yours and mine - mason mount

twenty-four

"This is so exciting Ella. you don't know how long I've been dreaming and hoping one day you would say that" he places his forehead against mine smiling uncontrollably. "It's been too long without you." I replied, making him nod. "Indeed it has, I'm just glad you're giving me a second chance to be a better man in our relationship again" his big hands grip my hips pulling me towards him.

"I've missed this, I've missed you..." his face moves down to my ear whispering. "I've missed your smile, hands, I've missed the way you look at me, I missed everything" his lips gaze down my earlobe to my neck sucking it slightly making me inhale deeply. "Ella look at me." His voice is gentle but demanding, I waste no time locking with his gorgeous brown eyes.

"I love you, thank you for this. I mean it" instead of responding I kiss him again making him groan. "Just be patient with me okay? I love you too but what if-'' he sushes me placing his index finger on my lips. "Don't worry about the what-ifs, it's just me and you know, and Luka" when he says our son's name my mood changes.

Fuck. How do I explain this? He notices and his face is now drawn in inspecting it. "What's wrong? Tell me. This is how we fix things right?" I nod, "I know it's just you mentioned Luka and-"

"I only mentioned him because he's an important factor in your daily life now. I can't help but bare seeing you do this alone. You don't deserve that, you suffered enough with me, but I don't want you raising him alone."

'But you should be, you're his dad Mason' I wanted to scream but only thought. "The person who did this-" he stops. I can tell he's angry but doesn't want to show it. "He's an asshole, anyone would be lucky to have you. Baby, I know we're taking things slowly but I want to be a part of his life..." he says unsure, making me at ease.

Chloe. Why does she always pop into my mind? God, I hate her, I hate her. I hate what she's done to us, to me and my son. How does someone even think of doing that? "I don't know Mason. It's too risky and dangerous" I say, making him upset.

"Why? Just why?" he rushed over to me and locked our hands together. "What gonna happen? We're agreeing to work things out...". His voice filled with concern and rage. "I know we are, trust me I know but to make things work out we have to keep things on the low for now. I can't risk losing ou-, my son, or you. I'm afraid to lose you again" holy shit I almost said our son, be more careful Ella!

Images flash into my head of one day not being next to Luka. That would be more painful than birth. "And I'm afraid to lose you. But I'm promising you right now that nothing is gonna happen on my watch. I'll protect you and him even if you're capable of doing it yourself." His words make me cry. He wipes my tears and kisses my forehead. "No more crying, were in this together"

I laugh and nod, "we're endgame remember?" I recall his words, making his eyes sparkle moving left to right as if I had two heads. "Yes, baby. We're endgame" he kisses me once again before going downstairs.

We join now the happy couple who plays with Luka, me and Mason pretend to be monsters making him scream before running behind kai. I pick him up and he immediately cuddles into my neck. Mason steps behind me giving him his bottle and rubbing his hair gently.

"He adores you Ella." Luka suddenly points at him, asking to be with Mason rather than me. He accepts sitting on the couch cuddling him so he falls asleep. The skin-to-skin method makes Luka sleepy. I snap a photo saving it for later.

Me and Mason talk a bit more before the German couple joins us. We all laugh and spend time together as we did earlier.

Later that night when I'm at my apartment I receive a text from Mason. Making me confused about when the hell he took this.