Run by Holly Hood

Author:Holly Hood [Hood, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-04-02T23:00:00+00:00

We made our way back out to the diner. Mason watched me climb back into the booth. I wondered if Renee could be right. Maybe Mason did love me.

We ate our food quickly. Mason convinced me to go for a walk to steer clear of Payton. We walked back the way we came trying to figure out where to go.

“How about we walk by the water?” he asked, taking my hand in his as we slowly made our way.

“That sounds good,” I said, trying to not become unnerved by his harmless touch. Something in me had changed, and it was becoming more difficult to be myself around him.

“I’m sorry I upset you. I never know when to shut my mouth,” he said.

“Yeah…it gets to be too much after a while,” I said. He squeezed my hand a little tighter. We came to a stop by the water, watching and hearing the waves crash onto the shore below. It felt so peaceful in that moment.

“What do you think Payton is thinking right now?” I asked. The boat in the distance looked so small.

“I have no idea. It’s not the first time she tried busting me in the face.”

“It’s the first time you reacted though,” I reminded him.

The wind grew stronger whipping my hair away from my face.

“My dad is the one button you can’t push. She could have said anything else to me, but not that. I’m nothing like that man. I don’t want to ever be like him. He’s the reason my mom is as messed up as she is.” I could tell the angst had returned at the mention of his dad.

“You’re nothing like him,” I said. “You’re actually sort of amazing.”

Mason laughed. He pushed me playfully. I rolled my eyes at his reaction to my compliment. Once again he was being his usual self.

“Why don’t we just say it already?” He smirked. “I mean… come on, now.”

I eyed him carefully not knowing how to react to that. “What is it you think we want to say?”

“That we love each other. I kick myself every time I stopped myself from telling you. I know you love me, too, and that’s all that matters,” he said, pulling me in close.

His arm tightened around me as we stood and stared at the water in a shared silence.

I wanted to say the same thing to him, but I wasn’t sure I knew how.

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