The Bet

6. The Confession

In a short moment, we ended up laying down, while trying to fit up what exactly happened. Not a single thing feels real anymore, it's all just.... Good. Weird what a single day holds in itself.

-'Wait, Ethan is calling me, what should I say?' - Grayson said to me, looking hella confused.

'Just don't say anything to him, say that ummmm... We got hungry?' - I added unsure, laughing.

-'That's it' - he said smiling.'Hey E, we got hungry and we left,be back in 30'

He hung up and we were just looking at eachother. I finally got a chance to look at those deep brown eyes, trying to remember every moment of it. Just as we did, we started kissing again. His hands were grabbing my waist forcefully, and suddenly I backed off.

'We should go, it's getting really late now' - I said fake yawning at him.

-'Oh not now please' - he said trying to make the famous 'puppy eyes'.

'You know that won't work, now lets go' - I added while Grayson was still sitting. Stubborn one, I guess. 'Okay come on, I promise a round 2 tomorrow'

-'Okay fair enough, he said, letting himself free off of my hand and standing up.

After we got back to the party, we actually got to a better part of it. I was suddenly meeting a lot of people, mostly their friends, and we started chatting up and laughing at every other word. Suddenly, I looked at my phone. 2 am.

'Oh snap I gotta go' - I said, collecting my stuff and grabbing my backpack. 'I have a thing to finish by tomorrow'. I don't wanna say too much about the reason why I'm here. When the time comes, it will come.

-'E, you can stay here, I'll drive her back' - Grayson said while turning around and winking at me. That cheeky dude.

We got to his car and he started driving. It was quiet, but not that type of 'awkward silence'. It was rather a blissful one. If every day here is going to be as exciting as this one, I better get prepared.

-'Um, I guess we're here' - Grayson said, sounding a little bit awkward.

'Oh yea thanks, I guess I'll see you tomorrow then,'friend' ' - I said through laughter, trying to ease up the tension a little bit.

-'Of course, see you Rose' - he said, and pecked my lips.

I got out of the car as he drove off. What actually happened? I mean, I've done these types of things a lot, maybe more than I should care to admit. But this was just a different vibe. Maybe one of the reasons is that I actually feel attracted to him. Okay, enough of thinking about the situation, I gotta go finish that track.

I sat on the balcony and got my laptop with me. After a time that seemed like 10 minutes, I got everything finished. I emailed it to Sonny and looked at the time. HOW THE FUCK IS IT 5 AM NOW....

I grabbed my stuff and took a shower. I put on some pajama shorts and a t-shirt, waddling my way to my bed. As I was sleepy from the moment I got here, it didn't take me long to actually sleep.

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-'SPIT THAT MILKY MILK ON MY THIGHS' - I heard someone screaming above me. GRAYSON?

'What the fuck are you doing here this early idiot, let me sleep' - I said, fumbling in my bed, trying to shoo him off. 'And how did you even get here?'

-'Well,the problem is that it's not as early as you think' - he added. 'You didn't lock your door, stop doing that'

'Wait, what time is it?'

-'It's 1 pm' - he said, laughing. 'What, had a hard time sleeping?'

'Well kinda. Let me get decent and we could go and get breakfast' - I said jumping out of my bed.

-'Actually I got you breakfast' - he said giving me a McDonald's bag.

You just need to tell me this guy is into Rick and Morty and I will literally propose to him on the spot.

'Thank youuuuu' - I said as I started munching on the food. After some quick catching up, I got dressed and put a little bit of makeup on.

-'So what do you want to do now?' - He said, grabbing me and seating me next to him. 'I was thinking of a movie'

'Will do, the remote is over there so play whatever you want' - I said, biting my lip.

-'I don't think it's that important, we aren't even gonna watch it anyway'-he said, turning on the TV and laying down next to me.

After about 3 minutes max, movie watching turned into a makeout session. I straddled him while he was moving his hands up and down my waist. This feels too good to be true. I would live in this feeling forever. After a couple of minutes, I heard my phone buzz.

'Wait Gray I need to see this' - I said as I moved, his hands still on my waist, trying to move me closer to him. I grabbed my phone and saw an email. It said:

Hey Rose

I like the track, but here's the thing. I'm going to start giving you challenges that you will need to fulfill If you want this contract. Today's challenge is to record a music video. By midnight. You can get help by other people, but you can't use our studio for this one. Being an artist means figuring your way out of tricky situations. Get started and when you finish, post it on your YouTube account. Good luck.

-Sonny

'Oh no. Oh. No. Nonono this is not happening. I don't even have my equipment' - I said, swiftly getting up and feeling a mild attack getting over me. This is why I don't like people being near me in situations like these. I don't like my mental state. And I need to go. Now.

-'Wait what's going on, calm down, what are you doing??' - Grayson asked me, seeing me push my shelf off and hearing it fall to the ground. At this point, everything was too much. I just sat down and started crying.

'Grayson, you need to leave, now. It's not safe, it's just not, please go' - I said being overwhelmed by the familiar feeling of rage, sadness, hyperactivity and bad decisions. All at once.

-'Just tell me why, what is wrong' - he said trying to get closer to me. 'Please talk to me'

'Grayson, I have mania'.