January 19th
POV Lydia
"Good morning honey" mom greets me as soon as I start coming down the stairs. Weird, she has barely spoken to me this past week and absolutely hasn't called me honey.
"Good morning" I mumble as I sit down opposite her and fill up my cereal bowl.
"Look, I just wanted to apologize for my behavior lately. I do realize that what I said may have come out a little bit harsher than I intended and it was the wrong thing to say" mom continues and I never thought I'd get an apology out of her. She's very stubborn, so getting that apology was the last thing I expected.
"Thanks, appreciate it" I say with a small smile, kind of showing that I'm not really forgiving her but it's that's okay. We just keep eating our separate breakfasts in silence. Mom seems kind of disappointed but she has to understand where I'm coming from, it was a horribly wrong for her to say what she said.
I realize that it's late and that I need to go if I don't wanna be late for school, so I quickly put my stuff in the dishwasher and run to the door. I tie my black Dr Martens and I think to myself, winter is soon over. It's the end of February now, and I like this time of the year. You can feel spring getting near and it's getting warmer and warmer. I like that.
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Grayson hasn't been in school these past days, and it's making me kind of worried. I know I shouldn't care too much about him, sometimes I got to remind myself that I'm not his girlfriend, but this isn't like him. Ethan just told me he's been very sick, but I don't think he's telling the truth. I have a feeling this has something to do with his old friends that Ethan talked about.
School is different without gray, no one's cracking bad jokes or understands my sarcasm. Grayson is one of the few people who truly gets me and the way I act, and it's nice.
"Hey Lyd, I really need to talk to you. Like right now" Ethan says as we pass each other in the hallway, me going to my locker and him probably going to his. The bell just rang and it's lunchtime.
"Yeah. What's up?" I ask as he shows me to an emptier corridor, probably to talk alone. I guess lunch will have to wait.
"I know I said that Grayson has been sick these past days, but that's not the truth" I knew it "he's been getting back with his old friends and he's not himself. He won't talk to me and he won't talk to mom or dad. He won't even come out of his room"
"And what do you want me to do about it?" I ask because I really don't follow him. It's not like I'm closer to gray than anyone else.
"I don't know. Try to talk to him" he proposes and I almost laugh.
"Ethan, we only meet up once a while to fuck. It's not like we have any deeper connection than that" I say and Ethan doesn't say anything, he just stands there in front of me "I need to go, I'll talk to you later"
"I've seen the way he looks at you Lyd" Ethan says, or almost yells since I'm already walking away from him. I really don't see what Ethan expects me to do and Grayson absolutely doesn't look at me in any special way. We're only fucking, there can't be anything more no matter how much I want it. I'll never admit it if you ask, but I do want something more.
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No Strings Attached || Grayson Dolan
FanfictionLydia had her life all figured out- she was going to get accepted to her dream college, move out of town and live life. She was bound to make great things and become something, become someone. But then he came around and flipped her world upside dow...
