Forget About It
Chapter 7: When's It Going To End?
(Mason's view)
So yea, sure, helping Jake in this whole `murder mystery' thing wasn't exactly on my agenda for this summer but it's not like I'm doing this for nothing. I have my reasons for wanting to get in on this.
"Mason? Honey, what are you doing up here?" Eww. Did Jake's Aunt really just call me honey? So gross.
"Oh um hi Jackie. I'm just, you know, umm sitting here at the kitchen table waiting.... well waiting to talk to you. How are you today? You look lovely."
"Mason haha don't make me laugh. I am wearing my jogging outfit not a freakin wedding dress."
"Right. Ha uhh is Jake here?"
"Weren't you just downstairs with him playing video games?"
"Right again. Haha" God Mason just ask her why she got the new car!
My phone starts to vibrate. I check it to see who it is. `Mason you need to ask her already!' Wow Jake really? You're going to rush me?
"So Ms. Jackie."
"That's not my last name hun."
"Yea I know. Jake was telling me about this really nasty looking car you used to have and I was wondering, why'd you get a new one?"
"My car wasn't that ugly. Hmm well I got the new one because I had got into an accident and the car was completely wrecked."
"Really? Jake never mentioned you were in a car accident."
"Well... I didn't tell Jake."
"Even so... I'd imagine that he could tell by the damage on yourself, seeing that the accident was pretty bad."
"I think it's time for you to go Mason. Go! Get out! Mind your own business." Is she kidding? Oh, guess not she's pulling me out the front door. "If you ever interrogate me like that again, I will personally make sure you never see the light of day again. K?"
OMG! Wow that was harsh. "Get the hell off my property now!"
(Jake's view)
Ok so Mason has been upstairs forever and still no news from him. Should I go check on him? I don't want to mess up things though and I might just interrupt Aunt Jackie telling him something important. Or I might interrupt my Aunt Jackie trying to murder Mason like she did with Ben's dad! I run up the basement stairs and burst through the door.
"What's the rush Jake?"
"... Ben?"
(Mason's view)
So sitting here on my couch is also an unexpected part of my summer. I want to be over at Jake's! Why did I have to go and help? I'm stuck now though. Let me see, it's been around two hours since I left Jake's. Maybe I should call him. Can't hurt, can it? I pick up my phone and dial Jake's number.
"Hello?"
"Mason?"
"Yea."
"Where did you run off to buddy?"
"It's a really long story. Can we meet up somewhere?"
"I actually can't right now, I'm sorry. How about me and you go to the mall tomorrow and see a flick and talk afterwards?"
"Umm sure."
"Great. I got to go. I'll pick you up around one. Bye."
"Bye." What in the world is he doing? He sounded a bit distracted. Was someone over there, someone more important then the person helping him with this stranger's murder?
(Ben's view)
"Listen Jake before you say anything, I'm here on business. I need to know about anything suspicious happening around here since my father's murder."
"Oh.... you aren't here for me?"
"What? What about you?"
"Are you serious right now?"
"Oh... you mean about what happened before I left?"
"Forget about it Ben. Nothing suspicious has happened now can you please leave?"
"Jake..."
"Just get out now."
What the hell is up his ass? I haven't done anything to him except leave and that had nothing to do with him; I left for me. Jake needs to realize that and move on. We are always just going to be friends, especially now with Zac.
(Jake's view)
He came for business? What about his unfinished business? Me... Jesus how could I have fallen so quick for him? Why did I let myself do that? I need someone who can be there for me and love me everyday no matter what happens. I just really need.... Mason...
(Mason's view)
What? Why is Jake calling me at eleven o' clock at night?
"Hello"
"Mason? Are you up?"
"I think I am if I'm talking to you."
"Haha. Hey listen, can we meet tonight? I really need to talk to you about some issues I'm having."
"Jake, it's really late."
"Yea, I know but.... I need to tell you something right now."
"Then just say it."
"I can't do it over the phone..."
"Jake..."
"Ok I like you." Woah! I hang up the phone and just blankly stare at it. Did he really just say that? I mean I'm not gay or bi. Did I give him the intention that I was? Wow I just really can't believe this right now. Wow.
(Ben's view)
"How can you be doing this to me?! I love you Zac! Does that not mean anything to you?"
"Ben, I'm sorry but I really can't date you when I know in the end.... Never mind, can we forget about this conversation and start back over to when you walked through my door and said `I'm home'?"
"It's not that easy Zac... you said you weren't sure if this relationship was going to work. You can't just take things like that back."
"Please Ben."
"I... I need some time... alone."
