Grace [SEBASTIAN STAN]

LVI: private messages

LVI. GRACE—CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX

gracie:
I'm sorry

seb💕:
What for?

gracie:
ignoring you. I didn't mean to

seb💕:
No, that's okay. I understand. You needed time.

gracie:
thank you for understanding. I didn't want you to think it was your fault

seb💕:
Maybe it is...if it wasn't for me you wouldn't even be in this mess in the first place babe

gracie:
please don't blame yourself.

seb💕:
I can't help it. When my girlfriend gets hurt because she's dating me, I blame myself.

gracie:
but it's not your fault

gracie:
I had the pictures. I was stupid enough to put them on iCloud. I'm at blame for this. Not you.

seb💕:
Yeah but it's not your fault either. You were hacked gracie, that's what happened.

seb💕:
Those pictures were for us. Something that just we could have to ourselves. Something that nobody else would ever see. There's no crime in that.

gracie:
and it's my fault that we don't have that anymore.

seb💕:
Jesus gracie, would you stop that? It's not your fault that this happened.

seb💕:
I just want to come back home. I don't like that you're going through this alone

gracie:
I'm not alone. I have Danny and Wren and Sky. Plus I'm staying with my dad and step mom for a couple days. I'm gonna help with the team, if they allow me to.

seb💕:
That's good. Everyone needs family time.

gracie:
Yeah

seb💕:
Listen, I gotta get filming again, but please call me if you need me. seriously. I'll answer right away.

gracie:
I just need some time to think to myself. If that's okay.

seb💕:
Sure, anything. I'll still be here.

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seb:
She seems okay. Is she really?

danny:
I can't tell, if I'm being honest.

danny:
I think she's doing other things to cover it up and keep her mind off of it.

seb:
What kind of things?

danny:
Yelling at the players on the team when they mess something up. Taking bailey almost everyday, all day. Actually coaching the team.

danny:
The other day I walked into her house and she was scrubbing the floor. She doesn't clean. She just needed something to do so she didn't look at her phone or think of what was happening.

danny:
I'm afraid she's going to break soon.

danny:
Worse than before.

seb:
We can't let that happen. I don't want that to happen.

danny:
Neither do I.

seb:
I've been trying to avoid this in hopes of this settling itself down, but I think I need to release a statement of my own. This can't go any further.

danny:
You sure?

seb:
I'm positive. I don't want things to get worse for her. Especially because I still have over a month of filming.

danny:
Alright. Good luck.