Let Yourself Fall // sequel to My Ethan Karpathy

Chapter 63.

CHRIS POV:

I am sitting in my living room when I see two people walk past. I look out the window when they stop right out the front of my place, giving me a perfect view. I see its Paisley and Brai. I know Paisley went for a walk, but why was Brai there? I literally gasp when they hug, but then I see Paisley's facial expression shows no sign of feelings for him. Then I see Brai's face when she walks away.. He is standing there, not moving, staring after her. When he does move, he smiles at the ground. It's plain obvious to see. He likes her. And that's not good, Paisley and Ethan can seriously not be broken up again. I decide to text him. He checks his phone immediately, a look of pure shock on his face. I swear he goes pale and shaky. Then his emotion turns to pure anger. He turns on his heel and runs back around the direction he came from.

BRAIS POV:

It was Cat. Cat told Chris. I actually can't believe her, why would she do that? I run back to her house and in a massive rush of adrenaline, I slam open the door. I know she's home alone because I was here earlier and she told me.

"Brai? Is that you?" Cat calls from what I think is her living room.

"How could you? Why, Cat!?" I yell, storming into the living room and see her sitting on the couch watching TV.

"What the fuck, Brai?" She says, raising her voice a bit and standing up.

"You told Chris I liked her!" I yell, walking right over to her.

"I didn't do jack shit!" She yells, stepping away a bit.

"Then how does he know, ha?" I yell, closing the gap again. I can tell she feels intimidated which is weird for her.

"I don't know, Brai! I didn't tell him!" She defends herself.

"No one else knew! Now everything's fucked up and it's all your fault!" I yell, walking away towards the door.

I decide that what I just accused her of wasn't exactly fair. But no one else knew, it had to be her. I pull out my phone and decide to text Chris to see how he knew.

Me: what makes you think that?

Chris: I just saw you. Come over now.

Me: ok.

That's when I realise who's house we were standing outside of. I turn around and look back at Cat's house and decide that apologising can wait. I need to make sure Chris doesn't tell Ethan or Paisley. My life would be as good as over, as well as my career. I run down to Chris' house and ring the doorbell desperately. He opens it and let's me inside, shutting it behind me.

"Look, just tell me if its true." he says once we're seated in the lounge room. I say nothing, but stare at the ground, trying not to look or feel guilty.

"Ugh, you've got to me kidding me." he sighs under his breath.

"Look, I'm sorry, Brai. This is what you need to do, you have no choice," he announces, sitting up straight and looking at me. I thought I was being really rude by staring at the floor while he was talking to me, so I force myself to look at him. He generally looks sad for me. "You need to get over this somehow, somehow you need to move on. I'm sorry, but I can't let you get in the way of them. They're going through enough already right now.. Just, don't tell either one of them."

"Okay." I reply, nodding at him. This is going to be much harder than I expected.

PAISLEYS POV:

I walk back inside in a hurry to find Ethan. I just need a hug right now. I run up to his room and freeze in my tracks at his door. He's hurrying around, shoving clothes into a suitcase. I have a mini heart attack because I thought he was leaving, but then I remember he's going to tour on Monday. When he sees me, he immediately stops and walks over. He pauses for a second, hesitating, but then I close the gap as I fall right into his arms. He holds me tight for a few minutes until he pulls away. I feel a little better.

"Are you okay now?" He asks, looking directly into my eyes and rubbing his hands up and down the top of my arms.

"Yeah, I'm just going to go to bed now." I say, rubbing my temples. This does absolutely nothing to soothe the terrible pain in my head.

"Do you want me to come?" He asks in a worried tone. I guess I would be worried if my boyfriend wanted to go to sleep at 5:30 on a Thursday.

"You're busy, come in if you want to when you're done." I say, turning on my heels and walking back to my room. I'm really hoping he comes in.

I change into a pair of cotton shorts and a thick strapped tank top before climbing into bed and pulling the covers up to my chin. I rest my eyes and try not to think too much while I try and let the feeling of sleep wash over me. It does nothing, but soon Ethan comes in. My eyes automatically flutter open and I see he has changed.

He smiles a cute closed mouth smile at me before hopping into the bed behind me. I feel his arm slide around me and his hand rests on my stomach. I feel him bury his nose into the back of my neck and soon his soft breathing fills the room. I know he's asleep now, and so am I.