Saving My Boyfriend

Chapter 29:| Where The Hell Is He Then?

Chapter Twenty-Nine: Where The Hell Is He Then?

I pulled into Mason's driveway. His dad is home because his car is here, and Mason's car is here, but I doubt that he'll be driving it anytime soon.

Once I got out, I walked up to his front door and rang the doorbell, Mark opened it and gestured me to go inside his home but with a frown.

"Where's Mason?" I asked.

"He's not here." He said while flashing me a broken smile.

"Where the hell is he then!?" I asked with an angry tone.

"Peyton, I have to tell you something. And you might want to sit down for this." He said while sitting on his couch and patting an empty spot that was next to him.

"Okay, what?" I asked while sitting next to him and putting my car keys on my lap with my phone.

"Mason, got sent to a mental hospital three hours away." He said while scratching the back of his neck, Amber tells me that's what men do when they're afraid of a woman's reaction to something that's on them.

"Why!?! Can I see him!!?" I asked while looking at him seriously.

"Of course you can. In about two days though." He sighed.

"Why two days!?" I asked while trying to keep my cool.

"Because it's mostly family visits right now, and it depends on what his psychiatrist says as well." He said nonchalantly.

"How long will he be there?" I asked while closing my eyes.

"As of right now, for a week." He said while patting my shoulder.

"A week? I don't think that I can handle a whole week without Mason." I breathed while looking down.

His phone then started to ring and he held his finger up and stood up and answered it.

"Ah she's with me right now. Okay I'll put her on the phone." He said while smiling at me.

I stood up and walked towards him, and he handed me the phone. I hope it's Mason.

"Hello?" I asked.

"Peyton? My love is that you?" He asked me while letting out a sigh of relief.

"Yes it's me. Mason, h-how I mean w-why would you?" I asked trying not to cry. Don't cry. You have to be a strong girlfriend right now.

"Oh Peyton! There's so much to tell you but I have so little time to talk on the phone. So I'm just going to say to you what I wanted to say." He said while taking a deep breath.

"Okay Mason, okay. I'll listen to what you have to say." I sighed while putting Mark's iPhone 6 plus close to my ear to hear Mason loud and clear.

"Peyton, there are things that I have kept secret from you. And I've been a coward and not bother to confront my girlfriend about them. Here's one of them, that creepy number that texted you the night of homecoming was Cole." He said while coughing.

"How did he get my number? And why hasn't he texted me back since that night?" I asked. I have so many more questions.

"Listen baby, just listen." He said in a soft voice.

"I'm listening, I'm sorry." I breathed while closing my eyes.

"It took me a while to find Cole, but we share a mutual friend. And I asked what his number was and when I looked at his number, they made a perfect match." He paused for a moment.

I decided not to ask any questions, I'm just going to let him talk. How long has he kept this one from me? But I of course am not saying that one out loud. So I'm just going to remain quiet.

"Now here is another one, Sean wasn't the only one that got bullied by Ethan. It was me too, but he only called me names and made fun of me. That one time when we got into a fight, when I said that I'm done with us." He paused while catching his breath.

I remember that fight. That's a fight that I almost forgot.

"He bullied me that day, and not just emotionally, he kicked my stomach and punched it to where I threw up everywhere." He said.

"Mason Davis, you got twenty more minutes left." Some lady said in the background.

"I love you Peyton." He said with such a loving voice.

"I love you too Mason." I said while smiling.

"There's one more thing I want to tell you. And you need to know. I'll tell you some more when you visit me." He said in a serious tone.

"Alright, tell me." I said mentally preparing myself.

"Times up." The same lady said. I guess she's his psychiatrist.

"Ethan and Cole are cousins." He said then he hanged up.

They're related? I then handed Mark his phone back and smiled at him then grabbed my car keys and phone then walked out of the door.

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"So they're related?" Sean asked while drinking his coke from Subways

"Yep, but why would they go after you and Mason?" I asked while taking a bite from my sub.

"Because they're jerks." Colby said while eating her big chocolate chip cookie.

"Or maybe because they have a grudge against Mason and I." He said nonchalantly.

"Why would they have a grudge against you two? What did you guys do?" I asked while sipping on my large cherry coke.

"Because I got the captain position and Ethan wanted it, while Cole wanted quarterback position but Mason got it instead. That's why Cole moved to another school, and Ethan became you know, a bully." He said while finishing his sub.

"What? That's stupid." I said while crossing my right leg over my left and started to eat my sub again.

"I know, but Cole's brother was senior quarterback when we were all in seventh grade." He said.

"For our high school?" Colby asked while wiping her mouth with a Subways napkin.

"Yeah, it's been his dream." He said with a nod.

"And what better way to get back at Mason like messing with his girlfriend. That's why Cole has been creepy to me, it's to get Mason mad." I sighed while processing everything.

"That's correct. And Ethan, well I'm not sure why he's bullying Mason." He said with a frown.

"I'll ask him once I see him." I said while eating the last of my sub.

"Alright, so now ladies that's the truth on my part about the whole Ethan and Cole problem." He said while crumbling up his trash.

"So you never figured that they were related?" Colby asked.

"Nope. I just thought that they were friends that's all." He said while standing up.

My phone then buzzed. And I looked down at the screen. It was a text from Meghan.

Meghan: You can see him tomorrow

I smiled at the screen like an idiot and then texted her back a thank you.