I rolled over in my bed and saw a familiar face fast asleep beside me, Mason was out like a light from last night's excitement and I didn't want to disturb him as he slept. He looked so peaceful and this was a face I wouldn't mind waking up to every morning. Reaching over and delicately touching Mason's cheek his skin was so smooth to the touch of my fingertips

'You finished touching my face Jess' he groaned

I was given a small fright that he had spoken when I thought he was still fast asleep, Mason sleepily opened his eyes and sighed contently from my touch as he adjusted himself in my bed whilst sitting up and getting himself comfortable

'How long have you been awake?' I asked

'For about an hour' he replied. 'It looked like you were having a good dream so I didn't want to disturb you by getting out of the bed'

'Well I'm glad that you didn't Slick. For the first time in months I was able to have a peaceful night sleep'

'Nothing to do with last night was it'

'Don't flatter yourself too much Slick, you were good but….'

'Just good' he smirked, raising a brow suggestively

'Ok you were more than good Mason. It felt good to feel pleasure again when I thought I couldn't do it again because of what happened before in this room you know'

'I totally understand that Jess'

'Because we had done it and my mind didn't go there at all last night, and now it's the only thing I can think about'

'You want to go again?' he asked hopefully

I nodded my head and slipped my hand underneath the covers, finding his member and gently stroking it till it became hard. Mason kissed my lips gently and placed his hand over my sensitive mound and pushed a finger inside of me, softly stroking me as I did the same to him to quickly get us more aroused and in the mood

'Do you have another condom Mason'

'Yeah give me a minute' he groaned in pleasure

Mason reached over to the night stand to retrieve his wallet and pull out another contraceptive. He rolled on the condom before hovering his body over me again, he was hesitant as I could feel his member besides my thigh whist Slick pushed a few stances of hair back behind my ear, I bore my eyes into his and saw nothing but love and affection behind his blue eyes

'I just want you to know that I love you so much Jessica'

'I love you too Mason'

Dipping his head down and capturing our lips together I felt the full force of his love for me, I put the same amount of effort back into the kiss as I cupped his face. Wrapping my right leg around his waist I nudged him forward in a small jurk action, I could feel Mason's smile against my lips as he positioned his member closer at my entrance, entering slowly and pulling out, teasing me. I held his back and locked my legs around his waist, keeping him inside of me…..

An hour later Mason had changed back into his clothes from last night and I saw him out of the house. going back into my bedroom I picked up my phone and saw a new text message from Hannah, asking if I wanted to meet up at Monet's in an hour for a coffee and a catch up; sending a reply back immediately that I can't wait to see her there

I arrived at the coffee shop early and ordered two hot chocolates at the counter before finding our F.M.L table in the back of the shop. Sitting on my own at the table I scrolled through my socials and saw cute pictures of couples from last night's dance, sensing a presence of someone taking the empty seats in front of me at the table I dropped my phone down

'What do you want Zach?' I enquired

'Hey Jessica' he greeted me. 'Do you know where I can find Mason'

'How would I know where he is? He isn't my boyfriend and I certainly don't have constant tabs on him'

'I only ask because I saw you two leave the dance together last night not that I'm suggesting anything of course'

'Of course not' I muttered under my breath. 'Have you tried his home'

'I've already been and there seems to be no response when I ring the doorbell'

'That seems a bit weird he should be home right now' I exclaimed. 'Is there any message I can pass onto him for you Zach'

'I'd rather tell Mason what I need to tell him myself Jess but thanks anyway' he replied. 'Just tell him that I want a word with him will you Jess'

'Sure'

I nodded my head whilst talking to Zach when I hadn't noticed Hannah enter the coffee shop, spotting us both and coming over to our table to join us. Zach got up out of the chair space and bidded us both goodbye before leaving the store, Hannah took the empty seat as a barista dropped our two hot chocolates on our table

'I wasn't distributing you both was I' Hannah enquired, looking back at the window as we saw Zach leave to his car

'No not at all Hannah' I assured

'What did Zach want? Nothing to do with Justin was it'

'It was the entire opposite actually he wanted ask if I know where your cousin was'

'Well he's home right now but I don't know where he got to last night' she smirked. 'Do you know where he was Jess'

'You're literally going to play these games till I tell you where Mason ended up last night ain't you'

