We Make Our Own Choices

Summary: Dil and Mark have been going out for three months. Things are going good until something happens, forcing Mark to realize that he is danger to Dil. Will he end it or will he ignore it? This contains slash... Please don't read it you don't like it... I don't like flames saying crap like 'Your story is sick' and crap like that.

Warnings: Slash, harsh language, and some kissing between two dudes...

A/N: Uhh... For once I don't know what to go on about. Oh... I have a question for the people who read this! When I complete... well If I complete this how would you like a story saying how Mark and Dil got together? If you want one, or feel you can put up with me writing another story tell Lakie! (That would be me) Well I guess I will get on with the story...

The four teens sat on the bed for awhile, in a comfortable silence. Each one happy that they were together and that nothing could break them apart. Dil looked up at Mark, and smiled. Tommy and Kimi seeing this decided to leave the room and talk. They walked to Tommy's room and shut the door behind them.

"Tommy," Kimi asked.

"Yes," he replied looking at her sitting on his bed.

"I'm sorry about the way my brother acted. I'm sorry that I didn't stand up for Dil today," she told him looking ashamed.

"Look, don't be sorry, you are here now. You left the others behind so you can be here with Dil," he said.

"I know, I'll give them a few days to get over it. If they don't, I will talk to each one," she told him smiling.

"Thanks Kimi, I'll talk to them too. If they can't accept it, then we weren't really friends right?" Tommy asked.

"I guess, but know that I will never ditch you, Dil, or Mark. I mean we are only the best of friends right?" Kimi asked smiling.

"Thanks Kim, you may want to tell Dil that though. He might need some reassuring after what happened today," he told her taking her hand in his.

She looked up at Tommy, who smiled in return. She felt the squeeze of his hand and smile.

'He is holding my hand!' she screamed in her mind.

Dil and Mark walked over to Tommy's room to see what the two were up to. They were also feeling bad because they felt like they kicked them out or something. When they opened the door they were surprise to see Tommy and Kimi holding hands.

"I don't belive it," Dil said smiling.

"Aww, that's so cute, are you guys going out yet?" Mark asked grinning.

"No," Kimi said confused.

'I'm gonna kill you Dil,' Tommy thought glaring at his brother.

"Come on T, just ask her out already!" Dil exclaimed grinning at the glare he was receiving.

"Yeah Tommy," Mark told him grinning.

Kimi looked between the them, smiling inside. She looked up at Tommy who was blushing, his face looked like a cherry.

"Kimi, will you go out with me?" Tommy asked as the other two guys cheered.

"Yes," Kimi replied grinning.

"Finally, he has only liked you since 9th grade," Dil said smiling.

"I'm going to kill you!" Tommy exclaimed chasing his brother out of the room.

"Mark, what did you do to him?" Kimi asked, seeing how he seemed to be all cheery again.

"We talked, plus you two being happy cheered him up," Mark replied smiling. 'Atleast he still has one friend.'

"Come on let's help Dil before Tommy kills him," she told him walking out of the room.

They walked downstairs were they heard laughing. Tommy and Dil were currently play fighting on the floor. Tommy pinning Dil down, and tickling him senseless. As soon as the other two saw this, did they bust out laughing. Tommy and Dil stopped, looked at each other and attacked the others.

"TOMMY STOP!!!" Kimi exclaimed.

The four kids played around for awhile, happy that they had each other. Kimi and Mark left when Tommy and Dil's parents home. The rest of the night went by well. Dil was still a little upset about losing his friends and Tommy still mad at how they reacted. He was also happy that him and Kimi were finally going out.

They were currently in Tommy's room playing video games, which was Mario Cart and listening to KoRn.[1]

"You are gonna lose little brother!" Tommy exclaimed as he pulled in front of his brother.

"No way bro, the princess is so much better then the mushroom dude!" he replied attempting to pass.

Tommy threw his head back and started to laugh like a maniac. Dil looked over and gave him a weird look before saying:

"That was really special!"

"Wasn't it?"

"Tommy! Dil!" Dede yelled from downstairs. "Dinner's ready!"

The two teens looked at each other and jumped up from their sitting postions. They raced to the door and tried to get out at the same time. They got stuck in the door glaring at each other. Finally Dil backed out and pushed his brother out of the door, grinning.

