Chapter 9//Peer pressure

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Words can't bring me down

Grayson's POV
What do I do?

I'm in love with Sophie. I have been for years now. I was in her football team in PE once. We locked eyes as she passed me the ball and I felt something. Something special.

That was four years ago. We hadn't locked eyes again or spoke until the other day. My crush was getting bigger. I was leaving detention on Friday, and I saw her alone in the hall. Suddenly I couldn't fight the urge. I asked her out to this party I was going to as my date, and she was positively glowing. I bet she thinks she's the luckiest girl ever (I do have a reputation for most popular and most hot boy in the school) but really I'm the luckiest guy ever. But I don't deserve Sophie. And I am going to have to break her heart.

You see, I'm actually not a bad guy. I do all sorts of things with my mates, like set fire to things and be cheeky to teachers, things that land me in detention. But that's not me. My friends peer pressure me.

I never used to be bad. But I got in with the wrong crowd. Tyson, Brandon and all that lot are genuine bad boys and players. They have different girls in their beds each week. And I do too. But only because of my reputation. If I don't act like this I could lose my friends, my respect, my reputation. And I can't have that happening. At my old school, before puberty hit me, I wasn't exactly the hottest boy. In fact, I was one of the ugliest nerds there. I was bullied so bad my family had to move.

When I started this school, I was smoking hot, not gonna lie, and I was determined to change myself. Goodbye good Grayson and hello bad Grayson.

My friends break girls hearts like it's nothing. But I struggle so much to end relationships. I usually end up having to do it by text, which makes me feel worse but The guys think I do it to upset the girl even more.

Now they all think I'm messing with Sophie. That I'm pretending I love her when I'm actually sincere. And soon they will peer pressure me, without knowing it, to break up with her.

But I really don't want to.


Lots of love xxx

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