Falling For my Best Friend || Grayson

twenty four

Riley's POV

my eyes slowly open to see the brightness shining into the room. "shit..." i groan and lay there for a second. i look over and notice Grayson's here. i'm in his room. oh yeah, and i'm naked.

the room is slowly spinning, and my head is pounding. i reach up and place my hand on my forehead, before realizing there's a sharp pain in my finger. i lift my hand and look at my finger, only to see a black moon shape. my jaw drops.

"oh fuck" i say and Grayson rolls over and whispers, "what?" in a sleepy and raspy voice.

"did we get tattoos last night...?" i ask. he chuckles a little and nods. 

"yeah, from what i remember, it was your idea" he says, showing me the small sun on his finger. he puts his hand on top of mine and i smile a little. it's like the pain and the spinning disappeared. it's like he's the sunshine that allows me to see things clearly.

"guess i'll just have to start wearing gloves" i sigh. my dad's going to kill me when he finds out. he'll go on about how 'irresponsible' i am. 

"Grayson..." i say in a concerned voice.

"yeah?"

"what time is it..." i ask and he checks his phone.

"8:42, why?" 

"it's monday" i say and he jumps out of bed. i quickly get up and throw on the button up i wore to the party as well as my underwear. he throws on some clothes and we run to his car.

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we laugh as we run into the school building. we're three hours late. i had to run home and get some pants and my backpack, which didn't help. and i did my makeup in the car, so i look terrible. my hairs thrown into a ponytail and i'm wearing my black button up from last night, jeans, and converse.

Grayson opens the door and i run inside, bumping into someone. "oh shi- oh it's just you" i say laughing. Ethan looked down at me confused as Grayson walked up behind me. 

"you just got here?" he asks.

"would've helped if someone would've woken us up!" i say before i start walking towards the attendance office with Grayson. 

we quickly check in and head to our classes. we stop in front of my English class and he kisses me. "see you at lunch", i say smiling. we kiss quickly again and he smiles.

"i'll miss you" he whispers and i giggle. 

"bye babe" i say and turn to walk into my class. 

"you're late Riley!" Mr. Daniels shouts, handing me a paper. i grit my teeth and sit down at my desk. 

"oops?" i say chuckling. he rolls his eyes and continues lecturing. i pull my lip down gently with my finger as i smile, thinking about this morning. i don't know what it is about him, but he drives me crazy. maybe it's just everything about him.

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Grayson's POV

i'm sitting on the couch with Ethan at home i hear a knock at the door. "it's open!", i shout. The door opens and Riley steps in, holding her keys by the lanyard attached. she smiled and shut the door behind her before sitting down on the couch beside me.

i quickly kiss her and Ethan groans. i smack his arm and Riley laughs. "i missed you, Riley" i say, and smile. she smiles back and kisses me.

"it's been like 2 hours... get a room" Ethan says sarcastically before eating a chip. i roll my eyes and chuckle.

"good idea", i say and stand up, holding out my hand for Riley to grab onto. she reaches up for my hand and we walk into my room. i sit down on my bed and she does the same. "look, i've been thinking, and i think you should get a key to the apartment", i say and smile.

her hand finds it's way to her mouth as she turns red. she giggles and nods. "which is why i went ahead and made this..." i say, pulling out the house key. she leans in and presses her lips against mine before taking the key.

"Grayson..." she says and i look into her eyes before she smiles a little. 

"i love you" she whispers and i grin. it's the first time she's said that since the day we admitted we had feelings for each other. it felt so much more real now that she really meant it. maybe i'm just crazy.

i chuckle and climb on top of her, laying her down. still smiling, i whisper, "i love you too, Riley Turner". she bites her lip a little and i rub her cheek with my thumb.

"you're perfect, you know that?"

"if anyone's perfect it's you", she says. i shake my head a little as a small smirk forms on my face. her hands run through my hair, slowly. she's smiling before i ask, "what is it?"

"nothing. i just really love you" she says. i place another kiss on her lips, but this one lasts longer. i pull back and move down to her neck, kissing her gently. she giggles, "Grayson!". i continue until i hear Ethan yell.

"if you two are gonna fuck, warn me so i can leave first!" he shouts. i pull back and look behind my back, at the closed door.

"Ethan!", i yell and he laughs. Riley is still laughing and i sigh, smiling. she cups my cheek with her hand and i smile when i notice her tattoo. i glance down at my tattoo before looking at her. 

 "i should get going. my dad's probably worried", she says. i nod and sit up as she gets up. 

"i'll miss you" i say.

"i'll text you. see you in the morning" she says and grabs her bag, stepping out of the room. i lay down on the bed before i hear a smack."ow! what the hell!?" Ethan yells and i chuckle to myself.

"moron" Riley says before i head the front door shut. i stand up and head into the living room, where Ethan is sprawled across the couch with a red mark on his forehead.

"can't say you didn't deserve that one" i say, smirking.

hiii. sorry i haven't been writing! i've been so freaking busy lately with homecoming and school stuff. i don't really know what this part is... i've had a little bit of writer's block so uh... yeah. so sorry! 

P.S. we're almost at 2k reads wtf ty!!