Hero // Ethan and Grayson Dolan

chapter 16 ~ the truth

three days later

Grayson paces around the kitchen nervously. "We haven't got a video for tomorrow. And Ethan hasn't been in contact at all. He's completely cut off social media, too. Last thing he tweeted was the crying emoji and the airplane emoji, which was three days ago."

I stand up and stop him from pacing, by embracing him in a hug. I rub his back as I wrap my arms around him.

"I'm going to tell the truth." Grayson says over my shoulder.

"WHAT?!" I pull out of the hug immediately. "What do you mean by 'you're going to tell the truth'?"

"I'm going to make a video explaining everything that's happened."

I'm completely shocked. "If you do that, we'll look like horrible people."

"I need to. I can't lie to anyone else that I care about. And I care about my supporters. They deserve to know the truth. Even if it puts us in a bad position."

I nod my head. He's right.

"That's very brave."

...

"Are you sure you want to do this?" I ask Grayson, as he finishes setting up, and takes a seat in front of the camera.

"Yes." He nods sadly. I press record.

"Hi guys. I'm back. But no Ethan today.

Some pretty messed up things have happened in the past two months. And I feel like you guys deserve to know. So here it goes.

You know Brooklyn? Yeah. Well when Ethan brought her home the first night ..." He takes a deep breath, and then continues.

"We fell for each other. But we couldn't tell Ethan. So we didn't.

One thing lead to another, and two months later, he found out in a way he wasn't supposed to.

He couldn't take it - and he left. He left home, and we have no idea where he is. He hasn't been in contact-" Grayson stops and buries his face in his hands. He sobs quietly - but I don't interrupt. I know he's strong.

After a minute, he lifts his head to reveal a tear-stained face.

"Everyone sees him as a carefree person. Little do you know that behind all the goofiness, there was someone who needed attention. Not for being 'good looking', but for being himself. We hurt him and no one took notice, so he didn't think anyone would care if he just ... disappeared."

Grayson is crying uncontrollably - and now it's my time to interrupt. I lift a chair and bring it next to him. I sit in front of the camera and rest my head on his shoulder, as I wrap my arms around him.

"I know you guys are probably very mad at me. But there is one thing Grayson didn't mention - I'm pregnant. And Ethan-"

Here come my tears.

"It's not yours."

I bury my face into Grayson's shoulder, and we both sit and cry for a couple of minutes.

"I'm so sorry. I can't do this channel without Ethan, and so we're going to have a break. I love you guys so much. Peace." Gray manages to say, before shutting the camera off.

The next day

"The video is about to go up. I just need to press publish." Grayson calls from his bedroom. I leave my phone on my bed, and rush to him.

"Do it." I say, giving his hand a squeeze. He holds his breath, and clicks the 'publish' button.

It's up. The world knows.

Grayson and I watch the comments roll in.

this Brooklyn bitch is the reason my two favourite people aren't in contact at all. I can't believe some irrelevant girl has taken away their happiness

i don't know how I'm going to be able to cope without these videos every week. they gave me a reason to live. not anymore.

Ethan and grayson are the reason for many people's happiness. thank you Brooklyn for taking that away from us.

I really really hope Ethan is okay. We're here for you, please don't let a stupid girl ruin your life.

I slam the laptop shut. I can't read anymore. Their all so angry at me - but I don't blame them.

"#WereHereForYouE is number one trending on Twitter." Grayson suddenly spins around on his chair and shows me his phone screen. We look at each other in disappointment.

"What have I done?" I mumble under my breath.

"What have we done?" Grayson grabs my hand reassuringly, and we sit on his bed, before falling asleep in each other's arms.

EXACTLY one week later

The hashtag has been number one trending all week.

And I'm the reason all these teenage girls are depressed. I'm the fucking reason.

Although Grayson told me not to, I can't help but read some of the tweets. All of their supporters are really, really upset. And I understand why.

Some random, irrelevant bitch pops into their idol's life and bam - they're suddenly gone.

I'm honestly feeling so so terrible about all of this. This all happened because of me- "Brooklyn!" Grayson yells from the kitchen, interrupting my thoughts. I sit up on the couch, confused.

"Yeah, Gray?"

He runs over and takes a seat next to me, flashing his bright phone screen right in front of me.

I squint for a second, and then very soon after, my vision is clear again - and I'm face to face with Ethan's twitter account. My eyes focus on his most recent tweets.

I hope you guys can understand. Once again I'm very sorry. But thank you so much for everything, you keep me going. I believe in you. 2 min

Thank you guys so much for all the support, I'm honestly feeling so loved right now. Words cant explain how much I love YOU💙3 min

I'm really upset about the fact of having to stop the channel, but you guys won't be seeing me for a while. I'm so sorry 5 min

"What does 'you won't be seeing me for a while' mean? Where is he?" I can hear the stress in his voice. "I'm so worried, and I don't have any information about-" I interrupt him by wrapping him in a hug. He doesn't say another word, instead, its his turn to wraps his arms around me.

"I'm scared too."

HERES CHAPTER 16 :))) I really hope you guys are enjoying the story!!!

I'm so sorry for not updating for a while, I've been busy with school :( but I'm trying my hardest! I love you guys xxx