a letter to you | e.d

letter seven

hailey,

i still remember the day i caught
you together.

it was my birthday, and it was at mine and
grayson's party.

we had a great night, singing and dancing to
throwbacks, while you told me about how much you loved me, and wanted to spend the rest of your life with me.

that was all a lie.
you wanted him instead.

i had a surprise for you.

i'd planned it for months.

i waited in the very back room of the house,
no one was in there. i set up roses on the floor, petals everywhere, with candles spelling out the four words. it was perfect, and i put so much love, effort and thought, into it.

it was the room connected to our bedroom, and so i waited. i waited for so long, and when i heard the door leading to our room open, and the laughter following, i got nervous.

i thought that this was it,
you were going to come out, and see the surprise i'd set up for you, on my own damn birthday.

i was going to propose to you on my
birthday, because marrying you would have
been the best gift i could have ever received.

but instead, your door locked, and the sound of curtains being drawn was all i could hear over the muffled music.

" shh, we can't be loud, we don't want him or anyone hearing us. that nearly happened last time, gray "

that was exactly what you said.
and i heard every word of it.

i thought that was the worst thing
i could hear, but i was wrong.

" i love you, grayson. it was always you "

- ethan