In The End (Dolan Twin Fanfic)

41 Where from here?

Grayson's POV

Dinner wasn't actually all that awkward. It sounds so crazy, but I think we're all getting used to not having Ethan here. Even admitting that to myself is too harsh, but it's also the truth. Liam and Cameron were currently talking about their future.

We heard a buzzing and it was moms phone in her purse.

"Are you gonna answer that mom?" Cameron asked.

"Oh no, we're having too much fun right now," She said smiling," A phone call can wait. And if it's important then they'll leave a message."

"True," Skylar said taking a cheesy fry and dipping it in ranch.

"Alright continue," Liam said to Cameron.

"Okay so this kid was so loopy. Like he was acting crazy and dabbing and really dumb shit. I should've recorded it because obviously, he's a regular and he has younger siblings who just got braces so he'll be coming back soon. I swear it was the funniest thing ever."

"So your'e happy with your new job?" I asked Cam.

"Oh yeah, I'm really happy where I am now. Now that I'm done with school and I have a practice set up and Liam has his job, it's all going great."

"Good, I'm glad to see you're doing fine," Mom smiled.

"I remember that mom used to worry about you," I laughed.

"We all worried about me," Cameron replied.

"Cam was the crazy child, believe it or not," I told Skylar.

"Really? It seems like the twins are the wild child's and you're the calm one," She laughed.

"I mean, I mellowed out after Collage I'll admit that. But shoot, if you'd seen me 6 or 7 years ago, you would have a completely different view of me."

My phone buzzed, it was a phone call. Without looking at it, I turned it upside down and declined the call. Like my mom said, if it's important, they'll leave a message.

***

After dinner they all went to the apartment to go play a game of scramble.

"I don't want to boast or anything, but I got skills at this game," Skylar said.

"Yeah because you cheat," Grayson said unlocking the door.

"Do not."

"Do too."

"Grayson's the cheater," Cameron said.

"Well then, they must be the perfect couple," Liam suggested.

"You guys are crazy," mom said," I'm going to listen to the voicemail I got and I'll be inside in a minute. Get the game set up for me will ya? And don't read my letters."

"Can't promise anything but sure," Grayson laughed stepping in his apartment.

The others trailed in slowly, soon leaving the Dolan twin's mom outside.

She saw who had called her.

It was Officer Braught. The Officer who was investing Ethan's case.

Panic swirled in her chest and she quickly opened the voicemail and listened to it.

"Hi Mrs. Dolan, I know it's late and I'm sure you're busy or something, but I really need to disscuss something with you. I'll call Grayson since you aren't answering but what I need to tell you is important. I'll also try going over to Ethan and Grayson's apartment at 8:00 to see if either of you are there."

The voicemail ended. A car pulled into the apartment parking lot. It was a polic officer's car. Officer Braught stepped out of the vehicle and walked up the stairs to the her.

"What's wrong?" She asked franticly.

***

Cameron's POV

"Gray, stop looking at mom's letters!"

"What? I just wanted to see what I'm up against. And why do you care? It's not like I'm looking at yours like your boy toy is."

"What?" I looked over and saw Liam looking at my set.

"Hey stop!" I shoved him.

"I wasn't looking. My eyes just wandered over there."

"Oh I'm sure that's what happened," I rolled my eyes.

"Man, what's taking mom so long?"

"I dunno."

"Here I'll go check on her," Skylar said. She picked up her letters and shoved them in her pocket.

"Smart girl," I  nodded my head smiling.

Skylar opened the door and stepped outside, closing the door behind her.

"Alright, so how many games will we do?" Liam asked.

"Not sure. I mean, I don't have anything else to do and I know Skylar doesn't either. Knowing us, we'll probably be up until 10 or something."

"That's a solid 2 hours, as of now," Liam said looking at his phone.

It was 8 now.

***
It's been 15 minutes now.

"What do you think is taking them so long?" I asked.

"I don't know," Liam shrugged.

We had been playing a pre-warm-up game when we heard the door open and close shut. All our eyes wandered to both Skylar and my mom, both had puff red eyes.

Grayson got up and walked over.

"What happened?" He asked.

Skylar embraced Grayson and started to cry in his shoulder.

"Mom.." I stood up, and so did Liam.

He grabbed my hand, unsure of what to do.

Tears slid down my moms eyes.

"Ethan's...he..." My mom's eyes darted between all of us.

"He commited suicide."

My heart plummeted to the ground. And everyone else's did too.

We all looked around at each other, not knowing what to say or what to do next. I walked over to my mom and hugged her, and we both collapsed on the ground crying together. Liam sat behind me, comforting me. Skylar and Grayson came next to us as well. We all sat together on the ground. Together but alone. All suffering differently for the same reason.