He laughed as he unlocked the car and slid me into the front seat, pulling my jeans back over my legs before securing my belt around me and then walking round to his side to scoot in beside me.
“Do you think we’ll see any backlash?” I asked as I pressed into the back of the leather upholstery and allowed it to support my weary body as Mason sped across numerous streets in his need to get me home before I dropped dead on his seat.
“Nah, Ric’s aware of what will happen.”
He seemed pretty confident and I smiled softly as I pulled a bag of jelly beans from my bag and stuffed a few in my mouth. “You know, this… I envy you.” I mumbled around the chewy substance that was clamping my jaw together.
He shot me a confused glance as well as rolling his eyes at my bulging cheeks. “What?”
I sucked the gelatine off my teeth then prodded at it with a finger when it wouldn’t budge. Mason huffed at my uncivilized probing but I shot him a smile and he opened his mouth for me to pop him a few.
“Having a sister” I enlightened as I shoved in more sugar to awaken my brain.
He swallowed then opened his mouth for more and frowned at me whilst I filled his need. “That’s bullshit, Ava. Kerrie is your sister too, so don’t pull any of your ‘feel sorry for me’ crap.”
I stared at him in a stunned silence but he grumbled faintly then opened his mouth again. I shook my head firmly as I pouted in mock offence. “No, shit to you now, you mean man.”
His lips twitched but he glowered at me, “Feed me, damn it!”
“No!”
He reached across the car and made a grab for the bag but I swiped them away just in time and I gasped as he quickly steered the car into the edge of the road and pulled the brake.
I couldn’t hold in the giggle as I pulled at the door handle and shot from the car, my eyes shooting around as I tried to make out my surroundings and escape my husband, hell bent on avengement.
“Oh Ava” he sang chirpily from behind me but I laughed some more and vaulted the wooden gate that led into a dark field.
“Oh Mason” I mimicked as I ploughed through the long grass and made my way over to a little opening lit by a small lamp.
I made it to a cluster of trees and darted behind one, holding my chest as I tried to calm my frantic breathing and remain quiet.
My eyes zipped around looking for any shadows as my ears pricked at the air in an attempt to pick up any rustle or movement.
It was eerily silent and I frowned after a while, questioning whether Mason had followed me or not but I jolted when I heard movement behind me, the complete opposite direction from where Mason would be. My body hardened in alert as my fists clenched and my feet shuffled apart, widening my stance and readying my body to fight.
“Mason?” I whispered harshly as I narrowed my eyes and tried to focus against the dark background. “Mason!”
Another twig snapped and the hairs on my body snapped with it as I shot round and peered in the direction it had come from. “Mason, I swear to…. Oh shit!!”
My body stiffened as I felt backwards with a foot and shuffled slowly away from the beautiful but very angry badger showing me how awesomely sharp his teeth were. It was growling with a deep low rumble and I smiled at it, showing him how pretty my face was and that it didn’t need mauling.
“Fuck Ava, you’ve gone mad!”
I took another slow step back as I tried to stop breathing, just to quieten everything around me but Mr Badger obviously didn’t like me as he continued with his furious rant, snarling and glaring at me as I scuffled further back. “I am a really nice person, I promise I won’t hurt you” I told him with as much tenderness as I could muster.
“He doesn’t speak English, Ava” Mason hissed in my ear from behind and I jumped out of my skin but he yanked me back against him, grabbed my hand and ran… fast.
My legs weren’t as long as Mason’s and I kept stumbling until he growled at me and flung me over his shoulder, continuing to run at an amazing speed as he threw me over the gate and clambered over it after me.
I landed, huddled nicely into a humungous pile of horse…
Yep, that fucking stuff!
Mason stared at me with wide eyes as I glared up at him, my chest heaving not from the strain of running but from a quiet mortification bubbling away inside me.
He swallowed and I could see his cheeks slowly being sucked in as his lips disappeared behind his teeth and his eyes closed.
“You dare, you fucking dare!” I warned as I watched him pull in his fingers and clench his fists desperately as one of his feet titled inwards towards the other.
“I swear you laugh and I will divorce you.”
His leg twitched and his chest stuttered as he squeezed his eyes tighter and started to chew on his bottom lip. “Mason!”
A weird long humming sound rumbled from him and I narrowed my eyes further as he lowered his face and screwed his eyes tighter but I watched in horror as a single tear dribbled from the corner of his eye and trickled down his cheek. “MASON!”
My shout was his release as he doubled over and grabbed at his belly, his loud snorts scaring the fucking owls as they shot off in different directions and Mason braced his knees to support his vibrating body.
My brows rose when he laughed louder, his thunderous cackles echoing around us in the silence of the night until he was laughing so hard he was struggling to breathe and clenching his side as a stitch gripped his muscles.
