Dinner [Zach x Hope x Peter Pan x Mark]
@hope-robinson @markthesiren @peterpanrulerofneverland
[Zach]
Zach and Hope were already waiting at the table for Peter and Mark to arrive. He was rather nervous about the whole thing since he never really went to dinner with anyone else before so he didn’t really know what to expect. “Are you sure this is a good idea?” He asks Hope.
[Hope]
Hope grabbed Zach’s hand and squeezed it reassuringly before kissing it. “Yeah, Mark just has to get to know you and everything will work out. I mean you got through dinner with my parents, this should be a cake walk.” She teased.
[Peter]
Peter wasn’t sure what to expect since the last time he did something remotely similar to something like this, he didn’t remember it ending rather well. He had faith that this would go well though and he also hoped that Mark would have a fun time at dinner. They made their way through the castle and were led to the dinner hall where Zach and Hope were waiting for them. “I assume that is them then?”
[Mark]
“Sadly.” He replied under his breath as he just nodded to Peter. “Let’s do this.” He smiled taking Peter’s hand and leading him to the table.
[Zach]
When Mark and Peter arrived, Zach stood up and bowed slightly before extending his hand for a handshake as he had been taught. “Hello, it’s nice to see you again.” He offers a sincere smile to both of them.
[Hope]
She stood up alongside Zach and smiled as she saw Mark. “Hi Mark, this is for you.” She said handing him a gift bag. “For the new baby.” She explained before offering a hand to Peter. “You must be Peter, hi I’m Hope.”
[Peter]
Peter shook Zach’s hand before shaking Hope’s. “Hello, Zach, Hope. Yes, I am Peter and I think you both already know that this is Mark. Thank you for inviting us to this dinner. I was rather surprised since no one usually asks us to have dinner.”
[Mark]
Mark shook Zach’s hand before taking the gift from Hope with a smile. “Oh thank you, you really shouldn’t have.” He replied before sitting across from the couple.
[Zach]
Zach waited for Hope to say something after they had sat down once introductions were over since he didn’t really know what they were supposed to talk about.
[Hope]
“Well we are happy to have you, we don’t get asked to have dinner either.” She responded before sitting down. “It’s no problem, me and Zach thought you would like it and it’s the least we could do.”
[Peter]
“Well in that case thank you. So, what is on the menu for tonight then?” Peter asks after pulling out the seat so that Mark could sit down first before sitting himself.
[Mark]
Mark thanked Peter before sitting down and looked at Hope, “Ah you and Zach bought this together? With your money I’m assuming.” He commented before looking at Zach. “So Zach how did you meet our princess?”
[Zach]
“Well we met at one of the ship parties.” He responds while looking at the other before turning his attention to Hope.
[Hope]
Hope frowned at Mark’s words and shook her head. “No Zach works for the castle so he is paid through that and has his own money.” She explained before feeling Zach’s eyes on her. She looked over at him and couldn’t help but smile.
[Peter]
“Ah, Hook is always notorious for his parties isn’t he.” He explains after hearing Hope explain. “I am surprised that pirates have any money at all, but I guess that somehow they find someone to trade with on this island. Maybe Sarah’s girls.”
[Mark]
“That was before you snuck out right Hope? I remember stopping by the ship to see if you were hiding there, and Zach you told some of the guards you had never met her. Was she with you?”
[Zach]
“I think you might have your facts confused. I told them that I had only seen her at a party possibly, never told them where she was and yeah I snuck her out. During those few days we spend together we got to know each other and that was when I started to fall for her.”
[Hope]
“He didn’t force me you know Mark, I chose to go with him and stay with him. It was probably the best few days of my life, I would relive them over if I could.” She defended Zach.
[Peter]
Peter could see that the environment was getting rather heated and he wasn’t really sure what to do about it. “Okay...well how has the newest edition been to your family? Mark told me that you and Zach have a baby named Emmett. How is he doing?”
[Mark]
“You know Hope when someone locks you in a room most people wouldn’t want to relive that. It’s called kidnapping and normally when the victim falls in love as you say you did that’s called Stockholm syndrome. You might want to look into that.”
