Grayson and I |Grayson Dolan|

47: ten thirty

"Ava,"

"Avaaa,"

a voice was whispering my name and a few minutes later, i awoke to find Grayson looking down at me from above,

"the movie's over," he said sweetly,

"okay," i mumbled and sat up after he moved his head away,

"what's the time?" i asked him as i blinked a few times,

"about ten thirty," he chuckled,

"whoa, how many movies did you watch?" i said with a laugh,

"just Elf and then The Polar Express," he shrugged as he folded up the blanket on the corner sofa,

"i love the Polar Express," i said sticking out my bottom lip in a pout,

"well, stay awake then," he said shooting me a cheesy smile,

i rolled my eyes jokingly at him and then stood up so i could stretch out my back,

"my cousins left about 10 minutes ago," he said quietly,

"really?" i said sadly, "i wanted to say goodbye," i pouted again playfully,

"let's go and see Ethan," he said holding out a hand for me,

"why thank you," i said nodding at him,

Grayson led me through to the main room where Ethan's parents were tidying up the wrapping paper and setting the snacks away.

Grayson quickly snatched a few chilli crisps before they were taken away and he handed one to me,

"thanks," i said as i popped the spicy crisp in my mouth,

"finally you're awake!" Ethan cooed as i sat down on the sofa,

"yeah, yeah," i said brushing him off jokingly,

Grayson came and sat beside me pushing right up against me so he could wrap an arm around my shoulders.

all of us talked for about an hour with Cameron until i could barely keep my eyes open.

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the next morning i woke up at around ten and i was pretty reluctant to get out of bed, especially since Grayson had an arm wrapped around me.

i wiggled my way out of his grasp and threw on a pair of sweatpants and a knit jumper that was really soft.

Grayson's eyes slowly opened as i was tying my hair up into a bun.

"morning." i said with a smile and he sleepily smiled back at me before closing his eyes again and burying his head in the pillow.

i took my phone off of charge and checked through all of my social medias to see that i had gained an extra 10,000 followers on Instagram because i posted a cheesy picture of me, Grayson and Ethan with their sister photobombing in the background.

i heard Grayson shuffling towards me as i was sitting on the edge of the bed scrolling through my feed.

"what are you doing?" i asked with his hair resembling a wave and his eyes still heavy,

"checking stuff," i replied and carried on scrolling,

"how many followers do you have now?" he asked me as i put my phone back onto the side table and turned around so my body was half facing him,

"about 500,000." i said with a grin,

"perks of being a model," he said with a cheeky grin,

"and perks of dating an internet celebrity," i said as i ducked my head down to kiss him on the cheek,

"i guess," he said with a cheesy grin,

i checked the time on my phone and saw that i had to pack for my flight at 5pm,

i put everything into my suitcase and then tidied up any mess that i had made in Grayson's old room,

"i don't want you to go," he said as he gripped onto my arm still laying in bed,

"deja vu," i muttered causing him to snort,

"i know but still," he mumbled,

"i know and I'm sorry but i have work the next day," i said as i rubbed my thumb on the back of his hand,

he pouted at me and batted his eyelashes which caused him to laugh his overly intense laugh that i loved so much,

"i love your laugh," i said joining in laughing,

"and i love you," he said pouting again,

"cringe!" i said as i screwed up my face,

"that was really cringe wasn't it," he said laughing again,

"just a bit," i responded laughing too.

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i was standing in the airport in the queue for my plane when i heard an announcement saying that the flight had been delayed as there was a massive snow storm expected over the Virginia mountain range.

i sighed as i checked my phone to see that Grayson would've already left and it would take him about an hour to get here.

the time was edging onto 7 and after i had called him to say that they've delayed the plane, there was another announcement. the person said that they are going to re direct the flight so it would take another hour to get completely around Virginia.

i slumped in the waiting room chair for my gate to be announced as they had to completely change the plane so it was big enough to fly far enough.

when i eventually got on the plane, it was around 8 and i was beginning to feel tired as all i wanted to do was be home already. if the plane was not delayed, i would only have another hour until i was there.

luckily, the flight was not too bad and i managed to get a little bit of sleep so i was ready for whatever i had to face when i got back to LA.

as soon as i got back to the apartment after getting a taxi to take me there, i just slept.

i was so tired because of the time difference and i slept all the way until it was time for me to get up at 8 the next morning.

that Christmas was great and finally meeting Grayson's family was amazing as well.

now i just had to wait until they came home.