exchange / g.d

chapter twelve

"Grayson please calm down, I need to tell you why" Grayson's eyes look down at mine.

"Its Jack, he threatened me, he was going to ruin your career" I say, his face drops turning into anger. Not at me, but at Jack.

"We are ditching school now and you're going to explain everything" Grayson says grabbing my arm.

"I'll meet you in the car park" I reply.

I run back to class to tell Dr Caplen that he's had a panic attack and I'm taking him home so I could get our bags.

When I get to the carpark I instantly recognise Grayson, I saw his teal Ford, I've only seen it in the YouTube videos. I smile thinking that I was going to be with him, followed by guilt and anxiety of the risk of Grayson's career.

Grayson and I had drove out the countryside, it was quiet between us, you could tell that he was full of thoughts. He pulls over to this bush area and opens my door.

"What's this" I ask.

"This is where I come when I'm lost, I thought this would be a good place for the both of us" He says as I follow him down the track.

Grayson stops as we reach this huge round smooth rock, It truly look like it was art. He climbs up the rock and lifts me up. We're sitting engulfing the scent of the outdoors which I've been craving since leaving New Zealand.

"Hailey please stop keeping secrets from me", Grayson says breaking the silence.

"When we were at the restaurant I truly was having an amazing time I promise. Jack saw a post of us on your instagram and messaged me." I say showing him the message.

"This is fucked up" Grayson stands up pacing back and forth on top of the rock.

"Why did you have to lie to me? You literally just walked out the restaurant. You left for ages when you were in "the toilet". It just made things so much worse."

"What do we do?" I ask.

Grayson comes closer to me embracing me.

"I don't want to give up on us, I have a plan" He smiles at me, that smile is what I want on his face permanently.

"We gotta go and talk about it with Esther and Ethan, but since we have the rest of the day we might as well take the most of this"

I follow Grayson to this huge lake, as I see Grayson's body my jaw drops, this could be all mine. As I take my clothes off I feel uncomfortable, I don't have a perfectly toned stomach, I feel out of Grayson's league big time.

"You look beautiful, stop covering yourself" He says smiling as he grabs my arms around his waist. He picks me up bridal style running towards the lake.

"Grayson stoppp I don't like water" I yelp as he dunks me over. I couldn't touch the ground making me anxious, I start panicking and feeling as if I couldn't breath.

"Hailey I'm so sorry" He picks me up hurrying back to the grass patch. I use the techniques Zoe taught me and I begin to calm down. I have never experienced this before, being in New Jersey has sparked this panic inside of me.

I instantly forgave Grayson, how was he suppose to know that was going to happen, I was pretty shocked myself. Grayson has been hugging me since we got out the water, I can see he feels guilty. I look up at him to see he was already staring at me.

"Why are you doing that" I say.

"Because I was building up the courage to do this" He replies, smashing his lips into mine. Pressure built between us, he kisses several spots on my neck teasing me.

I stop and look him in the eye, "I'm so nervous on what we have to do, because I never want to let go of you."

I meant it, I don't even have to spend time with him and I'm still falling for this boy. I know the plan is going to be hard on us, but I'll do whatever it takes to keep Grayson in my life.