Too long that's for sure”
Just as Jacob is about to open the door, it's opened by none other than Aunt Betty??
“What the fudge balls?!, Aunt betty what are you doing here”
Aunt Betty in her white outfit resembling that of an office worker while also looking stylish speaks,
“Tin asked me out to the festival”
Jacob’s mouth opened, and Betty just laughed
“Yea I didn’t think the kid had the balls to ask, but, The look in his eyes was serious and determined and…well it's been a while since someone made my heart move a bit ”
Aunt Betty was blushing a bit, and Jacob had no comment due to astonishment
“Jacob come in to get ready”
That voice was coming from behind Aunt Betty, it was a familiar voice, he looked behind her to see it was Tin’s mother; she had the clothes that Aunt Betty prepared for him. looking at her she had the same characteristics as Tin except her hair was black and she was standing at around 5’9”
“Thank you for having me in your home”
His voice sounded nervous, in response to this Tin’s mother just smiled and shook his hand
“It's a pleasure as always to have you here. You look nice, but enough with the flattery the festival is starting soon get ready”
She tosses the clothes to Jacob and ushers him into a room, while that happened Tin’s mother pointed her attention to Betty
“You know this is a weird thing to say but if you are gonna do anything with my son, please wear protection”
Betty just stares at tins mother dumbfounded
“You heard me Betty, I barely accepted the fact that my peer from my old school days is going on a date with my son”
Betty and Tin’s mom have a history going back to their college days, Betty was known as the hardcore I’ll kill you if you look at me the wrong way type of person, while Tin’s mom was known as the maiden of the campus due to her kind and gentle nature, but nonetheless they were friends and have a history with one another
“Were just going out to the festival plus I never even had a guy confess to me back in college let alone a boyfriend, what kind of act of lewd women do you take me for
Aunt Betty is visibly flustered and red as she strikes back at tins mother’s comments
“An innocent maiden who would go along with my horny milf hunting son’s desires”
The 2 of them continue to converse for a bit until Tin’s mother sighs and changes the subject, her tone gets a bit soft but remains the same
“Thank you for helping him”
“Helping him?
Tin’s mother moves toward the living room and beckons Betty over to sit
“It's been 12 years since he came here, I hope this year is the year he changes”
Upon realizing what she is talking about Aunt Betty looks at the photos hanging on the wall, all of them are of Tin and her family, as well as Jacob included
“Everyone else knows it as well, that’s why were all trying our best since Marry gave us an opportunity for change”
Tin’s mother lets out a deep sigh and pulls out a pack of cigarettes from a locked drawer, Aunt Betty looks shocked
“Woah, I never thought you would smoke”
Tin’s mother lets out a soft chuckle
“Just one in a blue moon isn’t bad, Plus both of my sons are growing up way too fast, Tin has always been on the weird side but as long as Jacob was there to support him as an older brother I figured everything would be fine”
Tin’s mother takes a puff and continues
“Jacob has always been the more mature one, while it's true that the RoseMarry family has been taking care of him, we’ve been raising him like he was our own son since he is like a brother to Tin, but it's weird”
Aunt Betty tilts her head
“I’ve known him since he came here and I don’t notice anything weird about him, so how is it weird?”
Tin’s mom continues puffing for a bit
“A child in a man's body is how I would describe it, Jacob is pretty intelligent and wise even since he was a kid, when he came here he was calm and composed more like that of an adult, But that's not natural now is it, children shouldn’t be like that, It's like he was forced to mature rather than mature naturally with time”
Tin’s mother’s cigarette is already half-smoked, she collects her thoughts and speaks once more
“Maybe that's why he chooses to stay isolated for the most part, to stay where he is most comfortable rather than go out and experience new and scary things, at least that's what my mother instincts tell me”
“Maybe, I’m not sure what goes on in his head, but one thing I understand for sure is that you shouldn’t be smoking these even if once in a blue moon”
Aunt Betty grabs the half-smoked cigarette that tins mother put down and throws it in the thrash, in response to this tins mother just lets out a chuckle and closes her eyes
“You owe me 2 dollars”
“For a half-smoked cigarette?!, your crazy”
“Says the college dropout delinquent”
“I still made a life here didn't I”
“Indeed you did”
Tin’s mother and aunt betty couldn’t help but laugh a bit together,
“Just like college huh Betty”
“Can’t believe we're already adults”
“Time passes by, what else can we say, we did our time”
“Yea our time passed a while ago, hard to believe”
Tin’s mother looks at the photo of Jacob, her husband, and Tin hanging on the wall, in this specific photo he can be seen smiling
“But nonetheless he still is like a son to me, I just want him to be happy, just like tin, and my dearest, I wish him the best of luck in the future”
“I guess that would make him my brother-in-law if me and Tin would tie the knot wouldn’t it Linda”
Linda looked toward Betty, and just stared at her for a solid minute, aunt betty looked at her nervous and confused, it wasn’t until Jacob came out that they both turned their attention to him
“Did something happen?”