"Shit head," he told him running down the stairs yelling. "FOOD!!!!"

Dil shook his head and followed just as excitedly. Except he didn't run down the stairs yelling 'food.'

"So boys how was band practice?" Stu asked them, not aware of what happened.

"It was fun, dad! We are working on a new song," Dil told them with a smile, that didn't reach his eyes.

"Yeah, it's going to be so cool!" Tommy said.

The rest of the dinner was spent in mostly a comfortable silence. Tommy and Dil finshed their food and excused themselves. They rushed upstairs to finsh their video game and talk.

"Muhahaha, you will lose!" Tommy exclaimed grinning like a mad scientist.

"Tommy?" his brother called.

"Yes?"

"STOP THE MADNESS!!!!!" he exclaimed grinning.[2]

"Now that was special."

"So, after the game want to work on the song?"

"Sure, I know we will have some ideas tonight!"

"Yeah, I know. Hey you knocked me off the platform thingie you fruit!"

"How many times do I have to tell you, I'm not a fruit, I'm an apple!"

"Stop mocking me!"

"What? I would never mock you oh great one."

"Suck you!"

"You just did not go there, little brother. You know I'm the stronger one!"

"Bring it!"

"No, you might hurt me!"

The two started to chuckle. Which turned into laughter, which resulted in them falling off the bed. Only to cause more laughter and their parents to rush upstairs to see what happened.

"Are you two okay?" Dede asked, smiling at them.

"Yeah... mom..." they replied between laughs.

"Ok then, we'll be downstairs," Stu told them.

"Haha! I win," Tommy exclaimed when their parents left.

"What?! You cheated!" Dil yelled back.

"Yeah, ok whatever! Let's work on the song."

"Ok, let's see, my poems are in my room."

"Alright," he told Dil as he left the room.

Dil walked to his room and got out his journal. He flipped through the pages and found the poem he had written today. He walked back to his brothers room, journal in hand.

"Alright let's do this!" Dil exclaimed as he entered.

"Let's see what we have here to work with." Tommy told him taking the journal.

They worked on the song for while and finally called it a night at 12. Dil headed back to bed. He laid down in his bed after closing and locking his door.

'Heh, my bed smells like Mark.' he thought grinning and drifting off to sleep.

The next day wasn't as bad as Saturday. Mark and Kimi both came over to hang out. It was a fun day for the four of them. They decided to go to a movie and get lunch. At the movie they ran into their 'friends' who glared at them. Dil looked down, ashamed. Mark grabbed his hand for a second and gave it a gentle squeeze. Tommy and Kimi both gave him a reassuring glance and headed into the movie.

"Heh, that rocked!" Kimi exclaimed as they walked to the car.

They climbed in and drove off to the mall to get some food. They got out of the car and walked slowly to the food court in the mall. They ordered their food and settled down to eat. Their lunch got called short when they noticed the others walk in. Tommy seeing the look on Dil's face decided that they would just bring the food home and eat there.

"Thanks Tommy," Dil whispered as they left.

"No problem," he replied.

They got home and settled in the living room. Tommy put another movie on and were happily eating and talking. Soon enough it was time for them all to go. Dil and Tommy walked each one to their houses and said bye.

"Tommy, what's going to happen tomorrow?"

"We are going to go to school and act normal. If the others start anything with you tell me," he replied with an evil grin.

"What are you planning?"

"Nothing," came an innocent reply.

"Riiiight," his brother replied.

Tommy and Dil both went to bed early that night. Both were tired from the fight, and what had happen today. The next morning was normal, the two of them rushing to get ready. Dil took the shower first, coming out wearing full black and leaving his hair down. Tommy went in next and came out wearing black Dickies and a red shirt. His hair in liberty spikes.

"No spikes?" Tommy asked as they headed downstairs to get some food.

"I don't feel like doing them today," he replied.

"You look tired," his brother told him.

"I couldn't sleep last night. I'm scared, about today you know? What if they told everyone?" Dil asked staring at the table.

"Don't worry," Tommy told him, trying to sound reassuring.

"Ok, T. Let's go!" Dil said walking out of the house into the cool morning air.

The two got into the car and waited to see if anyone was actually going to ride with them. They waited for awhile before Kimi came up to the car, looking depressed. She opened the door and climbed in and slammed the door as soon as she was settled.

"What's up?" Tommy asked.

