He Saved Me

Chapter ten

I woke up to someone shaking me awake.

"Le, you have to get up. Scarlet's here" Mason says and I open my eyes to see the yellow and white jersey with 'White' written across it.

"What time is it?" I scratch my eyes looking at Mason.

"It's 11. You slept late, Sleeping Beauty" He chuckles while he throws on a shirt over his head, covering the view of his perfectly chiseled abs. 

"Did I fall asleep last night?" I say blushing at his previous comment and getting out from under the covers.

"Yeah, It was no problem. Soon after you feel asleep Ellie went into her room and I felt too bad to wake you up so you just slept in here while I slept on the couch" He says and I nod, feeling guilty.

"Sorry Mas, you could have woken me up. I feel bad" I say and he shakes his head.

"Don't be silly. It wasn't a problem at all. Trust me" Mason says as Scarlet walks in.

"Hey honey, can I take a look?" She says and I nod as she lifts up my shirt to reveal the worsening bruise.

"Hi Mrs. White. How are you doing? Yeah of course" I smile at her.

"Leah, dear. You are my nephew's best friend. Please, call me Scarlet" She says and I nod. 

"Did something happen that could have caused it to get worse?" She asks tracing her ice cold fingers across it. I have to remember it's only Scarlet to prevent myself from flinching. 

"Um yeah actually. My friend gave me a hug yesterday and he didn't know about my bruise so he pressed down on it pretty hard" I say and notice Masons stance get tense.

Scarlet looks over at Mason giving him some sort of look and then turns back over to me.

"Okay, that will do it. The ice seemed to help a little bit so how about we do that again for around a half hour or so and then I'll wrap it for you" Scarlet says and I nod thanking her. "And we should put some ice on that bruise on your cheek. It will stop it from progressing" Scarlet says and I nod.

"So um, who's your friend?" Mason clears his throat, his shoulders still tense.

"The guy I met up with yesterday. He was nice but I couldn't date him" I say matter of factly and it seems to put Mason at ease.

"Oh okay, that's good" Mason says and I nod as Scarlet comes in with a small wrapped ice pack and another larger one. She gives them to me and I hold it on my side and my cheek as I proceed to go downstairs to see Mr. White.

"Leah, is that you? Wow, It's felt like forever. How are you sweetie?" He says and I smile giving him a hug. I grew up with this family, it feels really great to have them back in my life.

"I'm doing great Mr. White. How are you?" I smile and he gives me the same look Tara gave me when I called her Mrs. White.

"Leah honey, I've known you since you were little. Please, call me Jim. And I'm doing great, although it is amazing to see you again" He says and I nod smiling.

"What happened to your face?" He asks seeing the big purple mark on my cheek.

"Um, it was nothing. I'm clumsy" I say looking at Mason, not wanting to get him in trouble.

"Some guy was insulting Leah and treating her really bad so I punched him and we started fighting and Leah got in the middle so I accidentally punched her instead of the guy" Mason scratches his neck nervously.

I've noticed him and just about every other guy does that as a nervous habit. It's cute.

"Mason, you can't just go around starting fights. You're lucky you didn't get caught. Poor Leah, are you okay?" Jim says and I nod.