Back Again?

Declan Oleary | Seventeen | Jr. 

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“Yeah, my sister’s dog always acts weird when she’s pregnant, protective almost but her dog is also a she. Maybe this is Cosmo’s way of being protective,” saying the word even felt different now. It wasn’t a bad different, more like the word now triggered her mind to think about the fact that there was a baby growing inside of her, different. As he held her in his arms the brunette cuddled into his torso. Declan was always pretty affectionate towards Mackenzie but she found the almost immediate difference in how he was holding her a little funny. “uh, when I was in L.A. for that swim shoot last weekend. Only a couple days,” The news had really caught her off guard then. It was still sinking in with her, and she was certain it would take a while for it to sink in with Declan to as well. “Mackayla and Mackenna were there when I found out but nobody else knows, I wanted you to know first,” When she thought back on it Mackenzie almost wished that they had found out together, but there was always the possibility of a next time and maybe then the two of them would be more prepared. “No, it’s totally weird,” she agreed with a quick nod of her head. “Now that I know I definitely notice things that make it feel real, but I don’t think I’m going to fully believe it until I start showing,” Looking down at her stomach again she let out a content sigh and shook her head. “I mean, a year ago I never would have guessed that we’d be having this conversation right now,” Mackenzie always knew that this would happen eventually, but if someone had asked her back then where she and Declan would be at this moment she most likely would have said something along the lines of cliff- jumping in Fiji, but now that they were here she could happily admit that there was absolutely no place she would rather be.

“Protective and a little jealous, maybe he senses the second baby coming and stealing his thunder.” Declan laughed, feeling a little sorry for the dog because he knew the baby would steal a good amount of the attention they gave him, but Declan knew better than to think him and Mackenzie would ever not give Cosmo enough attention, so the sympathy was short lived. “What did they say?” The blonde’s brows lifted in curiosity, if anyone were going to be as supportive as him he had imagined it were those two, and he was kind of excited to talk to Mackayla himself, the two having grown close since he began dating Mackenzie. Declan sighed at the thought of it all, even with how weird it was the man was overly excited about it all, maybe more than he would have ever anticipated. “Me neither, a year ago I would have probably guessed we’d be in Bora Bora or something.” Declan laughed, “Riding sea turtles, not... this.” But he couldn’t be more grateful with the sudden change of events, “And now we’ll just be going to Bora Bora for our baby moon.” He fell silent, everything still processing in his head, sure he was excited, but the more he thought about it the more it dawned on him how much everything was going to change, now he was a father, and although monetarily that wouldn’t be a problem at all, he wondered more and more how they’d step into the parent roles. “I love you. I can’t believe this is happening, but I love you so much, you’re going to be the most amazing mother.”

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Mackenzie didn’t really know why she thought Declan might be mad. Maybe because he had only just recently gotten back into work and the two of them had only officially moved in together around the same time, though they had basically been living together back at school anyways. Plus, Declan loved kids, even if they were still on the younger side to be having their own.  She kissed him back, a large smile on her own face once their lips separated. “I mean, you pretty much said it. It wasn’t exactly the timing I was planning on,” Her eyes followed his hand to where it had settled on her stomach and she leaned back on her hands to give Declan more space. “It still doesn’t feel completely real ,but I’m kind of excited to have a little you running around here,” Whether it ended up being a girl or boy didn’t matter to her, but she did hope that whatever they were they took after Declan in both looks and personality. She looked up to Declan again, lifting herself up to meet his lips again. “I love you,” she smiled against his lips before catching sight of their dog who was curled up on the floor at the edge of their bed. “I think Cosmo was trying to tell me last weekend before I left to L.A. and I just thought he kept needing to go outside,” The model scoffed at herself. “, and probably why he’s been so calm since I got home.”

“A little me?” Declan laughed, of course in contrast he wanted a little Mackenzie running around, but he was sure their kid would end up being the perfect combination of the both of them. “I love you more.” Declan promised, looking over to their dog, who was in an unusually calm mood, “I just figured he was sick or something, weird. Dogs have sixth sense for that kind of stuff?” He kept Mackenzie as close as possible his arms not wanting to let her go, “So when did you find out? Did you tell anyone yet? Your sisters?” Declan wouldn’t have been upset if she did go to the other girls first, especially since all of them were professionals in the area and he was sure she probably freaked out a bit at first, “This is weird right? I feel like it’s not real.”

