Dreams - Dolan Twins Fanfic

Part 30: Awards

Ethan's p.o.v.

"She saw me!" I whispered to Grayson after we walked in the door of the ballroom.

He just rolled his eyes. "Sure Ethan, whatever you say."

I frowned at what he said. Yeah I like Rose but he doesn't have to be like that. 

"Why don't you go say hi," Grayson said to me. 

Slightly shocked, I looked at him, "Really?"

"Yeah go talk to her introduce yourself. Unless you'd like to sit here and gaze at her from a distance."

"Ok, I'll go talk to to her," I said, more to myself than Grayson. I started to make my way towards the room Rose went with a little girl and woman. Before I got close enough to the door to knock, someone stepped in front of me. 

"Hello Ethan," the girl said, "How are you today?"

"I'm good Miss...." I hesitated because she looked familiar, I just couldn't place a name with a face. 

At my hesitation, the girl's smile was replaced with a scowl. She quickly smiled back at me though and said, "You're so funny Ethan. My name is Mary. Remember?"

"Uh sure," I said standing there wondering why she was acting like this.

"If you're wondering why I'm here," Mary said as she flipped her hair, "My step father is your entertainment manager. Mr. White."

"Really? That's great. Now if you'll excuse me..." I told her trying to walk into the room behind her, but she stepped quickly in front of me.

"I'm sure you want to party, not sit in a quiet boring room," Mary said as she linked her arm with mine and led me away from my intended destination. 

"Um not really," I told Mary trying to remove her arm from mine but she only held on tighter. 

"Please? My mom and step dad are really boring and I have no other friends."

I wanted to say no so much, but, unfortunately, being the good guy that I am, I had to say yes. "Ok, but only for a little while," I said as she led me toward Grayson, Mr. White, his wife, Ricky and some other girl with a bandana around her mouth.

"Ethan how nice to see that you've met my daughter, Mary," Mr. White's wife said, "I'm Marie." She smiled at me at offered me the back of her hand. I kissed the back of her hand because I didn't want to be rude.

"Nice to meet you Mrs. White," I said. 

"Ethan I'd like to introduce you and Grayson to Lynn. She is Rose's social media manager," Mr. White said as she extended her hand for me to shake.

"Nice to meet you Lynn," I said as I manuvered my way out of Mary's hold on my arm to shake her hand. Her eyes meet mine as we did almost as if to say 'nice to see you again, Ethan'.

"It's such a pleasure to meet you, Ethan. You and Grayson are certainly big youtube stars," Lynn said, matter-of-factly.

"We really are thankful for all of our fans. They've brought us a long way," I told her, "Right Gray?" Grayson had his nose buried in his phone, at the moment, with a puzzled look on his face. "Gray?"

"Huh?" he said as he looked up at me, the puzzled expression still painted across his face. 

"Our fans have brought us a long way and we're very thankful," I told him. 

"Yes they have," he said looking down, yet again, at his phone. "Excuse me, I'll be right back." With that, Grayson vanished among the people in the crowd.