Truth | e.d

20

(Peyton's P.O.V. )

Am I starting to like grayson? I think I am

The ride home was quiet except for the music playing

I kept on taking small sips of my smoothie while glancing out of the window at the night sky

As my head rested on the window I felt eyes watching me

"You okay?" Graysons voice interrupted my thoughts

My head shot up from the window as our eyes met I felt my face flush

"Yup I'm fine" I lied

I'm pretty sure he could tell too because right when we were about to pull up to my house he passed it and started to drive to the beach

"No your not peyton I can tell, so we are going to take a walk on the beach okay" I noticed he was griping the stearing wheel

My mouth closed as my head rested back on the window

About 10 minutes had passed and we finally reached the beach my heart started to race as I saw the same spot that ethan brought me too

"Come on let's go" grayson said while stepping out of the car

I didnt move, I couldnt move something was telling me to stay in the car

But grayson opened my door making my head fall from the door

"Dude" I muttered

I head made a weird snapping sound and my hand made it's way to the spot

As I began to rub my neck my eyes met with graysons

"I'm sorry, but that would have been avoided" he had a smirk on his face

My eyes rolled and I slowly got out of the car following behind grayson towards the sand

"So why are we here" my voice was low but still loud enough for him to hear

He slowed his pace before answering

"He hurt you peyton how are you just going to let him get away with this" he sounded upset and angry like he was the one who got hurt

Confusion took over my face

"Gray, why are you so worried about it, it's done and over with he chose her I'm fine with that now. You guys are basically famous and I'm just a nobody so of course he wasn't going to stay with me" the words came out of nowhere but I didnt stop them

My heart started to hurt as my eyes began to tear up

"Dont you dare say that" grayson began to sound defensive

I stopped in my tracks looking down at some rose petals and it took me a minute to realize that it was from that day with ethan

My heart dropped to my stomach as grayson kept walking not realizing I had stopped

I could hear him mumbling to himself and I just fell to my knees

"Pey?" Grayson started to make his way back to me

I quickly wiped my face trying to make it look like I hadn't been crying. As he got closer I took a few deep breaths to make sure my face wasn't red

"Peyton, what's wrong" he put his hand on my shoulder before sitting down next to me

I put a fake smile on my face and looked over at him

"Oh.. I just decided to sit and enjoy this ya know" I looked back at the petal that was now getting taken away by the wind

"Oh ok yea that's fine" he sneakily wrapped an arm around me

A real smile appeared on my face, and I just let my head lean on his shoulder

"Peyton can I tell you something" he sounded serious

I lifted my head to give him my full attention

"Of course gray what is it?" Right before he could answer a voice came out of know where

"What the hell do you think your doing" a deep voice started to get closer

Me and gray both turned our heads revealing ethan with his arms crossed

We both stood up doing the same

"What do you want ethan" gray started to say

"Your cuddling up with my girl dude that's so fucked up" his face started to get red and I noticed he was starting to ball his hands into fists

I laughed

"What's so funny" ethan started to yell

My eyes widened with shock he never really used to yell at me like this

"You cheated ethan were over so why does this matter to you, and how did you even know we were here you stalker" I rolled my eyes

Ethan gave me a stern look and answered while keeping his eyes locked with mine

"I followed you guys here once you left the ice cream place" I quickly looked away

"Come on peyton let's go" grayson said while grabbing my wrist and dragging me behind him

My body didnt hesitate and I followed grayson back to the car but I felt ethan watching

So I slowly turned my head back to see ethans face deep from mad to upset and i didnt know what to do

"He hurt you remember that, dont let him guilt trip you" an angry grayson said

Once we got back to the car grayson quickly sped off to my house

"I'll text you when I get home" was the only words he said as I got out of the car

I didnt say anything but I nodded my head and slamming the car door before heading inside the house

"Honey someone is here to see you" my nana yelled from the kitchen

I kicked my shoes off while slowly making my way into the kitchen and that's when I lost it

"Hey peyton" her voice made me want to punch her more than anything