~chapter thirty seven~
They came rushing out of the warehouse and the lady I remember called Mary has rushed over to my side.
"Are you okay sweetie, what happened?" She asks me and I nod feeling a bit apprehensive and shaken up as I wipe my eyes.
"I'm... I'm fine, Grayson are you okay?" I ask him and he is no longer wearing sunglasses as his eye seems to have recuperated a bit.
"Yeah... Fucking fine" he spits standing up and Mary shakes her head, "no Grayson, don't be so rude to the poor girl, help her up" she winks at me
"Mary..." he warns and she smiles at him and pouts hier finger in his face, "I won't give you free beer if you don't apologise" she chides
"Fine, fine!" He throws his hands up in exasperation and holds out his hand for me and I take it, he pulls me up with a stoic expression.
"Thanks, I should probably go, I've caused enough trouble" I say smoothing my skirt down and Mary shakes her head
"No sweetie you nearly got hurt, come in to the warehouse and clean your knee and have a drink- Grayson will keep you company" she smiles warmly.
"Oh I don't want to bother Grayson"
I say and she waves her hand shaking her head, winking at Grayson and something tells me he has told Mary about liking me.
"Nonsense sweetheart! Come in!" She smiles and I look at Grayson who is clenching and unclenching his fists
"Oh ok then" I smile back and she holds me with her hand around my waist and Grayson follows us inside
She helps me to a table near the pool table and she goes over to the bar whispering something to Grayson and he nods.
He comes back to me with a first aid kit and a glass of water and a bottle of beer, which I'm presuming is for him.
"Give me your knee" he orders and I roll my eyes and hold my knee up as he gets out an antiseptic wipe and start to rub at it to remove the grit and blood.
"Gray I'm fine, just let me" I say touching the wipe and he looks up at me not saying a word and continues to clean my wound.
"Grayson you didn't have to" I say looking down at him and he places a plaster on my knee which makes me wince a bit.
"Thanks" I say and I stand up but he lightly pushes me back down and grabs my glass of water, "drink" he rasps
I take a sip of the ice cold water and find it refreshing so I drink a bit more and I watch him clean my fists.
"Your bruise under your eye looks better" I whisper and he looks at me with an emotionless face and throws the wipe down.
"Okay look sorry for speaking, thanks for the first aid" I say say standing up for the second time but this time he pushes me down and grips my wrist
"Sit woman!" He says closing his eyes in anger and then he lets go of me and touches my cheek and I smile at him.
He moves away and takes a sip of his beer and looks down, hanging his head in silence, and the last time I can here with him things were a lot different.
Grayson is one of my guy best friends and despite him liking me, nothing has really ever affected our relationship and stupid feuds like this upset me.
"Grayson I'm sorry for everything. I'm sorry for leading you on, using you for sex, saying that I liked you and then ending things so dismissively"
It felt nice to get that off my chest
He continues to drink his beer and I sigh feeling my eyes water and when I speak my voice cracks a bit in sadness
"Can we go back to being friends?"
I whisper listening to the clanks of bottles in the background a few hollers from men playing darts.
"I don't know Cara" he says in dismissal and I nod with a tear slipping down my face and I reach over to drink a bit of his beer
He looks at me with wide eyes and sees my gears and sighs, "look Cara, I'm sorry for acting like a dick but I don't think we can go back to how we were"
"I know that I've been a bitch and I have been inconsiderate to your feelings but I miss you and all our jokes" I say
"Look Cara, I forgive you for whatever we had going on but I don't know if I want you to be with Mr Romano, it's just too weird for me" he explains
"I know and Lucas feels the same way but regardless of how you feel can you please look in my direction and not ignore me" I say
"I won't ignore you Cara I promise, but I don't think my heart can handle just being friends" he says and I nod with tears rubbing down my cheeks
"I understand Grayson" I say and he sighs taking the beer from my side of the table and takes a swig of it and walks off.
Damn his weak heart
I look down at my sort of unscathed knee and show my head and stand up going over to the bar to thank Mary.
"You okay sweetheart? Did Grayson sort your knee out? Would you like a drink, it's on the house" she offers but I politely decline.
"I'm okay thanks Mary, my Uncle is probably worried about where I am" I say and she nods softly
"Ok if you insist, would you like Grayson to drop you off home?" She asks and I shake my head
"I'll be fine" I suck in a deep breath and she nods as I smile and walk off with a heavy heart and a scratched knee.
After a thirty minute walk back home I realise that my Uncle is out somewhere so I have the house to myself for a while.
I go downstairs and grab myself a tub of chocolate Ice cream and grab a spoon making my way over to the couch to binge watch Netflix.
My phone dings after a while of gorging out on ice cream and I open the message from Salvatore and my heart lifts in my chest.
Salvatore
Mia Cara, I miss you x
Me
I miss you too :)
I purposely don't mention what happened at the warehouse today as Salvatore already dislikes Grayson and would hate for me to get hurt again.
So would Loren
Thinking of Loren I decide to ask her to see if she can come over and watch some rubbish shows with me, as I'm feeling sorry for myself.
She replies quickly and I huddle myself in blankets as I watch a cooking show whilst I wait for her to come over.
The doorbell rings and I leave the Tv on in the background as I go to answer it and I smile as I see Loren at the door.
"Hey!" She chirps and pulls me in for a hug and I pat her back, "you look..." she sighs
"Depressed" she says and I roll my eyes
"Well Grayson officially despises me after I apologised and practically begged him to forgive me but I'm still thriving" I chuckle
"Oh girl, he's a complete asshat if he won't forgive you" she says giving me a sympathetic smile and looks around my house
"Nice house, is your Uncle here?" She asks me and follow me into the living room and I shake m TV head taking a seat
"Nope, I think he's running errands or something but I was bored and feeling sorry for myself" I shrug and she looks at my knee
"Did you trip over?"
"Kinda got pushed over by a guy in Grayson's gang, Grayson punched the man and then patched me up" I say and she gasps
"Cara what were you doing around the warehouse?" She says in disbelief and I take a scoop out of the ice cream tub
"I was on a walk to clear my head and then I found myself by the warehouse and that's when I saw Grayson and then that happened" I say
"Oh you poor thing, at least Grayson helped you" she winks and I shrug, "I mean yeah but he still hates me" I say
"Whatever you say girl" she says and then takes the huge tub of heavenly ice cream off me with a sigh and pulls me off the couch
"Wallowing in self pity over your ex best friend isn't going to help, you've got to keep going- think of Salvatore" she winks
"Ok then I'll actually brush my hair and stop eating litres of ice cream" I joke and she rolls her eyes pulling me upstairs
A/N
next chapter is the dinner with Salvatore & Angeline and some pretty BIG tea will be spilt soon!
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