I started walking home. I was smiling the whole time. It still doesn’t feel real. This need of telling someone about this took over my entire body. I knew it was something truly special, for both me and Grayson, but I like to talk. I was definitely going to tell Shiloh, cause she’s basically my sister. I decided to tell her in person, so I stopped by at her house. I knocked on the door. Her little sister Abby opened the door. “Hey, is Shiloh home?”, I asked. “Yeah, she’s upstairs.” “Thanks”, I made my way up the stairs. “Shiloh! You will never believe what just happened! Oh my god!”, I yelled walking up the stairs to her room. I opened the door and Ethan was sitting on her desk chair looking at me like the biggest weirdo. Shiloh was rummaging through her clothes. Well, this puts a strain in things. “Hi”, Shiloh said. “Hey, uh, can I talk to you in the bathroom?” “Yeah”, she said, hugging Ethan on her way out. We both walked in the bathroom and closed the door. “Something so special happened”, I said to her, smiling the whole time. “What?” “You ready?”, I asked, still smiling. She nodded and smiled. I took a deep breath. “Graysonkissedme!” I said it so fast and started jumping in excitement. Shiloh starts laughing. “What?” “Ugh, I said, Grayson kissed me.” I could see excitement fill her face. “Oh my god!”, she said. “I know! But don’t tell Ethan.” “Ok.” We both started jumping up and down. Shiloh stopped and got quiet. “Soooo, who kissed first?”, she asked, sounding like a three year old asking for a cookie. “Grayson.” “Was it good?” “No”, I saw Shiloh’s expression change completely. “It was... AMAZING!” “I’m so happy for you.” “Thanks”, I said, smiling. Shiloh gasped, “Now we can go on double dates!” “That’s an amazing idea!”, I exclaimed. “We should go back, I don’t want Ethan getting ideas”, Shiloh said, walking out. “Oh my god!”, I said laughing. “Hello ladies”, Ethan said, as he spun in the desk chair to face us. “Hi”, I said, walking past Shiloh to sit on her bed. “What was that all about?”, he asked, putting his hands together, like an evil mastermind. I did not want anyone else to know about me and Grayson kissing. If Ethan was going to find out, I wanted Grayson tot be the one to tell him. “You heard that?”, Shiloh asked, sitting on Ethan’s lap. “I heard a bunch of squealing and oh my gods”, he said, mocking us. I had to come up with an excuse. Quick. “I passed my algebra test”, I quickly said. Ethan looked at me weird. “Uhh, Casey, we’re not in school yet.” Shoot! “In my dream. You see, I always dreamed that I failed the test, but now I passed.” Way to go, I thought to myself. “Anyways, I have to go!”, I said, excusing myself from this awkward mess. I hugged Shiloh. “I’ll see you tomorrow”, I said to Ethan. I walked back home. “What’s going on tomorrow?”, Shiloh asked, looking at Ethan. “Oh, um, our families are having a dinner before school starts.” “Cool”, Shiloh said. “Oh my god”, Shiloh said, laughing, starting a conversation. They continued talking.
I walked into the kitchen to see my mom doing the dishes. “Hey, honey”, she said. “Hi.” “Where were you?”, she asked, starting to get a little more stern. “I went to Grayson’s house. I left a note”, I said, looking for the note. “Well, it was here”, I sighed. “Can you help me make the dip for tomorrow?”, my mom asked. “Yeah, sure.” I so badly wanted to tell my mom about what happened between me and Grayson. I wanted to tell everybody but I figured we could keep this a secret for a while. I don’t know. My dad finally got home from work and everyone was in the kitchen. “I don’t want to go to volleyball camp”, I blurted. My dad looked at me, shocked. I’m not a quitter. Whenever I do something, I finish it, but this camp didn’t help me one bit. Basically, I go to the camp to watch girls cry. Not fun. “Why?”, he asked. “Because, its a waste of my time, the coach is awful and you can’t really practice when everyone around you sucks.”
A couple hours passed. It was about 9 and I was totally drained from the excitement of the day. I said goodnight to my family and went upstairs to get ready for bed. As I was doing that, Grayson texted me. “Hey beautiful”, it read, with a winky face. That boy seriously makes everything better. “What’s up?”, I texted back. “Just got done working out.” “That’s hot”, I sent, with a smirking face and laughing face. “You don’t have to pick me up at 6 anymore”, I said. “Why?” “Cause I’m done with camp.” We ended up texting for like 2 hours but I fell asleep, so that was the end of that. You can learn a lot about a person while texting them at like midnight. For example, he has a pet bird, which seems super terrifying. He plays lacrosse, wrestles and plays football. All this other cool stuff.
