𝑁𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑌𝑜𝑢

Chapter 10 |Hello, there|

After the party was over, the guys invited us to stay over and of course we agreed. Well, River and I agreed. Nora had to leave early due to her dedication to get a higher grade on a test than her 'rival' as she likes to say.

Lily Alexandria. Aka, Nora's crush since high school. I love Nora, more than life itself but damn that girl needs to make a move already. It has been years since they had met, years since that one incident that made everything go to shit.

River, of course, is staying in Noah's room meanwhile I'm staying in Greyson's room. Hey, I didn't plan on it. I was in the bathroom while they were deciding and let's just say trying to take a piss in a tight corset was really fucking hard. But not as hard as this dick.

Stop, Rose. It's a habit at this point, I swear.

The guys had sent River and I upstairs to change while they cleaned. It was a mess, the loud noise we heard was someone 'accidentally' knocking into a small glass table, shattering the whole thing. Thankfully, Roman came from a family of money and will be able to buy a new one.

"So, how is it with you and Greyson?" River whispered to me, we were both in Noah's bathroom. He had makeup wipes in here and I honestly was too tired to carry them into Greyson's room. As my mom would say, I had a long and stressful day.

"We kissed. Well, more like made out." I tell her, a blush forms on my cheeks as I cover my bare-face with my hands. The memory of his soft lips against mine, making me feel like I meant everything in the world. No one ever kissed me like that. Like they would die without me.

"What!" River says, in shock before she starts squealing. I laugh as I cover my face more. River and I had already taken off our costumes. She was dressed in a pair of Noah's plaid blue and white pants with a large black hoodie covering the top half of her body.

Meanwhile, I was in a cropped white sweatshirt that I have seen both Greyson and Roman wear on many occasions. A pair of large loose gray sweatpants, laying loosely around my hips. It had kept falling down until I finally decided to tie it tightly around me.

"You both okay?" We hear Noah from the other side of the closed door. River quickly tells him that we will be out soon before pulling me into a hug, rocking us side to side. Her hand strokes the back of my hair and after a minute or more, she pulls away and takes my face into the palms of her hands.

"We are going to finish talking about this tomorrow. I need all the details." River tells me with a pointed look. I give her a nod while opening the door to find Noah and Greyson sitting on the floor next to each other.

Noah sees me first and I lift up my finger to my lips before mouthing 'shh' to him. He looks away, acting like he was not paying any attention to me as I sneak up behind Greyson. My footsteps soft against the brown hardwood floor.

I make sure the door is wide open for me to run through before I smack my hand hard against Greyson's head before darting out the bedroom door. "Rosie!" I hear him yell after me and not even a minute later, I hear his footsteps behind me. Damn, I forgot how fast hockey players run.

Right as I reach his room, two arms wrap around me and pull me towards their body as we tumble to the ground. Greyson hovers over me out of breath, I stare at him with widened eyes. Adrenaline running through my veins from our little adventure.

"I got you, Rosie." He whispers with a smirk forming on his lips. Me being me, I couldn't have him think that he won. I kicked his leg before flipping us over with ease, my mother had me take defense classes in Korea before I left for college. She wanted to make sure I was going to be safe here.

I straddle his waist, watching as he lifts his hands up in surrender as I rest mine on his bare chest. Both of us are still panting. Noah's room was on the other side of the second floor, away from us. "Well, hello there." A voice suddenly says, making both of us look up.

Leo stands at the top of the stairs with an opened bag of candy in his hands. A teasing smile forms on his face as he watches me basically jump off of Greyson while blushing. "You made my girl blush, Leo." I punch Greysons arm as I stand up, making him laugh.

Without saying goodbye, I turn and walk into Greyson's room. "Wait for me," He hollers from the hallway, as I close the door on him rubbing his leg from where I kicked him. I let out a small gasp when I turn and see the little ferret in the cage.

Opening the cage, I let out the small animal and hold her in my arms as I pet her fur. An old friend of mine used to have one. "Her name is Willow," Greyson suddenly says as he closes the door and the ferret suddenly hops out of my arms as she runs wildly to Greysons feet.

I suddenly become aware of the fact that Greyson hasn't been wearing a shirt the whole time. He picks up Willow and pretends to rock her back and forth before holding her up to place a kiss on the tip of her nose.

Fuck, why does he have to do something so cute! Is he trying to give me a heart attack?

"Like what you see, Rosie?" He says, I watch as he places Willow on top of his bed. The bed where I will be sleeping tonight. Right next to him. I frown a little when I realize that I don't have one of my stuffed animals.

I miss Mr. Oswald. He's my penguin plushie, my father gifted him to me before he died. I could always make up a lie and go home. Or I could just go get him and come back.

"Rose."

I startle at the sound of my name and look up at Greyson. "Yes?" I ask him, still thinking about whether or not to make a quick trip to the dorm. I hope Mr. Oswald isn't cold. I did leave him wrapped in a blanket on my bed, so he couldn't be that cold.

"You okay?" He asks me, concerned for me. I give him a nod as I sit up to pull Willow into my chest. I can feel Greyson's eye on me as I do so.

"Come on, we are going on a little trip." He suddenly says, taking Willow and putting her back into her cage before opening his closet and grabbing two pairs of slides for us. His pair were really big on me but I didn't care.

I don't ask where we are going as we go down the stairs and turn into a small hallway that leads into the garage. Greyson unlocked his car and told me to get in. "Where are we going?" I finally ask him as we are on the road.

"To get your plushie," He says, I look over at him, confused. I don't think I have ever mentioned any of my stuffed animals to him.

"I hear you muttering to yourself about how you wonder how Mr. Oswald is doing." Greyson tells me, I blush at the thought that he has seen me talk to myself. On multiple occasions.

After a couple more minutes, we finally arrive and I quickly make my way up the stairs to my dorm. Opening it quietly to not wake Nora up. I quickly grab the big penguin plushie on my bed and make my way out the dorm back downstairs.

I put a picture at the top of what the penguin looks like but I imagined him a little bit bigger.