i choose you // e.d

Plot Twist

MaKena's POV 

"Oh my- you're okay!" Meredith runs up to me and hugs me.

"I am." my voice is hoarse. 

She pulls back and grabs my shoulders, making me eye level with her. 

"Don't you ever scare me like that again." tears gather in her eyes and I slightly laugh.

"Mere.." I hug her tighly, "I'm okay."

"Thank God you are." Gray mumbles from behind Meredith.

"Aw, was Mr. Tough guy worried?" I laugh but then cough.

"Dude, shut up. You know you're my best friend." He tells me and hugs me.

I smile when he backs away, but then the smile fades. I start thinking about how Ethan isn't here. I know we haven't talked in a while, but I was hoping he still cared about me.

"Has Ethan been here?" I whisper so quietly I didn't think they heard me.

I catch them glance at each other and look down. 

"No, Mak, he hasn't." Gray says.

"Oh," I chuckle, "at least now i know for sure that he doesn't care anymore." 

Gray sits on the bed beside my legs and grabs my knee, "Makena, you know he cares about you. I honestly don't even know if he knows. We came here as soon as we could and he wasn't even home then. I didn't get the chance to tell him."

I sniffle, "oh."

Meredith sits on my other side and we all hug each other. 

"You're going to get through this." Meredith lifts my head up from looking at my hands. 

"I keep telling myself that, but look at me." I point to myself.

"You're beautiful and any guy would be lucky to have you." Gray tells me.

I slightly smile and say, "I just want E." A tear rolls down my face. 

Suddenly, there's a knock on the door and Gray tells them to come in.

"I told the front desk lady that I was a cousin so don't tell anybody." Ethan's voice sang in my ears as he appeared from behind the door. 

All of our heads shoot over and Ethan looks down.

"Oh, I figured you'd be asleep." He mumbles, playing with his fingers and looking down.

"Hey, E." Gray says, standing up from the bed.

Grayson walks over to wear Ethan is standing and whispers something and they have a full on conversation whispering back and forth to each other. Me and Meredith just glanced at each other every time one of the boys' heads shot back to us. 

Grayson finally walks back over to the chair in the corner of the room, letting my eyes see Ethan's full body. I take his presence in, how his shirt hugs his hips, his Nike shorts fit perfectly around his waist, and his hair doing what it always does but still manages to never get old looking at. 

"What are you doing here?" I make myself look away from him because I know he notices me staring. I look down at my hands and fiddle with my fingers, something I always do when I'm nervous.

"I just had to see how you were doing." Ethan walks closer to me and Meredith goes to sit with Grayson in the chair.

"Well I'm fine." I blankly tell him.

"Mak, can we talk? You know, privately?" E whispers to me. 

I get chills hearing him whisper. I always have.

I look over at Grayson and Meredith, finding that they're already staring at me. Mere raises her eyebrows but I nod my head. She grabs Gray's hand and drags him out the door.

Once the door shuts, Ethan starts talking.

"Listen, I know what I did was selfish and I truly never meant to hurt you. You know I loved- love you with all my heart, Mak. Doing that to you tore me to pieces. I haven't been able to eat or sleep or barely get out of bed. I'm miserable." Ethan rambles on.

I see in his eyes how sad he is. His eyes are kinda red and puffy from crying. I want to jump up and hug him. I want to go back to the way we were. 

"Me too." was all I managed to get out. 

He grabs my hand gently and says, "Can we at least be friends?" 

How could i say no to that?

"Yeah." I take my hand away from him. i'm so scared of getting hurt again but my heart misses him.

He walks to the door and pokes his head out, letting Gray and Mere know that they could come in.

"I think the medicine the doctor gave me is kicking in because i'm getting extremely tired very fast. So if I fall asleep, y'all can go home." I tell them and yawn. 

Ethan's POV

Makena yawns and it's so cute. I hate myself for what I did to her. 

Just a few seconds later, she's out like a light. 

"I'll stay with her, y'all go home." I look at Grayson and Meredith and motion to the door.

"Are you sure? Call us if you need us or if the doctor says anything. Please." Meredith tells me, getting her stuff up to leave. 

"Will do." I reassure her.

"Be good, brother." Gray pats my shoulder. I nod my head and slightly smile.

They walk out the door and I make my way over to the chair in the corner. I sit down and pull my phone out. I start scrolling through social media and then hear Makena start to quietly snore. I look up and she looks so peaceful. 

Her head's tilted a little to the right and her cheek is pushed up, making her adorable chubby cheeks stand out. 

I can't believe I did what I did. I don't know what I was thinking. But I'm going to do everything in my power to make things right. I don't care what I have to do, I'm going to make it up to her. I can't lose her again. 

I'll end up losing myself if I lose her.