So, as of right now in this lil "series" Ginny and Georgia do not exist! I just want Marcus to be semi happy and with G&G comes so much drama
Marcus Baker x Allison Littman (OFC)
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Brodie’s parents were holding a dinner party tonight, so his basement was off limits for the group’s hang out. Allison wasn’t a huge fan of all of Abby’s friends but she was an honorary member of MAAN so she was usually forced to make an appearance. Don’t get Allison wrong, she likes to have fun. She likes to drink and smoke, just sometimes they can be a lot. Also, some of them were just full on assholes. Allison really had no idea why Abby was even friends with people like Press, Brodie, and Samantha. Tonight, the hangout spot was the Baker’s. The Baker parents were at Brodie’s parents’ dinner party and they were known to run late into the night so the house was safe for a couple of hours. Everyone was outside so the stench of the weed wouldn’t stick in the house. It was early spring in New England so it still got really chilly at night. Luckily the kids had been drinking for the past two hours, so they didn’t really feel it at this point, however, this was not the case for Allison. She was sipping on the same white claw for those two hours watching an “intense” game of beer pong. She made sure to ‘ooh and aah’ at the appropriate times so as to not bring attention to the fact that she would rather be anywhere else than on the Baker’s back patio freezing her ass off. She slowly turned around and tried to
sneak into the warm house. Max grabbed her by the waist ‘Hey, Ally! Where ya goin’? You’re gonna miss your sister beating Brodie’s ass at beer pong!’ Max was already very drunk. Allison knew this because of the smell of tequila on her breath and the way she screamed in her face louder than usual. So, she knew her answer really didn’t matter,
‘Just going pee. I drank so many of these,’ she shook her white claw, ‘I will be right back.’ Max agreed and gave her a big wet kiss on the cheek. Allison did actually have to go pee; she just also wanted to hide out in the warm house until the Bakers inevitably came home and busted the kids. Allison really didn’t understand how the others are let out of their houses with how much they get busted for partying, but hey that’s not any of her business.
After finding that the bathroom upstairs was occupied, Allison tried to distract her bladder by looking at all the photos and artwork on the walls of the hallway. Allison saw a glimpse of a really beautiful and colorful piece of artwork in what she assumed was Marcus’s room. She hadn’t seen him all night so she assumed that he was out with friends. The door to his room was open and Allison could not resist. She peeked her head in and what she found surprised her.
She had never been in Marcus’s room before, only Max’s when she and Abby came over. Allison has always seen Marcus by himself or with few friends. He doesn’t stand out and it doesn’t seem like he cares to. Also, after what happened to his friend the year before Allison thought she noticed a slight change in him. So, when she saw his walls full of large sprawling drawings, in color and in black and white, she was mesmerized. She knew he could draw well from being in a couple art classes with him, but she had never seen him express himself like this. She only ever saw the stupid projects made up by their teachers. This was different. She could tell that the art on his walls was full of emotion and passion.
The last person she ever wanted to hear spoke up behind her, ‘Hey’
She quickly turned around, ‘H-Hey Marcus!’
He questioned her and crossed his arms in front of his chest, ‘So, what’re you doing in my room?’
Allison was so embarrassed and when she’s embarrassed she doesn’t really have control over her mouth and body. Sometimes, in especially horrifying circumstances, she has actually blacked out and just gone on autopilot. ‘Nothing creepy like smelling your bed sheets or stealing your underwear. I’m not a creepy psycho, I swear.’ She laughed to try and soften the blow of those choice words that decided to come out of her mouth.
Marcus actually full on laughs, ‘I wasn’t gonna go there, but now I’m actually concerned’ He dramatically furrows his brow for a second then smiles when he can’t keep up the act.
Allison fiddles with her hair. She had never seen him smile like that before, ‘Okay, that came out completely horrible! I was actually on the way to the bathroom when I saw your artwork on your walls and I couldn’t resist coming in. True story, I am sorry, and please forgive me’
He nods, ‘Alright, I’ll forgive you. If you answer this question,’ He pauses and waits for Allison to agree. ‘Why aren’t you out in the backyard destroying your liver with MAAN and the rest of your friends?’
Allison shakes her head and holds three fingers up, ‘3 things. One: I have been petitioning a name change for years now and I keep on getting overruled.’ Marcus laughs again and she loves it. ‘Two: They are not my friends! Well, MAAN is but not the others…well, Hunter’s actually really nice, but y’know who I mean.’ Marcus nods in understanding. ‘Three: I just don’t want to. I don’t spend all my days counting down until the next party’, she shrugs, ‘But! If I say that I’ll get looked at as a freak or called a nerd or something’ Allison had never told anyone this. Ever. Not even her twin sister and she wasn’t sure why she was telling Marcus right now.
He smiled, ‘Who cares about those assholes,’ that made Allison laugh, ‘If you want, you can hide up here with me. I have Smash Bros.’
Allison beams, ‘Really!? That sounds great, thank you’ This isn’t the first time Marcus has seen Allison smile, since she is a generally cheerful person, but it’s the first time that it’s been just for him. He really liked that. ‘I call Kirby, though.’
He turns on the switch for them and looks back with confusion, ‘Kirby? Why Kirby?’
Allison answers him in a baby voice, ‘Because he’s just so cute I could die.’
Marcus laughs, ‘Sure, have Kirby. I don’t want you dying on me.’ Allison fiddles with her hair. She really didn’t think the night would end like this. Meanwhile, Marcus doesn’t think he’s laughed like this in awhile. He can’t wait for the next MAAN hang out.
Monday Morning…
It’s morning break, Marcus is sitting on the bean bags in Red with Silver. Together they’re going over the Chemistry lab that Marcus actually did finish. He doesn’t mind Chemistry. Silver is asking him to explain how he got the answer he did. Coming down the hallway he hears his sister exclaim a totally trivial reason why she’s going to die today along with Norah and Abby trying to comfort her. He’s ready to completely ignore MAAN as usual until he hears Allison.
Allison is a couple paces behind the rest of MAAN half listening to their conversation and half listening to a podcast until she sees Marcus. She can’t help but smile, ‘Hey Marcus’ she waves.
Marcus waves back, ‘Hey Allison’
The rest of MAAN turn back and all look at Allison. Max exclaims, 'Ally saying ‘Hi’ to Marcus and Marcus saying it back?! That’s just totally normal’ Before rounding the corner of the hallway Allison looks back over to Red where she finds Marcus already looking in her direction.
