3 Mason

"I am not wearing this Mason." She says from in her bathroom.

"I told you that I needed to see it first," I tell her. This was the tenth outfit that she has tried on tonight. I finally talked her into going to the party.

She steps out the bathroom in this short and tight black dress. It fit her figure just right but I wasn't letting anyone look at her.

"Definitely not that one," I say.

"Why not, I like it. It makes my curves stick out." She says examining herself in her mirror.

"You just said you're not wearing it like two seconds ago," I say.

"I changed my mind. I want to wear this one." She responds

"Definitely not. Get in there and change." I demand.

"No. I am going on this dress. You can't tell me what to do." She says crossing her arms like a five-year-old.

"Well you're not getting in my car like that," I warn.

"Good thing I have my own." She challenges

"Damn it Violet can you just change? The last thing I need is for some guy to hit on you." I say to her.

"Why can't guys hit on me?" She asks. She really does ask too many questions.

"Because... those people aren't for you. Now go change." I tell her

"Fine. It's either this or I'm not going." She responds.

"Fine then don't go," I say trying to get her to give in.

"Fine have fun." She says sitting down.

I angrily leave her room hoping she would give in and change but I make it all the way out to my car. I walk back in and she is in her room reading a book. She really is putting up a fight. Why wouldn't she just fucking change? She really is the most stubborn person I have ever met. I stand in her doorway and just stared at her.

"Are you here to argue more?" She asks not taking her eyes off the book. She was expecting me which meant she knew I'd give in like a dummy.

"No. Can you just finish getting ready so we can go? I need to drink." I tell her.

"Thought so." She says getting up to go into her bathroom. I sit on her bed prepared to wait another hour. The party should be into full swing since it's 10 at night.

She comes out 30 minutes later in a different outfit. It's a two-piece set with a black crop top and blue high waisted jean shorts. It was sexy yet innocent. The shorts showed off her ass and figure at the same time. She straightened her long brown curly hair and she put little makeup on with lashes. She looked so fucking amazing and I swear I fell in love all over again. She does a little spin.

"Ready." She says.

"You made a big deal out of nothing?" I ask

"I don't like being told what to wear plus you have to admit, this is way more appropriate for a party outside." She says.

I stare at her for a moment.

"Let's just go," I tell her.

***

When we get to the park, there are a lot of people. I spot Trey along with Amber and the rest of her old friends there.

"Amber is over there," I tell her.

She looks nervous. "How do I look?" She asks.

"Like a girl," I respond cracking a smile.

"Seriously." She pouts.

"You look absolu-" Amber cut me off before I could finish.

"Oh my gosh is that Violet?" She says over the music.

"Well,well, well look who it is." Her friend, Samantha, says.

"Hi, guys. How are you?" She greets.

I walk away and let them catch up for a bit. I find my way over to Trey and some other people I hang with. They are all in a group checking out girls as they walk by. I notice that Vanessa isn't around Trey.

"Mason bro. Check that girl out over there." Marcus, my other friend, says.

I look over to see a tall skinny girl dancing while she is looking at Marcus. I can she wants him to go over there but Marcus can't dance so he is too scared.

"Go over there. Stop being a pussy." Trey says.

"You're right. Tonight's the night I go and dance with her." Marcus says walking over to her.

"Wow. He actually did it." I say laughing.

"So Mason, you and Violet are a thing again?" Trey's friend Lucas asks sipping whatever is in his cup.

"Nah. We are just friends," I say.

I never liked Lucas. He was an asshole and he always tried to hit on Violet. He and I got into a fight one-night last year over it. This was when she and I were done. I was still pissed over it so I would get drunk and when someone mentioned her name I would beat the shit out of them.

"That's good. Well, imma go over there and say hi." He says handing Trey his cup. I turn around to go stop him but Trey holds me back.

"Violet doesn't like him. Don't ruin her night." He pleads.

He was right. Violet hasn't hung out with her friends in forever and she looked like she was having fun. Lucas is just trying to get under my skin. I decide to go find some drinks when I bump into Vanessa. She is here with her friend Maria. They are in the back of Maria's dads pick up truck. Vanessa calls out my name as I walk by. I stop because I have been meaning to apologize.

"Hey." She says jumping down.

"Hey," I say awkwardly.