[Zach]
“I didn’t kidnap her, I asked her if she wanted to stay in her room or come with me and clearly you weren’t helping her to get out of her punishment so I took the liberty to do so.” He explains before leaning over to Hope. “I thought you said this was going to go smoothly?”
[Hope]
Hope ignored Zach as she glared at Mark, “What is your problem? Zach has done nothing but loved me in ways you always said I deserved, so I finally find a man that loves me and wants to be with me and you aren’t happy for me? So he’s not a siren or a shifter or royalty but he loves me, is that not enough for you?”
[Peter]
“Oh boy…” Peter said mostly to himself as he knew things were going to escalate much quicker than they should be. He was rather glad when the food was brought out as he hoped that it would help to ease some of the tension.
[Mark]
Mark rolled his eyes at Hope’s response. “What love Hope? You are the daughter of two people who are the definition of what love is and you think what you have between you and Zach is love? It’s infatuation at the most. I am not going to support this regardless of what he is because I could care less. What I care about is that you are in a situation you will get hurt in.”
[Zach]
“Okay hold on, right there. What is your deal? Who are you to tell her what or how she feels? You aren’t her so you don’t have any business doing or telling her what to do, you aren’t her father. I already got her father’s approval so I don’t really understand why this is something that is necessary anymore. It’s great that you care less honestly I don’t even care about you, but I agreed to meet you tonight because Hope asked me to because it means so much to her. The moment you walked in here you were judging me just like everyone else. You look up to Nibs and Misty so much why don’t you take their advice and give people a chance before you start making harsh judgements and think you know everything about their life.”
[Hope]
Hope listened to Zach’s response to Mark and nodded, “I wouldn’t have put Zach through this if this was how you were going to behave. You mean a lot to me Mark but don’t make me pick between you and Zach because I will pick him. I will always pick him.”
[Peter]
Peter just stayed quiet as he started to pick out some food to eat. It had been so long since he last ate so he figured they needed to work out this problem on their own without his help.
[Mark]
“Do you realize I used to date Hook Zach? I know a lot more about you then Nibs and Misty do and Hope hasn’t told her parents what she has told me. So before you act like you have some sort of in with her parents how about you ask them if they know you prepared her for what Jack was going to do to her. Do you think they give a fuck that you were trying to have her ready? They would rather you have told Jack to fuck off and protected her. And I know Nibs and he wouldn’t have given a shit but because I care about Hope and my friends have lost their children, I’m not telling them that shit.” He said to Zach before looking at Hope. “By all means Hope pick him. I would love to see if he can protect you the way I can. How about you see if can stop Riley from releasing that video?”
[Zach]
“Actually, Nibs already saw all my memories already so yeah he does know about that but he also knows that I am her imprint so he knows I won’t do anything to hurt her, not anymore.” He stops when he hears Mark’s last words. “What? Tape of what? What are you talking about?”
[Hope]
“Wait my dad knows? Why didn’t you tell me you told him?” She asked Zach before hearing Mark’s final words. “Mark don’t, you told me you never mention that. It isn’t your business to tell.” She said.
[Peter]
Peter’s ears perked up when Mark mentioned the tape. “The tape? Oh...you mean that tape. Yeah that was rather careless of him wasn’t it. I wonder what he made you do to get that away from him, he probably has a copy of it somewhere that he didn’t tell you about. I think Hook should teach his pirates about consent.”
[Mark]
“The fact that you are alive proves that you didn’t tell Nibs. Nibs would have done everything in his power to get you away from his daughter. He doesn’t let anyone fuck with his family.” He replied before shaking his head. “Riley has nothing left I burned everything. And I have never said shit but if you love him, he should know.”
[Zach]
“I am her imprint, he can’t kill me even if he wanted to unless he wanted his daughter dead and his grandson parentless. Yeah and I am supposed to believe that you left Riley nothing yet you have it in your possession? Yeah okay bullshit, what tape are you talking about? You act as if it’s like some sex tape or some shit. If Hope did anything like that she would have told me because she is always honest with me. She promised me that after she imprinted on me she never did things like that so I think you are just spewing bullshit just to fuck with me.”
