snowed in | grayson dolan

10

"duuuuuude, wake up!"

a voice wakes me from my sleep, and i groggily open my eyes, only to see a hyper-looking alyssa.

"ugh, what do you want" i say, half yawning in between my sentence.

"i'm bored" she says.

"go play tongue hockey with ethan" i grin, rubbing my eyes.

she gasps, and shoves me lightly on the shoulder.

"seriously though, i just wanna sleep" i add on, and she rolls her eyes.

"with graysoooon?" she teases.

"yes, with grayson, as you can clearly see" i say, motioning towards him, soundly sleeping on the mat beside me.

"you still like him" she says, and i nod.

"yeah, a lot, and we've hung out a bit. he's turned out to be a really great person" i say, genuinely.

"what, a great person with his mouth?" she giggles, and i have to shush her.

"well, from i've known, yeah" i say, and her face turns to shock. "it was only a kiss, alyssa"

"yeah! but it's your first one!" she says. "you go girl"

and with that, she leaves the gym, and i lie back down on the yoga mats. snuggling up to grayson, he subconsciously wraps his arms around me, and rests his head on my neck.

-

3:49am.

that was the time at school, and i was ravenous. trying to wake up from grayson's grip was hard, and he ended up waking up.

and so he insisted on coming with me to the cafeteria. so here we were, walking hand in hand down the school hallway.

i'm afraid of the dark, okay? don't ask.

"why don't you turn the lights on?" grayson whispers.

"because i don't want to wake the others up, they could be anywhere" i say, feeling for the door handle to the cafeteria.

"here, use my phone flashlight" he says, handing his phone to me.

"thanks" i say, and not a moment later, the doors open, and the automatic lights turn on.

squinting my eyes at the sudden brightness, i hand grayson's phone back, and walk over to where the food is stored.

"so what are you getting to eat exactly" grayson asks.

"anything really, we skipped dinner, so i'll eat a horse at this minute" i reply, and i hear him chuckle from behind me.

"same, let me join you" he says, and he kneels down on his knees, and digs into the food.