Can't Remember To Forget You | Grayson Dolan

26.

I was laying on my bed , blasting Rihanna, loudly singing with her , while scrolling on my phone.

"Lauren!" my mother's voice echoed in my ears when she entered my room, holding a cup in her hands.

"Hey, mom.." I looked at her, smiling. My eyes focused on the cup in her hands. "Ever heard of knocking?" I joked, getting up.

"Well, these days you usually lock your door and now it was not , so I decided not to miss my chance." She winked at me, sitting on my bed, handing me the cup. "Hot chocolate?" she raised her brow at me.

"Oh, I know what you are doing.." I grabbed the cup in my hands, taking a sip from it.

"I want us to talk about something for a while, but it never seems the right time." her voice became serious. She crossed her legs on my bed, as if she was a 17 years old, her eyes were locked to mine.

"okay.. now , I am kind of worried." I fake laughed, turning to mom. "What is up?"

She gave me a weak smile, her hand reached to catch mine. "Lauren, you know I love you and all I want is for you to be happy, right?"

"Yeah, mom, of course." I licked my lips, looking down.

"I noticed that lately, you really seem happier than before. You go out more, you spent more time with me and your father, which is something very unusual for you.." she laughed, "but I also noticed that you tend to go out at night..late, very late, you disappear in the mornings, you lock your door way too often." she was staring at me, with a little smile placed on her face. "I know you went through a little breakdown when you and Cameron broke up-"

"No, no, mom.. it was not because of that. It was not because of the break up. I mean, I feel bad yeah, but um.." I tried to avoid the eye-contact with her.

"But there is someone else, huh.." she smiled widely, which caused me to smile.

"Well..i meant to tell you , but since you already know.." I laughed , looking at her.

"So, the mysterious guy..who is it?"

"First , let me tell you, that I .. I really love him , mom. I care for him and I never wanted things to turn out the way they did , but-"

"Honey, answer the question. It is pretty obvious you broke up with Cameron, because of the other guy." mom hugged me, looking down at me. "Do I know him?"

"You do..Dad does too, Jack also. He has always been around."

"Yeah, I mean I have noticed Grayson, he is hard to forget." she laughed. I escaped her hugged, looking at her absolutely shocked. She knows??

"Mom, how-"

"Please, Lauren.. He was always at the hospital, trying to see you, but the doctors wouldn't allow him. I even tried to get him in, but they caught me.." She continued to laugh, while I was still shocked. "And did you really think that I haven't noticed the way your eyes glue to him when him and Cameron were round. You have never looked at Cameron that way. Oh, plus.. I once saw his car in the back. If you think I don't know his car, you are very wrong."

"I thought we were being careful." I got my head in my hands.

"You were..But I kind of knew you had a crush on him."