Mark's POV
So Jack is taking me somewhere. I have no idea where. After the museum incident, I hope somewhere peaceful. That was awful. I was just enjoying being with Jack when I heard the guards. I don't care about what they think about us, but it's annoying they were judging us, and acted in an extreme way about it. I look at our hands, then to Jack's face. It's twisted with frustration and annoyance. I also can't help but notice his grip on my hand, a bit tighter than it usually is. I can tell something is bothering him. I'm guessing about what happened five minutes ago. I decide to ask him about it. I know I already did mention it, but I want to make sure that it doesn't ruin either of our moods, or the rest of the day.

"Hey, are you ok?" I ask calmly.

"Yeah I'm fine." He answered abruptly.

"I know you're not. And it's ok. Seriously." I say.

"I know you seem to think so but I just care about you so much and I hate that you had to experience that, and, that it was because of me." He said. I felt a pang if sympathy and hurt in my heart. I hated that he thought that it was because of him.

"It's not your fault, ok? It could have happened to any unknowing homosexual couple in a museum of Ireland's history!" I managed to get a chuckle out of him. "You know, I'm just gonna put this behind us and I'm not gonna let itruin our day. Ok? And you shouldn't either. That was just something that happened in our journey and we can just learn from it and carry on!" I say, hoping that I could make him feel a least a bit better.

"Ah, alright. You're right. I know." He takes a deep breath to calm himself. "We can just go to our next destination and enjoy being with each other." He concludes.

"Yeah! And I'm very excited to see what is next!!" I say.

And so we continue with our walk, me not knowing where we will end up.

As we approach our destination, Jack slows our walk and I take in what's ahead. It looks to be a park. And a nice park as well. I scan the area and see an area of lush green grass and thick forest green trees. It's beautiful. The crystal clear blue sky compliments the vibrancy of the park. Ahead, I see a shimmer. I'm not sure what it is at first but I have a feeling I will find out.

He leads me to the entrance of the park and takes my hand. I don't actually see many people here. Surprising, seeing as it is such a beautiful day. We stroll through the grass and start walking up a small hill. When we reach the top, I see what was glinting. A gorgeous pond, right in the middle of the park.

"Wow." was all I could say.

"Yeah. And it's funny cause not many people come here." he says.

"Really? Not even like a day like today?" I ask.

"Yeah. But it's like this 300 days out of the year, some with more rain than others!" he tells me, half in a joking way, the other serious. This shocks me. I don't know, but this just seems so much better than LA.

"This is amazing. Are we stopping here?" I ask.

"Yep. This is next!"

"Wow." I say again.

We stop, Jack turns ad gets handed a blanket by a man in a nice uniform. Jack unfolds the blanket and sets it on the ground, right on the top of the small hill. He sits and tells me to sit right next to him. He lays on the ground and I sit down. I turn and lay my head down against his stomach. I feel his warmth radiating against me. Comforting. I hear someone walking over, but unless Jack is alarmed, I won't be. That same man comes over and sets down a tray full of something. He starts taking out the things on tray and sets them on the blanket. I look over and see plates of snacks. There's traditional picnic foods like grapes, cheese, sodas, salami, other snack meats, and other foods in the tray that I haven't seen yet. I think about it and I connect that Jack had to go through all this trouble to set this up, just for us. He did so much and it's just for a little picnic in a park. He either really likes being sweet, or really wants me to stay here in Ireland with him. And I can't fight the feeling that I'm falling in love with this place. I don't know. Maybe it's just Jack's charms.

The man finishes and takes the tray with him as he walks away. So I start talking to Jack and just start telling him how sweet this is and how much I love him for it.

"Jack. You are just wonderful and full of surprises. I love you for that. Never a dull moment, never a boring day. You are truly amazing and I'm so glad I have you." I say, truly speaking from the heart.

"Well it's because I love you. Truly and deeply. I couldn't imagine my life without you anymore. I know we were kind of friends before, but I don't know how I lived without you around me. I know I couldn't go back to that life, that's for sure." he says. I'm deeply touched with his words. We've shared our thoughts before, but for some reason this time it really hits hard.

"Ah stop it, you're gonna make me cry." I say in response. He giggles at this and I can't help widening my smile.

"Well don't, cause I will if you do. And this is supposed to be fun! No tears!" he says.

"But what if they're tears of love and appreciation?" I ask.

"Well, then you can take your tears somewhere else." he says after stuttering a bit trying to find something witty to say in response.

I decide to go with it, sit up, and say, "Well then maybe I'll just leave!"

"Alright then! I guess I'll just eat all this food by myself and get fat." he says.

"Well, I think that that is unhealthy and you need someone to eat all this with you."

"Hmm, you're right. Let me just get my phone and call one of my friends to meet me here." He says as he starts pulling out his phone.

