My BestFriend, Grayson

Chapter 25 - Too Soon

Ethan drove on to Lisa's. Things were a little weird between Gray and I after earlier. I didn't answer his question, I wanted to speak to Ethan about it first. I sat trying to figure out whether he was asking me out or not, for some reason that scared me.
What would happen between me and E if I said yes?

How did he know that E and I had kissed?
Was it that obvious?

I don't know why it bothered me that much, Ethan was right, Grayson wasn't my boyfriend. I wanted him to be.
But he's just my best friend. Not that it made it any better, I still didn't want to lose him. I felt like I was at a constant battle with myself over who I felt stronger feelings for. I knew the answer, Grayson but only because he had been there since the beginning.
I always felt something stronger for him, but something about Ethan dragged me in.

When I thought about it, Ethan had always tried to join in on mine and Gray's FaceTime calls, Ethan booked the tickets, Ethan had ran up to me and hugged me first in the airport... he'd never stopped asking what Gray and I were. Everything he'd done was because of how he felt towards me.

But at the same time, Grayson had been the one who messaged me, the one who spent hours on FaceTime with me, the one had I had said goodmorning/goodnight to and slept on call with every night for a month. Gray was the one who organised meeting me, he chose me to be the winner and he had told me how he felt before Ethan.

I stared at Grayson through the mirror, he glanced, saw me staring and smiled.

Arriving at Lisa's , Grayson opened the door for me, as always, and I was greated by Lisa's hug.
"Kyla, sweetheart! You look lovely!"
"Thanks" I smiled back. I wasn't wearing anything special, just leggings and a hoodie, but I appreciated it.
Since it was already pretty warm, I had my hair up again.

We all sat down in the back garden which was filled with people, food, alcohol, fireworks and music. As I met everyone, I noticed Gray signal me to come into the house, I assumed to talk so I told everyone I'd be right back.
Grayson took my hand and led me upstairs into a large bedroom, filled with huge glass windows.
"Kyla, about earlier... I'm sorry if I kinda jumped the question on you. I didn't mean for it to come out like that."
"It's fine, you just shocked me is all." I stroked his cheek and smiled up at him.
"I won't ever put pressure on you do to anything, you know that right? I want you to be happy and I know I can do that." He gently grabbed my face and kissed my forehead. I pulled him in, hugged him and buried my face into his shoulder. I breathed him in, I felt lke I could be perfectly happy dying there and then.

We walked back out into the garden holding hands, Ethan noticed and looked down at the floor.
"So Gray, are you two a thing now?" Someone asked us - I still hadn't learnt everyone's names yet.
Ethan looked up at me from a few feet away across the garden, part of me thought he was waiting for me to respond.
"Not properly, yet" Gray replied stroking the back of my hand with his thumb. I looked away from Ethan and smiled at Gray.
"Why?" Lisa laughed. "You two are perfect! The cutest couple ever".
I bit my lip, hoping to come up with some sort of response that didn't sound stupid like 'Oh it's just the fact that I also like your other son'.
"It's way too soon" Ethan smirked at Gray. I felt his hand grip mine tighter.
"Tell me, E. I've known Kyla an entire month now and she's been with us a week. How is that too soon?" Grayson said sounding annoyed and sarastic. I tugged on the sleeve of my hoodie and watched them stare each other down. If it weren't for the music, it would have been silent.
"I'm sure he meant nothing by it, Grayson" Lisa butted in finally.

Thankfully the conversation was dropped and everyone continued drinking, eating and dancing while we waited for it to be dark enough for fireworks.

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