Lee and I we were walking to class after meeting with the Vice chancellor sipping on our freshly blended juice cocktails. The VC just wanted to congratulate us on our very good performance and thank us for building a good name for our university. He also let us know that there maybe a few spots for exchange programmes with a certain university in the UK but the deal wasn't done yet so he would let us know as soon as it was but there was a good chance a few of us would go. He didn't even tell us the name of the university but it was an awesome experience. It would be great to go. He talked a lot more but my mind was elsewhere. This weekend to be exact.
Mason and I had spent the whole weekend in doors and before you get any ideas we didn't do anything besides make out, binge watch shows and stuff ourselves full of food and snacks. We didn't have sex. We both agreed to wait for the right time.
"Okay. I've had enough of this. What is going on in that head of yours?" Lee demanded.
"Mason told me he loved me and and I said it back." I blurted out.
No need of keeping it a secret from Lee. In was incapable of lying to her and she was going to eventually find out anyway.
"What?!" Lee asked in a high pitch voice gathering attention from other people on the road.
"Keep your voice down." I said in a low voice.
"Excuse me but this is a pretty big deal." She replied thankfully in a quieter voice.
"No it isn't." I said avoiding eye contact and taking a huge sip from my drink.
"Yes it is now tell me everything." Lee demanded and I had no choice but to tell her everything.
She looked lost in thought for a while and I became worried. Lee was like a sister to me, actually not like, she was and her opinion mattered to me. I wanted to know what she thought about this. What is too soon? Were we making a mistake? The more silent she got the more worried I became.
"Say something." I whispered.
"Sorry. I just didn't want to say anything because I'd cry. I am just so proud of you B. You deserve to be happy with a guy who knows your worth. I just hope he knows what a rare gem you are because if he ever hurts you I will hurt him. I promise you Lee, if he ever makes you cry I'll make him cry too." She promised and I almost cried too.
"Thanks Lee. That means more to me than anything." I replied and we hugged by the side of the road like maniacs before we pull away sniffling and wiping away our tears.
"Your welcome now let's pass by that new bakery that opened up and spend more of dad's money." She suggested linking our elbows together as we walk towards the bakery.
"And the ice cream shop too. Am craving some pistachio flavored ice cream." I said.
"A lady after my own heart or should I say stomach." She replied and we both laughed.
Now that telling Lee was over and done with I felt relieved. She was happy for me and my happiness was now complete.
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I was lying on the couch watching a sitcom on the Tv when I heard Mason open the door. It was Thursday and I'd come here immediately after practice but Mason was still in class so I made some popcorn and made myself at home. I liked having a rich boyfriend, I was kind of rich too after my dad got paid almost half a billion for that land so we were even but being Masons girlfriend had its perks. Yes you had me right, it wasn't exactly half a billion but last I talked to Amos, my eldest brother he spilled the beans. I was shook for a while before I hang up on him and called my mom. I told her that I missed her cooking and she sent me ten thousand shillings to take Lee out for dinner so we could stop missing home. Yeah that proved that we were now loaded, I just split the money with Lee and we called it even.
"Honey am home." Mason shouted from the hallway making me chuckle.
"How did you even know I was here?" I asked him when he was in sight.
"I saw your shoes at the door and you are the only person I know who likes sitcoms and the TV is loud enough for the whole apartment building to hear." He teased dropping his bag on the floor and joining me in the sofa.
He pulled me into his arms and gave me a short sweet kiss.
"I missed you." He said kissing my forehead.
"I missed you too. You're lying about the volume though."
"Yeah I am. Sue me. So how was dance rehearsals this morning? " He asked.
That was my Mason for you. He always asked about my day even though it wasn't even noon yet. He made sure I was okay and taken care of. At times I felt as if he loved me more than I loved him. I had expressed my concerns to Lee and she had said and I quote "Having a man who loves you more than you love him is a blessing because he knows you can leave him at anytime so he does everything in his power to keep you. So enjoy it girl, I know I do"she ended with a wink. I threatened to tell Jake on her but she said he wouldn't believe me because he loved her too much. I just laughed at that.
I really did love Mason and I was the luckiest girl on earth to have him by my side.
"Rehearsals were good. We are actually performing next Thursday because the main exams are coming up in two weeks and we have to be done with all practical exams by then." I explained.
"Your practical exams are still opened to the public right?" He asked and I nodded.
"Yeah why?"
"You'll see." He replied with a knowing smirk on his lips and I realized his intentions.
"Mason don't even think about coming next week." I threatened.
"What's wrong with wanting to see my girl dance?" He asked me.
"It'll make me nervous knowing your watching and I'll mess up my routine." I answered.
"Am sure you'll do great whether am there or not." He said.
" Mason am serious don't ....." And he took a page out of my playbook and shut me up with a kiss.
Damn this smart man. I knew he would still come and if I was being honest with myself I didn't really mind. Maybe him being there wouldn't be so bad after all. I just had to focus on the moves and know that my man was there to support me. Yeah, I could do this.
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Mason and I were playing a drinking game. I know your wondering how two people who didn't drink alcohol were playing such a game. Simple we just used juice and water but with a twist. You see Mason and I had one thing in common, we had weak bladders. We were playing never have I ever and we were both loosing. The trick was drink as much as possible without having have to pee because if you did have to pee you would have to go all the way to the washrooms outside which were at the ground floor and it was almost two in the morning.
"Okay my turn."He said. "Never have I ever kissed someone of the same sex." He said eyeing me curiously and I groaned.
