Choose Winter

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.

“Of course, doesn’t work,” Mark said, talking to himself as he fiddled with the crappy old television that was set up.

Without much to do, Mark laid on his bed scrolling through his phone. Seeing he was active on Facebook, Winter messaged him almost immediately.

Winter: How’s the drive? xx

She and Katie must be home now with the two not really having much of a break off the road as they continued to rotate the driving.

Mark: Yeah it’s not too bad, was hoping to get further but guess I’m stuck in Mississippi for a night

Winter: That’s cool, better to be safe and sound for the night.

Winter: btw, can you jump on video call.

Mark: Sorry, my internet reception here is terrible, it’s taking minutes just for my messages to send.

It was true, the reception here was terrible, there was no point even trying to video call when it nothing would load properly. He hoped that wouldn’t disappoint her too much.

Winter: Oh that’s okay ! Was just going to call to tell you that mom said it’s fine for you to come with us to Hawaii, if you can of course

Mark’s decision almost brewed from the feeling he felt when she messaged him that. It was an instant high amount of excitement, one that he knew he wouldn’t get with anyone else. He had a clear cut connection with the busty brunette and if he had one choice to spend the holidays with, it was Winter.

He quickly typed in a reply, confirming his interests. This holiday may be the perfect time to tell her how he really felt about her, let her know what he wanted, a relationship.

Winter replied with a lot of emojis and expression marks, happy that he decided to agree. She let him know that she would get back to him soon of details about the trip and when it would be.

Going to sleep that night in that horrible motel room, Mark had something great to look forward to.

Winter was the last thing he thought of as he drifted off to sleep.