[Hope]
She sighed as ran a hand through her hair. “It was before Zach. When I slept with Riley, he filmed it and I didn’t know until he threatened to release it. That tape doesn’t just ruin my life but it would push the royals over the edge so I knew for my parents I had to get Mark to deal with it. He promised never to mention it again and I wasn’t going to, but it wasn’t after I imprinted. I wouldn’t do that. I just never wanted to tell you.”
[Peter]
Peter was too busy stuffing his face with some food as the others argued about everything. Dinners were sure more interesting than he had originally thought they would be.
[Mark]
Mark stayed quiet as he let Hope talk for a minute.
[Zach]
Zach listens to her words as he looks to Hope. “So he did that without your consent? See I don’t understand why you hang out with that asshole after all the crap he puts you through. That means that Mark needs to delete it, why do you even have a copy? That sounds really weird….you should destroy it. If it was before you met me and before the imprint then it really doesn’t matter.”
[Hope]
“No baby...it was when I cheated on you. He filmed it and he was saying that he would make it seem like he’s our son’s father. That’s why...I just didn’t want to involve you this. I didn’t want you to think about that at all. I made a stupid mistake. I don’t want to punish you for that.”
[Peter]
All of this was really boring to Peter, drama which he had already seen time and time again on the island. “Don’t be too offended Zach, not a lot of people can keep it in their pants on this island regardless of if they are in a relationship. Some people just don’t care if they are with another person, Riley being one of them so you shouldn’t take it personally.”
[Mark]
“I have it because I have to keep all of that. Sadly for you I can’t delete because it’s the only unedited version there is, if he does have one left I have to make sure that I can confirm it’s not the real one.”
[Zach]
“Or you could just have your boyfriend snap away all the evidence of those damn videos. Surely you use this magic for things like that don’t you? I mean you did that when you brought Finn back after Nibs killed him.”
[Hope]
Hope grabbed Zach’s hand and squeezed it, “Baby calm down.” She said not wanting to piss off Peter. “Mark will never release it and Riley won’t either. Mark scared Riley away he won’t do anything and if I need to I will tell my father. It’s okay.”
[Peter]
Hearing Zach’s words, he was a little surprised at how blunt Zach was about it. “I mean yeah I can...and I can also make it reappear if needed. I can do a lot of things but that doesn’t mean I will do them.” He explains before finishing up his food. “The food was really good I am surprised no one else had any.”
[Mark]
“I’ve lost my appetite.” He replied to Peter. “You know actually Hope I will release it. You two either break up or I will release this and you know this has more consequences for Nibs and Misty then it does for you. So chose wisely.”
[Zach]
“You know that would just cause more problems for your boyfriend since Nibs and Misty would go to Peter right? Besides, I am sure that they could just say that Riley found some random girl that looked like Hope or that he used magic to convince everyone it was Hope just so that you could get back at the royal family for something right? Besides, tapes like that get ruined all the time so you can’t know for sure it is even still good to watch unless you have been constantly watching it to ensure nothing happened to it.”
[Hope]
“I’m not breaking up with him Mark. I just can’t. I love him regardless if you release it or not...I don’t care. I will always love Zach.” She knew that if he truly released those tapes her life would be over and she would have to make sure that Emmett never saw it and that Zach didn’t either.
[Peter]
“That is true they would come to me for help. That is a whole lot of stuff that I don’t want to have to deal with to be completely honest.” Peter explains. “Are you sure I can’t just delete and get rid of it for good? I think that might solve things a lot quicker here.”
[Mark]
“No Peter you aren’t going to get involved at all. To help them or to delete anything. Hope picked.” Mark stood up. “You have chosen and if you love him then you made the best decision for you but I will not stand by for this. Let’s go Peter.”
[Zach]
“If you actually care about Hope, damn you have a really fucked up way of showing it. If you really cared about her, you would let her learn about things on her own and experience them for herself instead of trying to take on the role of her father and doing that for her. You have been gone for practically all the shit that happened and I was one of the ones that helped clean it all up and took care of her and our kid as well as her parents. You want me to tell Nibs and MIsty about my past fine. I will do that and you can be there, just destroy the tape and make sure Peter is sure there are no more tapes out there. If her parents tell me to leave after learning about what I did then I will but that is not up to you to decide.”
