Faking

Chapter 24

Soon, we arrived at our school and we parted ways.

I was so happy that I was jumping up and down. Suddenly, I got a phone call and picked up the phone in a giddy state.

It was Marco.

He said, "Hey, Madison! I'm almost here! Are you ready?"

Wait, what?

I looked at the time and realized I spent too much time being cozy with Grayson. I quickly ran to my room and started packing my stuff. The whole time I was packing, I felt depressed. I had to leave and I didn't want to. At all.

Since I still had a little bit of time left, I quickly got out a piece of paper and started writing..

Grayson...

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When it became dark, I got out of my dormroom and ran to the side of the gate. There was a hole by the door and I remembered Vincent telling me this. He said he made it so that he could sneak in at night. I was going to miss his silly actions.

I saw Marco by the other side of the door and I attacked him. I squealed and hugged him tightly.

He laughed at me and said, "Okay okay sis, I missed you too. Now stop trying to get me into a coma again by choking me to death."

I playfully glared at him and said, "I missed you so much, M."

He smiled at me and said, "I missed you too, M."

We had to both leave soon or else we might get caught by the guards.

I gave him another quick hug and handed him the dormroom key. He smiled at me and gave me his car keys. He told me to take care of his precious baby while he was gone. I nodded at him and soon he left.

I felt like a part of me was gone. The whole ride back to home was torture. All I could think about was Grayson, Grayson, and Grayson.

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When I arrived at my house, my mom hugged me and said, "Madison! I missed you so much!"

My mom can be such a little girl. I hugged her back and smelt her vanilla cake pop smell. She smelled like food all the time because she loved baking. She even had her apron on.

She said, "I baked your favorite goodies because I knew how much you missed them through our emails!"

I smiled at her, but I was still depressed about leaving the school.

My mom looked at me curiously and said, "Do you want to talk about it?"

This is why I love my mom. She understands me like no other.

She brought me into the house and gave me her baked goods. I started eating the brownies first. It was warm and it had small pieces of chocolates inside it.

Yum~

My mom looked at me expectedly and I started telling her what happened.

When I was done, my mom glared at me. She shouted, "WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL GRAYSON THAT YOU WERE LEAVING?! ARE YOU STUPID?"

I have been hearing people ask if I'm stupid too many times lately.

I looked at my mom sadly and said, "I didn't want him to hate me and close up again.."

My mom sighed at me and said, "He's going to hate you more when he figures out that you didn't tell him that you were leaving."

I nodded because I agreed. I am stupid to not think about the consequences! Of course he would hate me more because of this. My mom told me that her love life wasn't so easy with my dad too. I knew what happened between them and personally, I thought it was cute.

My mom smiled at me and said, "Madison, do you like Grayson?"

I nodded and she said, "Do you think he liked you back?"

I hesitated a little, but nodded. She smiled sadly at me and said, "You need to know that people regret a lot of things in life, but the things they regret the most are the chances they didn't take because they were too scared about what others will say or do."

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A week has passed ever since I came home and I already enrolled in my original public school. My dad thought I hated the school in Paris so that was why I came back home. He was happy that I was back, so he didn't really question me.

Marco and I have contacted lately, but we didn't really talk much about the school. He knows that something happened while he was gone, but I didn't want to talk about it.

I missed the school so much. I missed Vincent and Tristan, but I missed Grayson the most.

I wonder how he felt when he found out I was gone. He didn't even contact me. Does he even know? Does he even care?

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Soon, weeks turned into months and months turned into the end of the school year.

I officially graduated high school and got into a good college. My parents were very proud of me and that made me proud of myself. Marco was supposed to come home in a few days. His school was over already, but he said he wanted to spend time with his friends before coming home.

I was out with my friend right now and we were talking about what food to eat. We were currently in line to get food at a fast food restaurant.

My friend, Casey, said, "Hey, what do you want to eat?"

I looked over the menu and said, "I want the spicy chicken with fries!"

She nodded and ordered for me. I bought her food last time so she was buying me food today.

After we got our meal, we sat down at our seat. Casey looked and me and asked, "You know, school is finally over, but you seem sad."

I have been depressed ever since Marco called yesterday saying he was with his friends. Also, he wouldn't tell me their names. I was getting super anxious because I didn't even talk to any of the guys for a long time.

Vincent called me once, but soon we lost contact. Tristan sometimes came to visit me, but whenever I brought up the subject on Grayson, he would avoid the topic..

Casey waved her right hand over my face and said, "Whohooo~ Madison?"

I looked at her and said, "I'm just sad that school is over. I'm going to miss high school, but not all the homeworks, projects, and exams though."

Soon, we were done with our food and Casey dropped me off at my house. I waved bye to her and walked up to the house. I was really tired. I wanted to take a quick bubble bath and go to sleep.

I got out my keys because my parents told me they were going to see a musical tonight. They go on dates every Friday night.

I was going to open my door when I noticed how the door was unlocked. I paused for a second and looked around. I slowly opened the door and walked into the house. Did my parents come home early?

I heard movements in the kitchen, so I quietly looked through my bag and got out the pepper sprays my dad got me for Christmas. He said that it was a very important item.

I walked over towards the kitchen when I heard someone come up behind me. The person said, "Boo."

I screamed and turned around. Right away, I sprayed my pepper spray into the persons' eyes. This person muttered a curse word while he rubbed his eyes..

I walked into the kitchen ready to attack the others when I realized who they were.

In the kitchen, Marco was eating mom's baked goods, Tristan was reading a book, Elliot was texting on his phone, and Vincent was trying to steal Marco's food.

My heart beat almost stopped when I saw Grayson look up when he heard my gasp. Our eyes connected immediately and my eyes widened.

This was when I realized that the guys were back in my life.