Cliché// Ethan Dolan

Chapter 12

Grace led us into her thrashed house. Red solo cups were thrown everywhere, along with girls' under garments, plates, food, and many other trash. There were a total of six cleaning ladies with twenty bags already filled. The house still had the lingering smell of alcohol and a bit of weed. I smiled and waved to the cleaning lady who made eye contact. Grace's house was really big and I feel bad they have to clean all of it.

Grace snapped me out of my thoughts by leading us upstairs. When we reached her room, we were still unsure of what to do with the boy in her bed. Who even is it? Is it a guy from school? Is he cute? Is he a weirdo? A creep?

"Holy shit, man! You scored!" Callie whisper yelled. Laying in her bed, shirtless, was the one and only Alex Aiono. He's one of the hottest and talented guys at out school. He's so sweet, too.

    "Are you sure something actually happened or did you guys just sleep?" I asked, looking at Alex.

   "I mean I woke up fully clothed so I'm not entirely sure." Grace replied nervously looking around the room, afraid that what she had just said might wake him up because she forgot to whisper.

     "So can you guys please help me and get him out?!" Her almost yelling voice made him stir in his sleep, scaring Callie and Maya. I looked over at a scary looking red-faced Grace. I thought to myself, how are we supposed to get a strong teenage boy out of her bed without waking him up?

    With Callie and Maya still freaking out that Alex was the one that she had supposedly slept with, I was left to think of a plan all by myself.

   "Maybe if you just pretend that you woke up next to him, not sure of last night's events, you can play it off and he will also believe that nothing happened and leave you alone. Alex isn't one of those jerk jockey guys so I'm pretty sure if you just let it slide he will too and be out of your hair." I said after thinking about Grace's situation.

      With my plan being said, Grace seemed to cool down and not look so scared. Maya nodded her head agreeing, while Callie still stared at Alex in complete and utter awe.

   " Thank you, thank you!" Grace jumped and hugged me. Her voice was full on outside voice level and with that, Alex woke up. Callie, Maya, Grace, and I all froze. My heart raced with nervousness. He probably thinks we're crazy. Pause, does he even know who I am?

    "Rowan, right? What's going on?" His raspy, morning voice asked. My faced became hot, he knows who I am?! I said that out loud?

    "Yeah, how-how do you know who i am?" I always became nervous when talking to new and/or attractive people. For some reason, Ethan and Grayson were an exception.

    "You're the principal's daughter." Oh, right. I nodded and awkwardly looked around the room.

    "Grace, what happened last night?" He held his head in his hands and sat up. He shut his eyes tight and groaned. He's probably so hungover.

    "I'll go get you Advil and give you guys privacy. Maya, Callie, let's go." I smiled and waved at the two. Callie and Maya followed, and we exited. Before I closed the door, Grace called for me.

    "You're coming back, right?" I nodded. Maya and Callie were already waiting downstairs for me.

    "Okay, so the plan is.." I trailed off, looking at them.

   "Throw the Advil in the room and leave!" Maya smiled.

   "Or, we hand them the Advil and then explain why we must leave." Callie said. She smiled, proud of her mature plan.

    "What's our excuse?" I asked as we reached the kitchen. We've been to Grace's house enough times to know where everything was.

    "Hmm, oh I know! You're mom called you and wants you home right away!" Maya said, as she reached into the cabinet and grabbed the Advil bottle. Oh my gosh, my mom!

   "Crap! I need to call her!" I grabbed my phone out of my back pocket and quickly dialed my mom. As it rang, we walked back to Grace's room.

   "Hello?" my mom's voice rang through my phone. She didn't yell, so that's good!

    "Hey, mom! so I ended up-"

    "Crashing at Grace's. I figured. I was a little worried until I got a call from a boy named Ethan? He said he was just calling to let me know where you were and that you're safe. He seems sweet. I want to meet him." He called her?

    "Oh, haha. Um, meet him? I don't think so, mom." I played with the hem of my t-shirt dress. We neared Grace's room and Callie opened the door.

   "Oh come on! Please, Rowan! Are you guys like a thing?" I heard the excitement in her voice. I chuckled a bit.

   "We'll talk when we get home. Love you, bye."

    "So you guys are! Okay, love you too! Bye!" I hung up and entered the room.

   "Hey, we have to go. We'll hang out later, okay?" I gave Grace a hug bye. Callie and Maya did the same after me.

    "Yeah, I'll text you guys! Bye!" I waved to Alex who now had a shirt on.

   I realized how tired I was. My eyes were dropping and I was ready to sleep. But first, I wanted to take a warm shower and eat.

    "Okay, so I took an overnight bag to your house and all I want is food and sleep." Maya said, slipping into the passenger's seat.

   "I took a bag too! Let's get food and then sleep when we get home!" Callie cheered. She seemed so excited. I did agree and turned on the car. It was currently 2 pm and we drove to McDonald's for breakfast. We went through the drive-thru and ordered our regulars.

    The ride home was short and i was so ready for sleep. Callie fell asleep in the back after eating her food. Maya and I took a photo of her and posted it on snapchat. We quietly laughed and decided to wake her up when we reached home.

    "I call shower first! Have fun waking her up!" I parked the car in the garage and ran inside.

     "Hi, mom! I'm off to shower!" I ran upstairs and grabbed sweats and a tank along with my undergarments. The faster I shower, the faster I can sleep. I took a very quick shower, still half- asleep I changed into my clothes. I threw my hair into a bun and got out to see my best friends already passed out and showered on my bed.

    I was about to lay down with them when I heard a knock.

   "Hey, I'll let you guys sleep. But, tomorrow we are talking about this Ethan boy!" She whispered. I blushed and smiled. I nodded and she closed my door and left.

    I checked my phone and it needed to be charged. I went to plug it in. Finally sleep. I heard a buzz and decided to check it.

Ethan: hey row, I know you're probably tired and/or sleeping already so we'll talk later imy😢 see u soon xo E

    I smiled at his text.

Me: I'm about to sleep, imyt see you later xo ro🤑
   
    With that I slept the whole day happy with my best friends.

A/n I'm sorry this is so boring it'll get better I promise I love you guys and some of yalls comments are so cute xoxo pris 💜💜