Status: Finished November 17, 2013
Made in the USA
Reunited
Mason’s POV
If working at a shoe store helped me pay for college then by all means I was going to work at a shoe store.
“Got all you need mam?” I asked as I got the shoebox from her.
“Yes, would you be interested in modeling?”
I looked at the lady who gave me a smile. I turned around and looked around.
“You’re asking me?” I asked.
She nodded slowly and smiled at me.
“You are quite a looker”
I chuckled and she handed me a card.
“If you need money” she said.
I nodded and I put the card in my pocket.
“What’s your name?”
She looked at my nametag and smiled.
“Well Mason, when you need money or just a job you make sure to call that number”
I smiled at her and nodded.
“I will most certainly do that” I said as I bagged her shoes.
She handed me her credit card and she looked at me.
“How old are you if I may ask?”
I smiled at her.
“19 mam” I said.
“College?’
I nodded and she smiled.
“It will help you pay college”
I laughed lightly and handed her back her credit card.
“I’m just saying. You know once in your life have it your way”
I smiled and looked at her.
“Are you assuming I’ve never had it my way?” I asked her as I handed her a pen and her receipt.
She smiled as she signed the paper.
“If you did, you wouldn’t be working right now”
She got her bag and she gave me a smile.
“You give me that call Mason”
I nodded slightly and she left. For once in your life have it your way …I took out the card and looked at it. My phone began ringing and I took it out to see it was Brandon.
“Hey man I’m kind of at work” I said turning around to look at the hats.
“I think I found Grace”
My eyes widened and I put my phone down. I looked around and found the manager.
“Hey bob I’m taking my break” I told him.
He turned around and looked at the time.
“Ok see you in an hour”
I nodded and put the phone against my ear.
“Where are you?”
“Uh outside Starbucks but hurry. I don’t exactly want to call Nas and you know get her hopes up”
“Give me 5 minutes” I said getting my hoodie.
I jogged out of the shoe store and ran to my car. I turned on the car and sped out.
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Brandon’s POV
I heard heavy footsteps and I looked up. Mason walked in and his eyes widened when he saw the girl I was sitting in front of.
“Grace?” he asked.
Her head snapped up and Mason pulled her into a hug.
“Oh thank god you’re ok”
The girl gripped onto Mason’s hoodie and he pulled away and took her face in his hands.
“Are you hungry?” he asked.
She nodded slowly and Mason smiled.
“I’ve got 45 minutes” he told her smiling at her.
She nodded and he looked at her.
“Your hair is short” he told her as he pulled her into another hug.
She looked at me and then at Mason.
“You’ve been gone quite a long time Grace, Nas has a boyfriend” he said to her.
She nodded slowly and Mason looked at me.
“Give her a call” he said.
I nodded and pulled out my phone.
“Hi B”
I smiled.
“Hey where are you?” I asked.
“Uh I just put the food in the trunk and I’m going to head home”
I looked at mason who was hugging the small girl.
“Why don’t you head over to uh the Burger King?” I said when I saw Grace point at the burger king across the street.
“The one by your house?”
“Yea I bumped into Mason” I said looking at Mason who wouldn’t let go of Grace.
“Oh ok then ill see you in 10”
“Ok see you then” I said.
I hung up and walked over to them.
“Let’s go” I said.
Mason nodded and I noticed his referee like shirt.
“Nice shirt” I said looking at him.
He looked down at his shirt and rolled his eyes.
“oh dude you won’t believe it but this lady comes up to me and you know I’m scanning her shoes and she’s like you should model give me a call”
I chuckled and looked at him.
“Well you kinda do look like a damn model” I told him.
“Even in this horrible shirt”
I heard a giggle and I looked down. Grace wasn’t short. She was a good 5’5.
“I see you still find my misery funny Grace”
She gave me a smile and I returned it, she then proceeded to get Mason’s hand as we began walking. We got to the burger king and we took a seat.
“You sure you don’t want anything?”
“No thanks man, my coach would kill me if I ate fast food” I said.
“I thought there was no diet”
“oh there isn’t, but Nas is making dinner” I said.
