(Mason's POV)
I impatiently sat on the couch in the living room waiting for Eren and Alaska to come back. "Where the hell are those two.." I checked my watch, then I checked the time on my phone, then the clock above the door to the screen porch. And then finally, I hear the sound of satisfaction. The doorbell. I basically sprint to the door, tripping multiple times, then swing it open. But it wasn't Alaska and Eren. It was Alaska, Eren, Colton, and Zack. To be more specific, Colton and Zack in their pajamas with backpacks with them. I give them a sweet smile and slowly pull in Alaska and Eren while saying, "eheh uh one second please yeah thank you," then slamming the door behind them. I look at them for a second. Then the second turns into a minute. And after that minute I yell, "WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY DOING HERE IN PAJAMAS AND STRANGELY LARGE BACKPACKS." They did nothing, and they said nothing. But Alaska smiled at me and said, "They're sleeping over for the rest of the weekend. Their parents just called and told them to stay here. Something about an emergency trip to their aunts house." The rage level rose inside of me, but I had no choice but to let them in since they have parental permission. As the girls ran upstairs to change, I slowly opened the door to see the two boys standing awkwardly outside, waiting. I stood off the the side and held an arm out gesturing them inside. "Welcome to our house, you hoes."
Later that night, we were all upstairs in Alaskas room sitting on her bed telling stories to each other. "Okay what story should I tell," I said. They thought for a moment, but before anyone could say anything, Eren said, "you should tell is the story of the three of us."
"But they already know."
"But they've only heard a summary. Not the full story."
"Alright alright," I cleared my throat and began the story. The story of the three of us. "It all started when one day, Alaska posted something on her Instagram account. It said something about wanting to make a squad, or a group of friends basically. Eren commented saying that she can just join their squad. I was in that squad too. But then later that night, Eren got upset. She was really depressed and Alaska and I were there to help her. The day we all met was November 27th, 2015. We couldn't exactly help her fix the problem, but we talked to her and made her feel better. Somehow the three of us decided that we were going to be internet siblings and be siblings for the rest of our life. The three of us all lived in different states. Me in Cali, Eren in Arkansas, then to Arizona, and Alaska in Florida. We grew up together on the Internet. We grew up taking care of each other and helping each other through our problems. And I still remember how we named our first group chat together 'The Hoes' with a heart in front of 'The' and another one after 'Hoes'. Then last year I decided to move out of my house to Florida. My house where my grandma took care of me my entire life. Erens family left her. They abandoned her. And I was old enough to adopt her as a guardian, so I did. And Alaskas parents were looking for a babysitter and I heard that they were near my new house, so I drove two hours just to see her and take her in for five months. When her parents returned they saw how attached we all were to each other, so they let her stay here. And they visit almost every Sunday so it all works out. That's it. That's our story. And the end of the of this story, was the best happy ending I've ever heard of in my 21 years of living. The end of our beginning. I'm thankful for it."
(Alaskas POV)
Around four in the morning, everyone fell asleep watching a 'Friends' marathon. All of us got up to season three before the first person fell asleep. Then one by one everyone was asleep. Except for Zack and I. Eren passed out on top of Colton on the couch, and Mason passed out on the other couch. In contrast to the passed out beings in my living room, Zack and I were outside laying in the middle of the road wide awake. No cars have passed since 3:52 AM. Zack moved closer to me so the he was right next to me and laced his fingers with mine. I was laying on my side looking at the house in front of me. And Zack was laying on his side holding my hand and his head in the crook of my neck. "Alaska..." He said quietly, "I'm bored." I turned on to my other side to look at him. "Zack..." I whispered.
"Yes?"
"Do you really love me?"
"Of course I do." I looked at him. And he looked at me. And I smiled at him. And he pressed his lips against my cheek as I felt the smile form on his lips. And that's how I found my one and only. Correction, and that's how I thought I found my one and only. The beginnings of my love life was starting. But I never thought the end of the beginning would come.
