Godfather-Grethan

Chapter 8

Third POV

"Are you nervous for today?" Kate asked his son

"Yeah-kinda"

The confirmation was to start in later than an hour, Grayson was coming over at 8:00 in the morning to pick Ethan up and take them to the church where Stacy and himself got married, they needed a bigger church than the one Ethan went to because they were holding multiple churches confirmation all in one

All students and their sponsors were to head to the church at 8:00 the latest if possible and from then on be guided to a room where they wait for the confirmation to start

"Okay Grayson texted me saying he's on his way, are you ready?"

Ethan was dressed in a navy blue button up, black skin tight dress pants and brown suede boots

"Yeah!" Ethan called out to his mom who was halfway down the stairs. Applying the final spritz of his cologne, checking his fluffy hair in the mirror one last time before going to wait in the living room for Grayson to get there

Ten or so minutes passed before Ethan's phone rang, checking his phone, making a reminder to turn off all sound when gets to church, Grayson had sent him a text

Gray:Here

Ethan lifted off his bum to open the front door, turning the lock open and pulling back with the knob in hand, Grayson stood there, olive green button up, navy blue dress pants and the same suede boots as Ethan

"Oh hey we're matching" they both laughed

Grayson stepped in hugging Ethan tight for some time, pulling back some giving a longsome kiss to Ethan's supple skin

Ethan closed the door, turning to walk to the kitchen to say bye to his mom, and so Grayson can say both hello and goodbye as they needed to leave soon

Ethan called out to his mom who was walking around wearing only a dress and some makeup, still not ready to leave being she has a little longer than an hour to leave, though she'll be leaving early to get a good seat, get those good pictures of her little man to post on Facebook and gush about later

"Hey Grayson" giving a quick hug, being careful not to smudge her makeup on his shirt "oh Ethie you look so cute" pulling him in by the shoulder for a smoldering hug "I love you" Kate expresses as her voice wavered off

"Mom, don't cry it's just my confirmation"

Confirmation meant different things, Kate saw it as her little boy taking the next step in life, soon he'll be graduating high school, moving away for college, and finally losing him to another, a nice man she knows Ethan will find in life, marry in a church now that he'll be able to in a couple mere hours

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Taking the final left, parking close to the entrance for a quick exit later on, Ethan and Grayson wander off to the front doors of the church that sit wide open, the fresh bright daylight streaming through beautifully, the colored panels of the windows shine boldly, the puzzle pieces of different colors come together to show a religious tableau

A man stood by the doors that lead to the aisle going down through the church greeted them, asking if they were here for the confirmation, saying yes the man pointed back to a single door off to the corner where the stairs went down to a room full of kids of similar ages with their selected sponsors, all talking amongst one another

Grayson spotted the familiar head of curly brown locks that belonged to Harry, grabbing Ethan by the side of his arm with a gentle grasp and heading over to the two with a kind smile, taking a seat by them before Ethan notices the dark headed boy next to Harry, revealed after some steps being covered by a larger woman from the table behind them

"Hey Harry, Zayn, Niall" Ethan said with a smile and a nod to Harry

Harry's collar of his black button up showed just barely over the larger collar of the white and two lined red striped robe, his black boots poking out from beneath the table, Ethan knew he was wearing a pair of grey-brown dress pants, they went shopping for their outfits together as their mothers walked around leaving the two boys to themselves

After a few hours both families leaving with some clothes and a few other accessories they don't really need but bought anyway, for convenience you could say

Grayson said hi to both Harry and Niall, introducing himself as Ethan's godfather to be and family friend to the new face of Zayn, who he had already known was Harry's boyfriend, Harry likes to tell a lot of people if you hadn't noticed

"Wait where'd you get the robe" Ethan questioned, concerned he had missed something as he looked around the spacious room where almost everyone was clothed with the same robe as Harry's

"Over there, just tell them your name and they'll give you yours" Harry said pointing to a table off to the corner of the room, two ladies conversing with a pile of robes covered in thin, see through plastic bags laid before them

Getting up saying a quick 'thanks' as he walked over to get what he needed, relieved he didn't miss something and not bring the robe himself

At the table one of the two looked over and saw Ethan gazing across the table, assuming he was in search of his name as all the bags had a tag with a name written in pen

"Hi, your name?"

Ethan looked up, feeling bad for interrupting their talk, even though that's what they were there to do he didn't want to be a bother and tried to find it on his own, "Um hi, Ethan, uh Dolan, Ethan Dolan"

The lady gave a kind smile as both looked through the assorted piles for an Ethan Dolan written in black ink on the white tag

Handing the bag over to Ethan as the other grabbed a clipboard, flipping through the pages with a pen in hand, stopping and scribbling for a moment before she put it back down, turning back around assuming she just crossed off his name

Getting back to the table of boys and men, Ethan places down his robe, grabbing the hanger top and pulling up the bag from the bottom up, folding the plastic a few times and grabbing the robe

He unstitched the Velcro buttoning, pulling the folds apart as he saw Grayson stand from his chair, walking three steps before grabbing the collar from the robe, pulling it up and holding it open for Ethan to step into

Everyone smiled at the kind gesture, Ethan's blush evident as he pushed his arms through, Grayson dropping the cloth, walking around getting down on a single knee to button the Velcro spots together, rising up with every ascending circle, the final button on his upper chest, fixing the collar as their faces stood inches apart

"You look handsome" Grayson said, staring into his eyes as he folded and felt around the collar, fingers grazing the skin of Ethan's neck, little pangs bursted through him at the sensation

"Thanks" Ethan smiled