Finding Us

01

It was 9:04 on Thursday night when he texted me.

Mason: Hi Isabelle. I know its been a while but i need your help.

This message had me shook. He had not spoken to me for nearly 3 months. What could he possibly want?

Last time he messaged me was to talk about our "friendship". He had led me on multiple times and didn't care. He just wanted attention and i was too blind to see it. Now he has a girlfriend and seems pretty happy so why does he need my help?

Isabelle: Yes?
Mason: Meet me at Rock and Roll and we'll catch up

I don't care about him and i don't want to catch feelings again but this could be amusing. I could get to see why Mason, the school pretty boy, needs my help. It's very funny, if you think about it.

I change out of my flannel pjs and into a pair of shorts and a sweater. If there's one thing to know about me it's that i own thousands of sweaters. Every color, every brand, every decade. My favorite would have to be my 80/90s collection. The sweaters today are all skin tight. The point of a sweater is for warmth, not to show off.

I hop into my car and drive to Rock and  Roll.

"Hi Belle," Mason says as i approach his booth. He called me Belle. No one calls me Belle. It sent a shiver down my spine.

"Hello," i say. I will not fall again. I will not let his boyish charms control me. I will not flirt. I say this every time i see him. This time feels different and i know i won't be charmed again.

"So how have you been?" he asks while running his fingers through his light brown hair. I've always liked his hair. It curls in all the right places. Right beneath his baseball cap and around his ears.

"Get to the point, Mason. What do you want?" I just want to know so i can leave.

"So you know how me and Harper were dating," he says. Wait. He said were. I thought they would stay together for the rest of high school. They were supposed to win prom king and queen at the upcoming junior prom. She had long, auburn hair and curves in the right places, "well, she cheated on me and that's why I need your help. I need to make her jealous and you're the one person she hates most."