“True”
I nodded and he left. I looked at Grace who gave me a smile. She hadn’t talked to me much except when I said her name. She looked so scared when I said her name. I told her I was Nas’ boyfriend and that calmed her down a bit. I showed her a picture of Nas and I and that’s when she looked at me. I took her inside the starbucks and bought her a cookie and a lemonade. She ate that so fast. How long had it been since she ate?
“How long have you two been dating?”
I looked at her and smiled.
“Uh since June” I said.
She nodded and looked at me.
“How did you two meet?”
I began telling her how we met and she kept looking around.
“Are you ok?” I asked her.
She nodded and smiled.
“Sorry”
I shook my head.
“Don’t be sorry” I said.
She nodded and she got up and sat next to me. Oh she didn’t want to be alone. I slung an arm around her shoulder and she smiled at me.
“Do you go to college?”
“Uh no” I said.
She looked at me.
“I play hockey” I said.
She smiled when I said that.
“For the kings?”
I shook my head slowly and she frowned.
“For the Blackhawks” I said.
“Oh that’s cool”
Mason came back and looked at Grace was seated right next to me.
“She’s here”
I turned and spotted Nas. She was wearing a pink pullover. Her light blue skinny jeans and some knee high boots.
“Hey Nas”
She smiled at Mason and she turned to look at me. Her smile fell a little and her eyes widened.
“Oh my god”
Grace got up and Nastia pulled her into a hug.
“Oh thank god”
Nas was holding onto her sister like her life depended on it.
“you’re ok I knew you were ok”
Nas looked at Grace and smiled.
“Your hair”
Grace nodded and burried her face in Nas’ chest.
“Are you hungry?” Nas asked her.
“Mase bought me food”
Nastia nodded and hugged her younger sister.
“Ok then”
Mason gave Grace a burger which she practically scarfed down. Nastia was sitting across from me because Grace had sat next to me and like I mean practically on my lap.
“I need to get going” Mason said.
Nastia nodded and Mason kissed her cheek and he got up. He kissed Grace’s forehead and pushed my forehead back.
“Where’s my kiss goodbye? I bought you coffee” I said.
He flipped me off and I laughed.
“We need to go buy you some clothes” Nastia told her sister who nodded.
“And we need to call mom and dad”
Grace nodded and looked down at her fries.
“Ok”
She looked up at me.
“Is he coming?”
“to buy you clothes?” Nastia asked.
Grace nodded and she looked at me.
“Brandon is busy hun”
“Oh”
“I can go” I told her.
Grace gave me a smile and nodded.
“Ok then”
I looked at Nastia who gave me a smile.
“Do you want more?” I found myself asking the girl.
She shook her head slowly and covered her mouth.
“I’m fine”
Nas and I both nodded and I got up.
“I need to head over to my apartment” I told them as I got up.
Grace looked at me and I smiled at her.
“Want to head over there Nas? The place is fixed” I said.
“Sure, let’s just drive there in my car”
I nodded and Grace got up and hugged my arm. I looked at Nastia who shrugged and followed us out.
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Anastasia’s POV
I’m not a jealous person so when my littler sister latched onto Brandon’s arm I didn’t mind. I was worried though, why was she so damn scared? We got into my car and Grace chose to sit in the back. Brandon looked at me and I gave him a smile. I pulled out of the burger king driveway and drove to Brandon’s place. We got there and Grace looked around.
“We need to do this quick because well Polly is cooking” I told Brandon who nodded as we made our way up the complex.
“And this is it” he said opening the door.
Grace walked in and I followed her inside. She smiled a little at the place. It looked homey. The walls had been painted from what Brandon had told me. There was a Tv mounted onto the wall and a few pictures. Grace walked over to a picture and smiled.
“When was this?”
Brandon walked over to her and smiled.
“That was my day with the cup” Brandon said.
I smiled because in the picture Brandon and I were looking at each other and smiling. He was wearing a red vneck and beige shorts. My hair was down except the crown braid I had on. I was wearing blue shorts and a white blouse. Brandon’s mom had taken the picture. There was also the picture of me cuddled up to Brandon’s chest from when he had given me my lavender roses.
