Grayson and I |Grayson Dolan|

17: the cold

"Ava! god I've missed you!" my mum said as she got out of the car and gave me a hug

"whoa... that was unexpected..." i said as i returned the hug, i put my luggage in the boot and went to sit beside her in the front of the car,

"whats it like being 18?" she asked me as i put my seat belt on and then she started the ignition,

"same as always..." i said,

"really? don't you feel like an adult?" she said sarcastically,

"yeah... I've now got wrinkles and i need a zimmer..." i replied with sarcastically,

me and my mum spoke about the past two months, i also told her lots about new York and how it was the best time ever,

"-and Grayson?" she said out of nowhere,

"boyfriend... he asked me out the other day and i said yes, he also got me this amazing necklace for my birthday, ill show you when we get home," i said back to her,

"ahh. young love..." she said as we pulled into the drive way, i got out of the car one she parked and got my suitcase out of the boot, my brother opened the door to greet us,

"hey sis," he said as he helped me with my bag,

"hey bro," i said returning the greeting,

"america?" he said sharply,

"good... uni?" i said back,

"good... not much else really..." he said as he put my bag down in the hallway,

i went upstairs to my room to unpack my stuff. most of my stuff was still in la but i brought lots of my stuff home for the next month, i started to think about how i had to go to sixth form tomorrow and face everyone. i was going to get asked where i have been for the past two months so much. i sat on my bed and looked around, i noticed that something was missing, my room seemed so empty,

"Josh!... wheres my tv?" i shouted through my bedroom wall,

my brother came bursting in and told me that he had invited loads of friends over and that one of them broke the tv some how. i sighed and realised that i really couldn't be bothered to kick up a stink about the tv because i missed Grayson, since it was 5pm uk time it was going to be about mid day in new York

*ring ring* 

he didn't pick up, i tried again but it was no use, he was probably sleeping as usual. i texted Ethan to see if Grayson was up and he said that he was still asleep as he spent all of last night on you-now, which i could understand because he loved his fans. around half an hour later my phone started ringing as i noticed that it was Harper,

"girl!" i heard her shout through the phone,

"hey Harp!" i said back as i got comfy on my bed ready for a 3 hour long call,

"so... hows England?" she said 

"um... cold and boring." i said back

"ah... well, I'm warm" she said rubbing it in, we spoke for around an hour before she needed to go. 

Grayson still hadn't called. maybe something was wrong. maybe we has forgotten about me. maybe i was over reacting and he was just still sleeping...

Grayson: i saw you called! i just woke up :) 

i replied to his text when i saw it

me: its ok, how are you?

Grayson: sad... i miss you! xxx

me: only 29 more days to go :(

Grayson:   :(

we continued to text for a bit about some stuff, i then face timed him for about 4 hours until i fell asleep half way through the video call, the call ended at around 1am and i was so tired from all of the travelling. it was probably a really bad idea to go to sleep then as 1. i had jet lag 2. i had to go to school the next morning. sixth form was going to be so bad without Harper or Grayson with me, at least i had everyone else there though, I'm going to have to do a lot of explaining for everyone. 

i woke up at 7:00am as tired as i had ever been, i did not want to move from my bed so i just lay there thinking about getting up but not actually doing so. i took a quick glance at my phone to check all my social media, i also replied to Graysons message that he sent to me at around 1am after i fell asleep, the message read 'goodnight, xx'. 

i prepared myself for today by taking a long shower and then putting on some jeans and the purple sweater from my shopping trip with James, i put my hair in a pony tail and applied some minimalistic make up that was almost non existent. i made sure that i had everything in my bag as well as my laptop for note taking. at school i was always the quiet one, the one who only answered questions or spoke if asked to, from what i had heard, i was almost the opposite of Grayson at school, well... when he was at school.  i slipped into my trainers and put my bag over my shoulder. i put my headphones in and tried to mentally prepare myself for what was about a 10 minute walk away from my house. people saw me and called my name out questioning if it was me or not. i turned around to see a couple who were in the same year as me walking over. 

"Ava!" she girl said hugging me,

"Lauren!" i said back whilst unsure of why she was hugging me, 

"where have you been... everyones asking?" she said pulling away. Great, i thought. now everyone was wondering where I've been for the past 2 months.

"I've been in LA... on a architecture course, I'm due back next month," i said expecting a reaction, i didn't get much of one.

"thats pretty cool..." the boy said interrupting, his name was Mick, a former friend of mine. i hadn't spoken to Mick in ages and i wasn't prepared to as i was scared enough without old faces coming back. nothing bad happened between us but we just drifted apart. 

"we best be off..." Lauren said as they both walked off in the direction of the shop. 

i approached the blue gates of the school and saw crowds of people in uniform and some dressed like me... sixth formers I'm guessing. i saw a few teachers roaming around and then i saw my friends down the other end of the path way. Great.