Dead rose 🥀 || E.D

Nine

" it's beautiful up here alaya" Grayson says as he looks at the view from Alayas balcony, she laughs and pulls him back inside she pats on the bed and me and gray both sit down confused
" okay gray I already told your brother this but it's only fair I tell you" I look at her worried and she looks up at me and sighs a little bit.
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" so you ran away?" Gray asks as he looks at alaya.
" yea I had to. I have to show the people I work with that I'm not some soft girl, I mean I can be but not In public, this apartment is the only place I get to be the soft hearted dead rose" she said as she played with her fingers
" and you kissed my brother?" He says looking at me
" yes but we're taking things slow, you can't say anything about me, or about me and Ethan, I can protect both of you, and make you guys have the time of your life's but you gotta promise not to say a word about anything" she says as she grabs a pillow and rests her head on it,
" what if you Ethan get serious" he says in a concerned voice
" then we get serious, you guys are untouchable, it's not like if we date he's gonna get jumped or something, I will just have to tell them. These people aren't as bad as everyone makes them out to be, think of it as we all have had something so terrible happen to us and it filled us with hate, it's like a never ending nightmare that we're fighting to get out of, when I joined it I was a lost soul, my family didn't treat me right my dad beat me and my mom watched. all I wanted to do was escape and burn them down to the ground so bad. Then I found a boyfriend he was everything to me then one night he rapped me and I had to do what I did because I needed to be taught not to let people take advantage of me and not to have feelings" she said looking down at the floor, I couldn't take hearing anymore of it cause it hurt me so bad, so I got up and walked out on the balcony.
Grayson's p.o.v
" I needed to be taught not to let people take advantage of me and not to have feelings" she stopped talking and Ethan got up then walked out to the balcony slamming the door behind him, she looked up worried and I grabbed her pulling her into a hug
" I'm sorry all this happened to you" I say as I rub her back.
" I'm okay now, I'm still scared of sex since the rape but Ethan doesn't know that. I wanna tell him but I don't want him to think I'm weird or something" she said as she let go of me,
" you were literally in a high speed chase with cops a few hours ago, you should've seen the smile on his face alaya, he looked at you like you were a work of art he really likes you he won't think your weird" I said as she looked at him through the door, she got up and walked over to the door before she could open it I grabbed her arm and she turned around
" be gentle with him" I say and she smiles slightly
She walks out and I lay back pulling my phone out of my left pocket, I unlock my phone and start texting Aron.
Alayas p.o.v.
" be gentle with him" Grayson says as he lets go of my wrist, I lightly smile and nod I gently open the balcony door and step out closing the door behind me, I wrap my arms around Ethan's torso and rest my head on his back.
" I'm okay" I say light and he turns around to face me, his eyes were red and his lips were puffy from crying, he looks down at me and I cup his cheeks with my hands wiping away the tears with my thumbs.
" I swear to you no matter what I'm gonna keep you safe, I know you said you can protect me and Grayson but I'm gonna protect you" he says
" but E-
" no buts alaya. You're mine dating or not, I just met you yet I feel so close to you, I feel like you're my missing puzzle piece I've been looking for all these years and I finally found it, and if you think I'm gonna let anyone or anything hurt or touch you you're dead wrong." He says and my eyes start to water, he pulls me into a hug and I wrap my arms around him, he wraps his arms around my neck and holds me. This felt so right, I felt so wanted and safe. I was his missing puzzle piece and he was mine.
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Who knew alaya was so mushy, but what's gonna happen when they go back to school, and what if alaya and E are getting too attached too soon?