Beautifully Dark

Chapter 1:

"Kiss me like you wanna be loved... Wanna be loved.. Wanna be loved." My phone rang. I reached over and grabbed it, Ed Sheeran still playing. "No Mackenzie! Keep it playing, I like this song!" My best friend, Jaedyn said. I grinned. The blond haired girl sat up from her bed in my room. We practically lived together, as our families we're close friends. 

I laughed and jumped up. "Come on! We have to get ready if we want to get to the concert in time!" I said jumping out of my bed and pulling her out of hers, which resulted in us both landing on the floor. Mason, my son, came running up the stairs. He was two, as I was finally 18. His father had left me once he found out I was pregnant. I didn't let anyone know that he was my son, I told them he was my little brother. 

"Mommy!" he shrieked. I smiled and flicked my hair out of my eyes. I dyed parts of it blue, and the rest of it black. I hated my natural blond hair. It reminded my of my father, who was abusive. My mother finally divorced him when I was 8. 

"Mason!" Jaedyn and I said at the same time. We started laughing as my son made his way to me. "Come here bubba!" I reached my arms out and grabbed him. He giggled and played with my hair, as he always did when I held him. 

Soon, I heard my mother coming up the stairs. "Hurry! Hide from Meme!" Mason laughed. He jumped up, brown hair flying everywhere. He crawled under Jaedyn's bed and laid there, giving us the "be quiet" sign. We laughed and got up, hoping not to give baby Mason away.

My mom appeared at the doorway. "Have you seen Mason?" she asked us. Jaedyn giggled, but quickly recovered. She was a terrible liar! My mom smirked. "Okay... I guess he's not in here...' she slowly started to walk away. Mason started to come out from under the bed, when she came back and snatched him up. "Mommy!" he shrieked. I laughed and pulled my blanket back on my blue bed. It blended in well.

As they walked away, I looked at my best friend. "How on earth are we going to get to that concert?" I asked her. We were going to sneak in, and we had no ride. She looked at me and grinned. Jaedyn had a plan.

She grabbed her cell phone and started dialing. "Who are you calling?" I asked her. She put her index finger up, telling me to wait. I threw my hands in the air and turned to our closet. We were the same size, so that meant we shared clothes! It sometimes got annoying, but we lived with it. I pulled out a pink t-shirt and black skinny jeans. I knew the shirt was a little short, so it was going to show off a little of my tummy. I had lost all of my baby, which people who knew about Mason told me I was lucky. I had gotten back to my size.

Jaedyn was a major fan girl. She constantly talked about One Direction, and all the other British artists. I really only liked two people out of the whole entire group, and that was Niall and Louis. Louis just made me melt. Jaedyn always laughed at me. She was in love with Liam and Harry. I had already ruled out that Zayn would be my best friend if it were ever possible. Our parents made fun of us for it too. 

I hurried and changed into what I was wearing. The t-shirt was really tight. Okay, I hadn't lost all of the weight, but almost all of it. I slipped on a black jacket and went back to my room. "What do you think?" I asked Jaedyn as she hung up.  She turned and gave me a thumbs up. Either she liked my outfit, or we had a ride!

"I love it! Guess what else happened?" she asked happily. I looked at her confused, and she continued. "We have a ride!! I got your ex boyfriend to give me a ride, now all we have to do is g-" 

"Wait what?! Which one are you talking about?" I asked her, crossing my arms. If it's Josh so help me god... I thought.

"Josh of course!" Jaedyn grinned. "I knew you still had feelings for him too!" I looked at her and sighed. I'd have to get over it. I nodded to let her know it was okay, and fell backwards on my bed. "You okay?"

I nod again. "Yeah... He just... He hurt me once. Got me pregnant, and then left." Jaedyn sighed and sat next to me. 

"I understand Mackenzie.. I have something to tell you.." I looked at her with a serious face. "I'm dating Josh."