Tough Love (Grayson Dolan)

#9: Nightmare Becomes Reality

By 7pm, Ellie was taken home. She waved goodbye and thanked them for having her. As she entered her house, she saw her brother standing at the foot of the stairs. He was staring at her in anger. She knew there would be another arguement.

"Where were you?!" Jack asked. She didn't answer. "You were with them weren't you?! After I specifically told you not to! You disobeyed my rules!" Ellie froze in fear. "YOU WILL NOT LEAVE THIS HOUSE WITHOUT ME! I WILL GO WHEREVER YOU GO! YOU WILL NOT LEAVE MY SIGHT!" He paused. Ellie's heart was racing. She was scared of what her brother would do.

The tension rose with every passing second. "YOU KNOW WHAT?!" Her brother exclaimed. "SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR FRIENDS! NO ONE WILL SEE THEM AGAIN!" With that, Jack pushed past Ellie and walked in the direction of the Dolan household.

Ellie ran after him. "Jack! Stop! You can't do this!" Jack began to run and so did Ellie. After loads of running and yelling, they reached the Dolan household. Jack stormed to the front door. He rose his first and banged on the door. The noise was deafening. Cameron opened the door.

Jack pushed Cameron and entered the house. Cameron lay on the floor, not moving. She had hit her head on the coffee table. Jack was storming up the stairs. Ellie ran after him.

"Grayson! Ethan! Run!" Ellie yelled running after her brother. Grayson came to the landing and looked at Ellie. He saw Jack and his eyes widened with fear. Jack ran towards Grayson, but Ellie grabbed him. He pushed Ellie off him, causing her to tumble down the stairs.

The anger in Jack disappeared when he realised what he had done. He watched as his sister fell down the stairs. Her body hitting every step. As she reached the bottom, her body was thrown into a mirror that stood at the foot of the stairs on the wall. The mirror smashed into smithereens. Jack, Ethan and Grayson all ran to help Ellie.

Jack crouched down to examine Ellie. Grayson came to kneel, but Jack punched him in the face. Ethan looked at Jack with a glare. He looked like he was going to murder Jack. But then he saw Cameron. Her body lying on the floor. He rushed over to her, followed by Grayson.

Grayson took his phone out and called for an ambulance. He sat with his sister, having a few glances at Ellie. Soon the paramedics arrived. Ellie and Cameron were rushed to hospital. Ethan called his dad while Grayson called his mom.

Soon, the whole Dolan family were waiting for Cameron to wake up. Luckily, she only had a head injury. Everyone was sitting in the room. No one spoke. Ethan and Grayson explained what happened and their parents were shocked. Eventually, Cameron woke up. She was fine and was allowed to go home tomorrow.

Although he was glad his sister was awake, it was killing Grayson not knowing how Ellie was doing. He wasn't allowed to see her because her brother is with her 24/7. There was no way for Grayson to see Ellie.

"Grayson?" Cameron asked. Grayson smiled at her. "Go! Go see your girlfriend! She needs you!" Cameron smiled at him as his face turned red. Everyone else was laughing.

"Are you sure?! Thank you!" He ran to the door. "She's not my girlfriend!" Grayson said as he left the room. He could hear his family laughing as he ran to Ellie's room.

When he reached Ellie's room, he looked through the window of the door. He saw Jack sitting next to Ellie's bed, holding Ellie's hand. He listened to Jack talking to Ellie.

"Ellie, I'm so sorry! I just wanted to protect you! I wanted to protect you from them! I don't trust them! The Dolan Twins are known as "bad boys". I didn't want to see you getting hurt. But it was me who hurt you. They made you happy, while I was hurting you. I thought, that stopping you from being friends with them, I was protecting you. The truth was, I was only making your life miserable. I'm sorry!" Jack apologised.

Grayson thought whether to knock or go back to Cameron. He thought it over in his head. Knock? Or leave? The words replyaed in his head. Eventually, he made a decision.

Jack was disturbed by a knock at the door. He looked up to see one of the Dolan Twins. He looked back at Ellie and then told the Dolan to come in. "It's Etson, right?" Jack asked.

"You mean Ethan?" Jack nodded. "Ethan is my twin. I'm Grayson" Grayson introduced himself. He shook hands with Jack and sat on the opposite side of Ellie.

"Jack, I know you only wanted to protect Ellie because of all the rumours spread about me and my brother. I have decided to let Ellie go. If you think she would be better off without me and my brother, then I will leave her alone" Grayson said. "She's your sister and-"

"No" Jack cut him off. "You make her happy. I'm not going to ruin her happiness. I give you permission to be friends with my sister. But if you hurt her... I'm warning you... I will hunt you down to the end of the world and I will destroy you!" Jack's voice was cold and hard. It sent shivers down Grayson's spine.

"I promise I won't hurt her" Grayson promised. "After everything she's done for me, I could never hurt her! She's suffered enough. If I ever hurt her, I would kill myself. To be honest... I think... I think I... I love her."

Jack looked at Grayson in shock. But then a smile crept along his face. "I think you would make her happy. I'm glad she has found someone who loves her. I just hope she has a lifetime of happiness. Whether it's with or without you." He paused. "Promise me you will help her find the happiness she needs!"

"I promise!" Grayson said. The room was silent. Jack was now seeing what Ellie sees in the twins. Jack was glad Ellie found them. Although he doesn't trust them, he's happy they're making Ellie happy. Grayson was glad Jack was allowing him be friends with Ellie. He just hopes their friendship becomes something more. He wants more than being friends.

It seems that Ellie's nightmare became reality. But with a fantastic twist.