Love Drunk 3.0 (Completed)

Chapter 37

Italy 11 p.m.
Grayson POV –

It’s nice and quiet in the bar of the hotel. Ethan is sitting next to me, sipping on a coke, while the rest of the boys are playing games in the arcade hall. “What if this keeps triggering her anxiety..” he says. “What if we will never be able to have sex again..” Ethan adds as he traces his fingertip around the rim of his glass. “I mean.. I know it’s not all about having sex.” He sighs. “I love her more than anything and I will never ever leave her side, sex or not. But dude, I’m already getting hard when I see her pull her jeans over her butt.” Ethan continues as he tilts his head in my direction and looks at me bewildered.

“And if it was just me, getting turned on all the time..” He says shaking his head. “But no! She was sooo horny as well!” He rambles and my eyes widen, as I see people turning their heads towards us. “Ethan!” I yell and he snaps out of his monologue. “Keep your voice down, bro! People are watching.” I say and Ethan looks around the bar, fake smiling at people over his shoulder. “Just give her time.” I add. “A couple of days ago you couldn’t even hold her hand. Now you two are making out again.” I tell him. “And knowing the two of you..” I chuckle. “You’ll be going at it again before you can say ‘foreplay’. I laugh.

 Luckily Ethan starts laughing as well. “Yeah.. I guess so.” He says as he chugs down the coke. “Let’s hope I’m having sex again, before you do!” He laughs and winks at me, while elbowing me in the side. I squint my eyes and put the beer bottle, that I was just bringing to my lips, back on the bar. “What are you trying to say..??” I ask him annoyed, knowing damn well what he is insinuating. “Well, word on the street is that you were close to having sex in an elevator..” he chuckles and I roll my eyes at his lame and old joke. “We just kissed, okay?!” I breathe. “Sure!” E says grinning. “So, when are you gonna kiss again?” he continues pushing me.

 I slowly turn my head towards him and put on the best death stare I got. But his amused face has me break character and that makes Ethan laugh even more. “I don’t know, dude!” I sigh as I cross my arms over the bar and bury my face in it. “I’m so confused..” I continue as I look up and rest my chin on my arms. “What are you confused about?” Ethan asks as he leans forward to analyse my facial expression. “Everything?” I say, but it sounds more like a question than a statement. “Please don’t kill me..” I continue as I look over at Ethan, now with my cheek resting on my arms. “But with y/n, it felt like my body and soul were on fire.. in like a good way, I guess.” I tell him.

I see he’s trying to keep a straight face, when he listens to me talking about his girlfriend in a very intimate way. But his clenched jaw and balling fist reveal that he can’t bear to hear me talk about her like that. “When I’m around Ava..” I quickly continue to deviate the attention from me dating y/n at one point. “I feel-..” I go on, when Ethan interrupts me. “You feel calm.” He says. “Relaxed, no agitation whatsoever.” Ethan continues, and a faint smile appears on his face when he notices me ticking off all those boxes in my head. “When I’m around y/n..” Ethan lovingly goes on and I realize this is going to be one of our deepest conversations ever. “I become the best version of myself.” He continues. “It comes so naturally. Like I’m programmed to take care of her, look out for her and complete her.” Ethan says. I know everything he says is truthful. I’m witnessing their love every single day.. but it still makes me want to vomit in my mouth a little. We lock eyes when he says those decisive words: “Like you are around Ava, Gray.”. I knit my brows. “We don’t have that X-men touch, where we can regulate each others body temperature and food cravings..” I tell him confused and Ethan chuckles. “Yes you have. Remember.. back on that beach in Greece..” Ethan starts. “When Ava was holding you..” he continues. Those words make me close my eyes and I raise my hand to stop him. 

 “I.. was holding Ava, bro..” I interrupt him and I see the frown on his face as soon as I open my eyes again. “Sure, Gray!” he says hesitantly before he continues. “When YOU were holding Ava..” Ethan goes on as he rolls his eyes at me. “You seemed to calm down pretty much immediately.” He adds. And as if he opened Pandora’s box with those words, all occasions when I felt ‘on top of the world’ around Ava flash by. Every time she tapped my arm, every time she challenged me with her witty personality and every time we kissed. It’s like I’m reaching a new level in a video game, when I all of a sudden realize both of those kisses were us communicating by touch.

Our first kiss was Ava’s lips telling me that she didn’t kiss Ethan. Our second kiss was my lips telling her that I didn’t have a crush on y/n. My mind is blown. I look over at Ethan, with my jaw on the floor and my eyes popping out of their sockets. He stares back at me with the biggest grin on his face. Heavily nodding his head yes, when he sees that I put two and two together. “I-.. I-.. I-..” I stutter. I have no idea what sentence my brain is trying to form. If it is even trying to form a sentence at all, when Ethan tries to help me collect my thoughts. “You-.. you-.. you are falling for Ava!” he laughs as he mimics my stutter.

He raises his hand at the bartender and orders another coke and beer before he looks at me, observing my ‘still-in-shock’ face. “So.. what do I do?!” I breathe at him, slowly sitting back up and brushing my fingers through my hair. Ethan puts a comforting hand on my shoulder and squeezes it. “I guess you have to ask her out, bro.” he says smirking. His smirk turns into a roaring laugh when he sees my jaw drop again and I feel his hand now patting my shoulder. “Well, a little bird told me that guys need to ask out girls..” He laughs while rolling his eyes.