Why is Life so Cruel?

PART 1
A single tear dropped from his face, or was it the rain pouring down smashing into the ground with great force, only to make a slight pitter pattering noise. He slowly came to the edge as my heart was racing while I was running up the endless, dim lit, stairs. Finally I reached the top of the stairs. “WAIT” I screamed but he wasn’t there, he was gone only the scent of his cologne wavered in the air.

MARY
“Hi Mary,” Mason said while passing me in the hallway. “Hi” I replied, making a slight wave towards him. He smiled. His warm smile could light up the whole room. The bell rang. I walked towards my class with a grin on my face.

He was 6 feet, brunette, curly hair, and athletic… Basically every girls dream of a man. I was just like the other girls, blindly in love with him. Everyone flocked around him while I stood aside and admired him. He’s so handsome… I can’t understand how a person could be this beautiful.

MASON
I dropped my backpack on my bedroom floor when I got home. I heard the front door open. It was my dad. He stumbled into the house like a bull in a china shop. “Hey” he said to my mother. I could hear them from my room. “You were drinking again weren’t you” said my mom.
“So what?” said my dad, getting progressively more aggravated.
“I told you not to”
“Can you please shut up”
“You aren’t supposed to be drin…”
And then I heard a loud crashing noise. I ran out of my room to see what was going on. I saw my mom laying on the floor gripping her face with a single teardrop rolling down her pale cheek. And then I punched him in the face. The next thing I knew everything was black like the night sky with no stars.

MARY
Mason was gone for a while, two days at least. He came back with a bruised eye. He told everyone that he was fine. “Im fine” turned into basically a catchphrase for him that day. I decided to ask him too. My naive self thought I could convince him to tell me what actually happened. I found him scrolling on his phone on the school patio.
“Mason?”
“Mh” He looked at me
“What happened?”
“I’m fine.”
“No you’re not”
“I’m fine.” He repeated more sternly.
He had a look on his face like he wanted me to shut up but didn’t want to hurt me.
“I don’t want to hurt YOU with MY problems Mary”
I paused.
“Ok?” he asked
“ok”

MASON
She’s so caring, so beautiful. Then I heard a ping. My hand searched for my phone in my backpack. I unlocked it and it was her.
MARY – Call?
MASON – Sure
A minute later I received a call from her. I answered.
“Hi” I said
“Hi”
“What did you want to talk about?”
“What happened?” She asked
“I told you, nothing”
“Tell me”
“You really want to know, huh?”
“Yes’
“Well my dad attacked my mom after getting drunk and I tried to stop it”
She was silent
“I knocked him down onto the floor but he threw a bottle at my head and that knocked me out”
“Oh Mason…I didn’t know”
“Ok well now you know”
I felt horrible after telling her. Not because of the fact that I had to accept the fact that my dad did that but because I put most of the weight on her back.
“Sorry” I whispered.
“You shouldn’t be,” she whispered back.
I sighed
“Want to hangout right now?” He said
“Sure”

PART 2

MARY
I drove over to his apartment. I parked just outside the apartments driveway covered in beautiful flowering trees

“Well hi” he said.
“Aren’t you gonna invite me in?” I said in a playful tone.
“Of Course M’lady” He said while stepping aside and making a gesture for me to go through the door.
“Why thank you kind sir” I smiled.
He grabbed my hand as he led me to the couch.

“Sit down and relax, I will bring snacks” He said with a smile
“Ok” I said
I turned on the tv and went to Netflix and put on Love Hard.

“Hey” He knocked on the door frame
“I’m back M’lady Queen Mary”
“With snacks M’lord?” I asked
“Yeah” He laughed
“So what are we watching?” He asked
“Love Hard”
“Huh, I have never heard of that movie”
“You’ve NEVER heard of it?
“Never”
I looked at him with a surprised face
“Now we have to watch it,” I said

He put a blanket over me. And we watched the movie together. He asked me what the plot was and I started explaining it to him. He looked at me as I explained with a smile on his face.
“So basically…”
And then he kissed me. I kissed him back.

PART 3

MARY

I soon fell asleep on his shoulder but then I heard a ringtone.
“One second someone is calling me” he said
I felt him stand up.
“What?” he said over the phone.
“Oh… ok, bye”
He walked over to me.
“My mom died”
“Oh Mason,” I said in a sorrowful tone.
He said “I love you” and then went outside before I could say anything else.