I pause, think of something witty and say, "Hey, you can't do that."

"And why can't I?"

"Cause...you don't have any friends!" I say and burst out laughing, barely getting out my sentence.

He smirks at me and says, "Haha very funny sir." He smiles and starts laughing with me. I was about dying at this point.

I start to calm down and lay back down. This time I lay down next to him and put my arm around him.

He reaches over and takes a grape from one of the plates and feeds it to me. I eat it and smile. I can't help but think about him and how much I am grateful to be here right now. I love his company and love being with him so much.

For much of the afternoon, we lay and eat the snacks that were brought to us and talk about anything and everything. We talk about each other, what we were before we had each other, and the future, and what it holds for us. We talked about what we both wanted, keeping in mind that this was going to be in the far future and it was all hypothetical and wants at this very moment in time. We talked about professions, YouTube, family things, possible marriage, things we thought before we ever thought we would end up together, and also what was happening right after this picnic.

And so came the time when Jack sits up and says, "Alright, time to move on I guess." He takes a strawberry as he waits for me to sit up.

"Really? Do we have to, I like just laying here with you." I say as I face him.

"I mean yeah. Kind of."

"Is it going to be something that we would be late for? Cause I think that tomorrow sounds pretty good to finish this up. Cause I like being here with you. And this weather! It's just perfect for laying out!" I say, trying my best to be as persuasive as I can.

"I mean, when you put it like that, we can postpone the rest of this day for tomorrow, if you really want to." He says with a smile on his face.

"Oh I really do!" I say, excitement in my voice.

"Alright then. We will stay here, but when it does get late, we do have to leave. Cause we'll need to get home." he says.

"Ok, ok. I get it. Home until later, but right now, us." I say.

"Sounds good!" He concludes.

I pause and think back to the museum again. I think about Jack and what happened before we were kicked out. I think about it and smile at him.

"What is it?' he asks, seeing the smile spread across my face.

"Nothin." I say, and my smile widens.

"No, what is it?"

And with that, I take his head in my hands and give him a soft kiss. I pull away and open my eyes to see his face with the same big smile mine had, and a dusting of pink on his cheeks. He then wraps his arms around my neck and leans into me. I put my hands on his back and we fall into each other. I reach up and put my hand in his hair and he does the same. I feel the softness of his brown locks and taste the strawberry on his lips. His scent warms me. The smell of fresh air and home. We pull away, just enough for us to see each other's faces.

"Love you." he says sweetly.

"Love you too." I say back.

I lean into him and put my head on his shoulder. He does the same. I always enjoy our embraces. I take his small frame into my hands and take him in. I love every part of him. And nothing can change that. We sit there for a while, just still in each other's arms. I start to move and lay down on the blanket once again. I put my arm around Jack and he lays comfortably right beside me. His hand finds my own and our fingers lace together. My free arm reaches over and finds his other hand. They lace together and find a place to rest on his stomach. I then think of how lucky I am to have this man as my own. We lay there in a comforting silence. Just being in his presence comforts me.

The moments pass by like cars on a highway. I barely notice the sky starting to go dark. That only means that the stars will come out and it will be even more beautiful.

And the stars do come out. And they are beautiful. I see their twinkling light right above us and glinting through the tree leaves. It is gorgeous.

"Hey. Come here. I wanna show you something." Jack says to me as he starts to get up. I follow and we start walking hand in hand. I'm too busy with him on my mind to notice where we're going. Until he stops and I look and put the landscape into focus. There I see the lake. But the stars and moon light are glinting off of it and it is even more magical that before in daylight.

"Wow. Just wow. This is absolutely amazing." I say.

"Yeah. I love this place. I always thought that it was beautiful and always wanted to take someone here. Never got the chance until now. You actually gave me the idea. Saying you wanted to stay and I remembered how beautiful it was here and wanted to show you." He says.

"Well you were right to take me and I was right to want to stay. This was definitely worth staying and postponing the rest of today." I say.

"Yeah. You're right." And so we stand there, just looking at the beauty of the lake and the night sky reflecting in it. We then walk back to the blanket and gather our stuff. It was late enough and we needed to get back so we could get to sleep. Jack doesn't bother to pick up the food, but just grabs two strawberries, one for each of us. We walk out of the park and head over to the house while eating our fruit. The perfect end to the perfect day in Ireland.

See how the rest of their days go in the next chapters, soon to come. And this time I mean that. I got a beautiful laptop for Christmas, for school and development and code and things, and it works really well to write with. So, that helps me want to write more cause I love typing, so there will be more parts and more story to come very soon! I'm gonna keep this short and sweet, so you know the deal. These amazing people help me so much and they also have amazing books that you should go read, Poperloper12

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