Strong - GRETHAN

Chapter 2

Grayson's pov

While me and Kristina we're walking to the office I couldn't help but ask if she knew anything about that group of kids. "Hey uhm Kristina-" "Call me Kris, or K, but not the full name" she interrupts me, giggling. "Really?" "Ye why not?" she tilts her head confused, smiling. "Well I just thought people you're close with would call you that..." I trail off, still insicure about being in the new school. "Well we are friends, aren't we?" she asks, making it sound more like a rhetorical question than an actual question. At that I felt my heart skip a beat... Did she- did she just call me a friend? "R-really? We're f-friends?" I ask, wanting to hear her say it out than just from intuition. "Of course! You seem super nice I'd love to have you as my friend" she smiles widely and I almost wanted to cry. I found a friend... I really found a friend! "So... What were you going to ask me before I went on that side note?" she giggles, snapping me out of my train of thoughts. "Oh yeah, right... I was going to ask: you seem to know those kids, you know the ones laughing at me before, do you like know them personally?" she answers me fast, catching me off guard as I wasn't expecting the answer so soon "I kinda do, but not really. One of them is a childhood friend of mine and he introduced me to all of them, but I wasn't interested in mixing in that sort of group so I just never got closer with them. So I do technically know them personally, but not like best friends kind of relationships" I see. "Do you approve of your friend hanging out with that kind of group?" I didn't want to ask that, but it was at the tip of my tongue and I just had to let it out like that... Way to go Gray... She sighs, obviously the answer isn't a positive one. "To be honest, not really. I hate that he became friends with that group. It changed him a lot... Too much in my opinion... But he seems happy, and he keeps contact with his old friends, like me, so as long as he's happy then I'm happy too. Yes, his character has changed but he's still my best friend from when we were 7 and we still keep in touch so I can't complain that much". Wow... I think to myself. This girl is so supportive and seems super sweet. I don't think this school will be that bad after all...

As we reach the secretary's office, we knock on the door, hearing a faint "come in" before doing so, being greeted by a woman, probably in her late 40s early 50s, who sends a warm smile our way. "Good morning Mrs. Williams!" Kristina says excitedly. "Good morning honey, welcome back" she says calmly, her tone some what soothing me from the hectic morning I've had so far. "Thanks. So me and my friend, Grayson, are here to get his time table. He's the new kid" the secretary goes through her paperwork before nodding her head. "Ah yes, Grayson Bailey right?" she asks and I nod "Perfect, there you go" she hands me a piece of paper with all my lessons and classes on and I just put it in my backpack for now. "I also wanted to ask you a huge favor..." Kristina then continues. "And that might be...?" Mrs. Williams asks. "Well since he's new here I wanted to show him the grounds, can I be his tour guide please?" she asks pleadingly, and from what it seems the woman never seems to say no to a person like Kris. "Is that so? I suppose we can do that. I'll write your pass for the first 2 periods but you don't have longer than that, so make sure to show the whole school in those 2 hours" she explains, Kristina smiling overjoyed. "Thank you so much Mrs. Williams, you're the best!" "I know. There, here are your two passes for the teachers when you get to class,"I hope you enjoy your guide and hopefully love our school, oh and Kristina, don't tire him out" I laugh at the comment as Kris acts hurt by it to continue the joke, and before we know it we are out of the office in a long adventure around the school grounds. She shows me the gym, the labs, the fields, the lunch room, the study hall, pretty much the entire school was covered by her tour. We end our walk around early so she suggests to spend the rest of the time in the schools courtyard, there was no point in going to class when there were only 15 minutes left till the end of it.

