Pursuit of Happiness-Grayson Dolan☀️🌴

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June

Grayson and I had another date, he took me to the movies and we had a great time, laughing and enjoying one another's company.

We've been going on dates every weekend for a few weeks now and I'm starting to feel a lot more confident with the whole dating scene again. There's also the calls for hours when we're not physically together. My feelings for him have been growing stronger and stronger every time I see him and they're becoming more difficult to hide.

Just everything about him has me windswept; those eyes, that smile, his goofy yet incredibly charming personality.

He truly is a remarkable person.

Grayson's invited me over to his house for a late night swim as another date. I walk up to his house with a hoodie and leggings covering up my yellow one piece.

Grayson opens the door before I've even knocked on it, a huge grin on his face when he sees me.

"Hey you!" he beams at me with his arms extended out in search of a hug.

"Hey Gray" I walk happily into his hug and wrap my arms around his large shoulders, feeling my breath nearly leave my chest when he squeezes me.

He pulls away and takes a look at my outfit, "that's an interesting swimming costume".

I raise an eyebrow at his cheesy joke, "I thought I would try something less revealing and see if you could keep eye contact me with while talking".

"Maybe I should swim in this t shirt to test if you can keep your eyes at level with mine then since they may slip down if I'm shirtless".

I blush and playfully smack his arm, "don't be a tool Dolan!".

He grins and grabs my wrist to usher me inside, "c'mon! I wanna swim".

I laugh and let him pull me through the house towards the pool outside.

He lets go of my wrist to tug his shirt off and I notice he's already wearing his swimming shorts.

I take a moment to admire his beautiful toned body but he catches me, a smirk plastering on his face.

"Wow, at least you're not subtle about it" Grayson teased and I roll my eyes at him.

He gives me one more smile before he dives into the pool, nearly splashing me.

"What are you waiting for?" he asks me after he's emerged from the water with his hair now slicked back and body covered in droplets.

I don't reply but instead slip my shoes off, pull the hoodie over my shoulders and then tug off my leggings.

I can feel Grayson's eyes on me and my skin starts to heat up despite the cool air hitting it.

I finally look at him and he blinks, breaking off the intense gaze he was giving over my body.

I give him a warm smile and then jump into the pool, splashing water over Grayson which makes me yell in laughter.

I spring up from the water and my hair covers my eyes. I go to push it back so I can see clearly but Grayson beats me to it, moving my wet locks from my eyes so I can look into it.

There's a small moment of silence as we look at each other, our breaths heaving up and down from the laughing.

The energy between us is electric.

"Charly...." Grayson starts to say but his nerves seem to get the best of him.

"Yes Grayson?" I ask, sinking lower into the water so it cups against my chin.

Grayson doesn't reply instantly but instead hooks his index finger under my chin into the water to pull me up.

He keeps it there afterwards, his eyes still burning into mine and his tongue sweeps his lower lip.

"You know I like you right?".

I blink.

"Yeah...".

"Like....a lot" Grayson goes on after clearing his throat.

"I like you a lot too" my voice comes out in a whisper without me telling it to.

I get the feeling that this moment should be kept between us as much as possible.

"Well I've been having a lot of fun with you and I wanted to ask you..." his voice trails away again and he stays completely still.

"Ask me...?" I edge closer to him in the water, feeling it heat up as the space between us gets smaller.

Grayson takes a deep breath and latches his eyes straight into mine.

"If you wanted to be my girl?".

I feel my heart soar at his question and my chest bubbles with this indescribable energy.

It's happiness.

My mouth lifts into a smile and I nod, "of course".

Saying it just feels so right, despite how nervous I was before.

Grayson breaks out into the widest smile I've seen on him. His hand moves from under my chin to cup my cheek and he pulls me close to him. I feel explosions inside me when his soft lips connect to mine, they move against each other like magic as our hands grip onto each other's skin.

We kiss for what feels like hours, now that I know what his lips feel like I don't want to pull away from them. His kisses are sweet and gentle but still passionate, like if a summer's day could be compressed into a feeling it would be this boy's kisses.

We soon have to break away for air but our faces still stay close together, our foreheads presses together and our smiles inches from one another.

I haven't felt a happiness like this in too long.

Later on into the night, I'm sitting on the edge of the pool with my legs submerged in the water with Grayson still in the pool while resting on my lap. I'm wearing his shirt tied up with a knot and my fingers play with his damp hair.

We've been like this for a while, after lots of kisses and playing around in the pool like kids, we've been relaxing in each other's company.

Our quiet moment is interrupted by Ethan calling his brother's name as he walks through the house.

His eyes widen when he sees our position but he soon smiles.

"You finally asked her bro?".

Grayson opens his eyes and lifts his head up to look at his twin. He looks up at me and his eyes are smiling, "hell yeah".

I smile at him and he kisses my cheek.

I look over to Ethan and notice the love bites on his neck. He must have been with Ari.

"Well aren't you two cute?" Ethan mocks "treat him right Charly".

"I will, don't worry" I reply and Ethan gives me a thumbs up.

He gives us a goodbye and walks back into the house, leaving my boyfriend and I alone again.

I'm gonna have to get used to that, my boyfriend, Grayson Dolan.

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