"Chuckie and I got into a fight. He said he didn't like me hanging out with you guys. I told him to shut up and leave me alone. We aren't talking now," she replied.

"I'm sorry Kimi," Dil said from the back seat, looking guilty.

"It's not your fault, little Dil," she told him grinning as she received a glare.

"Don't call me that," he told her.

"Why you are just so cute when you are mad!" she said laughing and pinching his cheek.

"Tommy! Get your girlfriend off of me!" Dil yelled at his brother. "Can we go get Mark now?"

"Go get him Kimi, and we'll go get Mark now!" Tommy said.

"I will kick you if you don't stop!" he yelled at Kimi.

"Fine, fine," she replied grinning and turning in her seat.

The ride to Mark's was short and Dil jumped out of the car to get his boyfriend. He rang the doorbell and was surprised when Mark's father answered.

"Uhh... is Mark here?" Dil asked, uncertain.

"Yeah, hold up. MARK!" Mark father replied in a cold voice.

Mark came rushing down the stairs and to the door. Dil turned and walked down the sidewalk. Mark turned and saw his father glaring at Dil.

'He's probably mad because he had to answer the door.' he thought to himself. "Father, I'm going over to Dil's house this afternoon."

"Ok, whatever," he replied shutting the door.

Mark walked up to the car, and got in beside Dil. He waved at Tommy and Kimi in front, who waved back.

"Hi guys," Mark greeted while waving.

"Hey, you may want to watch Dil, Kimi is going after him," Tommy said laughing.

"Yeah, he is so cute when he is angry," she replied pinching his cheek again.

"MINE!" Mark exclaimed grabbing Dil's hand.

Dil laughed at the others and lent into Mark.

"Aww, how sweet is that!" Kimi exclaimed smiling at the two and turning toward Tommy.

"So did you tell Chuckie about us dating?" he asked.

"Not yet, I figured we would tell them together," she replied turning on the radio.

"Here play this," Dil said from the back handing her a cd.

"The Used, nice choice Dil," she told him putting the cd on.[3]

The ride was almost too fast for the four teens. They arrived at school and left the car waiting for someone to come up and call Dil something. They were surprised when no one did.

"I guess they didn't say anything," Dil told Tommy.

"Yeah, that's good," he replied taking Kimi's hand.

They walked to the area they always hang out at.

"Guys, let's not go over there today," Dil said noticing the others standing there already.

"Yeah, Dil is right, come on. No one should be under the stairs by C-building," Kimi told them.

The others looked up at them and glared as they were turning to leave.

'It's going to be a long day,' they thought.

The day was long indeed, and they were all happy when the day ended. They met by Tommy and Dil's car and drove to the Pickles' house. They all decided to to up to Dil's room and talk when they got home. Mark put on Disturbed and they started to talk about nothing in general.

"I'm happy that they didn't tell anyone, but how long will that last?" Dil asked.

"I don't know, let's talk about something happier. Let's play guitar!" Tommy exclaimed.

"We're going to go chill in my room," Dil told him dragging Mark to his room.

"Heh, wonder what they're going to do," Kimi said.

"I really don't wanna know. So now we are alone in my room. What do you want to do... Wink wink nudge nudge," he told her grinning.

"Tommy, Tommy, Tommy."

"I didn't do it this time," he replied laughing.

"Riiight," she told him.

The rest of the night went by pretty fast. Mark and Kimi went home around 9:30 and Dil and Tommy decided to chill with each other. They didn't bring up anything to do with their so called friends. The rest of the week went by slowly for them. It was finally Friday and Tommy was getting sick of how Dil was being treated. How can they act like that after 14 years of friendship?

Tommy got up out of his seat during lunch and walked over to his friends. He looked them each in the eye, not caring that he was recieving glares.

"What is your problem?" he demanded.

"You and your little brother," Phil told him glaring even harder.

"What, so what if he is different," he replied.

"He split the group apart because of his weirdness," Lil told him.

"NO, he didn't split the group apart you guys did. Can't you see what you are doing to him? Can't you see how hurt he is? We have been friends for over 14 years and you guys threw the friendship out in a second," he told them getting mad. "Look at him now."

They turned toward the table Dil was sitting at. He sat there looking down at the table not wanting to make eye contact. Dil felt the stares and looked up for a second. He looked at each one in the eye. Needless to say, they weren't prepared for what they saw. Dil's eyes held no emotion at all, no hate, no anger, they were just blank.

