A/N- I'M SOOOOOOOO BOOOOOOOOOORED! HOPE YALL ARE GUCCI. NAH I'M MESSING BUT FR I HOPE YOU GUYS ARE OK. I SERIOUSLY DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO RIGHT COZ I'M AN AWKWARD POTATO SO YH I'LL JUST GET ON WID DA STORY
SONG~ SUNSET LOVER- PETIT BISCUIT
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I woke up to my alarm like I do every day and got ready for school. I was putting on my make up and scrolling through my Instagram when I got a text at 7:45.
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unknown: B ready for 8
me: Grayson?
unknown: yeah
me: ok c ya then
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I changed his ID to Grayson and finished getting ready. It was now 7:55 so I decided to eat a granola bar on my porch and wait for him to walk out of his house which was to my left. We had been neighbours for our whole lives. I had the last mouthful of the granola bar in my mouth when I heard a door open. Grayson walked out along with Ethan and he walked up to me as Ethan drove away in his car.
"Uhh hey" he said awkwardly. "Hey" I smiled which he returned. We got in his car (in media) and headed to school. We were mostly in silence but it was comfortable. We got out and all eyes were fixated on us. I felt heat rising to my cheeks from embarrassment of having this much attention but Grayson didn't seem to be self conscious as he kept walking next to me, eyeing everyone with an intimidating glare. I recieved death glares from the school sluts and confused looks from the guys but I just stayed close to Grayson's side.
He walked me to my locker where Jess was waiting for me and then gave me a mixtured look of wtf and how to which I shrugged my shoulders. "Hey umm... guys?" she greeted more as a question. "Hey I'm sorry what's your name again?" Grayson asked genuinly. "Jessica Hope" she said, slightly annoyed. Grayson just nodded and turned to me. "I'll see you after school. Meet me here ok?" he asked and I nodded. He walked away and me and Jess stared at eachother for a moment. "Ok wtf just happened?!" she yelled. "Jessica keep your voice down and mind your language!" one of the teachers seethed as we got weird stares from other students in the hallway. "I know! I'm just as confused as you" I whisper yelled. "Bitch you're telling me everything at lunch" she said and the bell rang causing everyone to flood through the hall.
After our first lesson, which I had with Grayson, I was walking out of the door when someone grabbed my arm and I turned to see him. "Hey let me walk you?" he asked and I nodded, still extremely confused but I was happy that the old Gray was back. The real one. We continued our walk to our next class that we also shared, when Ethan saw me. He imediately ran up to us. "Hey Ave are you ok?" he questioned, gesturing Grayson. "Yeah I'm fine" I smiled but he just gave me a concerned look. "Gray what are you doing?" he asked, now glaring at him. "Walking to class" he growled and grabbed my arm gently, nudging into Ethan's shoulder.
"Get off her" he ordered and pushed his chest slightly but Grayson didn't budge. "No. I'm not gonna hurt her anymore" Grayson said through his tightly clenched jaw, trying to hold in his anger. "Oh really. How do you expect me to trust you when you hurt her everyday!?" Ethan yelled, stepping closer to him. Grayson put me behind him and also took a step forward. "I said I wouldn't hurt her" he growled once again but in a very dangerous voice. "I don't believe you" Ethan said once again and tried to get to me but Grayson pushed him back, making him stumble back a few steps. By now we had a huge crowd of students surrounding us.
Ethan was getting seriously mad but no where near compared to Grayson. He started walking up to us once again with rage in his eyes and glared at Grayson as he squared him up. "Guys" I attempted to say but instead came out as a barely audible whisper. They were both face to face, ready to burst with anger. I was so scared because I knew Ethan was only trying to look out for his best friend but he didn't stand a chance against Gray and I really didn't want any of them to get hurt. I cautiously walked closer to them and slowly put my hand on Grayson's now tense biceps trying to prevent the brothers fighting. "Get back" he ordered and pushed me with his huge hand in the stomach so I was shoved into the lockers. That made Ethan lose it. He swung for Gray but he caught his arm and puched him in the stomach. Ethan fell on the floor trying to catch his breathe in a doubled over position from being slightly winded. Everyone was watching and whispering to eachother in shock. He got up and I had never seen him so angry in the 16 years I knew them. He clenched his fists so they were white with a savage snarl escaping his lips and charged at Grayson with full power sending them both plumeting to the cold floor with Ethan on top.
