"Please, mom," Marley begged for what seemed like the millionth time. "Please let me go back."

"Absolutely not," Ms. Rose stated harshly.

"But why not?" Marley asked. "It's not like I did anything that bad."

"You lied to me, your friends, and your whole school, including the Dean. You need to be punished for it." Ms. Rose put her hands on her hips, not taking no for an answer. "You're grounded."

Marley rolled her eyes. "Mom, come on, I'm almost nineteen. Don't you think that's a little childish?"

"I don't want to discuss this anymore, Marley," Ms. Rose said. "Just go to your room."

"Fine," Marley sighed. "But just know that this is how the whole 'rebelling against your mom' act starts."

"You're such a drama queen, Marles." Ms. Rose chuckled.

Marley let out a small smile. It was good to know that her mom wasn't too mad at her.


Marley spent the next few hours in her room, bored out of her mind. She desperately wanted to text Jake, but her mom took her phone away. She wouldn't even allow Brittany or Unique to visit either.

A little while later, the doorbell rang. Figuring it was just a solicitor or the neighbors, Marley ignored it and continued reading her book.

"Marley, come down here!" Ms. Rose called from downstairs.

Marley huffed and threw her book down. She walked out of her room and peered downstairs to see who was at the door. Once she saw who was standing there, she couldn't believe it.

"Jake?" Marley ran downstairs and greeted her boyfriend with a huge hug. "What are you doing here?" she asked as he spun her around.

"I caught a bus to here this morning after eating breakfast with the guys. I told them I was visiting my mom, so they don't know I'm here. They're still kind of pissed at you. I had to see you though."

"Oh, Jake." Marley grinned as she gave him a peck on the lips. "I missed you so much."

"Sorry to break this up guys, but you need to leave, Jake," Ms. Rose said, interrupting their moment. "Marley's in big trouble."

"Look, Ms. Rose, I came here to ask you to please let Marley come back," Jake said. "She can go to our sister school which is really close to our's."

"Please, mom." Marley stepped in.

Ms. Rose took a minute to think about it, which was definitely progress. Before, she would just say no to everything without hesitation.

"Look, Jake, it was really sweet of you to come all the way here, but your Dean already expelled Marley. I don't think she would be easily let back in, even at the girls school," Ms. Rose finally said.

"It's worth a try." Jake shrugged. "Dean Figgins may seem harsh, but he's a really cool dude."

"I don't know, he seemed really angry at me." Marley frowned.

"Well I'm sure if he heard your explanation, he would understand," Jake said.

Ms. Rose stayed silent as she processed all of this.

Jake sighed. "Well I guess I should go then. It's a long bus ride back to Lima."

"Wait," Ms. Rose finally said. "You can stay here, Jake."

"What?!" both Marley and Jake exclaimed in unison.

"It doesn't make any sense for Jake to go back to Lima tonight if Marley goes tomorrow to sort this out." Ms. Rose smiled. "I'll have Unique and Brittany drive you guys to Lima tomorrow."

"Are you serious?" Marley asked.

"One hundred percent."

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Marley ran up to her mom and gave her a giant, bone-crushing hug. "Thank you for understanding," she whispered into her mom's chest.

"I just want what's best for you, sweetie," Ms. Rose said. "You seem to be really happy there."

Marley nodded. "I really am."

Ms. Rose smiled once again. "Then I'm letting you go."

"You're the best, mom! Come on, Jake." Marley grabbed Jake's hand and dragged him to her room.

"I can't believe this," Marley exclaimed once she and Jake were upstairs.

"I know," Jake said, still kind of in shock. "I didn't think she'd let you go, let alone let me stay here tonight."

"Jake?" Marley asked as she sat on her bed, making room for him to join her. "Did you really mean what you said in that text?"

"That I love you?"

Marley nodded. "Yeah."

Jake's cheeks flushed. "Of course. I really do love you, Marley."

Marley let out a giggle. "I really love you too, Jake."


Even though Ms. Rose was respectful of Jake and Marley's relationship, she still wanted to keep a good eye on them, so she invited the two of them down to the living room to watch a movie on Netflix. When the movie ended two hours later, Ms. Rose retreated up to her room, and Marley brought Jake back up to hers. Once they were alone, Marley walked up to Jake and started kissing him passionately.

Things were escalating pretty fast, and before Marley knew it, she was unbuttoning Jake's shirt and trying to get hers off as well.

"Marley, wait." Jake stopped her. "Are you sure about this?"

"Yes, I'm sure," Marley said. "I've never been so sure of anything in my entire life."

Jake chuckled at Marley's antics. "But your mom…" he suddenly remembered.

"She's upstairs in her room, probably fast asleep. And she sleeps with the TV on pretty loudly anyways," Marley said as she continued to unbutton Jake's shirt.

Jake stopped her once again. "It's just...I really want to make sure you're ready."

"Jake, I am ready. I love you."

Jake grinned sheepishly. "I love you too." He put a piece of Marley's hair behind her ear and kissed her deeply.

Things began to speed up, and before long, Jake was making love to her as she sighed his name. Marley was in utter bliss. She couldn't have asked for anything better.

"I love you," was the last thing Marley remembered saying after, before falling asleep next to Jake.


Marley awoke the next morning, feeling an unfamiliar ache in her lower body. She sighed in content as memories from the night before flooded through her mind. She couldn't believe it actually happened. It was just so perfect. She looked over to Jake, who was still sound asleep.

Marley giggled and kissed his cheek lightly, causing him to stir.

A couple minutes later, Jake finally opened his eyes and adjusted them to the brightness of the room. "Morning," he mumbled sleepily.

"Good morning." Marley smiled brightly.

"How are you feeling?"

"Pretty awesome," Marley admitted. "Last night was amazing," she said, her cheeks slightly flushing.

"Totally," Jake said. "But we should probably get going soon so we can get to Lima as soon as possible."

"Yeah, you're right." Marley nodded. "I'll call Unique to pick us up in half an hour."

"Sounds good." Jake smiled as he leaned in to kiss her again.

Marley didn't think she'd ever get tired of that.


So this story is starting to come to an end, unfortunately. One more chapter and an epilogue. Once this story ends, I will continue Spirit, and I'll also start a new multi-chaptered fic. And I'm also open to suggestions for any drabble prompts. Anyways, hope you guys liked this fluffy chapter, and stay tuned for the next update :)