All For Love

Three Years Later

Three years had passed and Mason and I were now in high school. It seemed so amazing to think that only three years ago, I had made my first friend! However, as the time had passed, I started to feel different whenever I was around him. I would get nervous, my heart would start pounding, and it would always feel as if there were a thousand butterflies in my stomach just waiting to get out. Of course I didn't have a clue about why this was happening, but after a bit of time, I had finally become aware of what was going on; I had developed romantic feelings for Mason.

At first I tried to deny it, "come on Amber get a hold of yourself! There is absolutely no way you like Mason!" Or so I told myself, but after about a few months, I had finally decided to accept it. What was previously "get a grip!", was now "oh my goodness he's so dreamy...". Before when I had just accepted my feelings for him, I didn't really care about what happened between us or what the consequences could be if he found out, but eventually, I became more aware of that. If Mason found out, what would happen? Would we become a couple and live a long happy life- or would this completely ruin our friendship.

So, I kept my feelings locked away and hidden where no one could find them. Yes, it did feel awful and I felt extremely guilty about it to the point where it was almost as if I was being tortured, but I knew I had to do this to protect my friendship with Mason, so I didn't mind at all. None of the kids at school really talked to me anyways, so it was easier to keep a secret since even if I did tell someone, I didn't know enough people for a rumour to start spreading. This was also the reason I never got possessive of him, because I knew he cared about me and me only; there was not a single person that could ruin our friendship, and most importantly, not a living soul who could ever take my love away from me. Well, that's what I thought at least, I thought it would all be fun and games; but someone  just had to come and interfere with that!