for the better. | grayson dolan ✔

thirty-six

a/n: new character introduction!

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"who's there?" i asked into the open air.

no answer,

i must have been hearing things.

until, another rustle

i started to feel uneasy and decided to go home.

"oh sorry madam! did i scare you?" a voice asked

i whipped around and was face to face with an old face.

"markus!?" i yelled out in surprise, accepting the hug

"its been a while" he laughed, picking me up and twirling me around.

markus had been a really good friend of mine before i moved to new jersey, i hadn't even thought of visiting him when i arrived here.

stupid grayson dolan

"forgot me eh?" he joked,

i looked down at my shoes.

i felt bad, he had been there for me at times where even alexis hadn't.

"listen, i honestly—" i started, he put his finger on my mouth.

"its fine" he chuckled, taking a seat on the park bench beside me

"how're you doing, today has been hard for you" he said softly, wrapping his arms around me.

i smiled to myself.

i'm not going to lie, markus and i had a "thing" a while ago but we didn't feel like it was right so we decided to stay friends

"you wanna talk about anything?" he asked

i shook my head, just wanting to be in the moment

so we sat there, in an embrace, for what felt like forever

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"ash! its 9:45!" a voice was saying, shaking me awake.

"huh?" i mumbled, bolting upright.

i was still in the park, i guess markus and i had fallen asleep on the park bench.

"let's get this beautiful lady home" he said smiling and helping me up.

we walked and talked while he was still holding my hand,

it felt so right.

i could see the hotel in the distance,

mom must have been worried sick untop of the whole thing with dad

we ran up to the room and knocked on the door, markus still holding my hand but now our fingers were interwined.

the door opened.

grayson.

he looked at me then markus then at our hands.

he didn't say a word, he just stared as if he was seeing something he had never seen before

"who are you?" markus asked politely, completely unaware of the situation.

"grayson"

"evening grayson, im markus!"

before grayson could reply, ethan was running towards us at full speed

markus let go of my hand and stepped back.

"there's 2 of you?" he asked, laughing as he looked from grayson to ethan and back