My BestFriend, Grayson

Chapter 35 - Repeat

Ethan's POV
Kyla and I spent about an hour at the cliffs, we sat cuddling like we did before, except it felt a little different. I wouldn't admit it to her, but seeing her constantly check for Grayson hurt a little, I just wanted her to love me.

Does she love me?

I couldn't tell. She'd never told me she did, yet she had said it to Gray a few times. No matter what I did to get her out of my head, she never left. I've wanted her since I met her. It's her. It's always been her.
Why did Gray have to get to her first? Why was she dating him? Is it my fault because I ignored her? Did I push her to do this?
I had so many questions that I knew I couldn't ask her. Not now anyway. Emotions were way too high to ask questions like that and the last thing I wanted was to lose her again.

She looked up at me.
"Your eye is a little bruised." I agreed, Gray had hit me pretty well this time. She checked her phone again and sighed.

"He'll call you when he's ready. Stop worrying." She stood up and walked over to the cliff egde. I found myself staring at her again, she was beautiful. I've always thought that. No matter what she was wearing, whether her makeup was done or not, she was beautiful, perfect almost.

"Cmon" I grabbed her hand, we walked back to my truck and I helped her in.
"Where are we going?" she asked confused.
"It's a surprise, but you'll like it. You need cheering up."
About 30 minutes later, we arrived in the centre of town outside a pet store. She looked at me, wide eyed with a huge smile on her face.
"A pet shop?!"
"I know how much you love animals so I figured yknow?" She hugged and thanked me.

There must have been at least 150 animals in there. Everything from Dogs and Cats to Snakes, Lizards, Rats and Hedgehogs. I watched her run around, looking at every animal. I knew the owners so they were kind enough to let her hold and feed a few of them. Seeing her happy like this made me forget about my problems for a while, she made me happy.
I missed her after our fight, I just never realised I had missed her this much. Sure, I spent hours on end listening to the recording of her singing, scrolling through pictures of her and reading old conversations, but I had to pretend I put everything behind me... Because her friendzoning me, destroyed me.

She got really attached to this rat, I'll admit I was so close to buying it for her. If she didn't have to eventually leave for England, I would have. I loved her smile, I loved seeing her happy. I loved her.

We drove home not long after that and decided to watch some Netflix for a while. Kyla fell asleep on the sofa, I wrapped a blanket around her and left her alone while I worked out in the Warehouse. As selfish as it sounds, I preferred Grayson being away from her. I had her to myself finally. No sneaking around, I could be myself around her. I could kiss her wherever I wanted, she could sleep with me without worrying about Grayson seeing her leave my room again. I'd finally have the girl I loved and he wasn't here to stop her from being with me. Of course part of me was still worried about him, he's my brother and I loved him, but I needed Kyla now more than ever.

Kyla walked into the Warehouse, still wrapped up in the blanket, looking half asleep. I put my weights down and walked over to her. I pulled her in and she buried her face into my chest. I could tell she was still a little on edge and hesitant to spend time with me.

"How'd you sleep?"
"Pretty well, I don't even remember falling asleep to be honest." I laughed a little at her, a small silence began. Her phone buzzed in her pocket, she quickly unlocked her screen, sighed and locked it again. I knew she was still looking for Grayson, it hurt to know she thought of him when spending time with me. Why wasn't me alone good enough?

"Kyla..."
"Yeah?"
"I've convinced you that I'm the one once before, I'm going to do it again... I'm not letting you go." She let go of me, stood back a little and stroked my cheek.
"You never were good at hiding your jealousy" she laughed a little. I'd heard that before.
"I guess, when you think about it, our situation is just a little fucked."
"What situation?"
"Sneaking around Grayson, the sex and then you dati-" I couldn't finish that sentence. To think that Gray was able to call Kyla his, I hated it.
"Dating Gray" she finished my sentence for me.
"Yeah... that" I sighed.
"Kyla, I need you now more than ever. I love you." She opened her mouth as if she was going to reply, closed it, then looked down at the floor. I tried holding her hand but she moved it away...

"I'm gonna go call Gray again... He's been gone nearly 3 days without saying a word."

I threw my phone against the wall and jumped into the foam pit.

Why did the girls always prefer him?
What was so special about him?

I knew I could love and protect her better than he ever could.

Gray, please don't do this again... Not another repeat.

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