hurricane • graysonbaileydolan

twenty six

"Ethan..." I sit beside him, "What I'm about to say is going to sound really stupid."

"No, it won't."

"It will because it is stupid." I respond, "I'm not over Grayson just yet. I know he cheated and I shouldn't be hung up on him, but he was three years of my life. My best memories are with him..."

"I understand that."

"I'm just, I'm not ready for another relationship yet. And he's your twin brother, if this was flipped with Grayson and Sophia, I'd hate it." I say and he nods,

"Do you think I have a chance one day?"

"One day, maybe." I say, "But not today."

"Tomorrow, then?" he jokes and I laugh,

"I'm sorry, Ethan." I respond,

"It's not your fault. I shouldn't have even told you like this so soon after your breakup, too." he says,

"Still friends?"

"Yes." he smiles and I hug him, "I should go, Ill see you around."

"Okay." I murmur and he walks out. I groan and lay on the bed, "Damn it!" I say, immediately calling Mariana.

"Hey, I'm at work so we have to make this call quick."

"Can you come over after work?"

"Yeah, my shift ends at six." she says and I nod, "Is it a pizza and Netflix hang out or is it ice cream, sad Grey's Anatomy episodes and crying hang out?"

"The second."

"I gotchu, Ill bring the Ben and Jerry's." she says,

"Thanks Mariana." I hang up and go downstairs, seeing Sawyer in the kitchen.

"What was Ethan doing here?"

"He just had to tell me something..." I open the fridge and grab out a bottle of water.

"What?"

"That he..." I sigh and look at Sawyer, "That he likes me."

"He just blurted it?" Sawyer asks and I nod, "Well, what'd you say?"

"I didn't know what to say, so I just said I'm not ready and I'm not over Grayson." I respond, "Which is true, I didn't lie, I just feel like a horrible person."

"Not liking him back doesn't make you a bad person, Sky." he says, "And it's Ethan, I'm sure he understood your reasoning and why you couldn't."

"I guess."

"I'm sorry you have to go through all this." he says,

"Thanks, Soy."

"I'm nice to you and you gotta call me that." he walks away and I chuckle, going back upstairs and waiting for Mariana to get here. My door swings open and she stands there with her arms full of bags.

"Ya girl is here with all the goodies." she says, kicking the door shut and walking over to the bed. She gets under the covers and turns on the tv,

"Which sad episode first?"

"Plane crash." I respond and she nods, putting it on.

"What goodies did you bring?" I ask and she grabs one bag,

"In bag one, we have all the candy." she says and puts it at the end of the bed, "In bag two, we got phish food ice cream." she says,

"And diabetes."

"Shush, it's okay." she says, "Bag three, I got us these matching onesies, it's fricken hot out but your house is fricken freezing."

"Lit, let's put em on." I grab mine and change, she does the same. I sit back on the bed, "Crap, Ill go get some spoons." I say and rush downstairs, grabbing a roll of paper towels and two spoons, rushing back up and locking my door.

"So, you going to tell me what this is about?" she asks and I open the ice cream, taking a small bite.

"Ethan likes me, he confessed today." I respond and she looks at me, "He even said it took every ounce of him not to continue what we were doing last night."

"You're funny." she says,

"I'm serious."

"What'd you say?"

"I told him I'm not over Grayson." I say,

"Do you like Ethan?"

"Not like that, not now anyways." I shrug, "It just sucks. I want to be over Grayson, I need to be. But everything reminds me of him. Three years of my life and now whenever I go to the boardwalk I think of him. He called me Skylar, he's was like the only one who called me Skylar over Sky except when someone's mad, and now it's like he ruined my name. He cheated and he lied, he's a complete asshole why aren't I over him? Why do I keep thinking of him?"

"Because it was real to you. You stayed loyal to him, you never left his side but he always did. He took you for granted, and you know what, he's the reason that you're going to a little bit of trust issues when it comes to the next guy. But you move past it because not every guy is like him."

"Why can't I realize I lost someone who didn't really love me?"

"Well he lost someone who loved him more than anyone, except me of course." she says and I wipe a tear that fell, "Don't waste your tears on him, he means nothing to you anymore. Just think, one day you're going to find someone who will look at you like you're their whole world. They're going to make you so much happier and they'll treat you so much better. Grayson is nothing, he doesn't deserve anything from you."

"What do I do about Ethan?"

"Ethan is fricken hot, and he is so sweet. Maybe he'll be that guy that looks at you like you're the whole world." she says, "You don't like him now, that's fine. If you never like him, that's fine. But if somewhere along the way you find yourself liking him, go for it."

"What would I do without you?"

"I have no idea, really." she laughs and hugs me, "Now, no more tears over guys, they're not worth it." she says, "And no more sad episodes, let's watch some High School Musical and eat all this junk food that'll make our skin breakout and regret it tomorrow!"

"Sounds like a plan."

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