UNCOVERING THE UNKNOWN

CHAPTER SEVEN

STEPHANIE'S POV

After school was over I went down to the abandoned house, just because mason was out of town doesn't mean I should stop going there, it was like a tradition so I can't just stop for any reason, I was still mad at him for how he spoke to me earlier but am sure it would wear of somehow.

" hey barbie," mason said as soon as I stepped in, I was surprised to see him

" When did you get back," I said trying my best not to sound how happy I felt, I masked up my excitement with a bored tone and sat on the floor next to an old dusty TV

" this morning" he answered

" uh-mm,...... nice," I said putting on my headphone and played home by machine gun kelly, I felt his hands on my shoulder as he sat next to me he locked our hands together but I pulled out of his grip, he took of my headphone and disconnected it from my phone

" what was that for" I complained trying to get it back from him but he refused to give it up

" am sorry about what I said, you can't seriously still be mad at me, I should have called you I admit w I was wrong but best friends always forgive each other right" he smiled

" I hear you," I said ignoring his question and still trying to get my headphone, he held my hands and pushed back my hair out of my face with his other free hands, I took off my hoodie when I got here, my hair feel back so he let go of my hand and tied my hair into a bun

" you should keep it up like this, a guy might just steal you away from me, if I let him" mason smirked

" Not gonna happen," I said losing the bun and letting my hair cover my face again, I liked it that way, I bit on my lip ring letting it hit my teeth

" come on Steph, I know you want us to be more but trust me when I say you would regret it, am really insecure about a lot of things and I don't wanna hurt you or break our friendship, I care about you a lot and you are the first girl I feel that way about, but it's best we stay friends," Mason said, I really wasn't in the mood to have this conversation again, but he wasn't wrong I too am very insecure and I won't want to do anything to hurt him I can never know when my dark sister feels it time to take control of me and he's the first and only guy I have eyes for, I don't want to lose him

" Whatever you say Ryan" I finally said

" did you just call me Ryan," he asked clearly surprised

"maybe I did" I managed a smirk

" you have never called me by that before"

"There is always a first time for everything"

"come here," he said pulling me closer to his side and placing a kiss on my lips, for a guy in a gang I have way more piercings than he does. Once we pulled out from the kiss I used my fingers to trace his inky skin, some of his tattoos matched mine but I stopped at one on the upper part of his arm almost by his shoulder, I hadn't seen it before, it was a flower with m&s written in the middle

" whats m&s," I asked making a smirk grow on his face I looked at him with confusion clearly written on my face

" it stands for mason and Stephanie" do you like it

" I don't know, when did you get it"

" Some nights back, I was just thinking about you and decided to get it to assure myself that you where actually real and that our friendship would never break, you are the closest thing I have to family" he smiled, I wonder how humans smile so much, theirs nothing good about life, to hell with mother nature, all she does is take away those you love the most, mason lost his dad in a plane crash when he was twelve he was the only that survived, he never meet his mom, he grew up among gang members, that's one of the reasons why he is so insecure. I fell bad that he tells me everything but I can't even tell him one truth about myself, he doesn't know the real me, I really do wish I didn't have to lie constantly to him but around here you can't trust anyone not that am saying I don't trust him it's just complicated