Saving My Boyfriend

Chapter 20:| Christmas Shopping Is Exhausting

Chapter Twenty: Christmas Shopping Is Exhausting

"Ugh Colby! Are we done yet!?" I groaned for like the one hundredth time we set foot in the mall.

We have been to thirteen different stores and Colby only bought from five of them.

"Oh hush up Peyton. You know I have to get Christmas presents." She mumbled while gripping on her shopping bags.

Colby didn't really have time to go Christmas shopping unlike me, which everyone's present from me is under the Christmas tree. I even got Stark a Christmas present. But also Ryan got him a present as well. Let's just hope that mine is better than Ryan's because like I said Stark loves him more than he loves me.

"Well who's gifts did you buy so far?" I asked her while she finally sat down on a bench and I sat next to her.

"Sean, Nikki, and Paulina." She said out of breath.

"What about Mason? Didn't you say you're giving him one?" I asked while opening my bag of Macaroons.

I got it from a bakery place at the food court, while Colby was shopping at Hollister getting Nikki's gift which is like three bottles of perfume.

"That's why you're here with me. Because I don't really know what to get him." She sighed while getting out her phone and showing me his text.

"Typical Mason." I chuckled while popping a mint Macaroon in my mouth.

Mason honestly isn't so picky. He could care less about what Colby gets him for Christmas. Last year she got him two tickets to the Auburn football game for last year during spring break. He of course took his dad with him.

I missed him so much that week. I hated having Spring break without him. He surprised me by taking me on a beach date the day before we went back to school.

"Well if it isn't my favorite girls." Ethan said with a chuckle.

Colby just rolled her eyes and scoffed while texting someone. Probably Sean that trouble just here.

"What is it Ethan?" I asked clearly annoyed.

"I just wanted to say hi. How's your pathetic boyfriend doing? He's probably scared that I might beat his ass again like last time." He laughed while shooting me a wink.

"Last time? What do you mean?" I asked him confused.

I mean Mason would of told me if he ever got beaten up right? That one time in the hospital. With his broken rib, he had to miss a week of football. Was that from Ethan?

"Oh well looks like you're little boyfriend is hiding something from you." Ethan faked gasped then walked away whistling.

I completely wasn't focused on him leaving. Just the fact that Mason is getting bullied too. This made me really mad.

"Hey are you okay?" Colby asked while giving my arm a shake.

I stood up and shook my head. Tears wanted to come out but I didn't let them. As if they were being punished for making me look weak.

"I have to go to Mason." I croaked. I really am trying to pull my anger together.

"Okay I'll just finish shopping after I drop you off." She said while standing up.

We got in her car, and she started to drive to Mason's house. I'm really scared that we might end up fighting so that's why it's best if I control myself so that won't happen.

Once she dropped me off I waved goodbye and carried my bag of Macaroons to Mason's front door. With a deep breath I found the spare key and opened the door.

"M-Mason?" I asked in a shaky voice man I sound weak.

"Bedroom babe." He shouted from up the stairs.

I gulped and walked up the stairs slowly while eating a couple of Macaroons before reaching his bedroom and turning the doorknob slowly.

"Um I have to tell you something." I said once I spotted my boyfriend on his laptop while sitting on his bed.

He looked up at me and pushed his laptop to the side while he opened his arms out for me.

I put my bag of delicious goodness on his dresser and then ran into his arms. And sat on his lap while he had his arms wrapped around me.

"Shhh hey what's up?" He asked while grabbing my chin with his hand and making me look up at him.

"Colby took me Christmas shopping with her. She had to get presents for her friends." I said while letting my tears flow freely.

"Keep talking babe." He said while kissing my eyelids and wiping my eyes with his thumb.

"And Ethan came up to us when we sat down for a break." I whimpered.

"What did he do? Come on sweetheart, you can tell me anything." He said while kissing my forehead.

"He said that you're probably scared that he might beat your ass again." I coughed and buried my face in the crook of his neck.

"I'm so sorry Peyton." He sighed while rubbing my back and kissing my tear stained cheek.

"Why Mason? Why didn't you tell me that Ethan was the one that beat you up that day?" I asked while pulling away from his neck and looking into his beautiful eyes.

"I didn't want to look weak in front of you. I didn't want you to think that I was a weak boyfriend." He said with a frown.

I closed my eyes and then opened them and kissed his frown away. While straddling his abdomen.

"You aren't weak okay? You're the strongest boyfriend ever. Don't you ever forget that." I said while kissing his cheeks.

"And you're the most beautiful girlfriend ever don't you forget about that." He said with a smirk.

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"My feet are killing me!!" Colby whined while walking into her bedroom.

Mason dropped me off at my house last night and then this morning Colby needed help with wrapping some presents.

So that's why I ended up here in her house, in her bedroom, on the floor surrounded by a whole bunch of wrapping paper.

"Shopping can't be that bad right? You loved it." I said while sending Mason a quick text saying love you.

"Yeah loved it. Then my feet started to hurt when I left the mall the second time." She sighed.

I just chuckled and then started to grab some wrapping paper and wrap some presents.

I got to wrap Mason's gift from her which is a big stuffed Auburn tiger wearing an Auburn football jersey. I really hope I get accepted there.

"I can't believe that you bought all of these yesterday." I said with a chuckle and we carried the wrapped presents down her stairs.

"Christmas shopping is exhausting." She whined while placing the presents under her giant tree.

One of the perks of being rich. Is having a giant Christmas tree in your living room.

I wish that I was rich.