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“Liam! Are you still here?”He heard Mark call out loud and snapped back to reality to see Mark laughing at him, almost dropping from the chair.“What’s funny?”He asked.“You really don’t know? Weren’t you just daydreaming about a kiss that happened before Christmas?”He asked, still laughing, Liam couldn’t blame him for mocking him, he was the one that made that happen.“At least I am not the one who was cheated on Christmas Day, knee deep in someone else’s ass you said!”He fired at him even though he knew how childish that made him sound.“Shut the fuck up, that’s so low,”Mark said in annoyance getting off from the chair, Liam stood up to hold onto him when he was about to leave.“I am sorry, I am sorry, I take it back,”He said but Mark just glared at him without saying another word, he didn’t leave either.“Let go of me moron, I can’t even deal with you right now,”“I am sorry, that was petty of me, it just came out, what can I do to make it up to you?”He asked.“Well, you can
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When Jordan had let his mom talk him into leaving the house earlier today, he never thought he would run into Liam of all people, and neither did he think Liam would be with Mark, he couldn’t help the surge of jealousy that shot through him, the temporary kind peace he found when he had walked into the bar a little while ago washed away completely, he stood up.“I knew it was you, oh my God, good to see you here, I found out you were in town from this dude,”Mark said pointing at Liam, all Jordan could notice was that they were wearing matching outfits, both had on white sleeve shirts and the same pair of black trousers, something Liam has never done with him.“Yes, I came in for Christmas,”“So I heard, it is so good to see you Jordan, it’s been a while,”“Good to see you too Mark, how have you been?”He asked, taking Mark’s hand that he offered.“I have been good bro, what about you?”“Good too,”Jordan responded.“Can we sit with you? I brought him here to have a drink since he was
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“Did you have fun today?”His mom asked coming into his room without knocking, he glared at her.“Can you at least knock?”“I did, you didn’t answer,”She responded, walked into his room, and sat on his bed.“Oh,”“Yeah, you okay right?”She asked and he nodded, turning to her.“Yes, I am fine, I had fun, I ran into someone I know and we caught up on a lot, it was worth it,”He lied, it would have been true if he had actually listened to what Mark had talked about but he didn’t, he had been much too absolved in his thoughts about the man who would never be his again, he was so stupid.“I am glad you did, now say thank you, if I didn’t tell you to go out, you would have been stuck here and won’t have met your old friend,”She said and he rolled his eyes and walked to his bed.“So you want me to tell you ‘thank you for the barest minimum?? I am your only child, you are supposed to look after me,”He responded.“Wow, how did we go from there to here? It doesn’t correlate and I am quite a
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“You know, you guys would have made up if you had just followed him and talked to him that at, he looked like he was ready to listen but you were just too prideful to do the needful, I told you to not let him go,”Mark said a thousand times, the same thing he has been saying for four straight days now, he wasn’t even letting him breathe, now he regretted agreeing to be his buddy through his break-up phase, the man wasn’t even dealing with his heartbreak but was all over him about Jordan.Mark had insisted that he run after Jordan when they had met him at the bar that day but he saw no point in it, there was nothing he wanted to say to the man, except to kiss him again and that was a big no, he knew if he did, Jordan would definitely slap him.He had an annoyed look throughout their conversation and never once looked in his direction, he could have sworn that he was cursing at him in his mind, so when Mark had suggested that he go talk to him, he had said a straight no and told him he
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The doctor said as he left the room, Liam closed his eyes, he hated to be back in the hospital, hated that he was sick again, and wished this was nothing huge like he feared.Shortly after the doctor left, two nurses came to help him out of the room, they first took him to the laboratory to get his blood drawn and then to the MRI center, he didn’t see Mark and just assumed that he left to get back to work, it felt lonely sitting alone while waiting for his turn, but then his parents arrived right before he was met to enter, the doctor must have briefed them before they got to the hospital because they didn’t talk loud or ask him many questions, his mom just held his hands tight while his dad stood in the corner watching them.After getting everything down, he was finally able to get painkillers and fell asleep as soon as he got back to the hospital room he was admitted.He was allowed to go home after he woke up and his parents decided that it would be best for him to go home with the
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"Jordan, the guys are having a night out, do you wanna hang out since it is the weekend?"His coworker Reid asked, Jordan looked up from his system and smiled at him."I would love to, when is it happening?"He asked as he continued typing."Later, after work, at the usual bar,""Sure, thanks for the invite,"Jordan said and Reid waved at him, it has been three weeks since he got back to California and this time, he was doing a pretty good job, he made new friends already and was having a fun time working here compared to last year, his life was going smoothly and he was thankful for the small victory he had achieved so far.On some occasions when he was at his lowest, he still felt sad and disappointed but now, he was able to snap out of it on time, and just focus on the good part of life.After work, he drove to the little bar downtown where he and the guys usually the four of them and Cynthia, always hang out, they were already there before him, he said hello to them and sat down n
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"You are not that big, and you are so pretty,""Yeah, Lucas tells me that lie every time so I believe,"She responded.“You are pretty, believe it because it is the truth,”“Sure, so how are you doing?”“Doing good and feeling just fine,”He responded and for the first time in a long time, it was the truth, he was doing just fine.“That’s so good to know, I am so happy to have you back Jordan, let’s heal and move on, who knows, you might find love and happiness in love again,”She said. But he didn’t think that would be the case for him."I don't think I would ever be happy with another man but I can be happy with myself, and I am going to have a baby too, not this year but maybe next year, I can plan it all ahead and achieve it and be the best dad in the world to my baby,"He said in excitement, he could hear Asteria giggle in the background."I am so happy that you are okay now Jordan!"Kat said."Right, me too, plus I made new friends, do women really have such strong hearts? I rem
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"I am on my way back already, I don't understand why you couldn't just place an order,"Liam complained to his mom who had sent him to the fruit store to get fresh fruits, a peck of being the only child and being at his parent's house, these days, he spent more time with them and he finally let his dad talk him into to the company here in New York, well, he didn't do much there because he barely had any idea what's going on, but it was kind of fun to listen to their meetings.He has been working on himself a lot lately and trying his best to mend his bad ways, the chaos he created with everyone when he came back, the only person he still hasn't been able to reach was the one he seem to have offended the most, maybe it was pride stopping him or maybe he didn't just want to raise death issues but he found himself stopping each time he tries to reach out."You know you can't tell which is fresh online, so stop complaining and get back here,"His mom answered, cutting off his train of tho
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