Serena's A Doll: A Narrative Analysis

(24) 2017: The next morning, once they wake up, Serena immediately kicks Mason out and calls last night a mistake. He disagrees and asks when he'll see her next, but she says he won't because she's going back to New York tonight. He insists they need to talk, but she says they have nothing more to talk about. He can't help but to think that she is the only one for him. After all, she has been the only woman to love him back as much as he loved them. He attempts to get her to stay in Texas for one more day and says, "I know I hurt you but I never stopped loving you. I lost track of it at times, I made mistakes, I made massive, heartbreaking mistakes. But I have never stopped loving you." Serena refuses saying, "Well excuse me if I don't fall for

She stops the plane, gets off, and ends up at Mason's doorstep. She came back because she wants to understand. She wants to know she did the right thing by leaving him a year ago. He tells her everything. How she was right for being on edge about his friendship with Taylor because he did fall for her. And for months he tried to fight and ignore his feelings towards Taylor because he wanted to make his relationship with Serena work so desperately. Because they were always meant to be. They would always be safe. He didn't want to let something that would never happen, something that was temporary, something that was just an illusion, destroy him and Serena. He realizes that is all it was and it won’t be anything more, but he realized it too late and he allowed it to ruin everything he and Serena had. He regrets it terribly, because he lost the one good thing he’s had. She really wants to believe him. He says he never wanted things to end this badly between them. She says they can’t get back together because so many people would