“Oh that’s cool”
Brandon smiled at her and nodded. She put the photo back to where it was and Brandon walked over to me. He pecked my lips and I smiled at him.
“What’s wrong with it?”
Brandon turned to see her looking at the broken PSP Brandon owned. The smart boy had dropped it and it never turned back on.
“uh it broke” Brandon said.
Grace nodded and continued looking around. Brandon got my hand and smiled at me. I followed him to the hall where he pulled me into a kiss.
“Thank you” I told him.
“For?”
I looked at him and saw he was looking down at me.
“You found her didn’t you? That’s why she’s latched onto you” I said.
He nodded slowly and I smiled. I pecked his lips and he smiled.
“thank you” I told him again.
He laughed.
“You don’t need to thank me”
He fixed my bangs and we heard something jiggle in the living room. He looked up at me and I walked into the living room where I found grace with an opened psp. She was looking at the hardware. She moved something and she closed the small game. She pressed a button and the screen lit up. She smiled to herself and looked up. Her cheeks turned pink when she saw we were looking at her.
“How’d you do that?” Brandon asked her.
She tightened the screws and handed it to him.
“Uh I remembered from when Jake broke his”
I nodded and Brandon smiled at her.
“Well let’s go drop those things off and then we will head on out to target or something to get you some clothes” I told her.
She nodded and she got up. Brandon’s phone rang and he looked at it. He frowned and looked at me.
“I have to head to the UC and pick up Shawzy” he told me as he got his jacket.
Grace frowned and he gave her a smile.
“You’ll be fine” he told her.
She nodded and he fixed her bangs.
“I promise” he added.
She nodded and he gave her a hug.
“Come on” Brandon said offering me his hand.
I smiled and took his hand.
“So I’ll go to the meeting and meet you at your place”
I nodded and Brandon pecked my lips.
“Have fun!” he said squeezing Grace’s shoulder.
She nodded and he left.
“So um…do we call mom and dad?”
If working at a shoe store helped me pay for college then by all means I was going to work at a shoe store.
“Got all you need mam?” I asked as I got the shoebox from her.
“Yes, would you be interested in modeling?”
I looked at the lady who gave me a smile. I turned around and looked around.
“You’re asking me?” I asked.
She nodded slowly and smiled at me.
“You are quite a looker”
I chuckled and she handed me a card.
“If you need money” she said.
I nodded and I put the card in my pocket.
“What’s your name?”
She looked at my nametag and smiled.
“Well Mason, when you need money or just a job you make sure to call that number”
I smiled at her and nodded.
“I will most certainly do that” I said as I bagged her shoes.
She handed me her credit card and she looked at me.
“How old are you if I may ask?”
I smiled at her.
“19 mam” I said.
“College?’
I nodded and she smiled.
“It will help you pay college”
I laughed lightly and handed her back her credit card.
“I’m just saying. You know once in your life have it your way”
I smiled and looked at her.
“Are you assuming I’ve never had it my way?” I asked her as I handed her a pen and her receipt.
She smiled as she signed the paper.
“If you did, you wouldn’t be working right now”
She got her bag and she gave me a smile.
“You give me that call Mason”
I nodded slightly and she left. For once in your life have it your way …I took out the card and looked at it. My phone began ringing and I took it out to see it was Brandon.
“Hey man I’m kind of at work” I said turning around to look at the hats.
“I think I found Grace”
My eyes widened and I put my phone down. I looked around and found the manager.
“Hey bob I’m taking my break” I told him.
He turned around and looked at the time.
“Ok see you in an hour”
I nodded and put the phone against my ear.
“Where are you?”
“Uh outside Starbucks but hurry. I don’t exactly want to call Nas and you know get her hopes up”
“Give me 5 minutes” I said getting my hoodie.
I jogged out of the shoe store and ran to my car. I turned on the car and sped out.
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Brandon’s POV
I heard heavy footsteps and I looked up. Mason walked in and his eyes widened when he saw the girl I was sitting in front of.
