hurricane • graysonbaileydolan

forty

Grayson's POV

"Dude! I thought you were going back." Jack says as I walk in and slam the door,

"She gave up on me, she doesn't want to see me again."

"You talked to her?" he asks and I shake my head,

"I went to go talk to her, then Ethan went over and told her I called him, and they were talking and she said she's giving up on finding me and she doesn't want to see me again." I grab a beer from the fridge,

"Shit, man, Im sorry."

"You didn't do it." I say, "Can I crash here longer? I really can't go back now."

"Yeah, of course, dude." he says,

"Thanks." I take a sip of my beer. I can't go back there, she doesn't want to see me. She's officially given up, and it killed me to hear that. But who can blame her?

skylar's pov

"Grayson called Ethan, I told him I couldn't look for him unless he needed help. And that I didn't want to see Grayson anymore." I walk back into my room,

"You don't ever want to see Grayson?"

"No, I don't want want to see Grayson as a boyfriend or friend. If I saw him in the halls or anywhere I wouldn't give a fuck."

"Well..." Mariana says, "Sawyer just asked me out on a date."

"What?" I ask, "He finally asked you?!"

"Yeah."

"And what'd you say?"

"No."

"Bitch, you didn't." I respond,

"Nah, I didn't. We're going next Friday." she says and I smile, "You have to promise me something, though."

"Anything."

"No matter what the hell happens between me and Sawyer, we won't change. I don't care if he cheats on me or we break up or we get into an awful fight, you and I will still be friends. This won't change that."

"I promise, Mariana, I would never de-best friend you." I say and she gives a sigh of relief,

"Good." she says, "Now, lets go sleep it's been a long day."

"It's like eleven."

"I'm fucking tired, let me live." she says, throwing the trash away and turning off the tv.

"Mariana," I groan, "I can't sleep without noise in the background."

"I can't sleep with the bright tv lights." she says, "Listen to music, it relaxes you."

"Got a point." I grab my phone and make a playlist of all my slow, sad songs and shuffle it. "Goodnight, hoe."

"Goodnight, bitch."

—

"It's literally eleven in the morning, get up." Mariana says and I groan,

"Too early," I pull the pillow over my head and she rolls her eyes, placing Max on the bed and he immediately cuddles up to me and goes to sleep. "Why are you up? We went to sleep at like three."

"Because I'm a morning person."

"No, you're not."

"I am sometimes. Just not on days that involve school, jeez." she says and sits beside me, "I grabbed some breakfast from Dunkin' donuts."

"Oo, what'd you get me." I sit up,

"Bagel and coffee." she hands it to me,

"You're a true friend." I take the bag and coffee, taking my bagel out and spreading the cream cheese and then Max comes over and begs for some.

"I hate to bring this up so late in the morning, but someone said they saw Grayson in town last night." she says, "They texted me and asked if he was here."

"He came home?" I ask,

"No, Ethan would have told us if he did." she says, "Unless he came back and Ethan didn't know."

"Ill call him." I grab my phone, it rings until he answers,

"Hey."

"Hi," I say, "So someone told Mariana that they saw Grayson yesterday, is he home?"

"Not that we know of," he says, "Unless he's back and is somewhere else, but I doubt it."

"Yeah," I say, "Sawyer finally asked out Mariana."

"About damn time, everyone's been waiting." he says and I laugh, "Ill talk to you later, Sky."

"Ok, bye." I hang up and look at her, "If he is back, Ethan has no idea where and he doubts he is back."

"Helpful." she says and we go downstairs.

"Skylar, if you have any homework get it done today." my mom says as I walk into the kitchen,

"Mentioning homework on a Saturday? Wow, mom." I respond and Sawyer walks in, smiling at Mariana.

"Attaboy!" I say, "Finally grew a pair and asked out the girl."

He stares at me and so does Mariana, "You told her?"

"She was going to find out."

"You were going to hide it from me?!" I exclaim and Sawyer nods, Mariana laughing. "I hate you all."

"I'm serious about the homework."

"And I'm serious when I say homework makes me want to curl up in a ball for the rest of my life and cry." I respond, "Do you want to put your daughter through that?"

"I think you'll be okay." she says and I look at her in a fake shock, "Close your mouth, you're fine."

There's a ring at the door and everyone sits still, "Don't worry, the girl in her pajamas and messy hair will get it."

"Thanks." Sawyer says and I walk over, opening the door. A young guy standing there,

"Hi, are you Skylar?"

"Yes..."

He nods and holds out his hand for me to shake, "I'm Jack."

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