dogfight-e.d

twelve

as soon as ethan walks into the room, all of his friends' eyes latch onto him and their lips turn up in huge smug smiles. "s'up eth!" jack grins at the oldest dolan brother and holds up his fist, ethan gives him a curt nod and gently bumps his fist against jack's, he then takes a seat on a chair across from the rest of the boys who all watch him with expressions of curiosity. ethan's eyes swerve across them, awaiting their crude remarks and distasteful jokes about the girl he was with today; since they fail to perceive her as a normal girl with her own feelings. "so dude" cameron interrupts the building silence in the room "tell us all about your super romantic date with wideload".

grayson and jake chuckle to each other at the medicore nickname that rey banks has been unfortunately branded with, there are only so many midly creative ones these simple minded boys can even attempt to conjure. ethan shrugs his shoulders in a cool but calculated manner, "theres not much to say man" he explains as if him and rey didn't engage in a full conversation in which they compared their interests "except that banks is definitely falling hard for me". this conclusion is strongly directed towards his brother, who responds with an eye roll and a subtle middle finger which ethan reciprocates proudly. "that sounds too confident too soon eth" nate comments, crossing his tanned biceps over his chest, "yeah, what makes you think you've got this in the bag?" jack adds, sounding slightly unconvinced. ethan scoffs, unamused by the fact that his peers doubt his ability to make a girl as seemingly one dimensional and boring as rey banks fall completely head over heels for him, he is, as he constantly reminds people, ethan dolan right?

"she was hanging onto my every word, couldn't take her eyes off me for more than two seconds, she was sometimes speechless when I was talking to her....need I say more?" ethan lists, or in a more fitting sense, exaggerates rey's mannerisms from the date. he's partially aware he's doing this but the dominating part of him that co-operates under a need to impress his asshole friends blots his logic out. "damn dolan, this chick must really be into you" cameron laughs, easily impressed by what his friend has just told him.

"well I think you've forgotten that the bet isn't really based on making wideload fall for you but instead how long you'll last suffering through faking an interest in her" grayson happily reminds his brother, readjusting his snapback and licking his plump lips. ethan sneers at his words, realising that he has been focusing more on making rey fall for him instead of the true objective of this bet; being able to continue these pretend dates with rey until the dance. grayson's insufferable smirk stretches wider across his face as he watches ethan's scowl, "you already cracking bro?".

ethan purses his lip before firmly shaking his head in response, "like I told you before shitface, banks is a weird girl but nothing I can't handle" he retorts "and if you have the balls to doubt me one more fucking time, my fist is gonna have words with your face and wipe that annoying ass look straight off it". grayson's tongue pokes at the inside of his cheek behind his smile, arching one eyebrow as he tries to show ethan that his threat has no affect on him. "ooooh touchy touchy" jake sings teasingly, the boys all laugh at ethan, somehow finding it all ever so entertaining. "yeah, chill the fuck out man" nate tells ethan and starts to scroll through his phone, seemingly done with ethan's uneventful report on his date with rey. ethan sighs and cracks his tense knuckles, his hazel eyes still burning into those of his twin, his previous talk with rey about how much grayson has changed replaying in his head like a bad song.

"we'll just see how things change in the next two months" grayson whispers to ethan "who knows what could happen?". he pauses as a thought seems to drift into his head and then bursts into laughter, "what the fuck is so funny?" ethan tiredly asks, grayson wipes his mouth with the back of his hand, eyes twinkling like a small child. "I was just thinking...if...if..." he fails to complete his sentence due to his excessive laughter. "if fucking what, you piece of shit?" ethan nearly snaps as his brother's deep laugh fills his ears and he clenches his jaw tightly. "I was just thinking about how piss your pants funny it would be if you ended up falling for her instead of the other way round?" grayson finally says and the rest of the boys erupt into snorts and laughter at the suggestion. ethan's face twists into a look of disgust and he shakes his head violently, "no...no fucking way would that ever happen" he argues, his voice assertive but there are hints of it cracking, "not rey wideload banks".