My Broken YOU

The Heart Break

The light from the sun beaming into my dorm room becomes my morning alarm. I raise my hand, blocking it while feeling a heaviness on my chest.

"What time is it?" I question, fighting to get the words out. "I don't want to move..."

"Go back to sleep!" Mason mumbles, his words vibrating my chest. "It's still early."

Did he sleep on me all night like this? His head is on my chest? This couldn't get any better. He's sleeping with me in my bed, which is the one thing he said he'd never do. This is the moment I crave more than anything. He's made me addicted to other cravings, but this is the craving I indulge in the most.

His hand slides up my naked stomach as he groans. "Don't want to wake up yet!" He complains fighting to open his eyes. He groans with seduction from the back of his throat. "But waking up like this is nice...very nice."

I run my fingers through his hair. "And I love you too."

His tired and still mostly closed eyes gaze into mine, reminding me that no matter how much time passes by our love is only growing stronger. He gently rubs the side of his head against my chest. "Last night was..."

"Unforgettable!" I interrupt him with a seductive and pleasurable tone as my mind goes back to him flipping me over on my stomach, teaching me new things that I didn't know were possible last night. "Whatever you did with your tongue."

"Woah!" Ava says as the door swings open. "According to the floor, your bed, and the lack of clothes on either one of you, it's obvious what you two did last night."

"I know that smell!" Brayden chuckles as he walks in behind her. "You two must have had one wild night! Congrats bro!"

"Congrats?" Mason questions with a tilt of his head and confusion growing. "Thanks, I think? What are you two up to?"

Ava carefully creeps into the bathroom. "I'm not going to find a used condom in the bathroom garbage again, am I?" 

"Didn't use one!" I admit while slowly turning my body and forcing myself to wake up. "I'm on birth control."

"You might be!" She says while her mothering tone is already becoming evident. "But that doesn't mean you shouldn't use a condom. Birth control has been known to not be effective at all in some cases!"

"Yes, mother!" I mumble under my breath like a scorned child. 

I glance at my phone and...shit! "Babe, we overslept by like two hours."

"What time is it?" He asks while trying to look over my body at my phone. "Nine-thirty? We did sleep in, but we also had a long night!"

"Thirty minutes?" Brayden asks, shooting his fingers like fake guns at us.

"No," Mason argues, sliding his shirt over his head. "You'd be disappointed if I even began to discuss how our night was."

Brayden looks disappointed as his eyes move from Mason and back to me. "Well, Ava and I had a long night too!" He adds with pride.

"No, we didn't!" Ava argues as she walks out of the bathroom with her makeup case. "And something tells me just by the look of our dorm room, I wouldn't have slept last night."

"Do you want the truth, Brayden?" Mason gleams with pride, knowing he's going to put Brayden to shame. "We started at nine and finished at three."

"Six hours!" Ava looks at me like she's concerned or worried. "Are you going to be able to walk today?"

My mind wanders back to last night and when Mason taught me new things. "Yes, mother!" I smile and slide my hand between the blanket and Mason. "It wasn't all at once."

"And you idiots didn't use a condom?" She argues. "I'd recommend getting the morning-after pill."

I look down at my phone again, this time realizing the many missed calls from my mom. "My mom called me six times? In the last few hours?"

Mason looks at me with a look of concern. Ava steps closer to me and even Brayden looks a bit nervous. I shake my head and smile. "Probably just dad gearing up for his surgery and wanted to talk to me."

The phone rings as I turn on the loudspeaker. I look around the room at the three of them. They all look as curious as I feel. The phone rings again. "Six calls are a lot," Ava admits and sits on the bed next to me and Mason.

It goes to voicemail, forcing me to start to wonder and become nervous. "I'm sure it's nothing!" I say, reassuring myself my mother and father are fine.

"Yeah!" Mason agrees, sliding his hand gently down my arm. "She was probably just wanting you to talk to him before the surgery. Most parents want to hear from their kids before they go in for surgery."

I call the phone again. It rings and my stomach begins to twist, knowing something is wrong. But I'm still denying it. There's no way that anything can be wrong. I don't believe it! 

"Maybe she's outside in her garden," I explain, looking at Mason with worry waving in me.

The phone rings and finally, there's the sound of someone answering it. "Hello? Mom? Are you there?"

"Maddy?" Mom's voice says, sounding off and almost grim. "Baby girl."

"Mom?" I question, growing anxious and confused. "What's wrong? Why are you calling me that? You rarely call me Maddy unless..."

"It's your father, Maddy." She softly says, her tone growing quieter. "Here Jack, take the phone! I can't talk!"

"Madison?" My uncle Jack's voice calls out. "Hey, sweetheart! I'm so sorry to be the one to tell you this."

My body feels faint and my heart pounds in my chest. "Tell me what. Uncle Jack? What do you need to tell me? Why can't mom tell me?"

He sighs. 

"Uncle Jack!" I roar in fear and anger. "Tell me!"

"It's your father, Madison." Uncle Jack pauses... "He passed away in his sleep last night."