Summer in North Carolina (Hayes Grier)

Chapter 7

Chapter 7 (Hayes’s POV)

Thunder cracks and the sound travels into my house. Devyn jumps onto my bed. She throws the comforter over her head.

“Hayes!” she screams.

I hop on the bed next to her and pull her into my chest. “Shhhh, I’m here Dev. Don’t worry.”

“I-I-I’m sorry.”

“No baby, don’t apologize. Why are you so afraid?”

“Uh, well, my dad.”

“What about your dad? It’s okay.”

“H-h-he was k-k-killed in a th-h-hunder st-st-storm,” she was crying so hard she could barely speak.

“Devyn, I’m so sorry. Do you wanna talk about it?”

“I-I guess,” she sighed. “He worked for a T.V. station as one of those people who goes out during a storm and records everything. He was out one night during a huge thunderstorm. He stepped out of the car and had one foot out of the car and one foot on the ground. He was electrocuted to death. He knew better than that.”

“Dev, it’s okay. I’m here baby doll. I got you.”

She looked up into my eyes. “I miss him so much.”

“I know.”

Suddenly thunder cracked.

“Hayes!” she screamed.

“I got you, it’s okay. I got you.”

I pull off my sweatshirt I was wearing and hand it to her. “Here, put it on. It’s my favorite one.”

She wiped her tears away and pulled the sweatshirt over her head. “Thank you baby.”

“Anything for you.”

She lied her head on my pillow and closed her eyes. “I’m really tired.”

“Goodnight baby.”

“Night Hayes.”

I could see her eyes slowly closing. “I love you,” I whisper.

“I love you too Hayes.”

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The Next Morning (Hayes’s POV)

“Devyn! Wake up! Taylor said to come over right now!” I scream and wake her up.

“Hayes! Let me sleep!” she pulled the covers over her head.

“No, we have to go now!” I dragged her out of my bed.

“Hayes Grier!”

“Devyn Rhodes! Now that we know each others names, let’s get going!”

“Fine,” she grumbles and walks to my bathroom. She washes her face and throws her hair into a ponytail.

“Why is this so important?” she asks as we walk out the door.

“I don’t know,” I lie. I look at the clock on my phone. “Hurry up Dev!” I pick her up bridal style and start running.

“Hayes!” she squeals.

I get to her apartment in record time.

“Taylor! We’re here!” I screams.

“In the kitchen!”

Taylor was making pancakes. Devyn grabbed one from the stack already done and starts eating it dry.

“I’m starving,” she says. “So what’s the big deal Tay?”

“We have to go downstairs to Matt and Carter’s place. They have a surprise for us.”

“Then let’s go!” I grab Devyn’s hand and we head to their apartment. Everyone was in there already.

“Okay, everyone is here,” Matt said as we walked in. There was one open spot on the couch so I sat down and pulled Devyn down so she was sitting on my lap. She was so light.

“Last night the guys from Magcon called and told me that we’re going on a trip!” he looked really excited.

“Oh my gosh! Where?” Devyn exclaimed.

“Some place called Door County, Wisconsin. Apparently it’s a great place for couples,” everyone turned to us and laughed.

“Shut up guys,” Devyn blushed.

“Anyways, when are we going?” I ask.

“Tomorrow. Better pack up. I heard it gets pretty windy up there so pack some sweatshirts. We’ll meet up here at 4 A.M. Be ready!”

“4 A.M.! No way,” Devyn yelled.

“Get some sleep. Now today we’re going to a exclusive meet and greet. We’re leaving at 12.”

“Is Devyn coming with?” Taylor asks.

“If she wants to,” Matthew checked his phone. “They said she could come with.”

“I’ll go.”

“Okay, meet y’all back here in 2 hours.”

We walk back to Devyn’s and we hang out for about an hour.

“Devyn, I think we need to tell my fans about us.”

She looks at me with wide eyes. She knows what’s going to happen.

“I won’t let them say that stuff to you.”

Her lip trembles, “Um, I-I-I guess.”

I grab her hand and take her to her bedroom. I set my timer camera and I run back to her. I kiss her cheek and wrap my hands around her waist. She laughed and kissed me back.

“You’re too cute Grier.”

“You’re even cuter Rhodes.”

I grab my phone and look at the five pictures the camera took. One of them was me kissing her and her smiling, two were of me kissing her and her laughing, and one of us just plain kissing.

“I like these two,” she pointed to the one of her laughing and the one of us kissing.

I opened up Instagram and put the one of her laughing and wrote,

@devynemersyn Official(:  #inlove

I put the other one on twitter with the same caption. My phone blew up instantly. Most of the comments looked like this.

Who’s that? You could do so much better.

Awe! You two are too cute.

She’s ugly.

I’m the one you want Hayes!

Dump her!

I could see Devyn tearing up while she looked at her phone.

“Devyn Emersyn Rhodes. Don’t listen to them. You are so much better than them,” I tried to comfort her.

“It’s- it’s okay.”

“No it’s not. The fans that are sending you hate are not true fans.”

“No Hayes! It’s fine! I shouldn’t go to the meet and greet. I’m not going,” she ran to Taylor’s bedroom and slammed the door behind her.

I made a huge mistake. 

Hey guys! Sorry I haven't updated lately.

I'm so excited for this book! I have so many ideas.

Door County, WI is a real place I go to every summer and I love it. Everything they do will be completly real. Even the restaurants.

xo Bailey:)