and knock on the door. She slings it open and embraces me in her arms.

"¡Has vuelto, cariño!"

"It's so nice to see you." I respond, ignoring her Spanish remark.

I didn't think she expected me to answer since I didn't speak Spanish.

Maybe I should learn it.

Yeah that'd be cool.

"Come in, come in. You two can start a movie and I will start preparing dinner."

"I can help." I offer.

"Okay you'll both be helping then!" She cheers.

"Thanks a lot" Marcus whispers in my ear jokingly.

I laugh.

We help his mom cook pork chop, pinto beans, collard greens, biscuits, macaroni and green beans.

After that is all done, we sit down and prepare to eat.

We talk about my suicide attempt, my time in the ward, how I feel now and me and Marcus' relationship.

"Well I just hope we never get that close to losing you again. Your survival was a great miracle that I will thank God for every night."

"Me too." Marcus Says with a full mouth.

There is a knock on the door.

"Marcus, that's probably your uncle. Go get the door."

"I didn't know he was coming." Marcus Says, getting up.

He answers the door.

"Marcus' uncle is like a father to him."

I nod and smile.

A plump guy with skin like Marcus' mom enters and smiles.

"Hola Karolina, Hola Brianna."

"Hi" I say.

"Brianna this is my uncle, Jeremy. He is the one who gave me my car."

"Nice to meet you." I tell him.

"The feeling is mutual."

Karolina gets up and makes Jeremy his plate. He sits down with us and eats with us.

After we eat, I speak up.

"The dinner was wonderful. Thank you. And nice to meet you, Jeremy. May we be excused upstairs?"

"Uh oh, I'm in trouble." Marcus mumbles jokingly.

"Yes but I'm making desert, I'll call you two down when it's done."

"Okay thank you."

I go upstairs, headed to Marcus' room and he follows.

He closes the door behind them.

"I'm either about to get yelled at, or get some yummy kisses and I hope it's the second one."

I laugh.

"I just wanna talk."

"Is that girl code for, 'say one wrong thing and I'll kill you'?"

I laugh again.

"No. I was just thinking about something that I want to ask you."

"Shoot."

"It seems like you and your uncle have a great bond, but where is your real dad?"

He sighs.

He doesn't reply for about two minutes.

I begin regretting asking.

"I'm sorry- you don't have to tell me."

"No no it's fine."

After 30 more seconds of silence, he begins talking.

"When I was 6, my mom got pregnant with another kid. A brother. I would've had a brother."

"Would've?" I ask.

"My dad didn't want another baby with my mom. He was abusive to her sometimes and the only reason she got pregnant by him again was because he raped her."

I frown.

"My dad begged her to abort the baby. He begged her to abort my baby brother, but she refused."

"So what happened?"

"Three weeks before my brother was supposed to be born, my dad showed up at the house."

I take in a sharp breath.

"He told her that he has a girlfriend and she said if he becomes the father of another baby, they're over."

"Did you like your dad at that time?"

"No. My dad wasn't around much and when he was he didn't pay attention to me."

"Oh."

"They ended up arguing with each other, and he kicks her in the stomach. It killed the baby. It killed my brother. The dipshit did it on purpose too."

I grab his hand in attempt to calm his anger.

"I could've had a brother, Rose. But I didn't because of him."

"You can't dwell on the past, baby." I tell him.

"You're right. If I ever see him, though, I will kill him."

"Well then let's hope there are no encounters." I say.

He looks up at me.

"Hey, it's okay. Everyone has something that hurts them so much that they are willing to give up their sanity to feel better."

"I love you, Rose." He says.

"I love you too." I say, kissing him.

None of my kisses with Noah could ever be that passionate. Ever.

What me and Marcus had was special.

Everything in life ran smoothly. School was hard, but it all ran fine.

That is, until December 7th.

Authors note: almost 2000 words once again.

Also, it's been brought to my attention that Kayvan, Titus and Collin never came. Instead, the uncle did.

Word count before I touched it: 1951

Also, I'd like to mention again that this story will be over by the end of February, maybe sooner. So yeah 😞 the plot is coming to an end.

haha that doesn't mean there are no more conflicts.

If u thought that, then u r wrong.

I will be working on two stories after this one, Inhale, Exhale a fiction story about climate change and other stuff and Thirteen Years, my autobiography. I have no clue when they will come out.

They won't be released until they are completely finished. I'm also not sure which one will be released first, but I'm not anywhere near done with you, Wattpad.

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