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"It was you." tears welled up, pointing to her. "E please." She was a bit more forceful now.
"You lied to him!" I shouted through the pain, stepping forward to launch at her.

Grayson came forwards and grabbed me, stopping me from trying to hurt her.
"What is she talking about?" Ethan said to Grace.
"Don't listen to her E." Grace came out with. It burned every time she called him that.

"Ethan, you're a fool." Grayson said lowly, answering for me. He looked between us and Grace and just shook his head, letting Grace pull him out of the room.
"She's a LIAR! " Grayson yelled out, making Ethan stop. Grayson rarely shouted like that, it was scary. And Ethan knew that too. It only came out when Ethan made Gray crack with anger.

"You told him me and Kay had sex didn't you?" Grayson lowered his voice again.
Grace closed her eyes and nodded.
I ripped out of Grayson's grip and ran at her, smacking her across the face.

"You BITCH!" I grabbed her hair and yanked her down but the boys were ahead of me, pulling me off before I even got the chance to beat the shit out of her.

"You're fucking lucky." I sneered while Grayson held me.
"You lied to me?" Ethan was shocked and I scoffed. "You're really something else." I couldn't even look at him.

"You chose to believe her without even coming to me or your own damn brother?" I stepped away, looking at Grayson in a way to say that I won't do anything.

"I was a-angry and I didn't question it." I looked back at him and scowled.
"Well that's rich." I spat at him before heading for the door. But Grace was already trying to get out herself.

"I hope you feel good about yourself."
"Hey, he's not too bad in bed." I stood as still as possibly, my core shaking. Her head leaned towards my ear and whispered, "Might want to clean those sheets of his." She smirked and walked out without another word.

It took everything in my power to not launch for her, but I kept my fists clenched tightly. As I released them, I looked down and saw that I drew blood.
The door shut and I stayed facing the opposite direction. She was supposed to be my best friend yet she resorted to such disgusting things.

"Kay, it's not true-"
"Grayson, can you take me home?" I asked quietly, still facing the other way.
"Y-Yeah sure. Let me just grab my keys and go and talk to my mom." I heard him walk away and I stepped towards the door in silence.

Before I knew, a hand fell on my shoulder.
"You have one second to get your hand off of me." I said murderously.
"Please." He still let go of me when he said it. "I just want to talk."

"Talk?!" I whipped round in anger. "What is there to fucking talk about?" I spat back at him. As I lifted my arm to push him away, he grabbed my wrist.
"I just want to explain myself." I ripped my arm away and stood back. "What gives you the right to explain anything? You thought I fucked your brother yet you didn't give me the chance to explain myself did you?"

I opened the door but he pushed it closed, putting his arms on either side of me. I spun to face him and his face was closer than expected, it made me flinch.
"Baby... listen to me." I could feel his breath against my skin. I leaned in a little, the smell of his cologne was intoxicating.
However, I knew I couldn't fall for his tricks.
"Don't you baby me." I ducked under and out of him.

"Just leave me alone." I looked down and my emotions started to hit me. "You heard her Ethan." Grayson backed me, coming down and putting his hand on my arm.
Before anything else was said, Grayson guided me promptly out of the house.

"Just get me home."

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Grayson spent the next 10 minutes apologising to me for putting me in this situation. But in reality, he wasn't the person who caused all of this.

I invited him in for some food but he kindly declined, he was going out with some of his friends for pizza. Atleast he had friends who were kind and trustworthy.

"Mom?" I walked through and she was lying down on the couch with a facemask on and her black robe on.

"Mmm?" She answered, still laying down with her eyes closed. I laughed a little. "You look comfy." I said, moving over and sitting by her. "I am. What do you need mi amor?" I sighed at her and she opened one eye to look at me.

"What happened?" She sat up and grabbed my hand. "Don't tell me it's that boyfriend of yours-"

"Mom. Please." She was all I had right now - aswell as Grayson.

"Okay, okay. I'm listening."
"E-Ethan he-"

"What did I say! He's a bad one that boy, I told you to be careful! But I do love him though... Why didn't you just go for Grayson? He's a lovely boy and would have treated you righ-"
"He cheated on me with Grace."

Her mouth snapped shut and I could tell she was trying to process it. "Grace as in, our Grace?" Her blood was boiling.
"Mom, promise me you'll stay calm? I need you to tell me what to do."

"I can't believe he would do this to you, after all you've dealt with these past three months. School is out and you're supposed to be together, going places. He really cheated on you?"

I nodded briefly. "Don't you worry about it atall. You know what we're going to do? We're going to go shopping. Me and you. It's what?" she grabs her phone and checks the time, "2:46. Plenty of time." I stand up and adjust my hoodie. She slaps my ass and I jump a little. "Get that butt in gear missus! I think you deserve a treat."

When my dad passed, he left well... a lot of inheritance for me and a good chunk of money to keep me and my mom going, alongside her job. I hated spending the money though, knowing that I would trade every cent of it to get him back.