Choose Tiffany

The road left Mark with nothing but his thoughts.

Turning the radio off a couple phones into his trip, Mark started to think about what he wanted to do over the holidays. He had multiple different offers and they all had major pros with them.

Mark could be spending New Year’s Eve in Times Square with Tiffany, fucking Tiffany! Or he could spend that night all the way down in Australia with Jess, which would be truly an unreal experience.

If he didn’t like the idea of that, there was always Christmas away in Hawaii with Winter and her family. He would be upsetting his parents by ditching them for Christmas but come on, why wouldn’t he want to go there.

Then he had other ideas, he felt bad about how things had ended with him and Ali. Since they were both Californians, he could try spending the winter break with her, mending fences before possibly taking things to the next level.

All these thoughts raced through his mind as he drove down the highways, heading West. After 10 hours on the road, Mark was too tired to continue any further, he stopped in Jackson, Mississippi for the night, finding a cheap hotel to stay in.

When he said cheap, he really meant cheap. Inside his room, the walls were musty, the white paint had turned foul. The bed was creaky, luckily he was tired enough that he would just pass out on top of it.

It was a terrible place to stay, even if it was just for the one night. To add to his woes, the television was broken, not being to turn back on.

All he could do was scroll on his social media on his mobile phone.

The internet connection made it hard to message anyone on there, nothing being able to load properly. After scrolling around for a bit, a notification from Winter appeared.

Winter: How’s the road trip? xx

Mark: Stopped in Mississippi for the night, was too tired to keep going

Winter: Smart thinking, stay safe!

Winter: You able to jump on a video call right now?

Mark: Sorry! Internet reception here is horrible right now

He wasn’t lying, he could barely message her at all with the amount of wait time there was for every message to go through.

Winter: That’s okay ! Was just going to let you know that mom said it would be fine for you to come with us to Hawaii, if you can of course

It was a little too early for him to decide, he thought to himself. Mark didn’t want to straight up deny her straight away but he certainly wasn’t prepared to say yes.

The idea of spending New Years Eve with Tiffany in New York was at the front of his mind. If he was to say yes to Winter and go to Hawaii this Christmas, he would be missing out on a huge opportunity with Tiffany.

Mark: Okay is it alright if I get back to you on that?

Winter: Yeah of course, no stress at all

He couldn’t help it, he really did care and like Winter but he’s feelings for Tiffany were far greater.

Knowing how close he was to going all the way with her, Mark didn’t want to let the opportunity slip. He went to bed that night, think about Tiffany.

Mark hadn’t made his final decision but he was starting to know exactly what he wanted. Tiffany.