Black and Grey | Book 1

Chapter 11

I woke up from a peaceful sleep. The curtains were closed and the room was dark. I got up out of bed and got ready for the day.

There was a knock on the door and I opened it to reveal Grayson, in a suit again.

"Are you ready?" He asked and I nodded.

"Come downstairs, we'll have breakfast with the others." He said and I followed him. The kitchen was lively and so was the dining room.

"Good morning Iris! I must say, you truly are beautiful." Winked Sebastian flirtatiously. I smiled slightly at him, ignoring the glare from Grayson.

We sat down at the table, but before Grayson could sit down next to me, Sebastian beat him to it. Grayson glared at Sebastian while Sebastian smirked. Grayson went ahead and sat opposite me and once everyone had settled down at the table, we all started to eat.

"How was your first night in the house?"
Asked someone from across the table.

"It was great, thank you for letting me stay here." I said and Marcello looked towards me.

"Anything for you Iris." He said calmly and I smiled at him. Soon everyone started chatting and laughing.

"How would you like to go out with me soon? I could show you the stores and places. I think I could do a better job than Grayson, after all, he took so long to tell you about your past." Sebastian said out of nowhere.

I stayed quiet as I felt uncomfortable. I played with my fingers nervously as the whole table went quiet.

"You need to learn when to shut the fuck up, otherwise you're going to get killed in an instant." Snarled Grayson at Sebastian. Sebastian rolled his eyes and smirked.

"I'm still alive ain't I?" He said cockily.
He placed an arm around me, ignoring the fact that Grayson had his fists clenched.

"So what do you say?" He asked me and I pulled away.

"Sebastian. I've only ordered Grayson to take Iris places from now on. If Grayson can't, then I'll pick someone else to take Iris out if she wants to, but stop harassing the damn girl and let her eat her food." Marcello cut in, staring down at Sebastian, daring him to talk back. I shot him a grateful smile and Sebastian tensed slightly and didn't speak to me at all.

I resorted back to speaking to Grayson again, before Sebastian had interrupted.

"So. How do you like it so far?" He asked and I looked around at everyone at the table before looking at him again.

"Everyone is so nice. I do like it here and thank you for taking care of me, when there really isn't any need." I said and he looked at me from his plate.

"There's a lot of reasons why you're here Iris. Marcello doing his fair bit as he promised your dad is just the start. So don't think for one second that we're being crazy suddenly telling you to stay here and there and not to hang out with this person is out of random. We're doing it for your safety." He said and I was surprised.

"How did you even get caught up into all of this anyways?" I asked him curiously. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Sebastian and Ethan snap their heads up to look at Grayson. I looked at Grayson and he went quiet, he went back to staring at his plate, glaring at it, almost as if he wanted it to break.

"A-are you okay?" I asked him cautiously and he clenched his fists.

"Fine." He stood up and walked out of the room. Everyone at the table stopped their conversations and looked towards Grayson.

I didn't know what to do so I stood up and went after him. I just caught him going up the stairs quickly, taking two steps at a time. I ran after him, trying to catch up with him.

"Grayson. Grayson stop!" I yelled after him. He stopped abruptly and I didn't notice and ran right into his back. I nearly fell back from the force of the impact, but he turned around and grabbed my arm quickly, pulling me to him.

"Watch where you're going." He snapped as he looked a bit alarmed.

"You should've stopped when I told you to!" I said, not backing down.

He narrowed his eyes at me and I saw his jaw clench slightly.

"What do you want?" He asked.

"What happened at the table? Did I say something wrong?" I asked him. He rolled his eyes and sighed.

"It's nothing." He said.

"It's obviously not nothing Grayson. You're pissed off and angry. Why?" I asked him getting impatient.

"It's got nothing to do with you Iris! Stop getting involved." He snapped, he started going up to his room and I followed him.

"Well it obviously has, since you dragged me to your place and then here. I don't even know what I can and can't do anymore, without you always breathing down my back and having a go at me!" I snapped back.

He clutched his hair tightly.

"You're seriously pissing me off now." He gritted out. We were now in his room and he ran a hand through his hair.

"Just piss off." He said out of nowhere.

"What? We're not do-"

"I don't fucking care Iris. Just get the fuck out of here before I do something." He said turning his back to me.

"No, I'm no-"

He grabbed my arm and pushed me out his room gently, slamming the door behind him.

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It was getting late now. It was about 9:30pm and soon everyone started going to bed. I relaxed on the couch, having a random conversation with Ethan, Sebastian and a few others about anything that came to our heads.
I snuggled further into the blanket and we all burst out laughing at a joke that Ethan had told. I saw Grayson appear at the doorway and we both made eye contact straight away. I looked away as he walked into the room, stopping the conversation.

A few of the others started saying 'goodnight' and went to bed. Grayson walked towards me and Sebastian noticed the awkwardness between us. He nodded at me and left the room. The only ones in the room now were me, Grayson and Ethan.

"Can you get out." Grayson snapped rudely towards Ethan, who was currently eating a packet of crisps, snuggled into the couch.

"Nope." Said Ethan and Grayson glared at him. They were both now staring at each other, as if having a silent conversation. Ethan then sighed and stood up.

"Whatever. Anyways goodnight Iris." He said and side-hugged me and I smiled at him.
"Goodnight." I replied back.

I sat on the couch, ignoring Grayson completely. He sat next to me, leaving some space between us.

"I'm sorry." He started and I stared down at my hands.

I didn't reply back and he seemed to get frustrated.

"Iris." He said and I frowned. He scooted right next to me and grabbed my hands, pulling me to him.

"What?!" I snapped at him and he narrowed his eyes and glared at me.

"Listen to what I'm saying." He said and I shook my head and tried to pull back from him, but he had a tight grip on me.

"I don't care for what you have to say!" I shouted at him and this just made him angry.
"Just fuc-"

I stood up, finally getting out his grip and spun around to look at him.

"No Grayson. I won't fucking listen! You just come here and say sorry and expect me to forgive you. Just leave me alone." I said and walked out. I went into my room and shut the door behind me, dropping onto the bed with a loud sigh.

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A/N:
Next chapter is going to be interesting...
Until then♠️

[Edited: 01/07/2021]
P.S. Is it though...
How is it already July wow.