Godfather-Grethan

Chapter 7

Ethans POV

The last day of 'school' at church we were required to bring our sponsor so the teacher can talk with them, I already asked Grayson, he said yes of course

It was Saturday and my mom dropped me off at the church doors so I could head down for this activity the class have to do. I heard a door open and close, a quiet 'bye' before "Hey Ethan!"

I turned back to see Harry running up the steps with a smile, "why are you so happy, we have to be here for four hours" I said rolling my eyes, pushing open one of two doors, holding it for Harry before walking down the aisle

"Zany's mom is picking us up afterwards and taking us to see a movie while she goes to the mall" Harry's front teeth pressed against his pink upturned lips

Harry wraps an arm around mine, midway through the aisle meekly starts to sing "here comes the bride, here comes the bride"

"What are you doing" I chuckle

"You're walking me down the aisle, to Zayn"

"Oh really? So Harry, I am your father" Mimicking Darth Vader's infamous quote

"Shut up" Harry laughs before the church bells ring through the city telling us all its 10:00 and we're late for class

Running down the steps in class there are the usual students sat next to their sponsors, 'oh yeah, I forgot to remind Grayson'

Walking to my seat Harry sits down next to me, his sponsor sat next to him already, Niall, an Irish, blonde, pale skinned cousin of his, married to a person I forgot the name of, he's like a second cousins to me or something, I talk to him from time to time, usually at the family events like holidays and the occasional birthday parties

Few are missing from the class, the usual who show up late or barely come to class and are still allowed to get full credit and go to the ceremony while some of us have had to go to every class, some being Harry and I

The door opens and I keep my gaze to Harry and Niall talking about Zayn, of course, Harry tries to talk of him as much as he can, it's cute though, I'm sure I'd be the same if I was in his situation, hopefully not though, would I seem that obsessed?

"Hey Eth" Grayson pulls the chair out, taking a seat next to me, avoiding the usual kiss on the cheek accompanied with a hug to save my embarrassment, though I wasn't embarrassed at all by him kissing me and hugging me, we're close after all, and it kind of hurt that he didn't, I wanted him to, I expected it, i wanted it

"Hey" I answer softly, close mouthed smile as I look away, down at my fiddled fingers

Grayson's eyebrows scrunch together, lowering down his face as he stares at the side of Ethan's smooth pale face

"Are you ok?"

Taking some time to gaze at his hands a moment longer "Yeah"

"Eth you're-" Ethan looks over, leaning up to give a quick kiss to Grays right cheek, a mere centimeters away from the crease of his red lips

"Just wanted the right hi" the crimson red settling in

Looking away and up to the front of the class as the teacher announced her presence with a good morning, going on a speech of how glad she is to have all the kids with their sponsor here today with the exception of two people and all the people that haven't arrived yet, or won't

Ethan kept avoiding Grayson's gaze, he could feel the gravity settling into his body, pulling into Grayson because of his stare

Class went on, the teacher coming to different tables, introducing herself to the sponsors, having a small conversation about who they were to the student and some more about them, what was going to happen next week, where to go, what to do, and if they had any questions she answered

"Hi, Grayson right?"

"Yes" Grayson answered, sitting up some to give a handshake, before sitting back

"And you're...?"

"I'm just a family friend, and I'm married to Stacy, my wife, I married in the church close by here, St.Andrews"

The church a few blocks away was bigger and nicer than this one, yes they went to this one all the time but Stacy wanted the other church instead, Grayson hadn't minded. It had long stone stairs leading to large double doors opening to a room where the bride waited to walk down the aisle where high ceilings with long white ridged columns stood tall, a combination of a soft baby blue, gold and white decorated the walls, brown benches contrasted nicely, it was a truly beautiful place, but Grayson didn't really care where it was, just the fact he was getting married was enough

She didn't talk much longer, they had a quick talk and she left to the next pair, Grayson's hadn't had any questions, he'd gone through this too and knew what to do, plus I had told him everything I knew of what was happening and he was comfortable with everything

Class ended shortly after, we were one of the last few pair to be talked to, we didn't speak much when she first started to talk to the students and their assigned sponsors, kind of just listened to Harry and Niall talk as we sat there, silent

The bell rung dismissing the class, we left five minutes later for class than we usually do but it's fine

The four of us walked out the door and up the steps, Harry and Niall walking over to his parents and Niall's wife whom I can't think of the name of, greeting them with smiles and hugs, handshakes and a kiss on the cheek to the two women

Grayson lead Ethan to where Kate sat, the two scooching in with a couple sidesteps, greeting Kate with the usual, telling her Stacy couldn't make it, not giving an explanation before taking a seat, knees grazing together from time to time, they relaxed the longer they sat there, having to stand up and kneel on the pews when needed, by the end they were fine, said bye with a hug and a kiss on the cheek and left for home, but not before Grayson graciously asked Kate if he could come over, and that he did