Heroic ~ GBD

Chapter 7: Head lights

"You look like an actual turtle!" I laughed.
Ethan had half his face in the water, blowing bubbles with his nose. I sat on the edge of the pier, swinging my legs happily and looking at Ethan.
He was making a fool of himself and acting the clown trying to make me laugh.
He looked up and smiled. Then he disappeared under the water. I bowed down trying to see where he was and then he suddenly came up close by me, splashing water everywhere. He grabbed my ankle and gave it a tug.
"Are you really not gonna swim anymore?"
I tried to pull my ankle out of his hand. No success. "No I'm kinda cold..." I said, rubbing my arm.
He didn't respond and pushed himself up, out of the river, with water streaming all over the wooden planks.
"Why don't you take my jacket?" He said, walking to the tree with his jacket on one of the branches. He took it and sat down next to me. He looked at me and chuckled "You have a snail in your hair" "what?!" I shrieked shaking my head. Ethan laughed heartily and pulled the tiniest water leaf out of my hair and showed it to me. I rolled my eyes again. Ethan threw the little leaf in the water and put his jacket over my shoulders.
"Thank-" I was interrupted by a loud cracking noise from behind us, as if some unknown figure had stepped on a twig and it had snapped in half.
We both turned around. There stood Grayson. The glowing pink and orange light from the sunset shown on his face.
He looked... pissed.
Ethan jumped up "shit"
Grayson turned around and strove away.
"Gray! No, hold up!" Ethan said running after him.

Now what was this all about? I stood up and hurried after them. I could hear Ethan's voice from the distance.
"Gray honestly, it wasn't like that."
Now I saw them, Grayson walking fiercely, looking mad and Ethan chasing after him. I stopped running.
"Will you listen to me, please?" Ethan said desperately.
Finally Grayson stopped as well, turning around to look at Ethan.

"What the fuck Ethan. I actually can't believe you right now."
"Grayson you have to listen, it wasn't what it might have looked like..."
"I saw you, okay?" Grayson said, while he made a hand gesture towards the river. "If I hadn't stepped on that branch I don't even know what you guys had been doing right now..."

I could feel my heartbeat in my head, breathing as quietly as I could so I wouldn't miss a word. Listening to their conversation my confusion only became more and more pronounced.

"Gray, you can't possibly think that I would... I-I don't know, like flirt with someone you-"
"I didn't think that, no. Not until I saw it happen, right before my eyes."
"We were just having some fun!" Now Ethan sounded really desperate. "You are my brother, okay!"
Grayson sighed and started walking again. Ethan followed him. They were right across the street.
I didn't want to lose them so I hurried to cross the street, without looking left or right.
I heard...
My own panting
my footsteps on the road
A grumbling motor that grew louder
Tires screeching

My breath stopped as I tried to shield my eyes from a bright, bright light shining in my faces.

A bang, a thud. Of my own body falling on the road.

And then a pitch black darkness.