Godfather-Grethan

Chapter 9

Third POV

The white material accented with red stripes curtained around Ethan, the only clothing of his seen were his boots and the little color of navy blue the robe hadn't covered on his chest

The sleeves draped, long and wide in circumference, looked like a little angel who got assigned the wrong robe size when accepted into heaven, just missing the halo which Grayson had no trouble imagining

Grayson looked over to the back of the room to see people lining up to take a picture with their sponsor and friends, he shook Ethan a bit nodding over to the area, Ethan nodded back and told Harry to get up so they could all take their pictures

They walked over, waiting about seven minutes for all the people in front of them to take their pictures and sit back down

Grayson and Ethan went up first, Harry took Grays phone as he held it sideways, the two stood side by side, Grayson's arm curled around Ethan's waist, his fingers edging back and forth as they smiled at the camera

The rest took their pictures after, Harry wanted a couple more with Zayn, one of him kissing Harry's cheek, the other of him on his back, and another of Zayn hugging him from behind, wide smiles as they laughed

Grayson kind of regretted not taking one like that, 'maybe later' he thought

They finished and took their seats, someone came down with a somber look, talking to a teacher before retreating back upstairs

He walked over to a couple teachers, talking to them silently, their attitudes shifted as the conversation went on

Ethan's teacher came up to his table asking to talk to Grayson for a little, he left and walked off to a secluded area. Harry was telling a story of one of the dates Zayn took him on, they went hiking and apparently something happened with a snake or something, Ethan wasn't paying much attention, his eyes kept drawing back to the two in the corner

Grayson came back with a faint smile, avoiding Ethan's gaze as he sat down, Ethan wanted to ask what they talked about but his teacher interrupted, asking for the whole room to be quiet, someone else took over as they told everyone it was almost time to head up, telling each teacher to get their class situated and line up by a certain order, Ethan's class was third to line up out of five classes, theirs was the smallest too

Zayn gave a kiss to Harry's cheek before heading upstairs and taking a seat at the space Harry's parents saved for him, some glared his way for the display of affection, too caught up in the past to accept something so normal

The teacher up front started to head out with their class following behind, each class followed as we all stayed silent, ascending the stairs and walking down the aisle to the front couple rows that were reserved for all of us, the teachers telling us where to sit

Ethan sat at the end of the bench with Grayson by his side, Harry sat next to him with Niall to his left, the priest walked up to the podium, announcing every church group here and congratulating every one of them

The priest continued on, almost done the first row stood up and lined down the aisle, when it came to it the next row was to stand, the sponsor had to hold out their hands and keep it on the students shoulder as they walked up

They were given the Eucharist, a bread wafer with little to no flavor, Ethan held it in his mouth, bowing slightly as the next pair moved up the line

They walked back to their seats, kneeling down on the pews as they confessed whatever they needed, have God forgive whatever they may have done and be cleansed, getting back up in their seats, giving the hand signs, murmuring "in the name of the father, son, and the Holy Spirit, amen," opening their eyes and waiting for the rest to finish before moving on

Grayson reached over, grasping and separating Ethan's hand from his own, holding it softly, laying it down on his lap

Ethan reddened some, found it comforting nonetheless and let it be, looking around from time to time trying to find where his mom was amongst all these people, the front, back, sides, maybe she was in the crowd that were left standing, too late to get a seat

He saw Zayn and Harry's parents, Zayn had an adorable smile, his sight set on Harry as he knelt with Niall by his side

With no luck he turned back, looking down at his lap to see the set of connected hands, fingers fumbling about some, constantly looking back up wanting to see where his mom was, curious

It was time to give peace, Ethan gave everyone in reach a handshake, as did everyone else, waving with a nod to the people too far to greet, Harry turned back, looking at Zayn as he blew a kiss and waved to his parents

Grayson leaned down, pecking Ethan on the cheek, moving down as he hovering close to his neck before laying another there too, hidden to the eye of others

The ceremony ended soon after, everyone cheered and slowly got up, walking down the aisle heading outside to meet up with everyone

Harry's parents along with Kate were holding a party for both Ethan and Harry, Grayson held Ethan close, Ethan telling Harry he'll see him in a bit as they walked out the large double doors

Ethan looked around in search of his mum, Grayson grabbed Ethan's hand telling him to 'come on' as he headed to the parking lot

They went with Ethan still looking around in hopes to get a glimpse of his mother before they left to Harry's

"Did Stacy come by herself?" Ethan asked as Grayson started the car, most stayed at the church taking pictures with family and friends

"No, Kate picked her up"

They cut off after that, stayed quiet with the music playing softly in the background as Ethan mouthed the words, swaying his head around to the beat

Grayson's hands softly clenched and relaxed around the wheel, eyes distant, fading his gaze from side to side, the road that now set a pit in his stomach, churning as it breathed in and out, and Ethan, his godson