𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐆𝐍𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐒, k.jacobs

ELEVEN.

ELEVEN ;
I know

messages/real life !

marley 💕
hey
are you okay?
I saw the clip on twitter and you
looked awful so if you'd like to talk
about it, i'm free all evening

karl <3
honestly i'd really like to
but first i feel like I need to apologize for being an idiot and not thinking about the fact that those pictures were even still in there
i'm so sorry if I made you uncomfortable or something just say the word and i'll take them out forever

marley 💕
you don't have to apologize karl and
you don't have to take them out unless you don't want them in there anymore
if it makes you feel better i'm literally wearing the locket you gave me rn
which is kind of embarrassing to admit but I feel like it's appropriate rn

karl <3
I don't think you realize how
relieved that makes me feel

marley 💕
:)
but seriously are you okay?

karl <3
I don't know
guess there's nothing like having millions of people speculating on what's happening in your private life huh

marley 💕
:/
I know this probably won't change
how you're feeling or anything but what's going on between us is genuinely
nobody else's business and personally
I don't really care what they say about this specific thing because they don't have any idea of the situation

karl <3
you're right
maybe i'm overthinking things

marley 💕
while you're notorious for that I
don't actually think you're
overthinking it this time
there's a lot of people who are talking about something they have nothing to do with
and it's admittedly a sore subject rn so stop invalidating your own feelings stupid idiot

karl <3
HEY
IM NOT A STUPID IDIOT

marley 💕
yeah okay
whatever helps you sleep at night pal

karl <3
😐
messed up mars

marley 💕
this is just who I am karl
u can't change me 😎

karl <3
I would never dream of it
anyways is it okay if I come over for a little? i'm sad and in need of a goose hug
and a marley hug
not sent!

marley 💕
kind of what I meant when I
said I was free all evening karl smh

karl <3
I wasn't sure if you meant hanging
out in person or just talking
over text to be fair

marley 💕
how many times do I have to remind you?
this isn't just my house and goose
isn't just my son
even if this break does end up being
permanent i'm not going to take
our son away from you dummy

karl <3
please don't say that
I know you're kind of joking but I
can't handle even thinking about the
possibility of that right now

marley 💕
okay. i'm sorry
come over still?

karl <3
i'll be there soon :]
love you
not sent!

•

Karl had shown up nearly twenty minutes later.  Apparently, he had walked there all the way from his friends house. When Marley had questioned him as they made their way towards the living room, he had simply shrugged and held his trembling hands out towards her.

"My hands are far too shaky and my mind is far too distracted to drive, even if it would've only been a few minutes behind the wheel," he had said as he fell down onto the couch. Goose was quick to curl up on his lap as he happily sniffed at his shirt. "Didn't want to risk it."

"I'm glad," she replied, taking the seat next to him rather than the armchair this time. "Goose would have been devastated if you didn't live to his next birthday."

He let out a surprised laugh at that, "Just Goose?"

Marley shrugged, "Maybe i'd be a little sad, too. But mostly because you wouldn't be able to take Goose on your weekends anymore."

"Glad you have your priorities straight," he said with a small smile. If it wasn't for how puffy and bloodshot his eyes were, Marley probably wouldn't of been able to tell he had been so upset before he had walked through the door.

"Just thinking ahead," she replied as she watched Karl with a fond smile. For a moment, she could trick herself into believing everything was normal. For a moment, she could picture them sitting on the couch together under completely different circumstances. Those fantasy's were quickly forgotten as Karl awkwardly cleared his throat.

"I really am sorry about what happened," he started with a frown. "I know we're not together right now and I know we haven't talked about whether or not this is going to be permanent or not but I just...I couldn't bring myself to take those pictures out. They've been in there for the longest time and it would feel wrong if they weren't there. I guess I wasn't really thinking about it being an issue because i'm still having trouble wrapping my head around going from us to me and you. And I hate it because normally I wouldn't of minded chat seeing them. But I have genuinely never been so petrified of being in front of an audience before, Mars. They kept spamming your name and asking what was going on between us and even I don't fucking know so—," he cut himself off as he choked on a sob, the hand that was restring on Gooses head quickly moving to wipe at his eyes.

Marley sighed and scooted closer to him before hesitantly wrapping her arms around him. Her hand moved to lightly comb his hair as he tried to pull himself together.

"I lo—,"

She interrupted him before he could say the one thing that would make her fall apart while she desperately tried to stay composed. "I know, Karl. Me too."

A/N

SOS SOMEONE TELL ME HOW TO MAKE THE FIRST PAGE OF A ONESHOT BOOK I HAVE A VERY VAGUE IDEA AND I AM STRUGGLING PLEASE HELP ME OR SOMETHING HORRIBLE IS GOING TO HAPPEN (probably to Marley) !!!