If You Only Knew //e.g.d

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*Saturday, 12:03am*

Vanessa's POV
"Are you cold?" Ethan asked me. I nodded. He stood up and pulled off his sweatshirt and I put it on. It was really big, but it smelled good and it was warm and comfy.

"Thank you." I said quietly. He then slowly crouched down in front of me and rested his hands on my thighs. When he touched me, I instantly felt warm all over my body.

Just by the way he looked into my eyes, I could tell he was about to ask me something I didn't want to answer.

"Vanessa, what did they do to you?"

My throat tightened at the thought. I could feel tears coming on again.

"You saw, Ethan." I said. Now tears started coming out again. "Matthew twisted my wrist, and the other two touched my leg and-"

Ethan took my hand and intertwined our fingers as he looked at my wrist which was kind of red.

"Where was your pathetic excuse for a brother?" Ethan said. I could tell he was angry.

"I don't know, I didn't see him." Ethan lifted his hand and wiped the tears from under my eyes.

"Ethan, how far would they have gone if you hadn't come?" I said with a shaky voice.

"Don't think about that." Ethan stood up and pulled me into a hug. I wrapped my arms around his neck and rested my head on his shoulder, still crying. He put one hand around my waist and the other on the back of my head.

"Thank you for helping me, Ethan." I whispered.

"I'm here, Vanessa. I'm always here." He said back. I let go of him and looked him right in his eyes.

"Ethan... why?" I asked.

"Why what?" He looked back and forth between my eyes.

"Why did you help me tonight? Why do you give me rides home and walk with me? Why were you so nice to me when I tutored you? Why do you stick up for me at a school? Why don't you treat me how everyone else does?"

He didn't respond for a few seconds and just looked at me. Then without warning, he slowly leaned in and kissed me gently. His lips were soft and warm. When he pulled back, I didn't know what to think.

"I care about you, Vanessa. Does that answer your question?" Ethan still had his hand on my cheek. He looked at me like he wanted me to speak, but I don't know what to say.

"Ethan..." I said and turned away from him so he wasn't touching my face anymore. "You're way to good for me."

When I glanced back at him, he looked crushed. But then he stepped even closer to me, if that was possible.

"Vanessa, that's not true. Will told you that, and you believe it. You believe everything they say to you, but none of it is true. You're definitely good enough for me."

I looked back at him and he was looking straight at me still. He took my hand in his, waiting for me to do something. He really does care about me.

"I like you too, Ethan." I smiled and his face lit up. He quickly pulled me into a hug, and wouldn't let go. I could stay like this forever.

Ethan's POV
I mean, I could have stayed like this forever if Grayson didn't barge into my room whenever he felt like it.

"Hey..." Gray was gonna say something but I guess he was surprised to see us hugging. He laughed awkwardly as I let go of Vanessa.

"Do you guys want some pizza rolls?" He asked.

"Yes! I'm starving!" Vanessa said and left my room with Grayson. I followed them down to the kitchen where Gray put the pizza rolls in the microwave.

"Are you okay Vanessa?" Grayson asked her. She nodded.

"What happened?"

"Let's not talk about it now." I told Grayson with a look. He seemed to get it and stopped talking.

Vanessa's POV
"You wanna sit down?" Ethan asked and I nodded. He led me to the couch and we sat down, me leaning into him.

Grayson followed us over and we started chatting. The twins were really easy to talk to. Conversation just flowed, and I was actually able to be myself around them. I was more talkative, outgoing, and relaxed.

"I like you when you are like this." Ethan said with a smile.

"I can actually be myself around you" I told him honestly.

"Gray what's taking the rolls so long?" Ethan interrupted our conversation.

"Shit!" Gray shouted and ran to the microwave, we both followed.

"You're actually an idiot." Ethan said when we saw that Grayson had put the pizza rolls in for 30 minutes instead of 3. I laughed till my sides hurt and Ethan lectured Grayson on his cooking skills.

"Whatever, I guess I'll go to sleep hungry." Grayson said and went off.

"Well, I better go." I told Ethan.

"What? No. Stay." Ethan held my hand tight. This boy had so much power over me. "I can't let you go home at 2am to more people and a mess." His eyes pleaded for me to stay.

"Okay." I said calmly and Ethan did a little dance then quickly realized that it was weird and controlled himself. We went up to Ethan's room and I took of his sweatshirt, leaving me in a tight tank top and pj shorts. Ethan took off his shirt.

Woah.

He was a sculpture from the Gods. He saw me watching him and chuckled, crawling next to me in his bed.

"Go to sleep." He spoke softly and pulled me into his chest. "I know it's past your bed time." I laughed and so did he. I could feel his chest vibrate.

"Thank you." I said, sitting up to face him.

"Anything for you." He smiled. I don't know if we were to a point yet where I could kiss him whenever I want, but boy did I want to kiss him right now.

"Screw it." He said right before he pressed his lips into mine. He rested his hand on my cheek as our kiss kept going. It was slow and passionate, and perfect. Then, he separated our lips and he snuggled his face into my neck.

"I wish I could stay like this forever." I told him honestly.

"Me too."

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