Grayson and I |Grayson Dolan|

32: a small hug

the next morning after a very eventful day of secret sharing, my phone rang and it was my mum calling to tell me that she had landed and that she was at baggage claim and would be out in about half an hour. 

i got dressed into some sweatpants and a hoodie and grabbed my keys to drive down to the airport which thankfully, wasn't too far away. 

she phoned me again about 20 minutes later to say that she was waiting by the pick up point for me. by this point, i was just pulling into the airport and was about 5 minutes away from the pick up point.

"mum!" i exclaimed when she walked over and got in the car after putting her bags in the boot,

"hey sweetheart," she greeted me,

"okay... i have something big to tell you," i said to her and it was not that i had gotten back together with Grayson because she would probably have screamed her lungs off if i told her that. "Harper is having a baby," i said smiling,

"wow, really?" she asked me as i pulled out of the lane and onto the exit road.

"yeah, she told me yesterday... isn't it great!" i said excitedly,

"yeah, it is all very exciting," she said smiling. 

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"so, I've set up the sofa bed for me so you can sleep in my room," i said as i pulled her bag into the apartment.

"wow, you've redecorated," she said as she walked into the space.

"i know, well... i didn't, Harper did," i said and as i did, she appeared from her room and greeted my mum.

they said hello and hugged each other. 

"so, did Ava show you her new tattoo?" she asked my mum suddenly, 

i widened my eyes and shook my head at Harper as if to say 'no, do not mention that', but she didn't care and just smiled at me giddily,

a sigh erupted from my mum as she looked at me. she shook her head and i said sorry and shrugged.

"she's pregnant so don't call me a stupid person," i said as i tried to defend myself,

all of us laughed and Harper gave me a glare for a few seconds before bursting into laughter. 

suddenly my phone buzzed so i flipped it over from face down and looked to see who it was

it was Grayson.

"who was it?" my mum asked nosily,

"oh, no-one," i said as i shrugged,

"come on... tell me," she said as she nudged me,

"it was um... Grayson," i mumbled and flinched for the scream,

"what?" she asked me, "you mean... the boy that broke your heart over jealously," she said as she straightened up,

"yeah... the sounds about right," i said to her with an apologetic grin on my face,

she sighed and mumbled something,

"actually, I've invited him over... to meet you," i said sternly,

"really?" she asked me as she narrowed her eyes,

"yes and i want you to be on your best behaviour... promise?" i asked her as i grabbed my phone to invite him over,

"i promise," she said and smiled at me.

Me: do you want to come over? my mum arrived and i want you to meet her... not too scary i promise

Grayson: id love to meet your mom. xxx

Me: great. come over whenever xxx

"okay," i said when i was done, "he's coming," i said as i went back to sit down. 

this will be fun 

hopefully. 

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"Please, just be nice okay?" I said to my mum as I saw his car coming down the road to the apartment block,

"I will... You like him and that's all I should care about," she said before smiling at me.

I smiled in return and felt giddy inside. Thank goodness she was going to behave. 

the buzzer rang so i invited him up to my floor. when he arrived, my mum got up and came to greet him.

"hey... you must be Ava's mom," he said as he gave her a hug,

"yes, it's lovely to meet you," she said as she returned the hug.

she nodded her head at me in approvement causing me to sigh in relief. 

after a few hours of awkward conversation, my mum finally gave up and decided that she liked him, which was such a relief for me to know that. 

"okay, so i better be off," Grayson said as he stood up and grabbed his keys ready to leave,

"alright, bye Grayson," Harper said as she got up and went over to the kitchen,

"bye Gray," i said as i kissed him goodbye,

"it was lovely to meet you," he said to my mum as he gave her a small hug,

"yeah it was great to meet you too, have fun on the rest of your tour," my mum said as she saw him off,

Grayson left the apartment and headed down the elevator to get to his car.

"thanks for behaving," i said to my mum after i closed the door,

"well... i did promise," she said with a smile,

"yeah, yeah you did,"