Inside Outside

Chapter 6

It was Sunday, and I was still in bed at 1 in the afternoon. I wasn't planing to get up either. Someone knocked on my door. It was Beth. Ethan was behind her with a pizza.
"Who wants pizza!" He said in a girly voice. I smiled. He put the pizza down and hugged me.
"Hey I'm sorry my brother was an asshole, I'm here for you ok?"
"Thanks Ethan" I said, laughing a little. We hanged out all day in my room, eating and watching TV. I was surprised Ethan actually stayed all day. We were watching chick flicks and he didn't seem to mind.

Grayson's POV

I texted and called Ethan a hundred times. Where is this boy. I heard the front door open, I ran downstairs. It was Ethan.
"Dude where were you? I called and texted you like a hundred times"
"Oh sorry, I was at Skyler's" he said, walking into the kitchen, I followed. I gave him a look.
"What"
"Why were you at Sky's?" I looked at him, raising my eyebrows. He gave me an are you serious look.
"She's my friend, and I wanted to be there for her" he started walking to the stairs, and then stopped, "since you chose not to". He ran upstairs. I ran after him. He reached his room and turned around.
"Grayson don't even try, you were an asshole, you're lucky I wasn't there, I can't even imagine   her reaction"
"How did you even figure out about this" I asked, walking in his room.
"Beth called me and told me everything, so I ordered a pizza and went over" he said, "Grayson she's depressed, we were watching movies, Beth and I were dying of laughter, and she only like smiled once the entire day"
I looked away, I didn't say anything. I had nothing to say, I fucked up. Badly. I signed.
"Bro you need to fix this"
"How?! She's fucking hates me now!" I sat on his bed, with my face buried in my hands. Ethan sat next to me.
"Talk to her, what do you got to lose"
"I lost her, Ethan" I felt tears.
"Then get her back"

Skyler's POV

I decided to actually get out of bed, Ethan left and Beth had practice. I got dressed and walked over to Ashely's.
"Skyler!" She opened the door, and hugged me. "Beth told me what happened, can I break his neck??" I laughed. She was mad, I can tell. But she seems upset.
"Hey you've been wanting to tell me something for a while now" I said, turning to her. She looked up at me, and then back down at her phone.
"Oh um, it's ok it's doesn't matter now" I looked at her very confused, I've been waiting for this all week.
"Um no, you're telling me right now" I took her phone. She just death stared me.
"Ash, you're telling me"
She sighed, and looked at the wall.
"Well.....what I was going to tell you was that Ethan and I were dating" my jaw dropped. "But I didn't, because he broke up with me" my eyes widened.
"Ok wait... Hold the fuck up, when was all this"
"We started dating about 2 months ago and then he asked me to be his girlfriend. We were getting ready to go Morgan's party but we had a fight and then he called it off." She looked down. "I'm so sorry Sky, I should've been there for you, but Ethan yelled at me and then walked out." I hugged her. Tears were streaming down her cheeks.
"We were planning to tell people at the party about us, but then I don't know happened." She was crying And I hugged her tighter.
"Hey it'll be okay, I promise" I said, "hey at least you're not alone, now we know that both of them are jerks" she half smiled.
"Yeah, we don't them" she wiped her tears. I felt so bad for her, and this entire time she was worried about me when I didn't even know what happening.

Grayson's POV

I had to fix this. I couldn't live like this. I walked over to Skyler's house. I reached her door. I was shaking, my hands were sweaty. I finally had the urge to knock. I took a step back and looked down. What should I say. The door opened, I looked up. It's wasn't Skyler. It's was Bethany.
"Um, is Skyler here?"
"No she's not" she glared at me.
"Come on Beth, I need to-" "she doesn't want to talk to you, Grayson" I looked down.
"Ok...fine, just......tell her I was here and that I wanted to talk to her, ok?" I know she won't tell her. I looked up.
"Sure, I'll tell her" she said. Liar.
I walked back home, and locked myself in my room. It was helpless. There was no way for me to actually tell her how sorry I am. How badly I wanted her. My face was buried in my pillow. I don't think I'll ever get up again. It hurts knowing that she doesn't want anything to do with me anymore. I heard a knock at my door.
"Go away!!" I said, with my face still in my pillow. They knocked again.
"GO AWAY I SAID!"
"Bro open up, come on" it was Ethan.
"No! Leave!" I felt tears. I heard him trying to open the door, it was locked. I started crying. I couldn't help it.
"DUDE, STOP CRYING AND OPEN UP!"
I got up, and opened the door.
"What!" My voice cracked. He looked at me.
"Dude, you're a mess, what happened?"
"Nothing happened! Ok, there's no way I can talk to her!" I plopped on my bed again.
"Grayson, calm down, you'll fix this one day" he said sitting next to me.
"No... I wanna fix this now, before it's too late" he looked at me, and he understood. I sat up.
"Bro, she means so much to me, I fucked up and I feel like a complete asshole. Why did I do that" I looked at the floor.
"Yeah, why did you do that" he said. I looked up at and gave him a look.
"Dude, you're not helping" he laughed.
"I'm sorry bro, but I know she misses you too. But you're right, you need to fix before it's too late.