“Nice. You miss her?”
I glare at him. He laughs.
“You just wait, Mason. You’re gonna be the worst out of all of us once you find your Cinderella.”
“What makes you say that?”
“Because you’re like me, but worse.”
Mason has never had a girlfriend, but there were girls in high school that he was in love with. They weren’t even dating. He falls way too fast and scares them off. At least I know how to pump the dang brakes.
“I just say what I need to say, whatever comes to mind. I act on my feelings.”
“Yeah, well, that can be dangerous. Next thing you know you’re thinking with the wrong head and waking up to a whole new mess.”
“Nah, I’m not.” He grins with a head shake.
“You’ll see,” I retort.
“Oh, will I? Is that what’s happening with you and Ella?” He raises a brow; a smug grin finds his face.
“What do you mean by that?” I get defensive.
He looks back to his work. “I don’t know … do I need to knock before I come over or … ?”
“No.”
“Really?” He looks to me surprised.
“What do you mean ‘really’?”
“I don’t know. Just going off vibes.”
I cross my arms. “What vibes?”
“I don’t know, Jess. It’s just a feeling. Like you guys aren’t strangers to getting down with it is all.”
“Well, we used to not be. But that was back then.”
His eyes bug out. “In high school?!”
“Now you’re surprised?! Yeah, high school! When else?”
“Did Mom and Dad know?”
“Hell no! You think I’d still be alive if they did?”
He laughs and shakes his head. “That’s hilarious.”
“It’s not funny. We were stupid,sostupid. I don’t knowwhat we were thinking.”
“That surprises me.”
“Why?”
“You’re the responsible one … to me. The oldest, you always knew best.”
“Yeah? Well, not when I was seventeen.” I shake my head and the conversation drifts off after that.