"Can't you see what you are doing to him?" Tommy demanded pulling each one from their thoughts. "I swear if he starts to cut himself again, I will personally come after each one of you." he threatened.

"Is that a threat Pickles?" Phil snarled.

"So what if it is? I'm so sick of your shit, all of you. You guys act all big and bad. You guys act like you care, most of the time. We were suppose to be best friends for life! You let one little thing come in the way of our friendship," he replied.

"Why are you putting all the blame on us? It's as much his fault as ours!" Lil exclaimed.

"Why is it his fault, is it because he likes someone other than you Lil? I know your about your crush on Dil," he said.

"W...what? I do not like him!" she said surprised.

"Don't give me that bull shit! And you Chuckie, I thought we were best friends. You turned against me and my brother."

"Don't bring me into this," Chuckie replied.

"Why? Out of everyone I thought you would understand. You were my best friend," Tommy told him frowning.

"What do you mean were?" he asked dumbfounded.

"You heard me, you threw our friendship out. You all did," he told him. "Heres the new song, Dil wrote it." he added handing them a piece of paper and walking away.

They opened the paper and read:

Everything is gone

My light, my warmth

My feelings of love

No one cares

No one knows

So I guess I'll sit here

alone

Why do I feel this way?

Why does my life feel like it's over?

This world, its cold

This world, its harsh

I know you don't care

So I'll sit here alone

because everything is gone

lost in my own little

world full of

hate and lies

sorrow and guilt

Is there any other feelings

that I could feel?

One day, I'll break free

One day, I'll find my light

Why do I feel this way?

Why does my life feel like it's over?

This world, its cold

This world, its harsh

I know you don't care

So I'll sit here alone

because everything is gone

I just have to hold on,

but what do I hold on to?

Nothing, everything is out

of my grasp, lost in the

black, the darkness that

has taken over my life

What do I do now, since

Everything is gone...

They sat there dumbfounded, finally seeing the way they were acting.

"Guys, I think we made a big mistake," Phil told them.





A/N: ::blank look:: HELLO! When did you get here? Oh well how did you like the chapter? Really? That's cool I guess! Ok... I'm like really tired right now and I'm being really really weird so ignore this... Have you ever tried to type with your toes? It's fun! Ok... I'm just gonna go now! Oh one question... did I rush things? I thought I did.

[1] I like KoRn and I think that is what the game is called... I'm not sure... ::sigh::

[2] I got the quote from my buddy Dani! Thanks Dani!

[3] I want to add as much bands as I can... can you tell? I like The Used.

Review Thanks:

Witchytara25: Don't haunt me... I'm to young to be haunted! Here's the update! ::grin:: Of course I listen to people... or I act like I listen ::cough,cough:: Thanks for the review, You get a pretty pink unicorn!

fanfic-reader01: They'll come to their senses soon! Trust me ::evil grin:: I'm just going to make them think about, what Tommy said. I'm so mean to my characters.

Corinthales: Hmm... you guys were playing the guitars without me? ::frown:: So when are you guys going to kidnap me? I need to know so I can pack! I might let you guys use the song I wrote, but I'm not sure yet! I'm thinking about it... Ha! It's your fault I have a headache... I blame you! IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!!! Did Dani and Corry sleep over or something? And I do not have stinkytoe you fruit! You don't get anything this chapter! Thanks for the review have a nice day.

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taekrsbass: who are you again? Naw dude I'm just messing with ya. Congrates on the big 1 month! I'm so happy for you two! ::grin:: You used the wrong right... ::grin:: I just had to correct you... Since you used to correct me... or was that someone else... I don't remember! Thanks for the review, you get a can of soda!

A/N2: So review the story and tell me what you think. Also tell me if you want the other story... as soon as this one is done... if it ever gets done! I'm trying to finsh it up before I'm forced to go back to school. If I don't then... well I'll probably have loads of homework... and other crap. Well I'm gonna go play with a shiny object now! ::grin:: Review and I'll love you forever and a week! If anyone actually wants to talk to me on AIM my name is Lake8911 (I need more friends) My yahoo is Lakiepoo89... Well yeah, I'm gonna go now. The Hold On music video just came on! ::grin::