Imperfectly Perfect

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Sorry I havent posted in a few days, I've been a little busy ;)

So chapters are gonna be a little shorter. I find it to hard write about 3000 words so I'm just gonna be writing about 2000.
Sorryyyyy 🌷

The next few days I kept out of touch with Mason and Lilac, I didn't want to intrude on their time together.
Or I was jealous that they were getting on with each other...but that's not the point.

I woke up on Monday thinking I had the whole summer to sort myself out. I got up and put some joggers on, washed my face and went downstairs to find my precious family making bacon and eggs.
"Sit down Ruby. We have something to tell you. " Dad said, taking the eggs off the stove.
He didn't look concerned, just excited.
"This summer we're going to Greece!"

Oh.

"YAYAYAYAYAYYYAY!" Kai screamed.
Jordan was on her phone. Typical, though she did put her head up and nod.
"When?" She droned.
"Wednesday, so get packing." Mum said, taking a sip of her tea.

"What?!" I cried, standing up. "You can't just spring this on us!"
"Sorry darling we thought we would surprise you..." Dad put an arm around me but I pushed it off.
"No! I don't wanna go!"

We've gone to Greece before, a few years ago, but I wanted to have the summer to myself. To sort things out.

"Don't talk you to your father like that. You are coming and that's final."
"I don't wanna go!!!" I cried.

"Maybe she can stay here. Just this once?" Dad pleaded. I think he wanted some space away from his annoying confused 15 year old daughter.
Mum tapped her fingers on the counter and sighed.
"Fine. Only this once. "

To be honest I was very surprised. She usually let's me do what I want but when it comes to holidays it's her choice with everything. For Spring break we went to Costa Rica, Christmas to Spain, and Summer we went to Bora Bora.
Don't get me wrong, they were all amazing, utterly beautiful, but Mum always made a schedule of what we would do each day and having no time to yourself over the course of 3 weeks...doesn't always work out.

"Um if she's staying, I'm staying." Jordan whined. Now this I wasn't surprised by. She was probably worried there wasn't strong enough WiFi for her to refresh Snapchat every 4 seconds.

"Oh for gods sake fine. I'm not impressed. "Mum took her tea and went upstairs.
Jordan high-fived me and we ate our breakfast.

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Later that day I helped Kai pack for his trip.
It was tiring and hard, taking out every single Power-Rangers toy he put into his suitcase. Then there were the Mario plushies and the HotWheel cars...it got very confusing.

If you're wondering why I said no to a free trip to one of the most beautiful countrys in the world it's because-
Actually I don't really know. I mean, it's the whole 'Mum making plans for every step of the way' but it would also be an amazing experience, right?
Ugh, I just want 8 weeks of peace and quiet to myself. Well, with Jordan.
I guess it wld be nice to have some quality time with her, we don't really get to talk much.

Once I had finished helping Kai, he ran off crying to mum screaming that I was being mean and not letting him pack anything.
I stood up and walked out of his room. My phone buzzed in my sweatpants pocket and I brought it out.
It was a text from Mason.

Masie

Listen. I'm sorry if I've upset you I have no idea what I've done. We keep offering to hang other with you and you're coming up with shitty excuses. Please tell me. X

Reply

It's not you. My family have decided to take a surprise vacation to Greece for half of the summer and I really don't want to go.
I have to baby sit Kai a lot so I can't hang out but I want to.
I'm free maybe Friday but idk x

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I needed to come out of my shell and at least tell Mason I was jealous. Wait was I jealous? I don't think I even knew I was.
I'd never felt this way before and I was so confused.

Mason and I had known each other for years and years. We used to go to the park together when we were about 7. We would have picnics and play with action figures. Well he would play with Barbies but you know...
Now we love the same band, and have the best friendship in the history on 15 year olds.  
And he's known Lilac for what? A couple days? And they are already hanging out everyday and laughing endlessly. Not saying there is anything wrong with Lilac, she seems like a really nice person, and plus she loves the band we love so that's like plus 100 points for her, but I found it unfair that-

Wait. Why did I find it unfair? They didn't leave me out, they asked me if I want to go with them...
I was being petty and Jealous for no frickin reason. I said no every time because I felt like I was being left out, but I was leaving myself out.

I kept saying no when I should have said yes. I'd been worrying about nothing this entire time. Damn. I'm a f*cking mess.

I laughed out loud, I was relieved. I want to hang out with them. I picked up my phone and went over to my balcony.  As I dialed Masons number, I heard someone laughing down the street. I looked down and saw Lilac and Mason walking down the sidewalk, giggling.
I smiled, I wasn't gonna be jealous anymore.
They were walking towards my house and she was showing him something on her phone. He burst out laughing and said 'show Ruby that, she'll love it'. I smiled again.

I sat up on the balcony ledge and pretended I was reading something so they didn't think I was spying on them.
Lilac caught my eye and winked.
She nudged Mason and glanced at me.

"Hey stranger!" He yelled, cupping his hands around his mouth. "Haven't seen you in a while. "
I smiled and swung both my legs around the ledge.
"Woa, careful!" Lilac cried.
I always used to sneak out off my balcony to meet Mason at the park in the middle of the night. We would lay on the floor and stare up at the stars and make up stories about out first houses.

We haven't done that in a while.

I slid down the slanted roof and jumped down onto the ground.
"Hey." Mason pulled me into into a hug, lifted me up and shook me around. "Wanna come to the beach with us?

Told you it was short ;)