I lay down on the grass and she sits next to me, picking at the grass coz there was nothing better to do. I close my eyes, enjoying the peaceful atmosphere and the presence of my new friend only calms me even more, and I feel like I could literally fall asleep right then and there by how at peace I felt, but luckily Kristina starts making conversation, preventing me from sleeping on the weirdly comfy grass. "So I know you've only been here like 2 hours but what do you think so far, about the school and everything" I think for a second, trying to get my thoughts on all that happened so far into something that made sense and wasn't just a mix of words. "I think I will like it here, the school itself is great, better than I expected, and I've already found a friend so it's not that bad at all, and if the teachers are anything like Mrs. Williams then I think I'm really going to like it here. Sure I was pretty bummed about the jocks laughing at me but it's not that bad" I explain, actually being surprised from my low expectations being crushed. "Yeah just ignore them, they laugh at pretty much anything. They think money holds power and the can do what the fuck they want without caring about hurting others feelings, it annoys me so much" "Yeah I can tell" I joke, her laughing too. "Is your friend like that too?" I ask, remembering she mentioned being friends with one of them. "He does join in, in the moment, but not a lot, he's pretty silent when it comes to mocking other kids. He's actually pretty sweet he just won't show it coz he thinks he will lose his friends and the popularity. I tell him it doesn't matter but if you knew him, you would understand him more. I know said like that he sounds like a douche but trust me his reasonings are quite understandable" I nod, not asking any further as I know it's not my place to ask any of his personal business. While I think back at the scene that occurred before I can't help but go back to thinking about that guy again. He was so handsome and just... Perfect... I think to myself in a deamy voice. There was no flaw to him, but I already know I'm too shy to talk to him. I also noticed he had his arm wrapped around a girl, which was probably his girlfriend. I mean no kidding, if that guy was single then I had literally no hope in finding a boyfriend, and of course the most beautiful guys always have to be straight... Always the same story. Kristina calls my name for what seems to be not the first time by the tone in her voice and I blink once, bringing me out of my dream world. "You ok?" she asks, raising a brow at me. "Oh yeah, just got caught up in thinking" "What about?" should I be honest with her?... I mean Ive only met her for like 2 hours I can just tell her I'm gay. "Just my next class, I don't want to go" she giggles "Yeah me neither. I like your company I wish I could just stay here." I smile at her statement, her smiling back. "Will you spend lunch with me today?" she asks and I look at her with excitement "Duh I would love to!" I reply, smiling at her widely. "Great! We can eat out here in this spot, I feel like this will be our designated spot for the rest of the school year" she giggles and I silently agree with her by nodding while chuckling too. We are brought out of our conversation as we hear the bell go, me almost wanting to cry, not wanting to part ways with my new friend. Kris groans in annoyance as she gets up, patting her jeans down before pulling me off the ground, me doing the same thing as her before we head back into the building. "At lunch we should compare our timetables, hopefully we have classes together" she says "I hope so" she smiles. "Well see you at lunch time. Bye Gray!" she starts walking off to her next class as we wave each other goodbye and I head to my next class: Science.

Ethan's pov

This class is so fucking boring! I think as I sit in my science class, a grade below mine. Of course I had to fail last year and retake this shit. The teacher is rambling on about what is going to be taught this year and I can't help but not pay attention to her stupid annoying voice and look out the window, wishing I could be riding my motorcycle around town instead of being trapped in this hell hole. I miss the summer where I was free to do whatever the fuck I wanted. I skim through the memories in my head, smiling slightly at the thoughts of me spending the days with my friends and Chantel. My mind travels to all the things I have done with her and I can't help but bite my lip as the dirty thoughts ran through my mind, but I get called out of them as there is a knock on the door. Who is it now...

The suddenly the boy I saw earlier walks in. What is he doing here? And why did he have to wear those jeans that show his curves so perfectly- wtf Ethan why are you thinking like that, you're straight!
The chemistry teacher started talking, asking the new kid to present himself to the class. "H-hi I'm Grayson B-Bailey, and I'm new here..." he says, his cute stutter really present. So Grayson is his name... I zone out for the rest of his talk, I already knew the teacher was asking some meaningless questions that probably even Grayson was answering half-heartedly if not completely lying, and just admired him, he looked pretty cute for a boy... I can't wait to mess with him, this is gonna be fun... I think to myself, suddenly excited about this school year.  "Wonderful Grayson, there seems to be only that one spot in front of Ethan so i guess that will have to be your assigned desk for the year. As Grayson turns his head my way I can visibly see his breath hitch and a smirk, waving at him as he stares at me like he wants to run away.

Yup, this is definitely going to be fun...

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