What's A Mate?

Chapter 8

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When I woke up, my whole body was in pain. I groaned and tried to sit up, which made the pain worse, when I felt that someone was pushing my shoulders back down. I let them because I was about to pass out from the pain, it was that bad. "Aubree, princess, you can't sit up. You have to lay down," someone said. I'm guessing it was Mason pushing me down and telling me that. I whine and don't listen and receive pain once again. "Told you, he said. I open my eyes and glare at him. He sighs and helps me sit up.

"What happened?" I ask. My voice was scratchy and sounded awful. "Here," Mason said and handed me a glass of water. i took it gratefully and downed half the glass. "What happened?" I repeated. "You fell off the top of a tree," Mason said, looking down at hands. As he said that, I noticed, his voice got lower and I had to strain to hear him.

"Mason," I started. I didn't want him to think it was his fault. It wasn't. "It's not your fault. You know that right? I fell because I went to far up and the branch couldn't support my weight. Don't think it's your fault." He didn't look up once. I sighed in impatienceness. "Mason, look at me," I said and tried to grab his chin to force him to look up. He sighed and lifted his head. His eyes were closed and there was a trail of tears. "Mason, don't cry please. Look, I'm fine." "No, you're not, and it's all my fault," he said, opening his eyes, staring straight into mine. "Had we not hid in the trees, none of this would've happened. You wouldn't be in the hospital. You wouldn't have fell," he said, breaking down.

I was trying to find something to say when the door opened. Mason quickly turned around and wiped at his eyes. "Ah, she is awake, I see," someone, I'm guessing the doctor, said. "Okay, so we are going to give you some pain pills in case it gets to be unbearable. You are free to go in the next hour," he said to me, then turned to Mason. "Here are the pills and you may sign her out whenever in the next hour. Have a good day, hope you feel better tomorrow," he said, then walked out.

I waited till he walked out and the door shut behind him before I asked if he had brought me some clothes. "Over there," he said, then pointed to the table by the bed. I quickly grabbed the clothes and ran to the bathroom. I got dressed and exited the bathroom walking over to the door. "Ready?" I asked Mason. He nodded his head and followed me out the door.

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When we got home, none of the guys were home. "Great," I said and trudged upstairs. "Aubree, wait," Mason said. "I turned around and looked at him. he seemed to be having an internal battle with himself. "N-nevermind," he said. I turned back around and walked to my room.

I decided I was going to swim, considering it is almost eighty degrees outside, and I haven't swam in a while. I need to keep up with that. I got out the swimsuit I bought, a towel, and a coverup.

Walking downstairs, I didn't see Mason anywhere. I shrugged, and walked out back. Setting my towel down and putting my hair up, I walked over to the edge of the deep end and dove. I forgot how much I loved swimming.

After a while of being under the water, I heard my name then a splash. I pushed myself up from the bottom and went over to the side. Mason then popped up. "Mason, what were you doing?" he blushed and looked down. "I...Uh...Thought you had forgotten how to breath.." he said, trailing off. I mentally facepalmed myself and said, "Mason, I was a competitive swimmer for eight years. After those eight years I became a lifeguard. I can stay underwater for more than an hour." He still wasn't looking at me. "Goddammit Mason. Would you please look at me!" I yelled at him. He snapped his head up.

"Aubree," he started. "I-I've been wanting to tell you this since the day I-I saw you." He took a deep breath. "Aubree, I l-lov-" he got cut off by the horn of a car.

"What was that? I didn't hear you," I told him.

"I-I love you."

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