Fake Love | G.D

[twenty two]

-a week later

My phone rings, waking me up. It's 3am and Grayson's side of the bed is still empty. He went out with some old high school friends before we fly home tomorrow. I feel relieved but also worried once I see it's Grayson calling me.

"Gray are you okay?" I ask as soon as I answer the phone.

"Yeah, I'm gonna need you to pick me up" his words are slurred, he's drunk, again.

Grayson's been drinking a lot since the funeral, almost every night, but he's going through so much I don't want to bring it up. I'm hoping once we're back in LA things will start to go back to normal.

"Can't you get a taxi?" I sigh, "it's 3am" I remind him while getting out of bed to put my shoes on.

"I want to see you" he admits.

"Alright, text me the address and I'll be there as soon as I can" I smile to myself like an idiot.

Grayson is only a 10 minute drive from the house. Once I arrive I find him sitting on a bench waiting for me. I pull up beside him but he won't get into the car.

"Grayson what are you doing?" I roll down the window to ask him, "get into the car"

"Can we get food first? I'm starving" he whines.

"I'm in pyjama shorts and a tank top, I'll look ridiculous" I state.

"Trust me, I've seen worse around here" he smirks taking off his jumper, "there's a 24 hour diner around the corner" he hands me his jumper through the window.

"Fine" I give in pulling the jumper over my head and getting out of the car. The jumper is too long on me and covers my shorts making it look like I'm wearing nothing underneath. I get out of the car and lock it before pulling Grayson up off the bench.

"I'm so happy you came" he confesses wrapping an arm around me.

"I'm just happy you're safe, you had me worried sick" I scold him.

"I'm sorry, I promise I'll stop this" his words slur together as he apologises.

"We'll talk about it in the morning" I smile. I know his drinking is something we need to talk about but I get that he's going through a lot and I don't want to upset him while he's drunk.

"You're so amazing" he mutters under his breath.

"What are you talking about?" I laugh taking his hand as he starts to slow down.

"You" he states, "you're just so fucking amazing and you don't realise it, it frustrates me"

"Why?" I ask confused.

"Because when you realise it" he trails off, "you're going to realise you deserve better than me and that's when you'll leave me" he mumbles.

"Stop being so stupid" I roll my eyes, "you're more than I'll ever deserve, I'm insanely lucky and you are not going to lose me, I'm here okay? Every step of the way" I assure him.

"I love you" he takes my hand in his, "so much, you'll never understand" he adds. He's so drunk but he's so adorable I'm loving it.

"I love you too" I smile almost tearing up.

When I'm with Grayson I never think about Brandon, my ex, except at times like this when I realise what love really is.

When Brandon was drunk he'd yell at me, telling me I was the worse thing that had ever happened to him and that he hated me. Now I have someone as amazing as Grayson who tells me I'm amazing and that he loves me when he's drunk.

Grayson hums a song while we walk in silence, I can see the diner from where we are. Four men, around the same age as us, come stumbling out of it. Grayson notices them walking towards us and his hand tightens in mine.

They walk past us all talking amongst themselves and everything's fine, until one of them smacks my ass.

Grayson let's go of my hand and turns around to punch him in the face. It happens so fast I don't even realise what's happening until I see the man on the ground, unconscious with a bloody nose. Grayson dives on top of him before I can stop him and continues to punch him.

"Grayson!" I scream, "get off him!" I yell trying to pull him off the stranger but he's much stronger than me and I can't stop him.

The stranger's friends manage to pull Grayson off him and luckily they're too busy trying to wake up their friend, none of them come after Grayson. They manage to wake him up and the friends apologise for the stranger smacking me.

Just as I think everything's over the cops pull up beside us. They put everything together quickly and try to handcuff Grayson.

"Get your hands off me!" he yells, "he hit my fucking girl" he tries to explain but they manage to restrain him and put the cuffs on him.

I follow them as they take him to the car and try to get into the car with him.

"Sorry ma'am, you can't do that" one of the cops tell me, "if you want to see him,  you'll have to follow us to the station yourself" he states. Before I can say anything else he gets into the car and they leave.

I call Ethan while I'm running back to my car.

"Hello?" he answers the phone confused.

"Ethan something happened, Grayson's fine but he's been arrested, get dressed I'm on my way to pick you up, I'll explain everything when I'm there" I tell him while I'm getting into the car.

- at the station

"What's happening?" I ask Ethan as he comes back over to me after talking to an officer.

"They've set his bail for $2,000" he tells me, "I'm paying for it now and if there's no charges pressed against him then it'll be forgotten about"

"$2,000? For punching someone?" I scoff.

"They know who he is and that he has money" he explains.

They know who he is?

I should probably ask why, but right now I'm not sure I want to know.

After almost an hour wait the bail is paid and the paperwork is complete for them to finally release Grayson.

Grayson comes out to reception and his eyes scan the room before landing on me. He comes over to us and I stand up to hug him. Without saying anything, I burst into tears in his arms.

He's been arrested for no longer than 2 hours but I can't help it. He beat someone up and was taken away in a cop car, I was worried about him. It's also 5am and I've gotten barely any sleep.

"I'm sorry" he apologises and kisses my forehead.

He collects his belongings and we leave without saying anything else.

note;
i can not believe the love this story is getting it's unreal! thanks so much to everyone who reads it! my exams are still on in school but they finish on thursday so i'll be back to posting regular updates soon!