Holding On For Him ~ GD

Chapter 22~ Goodnight

I walk through the lounge and into the kitchen. I breathe in the smell of mum's cup of tea.

"Hey mum!"

"How was laser tag and dinner?"

"Grayson won everyone single round." I sigh.

"Well I see why you chose him then." She laughs.

"Anyway.. um can he stay the night?"

"What about Erika?"

"Well she can sleep on the floor if she wants or she can have the spare room. Please."

"Yeah sure!"

"Yay thanks!"

I walk back into the lounge where Ethan is sitting close to Erika and Grayson is standing in front of the couch. He looks up at me and smiles.

"I heard you screaming yay." He smiles.

"Well she said yes so that's probably why."

"Let me guess Grayson is staying the night and I'm gonna be lonely again?" Ethan laughs.

I never thought about him being lonely. Grayson has only stayed here twice without Ethan. They both stayed here once together, they slept in the spare room together. But Grayson sleeps in my bed now. I wonder how lonely Ethan actually gets when Grayson stays here. I know when I'm home alone at night I get so scared I call the twins and we talk all night or until mum gets home.

"It's okay though I'm going to the beach tomorrow!"

"Yeah I know. Uh you know we have a spare room Erika?" I look at her turn to me.

"So I slept on the floor last night for no reason?"

"Yep."

"I probably would have shit my self though."

"Why?"

"I heard weird noises from outside your window."

"Oh my god you hear them too!?"

"Yeah it was like a tapping."

"Well all three times I've stayed here I never hear it so use are both just creepily hearing the same thing." Grayson states.

He motions for me to walk over to him, I walk around the couch and he puts his arm around my shoulder so I gently lean on his chest.

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Ethan went home an hour ago, Erika just went to bed in the spare room and now I'm laying in my bed wrapped in Grayson's arms.

"Goodnight beautiful.."

** ETHAN'S POV **

- two months later -

"I told you to stop doing that! What the fuck!?" I hear Grayson yell from the front door.

I jump up thinking he's talking to me but I quickly stop when I hear Amber yell back.

"I didn't mean to!"

"Bullshit you do it on purpose!"

I run downstairs and watch Amber slam the door before running out.

"Bro what happened?" I ask frantically.

"Don't worry about it!" Grayson shoves past me.

We're flying to New Jersey tomorrow night to spend time with Mum and Dad and Cameron. It's also Amber and Jai's birthday in five days. On the third of October. They're going to New York.

I reach my hand in my pocket when I feel my phone buzz.

"I'm okay incase you were wondering or incase Gray wanted to know but didn't want to ask me."