My BestFriend, Grayson

Chapter 55 - Lie To Me

Grayson's POV
"Kyla Perkins, marry me?" Ethan's voice poured out of his room. My heart shattered, my breathing increased dramatically, I was having an anxiety attack.

That was it. I had to interrupt before Kyla made a huge mistake. I couldn't let her go and I especially couldn't let her marry Ethan.
Without thinking, I pulled the fire alarm and ran into E's room pretending to panic.
"Guys, we've gotta get out!" I yelled over the alarm.
Kyla covered her ears and nodded. Ethan stood, picked her up and carried her out of the Warehouse. Beth met up with us in the hallway just before exiting the Warehouse.

Outside, the girls stood in pyjama shorts, both looked freezing.
"Wait here, I'm checking everything's okay" Ethan said before kissing Kyla on the forehead. She grabbed his arm and pulled him back.
"No! What if you get caught in a fire?"
"Babygirl, I'll be fine." She looked into his eyes and sighed.
"Okay but be careful."
"You know me" he smirked back to her.

Don't ask why but Beth decided to go with him, I'm not sure why.

Kyla looked at me, almost like she was reading my mind.
"You heard."
"What?" I replied.
"You heard him, that's why you pulled the alarm."
"Kyla, you're throwing around some heavy accusations there" I tried lying to her. She walked closer to me, reached up and ran her fingers through the back of my hair.
"Grayson..."

I gulped. She knew exactly what she did to me...

"Kyla."
"I know you and I know what your jealousy does to you." She then kissed my cheek and whispered into my ear. Her warm breath sent shivers down my spine.
"Don't lie to me, Grayson Dolan."

Kyla's POV
Ethan came back out of the Warehouse.
"It's all good, I don't know why the alarm went off."

The next thing I knew, my phone buzzed. I checked the time, 3:30AM. I looked back to Ethan who was sleeping soundly next to me, peaceful and perfect as ever. Looking back to my phone, Gray had texted me.

'Gray: I'm sorry, I panicked.'

Me: I get it, it's okay.

Gray: It's just that... After I kissed you earlier, I realised that I can't give up. Even when things seem lost, you are the only one I want, Kyla. 😔

Me: I won't tell Ethan what you did, it's fine.

Gray: Can I ask a question?

Me: Sure

Gray: Did that kiss mean anything to you? Like anything at all.

Me: Why'd you ask?

Gray: I don't know, I miss you. I guess I'm just hoping you still love and miss me too...'
Honestly, hearing Grayson say that broke my heart. To think less than a month ago, I slept next to him every night, fell asleep in his arms and told him I loved him everyday... Everything seemed so messed up.

Me: Grayson, that kiss meant everything to me... Of course I still love and miss you. I see you everyday with Beth, you have no idea how much that kills me.

Gray: I love you, Kyla.'

I couldn't respond to that, I couldn't straight up say it to him like that. Maybe it was the fact that I had Ethan's arm around me or the way I felt safe with him.
I loved Ethan, I did. I couldn't hurt him again... Especially after his proposal earlier.
I don't remember much else, just falling asleep in Ethan's arms once more.

Grayson's POV
As I opened my eyes, the vision of Beth appeared infront of me. She was still asleep, I checked the time, 9:15AM. Of course she'd still be asleep, she slept in till about midday everyday. I carefully slipped out of the bed and tucked the blanket back into her, making sure to not wake her. I moved a piece of hair from her face and tucked it behind her ear. I didn't understand how I felt towards her. Kyla was right, Beth was pretty. Sure, she has a temper and can be a little bit of a dick sometimes, but she was a good person deep down, I believed that. After spending a few minutes rereading the texts between Kyla and I from last night, I decided to take a shower to clear my head.

After my shower, I headed downstairs to make breakfast. In the kitchen, I was met by Ethan making pancakes and a bowl of Lucky Charms.
"Morning" I tried making conversation with him. It felt weird to be so awkward around my own twin brother.
"Morning" he replied without looking at me.
"Lucky Charms huh?"
"Yeah, they're Kyl-"
"Kyla's favourite, I know" I interrupted him. He looked at me and raised an eyebrow. "So, what's the plan for today then?" I tried to make the eye contact a little less awkward.
"Well considering Kyla's leaving in a few days, I'm gonna take her on a date today. Not sure where yet? Know any places... Maybe a beach?" I could sense the sarcasm in his voice at the end. Ethan and I both knew that the beach was Kyla and I's favourite place to spend time together.
"The beach? I thought you two loved that cliff of yours..."
"Yeah, we do. Nothing wrong with trying out new things though, right?" He smirked at me. Ethan then took his plate of pancakes and bowl of cereal and walked right past me. "Oh and Grayson!" he called back into the kitchen.
"Yeah?"
"Thank you for telling us about the alarm last night. I'm not sure how you got to my room in 2 seconds considering you were downstairs with Beth but thank you for getting to us so quickly."

I gulped. Part of me had a feeling that he knew I set the alarm off...

"Our hero" he continued before smirking then proceeding upstairs. I felt like I had to try and intimidate him in some sort of way. Running to the bottom, I called up to him.

"Does she know yet?" he turned to face me.

(Guys, I have some news! I'm starting another fanfic.
I'll still continue this one as it's nearly over but I just thought I'd let you know! 😊
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So since we're nearly at the end, who do you think Kyla will end up with? 😭🤔
Gray? Ethan? Or maybe even alone?

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