“Grace?” he asked.
Her head snapped up and Mason pulled her into a hug.
“Oh thank god you’re ok”
The girl gripped onto Mason’s hoodie and he pulled away and took her face in his hands.
“Are you hungry?” he asked.
She nodded slowly and Mason smiled.
“I’ve got 45 minutes” he told her smiling at her.
She nodded and he looked at her.
“Your hair is short” he told her as he pulled her into another hug.
She looked at me and then at Mason.
“You’ve been gone quite a long time Grace, Nas has a boyfriend” he said to her.
She nodded slowly and Mason looked at me.
“Give her a call” he said.
I nodded and pulled out my phone.
“Hi B”
I smiled.
“Hey where are you?” I asked.
“Uh I just put the food in the trunk and I’m going to head home”
I looked at mason who was hugging the small girl.
“Why don’t you head over to uh the Burger King?” I said when I saw Grace point at the burger king across the street.
“The one by your house?”
“Yea I bumped into Mason” I said looking at Mason who wouldn’t let go of Grace.
“Oh ok then ill see you in 10”
“Ok see you then” I said.
I hung up and walked over to them.
“Let’s go” I said.
Mason nodded and I noticed his referee like shirt.
“Nice shirt” I said looking at him.
He looked down at his shirt and rolled his eyes.
“oh dude you won’t believe it but this lady comes up to me and you know I’m scanning her shoes and she’s like you should model give me a call”
I chuckled and looked at him.
“Well you kinda do look like a damn model” I told him.
“Even in this horrible shirt”
I heard a giggle and I looked down. Grace wasn’t short. She was a good 5’5.
“I see you still find my misery funny Grace”
She gave me a smile and I returned it, she then proceeded to get Mason’s hand as we began walking. We got to the burger king and we took a seat.
“You sure you don’t want anything?”
“No thanks man, my coach would kill me if I ate fast food” I said.
“I thought there was no diet”
“oh there isn’t, but Nas is making dinner” I said.
“True”
I nodded and he left. I looked at Grace who gave me a smile. She hadn’t talked to me much except when I said her name. She looked so scared when I said her name. I told her I was Nas’ boyfriend and that calmed her down a bit. I showed her a picture of Nas and I and that’s when she looked at me. I took her inside the starbucks and bought her a cookie and a lemonade. She ate that so fast. How long had it been since she ate?
“How long have you two been dating?”
I looked at her and smiled.
“Uh since June” I said.
She nodded and looked at me.
“How did you two meet?”
I began telling her how we met and she kept looking around.
“Are you ok?” I asked her.
She nodded and smiled.
“Sorry”
I shook my head.
“Don’t be sorry” I said.
She nodded and she got up and sat next to me. Oh she didn’t want to be alone. I slung an arm around her shoulder and she smiled at me.
“Do you go to college?”
“Uh no” I said.
She looked at me.
“I play hockey” I said.
She smiled when I said that.
“For the kings?”
I shook my head slowly and she frowned.
“For the Blackhawks” I said.
“Oh that’s cool”
Mason came back and looked at Grace was seated right next to me.
“She’s here”
I turned and spotted Nas. She was wearing a pink pullover. Her light blue skinny jeans and some knee high boots.
“Hey Nas”
She smiled at Mason and she turned to look at me. Her smile fell a little and her eyes widened.
“Oh my god”
Grace got up and Nastia pulled her into a hug.
“Oh thank god”
Nas was holding onto her sister like her life depended on it.
“you’re ok I knew you were ok”
Nas looked at Grace and smiled.
“Your hair”
Grace nodded and burried her face in Nas’ chest.
“Are you hungry?” Nas asked her.
“Mase bought me food”
Nastia nodded and hugged her younger sister.
“Ok then”
Mason gave Grace a burger which she practically scarfed down. Nastia was sitting across from me because Grace had sat next to me and like I mean practically on my lap.
“I need to get going” Mason said.
Nastia nodded and Mason kissed her cheek and he got up. He kissed Grace’s forehead and pushed my forehead back.
