for the better. | grayson dolan ✔

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"ash?" i heard someone whisper, their voice sounded shaky, as if they were about to cry.

i slowly opened my eyes, the white ceiling and sounds of machines confirmed my theory. i was in the hospital.

i saw annie sitting on a couch in the corner sleeping, abby was sitting by the foot of the bed. my mom wasn't in the room but there were 2 other people there, one with their back facing me and the other was laying on a single sofa with their hood covering their face, i didn't know who they were.

"she's lost a lot of blood and we need to...." the doctor started but stopped talking when he saw my eyes open.

"she's awake" he said , smiling. he bent down towards me,

"how ya feeling ashley?" he asked. i opened my mouth to answer when suddenly the 2 figures stood up and walked up behind the doctor, ethan and grayson.

"looks like she can't speak yet" the doctor said, sighing as he walked out of the room.

i was about to call after him but he had gone before i could. i turned to look at the twins, ethan was now sitting on another couch, looking around and grayson was leaning against the wall, on his phone.

he looked up for a brief moment, i quickly looked away hoping he hadn't seen me staring. too late. he shot ethan an annoyed look before motioning his head in my direction. ethan slowly turned to me, he got up and walked over to me.

"hey" he said quietly, i guess i would have to talk after all.

"hi" i said slowly.

i wanted to know what had happened and why they were here.

"what happened?"

he sighed and took a deep breath.

"well, after gray had yelled at you" he paused and shot grayson a dirty look, before turning back and continuing.

"you started to run and then when you slowed down you were very deep in your thoughts or whatever and i guess you didn't notice you were in the middle of the road, and well, you got hit by a car" he finished.

"but why are you here?" i asked,

"i heard some lady yelling and screaming saying that she accidentally hit someone so me and gray ran over to see what happened and we saw you lying there with blood everywhere, so gray picked you up and I called 911"

grayson picked me up?!!

grayson must have seen the shock on my fave because he quickly stood up and walked over to the bed.

"no ethan, you picked her up" grayson corrected, shooting ethan a dirty look,

"i would never touch her even if you paid me" he spat and stalked out of the room.

i couldn't do anything but sit there with my mouth agape, what did I ever do to him? tears stung at the corner of my eyes but i collected myself.

*

the next few days consisted of doctors, blood and all that gross stuff. i was just thankful that i was alive.

finally i was discharged after a week. it felt great to be home, in my own bed. all i did was eat, sleep, watch tv, repeat. ethan had come by a couple of times, alone of course, and told me everything that was going on at school. even my boss and ellie had dropped by at the hospital and, to my relief, had given me 1 month off from work.

"can you bring me the work atleast?" i whined.

ethan and i were sitting in my room watching harry potter. i needed to get some work done or i would be really behind when i got back.

"no ash, you need rest, not chemistry or math" he said laughing. i lightly punched his arm.

ethan had been really sweet these couple of weeks, he had brought me a care package that consisted of literally every candy.

*

flashback (1 week earlier):

i had come home from a short walk just down the sidewalk, i saw the road where i had been hit and there was a dark stain in the middle, my blood.

thankfully no nerves had been damaged and i could still walk. it hurt of course but i wasn't going to get better if i didn't exercise a little.

after a little while, i walked home and my mom opened the door. she was laughing about something but when i asked she wouldn't tell me. i brushed it off and walked to my room. my mom was weird sometimes.

"surprise!" i heard as soon as i opened the door. ethan was sitting on my bed with balloons and a huge box, my eyes travelled across the room and i saw that he decorated it.

in the corner however, leaning against the wall was none other than the grayson dolan, he looked completely unamused and pulled out his phone. i ignored him and ran to ethan, giving him a bear hug.

"wow eth, you did all this by yourself?" i asked into his chest.

he pulled away and smiled "gray helped me too".

grayson looked up from his phone and clenched his jaw, "i wouldn't touch anything in this room, ever." he said, walking out and slamming the door.

i wasn't gonna cry, grayson wasn't worth my tears. the rest of the afternoon, ethan and i ate alot of candy, watched movies and had the best time ever.

*

i checked the time on my phone, 10:16 pm, i really wanted to go for a walk so i changed into a comfy hoodie and sweat pants before heading out.

the fresh air felt so good against my skin. i headed towards the beach and i started walking towards a rock where i loved to sit and think.

as i got closer i could hear someone crying, i walked over cautiously and saw the figure of someone i have seen before.

someone too familiar.

2 updates today! Maybe even 1 more. Im really bored, lol. Hope you guys enjoy! :)