The QuarterBack~ A Grayson Dolan love story

Chapter 18

Grayson's POV
I go up and then notice all the photos of Ivy and Nate's younger photos, mostly with their dad. We continued walk through the hallway and I kept admiring the photos, they were all labeled into what was going on the photo. 'Nate's first time surfing' then 'Ivy's first time surfing' the pictures filled out through the hallway.

We then walked by an opened room which I was guessing it belonged to Ivy, football, her family and friend and surfing filled out through the room. Then we walked into Nate's room, same thing only this time it was Volleyball and his girlfriend, family and friends.

Then I noticed he had a photo beside his bed of Ivy, she looked gorgeous, laughing, in a beautiful white dress at the beach whilst drinking a coconut. "That was on her 14th birthday, it was just me and her, the first time she laughed after dad died" Nate smiles as he sees me looking at the photo. "I'm sorry man" I say, "it's okay all good" Nate says.

"You love your sister a lot" I say as I look at the room to see all her photos, the room filled out with photos of his mom, dad, Cindy and Ivy. "Yeah well I really do" he chuckles.

"Here, this should keep you warm for the night" he says and gives me a Baja hoodie that has baby blue and white stripes.

"Thanks man" I say. "Let's go back"  he says and then leads the way, I quickly out on the sweater.

Ivy's POV

I cuddle up next to Jacob after he puts on a sweater, and then Nate walks in. I look and then Grayson walks in, my breath hitches because of the sweater that was on his body. It was dads favourite, Nate never even wore it or let anyone touch it, so why would he give it to Gray a guy he barely knew?

I look at Nate confused and then he smiles at me and sits next to Cindy who was eating Nutella with strawberries, Nate tried to take a strawberry but Cindy slaps his hand away, "No babe I'm fat and hungry leave me a Lomé" she whines then continues eating her food. Everyone laughs except for me,my gaze went from her to Grayson, he reminded me of dad so much.

"You okay?" Jacob asks and My focus went from Grayson to him and I noticed that his eyebrows were furrowed showing signs of confusion. "Yeah" I give him a fake smile. Grayson sits between Ethan and Nate who were both cuddled up to their girlfriend.

"Yooo" Jake smiles, "what" Nate replies, "Veronica's playing the 'my parents aren't home you should come over' card on me right now, I think I'm going to dip" Jake chuckles, "no you can't!!" We all reply. "Why not? You all have your girlfriends or boyfriends in this room so don't try to act like you wouldn't do the same in my situation" he groans. "Jake shut up and watch" Nate says.

"Fine but it's not because you said it, it's because I just remembered we are getting pizza and also .. Mamá won't even let me!" He groans. "Good" Cindy says and looks at him whilst her face is all messed up with chocolate, "Cindy you got a little.." Jake says and points to her mouth, "here" she begins wiping it but makes it worse. "Did I get it?" She asks him, "Yeah" he replies and smiles at her. She smiles and continues eating her chocolate and we all laugh.

"You're so cute" Nate says and hugs her from behind. "Well I mean duh" she replies and rolls her eyes and he laughs.

The movie began and just in time pizza was here. It was hilarious, truly a classic. Plus I have to admit getting to watch Zac Efron was a huge plus to it.

"Ivy can I talk to you outside for a second" Jacob whispers in my ear, "Yeah sure" I reply. I get up from his cuddle and we walk towards the door and then leave.

He looked nervous, oh no, it's only been a day, not even, is he going to break up with me?

He puts his hands in his pocket and walks out in the sand with me, we just walk in silence.

"So uh what did you.." I begin to say with a little bit of a stutter. He cuts me off with a kiss, it was passionate. "Ivy I uh, I " he says and chuckles. " l wasn't honest with you and it's kind of bugging me that I wasn't. Ivy, I have wanted to kiss you like that since grade 8. I told you I didn't know you until I became friends with your bro last year but it was a lie. I remember the first day I saw you, I have never met anyone like you, every girl was focused on boys and giggling and laughing at everything they said, you weren't like that, never like that. You were so heartbroken, I asked them what was making you upset and heard about your dad dying. You and your brother stuck together like two magnets, never apart, ever. From that moment, I kept thinking about you, going on your VSCO page more than I like to admit, wondering why You never wanted anything to do with guys, and then once high school came around. The feelings started to fade, until grade 10, when you entered grade 9, seeing you day by day, you never even making eye contact with me, killed me. I wanted you to notice me, so bad, that I joined the volleyball team in order to become friends with your brother, just to get closer to you. Whilst you focused on every other sport and school. Then I began to forget about you day by day, I fell in love with volleyball, the story is I only did it to be closer to you, but I have actually earned a friendship with your brother and completely forgot about you. And then grade 12 started, me and your brother hanged out everyday, and I even got to meet you at his party, and that day I texted you, it was like an instinct, I though my feelings for you were completely gone but as soon as you texted back, they came back, you were so sweet, so funny. You were exactly what I pictured" he smiles. He. Is. So. Cute!

"You're adorable" I chuckle. "I did notice you by the way, I didn't know you who you were, I never know who anybody is, you are right though, I was so focused on sports and school and stuck to my old friends then forgot to make new ones. Here I am, making my first new friend, who happens to be my brothers friend and now he became my first boyfriend. To be honest I thought you were like any other guy in the school, the jock who is hot and thinks they can get any guy, every time we made eye contact I would look down, Everyone around me well Erika's little group of boys which I thought you took part of hated me, so I never really made friends, because I was scared. " I reply and we then sit on the sand facing the water, me sitting in between his legs.

"Sooo you think I'm hot" he chuckles, "shut up" I chuckle. "Well Just So you know I think you're super hot" he says and looks down at me. "Oh really" I chuckle and attach our lips together.

Grayson's POV

I couldn't stop staring at Ivy, her gorgeous dark skin but seemingly light at the same time even though she was in a mixed descent between black and white. Her gorgeous wavy yet curly hair that reached mid back. Her gorgeous brown eyes that yet they were simple had so much sparkle in them that you think you are looking into a star. Her big rosy lips and her scrunched up tiny nose that was cuter than ever. But most importantly her laugh, it brought happiness and made me feel some type of way that I couldn't explain. What are you doing Grayson? You have a girlfriend and she has a boyfriend

I look away and focus on the screen and begin watching the movie and then notice that her and Jacob got up and went out. "Oh he is going to get some" Ethan chuckles, "bro come on that's my sister" Nate says. "Sorry bro" Ethan chuckles.

Everyone continues watching the movie, whilst I had more important things to focus on. I look at Ivy and Jacob then notice them talking. Ivy looked so happy, only a guy like Jacob can make her happy. Comparing to that guy I had nothing. The guy had everything the looks and personality. He was probably the nicest guy I have ever met, even though I gave him shit at the game, he still looked past it and talked to me and tried to be friends. He was just like her, even though I hurt her, she still took it and wanted to see the best in me. They were the greatest fit.

I notice them start kissing and look away. It hurt even more to know that this guy is getting something I want.

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Until next time, X