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Mackenzie had anticipated all of these questions, especially since it was out of the ordinary for the two of them to exchange gifts on valentine’s day, but she had also been hoping she was wrong about that and he would open the box first and ask questions later. “Well, Technically you gave this to me,” she mumbled, not wanting to give it away before she even had the chance to open the ‘gift’. The suspense was killing her. “Can you just open it,” Kenzie questioned impatiently, before feeling the unexpected  jerk of his hand against her side. “Hey!” She yelped, a soft laugh followed the noise and she turned again, onto her back this time as she finally opened her eyes. “I know its super cheesy, but I didn’t know how to say it…” it was no secret that Mackenzie wasn’t the best with words, but even more so when it came to something as big as this she preferred actions to say it for her. “I’m serious,” she nodded at his next question. Pushing herself up so that she was sitting upright. “Are you mad?” The model brought her bottom lip between her teeth as she waited for him to respond again.

“Mad?” Declan then forgot about the box and the gifts altogether, pushing them to the side as he pulled the girl in close, kissing the top of her head before lifting her chin and kissing her slowly on her lips. “Mackenzie why on earth would I be mad about that? This is...” He rested his chin back on the top of her head as he held her close, “This is..major news. But I can’t be mad at the thought of having a baby with you... it might be a little sooner than we ever talked about, but it’s something we’ve talked about.” He was panicking on the inside, mostly because he didn’t know what they’d actually be getting themselves into, but he also knew if he was getting into it with anybody it was going to be Mackenzie. Although he was scared beyond belief he couldn’t help but a little part of him be excited about it, “And now..” he let one of his hands travel down to the girls stomach, “It’s here. Uh–how do you feel?”

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Mackenzie wasn’t sure how long she had been asleep, but it felt like no time at all before the familiar pair of arms were wrapped around her middle. “Ugh…”  she groaned, placing her arms over his and holding them against her. “do we have to?” her words were muttered as she was still half asleep. Not bothering to open her eyes the tall girl turned in his arms so that she was facing him and she buried her face in his chest. She would have been more than content spending the night in bed with Declan, “Did you get Chinese?” she could smell it on his clothes. this sentence being only slightly more cognitive than the last. though it had woken her up enough to remember that she still had something to tell him and she needed to do it before he found out on his own. Which if she was right wouldn’t be too much longer.  “okay, fine, I’ll get up but you have to open your present first,” blindly she reached behind her onto the nightstand beside the bed and grabbed the black box that was tied shut with a thick gold ribbon. The two of them had had quite a few conversations about kids, probably more than most young couples but even then it had always seemed like such a distant thing, which made her nervous to see her boyfriends reaction. As he opened the box she kept her face hidden underneath Declan’s arm, and her eyes shut tight.

“Present?” Declan furrowed his brows, they usually didn’t try to do presents on Valentine’s day, and if they did it was always barely anything, like something for them both to share, “Why’d you get me something?” The blonde propped himself up on an elbow as he took box from the girl, it wasn’t hard to read the girl, something seemed off the way she buried her face after giving him the box, he reached over tickling her on her hip as he so often did, “What the hell Kenz..” he questioned, more to her behavior than anything, but he began to open the box anyways, taking the lid to reveal the black sweater. Declan quickly noticed the familiar colors of their favorite movie series and the pattern of the letters before unfolding it enough to where he could actually read what the shirt said. he kept it in his hands but glanced over to Mackenzie, “Really?” The boy needed the girl to look at him, “Kenz..” He set the shirt down only to make visible the small test that came along with it, the little purple plus sign clear as day, “Mackenzie Wexner, are you serious?” 

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Mackenzie and Declan had never been the type of couple to do much on Valentine’s day. That all starting during their junior year of high school when he suggested they keep the holiday lowkey, as opposed to their normal celebrations, and it had quickly become a tradition among them. So when the day came around once again and Declan had to work and Mackenzie was alone in their apartment in New York she wasn’t really bothered by it. Except maybe for the fact that she had been postponing telling Declan something pretty big and she still wasn’t exactly sure how to do it. The model had ended up spending the day running errands which quickly the day turned into night. And even though she had told herself she was going to wait up for her boyfriend, Mackenzie was struggling to stay awake, something that had been happening a lot lately. When nine o’clock came around she decided to give up the fight and climb into bed where she fell asleep with no signs of her boyfriend.

