Mason
[Flashback]
23 years ago.
"Dad I'm 19 years old, you don't have to baby me anymore" I groaned as I watched my father help with my motorcycle.
We are just having a father son maintenance day and he insists on working on my bike instead of just letting me do it myself.
"I don't care how old you get son, your safety is very important to me, I still don't trust your ass with stuffs like this, you still need to watch and learn" he said as he continued working on it. I rolled my eyes and watched him work.
I heard the sound of cars pulling up and I looked to our neighbors house.
They've had movers coming in and out for the past week now and i guess today's finally moving day.
I watched as the man got down from his car and spoke to the movers before my mother came out of the house with a plate of cookies wrapped with clinging paper.
"Uhh" I said as I watched her walk up to us.
"Let's go say hi to our new neighbors" she said with a smile on her face, my father and I looked at each other before we looked back at her.
"Why?" I asked because I don't remember my mother trying to be nice to any neighbors.
"Well they're new and I want to make a genuine friend, I don't like the ones we have here" she rolled her eyes and made her way toward the house.
"I know damn well I didn't see no woman go in and out of that house for the past week they've been moving in" my father said with a funny look on his face.
I laughed and urged him to come with me.
We made our way them and saw mom talking to the man, as we approached, I saw the man look up at dad and his eyes widened.
I looked up at dad and saw him looking at him all paled like. This is the first time my father looks....
Scared?.
"Nolan?" The man said in disbelief as he walked over to my father, he walked closer to him slow and steady as if if he moves fast my rather would run.
"Rafael" my father whispered, I saw his eyes soften as he immediately hugged the man.
"It's been so long" I heard my father muttered, I looked at them and looked at my mother, she had a smile on her face.
"Uh" was all I could let out before they separated.
"Mason" he said as he kept looking at the man, the man looked at me with a smile on his face. He's handsome as fuck.
"This is Rafael Alvaro, he was my best friend growing up" he said as he looked at the gray haired man in disbelief.
"I can't believe it's you in the flesh" he said as he patted the man's shoulder, the man just chucked.
"It's nice to meet you Mason, as your father said, I was his best friend growing up"
"What happened then" I asked because I'm curious.
"I moved back to Spain after high school and we lost contact" he looked sad and my father gave him a sad smile.
"I had wanted to visit but I didn't have a phone, you know your grandfather, so I didn't have his contact" he shook his head "I always wished for the day we would meet again, I missed you old friend"
They moved aside and began talking, my father looked so happy. I guess he missed his friend so much.
He used to talk about a friend he had growing up but he never got into detail and I realised it was a touchy subject for him.
I guess this is why, I bet it must hard to say bye to your best friend forever and never know when you'll see them again.
I never had friends growing up so I wouldn't relate but I hope my father is able to continue his friendship with mr Alvaro.
"Daddy" I heard someone call out, I looked to the tall skinny boy that was running over to us.
He saw my parents and I and immediately stoped walking, he looked to his father for an explanation.
"Come Damian" his father called him over.
"This is Mr Nolan, you know, the friend I was telling you about" his father said as he pointed over at my father. The boys eyes widened and he immediately hugged my father.
"Hi, I'm Damian" he said. He was tall, but he looked young, he should be at least 13 or 14.
He released my father from the hug. "Hi Damian, I'm Nolan, and this is my wife Barbara and my son Mason" he introduced.
The boy greeted mom first and then came over to me. "I'm Damian and I'm 11" he brought his hand out for a shake.
"Hi, I'm Mason and I'm 19" I shook his hand.
"You don't look 19" he said and I smiled at him.
I looked over at my parents and saw them talking to mr Alvaro.
"And you don't look 11" I shot back.
"I get that, because I'm really tall and I look matured" he shrugged "but you're short for your age and you look young" he gave me a look of sympathy.
"Woah kid , I didn't come here to get a full breakdown" I laughed as he smiled at me.
"Come help me take these boxes inside" he pulled me to the boxes on the floor, I looked over to his dad and he gave me the go ahead.
We made our way inside and he led me to his room.
It was big but what I noticed was the Harry Potter theme.
"Sweet, you're a potter head" I said as I looked around.
"Proudly" he shined his teeth at me.
"I'm a Slytherin" he pointed to the Slytherin posters and decors.
"I'm a Gryffindor" I spoke proudly.
"Like Harry" he pointed out.
We talked about Harry Potter till my mom called us down and invited them for dinner.
When we got back to my place I showed him my Harry Potter collection and we traded a few things.
After dinner we bid them good bye.
My father and Mr Alvaro were talking about going over to some place because dad wanted to show something to him.
"I like you Mace, you're so cool" Damian said making me laugh.
"Thanks Damian, I like you too, you're also really cool" I ruffled his hair and he swatted my hand away.
"Not cool" he whined making me laugh at him.
I told him bye and we got back inside.
"Well I guess I'll have to just befriend the other women" my mother said as she walked away.
"Your mom is something else" my father said making us both laugh as she cursed at us.
[Flashback Over]
I heard my bedroom door open and shut and felt Oliver crawling into bed with me.
"Good night" he said as he laid down and immediately fell into slumber.
I thought about my dad for a bit before I also fell asleep.