To Hate My Stepbrother

Ava’s POV

I couldn’t stop myself from thinking about the fun Mason and I had last night and I really couldn’t wait to confess my feelings to him.

Smiling, I kept fiddling with my phone until I heard it ring and that put a halt to my thoughts. Looking around the room like anyone was going to beat me up if I answered.

My heart skipped a beat when I saw Mason’s name boldly written on the screen, lots of thoughts crossed my mind and I was too scared to answer the call that I had to let it ring.

“Aren’t you going to answer that?” Nicole asked and I had no idea what to answer her with.

It soon started ringing again and I couldn’t just let it keep ringing without answering it. Bracing myself up and summoning every ounce of courage I had left in me.

“You have it all planned out, you can do this, Ava.” I said to myself, my heart still racing that it felt as though it was going to fly out of my chest.

Can I really do this?

“Hey.” I coughed into the phone and I could hear slight giggles from the background but I only shrugged it off.

Why is he calling me now so suddenly? What does he want to say?

Unable to sit or even stand in a particular spot, I started pacing as I waited for him to take his time before talking.

“Hey, Ava. Can you come down?” He asked and before I could say anything else he told me where I was going to meet up with him.

“I’m waiting.” He finally finished. Unable to say anything else, I hung up out of fear before realizing it and I mentally slapped myself as I stared into the phone.

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Deep down I knew why I hung up so abruptly was because I was scared. I could go over there to meet him but would he accept my nice gestures?

I’ve been bottling this up for so long that I have it all planned out and I even made a mental note as I practiced what I was going to say to him and how I’d say it.

But now it seems like I’m chickening out. Whatever it takes, I’m going to make sure that I confess my feelings to him.

Nicole picked out a short red strapless dress and had even picked out a hair tie to match with it. She helped with my makeup and soon I was ready to go.

Taking a deep breath, I picked up the charm bracelet and made my way to the beach where I’m supposed to meet Mason.

Everything was set romantically, there was wine and lots of sea foods. Mason pulled out the chair for me and I sat as we both ate our food and also talked.

He never spoke about his childhood but today was different and he told me a lot of things that he thinks I needed to know about him.

He told me how he felt when his mother left and the reason he never really got engaged in a long term relationship.

I’ve never felt so special and so I decided I was going to tell him things about my father in return. I told him about my dad and how I grew up and things I also thought he needed to know about me.

“I have something for you,” I announced with a smile after dinner and pulled out the bracelet, “I also have something I want to tell you.” I added and he raised an eyebrow before clearing his throat.

“I also have something to tell you.” He replied and my cheeks felt hot as my eyes widened. I watched as he pulled out a beautiful ring and requested that I give him my hand.

He inserted the ring into my finger and planted a kiss on my lip, my heart fluttered and the butterflies in my stomach grew.

“Ava,” he started and I couldn’t wait to hear what he wanted to say to me before I finally let him know how much I love him.

“You know, all my life has always felt like I was missing something but ever since you came along and into my life, it has been more colorful and six months with you had been nothing but magic.” He continued his speech and my knees felt weak immediately.

Leaning into me, he kissed me again and looked into my eyes for what seemed like minutes, “Ava, I..” he was still talking when we heard a voice.

“Ava!” A familiar voice called, the person who’d called interrupted the beautiful moment and I got mad until I turned to see who it was and my eyes widened.

It was my cousin and I had no idea how long he’s been watching us until he gripped my arm and pulled me away from Mason.

“What the hell is wrong with you? What on earth do you think you’re doing?” He asked, raising his voice and causing a scene.

He saw everything.

“You’re having a love affair with your step brother?” He asked again as he scoffed, I could hear the disappointment in his voice as he spoke.

“How selfish can you be? You wait, just wait until your mum gets to hear about this and the rubbish you have going on with him!” He yelled again, everyone was outside now.

“I’ve been suspecting it for a while but I didn’t want to believe it because why? You’ve always been decent and even if you wanted to be bitchy, you could’ve done it elsewhere and not with your stepbrother?!” He added.

He was still about to say something else when I saw him fall to the ground and I looked to see Mason breathing heavily with his hand already made into a fist.

“Call her bitchy one more time and watch what the hell would happen to you!” Mason yelled and his friends were holding him back from hitting my cousin again.

The tears flowing freely down my eyes, I felt ashamed of myself as I ran away from the beach but Nicole and Ryan followed closely behind me.

I had it all planned out but nothing at all went according to the way I’d planned it.