"Friends" || G.D. ||

22: Beach

Lynn's P.O.V. 

As we pull into the parking lot of the beach, I can feel myself get super excited. Grayson drove and he insisted I sat passenger. No amount of arguing with him was going to stop him. Ethan sat in the back. He said that he was fine with it. 

I grab my bag from my lap and go to get out. I grab the handle of the door but Gray had beat me to it as he pulled the door open for me. I blushed at the look on his face, a mix of embarrassment and courage. He looked so cute. I hopped out of the vehicle and placed a soft kiss on his mouth. He pecked my lips back and we headed towards the sand.

Ethan looked depressed about something, but I didn't know what. I gave a weird look to Grayson and nodded to Ethan. His face dropped and he shook his head no. Ethan didn't want to talk about it and Grayson didn't want to bring it up in front of him. 

We found a good place and put out stuff on the sand. Ethan put down our towels and laid them out. There weren't many people on the beach even though it was a really nice day. Maybe 30 to 50 people here. 

All of our things were set up and I had my bikini on under my tank top and shorts. I didn't want to go to the dressing room and change. There wasn't really a point in doing so. I slid off my shorts and took off my shirt. There. I put the clothes in my bag and grabbed the sunscreen. 

I rubbed it all over my body and as much as I could on my back. I looked over at Gray and he chuckled. He grabbed the sunscreen from my hands and started rubbing in on my back. He put it on himself and handed my the sunscreen to put on him. I rubbed the sunscreen in on his toned back, my hands running over his muscles. Ethan looked at us and he laughed. 

"You could have done it the easier way and sprayed the sunscreen on my you guys just wanted to feel each other up," he said as he stood up and headed towards the water. 

We get up and go into the water, too. Grayson picks me up and throws me over his shoulder. I laugh and laugh until my stomach hurts. I tell Grayson to put me down, still laughing so he tosses me into the next wave. Ethan tackles Grayson into the water and they both fall under. It feels so great to have fun with Grayson and Ethan. We all laugh together. 

I get a little worn out and I head up to our towels to sit down for a bit. Grayson comes with me and Ethan stays in the water. Grayson starts to tell terrible jokes. Grayson and I laugh. After a couple minutes of talking, his phone rings. He looks down to check the caller ID. 

"It's my mom," he says. He answers the phone. "Hello." He listens on the phone for a little bit and then he says "Oh, okay. Is that all?-----Okay, then. I'll talk to you later then. Love you too. K. Bye." He hangs up the phone. 

I give him a look. "Nothing is wrong. She just wants to facetime me and Ethan. She wants to see us. She said that she misses us," he says. 

"Oh. Okay," I say. We sit in silence for a couple minutes and then he grabs my hand. 

"Are you okay?" he asks me. 

"I am here. I don't know, Grayson. I love being here. I just I wish I could pick up the phone and talk to my mom. I can't do that anymore. I am just missing her," I say. 

"I love you, Lynn," Grayson says. 

"And I love you, Grayson," I say back to him. 

He links out fingers together and we smile at each other. He leans his head into mine and rests his head on my forehead. His hand lightly brushes my cheek. I smile. 

"I am so glad for this. For us. I love being with you. It makes my day to see you happy and it breaks me to see you upset. I am so happy for us because you make me a better person," Grayson says. 

"I have no words, Grayson. I was there for you throughout all of your life and you were there for me. Throughout all of your breakups and all of my breakups. We made it to this point and I am better than happy. I have no words for something like this. I hope that we do have our ups and downs because that will only ever make up stronger," I say. 

It is only me and him. Before I could hear the waves hitting the water and people chattering in the background. I don't hear any of it anymore, I just hear him. I hear his breathing and feel the beat of his heart. No matter how hard I try to, I will always love him. I only ever felt like this with one other person. 

His name was Kyce. It was right after we had all moved to L.A. I love him so deeply, but he didn't feel the same way. He loved me for my looks, not for how I was inside. He only wanted to get inside of me. Literally. I loved everything about him. His unique name. His mother wanted the name Kyle and his father wanted the name Bryce so they met in the middle with Kyce. He was an amazing person, but a terrible person. 

We broke up because he came back from hanging out with his friends. They had dared him to come to me and take my virginity. He tried to play it off. He tried to be nice at first. Even after the couple times I had told him no. He got violent after that. He said that if I loved him as much as I claimed, that I should give myself to him. He slapped me so hard that it had left a bruise. He looked shocked at himself for hitting me. I told him that if he didn't leave, I would call the police and tell them what happened. 

He left after that. He never came back. He texted me later that night and said he was sorry and I told him to go fuck himself and some bitch while he was at it. He never texted me back. I cried pretty hard that night and Gray came over because he heard me. He asked what was wrong and I lifted my head. He saw the bruise and I made up a lie. I told him that I got frustrated and was hitting myself in the head. I told him that me and Kyce broke up. 

He knew how much I loved him and he held me. He helped me through it all. Ethan too. It was mostly always Grayson, though. 

As our foreheads still remained touching each other, I felt a stronger love towards Grayson. 

And then I heard the voice of who I used to love so strongly and pulled back to see Kyce standing in the sand a couple feet away, staring at me. 

"Lynn. It's good to see you. I haven't seen you in a long time," Kyce said and I shivered at the monster that lived in only my dream, now coming to life. 

Long chapter. I know. Sorry. 

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