It was the next morning and I finally got to sleep in. I woke up at 10 o’clock to the sound of boys yelling. I groaned as I put my pillow over my face. The noise was getting way out of hand so I went downstairs to see what was up. I walked into... a baby race? What? I saw Kimmy and another baby crawling and Ethan, Grayson and Ross screaming and clapping. “What the hell is going on?!?!” That got their attention. “I-It’s a baby race”, Ethan said, like it was a total normal. “Oh my god”, I said under my breath. I put my index finger and thumb on the bridge of my nose. “Grayson, come here”, I said, walking to the kitchen. “Yup.” “Are you crazy?!?!”, I said, half shushed, half yelling while pushing his chest. “You know what would happen if my parents were home? And who is that other baby?” “Its fine”, he said, holding my hands. “Your parents are at my house and the baby is my cousin.” You just stared at him. What a beauty. “Can you hang out today?”, he asked, kissing my hands. I smiled at him. “I don’t know, but I will be seeing you tonight.” “Oh, thats right. What are we having?”, he asked. “Steak and mashed potatoes.” “Yum”, he said, licking his lips. “I’ll make sure to put you next to me”, I said giggling, “Can’t wait”, he winked. Our conversation ended with a sound of a baby crying. I quickly rushed into the living room to see Harper pushing Kimmy and Grayson’s cousin over. “Harper!”, I exclaimed, while quickly picking her up. Both of the babies were about 9 months old, so they’re still pretty little. “Why would you do that?”, I asked, with the softest voice. It looked like she was about to explode with tears. She did. “Let me have her”, Grayson said, as he took her back to the kitchen. “He really has a way with kids, doesn’t he?”, I asked Ethan, sighing. “I guess.” We put both of the babies in the playpen and I saw Ethan turn to me to tell me something. “Look, I’m might be the biggest jerk for telling you this, but I feel like I should.” “Umm, ohh-k?” “Grayson has the biggest crush on you”, he said, without hesitating. I totally forgot that Ross was still in the room and I heard him say, “Wow, Case, this may be the first time.” I shot him a dirty. I felt my cheeks turn red with the news I had just received form Ethan. I already knew that, obviously, but it still makes me happy every time I hear it. “Really?”, I said, trying to sound surprised. “Yeah, he talks about you all the time. I mean, he just- Seriously, I’ve never seen him like this. You may be the only girl he likes that I ever liked. All the other ones were obnoxious and so self-obsessed.” That made me feel better, I guess. I just laughed. “Wow”, I sighed. “Don’t tell him I said that, he’ll kill me”, Ethan pleaded. Grayson was such an amazing person and I couldn’t believe that I was lucky enough to win over his heart. Grayson came back and sat down next to me. I leaned forward to take a sip of my drink when Ethan gave Grayson a smirk while looking at me. Grayson just glared at him. “Where is she?”, I asked, noticing Harper was gone. “She said she was tired so I took her upstairs.” “Oh, thanks for that”, I said, staring at him. “No problem”, he said, smiling at me. Ross and Ethan left because Ross had to show him something, so it was just me and Grayson. I’m facing forward and Grayson’s next to me with his body turned towards me. I could see him staring at me in the corner of my eye. “I love eberything about you. Your eyes, your laugh, the way you get annoyed, the was you care for everyone”, Grayson said, breaking the silence. These were the kind of things I cherished. He kept going on and on and found ways to make me blush. “Grayson”, I said, interrupting him. “I love you”, I said, running my hand through his hair. “What?” “I love how you care about me, the way you walk, the way you talk. I don’t know there’s just so many thin-” Grayson cut me off with a kiss. “I love you too”, he said, through the kiss. The kissing started to get rally intense and I was about to rip his shirt off until we were interrupted by Ethan. Grayson quickly got off of me. “Dude! What the hell?!?” “Well, you caught me and Shiloh making out, now its my turn”, he said, laughing. I threw a pillow at him. “He’s gonna tell everyone”, I said, crossing my arms. “Nothing can stop us now”, he said, giving me a peck on my lips. “I gotta go, see you tonight.” “Bye”, I said. I now know how Shiloh and Ethan felt.
Sorry for not updating in like forever, these are just really hard to write and I have a lot of things going on. Please forgive me. :)
