grayson was taking a nap, and i was halfway asleep.
he fell asleep with his arms wrapped around me, holding me tight to his chest.
i cringed when i heard loud knocking on my door. i didn't want grayson to wake up, and i didn't want whoever was knocking to see grayson and i in such a compromising position. "hold on."
grayson was mumbling in his sleep, which was enough to convince me that he was passed out.
sadly, he opened his eyes and exhaled deeply as i tried to peel himself off of my body. "baby, please come back to bed."
i kissed the top of his head, and rubbed my eyes. "i'll be back, i promise."
he watched as i made my way from the bed, to my closet. i opened the door, and grabbed the first thing that i saw.
it was arielle's favorite robe, that i... borrowed... when i was mad at her. i quickly slid it on, and tied the silky strings into a tight bow. "yeah, come in."
jacob pushed the door open, and took in the scene. "what the fuck, you guys? it smells like sex in here." his jaw dropped when he saw grayson, shirtless in my bed. "jesus, grayson. a few months ago, you were too afraid to even look in a girl's direction... and now you're out here stealing my sister's virginity?"
my eyes felt like they were about to pop out of my head. i completely forgot, everybody in my family still thought that i was pure. oops.
grayson sat up in the bed, and laughed extremely hard. "sorry, her what?"
i shot him a death glare, he seemed to get the memo. "anyways, what do you need?"
jacob's eyes went dull. "um, i was hoping that we could talk alone. something happened with your mom, cami. i'm the only other person that knows about this, besides cece."
"oh, alright," i ran a hand through my tangled hair, and crossed my arms. "you don't mind staying in here for a little, do you?"
grayson gave me the puppy dog face. "i'm fine, just come back as soon as you can."
i gave him a tiny smile, and stepped into the hallway. "so, what's up?"
jacob closed the door behind him, and shook his head. "no, not here, we're going on a drive. i would ask you to put some real clothes on, but we don't have time."
my mind was cramming itself with all kinds of thoughts, i was starting to get anxious.
he ushered me out the door, and unlocked his white range rover. "get in, please."
jacob's voice was soft, and his tone was sympathetic. that's how i knew that something bad had happened, i had never seen him act like this before.
i got into the car, closed the door, and fastened my seatbelt.
"before you say anything," he fastened his seatbelt as well, and started the car. "let me tell you the backstory."
great, there was a fucking backstory.
he checked his rear view mirror, and quickly pulled out of our driveway. "so, i heard about what max said about you and mom..."
i rolled my eyes. "does this have something to do with the backstory?"
jacob started making his way through the neighborhood, then made another turn so we were on a regular street. "sadly, it does." he coughed, and played with a loose thread on his shirt. "i took cece to her favorite italian place, before we came home. we were sitting inside, and i guess she didn't notice, but... i saw mom sitting outside."
"jacob, please tell me that there's more to this story," i groaned.
he sighed, and made a turn onto another street.
i still had no idea where he was taking me.
"there is, cami. mom was sitting there, kissing max. they were pretty much on a date, which is already bad enough, but... the worst part is that max is still seventeen. i have no idea what they're doing, but this has been going on for a while. i did some digging."
my head was spinning. "she's having an affair... max..." all of the sudden, the dots in my head finally connected. "if anybody found out, they would lock mom up, place me in my dad's care until i turn eighteen, and dad would fall apart."
jacob made a sharp u-turn, and exhaled deeply. "sorry," he grumbled. "i thought that the drive would calm you down."
i bit the inside of my cheek, and rolled my window down halfway. "it's fine, jacob. this really isn't your fault."
"let's get you back home. i'm so sorry, cami, i know this can't be easy for you," he glanced over at me, then focused his eyes on the road.
there wasn't anything else for me to say. i knew that there was more to the story, but i didn't really want to get into it. i decided to keep quiet, until i got home.
grayson opened the door for jacob and i, then closed the door behind us. "you guys were gone for a little while, is everything okay?"
i couldn't find the right words to say, so jacob decided to help me out.
"yeah, everything's good. by the way, i miss you and eth a lot. we need to do something wild this weekend." jacob was good at redirecting conversations, it was a helpful skill of his.
grayson kissed the top of my head, and nodded. "what will the girls do?"
jacob looked over at me, pulled me in for a hug. "we'll figure it out, gray," he looked from grayson, to me, before finishing his monologue. "i'm gonna go talk to check on cece, okay? she really misses you, by the way. you two should talk."
when i didn't say anything, jacob took that as a cue to leave, which was a great idea.
i wasn't even sure if i wanted to talk to cece. if she really wanted to talk to me, then she would have made an effort to reach out.
even if i did speak to her, she would probably treat me as if i was made of glass, because of what she saw my mom doing.
"princess."
i snapped myself back into reality, and looked up at grayson. he had a look of concern on his face, he was holding his arms out for me.
when i made my way into his arms, he scooped me up, and supported me by gripping my thighs. i rested my head on his shoulder, and wrapped my arms around him. "something... something's wrong. do you wanna talk about it?"
both of my eyes were halfway closed. i was absolutely exhausted, and i wasn't ready to talk about what i had just found out. "not right now, baby."
grayson carefully made his way upstairs, and used his free hand to unlock the door to my bedroom. he decided not to ask me anything else, he tucked me into my bed and crawled in next to me. "i love you."
i yawned, and rested my head on his chest. "i love you too."
a/n: i'm uploading again because i'm off schedule for this one DNDND my bad
