Friends, lovers... and an orange

Chapter 22

"Mase... Mason, can you... you... urgh."

"What the fuck, Adele? You just pushed me out of the bed!" he complained, trying to untangle the sheets from his legs.

"It's what you deserve after almost making me fall like a hundred times in the past two hours with all your fidgeting" she shrugged.

"What?"

"You haven't stopped moving since we got in bed. What is going on with you?"

"Nothing" he said, laying down again next to her.

"Oh, c'mon, Mase. Is it because of the shoot? Are you nervous about working together?"

"I love working with you, Addie. No one makes me feel more relaxed in front of a camera than you do."

"Then?" she asked.

"It's... everything else about your crazy plan. What if something goes wrong? What if I can't keep avoiding meeting with my agency to talk about my contract? What if they find out about..."

"Mason" Adele said, cupping his face and forcing him to look at her. "Everything is gonna be ok. Our plan will work out, your agency won't find out, and you will be free."

"How can you be so sure?"

"I came up with the plan, didn't I? It is perfect" she smiled. "Jokes aside, if we don't believe it will work out, it won't. We have to stay positive."

"Easier said than done" he sighed.

"Lucky you, you have me to kick you out of bed every time you start doubting."

"Yeah, nice way to treat your boyfriend" he said, trying really hard to not smile but once again being betrayed by his dimple. "What if I injure myself, uh? Then what?" he said, tickling her.

"Then we'll call your mum so she can take care of you. You are like the worst patient ever."

"I beg your pardon?"

"Mason!" Adele laughed when he tickled her again, making her move on the bed. "You know you are, everyone says it."

"Poppycock" he said.

"The truth!" she laughed again when he tickled her, moving to escape from his reach. What Adele hadn't realized, though, is that she was closer to the end of the bed than she thought. "Oh, shit!"

"Adele!" Mason said, trying to catch her before she fell. "Addie, are you alright? Addie... Why are you laughing?"

"I just..." she said, cutting herself mid sentence and starting to laugh again.

"Addie, are you sure you didn't hit your head when you fell?" he chuckled.

"Oh, shut up!"

"Do you need help getting up?"

"I actually do" she said, taking the hand Mason was offering her.

"Adele!" he said when she pulled him towards her and made him fall again, this time landing on top of her. "Are you mad?"

"Madly in love with you, yes" she smiled, wrapping her arms around his neck.

"Going cheesy won't make me forget that you've pushed me out of the bed. Twice."

"I see... and if I do this?" she asked before kissing him.

"Nope. Nothing."

"Umm..."

"Biting your lip won't help either."

"What?" she chuckled.

"You do it sometimes when you think. You bite your lip, and it drives me crazy."