A Christmas Miracle || 4ou Brooklynn💝

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"I'll have a Cesar salad please." I asked politely. The waiter took down notes, then asked the rest of my friends what they wanted. I sat quietly, thinking as my friends chatted. It was hard to stay happy knowing my family fell apart.

The waiter came with our food, making me feel a little better. Our table fell silent, we all started to devour our food. I giggled.
Grayson looked at me. "What's so funny?" He asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Well, nobody could stop talking, but when our food came, everyone fell silent." He chuckled. That chuckle warmed my heart unexpectedly. I shrugged and kept started to eat.

At the end of the day, I walked to Ethan and Grayson's house.
"Is Cameron going to be there?" I asked.
"Yup. And she's not going to come home with a bunch of friends this time." Said Ethan.
"How about we watch a movie tonight?" Grayson suggested.
Eth and I agreed.
"But we should ask Cameron first. Maybe she wants to do something else?" I said.
"Na, we'll just force her. It's our birthday, after all." We laughed. As we laughed together, my problems slowly melted away. Hanging out with the Dolan's made me so happy.

We walked into the house. Ethan flicked the lights on, when Cameron jumped out from the couch and blasted us with confetti.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" She yelled.
I jumped and bumped into Grayson. I blushed.
"S-sorry." I stuttered.
"It's okay." He whispered.

I took my boots off and walked in the house while Ethan and Grayson hugged their sister.
"Hi." I smiled. "She wrapped me in a hug.
"How are you?" She asked, a look of concern spread on her face.
"I'm fine."
She frowned, obviously knowing I was definitely was not fine.
I shrugged an tried to change the subject.
"Do you have any orange juice?" I walked to the kitchen, Grayson close behind. He took out a cup as I opened the fridge and grabbed the jug of OJ.
The door opened.
"Happy birthday!" Said their mom as she walked threw the door holding a birthday cake.

I met her the second time I went to their house, she usually works till late and sometimes doesn't come home for a week.

She set cake down on the table...

After Eth and Gray opened their presents and ate cake, their mom had to go.

"So, you guys wanna watch a movie?" Asked Ethan.
"Sure, I'm just going to put my pyjamas on." I walked down the hallway and went in the bathroom with my duffle bag, aka the sleepover bag. I changed my clothes and walked my face.
I looked in the mirror, a tear fell down my cheek.

That celebration reminded me of my birthday. Dad would always come home with the cake, then leave right after I opened presents and blew the candles because of work.

I held my face in my face started sobbing. Mom, the body bag, the memories circled in my head.
I snapped out of and wiped the tears away. Obviously I was crying pretty loudly, cause when I got out, Grayson wrapped me in a big bear hug. I hugged back and started to cry a little.
We stood in the hallway for a good 3 minutes of hugging before I stopped crying and pulled away. I wiped the tears away once more.
"Ready to go back out there?" He asked softly.
I took a deep breath and nodded.

"So what movie do you wanna watch?" Asked Cameron as she scrolled threw the options on Netflix.
"How about we're the Millers?" Ethan suggested. They all agreed, I simply nodded. I've seen it so many times, but it was their birthday. I couldn't say no. I ended up sitting with Cameron to my left and Grayson to my right. I made it halfway threw the movie before dozing off....

I was standing on the sidewalk, whatching my dad cross the road. There was semi coming, but I couldn't stop it. I was yelling, but nobody heard me. Tears flowed out of my eyes. The semi was inches away...

Grayson's POV:

Brooklynn had fallen asleep during the movie. She looked so perfect sleeping beside me. Suddenly, i could hear her mumbling no, and a few tears fell down her cheeks. I looked at Ethan and Cameron.
"I think we should bring her to the bed." Said Ethan.
I picked her bridle stile and brought her to the guest room. I moved the blankets and laid her down, putting the blankets over top of her.
I frowned. It killed me to see her like this.

I walked out of the room and shut the door.

Brooklynn's POV:

I woke up with a start right before my dad got hit.
I was sweaty and breathing heavy and realized I was in a different room.
I looked around and remembered that it was the guest room. Someone must have brought me here when I was sleeping during the movie.

I checked my phone.
10:01
I decided to go back to sleep. I laid there in bed, when suddenly I heard voices.
"You like her, don't you?" Said a voice that sounded like Cameron's.
"Oh ya he does, look he's blushing." Said a voice that sounded like Ethan's.
"Ya, I do." Said what assumed was Grayson.
I blushed and smiled to myself.
That made me feel ten times better. I soon fell asleep.