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Declan got caught into more work than he signed up for, which was usual, and although he wished he could have walked away hours ago to go spend time with Mackenzie, he knew it wasn’t an option, something he was still adjusting to. Although technically he could leave whenever he wanted, he knew the first couple months back to work after his hiatus needed to reflect an eager ready to work again Declan, hence the not leaving, When he finally did manage to be freed from the constrains of the shoot he was doing that day, he went to grab Mackenzie’s and his own favorite Chinese take out for them, then headed straight to their apartment. He knew by the lack of Mackenzie’s presence in the front room that she must have fallen asleep, and he laughed at himself a little bit for letting them keep him for so long, although he knew she’d wake up and they could do whatever it is they decided on. The blonde walked into the bedroom and approached Mackenzie, kicking his shoes off so he could climb next to her in the bed, wrapping his arm around her waist he pulled the sleeping girl towards his body, kissing her shoulder once she was close enough, “Baby girl, wake up.” The boy leaned down kissing her warm skin once more, “C’mon I got dinner.”

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It didn’t take much for her to see through Declan’s charade. He never let the wind take him anywhere, but she played along. “That sounds good to me. I get to miss school, and spend the week on a farm. That makes me a very happy girl,” Her head lifted her head slightly, before letting it fall in a single nod. “Ooh, Okay.” She was more than excited to get to meet Declan’s second family, and spend some time getting to know Michael better while she had the chance. “I don’t know, Declan is a pretty good cook.” Something he didn’t really have the opportunity to show off at school, but when they did Mackenzie took full advantage of that. “I definitely want to see this happen though.” She had seen a lot of shows about prison, both fake and supposedly real but she was sure it was nothing like actually being in Jail, so she wanted to make sure that He and Declan also got time to spend together doing whatever they wanted to do. She was still curious as to why she had been invited in the first place, but wasn’t going to argue with it. “This is all I brought,” the brunette nodded towards the carry on size suitcase trailing behind her. “So, I’m good to go whenever you two are,”

“I am a really good cook.” He beamed proudly, wrapping an arm around Mackenzie and beginning to walk to where there was his driver waiting for them all, “So challenge accepted, but you’re going to lose.” Declan taunted Michael, leaning down and kissing Mackenzie on the head because he couldn’t contain how happy he really was. 

“Yeah bullshit, but whatever.” Michael rolled his eyes, “So Mackenzie, tell me about what it’s like dating Mr. Famous, he wasn’t that famous when we became friends. So did he totally give in to the dark side?”

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“Okay, Okay. I’m sorry,” She held her hands up as if she was surrendering, leaning into Declan’s side as he took over introducing her. It made Mackenzie happy that her boyfriend spent what little time he had to talk to his best friend talking about her, though she wasn’t too surprised. Her hand fell from her boyfriends and she closed the space between her and Michael, hugging him tightly. As thankful as he seemed to be for her, she was just as thankful for him, who without she might not have Declan in her life at all. “Oh my gosh, I’m sorry about you dad…” She frowned slightly once having pulled away from the hug, though his joke made her feel a little better about it, she still didn’t find it appropriate to laugh. “My lips are sealed.” she drug her finger over her lips as if she was zipping them. “So what do you two have planned for today?” If she knew her boyfriend as well as she thought she did there was no way that he didn’t have an elaborate plan for the day at the very least, if not the whole time that he was out.

Declan was itching to do something fun, knowing it wasn’t always an option for Michael, and wanting the two to be able to actually get to know each other. However, he also knew he had to oblige to Michael’s wishes and not do too much, “Actually, I don’t have too much planned. I mean I know you’re hungry after the flight so I figured we could get something to eat tonight, and we are all going to stay at Michael’s moms home.” He couldn’t recall whether or not he told Mackenzie about the huge farm home he had purchased for the woman after everything that happened with Michael, knowing how his family grew up and that the woman hated hand outs he had questioned doing it at first, but hew knew she needed the help especially with Michael gone, and he didn’t take no for an answer. “We will probably lay low tonight, a movie night or some board games or something. And then tomorrow... we’ll see where the wind takes us.” Of course he had a plan, but he was keeping a surprise from the other boy.

