4. Mason

He was moving on, he was sure of it because the rumours had finally settled down and everything was becoming peaceful again and then –

"Hey Mason, wipe the drool off your face. If you're going to think about me naked, do it in your own time."

- and he fell again.

She was a gorgeous as he remembered, maybe even more gorgeous but that meant nothing to him. But it was her wit that he liked. The constant sarcastic remarks and snide comments, her fiery personality and total i-don't-give-a-fuck attitude. She was his type of girl, fierce and powerful but also a total girl at the same time.

He'd thought that he'd gotten over her, moved on but she was back in all her kick-ass glory.

Rosemarie Hathaway.

Long-time crush. Part-time friend.

Eddie said that he should have gotten over her, even now that she was back he should continue on the whole getting over her plan but he just couldn't. And then, just like that, she started paying more attention to him, touching me more, flirting more and he felt hope. He felt as if everything in his life was finally looking up.

They kissed. It wasn't wonderful or perfect for her, he knew because he'd grown to know her but for him he was more magical, like a dream come true because it was his dream to be able to kiss Rose Hathaway and share her with nobody else. But then, with her reputation – even though he tries to tell himself time and time again that none of it was true because that wasn't Rose – he can see that she'd never just be his.

"She's an idiot, you know," Mia says because for some reason they've been talking more often than not. He feels guilty sometimes, talking to her, because of all the horrible things she said about Rose but she just seems to get him and he needs that more than anything. "She's an idiot because she doesn't see how utterly devoted you are to her."

"I know, I know," he murmurs to her. "But she's my idiot."

And he knows that he'd follow her until his death if he had to.

Gah.

It's been way too long. But I wanted to wait until Spirit Bound and Last Sacrifice came out to see how the other characters developed before I wrote anymore of these. Because seriously, I'm a cannon fan and if things had happened after I wrote somebody (say like Adrian) and it was completely wrong, I wouldn't be able to stand it. Plus, I'm trying to make these longer as well, with dialogue and might be going to go back and tweak the first three.

Anyway, I wanted to write Eddie and I desperately tried (especially for Black Lighted Clouds because she asked for him) but I just couldn't get him right. I'll try to write him soon though, promise.

Requests for next drabble, anybody? Oh, and what did y'all think of Last Sacrifice? Live up to expectations or not? I'd love to hear comments. And questions: what do you think about a Belikov family reunion story? I've got one in my mind but I'm not sure…

Review and tell me if you think I did Mase justice because I like it, but I'm still not entirely happy.