spaces between us (grayson Dolan)

Ch.29 threats

Grayson (POV)

Grabbing my Chemistry books, I thought about Tessa. I haven't seen her in a while, and wanted to talk to her. I hadn't realized how much I missed her. I shut my locker and headed to class. I turned my head and to my surprise, Tessa was there at her locker grabbing her books. I just stood there, watching her, probably looking like a creep. She must have felt my eyes on her, because she turned and looked back at me. I kept my stare on her, biting my lip. But my smirk slowly faded when she looked away, turning around and heading to class. Was something wrong? I quickly walked to the bathroom to check if I had something on my face. Nope. I ran my hand through my hair, and hurried to class, nervous. God, that girl keeps me on my feet.

*in chem class*
Tessa (POV)
I couldn't concentrate at all, especially with Grayson staring at me the whole time. I mean if you're going to stare at someone, at least make it a little less obvious. I felt bad for ignoring him, but with me being grounded and stuff, I always have this guilty feeling because of what I did. I can't stop thinking about it.

A couple of minutes had passed when I noticed a tapping sound coming from Grayson. I looked over and saw him tapping his pencil against his desk in a fast paced rhythm. I normally would have not been bothered by it, but today I can barely take a stare from him. As time sluggishly went by, the tapping went on, driving me insane. I couldn't take it anymore!! I finally had to say something!
"Can you seriously not do that?" I half yelled, pointing to the pencil. He stopped immediately. Grayson looked at me like he was examining an animal. All of his attention was on my face. I couldn't look at him. I turned around in my seat with my back facing him.
"Hey....what's wrong Tessa?" Grayson asked gently, kindly resting his hand on my shoulder. He must've sensed that it wasn't the pencil that had gotten me so annoyed. Warm, soft tears escaped my eyes. Hearing someone ask what's wrong only made me more emotional. I turned back towards him only to see students heading out of the classroom. Class was already over? I dried my cheeks and started to get up to pack my things when I saw Abbey coming our way.

"So are you guys like a "thing" now?" She asked putting her hands on her hips. I froze. I had heard about her and all, but I never had been this close to her. She was gorgeous. She had flawless skin and long blond hair that was perfectly straightened and cascading down her back. She had beautiful bright blue eyes that shone brightly. How could someone not fall for this girl.
I didn't know what to say. Looking at Grayson I almost started to tear up again.
"Uh of course not. Why would you think that?" Grayson asked Abbey, packing his own books. Hearing this made me cry even more. I quickly grabbed my bag and bursted out of the classroom and into the girls' bathroom. Why am I so emotional? Did he really just say that? Wait, what? 'We aren't even dating Tessa of course he would say that.' Why am I freaking out? Ugh!!! I'm so confused right now. Thoughts were racing threw my mind when I heard people coming in. I ran to a stall and locked it.

"Grayson is so using that Tessa girl just to get over me. It's so obvious. But it's not just that. There's something strange about her. She's not telling us something. I know she's hiding something from us, and I'm going to get to the bottom of it!" Said Abbey, while applying lipgloss.
"Well what are you going to do?" Her friend asked.
Abbey turned towards her on her heels and said, "Whatever it takes."