The Bully's Secret

Chapter 6-Date Night

I woke up knowing immediately what I woke up for on a Saturday. It was my date with Mason! I wanted to get up 3 hours earlier then usual so I have time to shower, choose clothes, and watch a movie. I took a shower first, just thinking about how this date could go. It seems like he spent a lot of time planning this so I really hope it goes well. After a 20 minute shower, I got out of the shower, made sure to style my hair better than usual. Then I went to get dressed. You're not supposed to wear fancy clothes on the first date, right? Or is it the opposite? I'm just gonna wear some jeans and my yellow hoodie. This is the best hoodie I have so hopefully it's okay. I looked down at my watch. I still have 2 hours. Maybe I shouldn't have gotten up so early. But it does give me time to watch some TV. 

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I looked down at my watch and it was 3:45, perfect. I grabbed my white Vans that were only for special occasions, and headed down the street. Once I got to their house I knocked on the door. Jake answered looking confused. "What are you doing here?" "Can't a guy come hang out with his best friend on a Saturday?" He laughed then let me in. We sat on the couch. " So, why are you so dressed up? I know you only wear those Vans on special occasions." "Oh um I.." Before I could finish I spotted Mason coming down the stairs. He was wearing a black beanie with his black leather jacket on and black ripped jeans. He looked so good. Once he got down the stairs our eyes met. We both just looked into each other's eyes. I couldn't even tell I was blushing. Both of us were. "Why are you blushing?" He looked behind him. "Oh don't worry- wait are you blushing too?" Mason gave a confirming nod, which could only mean on thing. "Um Jake, I have something to tell you. "Okay." "Me and Mason are... Dating." He looked as if he was shot by a bullet. "What!!" "What do you mean." Mason turned my face and kissed me on the lips. "I'm taking him out on a date. "Shane is he forcing you to do this or something?" "No. We're actually going on a date." I grabbed his hand and held it. "It sort of happened when you were gone." Jake looked confused. "O-Okay, have a good date I guess?" We looked at each other. "Ready?" He got up while still holding my hand. "Yeah." I got up and we started walking to the door. "I'll talk to you later Jake." "O-Okay." We got in Mason's car and drove off to the first place.

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"Can you not at least give me one hint?" "Nope. You're gonna have to wait and see. You look amazing by the way. Way cuter than usual." We haven't even gotten to the place yet and he's making me blush already? "Thanks. You look way hotter than usual as well." I could see that he was starting to blush. "I tried only for you." We drove all the way downtown. He drove into a parking lot of a dark building, with colorful lights inside. A karaoke bar? "You took me to a karaoke bar? How did you know?" " Just figured it would be your thing. We walked in holding hands and got our wrist bands.  We sat down at a table and watched a few performances. "We're next." I stood up. "Well what are you waiting for Mr. Stone Cold." I held out my hand. He looked at me with a smirk and we went on stage. They didn't have many selections so I guess they just opened up. We decided to do Levitating by Dua Lipa. We decided on what verses we were gonna sing, and that we would sing the chorus together. I was gonna be an octave higher than him. Both sang and I think we did alright. Turns out we got a 97%!" After the song everyone clapped for us. But what I wasn't expecting was for Mason to pull me in and give me a full on kiss on stage. We walked back to our table and talked about our singing "Wow! you did amazing! I knew this was the right thing to choose!" "You did great too! I didn't know you could sing so well!" We watched a little more performances then headed off to the next location.

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We were talking and listening to music on the way. Just a little farther down the street was a pizza restaurant. Mason pulled into the parking lot and went on his phone. "This might just look like a pizza place, but they have separated covered booths for couples so I know we had to come here!" "Sound awesome!" We got out and went inside. He requested a couples booth,to which the nice lady said we made a very cute couple. I don't know why but that made me blush so hard. She told just to go down that hallway and into one of the booths and she would be with us shortly. "This place is nice." "Yeah! I saw it online and they have amazing ratings so I just knew we had to go here. Plus it just down the road from the other place." The nice lady came back to take our drink orders and we were ready to order already so she took our orders. We decided to get a big pepperoni pizza so if we didn't eat it all we would both have leftovers. We talked about school and our personal life at home. "So I've never seen your parents. If you don't mind me asking, where are they? If you don't want to answer you don't have to." "They left on my Sophomore year. My dad is in the military and of all the shitty places we have went, he was told to go to Japan. When they told me I was so excited, but they said I would be staying here at home alone. And they left without even saying goodbye." I could feel myself starting to tear up. "I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have asked." "No it's okay. I'm glad I could get that off of my chest." "Hey! If you moved you never would've met me! Which now that I think about it that would probably be a good thing." "Well It's worked out now. I'm happier than ever and I probably would've gotten bullied there too. I can't really stand up for myself." He held both of my hands above the table. "When you're with me, I promise I won't let anyone hurt you." "Thank you." The food got here and we started eating. This was probably the best pizza I've ever tasted. I only had one slice because I wasn't really hungry. "Is it just me or is this the best pizza I've ever tasted!" "I see what you mean!  I'm glad you took me here." "No problem." The lady came back and laid the bill down on the counter. "I call paying!" I snatched the checkbook and slipped my card in there. "What? I can't make you pay! I'm taking you out on a date!" "You already paid for karaoke so I'm paying for this." "You don't have to pay." "Too bad the waitress is already here!" I handed her the checkbook. "Ugh. No fair. I should've paid. I just feel bad now." "Don't feel bad! I wanted to pay!" "If you say so." She came back and told us to have a nice day. I grabbed my card and we got in the car and headed home. Today was amazing. It went like a dream. I-I think I'm in love with him. He's so cool, way cooler than I will ever be. And the fact that he did this all for me is amazing. I think Senior year is gonna be the best year ever.