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the next morning i woke up around 11am. i heard knocking on my door and that was my morning alarm.

"uh...come in?" i say confused since i had just woken up.

"morning lex, sorry for waking you up." ethan said walking in a little.

i felt horribly embarrassed because i just woke up so i look like a wreck.

"no it's fine, what's up?" i ask, sitting up and grabbing phone off the charger.

"do you mind going out with me today?" he asks. my heart flies out of my ass and my head snaps up to him.

"what?" i ask to make sure i heard him correctly. "go out with you?" i add.

"yeah like for lunch. i kinda wanted to talk to you about yesterday." he says. i don't think he realizes how asking me to 'go out with him today' sounded like a date. but i got it now.

"ohhhh. okay sure i'll get ready now." he smiles and nods, before leaving the room.

i quickly get freshened up and dressed before walking out of my room and down the stairs.

once i had made it downstairs, ethan wasn't there. instead grayson was sat at the bar drinking some coffee.

"morning" i say, walking past him to get some water.

"morning, where you headed?" he asks.

"ethan woke me up and asked me to go out to lunch with him." graysons eyebrows raised and i rolled my eyes.

"not like that." i add to make sure he doesn't think i'm going on a date with his brother.

"are you sure? because i think u want it to be a date." he says in a teasing tone.

"yes grayson i'm totally sure." i say taking one last sip of my water.

"totally sure of what?" i hear ethan speak as he trots down that last few stairs.

"nothing." i answer quickly. i hear grayson stifle a laugh and give him 'shut up' look.

"okay.." ethan says when he reaches us.

"ready to go?" i ask.

"yep." he says with a smile. i smile back before heading towards the door. ethan pulled out his keys and unlocked the car. my hand followed and opened the door before my body climbed in.

"where we headed?" i ask.

"drive thru, and then a look out." he answers while backing out of the garage.

"sounds nice." i smile. my phone buzzed indicating i had received a text. i flip my phone over and immediately i feel a blush rise to my cheeks. why? i have no clue.

grayson- have fun on your date ;)

me- not a date 😐

grayson- oops my bad....😳

me- i'll tell you what happens when we get back. happy?

grayson- very. have fun.

me- thanks

i smile shaking my head, before turning off my phone.

"what's got u smiley?" ethan asks happily.

"oh nothing graysons just being a weirdo." i chuckle.

"you too seem to have gotten along lately." he smiles.

"yeah, actually. he agreed to give me a chance and now that he has i feel like we're actually starting to get close." i say with a smile.

"i'm so glad." ethan smiles.

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once ethan and i got our food and headed to the overlook, we saw a cute picnic table and set our things down there.

"so i wanted to ask, are you okay?" i ask with full seriousness. ethan takes a deep breath before opening his mouth to answer.

"yeah. i'm okay. my mind just ran back and fourth last night. i didn't mean to seem standoffish by the way. i just needed to be alone." i immediately frown and answer.

"ethan you weren't standoffish. if i were in your place i would've done the exact same thing. don't apologize." i say seriously.

"he really brought up a lot of unresolved feelings, lex." he says after swallowing his bite of food. i didn't say anything, letting him just talk, vent.

"i haven't seen that guy since he shot my dad. i was moving too fast at the blaine mission to see him. i wanted to kill him. right there with my bare hands. but i couldn't. mentally i couldn't, and physically because i didn't want you to see that." my heart does this weird thing at his last sentence. i brush it off and speak.

"i think if you would've killed max, it would only make you feel worse. because deep down i think you know taking someone else's life wont bring back another." i said. ethan looked into my eyes and then down at his hands.

"and this is why i'm glad i dragged you out of bed to talk to you. you're right. i would only feel worse." ethan smiles at me and i cant help but smile back.

"i'm glad you forced me to came here too because i was so worried about you, AND this view is killer." i turn my head to the over look and look out at the nature. ethan chuckles and i turn my head back to him.

"yeah i know i'm good looking but you should try looking at the view." i let out a laugh at his obvious sarcastic statement.

is he flirting with me?

"oh hush." i say back causing him to laugh as well.

we talked for a little longer before heading back to the house.

once we entered, hayes and nash were watching tv while aaron was working out outside.

ethan had told me he needed to work out today, so when we got back he immediately went to go change into workout clothes.

however, i feel like grayson HEARD us the second we got back because he texted me within 4 seconds of being in the house.

grayson- details!!!!

me- u in ur room?

grayson- doors unlocked

me- coming

i shut off my phone and walked up the stairs, greeting the boys on the couch as i passed. my feet carried me up the stairs and into graysons room.

once i entered grayson set down his pen and turned to me.

"well?" he asked. i shut the door and sat on his really comfy bean bag chair.

"well what? i told you it wasn't a date." i said, surprising myself when i realized i felt disappointed in a way.

"yes but you look disappointed." he adds.

"i think i am." i said looking at him.

"i knew it." he paused causing me to furrow my eyebrows.

"you're catching feelings for my brother."

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A/N: hey..............how y'all doing😳

so i was with family this weekend but i'm updating i promise. i go on vaca the 18 doe so i'll try to update a lot before then.

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