Trouble ~Marcus Baker~

chapter 9

I generally like the friends ginny and I have made at this school, what I don't like however is the name max has given us... Mcang, that's right, she though it was cute like how in Grey's anatomy they got Mchotty and Mcsteamy, we got Mcang

"Girls!!" Mom says excitedly when I walk into school, I smile and wrap my arms around her waist leaning on her

"M-C-A-N-G, Mc..." Ellen reads our tops

"What's Mcang?" She asks

"Us apparently" I mumble,

"Did you bring it?" I whisper to mom, she smiles down at me and taps her bag, it's great being in a group of friends who wants to do weird things like make up bad names and print them on t shirts but there's no way I'm wearing the whole night

"Okay this is better than I could have imagined!" Max squeals as we walk into the gym

"Holy crap" I let out while my eyes scan the room for a specific brunnette boy

"This is carnival on crack" ginny adds

"So I staked out a spot for us scoped out the joint and came up with a game plan" Hunter says when him and the other guys join us, ginny looks up at him with so much feelings in her eyes it feels almost to intamint to be in the same room while they look at eachother

"I love a game plan" She says,

"Hey I love a game plan too" brodie says wrapping an arm around my shoulder and looking at the non-couple couple infront of us

"Here's my plan, let's get weird" he says before dragging me to the dance floor with everyone following closely behind us

For the last half an hour we've danced, taken photos in the photo booth and played too many games, all while I scanned ever inch of the room looking for Marcus baker

"Charlie, this is nick, he's a friend from drama club" max introduces me to the blonde boy

"Hi" I smile before turning to max, my eyes widen when I see her expression and realize what's happening, I'm being set up

"It's nice to meet you, ill see you in a sec I just gotta um yeah" I smile before rushing to mom

"Gey honey you having fun?" She asks looking at me with her pearly smile

"Yeah its great can I get my shirt please?" She digs in her bag before pulling out the black fabric and I let out a breath

"You're amazing" I smile taking it from her

"Well I'm glad someone thinks so" mom says tolling her eyes, my stomach sinks slightly

"Ginny giving you a hard time?" I ask, she looks back to my eyes and gives me a sad smile

"Dont worry about it sweetheart go have fun" She kisses my head before giving me a slight nudge. I blow her a kiss before making my way into the bathroom

I let out a small sigh at how quiet it is in here before lifting my blue shirt with a giant C off, and bringing the black one over my head

"Hey trouble" Marcus's voice has me letting out a small squeal, I quickly tun an find him sitting on the floor looking so effortlessly gorgoues it hurts

"Jesus Marcus" I let out getting my breathing back to its normal pace

"I should have known you'd be handing out smoking somewhere when I couldn't find you in the gym" I sigh sitting left to him and taking the blunt from his hand before bringing it to my mouth

"How come you've spent the whole night in here?" I ask exhaling a mouth full of smoke slowly before handing it back to him

"I'm riding out this lame sleepover, what about you?" He asks tilting his head to the side to look at me.

"Max is trying to set me up with one of the kids in her drama club" I admit with a sigh

"What's wrong with him" he asks with a clenched jaw, tilting his head back to look straight infront of him while bringing the blunt to his mouth

"I don't know didn't talk to him long" I shrug

"So you're against dating?" He asks after hesitating slightly

"No I'm just" I sigh trying to thinknof the right words

"I don't want to date someone just for the sake of having a boyfriend, if I get a boyfriend it will be because I like him not to prove anything."

"What about brodie?" He asks making my brows scrunch in confusion

"I saw you guys in the hall yesterday and thought.." I chuckle softly at the thought

"Ginny and her non-boyfriend boyfriend were being a little awkward so he got us away and then went to class, he's a friend if even that" I sigh

"I feel like I'm doing this wrong" I say bringing my legs to my chest

"What?" He asks softly seeming to read the shift in conversation

"I don't know, living. This town and high-school and sophomore sleepovers?? Theres all these thing I should be thinking and feeling and I'm not" Maybe it's the weed or the vodka ginny and I had before getting here but in this moment I feel lime I have to say something deep or it will all just eat me up

"I get it, wellsburys weird, everyone's playing their part in portraying their perfect life for everyone else, it makes it difficult to breathe" I let out a breath at his words, he understood, that's all I needed was for someone to understand. When I look up at his again his expression is so sad he looks as broken as I constantly feel, everything I cover up with smiles and witty comments masks my need to breakdown and looking at Marcus now I realize he's doing the same thing

"My uh.. bestfriend dies last year. He got cancer" he sniffs wiping away the few tears that managed to fall, my eyes cloud over slightly seeing him so upset, it physically pains me knowing he's suffering.

"Oh god" I whisper moving next to him

"I'm so sorry" I say, not knowing what else to do I grab his hand in mine and give it a small squeeze hoping it brings some sort of comfort

"It's fine" he tries to brush it off

"No its not" I disagree lying my head on his shoulder

"Everyone has shit" he nods bringing his free hand back to wipe his eyes 

"This got heavy" he chuckles but it just comes out sounding sad

"You're turn" I look up at his in confusion, he smiles down at me tucking a my hair behind my ear, I think it's become a habit of his

"You gotta unload some of your shit" my breath gets lodged