Meet Me In The Meadow

Chapter Eight

My mom left two days, and my sister and I are leaving today. My dad is driving us to the airport, and my sister is freaking out. It is the first time that she will be flying with out an adult.
When we get to the airport, I get out of the car, and my sister after me. "Bye."i say when we get our bags. Ella hugs my dad,"Bye dad." When she pulls away, he says,"Bye sweet hearts."
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When we land in New Jersey my mom and the twins mom picks us up. It is almost the end of school for the twins, so their mom is dropping me off at the high school.
I walk inside, and talk with the principle. He gives me a pass, and Grayson's locker number. I start walking in the direction. I am about to turn the corner, when I hear voices. Grayson's voice and a girls. I back up, and listen.
"You want to come over later?" I can tell Grayson asked.
"Hmm..." Then some kissing. What the hell was going on?
"Hey baby..."the little bi... No. You aren't going to swear Liz.
I peek around the corner, and the girl walks in the opposite direction. I walk up to him, but he doesn't notice.
"What the fuck was that?!" And you just swore. Good job.
Grayson takes a step back. "Wha..." His eyes widen. I can see the guilt plastered on his face.
I'm so angry right now. I slap him, and I can feel the tears stinging my eyes. "You're such an asshole." I turn and start walking away. I feel him grab my hand,"Wait, let me explain." I wiggle my hand free of his. "Please. Lizzy." He grabs my hand again. The tears are staining my cheeks, I turn around,"You cheated on me. There's nothing more to say." I walk away before he can stop me.
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I heard the bell ring as I left the school building. I walk away from the school, and keep walking. I don't know how long it's been, so I look at my phone. It's 2:40. Ten minutes.
I hear someone running behind me, but I don't turn around. The tears left my cheeks red.
"Liz?" I keep walking. If it's Grayson I don't give a...
"Liz. Please." The person turns me around. I groan,"I don't want to talk to you, Grayson." I start turning around, and he grabs my shoulder. "It's Ethan, Liz." I turn around,"Tell me something only Ethan would know."
He leans in, and whispers it in my ear. When we starts pulling away, I pull him in for a big hug and Ethan hugs back.
Ethan puts his arm around my shoulders, and starts walking with me toward his house. "So what happened?" I take a deep breath, and tell him. At the end, tears start rolling down my cheeks.
He pulls me in for a side hug. "It's going to be okay." He rubs my back. "You're brothers an asshole." He puts his arm around my shoulders. "I know." I am kind of surprised he agreed.
We walk in silence for a little, till we get to his house. He leads me upstairs to his room. He sits on his bed, and motions for me to sit next to him. I do, and he puts his arm around my shoulders, again.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier." He whispers in my ear. I look up at him,"You knew?" Im kind of hurt. He looks down at me,"I-I felt you deserved to find out ok your... Liz?" I had looked away. He tilted my head up,"Liz. Do you understand where I'm coming from?" I nod,"Unfortunately, yes."

*Flashback*
"Callie!" Callie turns around. "Liz! Hey!" She gives me a hug, and smiles a little too big. "What happened to you?" She starts walking again, and I follow. "Nothing. Just... just a hard week. You know?" Callie nods,"Yeah. I've had one of those." I laugh,"How's you and, um, Peyton?" It's weird saying it out loud. Her and Peyton. She smiles,"Great! I'm really happy. He went to my youth group. He's really sweet." I smile,"Yeah." I stop at my locker,"See you at lunch, Callie."
They dated for two months, then it happened.
I went to Callie's house after school, because it was a Friday. I went up to her room, and heard yelling. Peyton's ms her yelling. "I can't fucking believe you kissed him! And not just kissed, you..." she yelled at him, visa versa. I felt like I was intruding, so I went to the bathroom and closed the door. I ended up sitting on the floor and waited.
Callie: did you hear it all?
I got up and went to the front door.
Me: you cheated on Peyton. Peyton is my best friend
Callie: I thought I was your best friend!
Me: well maybe you should be there for me.
Callie: what tf do you mean
Me: no comment
She didn't answer after that, then she blocked me.
I blame myself. In a way. I knew she had kissed Jake, but I did not know she did more than that, and I did not tell Peyton.
*flashback over*
Ethan and I were halfway through an episode of Pretty Little Liars. "You okay?" He asks, he has been asking me every few minutes. I nod and look up at him,"Yeah. Yeah I-I'm fine." He looked down at me, and kissed me. And of coarse Grayson opens Ethan's bedroom door,"What the hell dude!" Grayson slams the door. Ethan and I just look at each other. I give him a hug,"Grayson is going to kill you." Ethan put his head on mine,"I know."
I don't know what just happened, but it was weird and amazing and fantastic.
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I woke up on Ethan's bed. Before it sounds wrong, he slept on the floor. For goodness sakes.
I looked at the floor, and Ethan wasn't there. I shrugged it off, and rolled over. I closed me eyes again, trying to sleep.
I couldn't, gave up, and grabbed my phone. I checked Instagram, nothing. I then checked my Twitter. There were a few mentions, I did not want to check them right now. I checked Snapchat next. Ethan had a story, so I checked. There was the Pretty Little Liars. Then there was one of me, sleeping.
I texted Ethan.
Me: Why'd you post a picture of me on Snapchat?! xD
Ethan: you know you love it
Me: haha yeah a no
Ethan walks into the room, and starts tickling me. "'Morning!" I laugh and jump out of bed. I put my hand in the air,"Please. Just stop." Ethan jumps up,"Get dressed so we can get breakfast." I turn my head,"With Abbie..." Ethan smiles,"With Abbie." I push him out of the room, and start getting ready.
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"Liz!" Abbie runs over to our IHOP table. I jump up, and give her a big hug. "Hey Abbie!" She hugs back, then sits across from Ethan and I. She looks a little uncomfortable.
I shrug it off, and we order and eat and pay. We do not talk about much. Just little things.
When we dropped Abbie off, and Ethan and I were in the basement, I decided to ask about the awkwardness.
"Hey Ethan." Ethan sat down next to me with popcorn. "Yeah?" I bite my lip,"What happened with you and Abbie?" He shift, and sits to face me,"We, um, we dated for a bit. Then we broke up. Nothing much, okay?" I nod, and try to forget it,"Okay."
He pulls me in for a side hug, and Cinderella began.
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"What's crazy is that you three are sixteen now!" The twins mom says. "Haha. I know, it's crazy!" I take a bite of the waffle she made. Ethan sits next to me and Grayson's still asleep, thank god.
Mrs. Dolan had to leave to go to work, my mom is trying to get a job where she worked many yeas ago, and Mr. Dolan is working too. So it is just Ethan, Grayson and I.
Ethan and I eat another waffle. And turn on High School Musical. Such little kids, I know. We sit on the couch and start making fun of the cheesiness.
We get further into the movie, before Grayson talks. "So, You guys a thing now? Or just playing around?" I snap my head around. "Whatever Grayson." I get up and walk outside. I do not want to deal with this right now.