(Jack's P.O.V.)


"Where in the actual hell are we going?" I ask as Mark continues to drag me down the sidewalk. For the entire day Mark and I have just been out doing whatever. We've gone to an arcade, lunch at the café, another arcade. But now Mark is dragging me somewhere, and he refuses to tell me where. 

"I told you, you'll know when we get there!" He laughs, running across the crosswalk. I stumble over my feet for a second but I soon find my balance again and I run with him. Even after the crosswalk he keeps running. No clue why, but he does. I chuckle, rolling my eyes. 

"Mark!" I complain. He just laughs and continues on. We pass by another intersection and I look at the street sign. Ogden. Oh... Now I know where we're going. Mark continues dragging me as we pass by street after street. Soon we get to 7th and Mark turns, running into the forest-like park. As soon as we enter the area he stops running and loosens his grip on my hand, letting me walk next to him. I smile, looking around as we walk down the trail. 

We continue walking towards the park. Not the actual park, no. The old one. The park that only Mark, Ann and I know about. Though, Ann never comes here, so now it's Mark and my space. It's our place. When we're there, no one else matters, nothing else matters. When we're there... I can't help but always feel happy. 

Mark and I continue walking side by side down the path until we turn, going through the trees and overgrowth. We push bushes and plants off to the side as we walk to possible one of our favorite places in the world. Then we're there. Mark lets go of my hand once we emerge into the old park, going to pull out some weeds that started growing around the benches. I just observe. 

It's been a good two months since we've been here, and nothing has changed. The monkey bars are old and rusted, and would probably break if both Mark and I sat on them. The benches are weathered and slightly unstable, though still suitable to sit on. The slide is still torn up and ripped enough that if you slid down you'd probably start bleeding. 

And the swings are old, the chains slightly rusted, the structure kind of squeaky. I smile, I can't help it. I can never help it. I walk over to one of the swings, the one I've claimed as my swing. I sit down and start kicking my legs like a small child. 

"Mark!" I call. He looks over and tilts his head to the side. My smile grows and I stop kicking. "Push me." I say. He laughs and comes over, shaking his head a bit. 

"Jack..." He says. I don't let my smile fall, I just continue to look at him with the eyes of a six year old. He sighs then and goes behind me, grabbing the rusted chains. I hold on as well, beaming. "You ready?" He asks. I nod and he starts pushing the swing, sending me into the air back and forth. I start giggling, kind of bouncing in the seat. 

"Stop doing that! You're gonna break something!" Mark says. I listen to him and I stop bouncing, but I don't stop giggling. Cause, why should I? While swinging however, Mark brings something up. "You know..." He starts. When I swing back he stops the swing and looks at me. "We have senior prom this year." He smiles. 

My eyes widen and my smile grows. I completely forgot! Prom is this year! Oh my god... That's awesome! I can't wait. I get to go to what's surely going to be my best high school memory with the love of my life. 

"You excited?" Mark asks. I nod wildly. 

"Oh my god, it's going to be amazing! Ugh! Prom..." I say, as Mark gently starts pushing the swing again. This way we can still talk but I'm also still swinging. "Honestly, this time last year I wouldn't think I'd ever go to prom." I say. 

"Really? Why?" Mark asks. I chuckle. 

"I didn't have anyone to go with. Plus, I'd probably just ruin it for some people." I say. I turn to see Mark nodding a bit, understanding. 

"But you do want to go... Right?" He asks. I can see the excitement in his eyes and that's enough persuasion on it's own. 

"Of course I want to go!" I laugh. Mark's expression brightens and he stops the swing, immediately pulling me in for a kiss. It shocks me at first, but soon I kiss back. We pull away after only a few seconds. 

"Thanks." He says. I shrug. 

"Whatever makes you happy." I respond with. His smile brightens. 

"And whatever makes you happy." He says back. I chuckle and start swinging on my own, Mark swinging next to me. Soon we're exactly alined, swinging side by side. That's when I realize... A lot of people were kind of... Well... Negative to Mark and I. 

I mean, sure, it was fine. Nothing bad happened first week. But to the picture, there were a lot of negative comments and in the halls there were always glances and whispers. I think Mark picks up on my sudden change in mood. He stops swinging, and I only notice then that I had already stopped. 

"Hey... What's up?" He asks softly. I continue staring at the ground. 

"What'll people think?" I ask quietly. Mark narrows his eyes. 

"Huh?" He asks. I look at him. 

"I mean, at prom. What'll people think of us? Seeing us there? Together?" I elaborate. Mark nods slowly, now understanding what I said. 

"Well... I don't know. And I don't care." He says. I raise an eyebrow and he takes my hand in his. "Prom is supposed to be the best night of our high school lives. I don't want to let any stupid homophobic classmates take that away from us." He says with a small smile on his face. I can't help but smile back. 

"Yeah?" I ask. He nods slowly. 

"Yeah." He says back. I close my eyes and wrap my arms around him, burying my face in his neck. 

"I love you so much." I say, my voice kind of muffled. Mark chuckles. 

"I love you too." He says back and we just sit there hugging on the swings in our favorite place, with our favorite people, thinking about what's surely going to be one of our favorite times.

A/N: Sorry sorry sorry!!! I meant to update yesterday and I forgot!!! Agh!!!!! *sigh* Forgive me...Anyways, I'm slowly working on the story more and more, but now there's even more going on and my mind will not shut up. I'm really sorry, updates might halt again once we get to chapters 7 or 8, depending. I hope you guys understand. For now though, enjoy this and what's to come. =) <3