Isabella’s P.O.V.Looking at the phone, all I’m thinking right now is, what am I supposed to do or say to him. What if he hates me now? What if he thinks I’m a bitch for over reacting on such a small topic? What if he thinks he’s had enough of my bullshit?
“You’re over thinking again Bella” I hear Rose say.
“Who? Me? Nooooo. I wasn’t doing that” is my blabbering reply to her.
Ryan chuckles at my rant, when Rose continues, “Come on. He is not going to hate you just because you got pissed at him for an obvious misunderstanding.”
“How did you know about what I was thinking?” I ask her, curious at her comment.
She shakes her head and says, “What kind of a best friend am I, if I don’t know what goes in here?” tapping on my head.
“By the way, you need to turn it on first, if you… you know, if you want to talk to your prick of a mate” says Ryan.
I give out a muffled laugh and look at the closed device, pondering over the idea a little more. Finally I decide to turn it on and as soon as the screen lights up, a series of pings continue for at least half a minute. I am too curious looking at the screen which shows 28 missed calls and about 31 messages. I think the dings got Rose curious as well, when she bends over my shoulder a little to look at my phone screen and says, “Whoa! Talk about being desperate.” I can’t help the small chuckle that leaves my mouth on hearing her comment about Mason being desperate.
I keep staring at the notifications drop out, but still don’t find it in myself to click on them; that’s when Rose whispers, “What are you waiting for? Open it.”
I don’t realize when Ryan settled beside me, until he speaks, “Don’t peek, you dumb woman.”
“You’re the one to say, jackass” is her quick reply. None of them is innocent; both are sneaking glances, Nooooo more like staring at my phone screen without any shame. Ignoring their argument, I finally grow some balls and click on it. Three names pop up, which includes Matt, Rachel and Mason. I click on Matt’s name first;
Matty: Princess, are you there?
Matty: I’m worried sick about you sis. Just tell me that you’re okay.
Matty: PLEASE drop me a message and I swear I won’t bug you anymore, at least not for TODAY.
I heard Rose laugh after reading his last message, while I smiled at his concern towards me, made me feel contented. On the other hand, Ryan had a scowl on his face as he murmured, “She is my sis, not yours.” Rose smacked his head and said, “Stop being jealous, dumbass” I couldn’t help but feel happy at his jealousy. I know it sounds weird but it makes me feel wanted and I crave it a lot, since the time my mother died.
I let them continue their banter and move towards Rachel’s texts.
Rach: Hey sister-in-law, where are you?
Rach: I heard what happened with Mason; trust me when I say this.
Rach: He didn’t mean to do it purposefully. He didn’t even realize what he was doing would offend you.
Rach: You mean a lot to him Bella. Just give him a chance to explain.
Rach: And if after listening to him, you still feel that you need to kick his ass; you can count me in. ;)
“Damn girl. Sister-in-law? You got some amazing family on the other side huh” was Rose’s comment after reading Rachel’s messages.
“Shut up woman. You are spoiling her moment” Ryan shouted.
“Guys if you both don’t shut up right this instant. I might have to throw you out of the room” I stated. Rose whined “But I want to see what your lover boy has to say” whereas Ryan simply nodded agreeing to my request. I turned towards Rose with a smirk and said, “Of course you want too and that is the exact reason why you’ll stay quiet, won’t you sweetie?”
“FINE bitch” was her damp reply.
I turned towards Mason’s texts, there were quite a few.
Macey-Boo: Bells?
Macey-Boo: I’m Sorry.
Macey-Boo: I swear it’s not what it looked like.
Macey-Boo: I don’t even know what I did in the café to piss you off.
Macey-Boo: Okay. I got an idea about what might have pissed you off. I swear I wasn’t flirting with her.
Macey-Boo: She means nothing to me.
Macey-Boo: Trust me Babe.
Macey-Boo: You are more important to me than you can even think about. I would never lose such a significant person just to have some fun with an unknown woman.
Macey-Boo: I was just being polite to her Bella. I didn’t even realize it that she thought I was interested.
Macey-Boo: I have only been interested in one woman all my life and that woman is YOU.
Macey-Boo: I would never ever do that to you babe.
Macey-Boo: Please talk to me.
Macey-Boo: Give me a chance to explain and if you think that I’m really that wrong than I swear I’ll leave you alone.
Reading this, it hurt as if something broke inside me. I didn’t even felt like reading the remaining messages, as I replied,
Me: I don’t want you to leave me alone ever.
It takes him a few minutes to reply back. It was like he was thinking about it or fighting with himself whether he should reply to my text or not, like he was thinking whether I was worth his time.
Macey-Boo: Can I call you now? I just want you to know that I’m really sorry.
Me: Can you meet me now? I want you to know that I’m sorry too.
Macey-Boo: You don’t have to ask babe. Just tell me where and I’ll meet you there.
Macey-Boo: and don’t you dare be sorry for my stupidity.
“Where should I tell him to meet me?” I asked my best friend and my brother for their opinions and now when I needed it, they were silent. Excitement was obvious on Rose’s face, whereas Ryan’s face was vacant.
Suddenly Rose shouted, “Oh my god. Where are you going to meet him?”
“You could just call him here” replied Ryan.
“I could?” I asked him, a little reluctant about calling Mason at our Cabin. This is our special place, no one other than us, is allowed to come here. Nor our parents, neither our siblings.
“Why can’t you? He is your mate Bella. He is supposed to add up to our group. Sooner or later he will be called here to hang out with us, so why not now?” Ryan said.
I was a little hesitant about it, when Rose said, “He is right. You could call him here. I’ll tell Matt to come with him. We will hang out in the lawn or by the lake to give you guys some privacy. It’s no big of a deal honey.”
“Okay. I’ll tell him and you tell Matt about the same. Please let me know what he thinks about it” I request her, moving my attention towards my phone to text Mason back.
Me: Would you be able to come to my group’s Cabin?
Macey-Boo: I’ll come to the moon if I had too. Share me the location and I’ll be there in a few minutes☺.
I smile at his message; he clearly knows how to make me smile.
Me: Matt is going to come here and he most probably will be the one to bring you here too. Just talk to Matt, is that okay?
Macey-Boo: More than okay babe. I’ll see you there in few minutes.
I smiled at his reply and moved from the bed towards the door. Rose saw me leaving and followed me, Ryan right behind her. I entered the kitchen to make some food as Rose continued talking on the phone and Ryan went to sit on the couch in the living room, switching the playstation on to play some single player game I think.
I start to cut some veggies, then boil and shred some chicken and start working on the white sauce pasta for everyone. I notice that there’s still one large pizza left on the counter top, so I place it in a microwaveable plate and keep it in the oven in order to reheat it. I place a pot of milk for some coffee on the gas as well as a wok on the other to cook the pasta. It takes around 20 minutes for me to be done with the work, when I start setting the plates on the dining table; I notice that Ryan and Rose are busy playing in the living room.
I turn towards the counter to plate the Pasta in the bowl, when I hear the main door opening and Matt shouts, “Hey. That’s not acceptable.” Hearing his voice, Rose shouts, “Babeeeee” dragging the alphabet ‘e’, a little too much for his liking; when I hear him grumble something under his breath. She pauses and speaks again, “Hey Mason” a little too cheerfully may I add.
I hear my man’s voice when he says, “Hie Rose. Hie Ryan.” Ryan replies with a small Hie which would be almost inaudible to human ears. My breath catches in when I hear him say, “Hie Bella.”
Here goes nothing.