Aunt Betty just laughed and tried to change the subject as fast as possible
“We were just getting ready to go isn't that right Linda”
Linda just looked at Betty with her face visually expressing the words are you seriously training to change the topic, but before she can say more aunt betty proceeds to bolt out of the room
“I’ll meet you guys at the festival, see ya”
Linda sighs
“Jacob”
“Yea what up”
“They say that actions speak louder than words so I will just say this”
Before Jacob has a chance to reply back in confusion, Linda wraps her arms around Jacob, Jacob was taken back as he instinctively tries to pull away, but after realizing that It's a hug, he slowly allows himself to be hugged
“I love you as my son, even if you aren’t my own biological son, even if I don’t know anything about your past or any of the hardships you went through, I just want you and your heart to know that we as a family, I love you, my son”
This sudden confession stuns Jacob for a second, for 12 years Tin and Jacob grew up together with the RoseMarry’s, and although they provided everything for him tins family treated him like he was one of their sons
“I'm sorry…I don’t know what to say”
Jacob is choking on his words, he wants to say something but words aren’t coming out properly, but nonetheless, Linda strokes his head and comforts him
“It's alright you don’t have to say anything, I know there is a lot going on today, but I just wanted to let you know how your family here cares about you”
She gives a genuine and warm smile that seems to even cure the soul of all its worries, tears start rolling down Jacob’s face, how could he not cry when such kindness and warmth was directed at him. Time passes as she continues to rub his head in order to comfort him
“You’ve done enough you know, its okay for others to help you out, I know I’m rambling a lot but if you ever feel like falling back just remember there are always people right behind you to help you back up”
After what seems like a couple of minutes Jacob manages to clear his tears,
“Thanks…mom”
Although a little surprised Linda can’t help but smile a bit,
“It feels a bit weird, but anytime my son, now go have some fun at the festival, oh and here take this”
Linda handed Jacob a present
“It’s for Marry”
With all that said and done, Jacob hugged his mother one more time and then proceeded to head to the event that would change his life forever
“Let's do this”
Walking up the stairs, Jacob sees everyone from the town dressed well-mannered and fancy, all the kids in their outfits running up the stairs while their parents call out for them not to run too fast, and then the elderly who Jacob offered to help but they said they were gonna be helped by some of the adults who they are waiting for
“Go on, enjoy yourself, you’ve earned it”
With each step that Jacob took he could feel his heart beating faster and faster, Everyone for the past 12 years has tried to get him to move forward, and this event would be the tipping stone of what the future would become, just before he reached the summit he stopped
“This is really happening isn't it haha…”
Jacob had almost made it to the top but he was hesitating, his heart was beating abnormally fast and sweat began to run down his face, he was starting to breath heavy, his body felt wobbly, and was about to fall back when he felt someone hold him up
“Don’t stop here not while this is our only chance”
In an unfamiliar voice he didn’t recognize something spoke to him, but when he looked back there was no one behind him
“Did I just?...I-No deep breaths”
Jacob wipes the sweat off his head, after taking deep breaths he composes himself, he takes another step as he walks up and sees everyone living, some individuals buying stuff from the booths, some having competition with one another, some kids roughhousing, everything doing different things, but the clear constant is that everyone is genuinely at peace with one another in this moment, they’re happy
“There he is, Come on Jacob over here”
As Jacob gets closer he realizes It was Marry, tin, aunt betty, and Alexandra, Tin was wearing a silver leather jacket with a black shirt as well as jeans to match it, as for marry she was wearing a white almost long dress with blue shoes, and so was Alexandra except it was all red
“What do you think about my outfit”
Jacob looked at Marry, admiring her dress and all the beauty that came with
“Tin who is this, this couldn’t possibly be Marry, she looks too feminine compared to Marry who is more like a masculine guerrill-”
In that moment Marry prepares her fist and twists her body inward to hit Jacob in the stomach,
“Ughhh, What the hell marry you trying to murder me”
Marry proceeded to prepare multiple other strikes trying to hit jacobs body while he desperately tried to block them
“Not feminine enough my ass, you sure are lively guy, let me hit you some more maybe a couple of times yea, just like a masculine guerrilla would”
Marry proceeded to get a couple more hits in before aunt betty managed to wrangle her back
“Hits like one too”
He couldn’t help but laugh a bit, Just a while ago Jacob was having a panic attack and here he is now laughing and teasing like nothing happened, that was the sense of comfort that Marry brought to him as an individual, it didn’t matter the situation whether good or bad, just having her by his side made things all the more calmer
“He must have a death wish with how much he is enjoying teasing me, let me at him aunt betty”
After getting up suddenly Jacob grabs tins hand and places it on Aunt Bettys, then without saying anything else he grabs Marry’s hand and proceeds to head to some of the other booths
“Huh?”
“Huh?”
Aunt Betty and Tin look at one another in confusion until tins phone dings, he checks his phone to see a message from Jacob
[Have fun be back later]
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