Faking

Chapter 21

I ran to Tristan's room and knocked loudly on his door. I screamed, "Tristan! Tristan!"

Tristan opened the door and frowned at me. He said, "Madison?"

I nodded and pushed him into his room while I entered. I turned to look at Tristan and I said, "I'm sorry. I don't need anymore time to think. I actually have someone else I like. You are an amazing guy, but I only see you as a friend. You deserve someone much better than me who can love you more than anything and I'm not that person. You have been so nice and friendly to me and I'm sorry that I have to reject you. I'm so sorry!"

Tristan looked at me and said, "You like Grayson right?"

I gawked at him. Did everyone know I liked Grayson except me?

Tristan motioned me to sit on the couch and I did. He sat across from me and said, "You need to know something about Grayson. You already know that he shuts people out, but he has his own reasons."

I encouraged Tristan to continue because I really wanted to know.

He sighed and said, "Mrs. King you saw at the party isn't his real mom. She's only Grace's mom. Mrs. King is his stepmother while Grace is his stepsister. Grayson used to be an only child. His real mom, Lucy, was a really good mom. I knew her ever since I was born. She died though."

I gasped. Okay, I was totally not expecting this plot twist.

Tristan said, "Grayson thinks his mom died because of him. He was never close to his father so he always followed his mom around. They were really close. One day, Grayson got really mad at his father and he ran out. He wanted to get away from all the stress his father was giving him. Grayson's dad didn't care while his mom was so worried that she looked everywhere for Grayson. While she was looking, she got into a big car accident. She didn't see the red light and ran straight. A big car crashed right onto her and she died right in the scene. Grayson saw it happen because she was running towards him. After the accident, Grayson's father blamed Grayson so he blamed himself too. Even if you like Grayson, Madison, he will shut you out. He's scared that if he starts keeping you close to him, you will get hurt just like his mom. He probably thinks of himself as a monster."

I gasped and looked at Tristan with shock. I felt sad for Grayson, mad at his father, and millions of other feelings. I said, "No, I'm going to make Grayson understand that it wasn't his fault. None of it was and even if he does get close to me, he will never lose me. I will always be there for him."

With that said, I ran out the door. When I was out his door, I heard Tristan shout after me. I turned around and he said, "Thanks for telling me your true feeling and good luck!" He's such a nice friend. I hope he find someone who will really care for him. I smiled at him and he smiled back.

As I walked back to my room, I thought of how I was going to make Grayson believe that none of this was his fault and that he could trust me.

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It was the next day and break was over. I hate those days when winter, summer, or any break is over. Ugh.

I dressed up as a boy again and ran to my classroom. I woke up late so I didn't have time to eat breakfast this morning.

Exactly when the bell rang, I ran into the classroom out of breath. Oddly, I have been feeling sick ever since this morning.

Vincent laughed at me and I made my way to my seat. As I sat down, I noticed how Grayson changed seats with Elliot.

I glared at Grayson while he wasn't even looking at me. He had to go shut himself again, didn't he?

The teacher came in and started class. I was staring at Grayson the whole class that when the teacher called my name, I had no clue what we were learning.

I frowned at the teacher. He sighed and said, "Marco, can you answer the question on the board please?"

I nodded slowly and stood up to go to the board. There was a really complex chemistry/math problem. Math was okay but I despised chemistry.

I stared at the question for a long time and the teacher said, "The problem isn't going to solve itself while you keep on staring at it."

I don't know why, but suddenly I felt sick. Very sick. Everything made me feel dizzy and I realized that I have been feeling sick ever since this morning. I have been ignoring it and just thought only of how to make Grayson open up.

Suddenly, I started to see black spots.

I realized that I was slowly drifting away and I didn't even notice, but I was falling.

I didn't even have the strength to stop myself from falling.

Suddenly, I felt strong arms catch me right before I fell on the floor. I thought it was the teacher when someone said, "I will take him to the nurse."

Hey, I know that voice!

It belonged to Grayson. He held me and walked me to the nurse's office. The other guys were probably looking at us funny. Oh, whatever.

I just snuggled my head onto Grayson's chest more and drifted off into the blackness.

When I woke up, I saw Grayson looking at me. I smiled at him and said, "Hey, do you like chocolate?"

He looked at me funny.

I smiled at him and started saying random things. This is what happens when I get sick. I started laughing like a mental person, while Grayson looked at me like he should take me to the mental hospital.

I started to get up from the bed while Grayson pushed me back down. I wanted to sit up so I kept on trying to get up while he kept on pushing me down. I somehow thought this was a game so I started trying harder to get up. He pushed me down harder and soon he was on top of me.

I started blushing really red while he just stared at me.

I said, "Uh.... do you like cookies?"

He ignored my random question and continued to stare at me. He seemed to be examining me. I was not good with people being in my personal bubble so I looked at anywhere but him.

Soon, I quickly peeked over at Grayson and saw him still looking at me. He was staring at something. Huh?

I quickly tried to figure out what he was looking at when I noticed his eyes were staring at my lips.

I visualy gulped.

Since he was staring at my lips, I stared at his back.

Our faces were coming closer together when a feminine voice said, "Okay, you two stop!"

I blushed bright red and turned to the side to see a very pretty nurse.

She said, "I will not let you guys have your teen make out session in my office. Grayson out!"

He got off of the bed and walked out the door. Before he left, he looked over at me and his eyes seemed to say that we are going to be talking later. His eyes are so beautiful. I feel like a one direction obsessed fan girl.

When he finally left, the nurse turned to me with a mysterious smile.

She said, "I know you are a girl."