fight for you (e.dolan)

twenty-three

ethan and grayson's apartment

grayson: "hailey, you're here!"

hailey: "grayson, yes i am!"

grayson: "thank you for the tickets, we
had the best time! oh my god, i'm so
happy i could just kiss you right now."

ethan: "hey, watch it."

grayson: "what, are you jealous that
hailey and i are gonna make out now
and get married and have babies
since you lost your chance?"

ethan: "times like these are when i wish
i would have eaten you in the womb like
other twins."

grayson: "dude... no?

anyway, hailey, haven't seen you in weeks!
i missed having you around."

hailey: "yeah, well this little infant cannibal
somehow got me over here again... but we
all know i'm only here to see you, gray."

ethan: "seriously? now you guys are just
doing this to bother me."

hailey: "duh. you get so jealous so easily,
it's cute."

ethan: "i'm not jealous."

hailey: "really? so if i went and sat on gray's
chair with him instead of on the couch with
you... you wouldn't care?"

ethan: "uh- um. no. go ahead."

grayson: "and if i put my arm around hailey's
shoulder like this... you wouldn't care?"

ethan: "ha, yeah right."

hailey: "and if i just leaned in to kiss
grayson........ very slowly.... leaning down....
getting closer....-"

ethan: "NO! i mean...... um. oh hell, who am
i kidding. gray, get the fuck off of her man!"

grayson: "that was too easy. we make
a great team hail."

hailey: "we really do. now, if you don't
mind, i'm going to go sit with the jealousy
monster again."

ethan: "can you blame me? you let gray
put his arm around you, but you're sitting
all the way across the couch from me."

hailey: "i'm sharing a bed with you tonight."

ethan: "still, you let grayson show a lot
more affection than me."

hailey: "... fine, you're right. here — is
that better?"

ethan: "you're asking me if it's better to
be right next to you, holding you, as opposed
to you being 3 feet away?

hell yeah, it's better."

hailey: "... yeah, it is for me too."

...

ethan: "wait... what the fuck? were you
really going to kiss him?"

hailey: "oh my god, no! of course not. you're
the only dolan i'm interested in kissing - um,
i mean, i used to be interested in kissing...
um, yeah."

ethan: "yeah right, you know you still want
to kiss these luscious lips hail."

hailey: "i mean-"

grayson: "okay, lovebirds, either get a room
or help me pick a movie."

hailey: "we're not lovebirds! we're broken
up."

grayson: "yeah, you know what, you're
right. i always invite my ex girlfriends
over to watch movies with me after
a concert they gave me tickets to,
and i always cuddle with them, and i
always kiss their heads just like that."

hailey: "...

so, how about that movie?"

/// i know these chapters seem boring, but they're kind of really important to the development of the book. sorry <3 there's only three more chapters left of the book holy FUCK