for the better. | grayson dolan ✔

eleven.

sorry i didn't update for a few days, i was really busy with school! :(

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i woke up a while later to the sound of police and ambulance sirens. i took a breath of relief as i looked around. there were a few police officer's carrying people to the ambulance, one i could tell was Ethan and the other, i couldn't tell.

i moved an inch and screamed with pain, my face felt swollen and my leg was clearly broken. "hold on, i'm coming! you're gonna be fine" the paramedic said to me. how long did she think I could wait?

she walked over and with the help of another paramedic, lifted me up onto a stretcher and into the ambulance. after asking me a billion questions, we finally got to the hospital. i was moved into a small, white room upon arrival. after about 10 minutes, a doctor walked in and smiled.

"good morning! how are you feeling?" he asked me. honestly why do doctors ask such dumb questions. im in extreme pain with a swollen face and cracked leg but he just said good morning and asked me how i was feeling with the biggest smile on his face.

"fine" was all i could say back.

"i'm going to ask you a few questions and we can go from there" he said, putting on a pair of rubber gloves. the paramedic had already asked me like a billion questions, what more did they want?

"so what is your name and age?" he asked,

"the paramedic already asked me" I replied shortly.

he paused, creasing his forehead but sighing, "yes, well we are going to ask again, for a seperate file"

"grayson, 16"

*

it has been 30 minutes since the doctor left the room, i'm going to be given a cast on my leg, some crutches and some ointment to reduce the swelling on my face.

i asked about ethan a few times but all he said was "we can talk about it later" which annoyed me even more. he's my twin brother, i need to know if he's good or even alive.

ashley

we had all been sitting in silence for hours now. someone would speak after a few minutes and we'd make small talk but then it was silent again.

the door opened after a few hours, a police officer entered the room and told us that they had found the boys. grayson was in stable condition while ethan was not doing so well, he was in a coma since they had found him.

lisa had been crying everysingle day and now she cried even more because she didn't know what would happen to them.

we were going in to see them today, when the doctor allowed us to. a nurse later walked in and said "you may go to see them when doctor peter comes in and goes over the instructions" and with that she left the room.

the room was filled with a heavy silence for the next 5 minutes. i sat on my hospital bed fiddling with my fingers. i was unhooked from the machines 2 days ago but was kept here for my safety until brent was caught. i longed to go home, back to alexis and my other friends but i knew that wasn't an option. i had to stay here, in new jersey.

there was a knock on the door and a person, who i presumed to be doctor peter, walked in. he took his place on the doctor's seat and began by telling us what had happened.

"the boys were found in the depth of the woods-" lisa gasped, but stopped when doctor peter continued talking.

"4 boys were found, your sons-" he said pointing at Lisa. "a boy named justin, i had heard about him from school. "and brent". thank god they had found him, he wasn't going to try anything now.

"your son, grayson, narrated the story and it seems that brent had taken ethan and tried to—" he paused, looking at lisa who nodded for him to continue. "burn him alive"

"thats exactly what he had tried to do to me!" i interrupted, my mom scooted closer from behind and gripped my hand.

"he had justin knock them both out". an audible gasp went around the room. justin had seemed like a sweet kid, i had seen him help out in the office and all that kind of stuff, it didn't occur to me that he was capable of such indecency and harm.

"when you enter the room, please don't touch them, and if you ask grayson questions and he doesn't want to answer then don't force him to" and with that he handed lisa a paper with the room numbers on it before leaving the room.

after taking in all the information for a moment, lisa, cameron, my mom and i got up to go to their rooms.

*

lisa quietly knocked on the door of room 232, a nurse opened the door and moved aside to let us in.

immediately, my gaze landed on the bed. i felt tears sting in my eyes as i saw ethan lying there, lifeless.

i turned back to see lisa covering her mouth, trying to muffle her crying. after a few minutes, lisa had calmed down a little and was now holding ethan's hand, her head rested on the side of the bed. i sat at the other side, occasionally fixing his bedsheet or moving his head side to side.

after spending an hour in ethan's room, the nurse told us to go to grayson, i get that he was injured and stuff but I really didn't want to go in. he was probably going to hate me more.

"mom, im gonna stand outside" I whispered as they filed into the room one by one, but she didn't care. "no, they're your friends, you're coming in" she said firmly. i tried to protest but she had already walked inside. i sighed and decided to go, its not like i have another choice.

as soon as i walked in, my jaw dropped. there was the grayson that seemed so tough and mean, lying there with broken bones and a swollen face. i truly felt really bad. he looked up and saw us all walk in, he smiled until he saw me, then his smile dropped.

sorry if this is a short chapter, I'll try to do 2 updates today! Hope you enjoyed! :)

I FINALLY HIT 100, I KNOW IT MAY NOT SEEM ALOT BUT IM REALLY HAPPY AND WANT TO THANKS EVERYONE THAT HAS READ THIS BOOK SO FAR!!! IT'S GOING TO GET WAYYYYY BETTER!