- Cassiela POV -
Sunday, 10 am. I woke up as I heard my mom shouted from downstairs
"Cassie, wake up, your friend is here"
Today Nara and Finn will come to my house, they said around 12 but now it's only 10 am why so early. I slept very late last night, and it's Sunday anyway, I should have more sleep. I put a t-shirt on, then headed downstair, no time to take shower. I walked to the living room and saw someone that I am not expecting to be here but he is
"Grayson? What are you doing here?" I said quietly.
I was really shocked.
"Just woke up? You look hot" he whispered into my ears, I shivered, and again yes that smirk appeared on his face
"Oh come on.. " I said
"Well.. it's an impulsive Sunday visit, acceptable?" he said
"Perfect! This early? And my parents are home!" I sighed
"I have no idea though, I just wanted to see you sweetheart" he smiled
"Ok ok, I'll take shower first. Come in, meet my parents" I said
We walked into the kitchen, my mom was preparing some food for lunch while my dad was assembling a cabinet that he bought from Ikea.
"Mom, dad, this is Grayson. Grayson, this is my parents" I introduced
"Good morning Mr. & Mrs. Bailey" he said politely
"Good morning Grayson. I'm James. Nice to see you" my father said
"Hello Grayson. You can call me Lorraine. Did you get your breakfast? Coffee?" my mom asked
"Coffee would be nice, thank you" he said as throwing his sweetest smile
"I'll go upstairs, ohh Nara and Finn will come later" I said, as sorted my messy hair
"You know them right?" I slightly whispered
He gave an OK sign then I walked away, while he moved closer to my dad, offering his help to assemble the cabinet.
Still have no idea how come he came here all of the sudden. No text no nothing. Great Grayson.
Once I had shower, getting ready, someone knocked my bedroom's door. I was Nara, and I let her in
"I can't believe this.. OMG why he's here" Nara freaked out
"Grayson? I don't know... " I sighed
"Is something happened between you two?" she asked
"No.. it's just we went out on Friday that's it" I tried to convince her
"What!! Cassie, he's definitely into you, I mean, the hottest guy in school, asked you out, came to your house on Sunday morning, come on, there might be a chance for him, maybe he's not that bad" she said
"Well.. Let's just say, I'm one of the girl. Remember, he's a player. No chance. He's no more than friend anyway" I said as rolled my eyes
"Ok ok.. hands up. Finn is downstairs by the way, with Grayson, your brother and parents" Nara informed
"Don't worry we had smooth introduction especially to your parents, thanks to Grayson" Nara added
"Oh well.. him" I sighed
"Actually Finn and Grayson already know each other. Are you done? Let's go downstairs" Nara said
"Yes, done" I nodded
It's almost 12. Mom, Nara, and I are in the kitchen preparing the food. Dad was at the backyard with the boys, having conversation, laughing. Oh seems like they really get along easily.
The weather was nice, so we decided to have lunch outside. We had roasted beef, mashed potato, garden salad, and Yorkshire pudding, my favorite. Meal was great. Thanks to my mom. But it's not complete without dessert. I made Apple Peach Pie earlier, I headed towards the kitchen to grab the pie and ice cream from the fridge. I noticed that Edward followed me behind.
"Who?" Edward said as raising his eyebrow
"Grayson??"I said as taking out the pie
"You know what I'm talking about" Edward said
"We're nothing" I said, well true that we're nothing but why people keep asking about him
"Do you like him?" Edward said still in curiousness
"I ... " I have no idea honestly, what a question
"Guess I'm too worried.. ah my little cutie pie is growing up fast" Edward as he stroked my head
"Yeah you do captain, let's go outside" I said as walked out the kitchen
Everything was great. Lunch. Conversation. It's nice that they can get along, especially Grayson. He's different today, he was really nice. He's very polite, the way he talked, I knew he's actually a smart person.
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- Grayson POV -
Jeez what did I do. I just want to see her, end up meeting her family, and not to mention her friends too. Fortunately I already know Finn, we're in school football team last year. I enjoyed the lunch, good talks. Her parents are really nice too. And I can't take my eyes off her. She looks so cute in her blue jumpsuit.
Time flies. It's 4pm already. I said good bye to her parents and a comforting feeling came as her mom said "you're always welcome here". I love their company, I think I really had a good time there. I enjoyed their company, even since the first time I came in that her mother asked me if I've got my breakfast already, little things that made my day.
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Tuesday. After school. I drove to Oliver's cafe, the boys were already there. It's something we do frequently, hanging out at Oliver's cafe or Harry's house.
"Do you want something else?" Oliver asked
"No I'm OK" I said then sipped my latte
"How about throwing a party at my place tonight? My parents are not home until next week" Harry asked
"I'm in" Cody said as glanced towards me
I was playing with my phone, stalking someone on Instagram. Duh Grayson, this is not you. But really this girl is killing me.
OK, so.. Friday, the London Eye. I smiled. She took a picture from last Friday when we were together. A week ago, sushi with Nara. She and her brother. Building. Cats. Another building. A month ago, group picture, yes she's the cutest. I scrolled down the feed, found out that she actually travels once a while, she loves nature, mountains, old buildings, modern architecture. She took beautiful pictures. She got more than 2k followers, well that's a lot for a simple girl like her. No wonder, she's so sweet. I like this one, she's sitting on the road, holding a penny board.. wait, this one, with the boys, oh and her brother.. I assumed she's available, no boyfriend, well I hope. Cassiela.
"Grayson, you're in?" Cody asked
"What?" I did not notice, I was too excited stalking on her Instagram
"Tonight? Let's have some fun" Harry said
"You're kinda weird lately. Where were you last Friday? We waited like forever" Oliver said as nudging me
"It's the new girl right?" Cody said as throwing a smirk
"What? No.. " I tried not to be obvious
"Cassie right? Sweet girl" Oliver said
"Well.. she's cute though. I should asked her out" Harry said
"She's mine" I said confidently. What are these guys saying? Teasing me. Ah they caught me.
In seconds, they're laughing hard as satisfied with my confession.
"Fine. Laugh as much as you like" I sighed
"Man.. you've fallen for her already" Oliver said as pointing his finger towards me
"She's so cold anyway" I said
"This is gonna be fun" Harry said as he smirked
We went to Harry's. I'm not supposed to drink, it's school tomorrow. But who cares, I have nothing to do, I hate being my place, alone. And I finished my work for this whole week. Did I mention that I own a business? With a small office in south London, I mostly work through my computer. It's a creative social media related agency. I just want to be independent, I've tried many things since I was very young, ups and downs, but here I am now. Nothing is too early, I know people at my age probably not even think about it, well I still have my time to have fun anyway.
Finally, it's Wednesday. I skipped school. I guess I drank too much. Woke up at 11, and the first thing came to my mind ... it's her again
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