'So you do know where he was then, me and Clay were worried sick when he didn't come home last night' Hannah teased

'After you guys dropped us off outside my house last night, we spent the whole night together'

'You guys went all the way then' she remarked. 'Sorry Jess that's too personal to ask, you don't have to answer that'

'No it's fine Hannah we did end up sleeping together last night'

'And how was it'

'It was good, really good. I felt everything what I wanted to feel with him since you know' I remarked

'Yeah I understand what you mean Jess'

'So Slick told me something last night as well about you and Clay' I proclaimed, wanting to get my own back and tease her till she spilt some juicy gossip as well

'Did he now? What did Mason say to you' Hannah chirped

'Slick said you guys had a free house as well last night' I proclaimed. 'Where did Clay end up last night then'

'Oh you know down my house again'

'And what did you two love birds do when you finally made it back to that big and empty home last night'

'Just slept in my bed together'

'Just sleep nothing more?' I smirked

'Ok since you're dying to know the juicy details Jess, we did end up sleeping together as well'

'That's great that you guys have take another step forward in your relationship, was last night Clay's first time'

Hannah just nodded her head whilst taking a sip of her hot chocolate and held the warm cup in her hand. 'It was his first time and Clay was good, just need a little more practise to get a bit better but last night was really romantic when we went that next step further together'

'Whilst you were doing it with Clay did your mind at all ever went to what Bryce had done to you in his hot tube'

'That didn't happen at all last night because I kinda decorated my room a little with fairy lights above my bed to create an atmosphere' she explained. 'Did your mind go to your party last year?'

'I was scared that it would but it didn't and I'm thankful for that' I proclaimed. 'No matter how many times I try not to think about it, what Bryce had done to me will always stay with me'

'I have the exact same thoughts as you Jess, nothing we do now will ever shake them away'

Whilst having our hot chocolates we changed the topic away from Bryce and talked about what our families will be doing over christmas, I learnt from Hannah that her family will be staying in Crestmont over the holidays, we decided to hang out over the festive period since we both would be in town instead of visiting families in other states…..

No matter how many times we changed the topic between us our thoughts were always going back to Bryce. I know Mason was trying his hardest to get us both to change our minds about pressing charges against him but I never truly know how Hannah felt about the situation going forward

'Have you ever thought about going forward to the police Hannah' I enquired, need to know where she stands with the idea

'You sound just like Mason' she retorted, probably tired of hearing it from him multiple times at home since he came to live with them

'We haven't really talked about it just me and you Hannah. I know were getting pressure to report it but I don't know how you really feel about it'

'I want to report it to the police but I just feel so helpless at times, because of my reputation who is going to believe the class slut over the most popular jock in Liberty'

'Hate to sound cliche but you would have the rest of your family to back you up to the police, you have your friends as well'

'It would just be another notch against my name that the class slut is making a big deal out of nothing but everyone doesn't have a clue what really happened to us and what we're going through right now'

'It's a terrible secret that we both know and I hate to think Bryce has done this to other girls as well'

'Do you think he's capable of commiting another rape' Hannah whispered, trying not to draw attention about our conversation

'I want to say no but deep down I know I would be just lying to myself Hannah'

'I would be surprised if we're his only victims, he's a callous and cold man' Hannah admitted. 'I like to believe there is some good in everyone but people like him, he's the devil incarnate Jess, he will never have my sympathy ever'

'I just want to see him behind bars for the rest of his life but I know he won't ever get a sentence like that'

'Bryce would only get a fine instead of a prison sentence with the wealth that he's got behind him'

'You really think so Hannah' I stated, raising a brow

'I've done my research regarding our penal codes in the state, Bryce will be lucky if he does a prison sentence that he has to do the full sixteen years for the both of us'

'Only that long Hannah? Just sixteen years'

'He will buy away half of that sentence if it's ever given to Bryce' she explained. 'I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news on that Jess'

I huffled loudly and finished off the rest of my hot chocolate in angest, it just wasn't fair that if you get a prison sentence for rape in California you only get a maximum of eight years. This was only another reasons for me not to come forward to the police about Bryce, would he learn anything from prison and repent for his acts after serving only half of that sentence, I highly doubt Bryce would and he'll go back to his old ways of raping women when they were unconious like myself or not in control of a situation when they back into a corner by him

I was done talking about Bryce for the day and wanted to totally put him in the back of my mind for now, suggesting the idea of retail therapy to Hannah. We quickly left the coffee shop to start our morning of shopping and treat ourselves to some new clothes and make up in the town…..

