Just Friends

Chapter: 5

"I haven't had that much fun in a long time." I said as I got off the four wheeler.

"Me either, we need to do this weekly!" Lexi agreed.

"You didn't even go in the water!" Ethan pointed out.

"So! It was still fun!" She exclaimed.

"What should we do next?" Grayson asked.

"Well I'm going to take a shower first." I stated. "I'm muddy and stink."

"You always stink." Lexi laughed.

"Lexi!" I said in agony.

"I'm kidding!" She laughed. "But we should have another fire to end off the evening."

"We had one last night!"

"Yeah but you were in a mood and barely talked!" She fired back.

"Let's do it!" The twins agreed.

"Okay." I said. "What for supper?"

"Leave that to us." Grayson said.

"Yeah, we'll do supper." Ethan nodded.

"Oh god, if it's you two cooking, I'd rather go hungry." I said and their mouths dropped.

"We're not that bad!" Ethan defended.

"Yeah huh!" I laughed. "Grayson is a better cook, but some things he cooks isn't the best."

"Hey!" Grayson laughed hard. "Well E, it looks like I can make her dinner before you."

"Shut up Gray, you can't cook either." Ethan laughed. "But we're not cooking for your information. We're gonna go get pizza."

"Yes!" Lexi cheered.

"Good, least we're getting something good for dinner." I giggled, earning the boys to give me dirty looks, before laughing.

*

"So, do you forgive them?" Lexi asked as I changed into new clothes.

"Lexi." I said as I slipped my sweatshirt on. I looked over to her. She was sitting on my bed. "They have to try a little harder. But I am enjoying having them back in my life. It's honestly felt amazing. I'm getting them back."

"Well good!" She exclaimed. "You need them in your life."

"I know.." I breathed. "But they're gonna work for it. Atleast one more time."

"Then what?"

"Then we'll probably be like how we used to be. Even though we're basically already there." I shrugged. "But! Let's go downstairs. They gotta be back now. I'm starving and I want pizza."

"You just read my mind!" Lexi shot off my bed and we ran down the stairs.

When we got downstairs, I smelled pizza. I knew they were back. We followed the scent into the kitchen. When I walked into the kitchen, there were 3 pizzas. Two pineapple and a pepperoni and candian bacon pizza.

Can you guess which one is mine?

Not pineapple. Pineapple is not my cup of tea.

"Well, they have the fire going already." Lexi stated. I looked out the window. The fire was roaring as the boys were throwing more and more wood on it. The chairs were set around the burn pit, along with a picnic table.

"Let's just bring the pizza out there and plates. And maybe some pop." I said. Lexi nodded. I grabbed the three pizzas and Lexi put some paper plates on top of them. She grabbed 4 cans of pop and we headed outside.

"There you guys are!" Ethan said as he threw a log into the fire.

"Yeah, here we are." Lexi said. We set the things down on the picnic table.

"I think that's enough wood, Gray." I laughed as I watched him try and fit another in the burn pit.

"One more!" He said as he finally got it to fit. The flames shot out towards them, earning him to scream.

"Don't get started on fire! We are not taking anyone to the hospital tonight!" Ethan freaked, making all of us cackle.

"Well I'm eating!" I grabbed a plate and dug into the Canadian bacon and pepperoni pizza. The other three were soon digging into the pizza just after me. I got what I wanted and sat in a chair.

"Did you want a pop?" I heard Grayson ask.

"Yeah." I said as I took a bite of my pizza. Grayson walked around in front of me, handing me a pop. "Thank you." I took it from him.

"You're welcome." He said, sitting down next to me.

"Where was my mom?" I asked the boys.

"They're at our house visiting with our parents." Ethan said. I nodded. "Oh I was going to ask Ray, where's Ron?"

I looked at my piece of pizza that I was about to take a bite of. My heart fell. They didn't know. They didn't know what happened a year ago..

"Ray?" Lexi asked. I looked over to her. Her body was blurry from the ters forming in my eyes. "Are you okay?" I nodded, even though I wasn't so sure myself.

"Ray, what happened?" Ethan asked.

"Talk to us." Grayson said. I set down my pizza and the tears fell from my eyes.

"You guys don't know.." I cried. "Mom a-and dad.."

"Rayna." I glanced over to Grayson. He set his plate of pizza down and walked over to me. He kneeled down in front of me. He grabbed my plate of pizza and set it down. "What happened?" Grayson set his hand on my knee, comforting me.

"T-they." I started to hyperventilate. I have never really talked about this in person, other to Lexi when it first happened. I heard footsteps. Ethan was soon by my side, crouching next to me.

"Do you want me to tell them?" Lexi asked as she stood from her chair, walking over. I slowly nodded. I couldn't get the words out of my mouth. It hurt me too much to say it out loud.

"What happened, Lexi?" Grayson asked her. Lexi was standing on the other side of me. She rubbed her hand across my back.

"Mary and Ron got a divorce." She said and I broke down. I hunched my back over, hiding my face in my hands, crying.

"What?" Ethan was in disbelief. "Why?"

"All they would do was fight. I knew it was going to happen sooner or later. But it just fucking hurts." I lifted my head from my hands. "The day that they told me, I drove myself to Lexi's, crying. I knew it was going to happen but I didn't want it too. They loved each other for so long. How could they fall out of love?" I started crying even more.

"We weren't there for you." Grayson stated. "We're shitty friends."

"We're so sorry we weren't there for you, Ray. God I feel like shit now." Ethan said.

"You guys-"

"No Rayna." Grayson stood up and looked down at me. "We weren't there for you when you needed us the most. We're fucking horrible!"

"I'm so sorry.." Ethan leaned over to me, hugging me.

"It's okay.." I said.

"This isn't right. We weren't there for you Rayna. How can you still be friends with us after that?"

I looked up at Grayson in disbelief. Why was he saying this?

"Grayson." I stood up from my spot. "Don't think like that. It's okay. I promise you." I placed my hands on his shoulders. "You and E are here right now for me. That's all I could ever ask for. So don't think like that." I pulled Grayson into a hug. My arms wrapped around his neck as his wrapped around my back.

"I'm so sorry." He whispered in my ear. "I'm so fucking sorry. For everything. For not being here, for barely talking to you in the past 2 years, for everything. I'm so sorry, Ray." Grayson squeezed me in his arms tightly.

And for once, it felt like he squeezed all the broken pieces in me back together. I got Ethan and Grayson back in my life. My best friends.