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Chapter 27

~Andrea's POV~

I was cuddle against Grayson slowly falling asleep in his arms. He had his arms wrapped around me securely as he stroked up and down my arm gently. I had been watching The Night Before Christmas but I started to dose off and think about my mom. Or whoever she  was. I hadn't really dealt with it or thought much about what she had said to me at the hospital. I had forgotten all about it. I never even told Asher. But I feel as if he's going through enough right now and I don't want to add onto that. I can just tell him after I figure out what she meant.

"What's on your mind?" Grayson whispers to me.

"I'm just thinking about how crazy these last couple of days have been," I answer.

"Where would you have gone if I didn't stop you?" Grayson asks.

"To the apartment," I answer. Oh shit. Danny. He's probably expecting me to already be at the apartment when he gets home. I should probably tell him I'm not. "Can you hand me my phone?"

Grayson reaches over and hands me my phone before asking, "What apartment?"

"I'm... Uhh... moving in with a friend. I can't stay at that house anymore," I admit.

"Okay, but that's why you're here," Grayson says.

"I do like it here," I say slowly. How should I say this in the least problematic way? "But, I can't stay here all the time. I'd need my own space sometimes and somewhere I can go that I know is mine."

"The house is huge. How much more space do you need?" Grayson asks confusedly.

"Grayson, I can't stay here all the time. I need to have a place I can go to that is just my own," I explain.

"But didn't you just say you're moving in with a friend?" Grayson was starting to get worked up. This is exactly what I was trying to avoid.

"Yes. I do have a roommate but that's different. We have our own rooms and bathrooms and just our own space. Besides he's barely even there so it's fine," I say quickly. Too quickly to catch what I just did.

"He?" Grayson says sitting up. I sit up and face him knowing exactly where this is about to go.

"Yes, he."

"No."

"You can't tell me what I can and can't do."

"I just did."

"Why do you think I shouldn't?"

"Why do I think my girlfriend shouldn't move in with another guy?"

"The decision was made before I was your girlfriend."

"I don't care. You can't move in with him."

"You don't even know him!" I exclaim.

"I don't need to," He replies.

"Yeah, you do. Because if you would've asked who and let me explain, we wouldn't be having this pointless argument," I sigh. "It's Danny."

"And that's suppose to make me feel better?" 

"Danny is gay! And I would't even be telling you this if you would stop getting upset over the little things."

"How is that little? Am I suppose to be okay with knowing you were moving in with another guy?" Grayson was getting louder.

"I'm not saying you had to be okay with it," I place my hand on his leg to calm him. "What I'm saying is that you should have accepted what I wanted and not told me what to do."

"I don't want you living with any other guy. I don't trust it."

"You need to trust me. I don't care if you don't trust them, but trust me. And also be aware you can't control me. And if being in control is what you're used to, you're finally gonna feel what it's like to not be in control."

"Fine," Grayson grumbles.

I chuckle and place a quick soft kiss on his lips. "We've only been dating a couple hours and you're already starting pointless arguments instead of communicating."

"I'm not used to being in a relationship," He says.

"When was your last one?" I ask curiously.

"Never been in one," He shrugs.

"What about that girl? The one who is probably out there looking for me right now?"

"We never dated. We came close to it."

"Why didn't you?" I started picking at the shirt I was wearing because I was scared to hear what his answer was.

"I don't think this is something we need to talk about right now," Grayson says grabbing my hand into his. "All I will say now, is that she slept with a guy we don't really like that much."

"While you were together?!" I ask.

He smiles and kisses the back of my hand. "Me and Natalie were never together. But we were talking at the time, yes." That was the first time I heard him say her name.

"Essentially she cheated," I shrug.

"She broke my trust."

"Is she why you don't trust easily?" I question.

"You ask a lot of questions," he laughs. "But no. That would be because of my father."

"What happened?"

"Enough questions for tonight. Do whatever it is you were going to do with your phone then come lay with me again."

I nod and text Danny: Hey, I'm sorry. I'm not coming to the apartment tonight. But I will be there tomorrow so we can discuss an arrangement that works for us.

Danny replied almost instantly: You with your little boyfriend?

I could be with Asher.

Nope. He just walked into the diner with Xavier. 

Yes, I'm with my boyfriend :p

Details tomorrow. Sleep well. ~D

You too.

I set my phone on the bedside table and laid in Grayson's arms again.

"Are you sure Danny's gay?" Grayson asks.

I roll my eyes. "He told me he is and I have no reason to not trust him."

"I trust you," Grayson says. I know if that was true, it was hard for him to say. If it wasn't, then it means he lies easily. But I didn't want to think about that right now. Right now, I just want to go to sleep in hope that this is real. I want to wake up and have him still laying right here next to me. That's what I want right now.

After a while I felt his breathing even out telling me he was asleep. His warmth hugged me and his entire presence made me feel safe. I let myself fall asleep as the dreamworld welcomed me.

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A.N: Hey guys, I've been gone lately. I didn't know what to write and I just got so busy. But I uploaded two chapters for you today! I hope you guys had a great Christmas. <3