If You Only Knew //e.g.d

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Hey hey hey, really boring chapter! Like actually serious...it's boring.😕
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*Saturday afternoon*

Vanessa's POV
Right after I texted Ethan he called me.

"Nessa? What happened?"

"I'm fine Ethan. I'll tell you all about it when you get here."

"You're sure your okay?" He asked. This kid.

"Yes E."

"Okay, I'll be there in a few minutes."

"Sounds good! Also, bring Grayson."

"Why?"

"I think Will has a rant to get off his chest. This kid is worse than me on my period after test scores."

"Hey!" Will yelled from his room across the hall.

"Stop eavesdropping!" I shouted back while Ethan laughed. "Anyway, I'll see you soon, bye."

"Be there soon-" Ethan said and hung up the phone.

About half an hour later we heard a knock on the door. I heard Will greeting them downstairs and I came down to see the twins and two pizzas.

"Omg I love you." I said and walked towards Ethan and ripped the pizza boxes from his hand and ignored his open arms.

"Haha you thought she was talking to you!" Will laughed and pointed at Ethan's face and he rolled his eyes.

"It's impossible to love a person more than pizza bro. You of all people should know that." Grayson laughed as they came and sat down on the couch.

"Well, you guys seem great... what exactly happened?" Grayson asked us. They sat down on the couch across from us. Will and I made eye contact then sighed as we started to talk to them.

I actually managed to keep it together but I had to keep Will from pounding a wall in a few times. The twins looked a little shocked at Will's anger. Yes he has issues, why is that a surprise?

"We asked him why he even came back multiple times, but he kept avoiding the question." I sighed, twisting my fingers with crossed legs.

"He doesn't even know! HE COULD'NT KEEP HIS TINY ASS BRAIN FOCUSED FOR LONG ENOUGH TO ANSWER ONE DAMN QUESTION!" Will shouted and started to get up but I pulled him back down.

"Well why wouldn't he answer?" Grayson asked, studying our faces.

"Cause he doesn't fucking know!" Will yelled in response.

"He tried to say that we're important to him. So I asked him what my favorite color was." I glanced up at Ethan who snapped his head up. "He couldn't even answer one god damn question." I sighed and put my face in my hands.

"So that's why you asked me." He said with a half smile. I nodded and rubbed my hands together.

"Only my true lovers know my favorite color." I smiled back.

"Oh, I know-" Grayson said frantically.

"PURPLE!" Him and Will shouted at the same time and then high fived.

"Congrats, you two are my lovers." I laughed and we kept going with the story.

"And get this. We finally got dad out of my house, right, and Vanessa over here, goes running out and gives Dad a hug!" Will explains using big hand gestures.

"What?" Grayson leaned in.

"You wh-" Ethan was cut off.

"Just listen. So, I'm like 'hey Nessa what the hell are you doing?' And then, she comes running back in the house... with my Dad's house keys. He's gone for good!" Will patted me on the back and I tried not to smile.

"How do you know for sure?" Gray questioned Will.

"We called mom." I answered. "She's filing for divorce and getting a restraining order within the next week."

"That's it. All this shit is done forever." Will clapped. We cleaned up our mess and went our separate ways.

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Ethan's POV
Vanessa and I were together in her room while Grayson and Will were downstairs. She found and old photo album and we looked through it together, sitting on her bed.

"This is Will and I on the first day of 8th grade."

"You guys looked so alike." I pointed to them.

"Do we not now?"

"Oh you do. Ya know, the first day I saw you, I didn't know you were related to Will until you told me since you always hid your face." I poked at her and she laughed.

"Really?"

"Ya. I thought you were gorgeous... shit did I say that out loud?" She laughed and held my hand.

"What else did you think?"

"I liked you more and more every time I talked to you. I hardly ever got to with the team around and all." I shrugged and she rested her head on my shoulder. "What'd you think of me?"

"You really want to know?" She asked with a questioning look.

"Tell me everything."

"I thought you would be just like my brother and the team. Jenny told me you would be different, but to me it wasn't possible." She sighed. "And then you actually chose to talk to me. I thought 'how is it possible that a hot jock like him would ever talk to me?'" We laughed.

"I wanted to get to know you. You seemed different." I smiled and she blushed.

"I'm glad you and Grayson showed up. I don't think I'd be here if you didn't." She said as hers and my smile faded at the thought. Just then I remembered something.

"Hey, I know now might not be the best time but..." I pulled a small piece of paper out of my back pocket and handed it to her. "It's a 'celebration of life' for my Dad. Don't say funeral, he wouldn't want that." I shrugged and she looked up at me with glistening eyes.

"I'll be there." She smiled for a second and then rested her head back on my shoulder. Way to kill the mood Ethan. She flipped another page in the photo album and looked at a picture. I only saw it for a split second before Vanessa snapped it closed.

"Dammit!" She shouted and chucked it into the wall. She pushed her hand into her hair and leaned forward.

"Vanessa, what was it?" She didn't respond. I rubbed her back and waited for something to happen.

"Let's take a walk." She kind of ordered and left her room. I quickly went to the floor and picked up the photo album. The book was open to a picture of young Vanessa with her brother, Mom and Dad. She had an award with a science board in the background.

"Ethan?"

"I'm coming!" I quickly followed her out of the house.

"Are you okay?" I asked as we walked around the neighborhood.

"Ya, I just need some fresh air." She breathes in and out with a smile.

"Why'd you get so mad about the pictu-"

"It was the last picture we had together as a family... can we change the subject?"

"Okay, what else don't I know about you? Where have you traveled?" I asked and listened to her response. I watched her as she looked ahead and told me stuff.

The amount she has been through, I'm so happy she is here. Even more that she is mine.