Crossing the Lines

Ch. 20 ~ Alex

Ch. 20

Alex

~~~~UNEDITED~~~~ 

When I finally had found Amanda, she was in the bathroom. I pushed on the door, but she wouldn't open it. I knocked on it, and could hear her muffled sobs, but when she didn’t answer me after the second time that I knocked, I decided to give her some space and go thank Mason.

Everyone was gathered around in a circle, cheering “Fight! Fight! Fight!” Once I got into a clear view of the fight, I saw Mason buckle down from a kick to side, then a final kick to the head. I rushed over to Mason, who lie clutching his side on the floor.

"Mason, can you hear me?" I pushed on his shoulder, but his arms lie limp.

I saw Jake in the crowd, and once he saw me, he started to make his way over to me. Together, we propped Mason up on the couch, and tapped his cheeks to try to get him to come to.

          His eyes barely opened, and relief washed over me. He was ok! I felt so much better now. "Mason, can you hear me?"

          "Yes," he said in a whisper.

          "Then I need you to walk with me to the car." Mason nodded.

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          He walked with his arm slung around my shoulder, and I laughed inwardly as to how jealous Natalie probably was. Ha, she wasn’t even there for him. I doubt that she even knew that he got into a fight. I couldn’t wait to see her face tomorrow at school when she found out that he got into a fight over me.

          I drove to my house on instinct, knowing that my dad wasn’t home. I had the house to myself, so I didn’t see what the harm was.

          "Here you go," I said to Mason, once I got him into my house and onto my bed.

          "Where are you going to sleep?" He mumbled his voice so quiet it was barely audible. I didn’t answer right away, and he scooted over so that there was enough room for me to sleep too.

          "Here," he whispered, indicating that he wanted me to sleep beside him.

          Normally I would have just slipped right in next to him, "But Mason..."

          "Please," He whispered, and his eyes pleaded to me. I nodded and curled into his side, and he put his arm around me

          “Are you sure?” I asked, not wanting to do something that he would regret. Usually something like this didn’t matter to me, but with Mason it was different. It wasn't like we were going to actually do anything. He smiled and closed his eyes, answering my question that he was sure, so I closed my eyes too, and fell asleep.

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          "Morning beautiful," Mason said as I awoke.

          “Mason, I just want you to know that I’m sorry. I panicked and I didn’t know where to take you, so I just took you here.” My voice was shaking and I avoided his gaze, afraid of what his reaction would be. All of it seemed so surreal. Never had I ever acted like this towards a guy. Their reactions were never something that I was afraid of.

          “Thank you,” he said sweetly.

          “I should be the one thanking you. I just feel awful. It’s all my fault,” I said, and got up and walked towards my window.

          “Alex, don’t do that to yourself. Lucas is always drunk, but usually he isn’t that bad. I couldn’t just stand there and watch him do that to you.”

          “Well you should have.”

          “What?” Mason asked, and he looked so confused. His eyes were searching for mine, but I just couldn’t look at him.

          “How do you feel?” I asked, trying to change the subject.

          “I’m fine. What did Natalie say to you when she saw you helping me?”

          “She didn’t see us. I don’t even know if she knows what happened yet.”

          “Typical,” Mason muttered under his breath, clearly pissed off at Natalie.

          “I’m driving you to school.” I said, and started to get ready.

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A/N

See this chapter was longer and more eventful! If you read any of my other stories that I'm currently updating I would appreciate if you read them and let me know if you have any ideas for what you want to happen, I'm kind of getting a little bit of writer's block, which will effect all of my stories being updated! So please help me! I will fan and dedicate and do almost anything!

~lstornelli27