Holding On For Him ~ GD

Chapter 7~ Home

"Well.. it was alright, the air smelt fresh. Like everywhere you went you smelt trees and water. It was so.. calming. Everything was so close together, I had to walk to school. School wasn't that good.. Wasn't that bad either. I was an above grade student in some classes, which is hard living in a small, country town." I sit listening to Amber as she tells me about her past life with great passion. "The teachers were nice. My Dad's family lived in Tassie it was cool except being the only girl in the family that wasn't two years old.." She jolts her head up and looks at me. "I had friends though, but only like three.." She looks at her hands and starts counting, "Erika, Tessa, Georgia and I guess Alice was my friend for a while. So four." Amber looks back at me. "That's what was wrong earlier. Tessa, I saw a picture of her with the guy I used to like. I mean I did move and I knew he had thing for her everyone did. It was just a matter of time before they got together I guess.. I don't even know why I was so upset to be honest."

I notice Amber shift slightly like she is about to cry again, "Hey.. don't cry, I'll be your friend!"

She shakes her head before smiling at me. Damn she has such a pretty smile. "Okay, you can be my friend!" She says with confidence.

(30 minutes later-at the dinner table)

** ETHAN'S POV **

Amber's mum is so nice, she's a good cook too. Unlike Grayson. I can see Amber is disappointed or sad that her dad isn't here, I don't know why. I want to but I don't want to be impolite. She looks so.. innocent and pretty, but I know Gray likes her.

** AMBER'S POV **

"What'd you get up to today Amber?" Mum asks looking at me.

No. No. No. I can't tell her I was crying. Or why. "Uh.. I told you earlier Grayson took me to coffee and then we went to the skatepark, and yeah that's all. Why what did you get up to?"

"Went to work. Took Noah to the doctor, which reminds me you have to go tomorrow too." Mum gives me a stern look waiting for me to run off or yell something at her.

"I said I was fine." I sigh quietly trying not to let anyone hear me.

But she did. "Amber."

"That's fine though. I don't care. What time?"

"11:30 in the morning." She continues eating her dinner.

"Right."

I look across the table at Ethan, then beside me at Grayson.

We finish dinner and go in the lounge to watch netflix. I put on Teen Wolf and hear Grayson slap Ethan excitedly before he sits down. They're so weird. But it's not a bad weird, it's a cool weird.

"Haha sorry!" Grayson plops softly on the couch beside me. "But I just loooove Teen Wolf!" He says like he's imitating a sassy girl.