Tough Love | g.d |

f i f t y t h r e e

(A/n. I shortened Sarah & Ethan's drive up, so please note that there an hour away from the twins's place.)

Sarah's Pov

Just an hour left, just one.

An hour until I'm back home.

An hour left until I can see Aaron again.

Out of everyone that I left being in California, Aaron was the one person that I missed the most.

This hour seemed like it was just dragging.

Over half of the ride back consisted of nothing but silence.

Ethan focused on the road while I was looking out the window, thinking.

"You okay?"

I nodded.

"You sure? You've been quiet for most of the ride back here."

"So have you."

"I'm just tired."

"I told you that I would drive if you got too tired."

"It's fine, I know you're stressed and I don't want you driving when you're this stressed out."

"I'm not-"

"Don't you dare lie to me because I know that you are."

"I'm sorry.." I said softly.

Grayson's Pov

Matt and Aaron spent the night, they said that they'd stick around only to have my back. Aaron only stayed because he knew that Sarah would be looking forward to seeing him the most.

"She's going to freak out when she sees you." Matt said to Aaron who was looking in the mirror.

"I'm with Matt on this one."

"Yeah, well this wouldn't of happened in the first place if dick head one and two weren't even here in the first place.

"Hey, watch it."

"Sorry."

"So, what're you gonna do if she walks in with Ethan? Like in dating form."

"Aaron, don't"

"No, this is something that you should be ready for. You have to know that something must've happened between them two, while they were gone."

"He has a point, G."

"I know, I just, I don't know." I looked off into another direction. "I know something happened between them, but it not my business, thats there's. I'll just have to learn how to respect that."

Sarah's Pov.

"What're you going to do when you see Grayson?"

"I," My mind spaced off when I heard the name. "don't know."

"You're only worried about Aaron, aren't you?"

"Aaron was the only one hurt, Grayson wasn't."

Of course that I was worried about Grayson and Matt, but Aaron was the only one that got hurt out of it.

"You know that Grayson only make a mistake right?"

I looked at him, giving him the 'are you serious' look.

'I'm being serious." He looked at the road, before looking back at me. "Yeah, he made a mistake, but he's trying to fix it."

"He hurt me, Ethan.."

"I know that he did and I'm sorry for that, but I can see that he's trying to fix what he broke. You said that and kicked Kiana and them out of the house. You also said that he called Aaron for help; you and I both know that he would never get ahold of Aaron for help, unless it meant something serious."

I sighed. He's trying to fix his mistake, but I keep making matters worse by pushing him away.

"You're right, I'm sorry."

'It's okay." He flashed a smile at me before pulling into the driveway.

When the truck came to a complete stop, I got out slowly. I looked over at Ethan, as he held out his hand, I smiled lightly as I grabbed it. We began walking up the stairs.

The moment I heard the door swing open, thats when I looked up and saw him.

Grayson.

He flashed a smile at me, I returned the favor and smiled back, but once he saw that Ethan and I were holding hands, his smile immediately faded away.

My smile soon faded as well the moment that my eyes flickered over onto Aaron. It looked much worse than how Grayson explained it over the phone. Every foot step that I took closer to him, the more that I felt tears weld up in my eyes.

He must've notice because he pulled me into a hug, telling me not to cry. I didn't hug him as tightly as he was clinging onto me. I didn't want to hurt him anymore than he already was.

"Sar, everything is okay, I'm okay." He said as he rested his head on top of mine.

"No, you're not, Aaron. How can you be saying that? Just look yourself, your eye, cheek, your- your face is all fucked up."

"He still classifies himself as 'good looking.' " Grayson spoke up.

I let a small chuckle escape from my lips at his comment, earning a small smile from him.

"I think you two should talk, you haven't seen each other in a few days, you guys probably have a lot to catch up on." He said letting go of me. "I'll be here when you're done, then we can talk."

"But.."

"Sarah, don't worry about me-"

"No, you said that to me the last time, now look at you."

"I'll be protected, my handsome face wont be touched, plus I don't think Matt and Ethan here will let anything happen to me."

I looked over at Matt, who was already shaking his head agreeing with Aaron, I then looked over at Ethan who was doing the same thing.

"Fine." I said softly. I moved my arm out from behind his back, slowly walking towards Grayson was now backing up, slightly.

"We're gonna take a small walk or something," I looked over at Ethan who looked tense. His jaw was clenched.

"Don't hurt her, Grayson," Ethan said walking, grabbing on to Grayson's arm. "She's been through enough shit for the last couple of months."

"I'm not gonna-"

"Ethan," I said as I laid my hand on his arm, trying to pull him back. "let go." I paused. "Common, can you please just not fight?"

He let go of Grayson's arm, looking down at me. "Do you have your phone?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Call me if you need something," He said as he tucked a small strand of hair being my ear. "anything."

"I will, I promise." I smiled as I hugged him.

"I'm sorry."

"Me, too." I heard Grayson say behind me as Ethan was hugging me.

When I let go, I turned to face Grayson, "ready?"

"Yeah."

We started walking down the road, unsure how to start the conversation.

"So, you and Ethan."

Fuck.

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