Life Sucks... Sometimes

Chapter 4

***Mason's POV***

It's been barely three days since Jaykob went on his date. My mind is eating me alive. Am I jealous? Jealous of the girl? Or of him spending time with someone else? Of him having a date? What the hell does my brain want? I live with the guy for God's sake, isn't that enough?

I know what I need.

I need a girl.

To rub it in his face.

No, not to rub it in his face. Rather, to prove to myself that these stupid feelings mean absolutely jack shit. Yes, that's it.

I lay on my back in the middle of the dorm room floor, staring at the ceiling with furrowed eyebrows. Class is in 20 minutes. I better get going.

Class seems to drag on forever. My notes turned from detailed and thorough to abstract and artistic. I swear, people could use some of these doodles in their art museums.

The guy sitting in front of me is spinning his pencil on his fingers effortlessly. The girl next to me is erasing stray marks on her part of the table. Everyone seems distant today.

I stretch while listening to the professor lecture, pushing my chair away from the table a bit to check for any scuffs on my shoes just because I'm bored. To my frustration, I find myself thinking about Jayk again. Is he going to see that girl anymore? Why should I care if he does? I keep getting this feeling that I want him all to myself. But that's stupid. He's human, he's allowed to have relationships.

If that's the case, I should stop fretting so much. But I can't. Jesus fuck. Why the hell am I feeling this way?! For fuck's sake we've been best friends for years. I can't possibly be harboring feelings for him, I'm not gay or bi or anything else and neither is he. I refuse to believe any bullshit about me being jealous of that girl. I don't know what the hell is going on with me. Get it together Mace, you're better than this. God. You're fraying at the edges.

A girl. that's all I need. I look around at my classmates, trying to look for anyone half decent.

Ah, yes. Elizabeth. I smirk and get up as class ends, going straight to her. "Hey, Elizabeth, hold on."

She stops walking and looks at me, giving me a warm smile. "Whats up?" She asks.

"Um, I was wondering, if you don't mind, would you go on a date with me?" I say, pursing my lips and holding onto my books tightly. Maybe this was a bad idea. She raises an eyebrow.

"Wow, uh, yeah. Actually I'd love to." She says kindly and takes out a pen, writing something on the post it note on top of her notebook and handing the note to me. "Here's my number. Text me, I gotta run right now. We'll talk about it later, yeah?" Elizabeth smiles and waves. "Bye Mason, I'll see you." She runs off out of the room, her high, long ginger ponytail swinging behind her.

I smile to myself. That was easier than I thought.

I have a bounce in my step as I walk back to the dorms, knowing Jayk probably just left for his next class and that I'd have the dorm to myself. When I get to it, I open the door and jump onto my bed. Phone in hand, I shoot Jayk a text saying 'Got a date with that cute Elizabeth girl who's friends with Nora' to which he replies, a minute later, 'Nice, man! She's not as cute as me though.'

I chuckle and tell Jayk, 'of course not' before taking off my hoodie and shoes, flipping open a textbook, and catching up on what I zoned out for during class.

But wait, does Jayk not feel any jealousy, or whatever it was, like I did? Maybe I'm just weird.

I shake it off, satisfied because I have plans for a date now and don't have to worry about Jayk possibly having a love interest.

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I had texted Elizabeth that same day, and we ended up planning an amusement park date for the very next day. After our classes were done in the afternoon, I picked her up and drove off to an amusement park about an hour away. The car ride was rather awkward, but peaceful. We chatted on and off a couple times. 

That is, until we brought up a new horror movie coming out.

Then, we had plenty to talk about. The true story that it's based on, what should be scary about it, what they'll probably have the main characters do. Time seemed to fly once we found some common ground.

We got to the amusement park in no time, excitedly getting out. Since it was a weekday and still kind of chilly even though spring wasn't far off, there weren't a lot of people.

"Looks like the lines today won't be that long!" Elizabeth says excitedly and hurries toward the entrance.

"Hell yeah," I say with a chuckle and go after her. "I'll pay for your ticket, so you don't worry about it."

"What? are you sure? It's kind of expensive, I don't mind pa-"

I cut her off. "Nonsense. I insist."

"Oh, how very gentlemanly," she says and bows like a lady.

I laugh, amused and stunned by her bright smile. "What kind of man am I, if not a gentleman?" I loop arms with her, noticing a slight flush on her cheeks as we go buy our tickets.

The day goes by smoothly. We go on almost every ride, thanks to the extreme lack of people and plenty of time on our hands. We stay until the very last minute, just before the gates close at 7PM.

"That was awesome!" Elizabeth cheers adorably. "I haven't had that much fun in a long time!"

She hugs my arm, something she's been doing often throughout the day to keep from falling due to adrenaline, or getting lost once it started getting dark. I grin at her. She's so cute.

"Same here, school and work have been a drag. It was nice to let go of that and get our adrenaline pumping."

She nods like a bobble head. "Definitely."

"Hey, do you wanna go get dinner somewhere?" I ask and look down at her. She's about a head shorter than me, but so are most girls nowadays. I'm too tall for my own good.

"Yeah! Let's go, I don't have anything to do tonight."

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Mason's outfit is attached~