[Hope]
“Zach no what are you talking about? We aren’t doing that. I can’t tell them. You aren’t the same person and I refuse to let them judge you for what you did. I made you do it. I told you I was fine and I am, but they...they won’t understand. Just let him do what he wants. People are just going to say I’m a slut, nothing new. My parents will figure it out but we are not telling them.”
[Peter] “Oh Mark, you know how much I really love when people want to make deals...especially one like this.”
[Mark]
“Peter I said no, let’s go.” Mark said looking at his boyfriend and grabbing the boy’s hand so they can leave.
[Zach]
“Mark wait, I am serious.” He responds before turning to Hope. “It will be fine. I know that I am not the same person but Mark is right, I can’t just ignore my past as much as I would like to. I am not the same person I used to be but I should be judged for my past actions. If Mark watching and seeing me be judged for my past actions will keep him from releasing something that would destroy your family then I will do it. Your family has been through enough Hope. If I am able to do something that can help keep them safe then you need to let me do it.”
“You asked me what I was willing to do for you and your family to prove my loyalty and prove that I love you without having to have all of those powers and abilities that your family has. This is it, this is how I can help keep your family safe. Your father might throw me around but he won’t kill me. If Mark wants to see me rot in a dungeon for what I have done then fine but I will not let my family suffer the consequences of something you did in the past. You have changed too Hope. You aren’t a slut and you aren’t what all those people call you, I will not give them more reasons to degrade and treat you like shit just so that they can feel better about themselves. We have a son and our family. If I can do something to keep them safe then I will. You have done so much for me, please, just let me do this for you.”
[Hope]
Her eyes flashed blue as she shook her head. “Please don’t do this Zach. You don’t have to prove anything to me, I know you love me and our family. Please don’t do this I am begging you to just forget it and come to our room and we can leave. My parents can disown me and they won’t have to deal with the repercussions of my decisions. Zach I am asking you to forget this and don’t do something that will have you taken away from me.” She begged feeling tears in her eyes as she looked at him. “Zach please.”
[Peter]
Peter took Mark’s hand and stopped Mark from leaving, seeming as he wanted Mark to hear what Zach was saying. Maybe it would change the other’s mind about everything that was happening, maybe it wouldn’t but he felt like it was important enough for Mark to hear.
[Mark]
Mark looked at Peter before hearing Zach’s words. “Tell Nibs and Misty or I release it. Peter let’s go I’m done talking.”
[Zach]
“I want you to promise me Mark. Promise me that if I tell them you will destroy that video and you will ensure any other videos that anyone ever made with her in it like that will be destroyed. Promise me this and I will tell them. You can even be there if you want to...just give me a day so that I can be with my family properly before I get locked up. Okay?” Zach tries to ignore Hope’s pleas since they were bringing tears to his eyes as he tried to stay strong.
[Hope]
She could see that Zach was ignoring her and she shook her head as she stood up, “Fuck you Zach.” She said unable to stop herself from crying as she left the dining room.
[Peter]
“Are you really sure telling Nibs is going to fix anything? You know how Nibs and Misty feel about love and they know how much Hope loves Zach. Unless she says otherwise, they won't do much so you releasing the tape and sabotaging them would be all for nothing.”
[Mark]
“Nibs might forgive him but I know Misty won’t, not with all she’s been through.” He replied before looking at Zach. “I promise.”
[Zach]
Hearing Hope’s words, he watched as she stormed out. He extended his hand to Mark to seal the deal. “Then we have a deal.”
[Hope]
Hope went straight to her room and locked the door as she sat on her bed and just cried. She knew once Zach told her parents the truth everything they worked so hard for to build for their family it will all be for nothing.
[Mark]
“We have a deal. One day, then we tell them and I have Peter delete everything.” Mark replies shaking Zach’s hand. “Are you ready to go Peter?”
[Peter]
Peter nodded his head. “Let’s go. I think we both had enough socializing for one day.” He explains while standing up and taking Mark’s hand as they both left.