buddy; grayson d.

twenty - five

song for chapter : stay by kid laroi & justin bieber

kennedy

a couple days later, i woke up early in order to actually take care of myself. with the things happening with grayson and the news regarding my dad i didn't feel like putting anymore effort in. i couldn't find the energy for anything anymore. at least zach wasn't still giving me the silent treatment but that didn't change the fact that grayson would probably never speak to me again.

my mind was taken off of grayson when my phone buzzed. it was a text from ethan.

ethan: i saw the news about your dads case on the news, if you need me you know ill be there.

i sent ethan a quick thank you and a heart before i got into the shower.

when i got out of the shower i found my mom and zach downstairs, on the phone with the school principal. she has asked for us to stay home for a while because of what was happening with dad. i could only imagine the rumors being made up at school about me while i was gone.

"hey sweetheart." mom said softly as she noticed my presence, she sat in the loveseat with a blanket covering her body, outstretching her arms so i could join her under it. i didn't say much to the principal, just listened as he explained he didn't expect us to do work and he would excuse it for a little while. the phone call ended and mom eventually got up to head upstairs and take a shower.

"did you sleep okay?" i asked zach as mom got up. he shook his head but gave me a "thanks for caring" smile anyways. it's not like i expected him to, i don't know why i asked. we just sat in silence, both of us had things to be sad about. a knock on the door is what finally got us to snap out of it. zach  got up and answered, seeing as it was grayson. i could feel the awkwardness as zach realized it was grayson.

"i heard about your dad, man. i hope its not him. just wanted to say that im sorry, for everything." grayson said quietly, for once. he looked over to me quickly and then down at the ground as he waited for a reaction from zach.

zach completely broke down and pulled grayson in for a hug. grayson looked taken aback but hugged him too, knowing how hurt his best friend was. i didn't know what to do. i just stared as they shared a moment together that they really needed. it had only been a few days since everything finally unfolded. grayson leaving, getting drunk and then getting in a fight with zach, and then the news about dads case. it was a lot to handle at one time.

i knew i learned my lesson. hurting the people around me that i loved wasn't something i enjoyed. but it's not like grayson was sorry for hurting me. something about him is so hard to figure out. i wonder if he ever found out about ava and noah. or if he was ever sorry for how he made me feel. i don't know how he could lead me on and then run off with her; cuddle up to a random girl in the school hallway and then tell me he misses me while he's drunk. someone put his head on backwards.

grayson and zach broke away from their hug and that's when grayson and i made eye contact. i felt like i could throw up. he forced a small smile and then turned around and walked himself out of the door, his eyes lingering on me. zach closed the door behind him and faced towards me.

"you know you could've just told me from the start. if you did i'd probably be over it by now." he says to me, shaking his head. "but don't let me get in the way of what makes you happy either, even if that means...grayson." he continues as he walks towards me and returns to his place on the couch. "i love y'all so much and nothing either of you do, even if it's together, is gonna change that" i listened to him as he said what he needed to. "but kenny" he looks me dead in the eye "grayson is grayson. he is never going to settle down"

i laugh as i fiddle with my fingers "oh believe me i know"  we laugh together. zach lets out a long sigh and looks up to the ceiling "that's why ethan would've been the better choice" he says as he laughs again.

i was glad zach could find at least a little humor in the situation. i think he understood how hard it was for me too.

"thank you" i pipe up "for not being mad at me forever." i smile. "good news for you grayson is pretty much out of the picture."

"not if it's up to him" zach challenges, raising his eyebrows "he knows he has some work to do, i can tell"

"he sure does" i reply as i lean back in the loveseat and start to fall asleep.

ok that's my update.

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