Michael smiled, “Mate, I’m just happy to be home and get to spend time with everyone. We could do absolutely nothing and I’d be the most content I’ve been forever.” Which was the honest truth, “But I kind of want to make dinner, what do you think about a mini cook off Declan?” The blonde looked over to Mackenzie, “He used to always think he was the best cook, little does he know I work in the kitchen in prison and my oh my do we know how to cook.” He began to laugh.

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The long plane ride felt even longer given that Mackenzie knew that Declan would be on the other end waiting for her. It seemed like the easier it got to be away from each other the more anxious she became when they could be together again. “Look at me?” She laughed, spinning in his arms until her palms landed on his chest and she leaned up to kiss him. It was always “Look at you, what’s that goofy smile for?” Mackenzie questioned, reaching her hand up to rest on his cheek not noticing the second blonde until he spoke. Her head turned quickly to the voice behind them, the same bright smile plastered across her lips. “Declan, Who is that?” She whispered. Of course she had seen pictures of Declan and Michael not only from the boy himself, but also from his parents when she went home to London with him. “Is that?” Her eyes flickered between the two boys, before taking Declan’s hand. “What? How!” Lacing her hand with her boyfriends she walked over to the older boy. “Hi,” Mackenzie greeted once they were standing in front of him. “It’s nice to finally meet you. Declan has told me so much about you. I’m Mackenzie, but I’m guessing you already knew that,”

Declan just bit down on his lip as she questioned his smile, knowing she’d be able to put it together herself in just a moment, and only smiling larger once she did. His head lifted up and down as she questioned him about Michael, “It is,” the words came out as if he was a six year old boy getting a Christmas present he was so excited. He walked beside her looking over at Michael, “You were supposed to let me introduce you.” His eyes squinted looking down at her, “Michael, this is–” 

“Mackenzie, yeah we know mate you haven’t stopped talking about her for almost a year.” Michael couldn’t help but continue to laugh at him, “It’s a pleasure Mackenzie, come here.” He bombarded the brunette, wrapping her in a hug, hoping his action would reveal how grateful he was to have her with his friend. “And it was all made possible thanks to Michael senior and his sudden death, may he rest in... for fucks sake I don’t care where he rests this is the best thing he’s ever given me and he didn’t really have much say in it at all.” Michael laughed, sure his humor may have turned a few stomachs, but it was just how he was, he managed to make humor out of everything, even the worst situations. “So yeah I’m out for a couple days which were supposed to be for mourning and a funeral, but I won’t tell if you won’t.” 

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“Just look at her.” Declan said proudly, walking up to the brunette and spinning her so he could dip down and kiss her. In a both saddening and exciting change of events recently, Michael had been let out on furlough because of his father’s passing. Granted, there were a million things Declan wanted to help the boy do during his furlough, even with the restrictions, feeling like this was a short period of time where he would be able to prove to the other how grateful and indebted he was to him still. However, Michael had changed, he didn’t want to go to a strip club or do anything the crazy younger him would have enjoyed, but instead he requested Declan bring Mackenzie to meet him so he could finally thank the girl for how much she had saved his best friend, and then spend time with all of them and his mother and siblings. Declan obliged, but kept it a secret from Mackenzie, hoping she’d be as surprised as Declan was when he found out. So there they were in the airport in England, picking up Mackenzie, and Declan couldn’t have felt more outstanding being with two of his favorite people, something he wouldn’t have thought possible a month ago. 

Michael smiled as he watched Declan approach the girl, she was exactly what Declan described, and it was weird for him seeing how different his best friend had become since the tragic event. But being there now only confirmed his pride in the decision he made those years back, putting Declan before himself to save who he was. He was hoping this little time they had would only help show Declan that so he could finally stop hating himself for letting Michael take the blame, because he wouldn’t change it for the world. “Yeah, I know, she is something else.” Michael laughed at how smitten Declan was, he couldn’t believe it. 

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“That’s all I’m asking for,” her smile grew to match his, and she turned momentarily to the dog who had joined them on her bed, letting his head rest on her thigh. “You don’t have to worry about that for a while,” Something she was trying to add in as a plus to his whole taking a break situation. Declan always had to plan around his work schedule and now he was free to do whatever he wanted for the next three months, and Mackenzie was glad that for at least the time being that he didn’t have to rush or worry about where he was going next. “I know that it is, but I also know that you care a lot about what your dad thinks. Which isn’t a bad thing,” She lifted her shoulders, running her thumb lightly over the back of Declan’s hand. “Do you know who your new roommate is yet?”

