Cold in LA

Chapter 9

Jonah's point of view

"Coffee?" I ask Corbyn as he walks downstairs still half asleep.

"No, I think I'm good," he answers.

"You sure? It's good." I say again.

"Fine, give me a cup."  He answers.

I smile a little and hand him a cup.

Corbyn and I sit down at the table and drink our coffee while we wait for everyone else to get up.

"Okay you're right this is good." Corbyn laughs and takes another sip of his coffee.

Not too long after all of the guys were up and downstairs. To pass time we started warming up our voices. Then we had a few conference calls.

"So we are free the rest of the day, any ideas on what we could do?" Daniel says as he flops on the couch.

"Let's see if Grace has any ideas." Jack suggests.

"Where is Grace? She can't still be asleep, it's 11 oclock." points out to all of us.

"I'll go check on her." I say and walk to my room.

Right as I got to the room I could hear what sounded like she had just been crying from behind my door.

Grace's point of view

I stopped crying and am just trying to calm myself down. I picked up my phone and started looking at all of the old pictures of Mason and I, thinking about all of our old memories.

Knock knock

Someone knocking on the door broke my train of thought. I quickly wiped off the remaining tears with the sleeve of my shirt.

"Come in." I answer to whoever is behind the door, my voice showing I had just been crying. I hope they won't ask about it.

The door opens slowly. I can see Jonah's head full of curls walk into the room.

"Hey are you okay?" he asks in a soft voice.

"Yeah I'm fine, why?" I say trying to act like I was fine.

He comes closer andsits next to me on the bed.

"It's okay to be upset Grace. What your feeling is perfectly normal." He smiles at me.

"I know it's just...I don't want anyone to think I am caring too much about this." I tell him truthfully then look down at my hands, feeling too embarrassed to look at him anymore.

I felt this hand on top of mine. I looked up slowly.

"Grace, none of us will ever judge you for being sad about Mason. We care so much about you, I hope you know that." Jonah pauses

Jonah's point of view

I hope my words get across to Grace, it hurts me seeing that she is having such a hard time.

"...I hope you know that." I pause to see how she will respond.

Then she wraps her arms around me in a tight hug. I hug her back. My face was close to her hair. She smelled so good, it was sweet like candy. I don't know how long we were hugging, but I don't care. The feeling of holding her in my arms is the best feeling ever.