Tough Love | g.d |

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"I never stopped loving you, Sarah. Even if you aren't sure of where you stand with Ethan. I still love you and thats never gonna change. Why would you ever think different?"

"I don't know," I scoffed. "probably because I left with your brother for a week."

"It doesn't matter."

"How are you able to stand here and be so kind towards me? I literally left for a week with your brother. Hell, we almost slept to-" I stopped myself, looking down then up at him. "Sorry..." 

He looked up at me, shaking his head. "It's okay." 

Grayson's pov

"It's okay."

She nodded.

It's not okay. 

I can't get that image out of my head. Him and her, doing that.

Sarah's pov

I nodded, slightly smiling, but then it faded away. "No, Grayson. This is all far from okay. How can you stand there and say that it's okay? When it's not."

"Sarah, it's okay. None of this would've happened if I didn't do what I did." He walked closer towards me, putting his hand on my upper arm. "I hurt you, you wanted to get back at me. I get that."

I shook my head. "That, is not what I wanted. What I have going on with Ethan, that, is not me trying to get back at you..."

"Yeah, well it kinda seemed like that to me." 

I put my head down, looking at my shoes. Then I suddenly picked up my head when I heard the truck door slam shut, then hearing the engine start. I saw that Ethan was leaving. 

Ethan's pov

I could hear them both bickering back and forth upstairs. I started to walk upstairs and just before I knocked on the door, I heard my name being mentioned. 

"I hurt you, you wanted to get back at me. I get that." 

It hurt when I heard my brother say that. 

"That, is not what I wanted." I heard her say. "What I have going on with Ethan, that, is not me trying to get back at you..." 

I shook my head, backing up, walking back down the stairs and out the front door. I headed to my truck, shutting the door kinda loud. 

Sarah's pov

"Great.." I mumbled under my breath. "Fucking great."

"What?" He saw that I was looking out the window, watching Ethan pull out of the driveway. "Oh."

There was a brief moment of silence in the room before he spoke up. "I'm gonna go, alright?" 

"I walked out on us, again." I said to cause him to stop in his tracks. "I walked out on us, when things were getting worse. I didn't stick around like I should have."

He didn't say anything, he just stood there. 

"I'm sorry, I really am." I sat at the foot of the bed. "I left, okay? I left with your brother and I know that you don't wanna hear it, but we did almost sleep together and you know I, I can't change that. It happened." 

He walked over towards me, grabbing on to me and hugged me. 

"I understand, okay? I do. I get that you're with Ethan now, or whatever it is that you're calling it, but I'm gonna spend the rest of my life apologizing to you." He smiled, letting go of me. "I'll stay out of the way and support your relationship with him, from the side line."

I slightly smiled as I looked up at him.

I did tell Ethan that we would try to make this work, but this is all just so complicated.

"I'm not gonna give up on you, just know that."

"Grayson.."

"No matter what-"

"Grayson."

"I'm always gonna keep-"

I kept trying to get him to shut up, but he wouldn't. So I did the one thing that I knew would shut him up. I kissed him. 

It took him by surprise, because of the way he stepped back a bit before letting it into the kiss.

He put his hands on my waist, pulling me closer into him, as he kissed me. 

(a/n. all I can say is, wow..)

He suddenly pushed me away from him. "What's happening..." 

"I don't know, you wouldn't stop talking and then I remembered when we used to fight, the best way to shut you up was to kiss you, so I did.. I kissed you."

He rubbed the back of his head, looking around then he looked at me. "Whats this mean.. What about Ethan."

"I, I don't know. It just, it felt right to be kissing you." 

He smiled, grabbing on to my hand. 

I looked down at our hands as I nodded. "I'll talk to him."

He nodded in agreement. 

"Listen, no matter what happens or what you decide, I'll always support it."

Damn, this really is Tough Love.

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Yo! Whats up guys?? I'm back on another Tuesday with another update.

You know whats so unreal? That I only have little over 170 days left of school, until I'm officially done with High School. It's crazy knowing that I won't be going back to school next year but, gotta start your life sometimes soon.

But, anyways. I'm sorry that this chapter isn't as long as you guys probably are used to.

I love you guys & I'll be back next Tuesday.

Next weeks chapter might not be as long as usual either but, I don't know yet.

-S