Down The Drain {S.M}

Chapter 18: Pack Your Bags

{Gracelyn Adams}

My heart beats out of my chest. My ears are ringing. My hands start shaking. I breathe heavily and stand up, attempting to make my way to the bathroom, but stopped by Shawn wrapping an arm around me.

"Grace, honey? What's the matter? You look like you just saw a ghost.", he says, caressing my face. "Hold on one sec.", I say to my mom and mute my side of the conversation. "Shawn, I need to go to the bathroom." "Why? Can't you take the call here?", he asks. "Um, the call is complicated. I need to talk in private." "What happened?", he asks worried. "Uh, come on."

We get up from the table and make our way down the hall, to an empty dining room. "Okay, sorry, I'm back.", I say, putting her on speaker. Shawn grabs my hand to help calm down my anxiety.

She sniffles on her side of the phone. "Mom, tell me what happened." She sobs. "Grace, I did a bad thing." My heart falls and I have a feeling in my stomach. "Mom. Please don't tell me." "I cheated on him. I cheated on your dad.", she cries. Tears well up in my eyes. "Why? With who?"

"Paul." "With Paul? Your fucking boss? Mom, dad gave you everything. Everything! He was perfect! You really screwed up.", I say, tears pouring down my face.

"You realize you screwed things up right? Not only for you, but for me and Sarah. Oh my gosh, Sarah. What is she going to do?", I ask. "She is going to have to go back and forth between me and your dad." "She's 17, she should be able to choose who she wants to go to.", I say. "It's her decision.", I say.

"She wants to g-" "Put her on the phone.", I say. She says okay, then a couple seconds later, "Hey, sis." "Hey. Okay, who do you want to stay with? You don't have to go between them. You can choose one. Which I know, it's hard. But, going to each of them is going to be harder.", I say.

"Do I have to choose either of them? Can't I choose someone else?", she asks. "Like who?" "You." I make a face and look at Shawn, whose eyes are wide in shock.

"Wait, me? Why me?", I ask. "Because. I don't want to live with either of them. I've seen them fight, Grace. I don't care for either of them right now. I'm pissed at mom and dad's said terrible things. I don't want to live with either of them. I'm almost 18, after that I can move out of your apartment.", she says.

"Just a sec.", I say, putting her on mute. I look at Shawn. "How do you feel about that?", I ask. "It's your sister. It's your decision.", he says. "You're moving in with me. It's your decision, too.", I state. He thinks. "Okay, she's almost 18. She just needs a place to stay until then. I don't see a problem with it.", he says.

I nod. I take us off of mute and say, "You can stay with us for as long as you like." "Us?", she asks. "Oh, Shawn is moving in.", I say. "Ohh, mhm.", she says, laughing. "Oh my gosh, stop it.", I say, chuckling. "Okay, we are in New York right now, but are staying in a hotel on the other side of town. We have the MTV awards soon. We'll be home in a couple days, okay? We'll come get you.", I say.

"Thank you, Grace. Thank you so much.", she says. "Your welcome. Pack your bags!"

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