With bags of new clothes in our hands and going back to Hannah's we expected to see the boys back there as well, entering through the front door of the Baker residence we found the living room quiet and empty. They must be out somewhere getting up to god knows what shenanigans

'Let's dump the bags into my room' she informed me

I followed Hannah around her house as she led us to her bedroom, pushing open the door we dropped our shopping bags down on her small moon chair as my gaze went over to her alarm clock to see what the time was

'Do you want to order a takeout' I asked her, seeing it was past half twelve

'Sure why not, what did you have in mind'

'Subway'

Hearing the sounds of soft muffling coming from Mason's bedroom I raised my eyebrows suggestively to Hannah, quietly making our way over to his room the two of us busted through into Mason's room, startling both of the boys as they were sat on the bed and pushing stuff down the sides of it

'What are you both up to in here?' I questioned

'Can't you guys knock first before jumping into my room' he protested

'Got something to hide have we?'

'Just a little privacy would be nice'

'Anyway we wanted to know if you wanted to just us for lunch, we're getting Subway' Hannah informed them

'Sure we'll join you'

Clay and Hannah ordered our lunch through the UberEats app on their phone whilst we were all sitting in Mason's bedroom. Reaching over to some unmarked dvd that were sat on his chest of draws I flicked through then to find out what they were as they sparked my curiosity

'What movies are on these dvds' I asked Mason

Mason and Clay's faces dropped from what was in my hand as they turned their attention towards me, I knew it wasn't some movie they might have copied or borrowed from a friend. Something really important was on these discs and I wanted to know what it was, if they didn't tell me I would find out for myself and watch it

'Why don't we watch something else' Slick suggested, trying to take the disc from my grasp

'Why can't we watch what are on theses'

'Believe me you wouldn't want to Jess'

'I thought you both promised me there wouldn't be anymore secrets between the three of us anymore' Hannah interjected, eyes both Clay and Mason up

'I know what we both promised you Hannah at the dance but trust us on this, you both do not want to watch it'

'Sooner or later Jess and I are going to find out what's on them so you might as well tell us now' Hannah stated

'Let's watching something else babe' Clay exclaimed, taking his girlfriend's hand and gaining her attention only

'Like what'

'I don't know maybe a rom com or a horror movie'

'If it's horror then it has to be a zombie movie for sure' I stated

Clay agreed to the movie suggestion as Hannah and I high fived each other on our accomplishment, looking over to Mason and seeing him getting distracted by his phone I saddled up to next him on his bed. I placed my hand along his thigh and gain his focus back to me, leaning in closer to Slick

'What do you think babe' I asked

'Sounds perfect'

Mason smiled softly and leaned his head over to me, nearing my lips and was inches away from them as we heards sounds of disgust from Hannah and Clay. I pulled my head away from Mason's and looked at the couple whilst raising a brow, counting the times we hadn't said anything when they were doing their public display of affection in front of us

'Get a room you two' Clay and Hannah teased

'We are already in a room' I counter protested

'Then get another room' Hannah stated

Mason and I picked up a pillow each off his head and threw them at Clay and Hannah, hitting them at the side of their bodies before they caught it and throwing it back to us. They soon left Mason's bedroom to make our orders for lunch to be delivered, seeing that they were gone I cupped Mason's cheek and drew him near, gently kissing his lips as I could feel his lips turn into a smile

We waited for the food to arrive before starting our film of World War Z in the living room, whilst digging into our Subway sandwiches Mason's phone kept on going off during the film, drawing his attention away when he always ignored his phone during a movie session together.

'Everything alright' I asked quietly, nudging his arm slightly

'Yeah nothing to worry about' he tried to reassure, turning his phone over so it was face down on the couch

I could tell Mason was lying to me as he was acting out of character and doing things that he usually didn't do, casting my gaze towards the window of the living room I could just about make out the distinct four rings on the front of a vehicle, slowly pulling away from the other side of the road and driving down the street. There was only one person I knew who drove a silver Audi everywhere, I wondered what Zach Dempsey was doing here at the Baker residence and what he wanted with Mason…..