"Guys" I managed to croak a little louder with teary eyes but they ignored me and coninued the fight. Ethan was delivering punch after punch but that quickly changed when a bloody nosed Grayson flipped them and was destroying Ethan's face. "Stop!" I screamed as Ethan was struggling to keep his eyes open. "Grayson you're gonna kill him! Please!" I cried and grabbed him by the shoulders. He turned to swing at me but stopped no more than 2 inches from my face. My heart was ready to jump out of its chest and I'm pretty sure he could hear it by now.
His eyes went wide as he realised he nearly puched me and he slowly looked back at his now unconscious twin. His chest heaved and his eyes watered once he gathered what he had done. He was completely out of control and it was like the devil himself took over his body but he finally came out of it. He slowly got off Ethan and stood up, towering over me. He looked down at me with countless tears rapidly escaping his beautiful eyes. "I-I" he cut himself off by breaking down into a fit of tears and sobs. Everyone was in a shocked transe. Not only for what he just did but because they had never saw him show so much emotion.
He squeezed me into a tight hug as his tears and blood soaked through my shirt but I didn't care. I needed to help this boy. I comforted him for a few moments before crouching down to Ethan to see if he was ok. He was still breathing, just knocked out. "Someone get a teacher!" I yelled to the staring students and a few off them ran to get help. I hugged Grayson again as he sat next to me and told him that everything would be ok. "It's ok. I'm here" I said while hugging the still crying boy. He was so broken and no matter what he did, how much he hurt me, I wanted to fix him. A huge number of teachers ran up to us and mobved us away from Ethan so they could help and took me and Grayson to the principal's office. He wasn't surprised that Grayson was in a fight. He had al least 3 every month but he was surprised by how bad he hurt his own brother. Grayson has been in worse fights but never with his twin. We were both suspended for a week and sent home where as Ethan was took to the hospital since he was onconscious. The principal told us to go to the nurse but instead we just went to my house.
I drove and he sat there staring at his bloody knuckles while silently crying. I pulled up and he didn't notice when I got out so I opened his door for him and took his hand, making sure not to touch his knuckles an lead him into the kitchen. "I'm so sorry. I'm so so sorry" he sobbed and hugged me again but it was like he'd never le go, like his life depended on it. "Gray it's ok. I'll help you. We'll get through this ok" I assured him and I meant every word. I sat him on the island while I found the first aid supplies and put them next to him along with a bowl of water and alcohol. His eyes burned into mine as I gently took his hand. "You ready?" I asked, soaking a gauze in the bowl. He nodded his head slightly and I took a deep breathe. I knew this was gonna be a bitch so I mentally prepared myself because it hurt me when he was hurt.
I gently placed the alcohol soaked gauze on his knuckles and he silently winced, trying not to show his pain by biting his lip and looking away. "Gray I know it hurts, I'm sorry" I said and he nodded again, this time looking at me. He focused on looking into my brown eyes with his own and when I continued cleaning his hand, it's like he didn't notice or even care because he was so focused. I cleaned the other and moved to his bruised and bloody face although it was nothing compared to Ethan's but it was still pretty bad. I cleaned up his bloody eyebrow, nose and lip and was applying a bandaid on his eyebrow when he cupped my cheek with his giant hands.
"You're so beautiful, Avery. I'm sorry for everything I've done" he said yet again on the verge of tears. He swallowed the lump in his throat as he stroked my cheek lighly with the pad of his thumb. I was lost in his eyes, also on the verge of tears. How could a boy so perfect be hurting so much? Yes he has done wrong in his life but I know that deep down the real Grayson was still there like now. I can't explain how much I missed it; the Grayson that would give you his hoodie if you were ever cold, even if it was snowing, or the Grayson who would give you a huge hug and be there for you through the tough times and he is here now. A warm tear escaped my eye and trickled down my soft cheek only to be wiped away by Grayson. He leaned in and kissed where it was, leaving me shocked. I got a tingling feeling that lingered where he kissed it and I had never felt that before...
