Isabel's POV
I could not stop crying. It was UN controllable. Grayson. Kept texting me and I kept ignoring them. Over and over in my head would be him saying "I just needed someone" and "maybe we do need to take a break" like a broken record player. Every time it 'replayed' in my head it would kill me even more than it did when it actually happened.
My phone was still blowing up with text messages and calls. I looked down at it and it was Grayson calling this time. I answered it.
I:hello?
G: Isabel I can't do this. He was crying histarically
I: well you were able to when you were kissing her.
G: please, give me another chance
I: you're going to have to prove it and you can't be calling and texting me on every type of media like this. It's not going to help.
G: I will I will, what do I have to do?
I: I can't tell you, you have to prove it
G: Isabel I'm so sorry! Please!
I: bye Grayson
*hangs up*
I shut my phone off and stayed home that day from school. I didn't want to deal with it. Instead of going to school, I illegally drove myself to a yogurt place and got my favorite frozen yogurt. Peanut butter. I then drove to the mall and got a few new tops and bottoms. This took me the amount of time that everyone was at school. As I got home, the boys and their mom were right behind me. They honked at me and I honked back as a greeting. We both waved at each other. Grayson sat in the front seat with his head down and I could care less.
Once I got out of my moms second car, I grabbed all of my bags one by one since they were so big. I heard someone coming through the bushes and I thought Jesus christ to myself thinking it was Grayson. No, it was Ethan.
"Need some help?" He asked me smiling.
"I think I could use some." I said grabbing some bags. He followed me and took some too.
"I heard about what happened between you and Gray" he mentioned as we managed to walk inside from the garage door.
"Yeah..." I breathed out
"Are you okay?" He asked as he set them down on the breakfast bar
"Sorta. I've been really missing him. But I had to do what I had to do. Wouldn't you have broken up with them if they cheated on you?" I asked him
"Wait what? I thought you cheated on him..." He was confused
"Wait what? He cheated on me, I caught him kissing another girl named Charlotte." I told him.
"Wait what?" He said frozen.
"Yeah..." I said walking out to grab more bags. He followed me back out.
"But he was crying and everything about it." He pointed out.
I just sighed.
"I promise you it was him. I hate thinking about it." I said tearing up and putting by bags down in the asphalt to wipe my tears.
Ethan then put down his bags and gave me a hug. He held me until it was all better. Swaying me from left to right.
"It'll all be okay." He assured me whispering in my ear. "I believe you."
I just breathed into his shoulder. All I could think about was Grayson. Grayson Grayson Grayson.
We let go and finished putting bags away.
"Would you want to hang out maybe at my house?" He said shrugging his shoulders knowing I might not want to.
"I guess but I don't want to see Grayson." I told him
"You won't. He's at the store with my mom. They dropped me off at home and left." He smiled.
"Okay." And I followed him to his house after I closed the garage door and the trunk to the car.
We walked in and it smelled like Grayson. Well like all of the family. It I remember that smell from Grayson's clothes when he doesn't put on any cologne. He took me upstairs and I walked right passed Grayson's room. It smelled just like him. The door was open. We walked next to his room into Ethan's and entered it.
"What do you want to do?" He asked turned around to view me.
"I don't care." I said. I was still sad.
"Why don't we make some cookies in the kitchen?" He offered.
"Alright"
We walked back down the stairs and into the kitchen.
"Hey Ethan?" I asked
"Yeah?"
"Did Grayson tell your parents I cheated?"
"No... He doesn't talk about that stuff with him. Just me."
"Okay good."
It helped me to know that.
We pulled out all of the ingredients to make them one by one and set them on the island. We first made the powder which turned into the dough. Which made the cookies.
As we were waiting for the first batch to cook. Me and Ethan sat down to talk and right as we sat down to talk, Grayson walked in with grocery bags being followed by his mom with more.
"Ethan go grab som- oh hey Isabel." His mom said with a smile.
"Hi" I said back smiling
Ethan got up and went outside I followed him to help. As I went outside I felt a tug on the sleeve if my shirt. It was Grayson. He had a really sad face.
"Oh hi" I said smiling acting like we never dated.
"Isabel can I talk to you?" He asked.
"I guess" I sighed.
Forgetting about the groceries, we went upstairs to Grayson's room and I sat in his black office chair as he closed the door and locked it, the be sat in his bed.
"Hear me out." He demanded in a sad way.
"Go ahead"
"I know we agreed to take a break, I can't do this I can't! I don't know what I was thinking when I kissed her. I was imagining you to be honest and ... And I... I just need you."
After he said that Grayson got a text from Ethan saying their parents went out to dinner.
