Safe in My Arms

Chapter 4

Gabby's POV

Not gonna lie, I'm actually really scared to walk home. I got up and started walking to the door. "Where are you going?" Ethan asks. "Home" i responded. "I don't think it's safe, gabby" grayson added. "Well what am I supposed to do? I have to go home. I need to sleep!" I was starting to get a little annoyed because I wanted to go home, but also I knew it wasn't safe. "Stay here" ethan says. "I don't think-" i started but was interrupted by grayson "gabby, seriously you need to stay here. Even if it was just kids playing a prank, we don't know for sure. I think its best if you stay here. You can go home in the morning" he says. "Fine" i give in.

Ethan walks me to the guest room and I thank him. He stays in their for a bit and we just talk about anything and everything. We are both sitting on the bed. I'm by the headboard and he's by the footboard. Both of us are sitting crisscross and just talking. I enjoyed his company, but I was getting a bit tired.

I yawned and ethan caught on. "You tired?" He asks. "Yeah, a little" i said. "Okay, ill go. Goodnight gabs" he says. Gabs? No one ever calls me that except for my dad. He left my mom and i a few years ago and I haven't seen him since. I guess its just a new nickname from Ethan. "Wait ethan!" I quickly said. "Yeah?" He questions. "I don't have any clothes to change into." I was wearing jean shorts, and that's not the comfiest clothes to sleep in. "Ill get u some sweatpants. Need a shirt too?" He asks. "No shirt, but can I use a hoodie?" I answered. "Sure, ill be right back."

He leaves the room and i head to the bathroom to pee real quick. I come back in the room and find the sweatpants and hoodie laying on the bed. I was a little upset because I sortve wanted to see him and say thank you, but ill just say it in the morning.

Then, I get a text from an unknown number

*unknown number*: you got so lucky tonight. It was a close one. Better be careful next time you walk alone at night, or at all ;)

WTF. Okay now I'm scared af. Who was this person? How am I lucky? Were they gonna take me? Kill me? I was so scared. I'm shaking. I don't know what to do so I text ethan.

To Ethan🤙🏼: hey you up?
*no response*

Great. I decided to text grayson.

To Gray🤣: gray, you up?
From Gray🤣: yeah, what's up?
To Gray🤣: can you come in here? I need to talk to you about something.

I saw that he read it, but he didn't respond. Hopefully he's coming. A few seconds later I hear footsteps and a small knock on the door. "Come in" i say. Gray walks in and sits at the end of the bed. "What's wrong" he asks, looking concerned. "Look" i show him the texts. He squints his eyes and gets a little nervous.

"Who is it" he asks. "I don't know, but I'm guessing that its one of the people that were chasing me" I answered. He nodded then furrowed his eyebrows. "I'm scared grayson" I said. "Hey, its okay. Its all gonna be okay, I promise. I'm here right now and we are inside. All the doors and windows are locked. Nothing is going to happen, I promise. We will figure all of this out in the morning, why don't you get some rest?" But I'm too scared to go to sleep.
"You are? Gabby its gonna be okay." Shit. I didn't mean to say that out loud. Oh well. "Yeah, but its fine. Go to sleep gray." I said.

He waits a few seconds then responds, "want me to stay with you tonight? I can sleep on the floor if you want?" He asks. Yes, but I don't want him to be uncomfy. "Its fine gray, you don't-" but before I could finish he says "I'll be back. I'm going to get my pillow and blanket."

I smile a little and he walks out the room. About 2 minutes later he walks back in. "Are you tired" he asks. "Not anymore" i said blankly. "Lets talk, yeah?" He asks. "Sure" i respond with a smile.

He hops on the bed and sits next to me, leaning back on the headboard. We talked for about an hour. I got to know so much more about him. He's so sweet and listens so well. This made us even closer and I'm so thankful for it. Even though its a scary reason that we got closer, but I still enjoyed it. I enjoyed his company.

I started to get a little bit tired but I didn't say anything because he was talking. All of a sudden my phone goes off. I jump but then settle down when I realize its just my mom. SHOOT. I forgot to text her.

From Mom❤️: honey, where are you? I'm worried!
To Mom❤️: I'm fine! Sorry, I forgot to text you earlier. I think I'm going to stay the night and sleep in the extra bedroom because I'm really tired. Goodnight mom, I love you 💖
From Mom❤️: as long as its okay with their parents, its fine. Love you too honey, goodnight😊

I didn't really feel like telling her the real reason I'm staying here. She would get way too worried. I guess ill explain tomorrow, but I don't know if I should tell her yet. Maybe its just a small prank and nothing will happen anymore.

Gray looks at me and smiles then asks "are you tired now?"  "Yeah a little bit. I think I'm gonna try to sleep" I responded. "Okay, goodnight gabs" he said. Gabs. Ethan called me that too. Twins. Freaky as shit. "Goodnight gray" I answered him.

And with that, i fell asleep thinking about what had happened earlier.

AUTHOR'S NOTE*****
This chapter is short, I know! But I wanted to do a quick update. Ill update tomorrow! Thank you for 60 reads omg!! Love yall 💖