Hello Stranger

Chapter 10

I woke to the sound of a vacuum. I pull the pillow over my ears trying to shut it out. My head hurt so much. I should not have drunk so much last night. I sat up and a headache greeted me. I let out a yawn as I stretched. I heard a door opened and I jumped. It wasn't the room door, it was the bathroom door. Grayson came out of the bathroom with nothing but a towel wrapped around him. His hair was wet and speckles of water dripped down his chest and ribs. He was completely jaw-droppingly hot. And I couldn't even blame the alcohol this time.

"Why are you staring at me?" Grayson asked grumpily.

I averted my gaze to stare at my hands. Then, I mumbled, "Sorry."

"For staring or sleeping in my bed?" Grayson asked.

I was still looking at my hands refusing to look up. "I didn't have a choice." 

I heard a chuckle. My eyes shoot up to the now half-dressed guy. Did he just laugh? He was now wearing grey sweatpants and was walking toward me. "To stare? Or sleep in my bed?" He asks lowly as he leaned it to me.

I gulped and took a deep breath. "To sleep in your bed."

Grayson smirked at me, "So, staring was completely optional. Did you like what you saw?"

"Honestly, yeah. Then you opened your mouth," I retort back surprising not only myself but Grayson as well.

"Fiesty," He says then walks over to a dresser and tosses a shirt on his bed in front of me. He grabs out another one and slings it over his shoulder. He walks out of the room leaving the door open. I sat there in confusion just staring at the open door. Moments later he walked back in with a pair of denim shorts and threw them on top of the shirt he put there. "Get dressed." He demanded before leaving the room and shutting the door this time.

What the hell just happened?

I quickly threw on the black shirt and the shorts. The shirt surpassed the shorts just by a little, stopping mid-thigh on me. I really looked like I wasn't wearing anything underneath. I took a hair tie from around my wrist and tied the shirt up to one side of the shirt so the shorts were now visible. Then, I followed the noise of the vacuum downstairs ignoring my hangover.

When I reached the bottom of the steps I saw the boys cleaning up the mess from the party. I smile to myself. They really are better people than everyone thinks, aren't they? Instead of going any further and interrupting their cleaning, I sit down at the bottom of the steps watching them. They were actually pretty decent at cleaning for guys.

What felt like ten minutes passed and the boys still didn't notice me sitting on the steps watching them. They didn't even notice when Ellie came and say beside me. She handed me what looked like asprin and water. I happily took the pills and drank the water. It was just what I needed. I laid my head on Ellie's shoulder remembering last night. My brother was in a car accident. Ellie held my hand and we just sat there like that watching the boys clean.

Eventually, Cameron noticed us and came over to us. "Hey, you guys okay?"

"Yeah, we're just enjoying the view," I joke.

Cameron rolls his eyes. "We're just about done. You guys hungry?"

"I could eat a cow right now," Ellie exaggerates.

"I wanna see my brother," I say.

"I can ask Grayson to take you. He's not doing anything right now," Cameron shrugs.

"He's a dick," I say.

Cameron laughs, "Yeah, but he's the only one of us who can give you a ride. Unless you want to call Joesph. I'm sure he'd give you a ride." Do I call Joesph? He's been nothing but a jerk toward me. He was being so inconsiderate and I don't know if I can deal with that right now. But, Grayson hates me. It's like he's doing everything he can to annoy me. Honestly, I would rather walk than get a ride from either of them. Damn, I wish I had my car back. "Andrea?"