CHAPTER 10 : SO UNEXPECTED
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SO UNEXPECTED.
This was Mason? was the first question that popped into my head the moment the video started playing.
I stared at the screen.
Oh lord.
He was…
I don’t know how to describe him.
What word should I use?
Mid.
Yes that’s the word.
So unexpected.
So not what I had imagined.
I had expected someone ridiculously handsome.
Instead, I got…
Mason.
The version of Mason I had created in my head disappeared instantly.
Mason was just there.
He wasn’t breathtaking the way I had imagined he would be after hearing his voice. Okay, maybe that was what I had imagined, let me not put the blame on his voice.
But that’s what I had thought. Oh lord.
Disappointment coursed through my veins.
Somewhere between hearing his voice and texting him all night, I had built a completely different Mason in my head.
And now that Mason didn’t exist.
I didn’t reply.
No comments.
What was I supposed to say?
‘Well he told you he wasn’t all that though.’ I heard a voice in my head say.
I closed the chat. I didn’t leave a response, I probably should have, but I didn’t.
Did I necessarily have to comment?
I went ahead to text Darla immediately.
{Darlaaaaaaaaa!!!}
She didn’t reply. The message hadn’t ticked read yet, so I guessed she hadn’t seen it.
She definitely knew what Mason looked like, yet she didn’t warn me.
Sly.
I flirted.
Urgh!
15 minutes passed, I still hadn’t replied him, Darla hadn’t replied me too.
That would hurt though, cause he definitely knew I had opened the message, I had seen him. He would wonder why I wasn’t replying.
Damn.
I still hadn’t replied.
And for some reason, that made me feel guilty.
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MASON’s POV.
I instantly regretted asking for her pictures the moment she asked for mine first. I knew my voice had probably created expectations. Expectations I didn’t want her to have.
Yet I still agreed.
I spent about two minutes in my gallery looking for the most decent video to send her. And when I found one I was a bit pleased with, I clicked on it, then hesitated…
I should probably just tell her I don’t take photographs and stay anonymous.
No, I shouldn’t be a pu—y afraid of what a girl thinks about me.
I hit send.
But a part of me just hoped she would see beyond what I saw.
Turns out…
I was wrong.
Ten minutes had passed.
Yet…
Bella hadn’t commented on my video.
I saw that she had opened my message and she didn’t say anything. Yet she had been so quick to respond to my texts moments ago.
And now…?
She was most likely disappointed and wasn’t interested in talking to me anymore.
Did I have to be so chopped?
“MASON!!!”
That was my sister’s voice. Why is my sister yelling my name now?
I reluctantly got up from my bed and stepped out of my room.
“Yes?” My voice was low, but I was sure she’d hear me. I couldn’t possibly be yelling back. So unnecessary.
“Mommy wants you to… “ There goes nothing. I listened as she listed out instructions Mom had sent me. With a sigh, I closed my phone and placed it in my pocket.
BELLA’s POV
Darla had finally responded to my text. Turned out she had been gaming.
{What’s happened?}
I believe she should be able to tell what exactly happened.
{What was the point??}
I questioned her, momentarily forgetting that Darla was slow. I laughed to myself. Still, I would be dramatic.
{Point of what??}
She questioned back.
{Why did you give Mason my digits?!!!}
If she was in front of me, I probably would have yelled.
{Did you not want me to?}
{Stop answering my questions with questions.}
{What am I supposed to say?}
Another question. Do you ever stop questioning?
{Easy… answer my questions!!!}
{oh}
Silly girl. I laughed and rolled in my bed.
{You seemed interested in him so… }
So what? This girl must be crazy, cause all of a sudden I’d lost my taste in men??
{Are you interested in him?} I asked.
{What?! No.}
B**ch! Yet she gave me out for free. Which didn’t seem like a bad idea at first.
Well…
Not until I saw his face.
I sighed.
{I saw what he looked like.}
{And??} — I really wished I could throw something at her at this point. But she was lucky, she wasn’t close.
{He’s mid Darla!!! He’s freaking mid!!! And the least you could do was warn me!} I practically yelled through my texts.
{Oh… }
{But I think he’s cute.}
Oh no you’ve got to be kidding me right now. You think he’s what?
I couldn’t help it. My internal monologue had me laughing out loud.
But I quickly shut my mouth…
I wasn’t even sure my mom was asleep yet. I couldn’t afford to have her come to my room to check.
I decided to send a bunch of laughing emojis to Darla. She had to know how much that cracked me up.
Then I left her chat and went to Mason’s. I reacted with a heart on his video and decided to send mine too.
Obviously I sent the best of my videos.
That was all I could think of doing at the moment. But I was sure that was the end of any flirting with Mason. Just because he didn’t look like what I expected doesn’t mean I would stop talking to him.
Points for him for having a lovely voice. I wouldn’t want to loose that.
I laughed at my own ridiculous thoughts.
I am what I am I guess.
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