If Only - Mason Mount Story

Twenty Three.

      LaceyLou_x
The wig was that vibey I took a few selfies ;)

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Username1928- how exactly does she know Mason?!
Username18272 - is she the girl what was shopping before the Euros?
Sasha_rebecca - you make me want purple hair!
LaceyLou_x - do it, I dare youuuu

"Let's talk then" Jack states, as Lacey slides her seatbelt on and let's out loud groan. "Why does everyone all of sudden want to fucking talk?" Lacey mutters, pulling the plait out of her hair, and running her fingers to through the slightly curly hair. "I'm going to assume the language is the alcohol" Jack chuckles, as Lacey shoots him a glare. "You can't swear, you're too young" Jack continues, as Lacey rolls her eyes. "And just when I thought you'd be the new favourite" Lacey mumbled, as Jack continued to chuckle at the younger girl, the brummie accent coming into play. "Nah, seriously what's going on" Jack asks, his playful tone disappearing and the serious tone coming out. "I don't know anymore, like I'm not saying that because you're one of the lads, like I fully love you all, I enjoy spending time with each of you, none more than the other, but everything's complicated" Lacey whispers, her eyes focusing on the lights of the cars that are buzzing past them, Jack seemed like he was driving slow, but in reality, it was the conversation they were having that made everything go slower around them. "The complicated situation being that you've been fucking Mason" Jack states, it wasn't asked as question, and there's wasn't much need to deny it, it felt like everyone knew what was happening behind the scenes from the looks that everyone gave each other when Lacey and Mason walked into a room together. "There's nothing wrong with fucking each other, if that's what you both want then that's fine" Jack states, his voice still deadly serious. "But what if it's not?" Lacey questioned, her eyes finally looking over at Jack. "Then that's fine too, look youre both young adults, you're both going to make mistakes, you're both going to break hearts in the future, there's no point hiding away from it all" Jack states, giving Lacey a small smile. "The thing is, god, it's hard to explain ain't it" Jack chuckled, slowing the car down for the red light.

"You think everything's fine until you think you've caught feelings, or your crushing on the person you've been sleeping with" Jack starts, his eyes looking over at Lacey briefly before the light goes to green and he pulls off. "But have you actually had this conversation with Mase? Or are you both just avoiding it because all Mase did was talk about you nonstop, I fully thought Chilly was gonna deck him at one point" Jack laughed his infectious laugh, causing Lacey to smile. "It's going to be awkward, you're both fine behind closed doors, your both fine over the phone, but when you sit down at dinner with friends who are all in relationships might I add, it's hard to be just friends around relationships, let alone try and not give it away that you're fucking someone at the table" Jack states, pausing slightly to think about his choice of words. "Basically what I'm saying is, you need to talk it out, be adult about it, there's no point crying over spilt milk, ya get me?" Jack questioned, as Lacey nodded her head, thinking she had took Jacks whirlwind of advice in. "You're saying that although me and Mase have fucked, it's okay to be awkward around your friends, even though they all know what you've been doing" Lacey states as Jack groans, shakes his head and laughs.

"No, I'm saying one you need to talk to Mason, second, it's okay to catch feelings, three, we all know you're fucking each other, four, you need to just get together" Jack states with a smile, as Lacey shakes her head. "I'm not ready for a relationship" Lacey whispers, playing with her hands. "And that's also fine, but you still need to talk to Mason" Jack states, as Lacey nods her head. "I know I do, and maybe I've been really petty towards him" Lacey whispers, as they pull up at Lacey's apartment.

Jack tuned the engine off and turned to face Lacey. "Maybe, but at the end of the day you have the worst track record with men, and I can tell you hand on heart that Mason is not like Levi, he will not hurt you, not intentionally, not now, not ever" Jack states, putting his hand on Lacey's leg in a comforting way. "I know it's shit, but just hear him out" Jack says, "plus, we need to have a good night tomorrow, we all go back to Premier Games in two weeks, so our chances of being able to do this everyday is going to be limited" Jack reminds Lacey, not that Lacey had even thought about this ever coming to an end.

"You're right Jacky" Lacey smiles, leaning over and giving him a hug. "That makes a change, Sash always tells me how wrong I am" Jack laughs, as Lacey smiles. "Thank you, for everything" Lacey smiles.

Lacey exits the car, and walks into the apartment, giving Jack a quick wave to let him know that she was in the apartment and it was fine. Lacey kicks her shoes off, and walks over to the sofa, sitting down and taking her phone out of her pocket, her finger hovering over Masons name.

Lacey debated whether or not now was the right time to try and put things right, or whether it was worth waiting till the morning, but Lacey was someone who couldn't go to sleep with thoughts like this in her head, it was only 8pm, and for anybody that was a little too early to get into bed and try to even contemplate sleep.

Laces:
Are you busy?

Lacey sighs, placing her phone down in her lap, looking across the room, feeling how empty her house was.
As Lacey stands up from the sofa, finally giving in to her self debate about going to bed, her phone rings.

Masey wants to FaceTime.