Grayson and I |Grayson Dolan|

33: newspaper dares

the whole time my mum was down we did tourist things: going to Santa Monica, visiting Hollywood Studios, walking down Hollywood Boulevard. the usual.

she left about a week later and i was quite sad to see her go. i hadn't seen her in ages and when she left me, it was heartbreaking.

she was very nice to Grayson and didn't make any comments or remarks about our breakup. thankfully.

Harper was also quite sad to see her go as she was close to my mum as my mum was there for Harper when her parents divorced and when she found out she had to leave to move to LA, only to find that i would be joining her later along the line.

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"Ava... I'm going to my scan, i'll see you later," Harper said as she was about to leave the apartment,

"okay, see ya!" i said excitedly as she left the room.

Harper was having her scan today to get a check up on the baby. Jack was going to meet her at the clinic. Jack has been pretty nervous and sketchy over the 'baby' thing but i think he's doing okay for the moment.

i relaxed in the chair and continued to watch repeats of Friends. Peanut was sprawled out by the end of the chair and was sound asleep.

all that dog ever did was sleep.

i looked down at my phone when i heard it buzz twice,

Grayson: come over xx

one was from Grayson,

Logan: when are you coming back?

the other was from Logan.

the two of us hadn't been talking too much but whenever we did talk, it would just be him asking when i was coming back to England and me talking about how i wasn't coming back for a while, causing him to sulk.

i responded to him message by saying that i would text him when i scheduled a time to come back but things are going on at the moment that i can't miss. which was true. Harper was pregnant and Grayson wants me to move it. not to mention that i had just got a dog that i would have to give to Harper because Grayson's allergic.

i replied to Grayson's message with a simple 'okay' and then changed into some jeans and a Bardot gypsy top. i pulled my hair out of the messy bun and let it down. then, i slipped on some trainers and headed out. i said goodbye to the dog before i left and texted Harper to say that Peanut is on her own.

i jumped in my car and headed over to Grayson's apartment.

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"Hello," i said to Ethan as he opened the door to let me in,

"hey, Grayson's in his room... he's too lazy to answer the door," he replied with as i entered the apartment,

i walked through into Grayson's room and slowly opened the door,

"hey," i said quietly with a smile on my face,

"hey Ava," he said back to me as he sat up from his bed which he was laying down texting on,

"you alright?" i asked as i moved further into the room,

"yeah I'm fine... i was just texting you actually," he said as he put his phone down and got up,

"ah... okay," i said back to him.

"so... wanna do something?" he asked me as i set my bag on the dresser,

"sure... what?" i asked him,

"you hungry?" he then asked me,

"i could eat," i shrugged,

"okay then... lets go get food," he said as he picked up his wallet, phone and sunglasses.

"sure," i said as i picked my bag back up.

Grayson was wearing some light wash skinny jeans and a white loose top.

"hey Ethan... wanna' go get food?" he asked Ethan as we left his room,

"sure... i won't say no to free food," he said with a laugh,

the three of us headed out of the apartment,

"where to?" Ethan said as he climbed into Grayson's car,

"um... how about we go to the grove and see whats there," Grayson suggested as he drove out of the parking lot.

the three of us talked and listened to music on the way to the restaurant,

we ended up going to a small cafe outside of the grove which was really, really good.

"so when are you going to move in?" Ethan asked me when our food arrived,

"uh... i hadn't sorted anything out yet," i said awkwardly, "hopefully when Harper moves in with her mum, just so she's alright," i said back to him after i thought about his question for a bit,

"how long is that going to bed?" Grayson asked as he took a mouthful of chicken,

"a few months at the least, she's not to happy about moving," i said as i shrugged.

"oh," Grayson said as he nodded.

when we finished our meals, we decided to play a short round of dares on our way around the grove,

"Ethan, i dare you to go over to that lady and say that your sorry for not calling her back after you got together," i said to Ethan as i laughed at the thought of it,

"ahh! yes! that is so good!" Grayson said as he high-fived me,

"no! ugh, fine," Ethan said as he slumped and gave up,

Grayson and i watched him as he wandered over to a short woman with brown hair and apologise for not calling her back. shortly after Grayson and i finished our laughing fit, Ethan returned with an unhappy look on his face,

"dude! that was so not fun," he said as he joined us on the picnic bench,

"okay, my turn," Grayson said as he placed a finger on his chin as he thought about my dare,

"Ava... i dare you to go over to that bin and pull out a newspaper i saw a guy put in there earlier and then offer it to someone," Grayson said as he giggled like a little girl,

"eww, thats nasty," i said as i reluctantly got up and made my way over to the bin. i looked back at him and pouted before shoving my hand in the grubby bin and pulling out a newspaper. i received a few strange looks as i walked over to a man reading and offered him the newspaper, he took it and placed it down next to him. instantly i broke into laughter and made my way back over to the guys.

"that was not fun," i sighed as i sat down.

"it was so funny... anyway, we should be getting back." Grayson said as he stood up,

"okay," i said as Ethan and i got up.

the three of us headed to Grayson's car, which seemed to be miles away from the grove.

when we got in the car, Grayson turned his head to me,

"i have one more question," he said as he looked nervously at me,

"sure," i said as i looked back at him waiting,

"do you want to come to New Jersey for Christmas?" he said bluntly,

"um... okay, sure," i said smiling at him,

"great," he said back with a smile,

yay