I walk out the door and get in my car. Zac can't possibly do this to me the day that I see Jake. Whether or not I'd like to admit it, I still had feelings for Jake and they weren't going to go away anytime soon. I need to sort this shit out! There is only one place to go at a time like this.
I pull up to the park. Sure it's one in the morning but I don't care. Something about this place just makes me feel at home, oh wait it is my home. I wonder what Jake is doing? Probably playing video games knowing him. Let me give him a call. Or.. I could just walk over there...
(Jake's view)
Ok so maybe telling Mason I like him wasn't the best thought out plan I mean, he's not gay and I knew this so why did I say it? Do I even know that I like him for a fact? GOD makes my life so complicated! And of course it's about to get a lot more complicated.
"Jake, why was your friend asking me all those questions today?"
"I'm not sure I know what you're talking about Aunt Jackie."
"Don't play me like a fool dammit," she says as she grabs me by my neck. " I know what you're up to and I'm telling you right now, you better stop before things get a whole lot worse for you."
"Get the fuck off me! You're hurting me!" I say, trying to break free of her grasp.
"Don't struggle Jake, you'll just make it worse."
As Aunt Jackie finishes her sentence, there is a knock on the door.
"HELP!!"
Aunt Jackie throws me to the floor and reaches for a knife on the counter. I kick her leg and she falls before she has a chance to grab it. As she hits the ground Ben bursts in and runs towards the kitchen.
"Ben!"
"Ben get out of here, Aunt Jackie is feeling very angry right now!!" Holy fuck she's gone mad!
"I'm not leaving without Jake."
"Jake, take your little friend and get the hell out of my house, and mark my words.... If you ever try to come back into this house, I will slit your throat and make you wish you were never born."
"C'mon Ben," I say getting up and pulling Ben to the front door.
"Jackie.... For as long as I live... I will never let you lay a hand on Jake ever again..."
Wow, did Jake really just say that? That was so sweet. Jake and I walk out of the house.
"Thank you so much for that."
"It's the least I can do...to make up for the way I've been acting. Listen Jake, I'm sorry for making it seem like what we had was nothing. The truth is... it meant so much to me that we had connected and then I went and ruined it with what I did and it's my fault that any of this happened."
"Ben.... I forgive you."
"Are you sure? I really messed up."
"Yea I know but, you just made up for everything by saying what you did."
"Well...I'm glad then." He flashes me a smile and we reach is car. " So where are we going?"
"Well I don't know..."
"To be honest I have no where to go.... Do you?"
"Not really. Well I do have one friend but he's most likely sleeping."
"Well call him and see...we really have no other choice."
"True."
I pull out my phone and dial Mason's number. Wow if this works out, it could be hellza awkward.
"Hello? Jake why do you keep calling me so late?"
"Mason, I need a favor. Me and my friend Ben just ran into some serious trouble and we need a place to stay..."
"You mean to tell me you woke me up at two in the morning to tell me you and some stranger need to stay the night at my house?'
"Yes. So can we?"
"Come on over Jake."
"OMG thank you so much Mason, I promise I will make it up to you."
"Just shut up and call me when you get here."
He hangs up and Ben and I get in his car and drive to Mason's house. Once we get there, I dial Mason's number again.
"Hey we are outside."
"I see you, hold on." Just then Mason opens up his front door. "You are so lucky my parents aren't here." He smiles then hangs up his phone. I do the same and get out of the car.
"Hey Mason. I'd like you to meet Ben."
"Hi Ben, I'm Mason as you can tell."
"Haha yea I kind of figured. Can we go inside now?"
"Yes, of course."
We go inside and sit on Mason's couch as he offers us some drinks.
"Mason it's been a really long night, can we skip the drinks and just go to bed?"
"Haha sure. So I have a couch and a queen-size bed in my room... Who is lucky guy who gets to sleep in the bed with me?"
"Well since you are my friend and Ben is a stranger to you, I will."
"Haha ok."
"Hey Jake? Can I talk to you for a moment?"
"Sure Ben."
Ben and I walk over to the corner.
"Jake... I really don't want you sleeping in the same bed with this guy..."
"Why not?"
"Listen... I really want thing s to go back to the way they were before I left... you know... us liking each other again." Just then Ben's phone rings.
"Are you going to answer that?" Ben looks at his phone and put it back in his pocket. `Ben answer it."
"It's not important."
"I don't care answer it!" The phone stops ringing and it beeps. "What does that mean?"
"It means I have a voicemail..."
"Let me listen to it."
