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Ali drops Ben home and he walks in, "hey Ben?" His dad calls from the kitchen

"Hey dad, sorry I'm late I was at Ali's helping her plan her party," he talks as he walks towards them "did you guys eat dinner without-" he stops when he gets to the entrance of the kitchen. "Mackie?" He sees the boy sitting at his dining table with his parents "what the heck's going on?" He asks confused

"Mackenzie stopped by and decided to formally introduce himself since you wouldn't do it" His mom explains.

"He what?" Ben stares at Mackie who has a grin on his face

"Yeah he's been here for hours, we tried calling but you never answered" his dad answers "why were you so scared for us to meet him, Ben?"

"I wasn't scared it just never seemed like the right time,"

"Oh well now's a great time," Mackie pulls out the chair next to him "join us your mom made spaghetti and we waited for you."

"Sure um" he gulps "mind if I borrow Mackie for a sec?" They shake their heads and he walks over yanking Mackie out of his seat. Pulling him all the way to his room Ben shuts the door "what the hell?!"

"Are you surprised?" Mackie takes his jacket off throwing on the bed

"What are you doing here?"

"You're ignoring me so figured this was the only way I could talk to you,"

"Mackie I said everything I needed to yesterday," feeling his neck hurting Ben walks away taking off his sling and placing it on his desk. "You shouldn't be here"

"Why because I'll shoot your family with my gun?"

"That's funny?" Ben gets nervous Mackie would even joke about something like that

"I have problems with a lot of people Ben, people who you've never been exposed to and would probably not think twice about shooting me if they get a chance."

"Is this the plot of some over dramatic tv show or something?"

"Harley's a drug dealer Ben!" Mackie says trying to get Ben to take him seriously "he sells all kinds of shit like coke and pills. He even sells to people who live in East Shore and I got problems with a lot of dudes from there, but I helped him. That's why I always had to leave school early or not show up at all some days. He took me to East Shore territory without me knowing and gave me the gun for protection while he made a sale, that's why I have it. I thought about getting rid of it but with it, I always felt like I was ready in case Harley tried something or I got ambushed."

Chuckling in disbelief Ben sits on his bed running his fingers through his hair, "you gotta be fucking kidding me, Mackie."

"I got rid of the gun" Mackie walks closer, "and I stopped helping Harley a long time ago, I'm sorry I keep fucking up" he sits next to Ben.

"It doesn't even matter" Ben turns to him, "maybe in the beginning all of that would've scared me off but it's too late because I already fell for you." He frowns "but I have to be honest Mackie, your life and your brother scares the shit out of me."

"You know I'd never let anything happen to you, right?" Mackie waits for him to believe but Ben doesn't answer, bringing his hand to the boy's face Mackie gently strokes it "it's ok if you don't believe me." Leaning close Mackie kisses his cheek and neck, unable to ignore how good it feels Soft moans start to escape Ben's lips. Mackie continues and Ben shuts his eyes "I'll prove it to you" he whispers

Turning his head Ben meets Mackie's lips and the boys start to kiss each other, holding Ben's head close Mackie always misses everything about Ben. "We have to go back out there" Ben moans as Mackie continues to bite and kiss his neck

"I want you so bad right now,"

"I know I want you too" they kiss again, "hey" Ben tries to stop kissing Mackie "I have a plan," he says standing up. Mackie watches as he puts his sling back on "just follow my lead, ok?" Mackie nods and Ben walks out followed by his boyfriend

"Everything ok?" They walk to Ben's parents at the table

"Yes," he stops in front of them "I wanted to take Mackie to Hanigans for an official date because we've never had one of those."

"Good idea" his dad agrees

"Awesome so I'll see you guys at midnight?" He grins

"Wait you're going now?" Ben nods "what about dinner?"

"We'll get something while we're out. So, mind if we go?"

His parents look at each other "fine with me" Ben's dad answers,

"Be back by midnight"

"Yes thank you" he smiles.

"It was nice to meet you both" Mackie smiles

"You too Mackenzie see you."

Driving them back to his place, Mackie and Ben barely make it in when the 2 starts to take each other's clothes off as they kiss. Assuring Ben Maeve isn't home Mackie leads him to the bedroom.

"You are one of a kind Benjamin Quinn" Mackie stands between Ben's legs who sits on the kitchen counter, hours after sex. The night is perfect, they're both in T-shirt's and boxer briefs as Mackie makes his boyfriend a snack

Leaning in to kiss Mackie Ben couldn't describe this feeling, how drunk in love he is with Mackie it all feels very surreal. "Can we have sex every single day?" Ben asks making Mackie laugh

Walking to check the frozen pizza he put in the oven, Mackie replies "yes" he turns back to Ben "but between school, my job, and living so far away from each other-"

"Yeah I know but I have a solution" Ben gets off the counter walking to Mackie, "I'll just move in."

"Sure," he says yes to whatever Ben wants.

"Or you could move back home?" Ben suggests

"Doubt my dad will ever want me back and it doesn't matter because I love it here, Maeve's great and I get to have my own space."

"Don't you miss your little brothers?" The question brings Mackie down as soon as he hears it

"Everyday" Mackie nods, "I always call them and make sure they're good, and sometimes my mom brings them by the shop. I know it's not the best but that's what it'll have to be for right now, you know?"

Nodding "I understand" wanting to ask another question Ben fear will lead to a fight, he starts "can I ask you something about Maeve?"

"I don't want her to be an issue between us, Ben."

"She won't be I promise, have you spoken to her about her little problem?"

"No"

"Why not Mackie?"

"Because it's none of my business, and you don't know it's a problem Maeve gets along fine, she's in school, and she works. Why should I be worried?"

"It's cocaine why aren't you worried? I get if it was like marijuana or-or... I can't think of anything else but marijuana, which isn't even that smart of a choice because it'll make you dumb eventually. But to be doing cocaine like it's normal is crazy, and the fact that you're so calm about it is crazier."

"I've seen people take worse shit, Ben, it's never been my responsibility to tell them not to and it won't be for Maeve. If she asks for help, if it gets to a point where even I'm questioning it then fine, but till then I'll just trust she knows what she's doing. Now can we let this go, please?"

"Okay," he sighs "I'm so against this but fine, you're right it's none of my business so I'll let it go." There's a lot Ben is learning he has to get used to being with someone like Mackie, He's not exposed to the real world like Mackie is.

That same night, "you're ok with getting your brother jumped?"

"Did you not listen to the fucking plan?"

"It doesn't make any sense, who cares if guys from East Shore high shows up?"

"Dickhead if they know Mack's gonna be there they'll show up to fight him, and I'm not gonna let him get jumped I'll be there to help him kick their asses. All you have to do is make sure he's gonna be at that party, I know Mack will just act like he's too cool for shit. If he's there with your boyfriend they'll see Mack's the reason their party went to shit and they'll ditch him. He'll be cool with me again for helping him, and you get what's his face."

"His name is Ben," Jeremy corrects as he and Harley sit in Harley's car.

"I don't give a shit" spending the last few days figuring out how he's going to sabotage his brother's relationship, Harley teamed up with Jeremy to do it at Ali's birthday party. "Get out of my car bro, I'll let you know when its all in place"

"All right" Jeremy gets out.

Mackie has been trying his best not to mess up with Ben but what's about to happen might be something even Ben can't forgive.

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