“Where’s my kiss goodbye? I bought you coffee” I said.
He flipped me off and I laughed.
“We need to go buy you some clothes” Nastia told her sister who nodded.
“And we need to call mom and dad”
Grace nodded and looked down at her fries.
“Ok”
She looked up at me.
“Is he coming?”
“to buy you clothes?” Nastia asked.
Grace nodded and she looked at me.
“Brandon is busy hun”
“Oh”
“I can go” I told her.
Grace gave me a smile and nodded.
“Ok then”
I looked at Nastia who gave me a smile.
“Do you want more?” I found myself asking the girl.
She shook her head slowly and covered her mouth.
“I’m fine”
Nas and I both nodded and I got up.
“I need to head over to my apartment” I told them as I got up.
Grace looked at me and I smiled at her.
“Want to head over there Nas? The place is fixed” I said.
“Sure, let’s just drive there in my car”
I nodded and Grace got up and hugged my arm. I looked at Nastia who shrugged and followed us out.
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Anastasia’s POV
I’m not a jealous person so when my littler sister latched onto Brandon’s arm I didn’t mind. I was worried though, why was she so damn scared? We got into my car and Grace chose to sit in the back. Brandon looked at me and I gave him a smile. I pulled out of the burger king driveway and drove to Brandon’s place. We got there and Grace looked around.
“We need to do this quick because well Polly is cooking” I told Brandon who nodded as we made our way up the complex.
“And this is it” he said opening the door.
Grace walked in and I followed her inside. She smiled a little at the place. It looked homey. The walls had been painted from what Brandon had told me. There was a Tv mounted onto the wall and a few pictures. Grace walked over to a picture and smiled.
“When was this?”
Brandon walked over to her and smiled.
“That was my day with the cup” Brandon said.
I smiled because in the picture Brandon and I were looking at each other and smiling. He was wearing a red vneck and beige shorts. My hair was down except the crown braid I had on. I was wearing blue shorts and a white blouse. Brandon’s mom had taken the picture. There was also the picture of me cuddled up to Brandon’s chest from when he had given me my lavender roses.
“Oh that’s cool”
Brandon smiled at her and nodded. She put the photo back to where it was and Brandon walked over to me. He pecked my lips and I smiled at him.
“What’s wrong with it?”
Brandon turned to see her looking at the broken PSP Brandon owned. The smart boy had dropped it and it never turned back on.
“uh it broke” Brandon said.
Grace nodded and continued looking around. Brandon got my hand and smiled at me. I followed him to the hall where he pulled me into a kiss.
“Thank you” I told him.
“For?”
I looked at him and saw he was looking down at me.
“You found her didn’t you? That’s why she’s latched onto you” I said.
He nodded slowly and I smiled. I pecked his lips and he smiled.
“thank you” I told him again.
He laughed.
“You don’t need to thank me”
He fixed my bangs and we heard something jiggle in the living room. He looked up at me and I walked into the living room where I found grace with an opened psp. She was looking at the hardware. She moved something and she closed the small game. She pressed a button and the screen lit up. She smiled to herself and looked up. Her cheeks turned pink when she saw we were looking at her.
“How’d you do that?” Brandon asked her.
She tightened the screws and handed it to him.
“Uh I remembered from when Jake broke his”
I nodded and Brandon smiled at her.
“Well let’s go drop those things off and then we will head on out to target or something to get you some clothes” I told her.
She nodded and she got up. Brandon’s phone rang and he looked at it. He frowned and looked at me.
“I have to head to the UC and pick up Shawzy” he told me as he got his jacket.
Grace frowned and he gave her a smile.
“You’ll be fine” he told her.
She nodded and he fixed her bangs.
“I promise” he added.
She nodded and he gave her a hug.
“Come on” Brandon said offering me his hand.
I smiled and took his hand.
“So I’ll go to the meeting and meet you at your place”
I nodded and Brandon pecked my lips.
“Have fun!” he said squeezing Grace’s shoulder.
She nodded and he left.
“So um…do we call mom and dad?”