Paige narrates.

After the night we spent together, I can say that I feel like I'm on cloud nine or in a dream. It's as if I'm living in a different reality. I'm afraid to open my eyes and realize that I didn't dare to hold his hand and that we didn't spend the night together.

I feel kisses on my neck, and I realize that it did happen, that I am with Mason, and that this time I hope everything will be different from what we've experienced before. I have hope that we can finally be happy and that it will be forever.

I don't want to open my eyes; I want to stay in this bed forever by his side and make up for all the time we've lost due to past mistakes.

"Good morning," Mason says, smiling, and I think it's the sexiest version of him I've seen in all the time I've known him.

"Good morning," I reply, blushing.

"I want to take advantage of the fact that you've just woken up to tell you something important," he says nervously.

"Okay, I'm listening," I reply, sitting on the bed.

"The firs