Gray Area

4

Chapter 4

*Bryce Hall's POV*

It's been a week since Tayler and I have met Gray, neither of us really saying anything about it. We were in Orlando for Playlist,  a lot of us done by the pool. Tayler was sitting on one of the chairs by the pool while I was in the ocean. Suddenly, Tayler jumped up, smiling brightly at me. 

"Bryce, look," Tayler laughed, running over to the edge of the pool, showing me his phone. 

"Bro, what?" I smiled, taking his phone from him and watching the video. It was of Gray in the car with David Dobrik. Jeff, Zane, and David were asking Gray about her love life and her face turned all red. 

"Well," she giggled, putting her hands on her cheeks as she looked between the 3 guys, "I met this kid at this party. We haven't really talked but I think he's a sweetie," she smiled as all the guys jumped, immediately asking her who it was. Finally, she gave a clue, "he's a TikToker". My face dropped as I looked up at Tayler who was smiling back at me. 

"You think she was talking about me or you?" I smirked, handing him back his phone. 

"What if it was neither of us," Tayler sighed, sitting down on the edge of the pool, putting his legs in the water. 

"What are you two talking about?" Charli laughed as Tayler and I shook our heads. 

"Nothing," we both said suspiciously as she just looked at us. 

"You two have a crush, don't you?" She giggled as Tayler and I nodded softly. "Who is it?" She smiled leaning against the edge of the pool as she glanced between both Tayler and me. 

"Gray Thomas," Tayler mumbled as Charli gasped. 

"No way," she laughed, "I met Gray a few times before, she's amazing," Charli smiled as we both nodded. 

"You're telling us," I huffed, crossing my arms. 

"You know, Addison's like lowkey friends with her because of David," Charli smirked as I jumped, looking up at Tayler who was shaking his head. 

"No, we're not using Addison to get close to Gray. We're going to be men about it, and we're both going to follow her on Instagram," Tayler sighed, looking down at his phone. 

"You following her right now?" I mumbled, trying to look at his phone as he nodded. 

"Yes, Bryce," he laughed, locking his phone and putting it beside him letting out a soft sigh. A few minutes later, Tayler picked his phone up and jumped up, a big smile on his face. "I THINK IT WAS ME!" He laughed loudly, running around the pool like a child. I hopped out of the pool, following him, sitting next to him and looking over his shoulder. Not only did Gray follow him back, she DMed him. 

"Hey, I just wanted to make sure you and Bryce were still coming to my party on Friday, I'm looking forward to seeing you guys again," I read, smiling at Tayler as he just smiled at his phone. 

"Alright," Tayler sighed, clearing his throat as he began typing, "we wouldn't miss it for the world. I never caught it, but where is it at?" Tayler read out before sending the message. Within seconds, Gray was typing and before we knew it, Tayler got another message. It was coordinated. I ran over to the table, grabbing my phone before running back over and typing it in. It came up as a beach, making me look at Tayler strangely. 

"A beach?" I mumbled as Tayler shook his head, watching his phone as it showed Gray was typing. She told Tayler it was her private beach that was behind her beach house. Then, my heart dropped as I saw that she asked him for his Snapchat. 

"I guess it was you," I laughed softly, patting his back as Tayler shook his head, showing me the phone. 

"She wants yours too," he huffed before typing out our snaps. 

"Do you think she's playing us?" I mumbled, looking at Tayler as he shrugged, shaking his head. 

"I can't tell... It's either she's playing us or she's into one of us but doesn't want the other one to know just yet," Tayler mumbled, looking at me as I nodded.