Declan smiled looking at her, looking forward to the months ahead of having an empty schedule, “Yeah? Well maybe now I’ll be able to follow you to all the places for your work and bug you.” The blonde joked, although going with her to some of her shoots would be something he wanted to do in his time off. The boy’s shoulder’s lifted in a shrug, “I mean, he’ll get over it? Right? Plus it’s not like I can do anything else with my life at this point, I didn’t do anything for college or anything so.” He laughed surprised he hadn’t told her yet, “Yeah Shawn, so I’m living with you. It would have been cool if it was us before he started dating my sister because it would have been like when we were growing up, but now it just creeps me out.”

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“Can you blame me? Look at how cute he is?” she pouted as she looked down at the dog. “Plus he never complains about cuddling with me, unlike some people we know. Right, Cosmo?” After letting Cosmo off of his leash she climbed onto the bed next to Declan, crossing her legs in front of her. “Three months?” She repeated excitedly. Mackenzie was mostly excited for Declan, but also couldn’t help but to be a little excited for herself that she didn’t have to share him for the next three months. “Declan, that’s great!” She reached out for his hand pulling it into her lap. “So, your dad didn’t have too much to say about it then?”

“He is, isn’t he.” Declan agreed, he loved that dog, more than most people and it was one of the few companions he had with him nearly always. “You can use me for cuddling at your disposal, I’m sorry.” He laughed rolling his eyes at the girl, but his smile just growing larger as she began to get excited, “Maybe longer, who knows what I’ll decide,” of course he was getting ahead of himself and he would go back, “He had a lot to say about it, but we were able to settle on three months and I mean I’m eighteen it’s up to me now.”

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Even though Declan had only been about three hours away from her for the past week or so they both were tied up in their own things which made the short trip seem like it was halfway across the country. She had really been missing both him and Cosmo the past few days, and though she was still supposed to help him set up his new apartment soon she was almost tempted to go down early to see him. When she heard his voice outside her door, she was more than confused at first, thinking that she might have been imagining it. Against her original thought she got up and opened the door anyways, a grin spreading across her lips when she saw that her boyfriend was in fact on the other side of her door. “Sorry, I think you have the wrong room. My super model’s not supposed to be here until next week,” She teased, wrapping her arms around his shoulders. When she pulled away she looked down to the dog by his feet she smiled even wider and bent down to pet him. “I will take this cutie though,” Mackenzie laughed as he began to try and lick her.

Declan chuckled, “Damn, maybe I’m two doors down or something.” The blonde shook his head, he leaned in kissing her on her head before following behind into her room and ditching the bags as soon as he could, “The dog over me? Really?” He joked, letting go of the dog and walking over to the bed to get comfortable, “I’ll have you know I am back for three months, no work.”

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Declan approached the dorm door, leash in hand as he tried to manage both the dog and his luggage, he had more bags then he’d ever brought before and he was suddenly doubting the need for them as he tried to keep them all balanced on one another at the door. Finally ridding his spare hand of the bags he knocked on the door, “B, it’s me.” So he wasn’t due back for a couple of days, since he decided to add one more project before coming back to Silver Oak, but not having seen her in some time, and with the good news he had, he was actually excited to come early and surprise Mackenzie. 

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@kenziewex: @declanoleary bring my dog home right now

@declanoleary: @kenziewex no

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Text |Declan 💗

Kenzie: its not that i dont think you can handle it, i just wish i could make everything easy for you, you know?

Kenzie: well, let me know how it goes..

Declan: yeah, and I'm thankful for that

Declan: I'll let you know, where are you going to be?

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Text |Declan 💗

Kenzie: ugh, i know :/

Kenzie: im sorry, i wish there was something i could do to help.

Declan: It's ok it's not a big deal, I'll handle it

Declan: he can only be so mad, and if he is I have it under control. I'm 18 now, so there's not much he can do about it.

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Text |Declan 💗

Kenzie: that doesn't sound too bad

Kenzie: you only had two days of shoots for that right?

Kenzie: What do you think he's gonna say?

Declan: yeah

Declan: i don't know I'm hoping he'll get it but who knows he had a lot of plans for me