a week had passed since my birthday. i wouldn't say that things were going a lot better, but i definitely saw improvement in my mood, and everyone else's as well.
ethan and i had been spending a lot of time together lately, i was super lucky to have someone like him.
we were at his house, sitting extremely close to each other on the couch. ethan and i were polishing off a bunch of krispy kreme donuts and watching wreck it ralph. ethan claimed that this was one of his favorite movies, which was absolutely adorable.
"you're so dorky," i took a bite out of my donut and covered my mouth.
"oh really?" he gasped, and started tickling my sides.
great, this is what i get for telling him that i'm ticklish.
i couldn't stop laughing, it was absolute torture. "s-stop!"
he picked me up, and put me on his lap. before he could say anything, grayson started screaming.
"what the hell, man?! can you at least take it to your bedroom?" he covered his eyes, and shook his head in disbelief. "our mom sits on that couch," he whispered.
i tried my hardest not to laugh. "this... isn't what it looks like."
ethan wrapped his arms around my waist, and whispered in my ear. "it could have been."
grayson made vomiting noises. "i can still hear you, horndog. work on your whispering skills, and put mase down for a second."
ethan whined, but he did as he was told.
grayson uncovered his eyes, and fixed his hair. "thank you, so here's the thing. ethan, do you remember tammi?"
ethan tilted his head to the side, and rested his hand on my thigh. "tammi from middle school? the girl that you ran away from when she asked you to be her valentine?"
i snorted.
grayson rolled his eyes, and climbed over the couch to get to ethan. "we. don't. speak. of. it."
grayson took a look at me, before continuing with his sentence. "god ethan, were you really trying to get some when wreck it ralph was playing in the background?"
this was so funny to me, ethan and grayson were so entertaining. "anyways, i've been talking to tammi a lot lately. i asked her on a date, but i kinda said that it was a double date... so uh, i kind of invited you guys."
ethan massaged his temples. "you didn't want to be alone with her?"
grayson frowned a little. "i don't like going places without you. you're my best friend, and i need your support. also, i know how much you like ma–"
ethan cut grayson off by flicking him on the forehead. i could even hear the thump noise that his fingers made.
i scratched my arm, and knitted my brows together. "uh, when is the date?"
grayson rubbed the spot on his head that ethan flicked. "it's in like, thirty minutes. do i.... is my forehead bruising?"
i peered over to see, and shook my head. "no, but it's super red. i have some foundation that we can use, it will be okay."
"ethan, hold onto her. she's a keeper."
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a/n: mase and ethan are going on a daaaaate!