"Look I am sorry about earlier. I understand that you are in love with Violet and I am okay with that. I love Trey and we weren't a good match anyways. I am hoping we can be friends." She says loudly over the music blaring from the car.

"I am sorry too. I shouldn't have said what I said. You were an amazing person and I thank you for dealing with me." I tell her.

"Anytime. Well, I'm going to go find Trey before he gets drunk. Don't be a stranger" She says walking away. I finally find some water and I go back to find that Violet isn't where she was. Lucas was also missing too. I search the crowd to try and spot them out. I finally see Amber and Sam dancing.

"Where is Violet?" I ask.

They point to a car which she and Lucas are dancing on top of. It was my car and Violet looks drunk as fuck. She is dancing in a seductive way then she notices me. She looks at me while she is dancing so I don't stop her. I admire the ways she looks for a moment. I think of all the things I would do to her if we were still together. Suddenly I get chills. We both make eye contact and Lucas notices. He tries to grab her to hold her but she gets down and walks over to me. He laughs off his rejection and jumps down too. She dances the same way she did with him but intenser. She places my hands on her body. We were so close to each other that I could feel her heart beat. For a second there, I thought we were going to start having sex in the middle of this park. We stay this way for about five minutes, which is not good for my buddy down there.

"I need air." She says.

"We are outside," I tell her.

"No. Like away from these people." She says

I grab her hand and lead her away from the people. I lead her by the lake which only has light from the moon. There are a few couples here doing couple things. I see Violet looking at the water which reflects in her hazel eyes making them seem brighter. She is the most beautiful girl I have ever met which makes my heart ache just looking at her. After a while, she walks over to the lake and puts her feet in.

"The water is warm." She says.

"Well yeah. It's a million degrees out here." I comment.

"We should get in." She recommends.

Thinking about the both of us stripping naked and getting into the lake sounds fun but I didn't want to tease my self.

"No. We are not getting into my car soaking wet." I lie. I didn't care about the fucking car.

"Why are you so mean to me?" She asks randomly while eyeing the moonlight in the water.

"I am not mean to you." I lie. I am a little mean to her.

"You are nice to me then you are mean when I ask you questions. Then you say random things that hurt me." She says with her voice cracking. I suddenly remember she is an emotional drinker.

"Look I told you I was angry earlier," I say

"And you were mean, Mason. Just like you were when we were dating." She says sniffing.

Here we go.

"I-" I try to find the words but she cut me off

"I told you that I loved you and you never said it back. You told me that you would be there for me but left me at the time I needed you the most. You are a liar." She cries.

"Violet I-"

"No. Do not say my name. I am leaving. Don't come home. " She says getting up.

She said the word home as if it was ours, together which made my heart skip. What the hell was this girl doing to me?

I grab her hand. "Violet please don't do this," I beg. She stops trying to fight my grip and freezes.

"Say it." She demands

"Say what?" I ask in confusion

"Tell me you love me." She demands. My heart drops.

"Violet can we just go home?" I say getting up.

"No, say it." She says louder.

"Violet you're drunk. Let's go." I say grabbing her arm.

"Fine since you won't say it, I am going to ask Lucas to take me home." She says walking off.

"Shit. Violet get back here." I yell.

She turns around and flips me off. Why couldn't I just tell her? She was right, she told me first and I choked up and acted like a complete bitch. I needed to find her. She was drunk and going to talk to Lucas. No good can come from that combination. I run through the crowd of sweaty people dancing until I finally see her. I finally catch up to her when she reaches Trey and Lucas. Lucas is smiling at her finding her drunken behavior amusing. He is probably thinking of all the ways he can take advantage of her. I needed to get her out of here. I knew this party was a stupid idea from the beginning. I should have just told that I really do love her. I see Lucas grab her hand and they both start walking off. I catch up to them and grab Violet's hand.

"Let's go," I say pulling her.

"Let go, Mason, you're hurting me." She cries.

"Mason let the girl live a little. Jesus." Lucas says taking her hand back. She hides behind him as if he could protect her.

I try to grab a hold of her but she backs away. Now I know we are causing a scene.

"I told you. Lucas is taking me home." She says walking back to Lucas.

"Fine you want me to say it? I love you. Now Violet please come with me," I beg.

"Woah. Begging makes you look like a bitch Jones." Lucas says laughing.

