Something was definitely wrong. Izzy could feel it.
She hadn't been in attendance to the gala that night, given the fact that she had to keep a low profile. But at around midnight, there was a shift in the air. An instinct told her to go to the pool. So to the pool she went.
She found, obviously, Grayson Hawthorne swimming laps like there was no tomorrow. Instead of interrupting him, she sat on the side and gingerly dipped her legs in. After a few minutes, he stopped. He was standing on the other side, not quite meeting her eyes.
"Are you ok?"
"I'm fine." He said the answer too quickly, obviously a lie. But she wasn't going to push it. It wasn't what he needed right now.
They stayed quiet for a while, before Grayson spoke, the words coming out soft. "The riddles that my grandfather left us, they led to four numbers: 8, 1, 1, 0."
It barely took Izzy a second to rearrange the numbers into the date. She made a soft 'oh'ing sound before getting up to come and sit beside him. Silently, she threaded her fingers through his and squeezed. Just to let him know she was there. She didn't know everything that had happened that night, but she knew enough. And she knew that there was more than one significance to it.
On that day, everything had changed.
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somewhere only we know || grayson hawthorne x oc
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