Grayson and I |Grayson Dolan|

22: singing on the tour

the next morning i woke up to find Grayson still here and bundled up in blankets with his arm wrapped around my waist. we were still in the pillow fort. i had a pain in my back for laying on the floor all night and sleeping on the floor all night. i tried to wiggle out of his arm to brew a coffee but as i did, he woke up and pulled his arm away mid sleep which made my actions a lot easier to do.

i made my way over to the kettle and boiled the water, then i put the coffee granules in the stainers and made a batch of coffees for everyone. Harper came out of her room to find a bundle of pillows and a sleeping Grayson inside of the bundles. she looked at me confused and i shook my head as if to say 'don't ask'.

"well anyway," she said testing the volume and seeing how loud she could be before Grayson woke up, "I'm off in 20, i have work and then after that I'm going to a dodgers game with some friends..." she said as she grabbed a cup and poured out the coffee. "you don't even like baseball," i said confused, "well... i was invited by work and then i found out that getting along with your co-workers is good... so, now I'm going," she said as she sipped at her mug. "ok then..." i said sounding very surprised. "what are you doing today," Harper said as she leaned against the counter top in her work clothes, "i don't know yet... depends on what sleeping beauty over there wants to do..." i said as i looked over at Grayson who was still sleeping like a baby. "how long has he been out for." she asked as she laughed slightly, "about 10 hours... more than recommended," i said as i gulped down my coffee.

Harper then left about 15 minutes later to go to her job as a tattooist, which was an odd pairing since she didn't have a single tattoo on her body and she had no body modifications as you inner stereotype would expect her to have. she had practised tattooing on all of my friends, as well as me. i had an elephant tattooed on my ankle because elephants have been my favourite animals for as long as i could remember. myself and Emily have matching tattoos of a dinosaur since i used to call her Dino and she would call me saur, the tattoo was on the outside of my pinkie finger near the bone. i love the sentimental tattoos the most even if they are tiny, they mean something.

i went into my room and had a shower, that day i decided to wear some denim shorts and a khaki top with a red flannel tied around my waist. i sat on the sofa which was nearly completely hidden behind the pillow fort. i heard a fumbling noise come from within the fort so i looked in to see Grayson with his eyes partially shut and his hair flopped over at the wrong side, i was leaning on my elbow and he looked up at me shocked,

"ok... im so confused right now..." he said which made me laugh, "you're at my place... we built a pillow fort and slept in it..." i said trying to refresh his memory. "oh yeah... wow that was a fun night," he said as got onto his knees and crawled out. he stood up and i grabbed him some juice from the fridge. he sat down on the couch and watched me as i rustled up some eggs for him,

"your so great..." he said as i walked over to him with food, "i mean... your just so great," he said as i sat down next to him, his words made me blush and i didn't know how to handle it.

"so what do you want to do today then..." i asked him as i sipped on juice i poured myself, "umm... lets see where the day takes us..." he said as he put his plate in the dish washer and sat back down. "feel free to use the shower, its just down there on your right in my room and... yeah," i said looking around to see if there was anything else i had to tell him about but nothing sprung into mind.

James: were going disney tomorrow, wanna come... you can bring prince charming too x

i replied saying that ill ask him if he wants to come as i have no plans for tomorrow.

once he got out of the shower he came back into the living room and walked over to me,

"hey Gray," i said as he walked in which made him smile at me, "James invited me to disney tomorrow, wanna come?" i asked him. he nodded and said that that sounded like fun,

Me: yeah, Gray's coming too, what time?

James said to get to his place at 10 so i said we would meet him there.

"Ava.. I'm sorry but i have to go, me and Ethan have to upload..." he said as he grabbed his shoes and slipped them on. "oh ok... do you need me to drop you off babe..." i said standing up and twiddling my keys, "yeah, that would be great thanks," he kissed me on the lips and we headed out to my car.

"mind if i drive?" he asked, to which i threw him the keys and sat in the passenger seat, i plugged in my phone and he requested that i played drake, so i did. for the entire drive we just sat there and sang along to the songs,

"i know when that hotline bling, that can only mean one thing!" he sang each and every word of that song, he might not have been the best singer but he definitely impressed me with his ability to know every word. when a song came on that i knew i sang along,

"were gonna be alright! da da da da da..." i sang,

"wow..." he said as he peered over at me, "you can really sing," i felt myself blushing as he said this and i tried to deny what he said but he was very persistent on the fact that i could sing. "you should sing on my tour," he said which startled me, "what tour?" ignoring the fact that he had mentioned me singing on it, "you know... mine and Ethan's tour, Nate and Alex are coming with us," he said as if i knew about it, "why didnt i know about this," i asked, "i thought you did... i swear i told you... i definitely did tell you," he said and he could tell that i was slightly disappointed. "oh... well i don't remember..." i said trying to brush it off but i was pretty annoyed, "when do you go?" i asked him, "umm... summer..." he said as he flinched expecting a reaction, "what... the summer... really?" i asked whilst still annoyed, "yeah... the summer... for about a month... then we go off around the world a month later." he said casually as he pulled up to his apartment block, "so were gonna be apart for ages then? why didnt you tell me sooner?" i asked, "what and you get to go off every 2 months back to England and leave me? it hurts me too you know..." he said which made me instantly feel sad, "I'm sorry," i said quietly, "I'm so so so sorry... i didn't mean to make you feel bad and I'm sorry that i go away so much and I'm sorry for-" he cut off my rambling with a kiss which made me loose my train of thought. "no Ava... I'm sorry," he said as he broke the kiss, "I'm sorry for not telling you about everything..." he then said, we sat there in my Jeep saying how sorry we are to each other.

eventually... he got out of the car and i got into the drivers seat before he planted another kiss on my lips. i felt so much better after that, i didn't feel like i cared as much as i did before about him leaving me. everything felt so tranquil and it made me very excited for Disneyland tomorrow.