Seeing Grey

10. Grey Winters

It had been two weeks. Two weeks was what it took for Noah to finally come and apologize to me. Two weeks for him to finally realize that he had hurt me, and that he had been hurting me for years.

It started with a knock on my door. Not my art studio but, the main door to my bedroom. I thought it was my parents, who I had expertly been avoiding, but then the knocking stopped and instead I heard a voice. The voice was Noah's and he was calling my name.

I set down my paint brush into a small cup of lukewarm water, and wiped my hands on my painting apron. Slowly, I opened the door to my art studio and I was back in my bedroom. There stood Noah, with a meek smile on his face.

"Sorry I'm late," he says. I didn't have to ask what he was late about and he knew he didn't have to explain it to me. I nod my head and sit down on my bed. He follows me but pulls the chair to my desk out. "Look Grey, I'm aware that I'm a major asshole and that although you were a pain in my butt, I should have not treated you that way."

I was a major pain in the butt? His apology was starting to sound nothing like an apology. In fact, he still sounded like his old self. I started to stand up because I wasn't going to have any of this. But Noah stood up really quickly also and stopped me, "sorry, again. I just can't stop being dumb. I just know I really hurt you and you are a great person so, I shouldn't have been so rude."

He pauses and waits to see my reaction. I decide that yeah, boys are so stupid, and he actually is trying. I should try too. I sit back down and say, "continue." He looks surprised, as if he didn't realize his apology was not complete. God, boys. He sits down anyway and thinks for a second.

"The truth is, Grey, I was a shy boy when you first came around and it freaked me out. Then, I wasn't so shy but I was still shallow. I took out my own problems in my head, on you. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. I didn't mean to make you feel so terrible." His voice is sincere and I hate myself because my heart is beating so fast. What is it about Noah that just gets to me?

I know he is sorry and all is forgiven. It's almost as if he never even had to apologize to me and I know that I'm back. Young Grey is back with a crush but older Grey has a boyfriend.

"I forgive you," I say weakly. I almost tell him I like him too. I almost say can we be friends, or more than friends? Noah sighs because he is just so relieved. I sigh because, how, how does this keep happening? It is making my head strong self feel so weak.

"Grey, I really hope we can be friends." He says this cautiously. I give him a skeptical look because although he makes my heart flutter, he also makes it hurt. I have to be guarded and this is especially true when it involves Noah.

Noah must have seen my skeptical look because he says, "is that okay?" I stand up again and cross my arms. Slowly, I nod my head to let him know it's okay. But I'm still looking at him curiously and like I don't think this is an entirely good idea.

"We'll figure it out, Grey," Noah assures me. He is smiling now and it's brilliant. It's his smile. Noah Chase is nothing spectacular is his looks but, that smile. It's honest and it's friendly. His smile is how I know I can forgive him and we will figure out this friendship. Hopefully, my feelings can figure that out.

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