Find My Way Back || g.d.

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Grayson's POV

Marissa and I stood up.

"So, Malia is okay. No internal bleeding or anything. We fixed her up a bit and she's alright now."

"Thank god." I let out a breath of relief.

"Is it okay for us to go see her now?" Marissa asked.

"She's resting right now, so maybe in a few hours."

Marissa and I sat down and waited for the others. Three hours passed by before everyone else came rushing in.

"Is she okay?" Megan asked.

"Yes." I replied.

"What happened?" Morgan asked.

"We were hanging out at the park, where our spot is. And this guy named Jared walks over saying he wants 'revenge' on her because she beat up Emily last time. He was originally going to stab me but Malia pushed me out of the way and took the blow. It was like in the movies but that's besides the point."

"Jared her bully Jared or another Jared we don't know about?" Mason asked.

"Jared her bully Jared." I replied.

"You guys may go in and see her now." the nurse said.

We walked into her room.

"How you feelin' sport?" Daniel asked.

She faintly smiled, "I could be better."

"They're releasing you in a few hours I think." Marissa said. "That's what she told me."

"Mal, you didn't have to do that for me." I looked at her.

"Had to do what I had to do to protect the person I love." she cleared her throat, "can I have a minute with Megan please?"

Everyone nodded and shuffled out of the room.

Malia's POV

"Hi." I said.

"Hey." she sat down in the chair next to my bed. "If you wanna talk about our argument the other day, let's just move past it. Though I don't agree with your decision, I'll respect it. It's life, therefore it's your decision. I can't do anything to change it and force my thoughts and feelings upon you and expect you to listen to me."

"Why the sudden change of heart?"

"It literally happened two minutes ago. I realized you really do care about this kid and who am I to get in the way of your happiness?"

"Thank you." I smiled.

"You're my sister, I just thought that that was what's best for you. But at the end of the day, I still love you so much and will do anything for you to be happy."

"Thanks, Meg."

"I'll see you at home alright?"

"Okay."

She kissed my forehead and walked out.

Grayson's POV

**this was while Malia and Megan were talking**

"Why didn't anyone tell me about Jared?" I asked.

"I personally assumed she told you herself. But I guess not." Marissa said.

"And I don't think the story coming from us is fair, we probably don't know all the details." Morgan shrugged.

"You guys can go in now or something." Megan walked out.

"Grayson, you are more than welcomed to stay with her. All the forms have been filled out."

"Thanks."

"You guys head home, I'll be here when they discharge her." Daniel said.

I walked in.

"Why didn't you leave?" she chuckled.

"I wanted to make sure you're okay." I took a seat, "why didn't you tell me about him?"

"Didn't really feel like I had to..."

"We could've ended all of that together. When did it start?"

"We were in like... middle school I think. 7th grade."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"I thought that I could handle it on my own. A few months later I realized that I was weak and couldn't."

"Hey. Listen to me, just because you couldn't handle it on your own doesn't make you weak okay?"

She sighed, "he verbally, emotionally, and physically harassed me. Some of those times I said I couldn't hang was because I was going to therapy. I really couldn't handle it."

"You should've came to me."

"I couldn't."

"Why not?"

"You would've taken everything to the next level and get yourself in trouble. I didn't want that. I didn't want to drag you into that mess." she sighed, "everything got better once we got to high school. He went to a different school and I was finally free of my problems. I stopped going to therapy and I'm better now. Well... mentally better now."

"How about emotionally?"

"The only thing I'm emotional about is us. And if you were planning on asking, physically, just this wound hurts."

I took her hand.

"We're going to be fine. I promise you that. And I don't intend on breaking that promise. I promise I'm not gonna let anything ruin us. I'm not gonna argue with you anymore. Though this isn't a complete guarantee because previously, we disagreed on a lot of things." I kissed her hand. "Nothing's going to ruin us this time."

She smiled, "I love you."

"I love you too."

"Go home. Get some rest."

"Daniel's gonna stay here to discharge you."

"Sounds good."

"I'll see you tomorrow okay?"

"Definitely." I kissed her and left.