My BestFriend, Grayson

Chapter 43 - Deep Down

Kyla's POV
I slept on a chair, next to Ethan, for 2 nights. Nurse Natacha and I had grown quite close in the last few days. She'd been taking care of Ethan while I went back to the Warehouse for a few of our things. She'd sit and talk to us most of the day, I actually ended up swapping numbers with her to keep in contact. She mentioned she's Danish and I told her I knew how to say 'I love you' in Danish. She seemed pretty impressed by it.
Days were filled with more X-rays and bone positioning. Along with terrible hospital food, that Ethan refused to eat and him complaining about being bored most of the time. He said Grayson's food was slightly better, it made me laugh.

"He should be able to leave today" she smiled at me, distracting me from my day dream.
"About time" Ethan laughed. She nodded at him and smiled.
"Just make sure to take things steadily, okay? And drive safely next time". She left the room, leaving me and Ethan alone again. Jack had come to visit a few times, he was pretty cool to have around. Ethan seemed to like his company. We still hadn't heard anything from Grayson, he'd been gone for a week now.

I told Ethan I'd pack up his things as I still didn't want him moving around too much right now. Jack said he'd drive us back to the Warehouse and help us with anything we needed, he's such a sweet guy. We said goodbye to nurse Natacha, she said we'd need to come back next week to make sure everything's healing properly.

Back at the Warehouse, Ethan said he wanted to play Mario Kart with Jack. I sat on the sofa, next to Ethan, and watched them game at least an 2 hours of their life away.
"Kyla, you wanna play?" I looked over to Jack who was waving a controller at me.
"I'm good" I laughed.
"Why? Scared I'd beat you?" He winked at me. I raised my eyebrow and bit my lip.
"Fine, you're on." I grabbed Ethan's controller and changed my Character to Princess Peach.
"You're fucked, Jack. She beats me everytime" Ethan laughed.
"Well it's about time she steps aside for the real winner."
"We'll see" I smiled at him, sassily.

5 minutes later, I crossed the finish line literally 10 seconds in front of Jack.
"That's my girl" Ethan laughed and put his arm over my shoulder. Jack looked at me. I stood up, gave Ethan the controller back, walked over to Jack and quietly spoke in his ear.
"And that, my dear, is how you make someone eat shit". Walking into the kitchen, I heard Ethan laughing and teasing Jack.
"I told you, man. She's undefeated."
"Yeah, for now" Jack replied.
"Do you wanna go again? I'm down to watch your ass get beaten by her again" Ethan laughed at him. Jack threw a pillow at Ethan.
"Whatever man, I'll see you two tomorrow. Just text me when". We said goodbye to Jack, leaving Ethan and I alone in the Warehouse once more. It felt weird being back here, alone with him.

I'm not sure why.
So much had happened in nearly 3 weeks, it was hard to wrap my head around my situation right now.

Ethan walked into the kitchen, over to me, wrapped his arms around my waist and cuddled me from behind. I continued making pancakes for him. I'll admit, making pancakes with an Ethan attached to you, isn't exactly the easiest thing in the world, but I made it work.
"I love you" Ethan mumbled. I laughed quietly, shook my head and turned to face him, his arms still wrapped around my waist, pulling me closer to him.
"What?" he smiled down at me.
"I don't know" I stroked his face. "I guess I just never got used to hearing you say that."
"You still haven't said it back yet." His smile shrunk slightly.
"I know" I nodded and ran my fingers through his hair.
"It's okay" he whispered, looking at me with loving eyes.
"Why?"
"Because you wouldn't have stayed if you didn't love or care about me. You would have left after you knew I was okay." I looked at him, wide eyed. My heart began pounding in my chest, I was still in love with Gray, yet Ethan's points were beginning to make sense.
"Ethan... you know I still love Grayso-"
"I know. You've tried convincing me that you feel nothing towards me and only for him before, I don't believe you. You love me too, Kyla. You don't have to say it out loud. I think, deep down, you've always kno-" I pressed my lips to his and ran my fingers through his hair.

Pulling away and leaning my forehead against his, I whispered and finished his sentence for him.

"That I love you, Ethan."

(IT'S ONLY TOOK HER DATES, SEX, A FUCKING CAR CRASH AND 43 CHAPTERS BUT SHE SAID IT FINALLY

Kythan, Kythan everywhere.

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