"Jesus Jake, if it truly makes you happy then fine let's listen to it." He pulls his phone out and calls his voicemail. `Hey Ben this is Zac... Listen I'm really sorry about what I said but you need to know that I still love you and I want you to come home. Also, when you said you loved me yesterday... I really wanted to marry you then and there. Hehe bye Ben, please call back.'
"Wow Ben... I can't even believe you right now." I run upstairs and into Mason's room.
(Mason's view)
Wow... Ben and Jake must have really been arguing because before I knew it, Jake was running upstairs.
"What happened with him?"
"Sorry Mason... I really don't want to talk about it. Can we go to your room now?"
"Ya sure." I lead Ben up to my room and when I open the door Jake is in my bed already. Well he didn't waste any time. "Well there is the couch right there and the covers are in the closet right there," I say pointing to the couch and the closet. "I'm going to go get a drink for myself so go ahead and go to bed if you want."
"I'll wait up for you actually."
"Mk..."
I go downstairs and get a glass of orange juice. It's actually kind of scary, Ben waiting up for me and all. Maybe he likes me too? I don't know. I go back upstairs and Ben is out in the hall sitting against the wall crying.
"Are you ok Ben?"
"To be honest.... No. I fucking hate everything that's happening right now."
"Like what?"
"It's a long story."
"We got time."
Ben explains everything that is going on and it's actually quite interesting to me.
"Wow.... So you and Jake were like a couple? And you are the guy whose parents died?"
"Yes and yes."
"Wow... Can you keep a secret?"
"Hell yea I can. Haha."
"Alright, well, Jake told me he liked me yesterday and I think I might have feelings for him too."
"What? Are you serious?"
"Well I think so.... I really don't know. Even if I did, we could never work."
"Why is that?"
"Well because I've never tried anything with a guy before."
"Who says you need to?"
"Me. Haha. I don't think I could satisfy Jake if I can't even kiss him."
"Then how about you just try to kiss him and stick to that until you are ready to move on from there."
"Ok well I still haven't kissed a guy before."
"Oh... Well maybe I can help?"
"Ummmm... I suppose you can."
"Ok well... All you have to do is lean in and..." Ben starts to lean into me. I lean in also and our lips meet in the middle. His eyes are closed! Are they supposed to be closed? Doesn't that mean he is enjoying this? Oh god, my eyes are closing now! Oh wow... I like this... I really like thi... " And that happens."
"Huh?"
"Haha. You ok?"
"....Oh... Yea... Mhm..."
" Haha.... Let's go to bed now."
"Ok... Yea..."
"Haha."
Ben gets up and helps me up. We walk into my room and I accidentally trip on a shoe and fall into him.
"Oh gosh, I'm sorry."
"No it's cool."
I walk over to the bed, take off my shirt, then hop in next to Jake who is now snoring.
"Goodnight Ben..."
"Goodnight Mason."
Oh wow... things just got complicated.
(Ben's view)
Wow... so after about twenty minutes after Mason and I kissed and I'm still awake thinking about it. What happened? Did I really willingly kiss Mason when I know that I still have confusion with Zac and Jake? God I am so messed up. But that kiss was really something.... amazing. Ugh I just need some sleep. Some nice, long sleep.
(Jake's view)
Ugh... I always hate waking up. Woah... Is Mason on top of me? Wow! Crazy shit happening already and I haven't even gotten out of bed. Hey now, I kind of like this. Oh he's grabbing me now. He must be having a really nice dream because I know that is not a pencil poking me in my southern region! Oh god he's waking up.
"Jake?'
"Yea Mase?"
"I really like you too."
Oh... false alarm. He's sleep talking.
"Go back to sleep bud."
"Mk. Will you cuddle with me?"
"Sure bud." I lay my arm across his back. "Just go back to bed now."
"Thank you."
"No problem..."
Should I really think that he likes me now or was it just him talking stupid stuff? Ugh life always has to be so damn confusing!
(Ben's view)
Haha wow! Did I really just hear what I just heard? Jake and Mason getting coy up there does not float my fucking boat! Did Mason completely forget about me? And really Jake, couldn't at least wait to talk to me before you go and cuddle him? Ugh great, my day is already off to a bad start.
**** Ok so again I slipped but that's k because I don't think I want to continue this story, sorry. I will finish this up at around chapter 10 but I will leave it open to where I can always come back to it. Again my teenage friend helped me out by motivating me to do my best and not give up so give him another thanks by watching his videos. "4398dude" on YouTube. He has this one video "Giving You Up" and I liked that one. Anyways I will be writing a new story about Spiderman in the celebrity section so be sure to look out for that. It will be called "Here We Go Again". K Have a good week - J