To Hate My Stepbrother

Ava’s POV

I woke up early as usual and had groggily made my way downstairs for breakfast. I helped my mum set the table and soon we were all seated and ready to eat.

I turned to see Mason also making his way towards us and I couldn’t hold back my laughter. I soon started laughing to the extent my rib began to hurt.

“Oh my god.” I said amidst laughter as I held my stomach and almost fell out of the chair due to my intense laughter.

“Ava,” my mother called but I didn’t pay her any heed. The noticeable bump on Mason’s forehead was making him look really funny and ridiculous, making it hard to control the laugher bubbling from my throat.

“Ava!” My mother called out sharply and I slowly stopped laughing, not wanting to anger my mother, even though I still felt like laughing. I tried so hard to hold back my laughter.

“You’re laughing at him when you’re the reason he has that cute bump on his head,” my mom started scolding me and I only rolled my eyes, “If you hadn’t been careless enough to throw that fork at him, this wouldn’t have happened to him.” She finished and I rolled my eyes once again.

I took a side glance at Mason and I wanted to laugh once again but the look my mother was regarding me with, reminded me to control myself.

“Well, he gave me a bump first and no one scolded him but everyone seemed to notice that I’m the reason he has his own bump now. So unfair.” I whined as I poked at my pancakes, even though he hadn’t actually given me said bump like I was claiming he had.

I took another look at him and began to silently laugh, but when I lifted my gaze, it was to see my mum shooting me a displeased look.

“Well, looking at the bigger picture, you both look more like siblings now since you both have matching bumps on your foreheads now.” Danny said and my mother burst out laughing while Danny joined her.

I rolled my eyes at them and wished I could scold them for daring to think something like that was funny, when it clearly wasn’t.Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.

Breakfast continued silently and I’d ccasionally steal glances at Mason and stick my tongue out at him while he’d only looked at me disdainfully.

He had barely said a word after coming down for breakfast this morning. Which was unlike him, on a normal day, he’d have been giving me back to back.

Perhaps he’s still very angry about the bump thing.

“I’ll make you pay.” He said to me as he subtly leaned into me and I scoffed and stylishly flipped him off.

At least now, I don’t think any girl would be coming home with him any time soon – which suddenly reminded me that I didn’t even realized what ended up happening between him and the girl he had been fucking yesterday right before I had gone ahead to bang over the door.

“Guys,” Danny called and we both looked up to answer him, “We’ll be going out today and we won’t be back tonight.” He added and then he shared a silent look with Mason. I took a glance at my mother in confusion.

They’re both going out? And leaving Mason and I to ourselves?

No fucking way.

There’s no way they’re going to leave him and I alone in the house.

We would definitely kill each other before they got back.

“Where are you guys going?” I asked, dropping my fork to pay full attention to the conversation.

“We made reservations at a hotel and you know how bad I’ve been craving for a get away so Danny and I will be spending the night there.” She explained and I nodded slowly even though I was trying to wrap my head around the fact that I will have to be in the house alone with Mason.

“And we really want you guys to behave till we get back. No yelling at each other, no insults and none of that childish jab you both throw at each other.” Danny stated and Mason rolled his eyes.

There’s really no way in hell that I’d agree to stay home with him.

“What if I spend the night at Nicole’s? She…” I was still talking when my mother said her ‘NO’ firmly.

“You’re not going anywhere to spend the night, you will stay in the house with Mason. The both of you can watch movies or go out or something,” she said, “Right, babe?” She added as she turned to Danny asking for a backup.

“Yes, they could play the online games kids their ages play these days as well, that will give them enough time to get to know each other better and bond even more.” Danny answered and I groaned.

I pushed my dish aside as I stood from the table, walking off to my bedroom in irritation. I faintly heard my mother attempt to call me back, which I ignored.

Mason and I having the house to ourselves? He was going to make sure I dropped dead before our parents returned home.

I got to my room and picked up my phone to talk to Nicole. I told her about everything and how I didn’t want to spend the night in the house alone with Mason.

“Why are you scared of staying with him?” Nicole asked and I shrugged.

“I’m not scared, I’ll just lose my mind if I spend the entire day with him doing nothing but arguing and fighting.” I answered and after a little while of silence between us, Nicole said she would come over and spend the night with me.

I couldn’t be anymore grateful, I voiced out my appreciation and told her I loved her before hanging up the call.

I needed to have my bath and something seemed to be wrong with the shower head in my bathroom. With the towel carefully wrapped around my body, I decided to use the bathroom in the guest’s bedroom.

I met with Mason in the hallway where he was lightly caressing his bump. The said bump wasn’t that big and could be easily hidden with his hair, but because I loved being extra. I cracked loudly while regarding the bump pointedly, knowing it was going to get him worked up.

I was still vibrating with laughter as I walked past him.

The mistake that I made next, was not watching the ground carefully, because what happened next, took me completely by surprise. While laughing, I mistakenly tripped over one of Mason’s slightly outstretched legs, which made me lose my footing.

Next thing I knew, my towel had slid down my chest when I was in the process of pushing myself off the ground.