Affection

4

"Are you okay?" Grayson's voice fills my ears.

I uncover my face and see his brown eyes filled with worry.

"First of all are you okay?" I say cupping his cheeks. He lets out a little chuckle and nods.

"Lucky you" I whisper to myself.

"Why am I lucky?" He questions making me think he heard what I said.

"You're okay. You have your life figured out! You're the smartest person I know I bet a bunch of colleges are after you! Some other nerd is probably after you too" I say softly.

"Did you hear what you just said" he laughs. I raise a brow not understanding what's so funny.

"Did you get mixed up by Ethan and I?" He laughs more.

"I don't think colleges are after Ethan" I question.

"Oh no probably not. But not that part" He says.

"The part of a girl being after me" he chuckles.

I look around me in confusion. "You seriously haven't dated anybody?" I question.

"What you said before makes me think you don't know" he smiles.

"Know what?"

"I had girlfriends" he grins

"Girlfriends? More than one?" I ask.

"More than one" he repeats.

As Grayson is about to say something else we hear Ethan's voice.

"What's this conversation about me and girls?" Ethan questions.

"We're talking about me" Grayson says seriously.

"She probably doesn't care about you. Right Gladys?" Ethan says.

I do? But I really don't. This is confusing to me

"I-" I say softly.

"I really don't to be honest" as I say that Grayson's face turned. He let go of me and headed towards his room.

"Wow what a weirdo" Ethan said getting a water bottle. "Want one?" He offered.

"Hit me" I say having my hands ready like I'm going to catch a basketball.

"Woah slow down Miss. basketball captain" he chuckles as he passes the bottle to me.

"Stop teasing me! I already want the season to start" I say as I open it and drink.

"Don't you have cheerleading right now?" He questions.

"Don't you have football?" I mock.

"Watch it Gladys" he laughs making me join.

"Why were you crying?" He asks.

"How do you know I was crying?"

"Puffy eyes and you got a red nose" He says as he walks up to me and quickly touching my nose with his index finger.

"What if I was?" I question crossing my arms in front of my chest.

"I'm just asking plus why didn't you notify me? I was legit upstairs" he laughs sipping his water.

"I didn't want to bother you" I lie not wanting to open up to him.

"You would never bother me! For all I know you maybe wanted to have sex" he smirks

"And I'll cry about it?" I question.

"So you're not denying you were thinking about that?"

"Shut up Ethan I wasn't" I giggle.

"Don't cry about that because you should know the answer will be yes" he chuckles.

"Stop making it weird"

"Thinking it's weird will make our friendship weird" he laughs.

"You just friend-zoned yourself I'm glad you already know" I laugh

"I've been friend zoned for the past two years" he frowns making me smile.

"Ethan I don't want to talk about this" I say as I feel like I'm getting a headache.

I grab my head and look down.

"Are you okay?"

"I just have a headache" I say with no emotion.

"Cause you hang out with Grayson" he laughs.

"Shut the fuck up" I say raising my voice

Ethan puts his hands up in defense and starts walking backwards slowly leaving the room.

"I'll leave you alone" he says as he's already out of the room.

I didn't want him to leave I just didn't want him to talk about his brother like that. I wish I can have my brother back but he's over there bullying him I don't want another person I know to die because of the bullying.

My eyes get watery once again just thinking about my brother, Jake. I look up to the ceiling and lip talk 'I miss you' I look down at the floor and without noticing I see a tear drop on my floor.

I'm already crying and I didn't know. I head towards the couch and sit there silently like an idiot crying once again.

I'm the most popular in school and I can take shit but deep inside I'm the weakest person you can ever meet.

I wipe the tears and look up so it can dry up it kinda did as Grayson walked in the room.

"Oh- I thought you were with Ethan" Gray said fast.

I fake smile and shake my head. Gray walks towards me and sits next to me on the couch

"There is something really wrong okay? You probably don't care about me but all this crying is making me worried" he said honestly.

"If you don't mind telling me abo-"he said but I cut him off

"Please I don't want to talk about it" I say a bit rudely.

"Gladys you know I'm here if you need any-"

"Please leave me alone!" I raise my voice.

He looks at the floor and I get up.

"I'll walk myself out" I say softly. I get my keys and phone and go outside.

I go to my car and just sit in the driver's seat. I feel so bad raising my voice at the twins but what everything that has happened to me made me become a bitch.

I just sit in my car not even thinking of turning on the engine.

I hit my steering wheel and scream my lungs out. This isn't what I thought I would be like when prom is around the corner..

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I'm sorry I'm just updating! Sorry this is late as well as the one before but I redownloaded the app so I'll post more for now on!