From The Ground Up- Writen By: Aurora Clair

Chapter 11

When Laila woke, she found herself in a white room with black bedding and looked like someone had just crawled out of bed. She knew by the smell of the room and of the bedding, this was 100% Grayson's room. She crawled out and looked in the mirror, she still had her makeup somehow but went to the bathroom where she found makeup wipes and took it off. She wasn't too self confident without it because of acne and acne scars but she fixed her hair, rinsed her mouth and walked out.

She found herself down stairs where everyone else was, Grayson at the table with his head in his hand looking a little stressed, Ethan and Sean looking out the window and Lisa wiping away a few tears from her face. Grayson looked up and over at Laila and welcomed her with a big smile, "Good Morning beautiful, how did you sleep?" he asked. "Oh I slept alright, how's the storm? Laila said. Liza looked over at her and said "It's fine now, some tree's are down and a couple power lines and still no electricity for now and no gas. I was thinking we could all go outside and see how our neighbors are and how bad everything is. Grayson you should walk Laila over to her house so she can be with her parents, if you'd like you can stay over for a while." She said.

"Yeah I think I can do that." Grayson said and winked at Laila. Grayson ran upstairs and put on some gray joggers, white keds, and a black hoodie with black sleeves. Laila but on her brown uggs that were by the door and they walked out. Grayson had taken out his phone and started to vlog for his youtube channel. "Hey guys, its me Grayson and I'm here with Laila today. Ethan is with our mom and dad and if you guys didn't know a hurricane hit us last night. But there will be more news on that soon." and he turned off the phone. He had his phone in his left hand, her hand in his right hand. Laila had Grayson's hand in her left and and her phone in her right hand. She took a few pictures of the light poles being down, power lines being down, and street signs on the road.

They got to Laila's house and walked in to see everyone in there white living room, the big T.V on the wall, a small table under it, and two leather couches were her mom and dad were sitting. Her sister Gracie was on the ground reading (Like always) and her brother Chase was coloring. "Hey guys!" Laila said in a cheerful voice as her siblings ran to her and gave her big hugs. "We're so glad you're alive!" Her brother said. "Thanks guys, everyone this is Grayson, my boyfriend. Grayson this is my Dad Travis, My mom Barb, My sister Gracie, and My brother Chase."