The Boy Next Door

I though that I was Dreaming, when you said you loved me.

Danielle's P.O.V
School was actually great today. Grayson and I walked to all of our classes together, and Adriana and Kaitlyn wanted to kill me! They love him though, and ship it.
"Danielle!!!"
"Coming mom!" I walked downstairs and realized it was time to get the mail. 3:05 p.m.
"Yes mom?"
"Time to get the mail, I'm leaving I have work til 9:30 tonight and I'm gonna crash right after. Love you." She kissed me on the cheek. My mom worked a night shift and a morning shift, she basically worked full time now that we were on our own. I feel so bad for her.
"Love you too." Walking her out I grabbed the mail out of the mailbox and threw it on the table to sort through it later. I ran up to my room to start doing my homework. sin26/1=x/25. What does x equal?
*later on*
It was pitch black outside and finally my homework was done. Being in honors sucked sometimes. Wait no, all the time.
Incoming text
Gray: meet me outside at 10?
I texted back.
Danielle: of course. The clock read 9:30. I heard the car pull up right on time. I skipped downstairs in my pajamas and went to grab food from the fridge while the car door slammed and I heard keys clacking.
"Hey honey, what are you doing up so late, it's a school night."
"Well tomorrow is Friday and honors classes don't let you sleep when it comes to homework."
"Okay but go to sleep at a reasonable time and please Danielle sort through that mail that you were supposed to sort hours ago!!!" My mom seemed so upset. She trudged up the stairs.
"Goodnight mom."
"Night." She mumbled.
I grabbed the mail and started looking. Taxes, Mortgage, letters from grandma. There was a pink envelope at the bottom that read "Danielle Fields." There hadn't been any stamp, someone must have put this in my mailbox themselves. I hope no one was here tonight. I was wearing my pig slippers. I ran upstairs and turned on my nightlight, and opened my window for air, while I could see Grayson still doing his homework next door. Geek. I slit the envelope in half and there was a small white paper inside. I started reading and my heart stopped.
Dear Danielle,
When you see this...Im sorry. I'm sorry for everything. I'm sorry for not calling when you needed me, taking out my anger on you, lying about where I was and who I was with, and for cheating. I don't know what happened to me. I didn't trust you and thought you were cheating on me, so I did it too. But you didn't. And you never were going to...I put myself first too many times. But I miss riding to school together, going on cute little dates, and having those late night calls when I did call. I miss holding your hand and calling you mine. I've had such a horrible summer not talking to you. I realized that not being with you breaks my heart and makes me feel empty. I need you. To be a better person, to be a better guy. You make me the happiest person, and accepted me for my flaws and mistakes. I see you with that new guy around school, I'm just saying you could do better. You deserve the best. I just thought you deserved to know the truth. That I still love you.
-Kyle
My heart stopped. I felt my cheeks grow hot. My mouth fell open. Tears fluttered down my cheeks.
Do I call? I pulled the sheets over me and I bawled my eyes out. I missed him and I thought I was about to get a fresh start. He always came back. I don't know what to do.
I don't know how long I was crying, but I was pulled out from the blanket and I looked up seeing Grayson. He must've come through my window, he was like freaking Peter Pan that kid.
"It's 10 sleepy head." He immediately saw the tears running down my face and held me so tight. I was whimpering that I only managed short breaths.
"Shhhh Danielle what's wrong? Talk to me."
I handed Grayson the letter and waited for him to read it. I sat up and took the hair tie from my wrist and put my hair up in a messy bun, wiping my tears with the sleeves of my sweatshirt. Grayson suddenly rushed up and went back to his house.
"Gray, what are you doing?" I started bawling even more, my fingers trembling from guilt and confusion and feeling like my past was eating me up whole. A few minutes later I saw Grayson come back through my window holding a letter. He handed me the letter and I opened the envelope titled, "Brielle."
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
I looked up and saw Gray wiping a tear from his face.
    "She was my first love, and my only friend other than Ethan back in Jersey. I'm guessing Kyle was your first too?" I nodded my head. I hugged him in silence for a few moments feeling so safe and warm. I trusted Gray, more than anyone I had ever trusted for a while, and I only knew him for a few days. God I never want to let him go.
     "Has she contacted you since?"
      "No. She deleted my number and told me not to talk to her again, she wants to forget about me. I have read this letter almost every night since I left, debating on whether or not I should try to reach out to her somehow. I finally decided last night that I shouldn't."
     "Why?"
      "Because I met you."