Mason's POV

today was friday

i had returned from Lottie's house yesterday when she had decided she felt good enough to go to work, she was in a much better mood than the start of the week, and im glad i managed to see her all the time and spend so much time with her because i probably wasn't going to see her till tommorow due to the fact she has a shoot all morning today, and we had arranged that i'd come and stay with her for the weekend because we had really enjoyed spending a bunch of time together, and since she had an important appointment on sunday. our next match wasn't till next saturday so coach has given us this weekend off

i return home after training this morning and wait for deccers to show up

today i had an interview at some random studio in canary wharf that the national team had arranged along with dec

dec was already at mine early this morning, as we decided we'd go together to save petrol, and since my house was close to a tube station he came over

"morning mase"

"hey dec"

"how's life, we haven't spoken in like a day or two"

"yeah i was staying with lottie for the week, so like i was tryna focus on her because she wasn't in the best state"

"i keep forgetting you two are dating for a second, so i was really confused there"

"mate your brain is the literal size of a pea"

"yeah right, anyways whats wrong"

"basically she went up to glasgow the other day to tell her brother that she's pregnant and he got really mad and pissed"

"oucchhh, that must really hurt"

"yeah and so i just kinda stayed with her for the week"

"okay i was about to make a joke about how you've left me for her but thats reasonable i admit"

"also we've set you up with her friend, nearly forgot about that"

"YOU'VE WHAT?"

i scratch the back of my head

"when?"

"tommorow"

"Mason and i mean this in the nicest way possible but you are a fucking prick"

"well your going either way"

"shit no im not going"

"too bad we've already reserved it, anyways i guess you two might get along because we essentialy peer pressured her into going and so she mightn't be very keen on going either"

"whats her name"

"Jade"

"what does she work as?"

"aren't you meant to ask her that tommorow? but i think a nurse"

"ooh nurse"

"are you into nurses"

"and just to clarify she's our age"

"22, i think her birthday is in June"

"okay cool"

"so you'll go"

"sure"

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we drive all the way to the studio block, and it was a huge office building which had a bunch of cool looking filming places and a bunch of places where people hang out, all in all a very relaxed place, and so far everybody ive spoken to, even the security has been really chill and not very serious, and this is how i imagined Lottie's workplace seemed like because this is how she describes it to me

we go upstairs to a fliming room with 2 mini sofa's facing each other and i could already tell it was going to be some sort of competition sort thing

we walk up to the producers, who help us with microphones and give us an overview of what we were going to do

"okay gentlemen, basically, the whole thing is going to be very comedy based, this time instead of our usual host hosting it, you will have Jack whitehall who is currently getting ready inside, he will kind of present it, on the other team you will have 2 people who you may of heard of, facing you, Jack will give you instructions on the game when you guys begin, but for now just wait a minute or two and he will be there, now we are keeping this unscripted so we want pure reactions, don't over exaggerate thing or under exaggerate things, its fine if you want to be loud just don't be too quiet"

"okay so who are the other two"

"a surprise, you will find out when the recording begins"

"okay, thank you"

we step aside and wait for everyone to be ready

"im already liking this"

"im a bit nervous, last time i saw Jack Whitehall it was the whole red nose day ordeal, and he violated us too many times that day"

"i will never forget that day"

"neither will I"

then Dec randomly just screams

i turn around to see that Jack had snuck up on us and tapped Dec on the back

"Oh my gosh that is just as bad a scream as Mason's prank" Jack says

we all burst out laughing

"hey mate how are you?" i say

"good, even better now ive scared Dec"

"im genuinely paranoid now"

"anyways you lads good?"

"yeah"

"yep were great"

"no chance you could give us a hint on who the opposition is?"

"nopez, i believe you know them though"

"are you going to violate us like last time"

"of course, gosh i remember that day too way, they literally stopped counting how many hits i had on the second round because im so fucking shit at mini golf"

"it was hilarious though"

"yeah, and i won't lie i wasn't trying to be shit, i was actually shit"

"no but ive seen you play your decent"

"at normal golf, mini golf is weird"

then the producers call us to our places and Jack begins by doing the intro

"Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to BBC celebrity faceoff, the new show where i- Jack Whitehall- bring to you 4 different celebrities to answer some very silly and odd questions against each other"

"On the Red team, we have England superstars, as well as West Ham and Chelsea players, and not to mention, best friends since 8, please welcome Mason Mount and Declan Rice"

we both walk in at the same time and take our seats on the couch

"Hello, Mason, Hello Declan, how are you boys doing?"

"yeah were doing great" i answer

"yeah fine"

"And on the Blue team, we have 2 very influential women, one a fellow presenter and comedian the other a very awkward on purpose person, please welcome Amelia Dimoldenbirg and Charlotte Dixon"

the two girls walk in, as i try to hold my Jaw from dropping as they sit down

"Amelia, Charlotte, how are we doing?"

