Pursuit of Happiness-Grayson Dolan☀️🌴

0.4

April

So it's been a week since Coachella and meeting the twins.

Grayson did end up showing me some of the highlights of LA and we've been texting a lot, pretty much every day.

It's safe to say we've built a pretty solid friendship and are getting along great.

Ari has been seen Ethan since Coachella, she was with him last night and judging by the marks on her neck and the fact that she came home walking on air this morning it's quite obvious what they did.

I'm editing the Coachella vlog when she walks into the lounge to chill with me.

"How's the video coming?" she asks, propping her feet up on the coffee table next to my drink.

"Nearly done" I reply feeling satisfied with my work.

Ari peers down at my screen and focuses on a frame which has Grayson and Ethan in it.

"Are you sure you should leave that in?" she asks sounding worried.

"I mean, yeah why wouldn't I?" I raise a brow at her question.

"It's a bit risky, you, a pretty girl showing that you hang out with the Dolan Twins since they're known for having the craziest fans" Ari replies and I bite my lip.

"It doesn't show anything scandalous" I shrug "just that we're friends...well that Grayson and I are friends".

Ari narrows her eyes at me, "Ethan told me to make sure no one else finds out he and I are hooking up because it would start a shitshow online" she explains "that could even happen if people start to make assumptions about you and Grayson".

I look down to my screen and at the frames that show Grayson, this must have been why he and Ethan were shying away from my vlog camera at first. They don't want the fans to put pieces together and make assumptions and rumours.

Grayson is rather close to me in some of the shots, his arm around me and smiling at me, maybe I should cut myself the drama and leave those out.

"I can leave a few shots out but I'm sure them in the back will be fine" I say and save the video "I doubt their fans are that wild".

Ari just shrugs and holds up her hands, "don't say I never warned you".

The vlog is uploaded and receives a good amount of views and likes. Some people spot the twins in the back and spam my comment sections with mentions of them.

It's the twins omg!

Charly you know the twins!

Omg are u dating one of them?

I ship u and Ethan!

You and gray would be so cute!!!

This seems fine, nothing too crazy or extreme.

Maybe Ari was just exaggerating.

I'm chilling in my room when my phone bleeps with a notification. I look down to see what it is, expecting a text from Grayson but instead it's an instagram dm from his brother.

I blink as I read Ethan's name and the message "Hey Charly, gotta y'all to you real quick"

I slide the notification open and type out a response, "Hey Ethan, what's up?"

I get a response almost immediately, "Just saw your Coachella vlog and I loved it! But just a heads up you may get some hate for having Gray and I in it"

My brow furrows in confusion, he's saying the same things Ari was before I uploaded the video.

What's the big deal?

I write a reply, "What do you mean hate? It's just you and Gray dancing with us"

Ethan writes back, "You have to understand our fans are very extreme with this stuff, any girl that is seen with us they assume one of us is dating her and she gets a shit ton of hate. It sounds crazy but that's the situation".

This surprises me, I knew the fans could get a little territorial because the twins are good looking guys and majority of their fan base is quite young but this is ridiculous. Sending hate to a poor girl just because she was seen with them?

Ethan sends another message as I have yet to reply, "Grayson and I just don't want you and Ari to deal with that shit because you're cool, it's just a heads up".

I shake my head and type out a message, "I appreciate your and Grayson's concerns but don't worry, I can handle some angry tweets and comments no matter what they say".

There's a few seconds before Ethan replies, as if he's read my message multiple times. He soon gets back to me, "If you say so Charly, anything gets too extreme then Gray and I will shut it down ASAP".

I smile at that, Ethan is clearly a cool guy. It's nice to have him as a friend. I write back "Thanks Ethan, see ya later".

What I've said is true though, I'm not fussed by the idea of a few fangirls sitting behind their phone screens and sending me immature messages.

I read the part about Grayson being worried about it again and it makes me smile.

The fact that he cares about me warms my heart.

I sigh and put my phone down, thinking about my attraction to him and how it's only growing.

There's something pulling me back though, something stopping me from letting myself become head over heels and that's my last encounter with a guy.

His name was Steven and I met him online as he is a pretty huge sight model. He was already living in LA so he and I had a long distance relationship but he would come to visit me. I was completely and utterly in love as I thought he was the perfect guy; handsome, funny, dreamy. Just like Grayson.

However I found out that when he was back in LA he would sleep with other girls, Instagram models mostly. One of them dmed me on twitter and told me that she and Steven were hooking up and she couldn't hide it anymore because she felt too bad.

It broke my heart and it took me a while to recover, it happened over a year ago but it still hurts to think about.

The way I'm attracted to Grayson reminds me of how I was to Steven when we first started dating. It feels nice but there's still that doubt, that fear that he'll end up just like Steven.

I don't want to get hurt again.

That's why I'm hoping my crush on Grayson passes quickly.

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