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Chapter thirty: What if I fall out the window?

After Colton left I went up in my room and layed on my bed. I grab my laptop and turn on Netflix.

I started watching more episodes of The Vampire Diaries.

I got to the part when Elijah is inside of the cellar daggered. I really want to see what is like being daggered.. oh! and going to the other side. That would be so freaking cool.

My laptop tells me that it has 5% battery so I get up and charge it. On my long walk back to my bed I notice Grayson out my window.

I really want to know why he acted the way he did. It was weird right?

I open my window and start waving for him. After a while I realized that it was pointless to try and get his attention.

I huff and back away. I start looking for something. I grab a old book from my shelf. This should work..

I walk to the window and get ready to throw it.

Wait. What if it breaks the window? What if I do not even hit the window. What if when i throw the book, and I fall out the window?

Stop over thinking, Anna!

Fine, fine

I throw the book and I hear a bang. No, not a shatter, a bang. Thank god.

I sit down on the windowsill and wait for him to come.. if he does.

After about 5 seconds I see him and all his glory.

Ew, what if he was in my head right now? He would never let me live that down.

"What the hell, Anna? You scared the fuck out of me!" He yells, and I start laughing really loud.

"S-s-sor" It try to make out but I can not each time I look at his bewildered face.

After I calm down a tad bit I see that he looks really irritated.

"So uh, what is up?" I ask. Yes, I am going to start with small talk. I really want to ask him what is his deal, but I really don't think he will answer my questions.

He raises an eyebrow and I give him a look to continue.

"Nothing" he says and I groan.

"Lies"

"How am I lying, Cupcake?" My heart swells at the pet name, but I do not show it.

"Because at my house you totally just left out of nowhere" I state and he tenses and looks away.

"I just had to get home" he lies and I roll my eyes.

"Sure you did"

"You know what? I did, okay? And it's none of your business anyway" he spits and I take a step back almost as if his words hit me.

He notices and his features grow soft.

"Shit, I'm sorry, okay" he says and I nod and sigh. We sit in silence for a couple of minutes just thinking I guess. Until I ruin the silence with my mouth

"Uhm, can I ask you a question?" I ask and he looks up and nods.

"Uh, remember when we were racing to school on our bikes?" He nods. "Uhm, then I asked you what your bike name was, and you said it was Dove?" I ask and something flashes in his eyes but he nods nevertheless.

"Why is that the name?"

"Uhm, i-my-uhh.." I stop him. "You do not have to tell me" I say and he shakes his head.

"No, I want to" I nod.

"She was my sister. Well, my little sister. She died when she was 14. She- she had leukemia. She was diagnosed when she was 11. She died two years ago. We were super close, and when she died it was like half of myself died along with her. She was my little sister. We had different dads, but i cared for her a lot like a full sister." He finishes and my eyes start watering. I really do not want to start crying in front of him because if I do it will seem like I am pitying him. Which I am if you think about it.

"I am sorry" I say and he nods and looks down at his legs that are currently dangling from the windowsill.

Oh my god. Dove must be that girl in that picture in his room..

I feel like I just figured out the biggest puzzle in the world.

Wait

"Uh, i-i have another question" I say he nods.

"If Thomas is your stepdad why do you both have the same last name?"

"He adopted me. My bio dad is kind of a lost cause, so he's more of an actual dad to me." he says and smiles slightly. I nod. It is sort of weird that he is telling me all of this but it feels nice.

"So what about you? I don't really know shit about you. Any boyfriends? Any dead family? And dead pets?" He chuckles and I laugh along.

"Well, uhm in Florida I had a boyfriend" I say and he nods

"What happened" I tense and he notices my action

"You don't have to answer" he says quickly and I shake my head.

"N-no I want to" am I really going to tell him? Should I? I mean why not?

"It sort of ended really bad." I say and laugh. "We had a great relationship before it ended. Well, I liked to think it was great." He nods for me to continue giving me his full attention. "One day I was up late doing homework and Chris, he came to my house drunk and he accused me of cheating on him and stuff and I promise to god I did not. He did not believe me and claimed that he fucked this annoying girl named Ashley. After that he did some other... stuff and I told him to leave and that was the end of it, and I guess since him I have not had the urge to get back out there and start dating guys again. I just lost trust in all of them. I know it is stupid for me to think that, and I know i can not judge everyone off of him, but he really did hurt me mentally and physically." I finish. Did I really just tell him that? I barely know him. I have not even told my Grandparents. It is not like they needed to know, and Grayson did not either. Do I really trust him that much?

"What do you mean physically?" He demands and clenches his fists and his jaw is locked.

"Oh, uh, nothing" I say and start looking around.

"Oh would you look at that! The stars are really pretty tonight" which is a lie because in LA you can not even see the stars because the air is so polluted.

"Anna" He warms and I sigh.

"He hit me" I say quietly and Grayson's ears flame.

"What?!" He growls out, and I turn my head the other way embarrassed. Why did I tell him that?

"It is not that bad, okay? I am over it, over him." I say and he hums in disbelief. I can tell that he is angry at me.

"Well I gotta go, thanks for the heart to heart conversation" he says and gets up from the windowsill.

"Yeah" I manage to get out before he closed his window.

Why did he act like that? And why did I tell him my secret that I really did not want to tell any one else?

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