“Oh – my – god!” he groaned when he eventually stopped with the stupid laughter. There was absolutely no need for it; I mean it just wasn’t funny.
“Did you enjoy that?” I asked grumpily as I lifted myself up and re-energised Mason’s laughter when the fucking stuff made a wet glugging noise as I pulled away.
Just kill me, just kill me now!
I shrugged moodily and walked off towards the car. “Uhh baby,” Mason stuttered as he appeared beside me and I shot him a glance. “Where are you going?”
I tutted and rolled my eyes, “Uhh, to the car!”
“Oh no!”
My jaw dropped as I stopped instantly and turned to him, “What?”
He shook his head briskly as his eyes widened to plate size, “No way, Ava. There is no way you are getting in my car with… like that.”
I gawked at him with my mouth agape as a sliver of drool slipped over my lip and I went to wipe it away but stuttered to a stop when I saw my brown hands. “Uhh, what?” I repeated stupidly as a little spark lit my belly and kindled the embers only just dying out.
“Ava, you are… you are covered, head to toe, in horse shit.”
I nodded slowly and smiled proudly. Such a clever boy.
He shook his head again and pulled out his phone and I watched in shocked astonishment as he phoned Sam and ordered a fucking van to fetch me.
He shrugged sheepishly as he replaced his phone and fiddled with his fingers so he wouldn’t have to look at me.
I pulled in a heavy breath and smirked as I started to peel off my shirt and trousers. Mason frowned then looked around, scoping the place out for people as I decided to get naked. “What are you doing?”
I scoffed as I unhooked my bra and threw it into a nearby bush along with the rest of my dirty clothes. “If you think I’m standing in horse shit whilst I wait for a friend to take me home, then you are sorely mistaken.”
“Ava!” he shouted out as I thumbed the edge of my knickers, “No, Christ, at least leave your knickers on.”
I quirked a brow then dropped my eyes to his t-shirt. He frowned then looked down to see what I was gesturing to but shot me a horrified look when he realised I wanted his shirt. “Ava, it’s my Queen t-shirt!” He wittered as he placed his hands on it protectively.
I nodded and grinned, “I know, such a shame I need it. I don’t think you’ll be able to get the smell out after either.”
I’m sure he discharged a distraught sob but he coughed to cover it and I rolled my lips, relishi
ng the fact that it was now my turn to struggle with the belt of humour.
“Uhh…”
I gasped loudly but phonily, however, Mason didn’t need to know that. “So not only are you refusing to take me home, you are making me stand in the middle of nowhere naked!”
“But…” He shot various glances between me and his shirt before he sighed sadly and grabbed the hem, lifting it slowly over his head and jerkily held it out to me.
I smiled at him and held my hand out but he snatched it back quickly and held it against his bare chest, “Mason, would you like me to say a prayer.”
He scowled at me and grumbled something under his breath as he closed his eyes and gave it me. I chuckled quietly as I slipped it over my naked chest and sighed happily. He did love me, and enough to give me his sacred t-shirt.
A white van pulled in as Marcy waved frantically out of the windscreen at me and I beamed happily.
“Ava!” she chirped as she ran over and skidded to a halt inches from me when the stench hit her nostrils. “Jesus Christ hun, what the hell happened?”
I shot a glare at Mason and proceeded to fill her in as Sam came round and opened the rear doors. “I am not fucking cattle!” I barked at him.
He coughed and said something which I didn’t catch. A bark of laughter broadcast from Mason and I whipped my face to his, “What? What did he say?”
“Nothing baby, just that it’s a hired vehicle and you can’t mucky the seats. You’ll have to get in the back.” He had the grace to grimace – luckily for him.
“You are gonna pay for this, Fox!” I growled as I clambered in the back of the van and huddled against the side, drawing my knees up and hugging them.
“I saved you from a rabid bloody badger!” he declared with astonishment.
“We were getting on fine until you came along!” I scoffed, “You just scared him.”
He sighed and shook his head, “Of course, baby.”
I nodded and narrowed my eyes but he grinned and winked, the action bubbling my tummy with happy detonations. “Do I get a kiss?” I asked with a quirked brow.
His eyes perused my body as I swiftly opened my knees and shot him a look at my sexy shit filled knickers. He laughed heartily as he grabbed my upper arms and pulled me towards him, “You know what Ava Fox, no matter how much shit you bring into my life, you always partner it with so much happiness that I can’t help but love you.”
“And me, you” I whispered flashing my pearly whites at him, the only clean thing left of me before I slipped my hand behind his head and brought it close to mine, devouring my glorious bastard in a toe curling kiss.
He didn’t realise I wiped my fingers in his hair whilst I was there.
The End
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