See You Around~ Grester (completed)

Chapter Thirteen

Grace's POV

I pushed through the door, bolting out of the garden and running across the streets. My feet wouldn't stop moving and before I knew it I was sitting on the curb up in a ball, my eyes flooded with tears. I heard footsteps and then the presence of someone's body next to mine. 

"Grace? Why did you come out here?" Chester asked innocently, wrapping his arm around me at the sight of my tears. I don't know what my face was doing at that exact moment but I could feel my hands begin to shake and my body ripple with anger at his touch. He touched my arm as if he was bringing me back to reality and I flinched withdrawing backwards; I stood up and walked away in an attempt to retreat but the air surrounding me was thinning, I gasped but nothing was entering my lungs. The world around me was blurring and everything felt as if it was sinking, I was drowing in concrete. Chester walked up to me, a concerned look on his face. 

"Grace, Grace are you okay? Just breathe, you'll be alright." 

The panicky anger grew bigger and bigger, my palms sweaty and my veins bursting. I knew nothing but Chester's embrace would comfort me but I breathed in the air and hoped the the panic inside of me would vanish. I wanted to be one of those girls who would walk into that situation and slap him right across the face, I wanted to shove that bitch out of my house but instead I ended up crying, struggling to breathe enveloped in Chester's arms. I was furious but something inside of me bought me back to Chester, he was the one person that could make me or break me. 

He rubbed my back in circle motions; knowing how this always calmed me down; it angered me that he knew me so well. 

"Hey, you're alright now. Kirsten was just round to invite us to her wedding! Why did you rush off so suddenly?" 

I paused. Bringing my head up to Chester's big brown eyes I stared at him in confusion. He smiled slightly, his emotion unreadable. 

"Kirsten is a friend from college..oh. Oh wait..shit." Something seemed to click in his brain and he pulled away from our hug and held my upper amrs so we were directly facing each other, he stared into my eyes. His eyes reflected my betrayal, his face fell and I knew then that it was never what I thought. 

"I didn't even think- oh my god Grace I'm such an idiot. It must have looked like.." I nodded slightly and he pulled me into his arms, resting his head on mine. 

"Kirsten is a friend from school, that's all. She was inviting us to her and her girlfriend's- Lottie's- wedding. I'm sorry, that was so careless of me- I promise a thousand times that it was nothing, I could never do that to you Grace, you have to believe me."

And I did. Something in my body relaxed slightly but was now replaced with guilt. I felt like the biggest fool on the planet and every type of embarrassment escalated throughout my body. Chester wasn't one of them guys but once again I had doubted him and I hated myself for being that fragile. Chester held my hand and lead me back to our house. The tears falling down my face, Chester catching them and wiping them away with his thumb. 

"I'm so sorry, so so sorry." I mumbled into his chest.

"Grace, honestly it's my fault." 

"No it's not! Chester I ruin everything! I've messed it all up again. I'm such a horrible person and I'm no where near as beautiful as the girls in the magazines and I never will be." He pushed away from our embrace and sternly looked into my eyes. 

"What's all this about magazine girls? Grace you're beautiful in every way, may more so than those fake girls and I'm never going to stop syaing that until you believe me." He looped his finger round my golden curls; pulling me closer to him so our lips were practically touching. I tilted my head and our lips crashed, it made up for every word perhaps we should have said, the taste of him lingered as he pulled away. 

"I'm not going anywhere you aren't." He said as our lips collided once again.