"Lucas I really don't wanna do this. Violet lets go." I say getting angry.

"Woah. Come on. Violet is a big girl who can make her own decisions. If she wants me to take her home, then I'm taking her home." Lucas says.

I am getting mad and Violet looks like She about to throw up.

"You are just telling me what I want to hear. I am staying with Luc-," Before she finishes her sentence she throws up on Lucas which makes everyone laugh. Amber and Samantha both attend her side.

"What the FUCK! These are limited edition Yeezy's! Mason get your bitch!" Lucas yells.

That's it. Before he can say anything else I punch him. His crooked nose starts bleeding. I think I broke it. Trey looks too scared to intervene or he doesn't know who's side to take.

"What the fuck Mason." He says. Now everyone is looking at us. Violet looks scared.

"Don't talk about my girl. Violet lets go." I say grabbing her.

We both stay silent for the first five minutes of the long walk to my car. I made Trey move it while we were at the lake, so no one would dance on it. She stares at the ground for while until I say something. She stops then sits in the grass. I take it she isn't as drunk as she was ten minutes ago. I sit next to her.

"What the hell was that back there?" I ask

She doesn't respond.

"You were really going to let him take you home tonight?" I ask.

She still doesn't respond which makes me mad.

"Do you know how crazy that would have driven me if you left with him, Violet?" I ask her.

She sighs.

"You know what Mason I should have let him take me home. I should have invited him in," she gets up " and I should have thrown him on that bed. I should have let him put his hands all over me. I should have let him fuck me. And I should have let that sit on your mind. You know why? Because I had to let that sit on my mind for a year and a half straight. I sat up every night wondering if you were with some girl. I had to sit in my own thoughts of you. So yes, I was going to let him take me home and fuck me just in spite of you!" She yells.

I get up too.

"You know what. Every time I tried to move on, I couldn't. I treated Vanessa like shit because of you. I didn't want to move on because I knew that someday I would get you back. I couldn't stop thinking of you for the life of me. I went a whole year and a half without you. I never want to do that again. So excuse me if I get pissed off when you do shit like that. If you would've gone home with him I would have killed him, Violet. Do you understand how fucking insane that sounds? You make me that that crazy and you know you do." I spat

"Oh sure blame me for that year and a half we spent apart and YOUR failed relationship because last time I check you left me. You know what, this was stupid. No, fuck that, I am stupid for thinking you have changed when you are the same exact person. You don't get to do this. You don't get to decide who I can and can't fuck if you won't even tell me you love me." She yells back

"Oh yeah, because those three words will change everything! Those three fucking words will automatically fix us?! You think that this is some kind of fairy tail, don't you?! You think that if I say those three fucking words that we will magically go back to Violet and Mason?! No we were broken before we even started! Wake up and smell the fucking flowers Violet, we are done! Completely done! We will never go back to where we were! Grow up violet!" I yell walking off.

"Mason."She whispers

I turn around and I realize the tears streaming down her face. Shit. I really do say horrible things to her when I am upset.

"Fuck Violet. I didn't mean those words. I swear. I just. Why do I have to tell you I love if you already know I do?" I ask.

"Because Mason. I need to hear you say it. I can't validate your feelings for you, only you can." She says.

"Violet, I am sorry. Can we not fall back into this pattern, I don't want to argue with you. Look," I sit down "Come sit and let's just settle down." I say opening my arms.

She just looked at me for a moment. I know I dissolved whatever anger was left in there. I look at her and she makes eyes contact. Her eyes were watery.

"I love you. Can you please say it back." She says coming towards me.

I don't say anything I just kiss her. She doesn't fight it, she gives in. Everyone else is hundreds of feet away enjoying the night while we manage to sneak away into each other's arms. We always did this. We would be fighting one minute and then the next minute we are in each other's arms. I get up, taking her into my arms and I try to find my car.

I finally find my car and we get into the back seat. She gets on top of me and starts it up I put my hands all over her body like it was foreign to me. I kiss her like I have never tasted her before. I really did mean it when I said her scent turns me on. Suddenly she becomes savory. I didn't know I needed this until now. I wanted to do everything I thought of doing all night. I needed to tell her how I felt and open myself up to her but sex was the only way I could. When it came to saying shit, I couldn't because something in me wouldn't let me.