Page 100 of A Second Chance At Forever

“I win!” I cheered as climbed out of the car.

“I let you.” He came around the truck and gave me a kiss.

We walked hand and hand into the crowded bar.

“What’s going on here tonight?” I asked still buzzing from my win.

“Karaoke night.” Mason shot me a grin that made his eyes light up.

“Since when do you like karaoke?” I questioned, sitting down at our table.

“I’ve always liked karaoke.” He wouldn’t make eye contact.

“No, you haven’t. If I remember right, you used to compare it to dying cats.”

“Shut up, I thought you would enjoy it. Plus, Alissa, Dane, Trent, and Sarah are coming.”

I shut up, but it wasn’t because he told me to. It was because he reached over and grabbed a handful of fries from someone’s plate and shoved them into my mouth. The fries were hot, salty, and tasted delicious.

“I want fries now.”

“Really?” he laughed and gave me an amused look.

“Yes, really. Don’t shove food into my mouth unless I can have more.”

“Fine.” Mason got up to find Wendy.

Mason came back a few minutes later holding two beers.

“Truce?” he asked handing over the beer.

“Truce,” I agreed, taking a long drink to wash down the salt of the fries.

Mason held my hand on top of the table. We didn’t talk, we didn’t need to. We both knew everything the other was thinking.

As soon as Wendy sat down our food, everyone came in and sat down at our table.

“You really do know the way to my heart.” I smiled looking over my cheeseburger and fries.

“Dane, I’m hungry.” Alissa eyed my food.

“Did you guys know how much she eats? We’ve had to go to the grocery store twice since yesterday.” Dane looked surprised.

I let out a small laugh. “Oh, I know.”

The six of us sat back, drinking our beer and eating great food. My attention was drawn away when the announcer’s voice filled the bar , “Mason, get your ass up here, boy.”

I almost spit out my beer. “You’re singing?”

“Yeah, figured I would start out our night.” He stood and made his way toward the stage.

“Come on, let’s get a closer look.” Sarah jumped from her seat.

We all made our way to the stage and waited as the DJ put in Mason’s song.

The music started up to ‘Amazed’ by Lone Star. It was the first song Mason and I ever danced to all those years ago.

Mason cleared his throat. “This is for you,” he pointed to me. He started singing the beginning of the song. A song that was so meaningful to us, a song that I was surprised he even remembered. I hadn’t heard the song in a long time, but I avoided it most of the time because of the memories it brought up.

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