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Chapter 11

Mandy woke up the next morning to find something heavy on her waist. She poked her head up and found Mark's arm resting on her. She turned her head around and saw Mark lying beside her asleep. She gently moved his arm off her and turned around to face him.

She bit her lip while she studied his features as he slept. He looked different, he wasn't so serious looking; he looked almost innocent which was weird.

The bridge of his nose was scatted with light freckles, and his honey colored eyelashes closed over his green crystal eyes.

Mandy turned over on her back and chewed her lip. Why am I noticing all these things about him? I've known him all my life and not once did I see anything different about him until now. Maybe cause I've grown up and my hormones have changed, but still this is Mark. The guy who is practically a second dad to me, the guy who attended my school plays and fought off all the mean kids. He's watched me grown up into nearly a woman, could he be feeling the same way? She thought to herself.

She closed her eyes and clenched her fists. Why can't I stop thinking about him? That incident in the bath yesterday night wasn't meant to mean anything but it did. All of a sudden Trent didn't matter or mean anything to her anymore.

"Oh my god I love Mark." She whispered to herself, admitting it.

"Why, why, why?" She sighed frustrated, and banged her fist down on the mattress.

She gasped and quickly turned her head to see if Mark had woken up from it. Luckily he hadn't.

She leaned over and stared at his mouth, she leaned forward and was about to claim her lips with his, when two green eyes popped open.

"Mark!" She gasped, quickly moving back.

"Mandy." He replied and sat up.

He looked around the room and realized that he was in her bed.

"Shit, I must have fallen asleep here last night." He said.

"I guess you did." She replied.

Mark turned around and looked at her. "Sorry, you should've woken me."

"No really it's ok; I just woke up then myself." She replied, nervous all of a sudden from her feelings for him.

"Oh ok." He replied and quickly hopped out of bed. "Want any breakfast?"

"No." She replied.

"You sure?" Mark said quickly, he felt a little weird after waking up beside her.

"I might just go have a shower." She replied, and hopped out of bed and headed out the door.

Once she was out of room, Mark ran his hands through his hair. "Oh my god, she tried to kiss me?"

Later that evening, Mark walked into the den to find Mandy watching TV.

"Hey Mandy, ya know how it's ya birthday next week and seeing that ya dad might be arriving back here in a few days. Why don't I order some pizza and rent a couple of movies and we'll have a little night in together?" Mark suggested.

Mandy looked up at him. "Yeah, that'd be nice." She smiled quietly.

Mark had realized that she'd been a little quieter than usual that day. Guessing it was from her recent break up with her boyfriend. Even though to him it had seem like she had tried to kiss him this morning, he only amused that her actions were because she maybe a little confused with what is she currently feeling, due to the recent events.

In the back of his mind, Mark thought to himself, surely she wouldn't try to kiss him again. Surely she wouldn't whilst he was awake. Why would she?

"What movies do ya wanna see?" He asked.

"Well, most of the movies that I watch you'd probably find boring." She replied.

"Mandy this is your birthday treat; I honestly don't care what ya wanna see. I've sat through pooh bear with ya before." He chuckled.

Mandy giggled back. "Hire whatever, but I'd like to see Pretty Woman, it's my favorite movie."

"Ok fair enough, I'm pretty sure that they have that down at the video store." He said.

"Mark I still love Hawaiian pizza." Mandy said.

"I know, I'll be back soon." He smiled and grabbed his keys and headed out the door.

He returned back after about half an hour. "Back." He called out.

Mandy came walking out of the corridor after hearing Mark. "Hey." She replied quietly, crossing her arms around herself and walked over to him.

"Ya hungry?" He asked.

"Yeah." She replied.

"Ya wanna watch a movie?" He asked.

"Yes." She chuckled.

"Ok, come on." He smiled and led her into the den.

Mandy sat down on the couch and grabbed herself a slice of pizza while Mark inserted the video into the VCR.

He pressed play on the machine and walked over to were Mandy was sitting and sat down next to her.

"Thanks for watching this with me." She smiled.

"No problem, I hope ya enjoy yaself." He replied, while grabbing himself a slice.

"I love the ending; it's so sweet how Julia Roberts and Richard Gere get together in the end." Mandy said when the movie ended.

"Yeah, I suppose it's all right for a chick flick." Mark replied, while stretching.

"Thanks for that. I loved the pizza and I enjoyed the movie." She smiled.

"That's good; I got ya something else as well." Mark said.

"What do you mean?" Mandy asked confused.

Mark reached out and pulled out a little box from his back pocket and handed it to her.

"What is it?" She asked.

"Open it and have a look." Mark replied.

Mandy curiously opened the box and gasped when she pulled out a dolphin necklace.

"I remember that ya like dolphins and I got ya one with blue gems as they match the color of yaw eyes." Mark explained.

"Thank you so much." She whispered.

"Turn around and I'll put it on ya." He said.

Mandy handed him the necklace and turned around so he could place it around her neck.

"How much was it?" She asked as he was tying it up.

"Mandy ya don't ask those types of questions." Mark chuckled.

"No really." She said.

"As long as ya enjoy it, that's what matters." He said.

"How much?" She asked slowly.

Mark sighed. "800 dollars."

Mandy turned around to face him. "800 dollars?" She gasped.

"As long as ya like it Mandy, it doesn't matter how much it costs." Mark explained.

"I love it; I just didn't expect ya to spend so much on me though." She said looking down.

"Hey, I don't mind." He said.

Mandy looked up and smiled at him.

He smiled back and slowly leaned down and captured her lips in a kiss.