spaces between us (grayson Dolan)

ch.15 laughs

Tessa's (P.O.V)
When I got home from school, I went straight upstairs to get ready. Although it was only 4:30, I wanted to make sure I look amazing. I actually really like Grayson. It was never awkward when it was just the two of us. I sat on my bed and thought about all the times we messed around in chem class. When I had realized I had gotten distracted just from thinking about him, it was already 5:15. I still had a lot of time but decided to take a shower. I turned on the water and waited for it to warm up. I hopped in and played some music. I pressed shuffle on my phone and to my surprise my favorite song started playing. I started to sing,
"you're the light.
you're the night. you're the color of my blood. you're the cure. you're the pain. you're the only thing I want to touch. never knew that it could mean so much, so much!"
Ellie Goulding was one of my favorite female artist. Hopefully one day I can write a song with her. Once I realized my fingers had gotten pruney, I decided to hop out and shave my legs.

I opened my shower curtain and saw that the mirror had fogged up. I quickly grabbed a towel and wiped the glass.I looked around for the blow dryer and remembered that I broke mine and had to borrow my mom's. I scurried across the hall and into my parent's bathroom.

Once I was done drying my hair, I went to my closet and looked around for some clothes. It was still cold outside so I decided on leggings and a cute shirt since it was just a movie date.
I grabbed one of the many pairs of black leggings I had and put them on. Now for the shirt. After a couple of minutes on deciding on a bigger sweater or just a tank top with a cardigan I finally picked the sweater.

I went to the bathroom and grabbed the flat iron out of the cabinet. I just kept it simple and thought it would look best if I kept it down. I put on some makeup, but not too much. I had pretty good skin so just decided to put mascara, a tiny bit of light-brown eyeshadow, and some eyeliner on. I looked in the mirror and was satisfied. I sprayed some perfume and put on some deodorant, heading downstairs.

When I turned the the kitchen corner I saw Nick sitting at the counter eating who knows what.
"Woah. Where are you going?" he asked looking at me, raising an eyebrow.
"I'm going out with Grayson tonight. So tell mom that I will be home around 11:00 ish." I said while putting on my brown leather boots that stopped just under my knees.
"Okay. But don't do anything crazy." Nick said acting like he was my dad or something. I glared at him and waited on the couch for Grayson to pick me up. I looked at my phone and saw that he should be here any minute.
After a couple of minutes of scrolling through my Twitter feed and tweeting fans back, I heard a knock on my front door.
"Bye Nick!! Don't forget to tell mom where I am!" I yelled from the front of the house. I swung open the door to see Grayson. He was wearing a Polo long sleeve, shorts and vans. He smiled. "You look great." Grayson said looking me up and down.
I slightly laughed and said,"You clean up nicely." We both laughed and headed to the car.

*At the Movie Theatre*

As we waited in line to get drinks and candy, we talked about random things. We actually had so much in common. We both loved kid cudi and we loved to snowboard.
"What would you guys like?" the cashier said. I hadn't even realized we had gotten to the front of the line.
"You first." said Grayson.
"Thanks. Umm, may I please have a small root beer with sour patch kids." I said getting my money out.
"Woah, hey what are you doing?" Grayson said waving his hands. "It's all on me tonight. I asked you out."
"You sure?"
"Positive." he reassured me.
I thanked him with a slight blush and stepped aside so he could order.
Once we got our food, we went to the theater. We decided to go towards the top, but not to far up. The movie didn't start until a couple of minutes so we kinda just told cheesy jokes and disturbed some people in front of us. Whoops. The lights finally went down and we got comfy.
"This movie is going to be hilarious!" said Grayson. He was so cute when he was excited. He was like a 1st grader at Disney world. I looked at him with a smile.
"What?" he asked catching my stare. I looked away and replied, "Haha nothing." Then the movie started.

Throughout the movie we ate and laughed. There were parts were I couldn't even breath I was laughing so hard. I was having the best time since forever. I forgot about all my lies and my 'other' life.

When the movie had ended we stumbled out of the parking lot talking about all the funny parts. Which was basically the whole movie. When we spotted the car, Grayson opened the door for me. I grinned and thanked him. The rest of the ride was pretty silent. Not like the awkward ones, but the kind where you just enjoy the other person's company. That's when he grabbed my hand. I looked at him with a slightly confused and shocked but happy look. He didn't look over but kept driving like everything was alright. He had a slight smirk on his face. Grayson was so hot. How did a guy like him ask me out? I liked the feeling of holding his hand. Our hands fit perfectly, his bigger one engulfing my much smaller one. It was like I was just an ordinary girl that's, you know not famous. I liked it.

The car pulled in the driveway and he came around to open my door. Grayson walked me to the door to make sure I got in safely. We kind of just stood there, then I hugged him.
"Thanks Gray, I had a really fun time with you tonight." I said while buried in his chest. His arms were secured tightly around my waist.

After a couple of minutes of hugging we said our last goodbyes.
I opened the front door and went upstairs. I flopped on my bed and screamed in my head. My mind was focused on one thing and one thing only..... Grayson!