The Other One

Remember me?

In the morning I woke up to an amazing text.
Good morning beautiful! 😍 It was Ethan. My heart pounded against my chest. I texted back.
Good morning to you as well. 😘
Can't wait to see you! I want to take you somewhere today.
Ok...I'll call you if anything happens.
Let's hope nothing happens. I just shook my head and laughed. As soon as I got to school I looked everywhere for Ethan. But I couldn't find him. "Are you looking for your boyfriend?" I expected Jasmine to say something like that but no. I turned around and noticed it was Grayson. "No...". I said lying. "Well he's not here anyways".
"You're lying". He raised his eyebrow. I quickly texted Ethan.
Are you here at school?
No sorry...I got a really bad fever out of nowhere. I'm sorry I didn't text you. Rain check on that date?
It's ok...get some rest and get well soon.
✌️I'll be better in no time! I smiled as I read the text. "Guess you're right".
"Told you. Why would I lie? So I thought Ana...we could catch up". He put his arm around my shoulder. "Who told you about Ethan and I?"
"Trust me he can't keep a secret. Plus I kind of know everything".
"You didn't know to bring your pencil and paper yesterday. Speaking of yesterday. Didn't you wear this outfit yesterday?"
"There's a thing called a washing machine. Besides your wearing something casual. A black shirt and blue jeans. Talk about fashion". I rolled my eyes. We headed to the library. There was still sometime before class started. "Grayson why didn't you tell me about the accident?" He looked at me. He soon slouched in the seat and smacked his lips together. "Because I didn't want to talk about it".
"So you don't care?"
"Care about what?"
"About me. Like what happened to me?"
"I'm glad you're back. Is that what you want me to say?"
"Not really. Do you even remember me?"
"Of course I do. We use to be best friends".
"But what happened to you and Ethan when I was gone?"
"Same old same old. Parents die. Brothers become distant".
"There's something more than that".
"I became different. I'm not the same Grayson. Now I pretty much don't care about anything".
"I don't believe that".
"Why?"
"You care about Ethan. Plus I seen how you reacted yesterday when I said my name. So don't tell me you don't care".
"Whatever". He said as he folded his arms and rolled his eyes.
"Why do you hangout with Liam and those bad kids?"
"They're my teammates. My friends. I have fun with them".
"Ethan's your brother. You should hangout with your brother".
"Why? He has you".
"I'm not stealing Ethan from you if that's what you're implying".
"I just rather hangout with cooler people. My brother would never understand".
"Then make me understand".
"You really want to understand?"
"Please Grayson".
"Then come meet me after school". Should I trust Grayson? I wasn't sure but I spoke without thinking.
"Where?"
"By the football field". I nodded. "Great". He sighed and got up and left. Leaving me by myself. Jeez, what a douchebag. The day went along. Grayson skipped class. I went to all my classes. Jasmine and I spoke briefly at lunch. We just talked about how our classes were. Mr. Gyles class was boring. I hardly paid attention. I was just anxious to know what Grayson's deal was. If I knew maybe I could help Ethan's and Grayson's relationship between each other. My last hour came and I didn't have anything to do. I decided to go to the football field and wait for Grayson. I was about to sit at the bleachers when all of a sudden I seen Grayson underneath the bleachers. He was with some girl. I felt embarrassed as I seen them make out. I wanted to look away but for some reason I couldn't. I looked a little closer. He was giving the girl hickeys on her neck. Then I heard her scream. I jumped to the sound of her scream. Then she fell to the floor. Her body not making a sudden movement. Panic rushed through my body. Without knowing my next move I started to sprint. I wanted to go to my car but I didn't have it today. All I wanted was to find Ethan. Tell him Grayson did something horrible. I don't know how but he killed a girl. An innocent girl. The woods weren't far. I would be more safer there knowing he wouldn't find me. Then without paying attention I tripped over a rock and rolled down a hill hitting my head. Darkness smothered me until I couldn't see the trees above me.