Nirvana | Matt Espinosa (IN EDITING)

Chapter Thirteen

*** Song for this chapter is 'Drive' by Miley Cyrus ***

Grace's POV

I walk into Katie's house.

There are people standing all over the place.

I grab a glass bottle of coke and follow Katie to the living room.

"This is Ashton. Ashton, this is Grace."

He turns around and looks down at me.

Damn.

He's really tall.

He flashes me a perfect smile.

"Hey, how's it going?" He asks.

I smile.

"I'm alright."

Suddenly everyone starts cheering.

I look to the door and see Shawn walking in.

He sees me and lights up.

"Gracie!"

"Shawn!"

He runs over and gives me a hug.

"Matt told me you moved. How are you liking Canada?"

I shrug.

"It's okay."

He leans down to whisper in my ear.

"Don't lie to yourself. You love it."

I laugh a little.

"I didn't believe you, but you actually do know him." Katie says.

"Yeah. We met in Miami a few months ago." Shawn says.

"How about you sing us something!" One guy shouts.

"Alright, alright!" Shawn rubs my back and walks into the middle of the crowd.

Katie hands him a guitar.

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"Thanks for getting me out of there. I don't even know why I showed up." I say to Shawn as he's walking me home.

"Don't worry about it. Did I tell you I got my license today?"

"Awe, you're all grown up." I laugh.

He smiles.

"Now I can actually drive Lauren places." He says.

"I love that you two are still dating. You're the cutest couple." I say.

He laughs a little.

"Besides music, she's sort of the only thing I've got going for me." He says.

"Don't be ridiculous. You've got your dashing good looks." I say.

"Yeah, this lazy eye is a real turn on." He says.

I laugh really hard.

We sit down on a park bench.

"I hate to ask, but how are you? With the Matt thing?" He asks.

I sigh.

"I don't know. I honestly could not give you a straight answer. I had this whole plan to tell him how I felt when he got back. Maybe he would've moved to Florida. Or I could have gone to California. We were supposed to be together. It's not supposed to be like this." I say.

Shawn puts his arm around me.

"It's gonna work itself out. If it's meant to be, it'll be."

"Stop being all philosophical." I say.