strings | Grayson Dolan

twenty two

Samantha's POV

Cameron directs Grayson and I out of the kitchen and through the living room over to a giant glass door. He stops in front of it then slides the door over, revealing the warm breeze from the outdoors.

We step onto the patio and I gasp at the beauty of the yard. There were lights draped around the entire space and it was fenced in by tall dark wood. The backyard was bordered by a forest. The yard was huge and the patio had a built in fireplace with stone brick benches circling it.

There was a very large pool that was lit up by blue lights at the bottom of the water which caused the pool to glisten in the most gorgeous way. Next to the pool was a fairly large hot tub with the same blue lights to match the pool.

"Would you like to go swimming?" Cameron asks looking at me with a smile.

"Yes!" I say at the same time as Grayson says "No."

"I do!" Ethan says appearing from inside the house. I frown at Grayson and he responds with "I cant." and points to his side.

"I forgot." I say feeling guilty that I had forgotten about his injury but it seems to have registered as disappointed in Grayson's mind. He frowns and says "I'm sorry, you guys go ahead."

"No it's okay." I say frowning also.

"No no no, you heard the boy, now go get changed and let's take a dip." Cameron chirps in with a smile clapping his hands together.

I look over at Grayson who is next to me and he is staring at the ground. "I don't have to if you don't want me to. Just say the words." I tell him feeling bad.

"No you have fun, I have shit to do anyway." He says and goes into the house slamming the sliding door closed.

I contemplate whether or not to go after him or to stay here and swim and decide that I haven't been swimming in years and Grayson said he has stuff to do anyway. So swimming it is.

"What do I wear?" I ask. "I don't have a swim suit!"

"You're wearing a bra and underwear aren't you?" Cameron asks. I would feel way too uncomfortable to swim in just my undergarments around these guys that I just met.

"You know, I think I am just going to go to sleep." I say looking up at the blue sky before going inside, on my way back inside I hear Cameron laugh and the sound of a slap, obviously Ethan's which made me smile.

I search the house for Gray but every room is empty. I climb the grand staircase once again deciding that he is most likely upstairs.

I open almost every door which was either a bedroom or occasionally a bathroom, until I reach the end of a hallway and I hear his voice faintly talking through a door.

I slow down my pace and hold my breath trying to hear what he is saying. Once I am so close to the door that my ear is pressing against the wood I can make out some of the muffled conversation.

"What the hell do you mean?" Grayson's voice sounds.

"I fucking knew it!" He yells making me jump away from the door. A crash sounds and I cover my mouth so I don't blow my cover.

"You told me you would take care of it!" He says.

"No shut the fuck up, you fucking told me you would take care of it!"