"We are wonderful" Lottie says

"Mase, Dec, any thoughts on the opposition, it happens to be the first time you know who your up against"

"Lottie, we may be great friends but we will beat you, i am emotionless when it comes to competitons"

"ooh, so you guys know each other"

"i know him, but i don't really like him" Lottie jokes

"yeah i hate her too" i joke back sarcastically

"oh ho ho ho ho, looks like its already getting heated here, Declan, Amelia any thoughts"

"if mason hates them i hate them too" he says as i fist bump him

"honestly haters never win, and we are not haters, those two are" Amelia replies

"well, we should probably get started shouldn't we, now i haven't read these cards yet but i do know they are super silly, and so don't get thrown off by how idiotic some of these are, but the rules are simple, i will ask a question, each team member will will give an answer for their teammate, and the best answers according to me gets a point, now the key is to make the answer as stupid and dumb as the question but it still has to be realistic and seem like something they would do, now, shall we begin" he explains "first question, you have been banned from your local library, why would it be? Ladies you can go first, ill give you a second to think"

"i know, basically you would probably have put all the books in the wrong place on purpose" Lottie says

"yeah that is something i would defo do, you would have read too many books and then just not put them back in their place because you've forgotten where you got them from"

"well thats two very different answers, one on purpose and one because you have alzheimers" Jack jokes as we all burst out laughing

"what about you boys?"

"Dec would be because he's playing rap in the library on speaker"

"rap? what kind of rap is dec playing?"

"aitch, for sure aitch"

"i think declan if you got a buzz cut you would look like aitch"

"would i though?"

"now declan, what would mase do?"

"he'd be eating crisps to loudly, and i mean wayyyyyy too loudly"

"Lottie you know Mase well don't you, does he eat his crisps too loud"

"you know he doesn't the only sound he makes with his food i won't lie is slurping them noodles"

"i can imagine the sauce hiding in that little beard of yours mase"

i snort a little

"okay, honestly we've had some great answers here, but im going to give it to Mason and Declan because i respect anybody who listens to aitch on a speaker in a library"

Amelia then starts sobbing as a joke

"i don't think she's over aitch yet" Jack jokes as we all burst out into laughter again

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"okay guys, final question, the decider, its currently 4-4, the tiebreaker, in my opinion this is the best question, What are three things your teammate would buy at a grocery store to make the cashier give them weird looks?

"dec is going to say something horrible isnt he"

"how vulgar are we allowed to be" dec asks

"oh, i mean i think the editors will probably bleep it out so be as vulgar as you like"

"declan i swear to god if you make this weird"

"if you want us to win i am going to make this quite weird"

"i hate my life"

"okay shall we begin with Lottie and Amelia"

"honestly i wouldn't be surprised if lottie walked out with a bottle of vodka, the french flag and a lighter"

lottie looks at her concerned

"French people i have nothing against your country" Lottie confirms

"and theres no reason for that Amelia"

"no, just seems like something somebody named charlotte would buy"

"oh okay, lottie, what would amelia buy"

"chicken, and you know them big wooden letter, yeah them the letter H, and a big box of tissues"

"so your saying Amelia is crying over aitch and eating chicken"

"i am over aitch for your info Jack" Amelia tries to confirm

"hmmm, okay interesting choice, now off to dec and mase"

"im not ready to hear this from dec, but let him go first"

"well, im thinking if mase is trying his hardest to make the cashier uncomfortable, he'd be buying a beer bottle, a singular pregnancy test and a singular condom" he mutters in between many laughs

i get up in embarrasment and walk out

"thats it dec were not friends anymore" i shout

"declan i really thought you were joking about making it this vulgar" Jack says as everybody is choking of laughter even me at this point

i return back to my seat

"Mason how are you feeling right now"

"embarrasment"

"well its your turn now"

"i chose things a bit more tame, like the biggest bag of rice to exist, a 6 pack of beer cans and a shovel"

"what?"

"i don't know mate, first three things that came into my head when i think declan being weird at a tesco's"

"well i do like vulgar jokes every now and again, and it would be rude to not have them win after this much embarrasment, so the winners of this episode of celebrity faceoff are Declan Rice and Mason Mount"

they all clap for us but i still hide there in embarrasment

"not worth it" i say right before the camera's cut one last time

"dec i am pissed"

"we won though"

"that is the only redeeming quality of that joke"

"you said i'd be buying Rice a shovel and beer"

"its not as bad as what you said though mate"

"ill wait for you in the car" he says as i realise Lottie was coming towards me

"heyyy Lottie, what a coinky dink" i say giving her a quick hug

"you guys did not deserve to win"

"honestly after dec's joke it would be very sad if we didn't"

"your friend is very immature"

"ill have to agree with you on that one"

"i think its a bit late for you to be buying those haha" she says quietly

i just laugh 

"well, ill see you tommorow yeah? ive actually got to help with a couple things on the video, also do you want me to get the end part cut? i can do that if you like"

"no no, keep it in, its hilarious"

"okay, see you tommorow masey"

"see you tommorow char"

i get back into the car with declan and drive home, after a short conversation with lottie. the luck i had to have to manage to somehow see her again is something else but im not complaining because if we weren't so busy, id be seeing her every day

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