Chapter Five

I woke up the next morning with a massive headache and to someone snoring. I looked over to my right to see Mason sleeping shirtless on the floor of my bedroom. I slowly stood up and tiptoed to luggage. I rummaged through my stuff until I found my migraine pills. Once I found them I stood up too quickly. I grabbed my head with both of my hands to try to make my brain stop moving. As soon as my head stopped hurting from me standing up too quickly, I caught a glimpse from the mirror on the side of my eye. I turned my head towards it slowly as to not make my head hurt more. Once I looked at myself in the mirror, I notice I still had my dress on from last night and my hair looked like a bird's nest at the moment. I looked around the room to find a cup of water beside my bed which was also right next to Mason. I walked over to my bed and as I was carefully trying to reach for the glass of water I heard a knock at the door.

    "Lea, are you in there?" Asher asked while turning the door knob. I was so startled from his knock that I lost my balance and tripped over Mason's body. My head hit the floor as I fell over. I held my head again to stop the movement from inside.

    "Lea?" Shit I said out loud. I moved over and sat up to see Mason finally woke up. We both heard my brother trying to come in and we both realized that the door wasn't locked. We both looked at each other with wide eyes. I quickly ran to the door and held it shut again.

    "Lea, what is going on. Open this now right now!" Asher demanded me. I just rolled my eyes at the door.

    "And don't roll your eyes at me either!" Asher yelled through the door. I closed my eyes as my head started to hurt again.

    "Open this door now, or I will break it down."

    "Bro, chill okay. I'm naked right now and I have a migraine. Can you just give me moment and stop yelling please?" I say slowly but calmly.

    "Oh okay, I'm sorry." Asher said before leaving from the door of my room. When my brother left and I knew he wasn't close to hear me. I turned around to face Mason. Mason was now sitting on my bed, still shirtless. Can't he put a damn shirt on. I can't focus with his sexy body right in front of me.

    "Why the hell are you in my room for?" I asked trying to sound mad, but I sounded like a love struck puppy.

    "You was a little tipsy last night, when I brought you home from the club. It was late and your brother was here. When I brought you to your room and laid you on the bed, that is when your brother came out of his room and watched t.v. in the living room. I had no choice but to sleep on the floor all night." Mason said sounding annoyed which pissed me off. No one told him to take me home. My girls could have taken me instead.

    "Well no one told you to take me home. Lexi could have taken me home, not like you are my boyfriend." Mason shot up from my bed and got in my face so fast, I stumbled back. He followed and backed up more until my back hit the wall.

    "Damn straight I'm not your boyfriend and I never will be; but I'm not going to sit here and watch some guy put his filthy hands on my...on you." Mason said while gritting his teeth. I couldn't help but look him in the eyes as he said what he said. He was about to say something before he corrected himself.

    "Still you didn't have to take me home. I never asked you too, so stop sounding so annoyed as if I was such a burden."

    "That is exactly what you are! A huge mother fucking burden, always has been since you were twelve. You are so unbelievable." Mason yelled in a hushed voice so Asher wouldn't hear him. Instead of crying in front of him, I sat up straight and poked my chest out. I was so mad and hurt, I can't believe I have a crush on him. Without saying anything to him at all, I walked away. I grabbed my pills and water and walked out of the room. I quickly walked to the bathroom and started the shower. I swallowed my pills quickly, got undressed and hopped into the shower.

    Mason was so confusing. Last night he was being gentle and sweet and taking care of me. Then this morning he was acting like an asshole. An asshole who never see me as a woman. That much was now clear. I ran my head through the hot water and washed my hair.

    Twenty minutes later I left the shower, dried my body and hair and walked out of the bathroom towards my room. I opened my room door to find that my room was empty. Mason had left while I was in the shower. Good. I thought to myself; but a part of me was wishing that he stayed. Then I mentally slapped myself for wishing that. He just called you a burden and made it so clear that he only saw you as a twelve-year-old. It's time for you to move on. The inner me told me.

    After I got dressed, combed out my hair, and put it up in a ponytail; I went over to my bed to check my phone. I had five missed calls all from Lexi and CeCe, and one text message. Before I checked my text message I went and called Lexi and CeCe on three way.

    "Lea! Spill the beans girl." CeCe and Lexi both said.

    "There is nothing to spill." I said while I laid on my bed.

    "What do you mean there is nothing to spill? Mason came and saved you from that guy and took you home; and you are telling us that nothing happened?"

    "That is exactly what I am telling you."

    "He didn't try anything with you at all when he brought you home?"

    "Nope." I said popping the P.

    "He slept in my room last night."

    "See I knew something happened!" CeCe yelled out.

    "He slept on the floor. Then when he woke up he yelled and told me I was a burden." I finished saying. Then CeCe and Lexi both said oh and then went silent.

    "Don't sweat it, he isn't the one. I guess now you will probably get over him now right?" Lexi asked me with concern. She knew most of all how much I liked Mason. How every day since I was twelve that I dreamt me and him would be together. Now though, that dream had crashed and burn. I sighed and told them that yes, I would move on; and I meant it to.

    Because when I got off the phone with Lexi and CeCe, I checked the one text messaged I had got. I opened the text message and saw that a number I did not know messaged me. I then read what the message said.

    "Good morning beautiful. I hope you had a great time last night, because I know I did. In case you are still wondering who this is, well it's Jack. You know the guy from the plane three days ago. Well just thought you should know, you were on my mind; and I would most definitely like to take you out on a date sometime this week." I smiled as I read the messaged. I then replied back before getting some breakfast.

    "Good morning, thank you for the text message, I'll lock you in my phone; and I would like to go on a date with you." Looks like I get to finally move on from my childhood crush after all.