I picked up a party cup and drained it. The drink rushing directly to my bladder and I got up quickly running to the bathroom too pressed to care about locking the door.
"Hey that's cheating." Mason said laughing.
"I won't make it and you know am scared of the dark." I defended pulling down my shorts and sitting on the toilet to do my business.
It felt really good when I emptied my bladder I almost moaned at how good it felt.
"So why did you drink?"Mason asked his voice close so I assumed he was standing just outside the door.
"It's a really stupid story." I said groaning remembering the details.
"Now am even more intrigued. Indulge me. And hurry up I have to pee too." Mason said.
"Well if you must know. I had just gotten out of a really bad relationship and I decided to celebrate by drinking my ass off. I called Lee to take me home since I could barely see let alone walk home. She picked me up like any good friend would but still gave me an earful. I got emotional and kissed her to shut her up. It's kind of my go to move. Anyway long story short she got me home and we never spoke of it again unless Lee uses it against me to get her way." I explained finishing my business before cleaning myself and flushing the toilet before I pulled by clothes on.
Mason didn't even wait for me to wash my hands before he came in and started doing his business. Luckily I was turned around. I was not ready to see Mason junior. I knew he was big, I had seen the imprint on sweatpants but I wasn't ready to find out just how big.
"And here I was feeling lucky to be the only one you kissed to shut me up." Mason complained.
"Don't worry. You're the only one I do it to now." I reassured him before slapping his ass on the way out of the bathroom.
"You are crazy you know." Mason shouted at me.
"Crazy for you." I shouted before going to clean up the mess we had made in the living room.
I think it was fair to admit we had both lost this game. Mason and I had napped earlier this afternoon after he got home from class and since we couldn't fall asleep after having dinner we decided to play a few games. He tried to teach me how to use a gaming pad and failed miserably before we switched to truth and dare. We ran out of dares because we practically knew everything about each other and Mason called it quits after I dared him to drink toilet water. I was tired of playing that game and had to do something drastic to end it and kudos to me because it worked. That's how we came up with never have I ever.
All in all it had been a perfect day. Mason came in just as I was getting comfortable under a thick blanket on the sofa. He took me in his arms and switched us over so I was half lying on top of him and half on the sofa.
"You know it still baffles me how you can hold my weight without breaking a sweat." I said tracing his arm veins with the tip of my finger.
"I bench double what you weigh at the gym so you my darling have nothing to worry about. And besides what kind of a man would I be if I couldn't lift my woman." He replied drawing patterns on my bare thighs next to one of my tattoos.
His statement just went on to to prove just how perfect Mason was. He really was one of a kind and he was all mine.
"I have a question. What do all your tattoos mean?" He asked and I smiled against his chest.
"In all the two months we've known each other you've never asked about them. Why now?" I asked.
"They always seemed like a sensitive topic to you so I wanted to avoid that conversation. Right now we are both happy and relaxed so what better time?" He replied and I smiled.
I sat up on his lap straddling him and he leaned up a little putting a pillow behind his neck to help him get a better view. I took off my tank top revealing leaving me in a pink and black gym bra. I had three tattoos. One under my left breast, one under my right arm and the other on my thigh and I explain all of them to him.
"I got all of them when I was drunk so I half regret them but I don't have the heart to have them removed because they mean a lot to me. This one, " I said pointing to the one under my breasts that looked like heart divided into four " is divided into four for all those who have power over my heart. Only two spots are filled. The F is for my family, the L is for Lee. The other two spots are one for the man I will get to marry one day and the other for my kids." I explained.
"That's so sweet. What about this one?" He asked pointing to the one under my arm.
"That one is in French meaning tigress. I got it after another bad break up from my previous relationship before you. It didn't end well and did a lot of damage to my confidence but Lee gave me this whole speech and called me a tigress. I had it tattooed on me the next time I got drunk to lessen the pain and also because I was too chicken to get it sober. I also got it as a reminder of who I really was. A tigress in Lee's words." I explained.
"If I didn't know any better. I'd say you and Lee were an item with the amount of influence she had on your life and how close you two are." Mason teased and I smiled.
"Lee has done more for me that anyone has ever done for me besides my family. She's my saving grace and without her I wouldn't be here right now. She's saved my ass more times than I can count but that's a story for another day." I replied.
"I look forward to it. Okay what about this last one?" He asked caressing the claws on my thigh.
I laughed remembering how I got that one "This was another drunk mistake. Lee and I had just watched the blank panther movie and I was really drunk so I decided to get a black panther tattooed on my thigh. Lee found me before it was completed and got me out of there. Now I just joke and say they are the front claws of tigress crawling its way out of me." I explained with a smile of my face.
"You have quite the history with alcohol and tattoos." He said.
"You have no idea. Those don't even scratch the surface to what I've done while drunk or high." I say cringing at some memories.
"So what made you finally decide to quit drugs?" He asked.
"You." I replied.
One word that answered everything before he pounced on me, our lips clashing together. Lee may have been my saving grace but Mason was my deliverance. He had accepted and loved me, demons, tattoos, drugs and all and I would love him forever for it if he had me.
Lee may have been right. Mason may have been scared to loose me but I was even more sacred to loose him because part of me still didn't accept that I deserved him. Loosing him would hurt me and I was just about to find out by how much. If I had known what was coming I would have held on tighter and kissed him harder but as the saying goes misfortune doesn't send a warning or is it knock the door, anyway you know what I mean.
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