Grayson and I |Grayson Dolan|

20: Peanut

"i promise i'll call you..." i said as i hugged my mum who looked like she wanted to cry. "you better... have fun in America and be good," she said as she kissed me on my forehead and sent me on my way to my gate. my phone buzzed in my back pocket so i reached in and saw that it was from Logan.

Logan: think about it?

me and Logan had gotten into a major argument after he started insulting Grayson which got me really annoyed. this is why its a bad idea to be friends after dating, people get jealous and say things that the didn't mean to. after the argument he apologised to me and tried to kiss me. the whole situation was very bizarre. he held my head with his giant hands and leaned in the way that he would always make me swoon over. i pulled away and then instantly felt guilt even though nothing happened. i feel like i can't face Grayson now, in fact, i invent spoken to him since last night and he did not even know that i was coming back to LA. i was playing with Logan's emotions, we date, we're friends and now he likes me all over again.

i ignored his message and walked over to the queue for boarding the plane. i slung my carry on over my shoulder and texted Harper.

Me: I'm on my way! just boarding, see you in 11 hours yay!

the yay was sarcastic as i had never been fond of long haul flights but since i had to face them, i faced them. she replied almost instantly as it was about 10 am over in California.

Harper: aww! can't wait, i have a surprise for when you get back!

this made me nervous. i asked her what it was but she was reluctant to tell me.

i boarded the plane and instantly got out my headphones and started listening to music being completely unaware of my surrounding, or the fact that the guy sitting next to me was trying to talk to me,

"can i get past please?" he said politely,

"oh! yeah of course, sorry." i said as i moved out of the way and turned off my music.

i was 8 hours into the flight and i was so tired. i have never been able to sleep on planes and felt very anxious when i couldn't sleep. the air hostess had dimmed the lights on the plane and i was the only person that i could see who was still watching movies on the headrest screen. it was about midnight (UK) and i felt really awake.

once the plane landed i texted Harper to see if she was at the airport to come and pick me up. she said that she would be there in 20 minutes and that the surprise was waiting for me back at the apartment. by now i was really tired but the sunset in LA made me feel more awake as i stood waiting in a queue for my luggage. once i got my luggage, i made my way to customs and got everything checked out. about 30 minutes past from when we landed to when i walked out the doors to see Harper standing there shaking her car keys in her hand.

"girl!" she said as she walked over to me and hugged me, "we are going to have the best 2 months ever!" even though i had to work nearly every day. she took my suitcase and we walked to her parked car that looked shiny and new, "wow... you cleaned it," i said in surprise. sarcastically, she laughed and opened the boot and put my suitcase in it.

"all i want to do is sleep," i said as i snuggled into the seat and crossed my arms that were engulfed by the purple sweater from shopping with James.

"have you spoken to Grayson?... he called earlier and i didn't know what to say," she said as she pulled up to the apartment lot. "umm..." i hesitated, "no... i almost kissed Logan, we nearly kissed! how bad is that!" i put my hands in my head and sighed, "no Ava, he almost kissed you, Logan still likes you and you have no control over that.... you have Grayson now, don't stress it will all be okay," Harper turned into the perfect mother figure when the time was right and i respect her greatly for that. "you're r right," i said after some thinking as the two of us made our way up to the apartment. "i am right and you bloody know it," she joked as she turned the key and then stood in front of the door blocking me, "the surprise!" i said as i tried to budge past her, "now... you have to be calm or the surprise will bite," she said which confused me, "what?" i said as i walked into the apartment to see a tiny brown Dachshund looking up at me wagging its tail whist behind a puppy pen gate.

"oh. my. god!" i squealed in excitement, "have you named her?" i asked Harper.

"no. I've just been calling her girl so she's gonna be very confused when we do name her," she said as she bent down to lift her up from the pen.

"its like we have a baby, a whole new responsibility to care for, how have you coped?" i said stroking the tiny dog laying in her arms. "we should call her peanut!" i said whilst having a mini brain wave, "yeah! yittle peanut!" she said in a baby voice.