The Boy Next Door

Late Night Thoughts.

Grayson's P.O.V
12:04 a.m.
I don't know what's going on with me. Why am I such a spaz? Danielle is beautiful, no way, beyond beautiful. Her smile lights up the room I swear she was blessed. Her blue eyes have specks of green and her dimples make me want her even more. But Brielle. I opened the note one more time before putting it on my bedside table.
Dear Gray,
I don't know how to put into words how much I'll miss you, but long distance won't work for me. I need to forget you. You will be in California now and I am all the way in New Jersey. I hope you can respect that. Know I'll always love you, never change.
-Bri
Brielle will always be my first love. But moving was for a new beginning right? And Danielle gave me this whole new feeling. And she seems to like a lot of the same things, and she star gazes like I do at night. But Brielle is on my mind all the time still. I guess that's why they say the first cut is always the deepest. I quickly turned off my light and turned on my side. The words stuck- "never change."
Danielle's P.O.V
I miss Kyle, but Gray gave me this new feeling. God I can't even explain it. I wish I could just walk out onto my balcony right now and tell him, but we said goodnight about a half hour ago. That's a half hour he must be asleep. But of course I'm not. I'm thinking about him! I can't even think straight. Who is Brielle? That's it, I'm getting up. I walked out on to the balcony with a blanket and walked over to lay down on the couch. Only when I walked over,
I tripped and fell. A loud bang went off. Thank God my mom is a heavy sleeper. I got back up immediately and held my ankle. I felt so much pain. Hmmm Kind of like the pain in my heart! I laid back down and tried to fall asleep but across the way a light turned on.
Grayson's P.O.V
While trying to fall asleep I heard a loud bang. Was it Danielle? It probably wasn't. But I got up anyways and went to the balcony because I was having trouble sleeping. And thats when I saw her wrapped up in a blanket with her eyes closed.
   "Danielle?" I whispered. It was past midnight now.
Danielle's P.O.V
   I rubbed my eyes. "Hey Gray, what are you still doing up?" I pretended that the loud bang never sounded.
    "I heard a noise and came out here, plus I can't sleep."
    "Me neither. I know this sounds crazy, but do you wanna come on my side of the balcony?" I nervously asked. My head was still pounding and my vision felt blurry.
   "Sure, but how can I get over there?" Gray laughed at the idea. He was wearing a puffy sweatshirt and sweats and looked so cute with bed head.
    "There's a tree in between us. I know this sounds crazy and your not Peter Pan but if you climb the tree my balcony is on the other side. Think you can do it?" 
   "Please, I'm the new Spider-Man." Gray got up and climbed the tree which tilted over towards my balcony. I'm surprised no one else has woken up the whole night yet. We were making so much noise, and this was such a crazy idea. I helped him over and he sat down next to me.
   "Why can't you sleep?" Gray said as I handed him a blanket. We both wrapped ourselves in blankets and looked like marshmallows. I was really genuinely happy. And my heart was fluttering.
    "Honestly, I don't know. I overthink a lot and this happens often. I thought if I got enough fresh air maybe I'd feel better about everything going on. My dad left and I recently went through a breakup and I've just been confused." I vented so much to Grayson and it felt like he listened to every single word. "What about you?"
    "I don't know, I've been confused about some girl lately and I have really bad anxiety. I know, a boy can't have anxiety right? I was just bullied a lot and had very few friends back in my old school thank god for Ethan."
   "You were bullied?" I turned towards him feeling sympathetic.
  "Yeah, not many people really liked me and Ethan. That's part of why we came to California to finish high school. Less drama. And our moms seem pretty happy that we live next door to each other now."
   "You're great. I don't know why people don't admire you, instead hate on you."
   "Well things are unexpected. I mean you definitely admire Mr.McKinley," Grayson smiled.
   "You're a doofus." I rolled my eyes.
   "Oh really? Says the one that couldn't hear Mr.McKinley call her name 11 times. I counted." Grayson teased me so much. He was actually great.
   "I was daydreaming. Honestly staring at this really cute boy." I said flirting.
   "Who Mr.McKinley?"
   "I actually hate you." I started laughing so hard and I cuddled up with Grayson while we kept talking for hours. I eventually checked the time after a while. 3:46 a.m.
Grayson's P.O.V
   "It's been hours you need to get some sleep Danielle." I whispered. "Danielle?"
    "He's so cute he's so cute ." She was mumbling.
     "Danielle??" I tapped her shoulder.
     "Gray is adorable." I blushed a little. I think she might be crushing on me. I started to shake her but she wouldn't wake up. So I picked her up and carried her into her bed and threw the covers over her. She started rolling around and opened her eyes, half asleep.
   "Gray?"
   "Hey beautiful I brought you into bed. Goodnight. We have school tomorrow. Get some sleep. Thanks for talking." I spoke gently. I ran my fingers through her hair.
    "Please don't leave." I was surprised to hear her say that. Her voice was so cute while sleeping.
   "I need to go. Your mom will be up soon. We can do this again tomorrow night." I kissed the top of her head. I really love that girl.