Faking

Chapter 27

The whole car ride was silent.

I looked out the window and was trying to avoid talking to Grayson. I wasn't sure what we could talk about. I was scared to see his reaction when we started talking about our past.

Suddenly, I remembered the time when we were driving to his car during Thanksgiving break. I start laughing at the memory and Grayson looked over at me oddly.

He said, "What's so funny?"

Oh, there goes my plan to avoid talking to him.

I said, "Nothing!"

He frowned at me and turned to focus on his driving. I turned on the music and he turned it right off. He's still the same as before. I laughed at another memory and Grayson said, "You're scaring me. Stop laughing so much."

I just continued laughing because I didn't really know what else to do.

He sighed at me and said, "You are the same as before."

I laughed even more because I just thought of that, too!

He just shook his head at me and continued driving. Soon, we arrived at our private cabin. My parents bought this cabin near the lake just for Marco and I when we turned 16.

I jumped up and down because I haven't come here in a long time.

I got out of the car and went right into the cabin. It looked more like a house because it was pretty big.

I smiled at all the fun memories Marco and I had here. Marco came up behind me and he said, "I missed here."

I smiled up at him and nodded. He said, "Well you should go change because we are going swimming in the lake."

That made me even more excited and I ran to my room to change. I was choosing between a one piece or a bikini. Both of them were cute but the bikini was a bit too revealing.

I heard a knock on my door and Vincent said, "You are taking too long. We changed ages ago. Come out!"

I shouted, "Okay!"

I chose to wear the bikini because it probably fit me better than the one piece. Last time I wore the one piece, it was too small on me.

I changed quickly into the light blue and white striped bikini and put a shirt over myself.

I opened the door and ran down the stairs. The guys were already outside. I ran out the back door and saw how all the guys were already playing around the lake.

Vincent, Elliot, and Jason were swimming in the pool while Marco was setting up the chairs for people to sit on. I walked over to Marco and I said, "I will help you." He smiled at me and said, "It's okay. I got it here." Even though he said that, I just helped him move chairs. Vincent screamed at us by saying, "Come on party poopers! Stop stacking chairs and come play with us!"

Marco smiled at him and shook his head. He said, "Maybe later!"

He turned to me and said, "You like Grayson." I stared at him cautiously and he said, "Why didn't you tell me before? We used to tell each other everything." I felt extremely guilty. I didn't tell Marco because I was scared about his reaction. He was always protective over me and I didn't know what he would do.

He shuddered and said, "You do not want to know how I found out you guys liked each other." I looked at him curiously and he said, "Grayson was very touchy at first." I didn't question him further because I really did not want to get into details. Also, I couldn't imagine Grayson being touchy.

I said, "I'm sorry I didn't tell you. I just didn't know how and I was scared about your reaction."

He smiled at me and said, "I'm okay with everything you do, Madison. I really care about you and if you really like Grayson then you should without thinking about what I would say."

I gave Marco a quick hug and said, "You're the best brother."

He grinned and said, "I know."

I was about to leave towards the lake when he said, "You should talk to Grayson, he's a good guy and he was really sad when he found out you were gone."

I nodded stiffly and turned back around.

I noticed Grayson sitting by the big tree towards the house. He was listening to music so I walked over to him quietly.

I walked behind the tree and sat down. I wanted to talk to him, but I didn't know how to. While I was thinking, I didn't notice that my head was leaning against the tree. When I tried standing up, I noticed how my hair got tangled in one of the tree branch.

I made a strangled noise and I heard movement towards my back.

Suddenly, Grayson was right in front of me. He asked, "What are you doing?"

I tried acting casually by saying, "Uhh relaxing?"

He said, "Your hair is stuck."

I nodded slowly and said, "Uhm it's the new trend to uhm get your hair stuck on the tree."

He rolled his eyes at me and came near me. Both of his strong arms trapped me closer to the tree. He started leaning close to my face while he was looking intently at my hair. He touched the hair piece that was stuck and tried untangling it. All I could think about was his masculine smell. I couldn't think about anything else except our close proximity. I looked at his strong jaws and his rough face. I wanted to touch his cheeks like before and wanted to give him a hug. My heart was thumping loudly and I wouldn't be surprised if he heard it.

Grayson was still untangling my hair while I just kept on admiring his face. How could someone be this handsome?

He smirked suddenly and said, "I can't really focus when you keep on staring at me." I blushed and tucked my head down, but my head hit his chest. He sighed and said, "I'm warning you. Stop getting so close to me. I don't know what I would do."

My mind was screaming, "Please do something!"

I'm so weird.

He said, "I'm done. Your hair is untangled."

I don't know what made me do it, but I wrapped my arms around his neck. I whispered, "I missed you."