Hide Me - Dolan Twins

Nine - On the run

Guiliana's POV

It was cold. Thunder rumbled in the sky above. It would rain soon. I walked faster. My apartment was too far. I cut through an ally. The brick wall. I saw it again. The wall was blurry. A group of men stood at the end. Then I blacked out. My eyes opened slowly. A man was above me. I couldn't make out his face. I could feel him holding my hand. There was a stinging sensation on my arm and I drifted back into unconsciousness. Everything was black, but I could hear voices. It was muffled. I couldn't make out what they were saying. Were they calling someone? Rose?

Then I woke up. I looked at the window. It was sunrise.

"Rose". The voice was outside my door. Who was Rose? Then I heard a knock at the door.

"Rose are you awake", the voice asked. It was Ethan. Why was he calling me- oh yeah I told him my name was Rose.

"Yeah", I responded tiredly.

"Well whenever you're ready you can come down and eat breakfast ", he said through the door. I still couldn't believe how nice he was. His parents did a good job raising him. As for his brother I couldn't say that much.

"Thanks I'll be down soon", I respond.

After washing up in the bathroom, I decided to head to the kitchen. When I turned the corner I saw Ethan sitting at the dining room table facing the backyard. There was a middle aged lady in there wearing an apron and she placed a plate of food in front of him. Was that their mother? As she turned and went back into the kitchen she took notice of me but didn't say anything. I walked up to the dining room table and took the seat opposite from Ethan.

"Good morning", he smiled. He had a pretty smile and his teeth were really white. I never noticed how cute he was.

"Morning", I replied smiling back. Wow that was awkward. It was almost as if I had forgotten how to smile.

"Maria", he called. That must've been the ladies name. She came instantly to his side.

"Can you get a plate for Rose", he asked her.

"Yes sir", she replied. They had a servant? Figures. She came back with a plate of food for me that was identical to Ethan's: eggs, pancakes, and bacon. The aroma filled my nostrils and I then realized just how hungry I had been.

"I hope everything has been ok for you since you've been here", he says. He was so genuine. His help was more than I could ask for and I was so grateful.

"Yes it has been, thank you I really appreciate you letting me stay here", I reply while placing a fork of scrambled eggs into my mouth. I was comfortable here although I wanted to mention his evil twin brother but I refrained from doing so as he was most likely well aware.

"It's no problem and remember you can stay for as long as you like and I mean it", he says sincerely. As I look into his eyes I see something. It wasn't pity. It was empathy. It was almost as if he knew what I was going through. But how could he when I hadn't told him? Our stare was broken by the sound of a cough. I looked up and it was Grayson. He stood at the entrance of the dining room and began walking towards us. Our eyes met for a brief second before I placed my head back down. He was wearing a black blazer and dress pants with a white dress shirt underneath that was half way buttoned. He looked... Hot. As much as I tried to deny it I knew it. And by the way he commanded presence in every room he walked in, he knew it too.

"Why is she still here", Grayson asked his brother as he sat down next to him. Well good morning to you too.

"Because she is, now chill", Ethan told his brother while rolling his eyes.

"Don't tell me to chill cause last time I checked I live here too and I don't want some strange girl staying in my house", he replied giving me a dirty look.

"Gray we already talked about this so just drop it", he responded sternly. Being the topic of conversation was not fun and it didn't make it any better that Grayson was being so hostile towards me.

"Wow I had more faith in you bud", Gray responded.

"What", Ethan said.

"Now I understand why you're doing all of this.... You're tryna smash", Grayson said grinning. I nearly choked on my food and started coughing as those words came out of his mouth. Oh god.

"Grayson dude cut it out", Ethan shouted at his brother rolling his eyes in anger. At this point my face was hotter than the Sahara Desert.

"Calm down I'm just fucking with you bro", he chuckled, "But hey if I were you I'd want to hit that too", he finished turning towards me and eyeing me up and down. Gross. I couldn't take his comments anymore so I got up from the chair I sat in and walked away.

"Learn how to take a fucking joke", I heard him say as I turned the corner. God I couldn't stand him. Everytime I was around him he acted like a dick and I was starting to think that it wasn't just towards me. I got into the room and laid on the bed, hoping to clear my thoughts. As hard as I tried not too, all I could thing about was Grayson. What was his deal? Why was he such a dick? Why was he so attracti- my thoughts we're interrupted by a knock on the bedroom door. It was Maria.

"Senõr Grayson has asked you to meet him in the driveway", she told me and left just as quickly as she came. Oh great speak of the devil. After what he had just did I couldn't face him. There was no way. But as much as I didn't want to go or to be around him, I was curious as to why he needed me, so I decided to go. I also didn't want to risk not going and having my blood be the new color of their walls.

A/N- TEN WILL BE OUT TOMORROW 🖤