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"MASON?" EMILY stretched out to the other side of the bed where he's supposed to be. But she felt nothing. Emily raised her head, "Huh?"
As she raised her head off of the pillow and sat up, she realized Mason is gone. Emily assumed he's in the kitchen so she got off of the bed and walked downstairs. She looked in the living room first, no Mason. Then she looked in the kitchen, no Mason.
He's maybe in the backyard, she thought. As she opened the sliding door to the backyard, she walked out but still couldn't find Mason. Where is he?
Emily walked back inside and closed the sliding glass door, walking back to his room for her phone.
She sat on the bed, grabbing her phone off of the charger and turning it on. She dialed Mason's phone number. As it rang, she sat there nervous. She's worried. She put the phone to her ear. Finally, it picked up.
"Hey, Mason where are you?" Emily asked nervously. She expected to be Mason's voice, but it wasn't.
"Who's this?" A girl said with an attitude.
Emily's eyes widened, "I- I'm Emily." She breathed with a hand gripping the bottom of her skirt as a way to comfort her, "Mason's friend."
The girl on the phone scoffed, "Of course, your the blonde bitch who tried to take my man."
"What?" Emily was taken back by the sudden attitude, "I'm sorry, who's this?"
"Ari. You know me. The girl from the carnvial." Ari smirked on the other line, putting a hand on her hip.
"Oh." Emily gasped, immediately taking the phone from her ear and hanging up. She set down the phone next to her, staring in front of her as tears dropped from her eyes and onto her legs. Heartbroken.
She couldn't believe it, Mason is really at another house with the girl that's practically better than her. She's so pretty, she's very famous. She's known in the actor world. Especially from her parents and the movies/shows she's been in. Emily gets jealous by how filthy rich Ari is. Emily is just a normal blonde headed girl who met Mason while ordering a Starbucks drink.
Emily whipped the tears from her eyes and grabbed her phone, storming out of the room and down the stairs, leaving Mason's house and calling a Uber home.
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ARI SCOFFED, bringing the phone away from her ear and rolling her eyes. She chuckled and set down the phone beside Mason as he peacefully slept on her bed.
Ari looked over to him with a warm smile. She just wanted to hug him and kiss him.
Ari walked to the other side of the bed, getting in and also covering herself with the sheets. Ari turned around, facing Mason's back. She got closer to him, hugging him from behind and closing her eyes. She missed this. She missed hugging him and cuddling. She just wanted him to herself and tell Emily to fuck off.
Mason hummed, opening his eyes and feeling Ari's touch on him. He grinned and turned around, facing Aris beautiful face. She looked like she was asleep, but she wasn't.
Mason touched her cheek, making Ari slowly open her eyes with a smile. "Good morning," She said while looking into Mason's eyes.
"Good morning," He said back.
"How was your sleep?" She asked.
"Amazing. Especially when I'm with you." He carresed her cheek with his thumb.
"Oh, stop it." She chuckled, playfully rolling her eyes. When she stopped they both looked at each other for a moment.
Mason looked at her eyes and moved to her lips. Ari noticed, but she didn't stop it. Mason's moved forward to her lips, but Air stopped him with a single finger keeping their lips apart. She pushed him slightly away.
"What's wrong?" He asked with concern. Ari sighed, "I'm not gonna kiss you like everything is fine. You know, Emily called you and I picked up. She wanted to know where you were. Why did she sleep over at your house? And you just left her to be with me. That's such a dick move, Mason. Now, would you like it if you were at my house and I just left you to go see another boy. How would you feel?"
Mason felt embarrassed and disappointed in himself. Why is he acting like this?
"I would feel angry and betrayed. Like I just got played."
"Exactly. That's how I think she would feel." Ari moved closer to him, "Think about what you're doing, Mason." Ari kissed his cheek, pulling away from his arms and getting off of the bed.
She stood up, "What do you want for breakfast? I can make some, or we can order."
"Can I come with while you make it?" Mason asked, still on his side and looking up at Ari.
"No, I want you to realize what you've been doing. Also, I want you to make up a plan to say sorry to Emily." Ari turned around and walked out of the room.
"Wait!" Mason yelled as he sat up.
Ari turned around, "Yes?"
"I love you." He said, waiting for her to say it back.
"I love you too." She said with a smile as she turned around. Once she left the room, Mason fell back onto the bed with a smile growing on his face.
