The Empire Of The Rose

A Risk Worth Taking [III]

 "So, you also dance?" She asked me.

I stared at the golden brunette in front of me, with Olive skin and a set of dark brown eyes Naomi was surely enough something to look at, she made me feel subconscious about how I currently looked.

"Mum made me take ballet since I was little but a couple of years ago, I stared some other interests such as modern music instead of classic." I told her.

Naomi nodded and I noticed the spark of mischief her gaze held.

"Maybe I can take you later on to my hip-hop class." Naomi offered.

"Alice would love that." Mason said before I had the chance to reply.

I didn't say anything, even if I had spoken to Mason yesterday in the morning, I was still ignoring him.

"What about cheerleading, do you do that too Alice?" Naomi asked breaking the awkward silence.

I shook my head slowly.

"No, but I've been doing some gymnastics for about fourteen years now." I told her.

Naomi nodded and before she could say anything Ryder walked in the living room with a mug of coffee in his hands.

"Good morning everyone, how did you sleep?" Ryder said in a bright tone before he looked at me with a smirk sending a silent message between the two of us.

I rolled my eyes, not this again.

"Why do you sound so happy this morning?" Naomi asked Ryder as she eyed him curiously.

"I had a very pleasant night, what about you?" Ryder said as he turned towards me.

I bit the inside of my cheek; he was so bloody dead after this but once again before I could reply my actions were interrupted by someone else.

"Where did you get those white roses from Kole?" Naomi asked her brother as he walked in.

"Someone sent these for Alice." Kole said as he handed me the bouquet of roses.

I murmured a small thank you before I started to open the card.

"Did your boyfriend send them for you?" Ryder asked me, if I didn't know any better, I would say that Ryder wasn't jealous but simply curious, yet I knew very well that this wasn't the case.

I set down the card and stared at Mason with a smile.

"Sending my favorite flowers to apologize wasn't necessary Mason." I told him.

"It was and you were right Alice, I had no right to interfere not then and especially not now, I just hope that you can forgive me and stop being angry at me." Mason told me.

I gave a small chuckle.

"Mas, you know that it's physically impossible to stay angry at you." I told him honestly.

Mason stared at me confused.

"But you were ignoring me." He said.

I nodded and met his gaze.

"Yes, but that was because I was hurt bit because I was angry at you, I just felt so betrayed Mason." I told him in a small voice.

"You forgive me?" Mason said as he got closer to me.

"Of course, I do." I said before Mason pulled me into a tight embrace.

"By the way Alice your boyfriend, the blonde guy is waiting for you outside." Kole told me.

I gave a small sigh.

"Right my boyfriend." I said before I gave Mason the flowers and headed outside.