Faking

Chapter 28

Grayson went stiff. He made no movement to hug me back, but he also didn't make any movement to get away from the hug. I guess that was a good thing.

While I was thinking of what to do next, Grayson said, "What are you doing?"

I said, "Uh hugging you?"

He sighed and said, "Why?"

I frowned and asked, "Why not?"

I felt awkward that we were talking while I was still hugging him so I let him go and stood up. I avoided eye contact and said, "Uhm, I'm going to go now."

I was walking towards the other guys when I felt a firm hand on my wrist. It turned me around quickly and soon my head was on a hard chest. I felt his arms snake around my waist. He put his head on my shoulder and breathed in. He seem to sigh happily.

This time I went totally stiff.

I seriously did not know what to do.

Should I hug him back? Should I just leave?

I was hesitating and Grayson pulled back a little and said, "You should just hug me back." I smiled at him and wrapped my arms around his neck.

He said, "I missed you, too."

I think those words made us understand each other more. Those words had double meanings.

While we were staring at each other, we heard the other boys shout saying, "Come on love birds! We want to eat!"

Grayson and I pulled back and we both walked towards the other boys. I don't really know what just happened.

Does this mean we are okay now?

I looked over at Grayson and I noticed him looking a bit more relaxed. He looked much more serene than when he first came here.

I shook my head because I didn't want to think about it anymore. I was going to stop thinking about the consequences and just let things happen.

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All of us didn't realize that we didn't have any foods in the fridge. We haven't been to this cabin in a long time so of course we had nothing except expired foods.

I sighed and said, "I will go shop for some food. The closest shop from here is at least 30 minutes away."

Everyone nodded while Grayson said, "I will go with you. Someone needs to drive you anyways."

Vincent shouted, "I will go too!!"

Marco and Tristan pulled Vincent back forcefully and said, "No Vincent! We have something uhm for you to do."

Grayson and I looked at the duo suspiciously. They just grinned at us and urged us to leave. We nodded and headed out the door. I shouted, "We will be back in an hour or so!"

They didn't even shout back with an okay.

I walked towards Grayson's car and he did too. I got in and he turned on the engine and drove out of the driveway.

I stared out the window because the scenery was really beautiful.

Grayson looked over at me and said, "We need to talk."

I was quiet for some time and I nodded. We needed to talk.

I said, "You can go first.."

He said, "Why didn't you tell me you were leaving?"

I sighed and said, "I was scared about what your reaction would be. You probably had a lot in your mind and I didn't want to add more stress into your brain."

He shook his head and I saw how his grip on the wheel tightened. He said, "Madison, you should have told me."

"I know I should have! Everytime I tried, I didn't want to. I didn't want to ruin the little bit of time we had with one another! I cared about you a lot. No, I still care about you! You are always on my mind and ever since I left I can't get you out of my head."

The car got very quiet. I thought of this as a rejection. Tears were trying to burst out of my eyes, but I didn't want to look weak. I was going to be strong about this.

Grayson looked over at me and said, "Maybe, it's too late."

I kept quiet and just looked outside the window. Maybe it was really too late.

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We shopped for food quietly. I would pick out something and he would just nod or say no. Our shopping took less than 30 minutes and we left as quickly as we came.

We loaded the car with food and drove back to the house in silence. He didn't try to make a conversation so I didn't either.

Even though I wasn't speaking, my mind was screaming out bunch of weird questions.

Did Grayson like someone else? Does he care about her more than he did about me? Why did he come back with Marco? What does he want? Are we really over?

My face went pale and I was starting to feel sick.

I asked, "Can we stop the car for a little bit?"

Grayson looked over at me and turned the car towards the side of the road. I got out quickly and breathed in the fresh air like it was my only way to survive.

Grayson said, "Are you feeling okay?"

I had enough and looked over at him. Quiet Madison was gone and the loud Madison came out.

I shouted, "Why do you care?! I thought you said it was too late. You shouldn't care or even think about me anymore. We are nothing anymore! You can go back to living your old life where you didn't know anyone named Madison. You don't even need to remember all the memories! I am going to be the only one holding onto our past while you move on. I tried to explain myself, but you say its too late! Why is it too late? You don't want to try anything anymore?! Okay, fine! If it is than its--"

Before I could continue, Grayson's lip crashed onto mine.

I gasped and tried to push him away. This only caused him to hold my arms with his big hands while he continued to kiss me with passion. He was trying to show all of his emotions into it. He was asking me to join him while I was reluctant. I thought we were too late now. I thought we were really over. Grayson seemed to be unsatisfied by my lack of reaction because he pushed me towards the car and my back hit the car door. His lips moved against mine with force, but it was really gentle. He wanted me to kiss him back and I couldn't take it anymore so I started to respond back to him. His hands slipped from my wrist and wrapped around my waist pulling me closer to him.

I tried to show him how I felt like how he did. He lightly pulled my legs up and put them around his waist. His hands moved towards my hip and I moved my hand up from his chest to the back of his head. I lightly played with his hair while we both kissed with so much passion and love. Soon, I needed to breath so I pulled back a bit. He put his forehead against mine and said, "Late does not mean it's over."

I smiled at him and he smiled back at me. It was a real smile. Suddenly, we both felt a raindrop and we untangled ourselves from each other and ran into the car. It started pouring outside a lot so we drove quickly back to the cabin.

When we arrived, we parked the car and ran into the house.

Even though the car wasn't far from the house, we both got soaking wet. I hated getting wet and was looking around the house for a towel when I realized something was missing.

Wait, not something. It was more like someone. Wait, no. I mean some people.

I shouted, "Marco? Vincent? Tristan? Elliot? Jason?"

Grayson came over to me and said, "Their cars aren't in the garage.."

I looked at him carefully and walked to the kitchen. On the fridge there was a small sticky note.

It said..

Good luck, sis.

Love,

Marco.