Grayson's POV

I can't remember anything that happened last night either. I was feeling quite sick of it, and was kind of regretting not being able to remember any of the music or the actual concert.

Having to wake up to pack was the worst, especially with the hangover from hell.

Maddie's POV

"Dude, remember the second night? I forgot to ask you, but who was that blonde chick in our tent?" I heard Nick ask Grayson.

They were packing up their things at the same time that Kylie and I were, and all four of us tried not to make awkward eye contact with each other.

"Oh I don't know," I sneaked a look at Grayson's blushing face and I felt myself scowl. "Did we do anything?" He said quietly, but I managed to hear.

"All I'm gonna say is that I didn't want to be there." Nick said, throwing his hands up and laughing. I thought I had seen something in Grayson in the woods that I hadn't seen before when we were younger. But I guess I was wrong.

I tried to block them out during the rest of the time we were packing, hoping to leave before them.

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"Lucky!" I squealed as I bent down to stroke him. "Thank you so much for taking care of him." I smiled at Alex.

"No problem! I'll see you guys soon." He replied, closing the door.

Kylie reached down to grab Lucky and embraced him in a little hug as he licked her face. "So, I've come to a conclusion that the guys here aren't good enough for me, and I'm going to have to wait till college to get a boyfriend."

"Me too!" I agreed, laughing. I hated that Grayson popped into my head.

*Flashback*

Grayson and I were sitting down at the beach, throwing pebbles into the sea.

"What do you want to be when you're older?" I asked him, readjusting my little pony tail.

"A doctor." He replied straight away, without hesitation.

"Why?"

"I want to help other people." He stared out to the sea. I wished I knew what I wanted to do as much as he did.

"I wanna be a teacher!" I told him, a wide smile on my face. It was one of those things you thought you wanted to be when you were younger, but you didn't want to when you were older. "I wanna help people too!"

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Grayson's POV

On the ride back from the concert, I was lost in my thoughts. Why did it have to be so complicated for me? I wanted Maddie. So why did I have to go screw it up and mess around with other girls.

I decided that I was going to get Maddie. I was going to have to try harder to be the person who I once was, lose this fake character who I was so unhappy being.

But I knew that Maddie would be stubborn, so I started small.

I bought her favourite flowers and went to her apartment the next morning.

"Grayson?" Kylie looked surprised, but then her expression changed. "You really confuse me. She's in her bedroom."

Phew. I thought that Kylie thought the flowers were for her. I would have died.

I made my way to her room, knocking before poking my head around the door. "I brought you something." I smiled, revealing the flowers. She looked at me and rolled her eyes.

"Why?" She asked. One word? Come on Maddie, cut me some slack I'm trying to get my shit together here.

"Because I want to make up." I said, making a pouty face.

"Well you're going to have to try harder than that." She scoffed. Wow, she really holds grudges. She tucked a strand of brown hair behind her ear, her eyes shifting back to her phone.

"What do I have to do for you to fully forgive me for everything that I have done to hurt you. I will do anything."

"I don't trust you," she narrowed her eyes at me.

"Maddie, I wouldn't be bothering to do this if I really didn't want to do it." I tried, "Why would I try if I didn't want to be with you?"

Maddie's POV

Want to be with you.

The words lingered in the air. My heart was thumping so hard I was scared he might hear it.

He closed the door behind him and sat on the edge of my bed, inches away from me. He lay the beautiful bouquet of white roses with pink rims on the bedside table.

"Maddie, I really like you. I think I always have. I just didn't realise it when I was young. I know that you might not trust me or the person who took over me when I changed, but I'm trying. And I'm going to keep on trying until you give in." He smirked at the last bit, and I felt my lips twitch into the tiniest smile.

My heart was bouncing around the room, making leaps in the air. I looked into his eyes, and saw what I had seen in the woods. I saw hope in them. I saw the truth, that he really was trying to change. And he wasn't angry at me for being angry at him for all these years.

My eyes trailed to his baby blue t-shirt that was so tightly wrapped around his ginormous biceps. My mind was tempting me. Stop it! I tried to tell it.

"Why all of a sudden this big change?" I blurted. He was still staring at me, and I could tell he was thinking of what to say.

"Honestly, I don't know why I didn't do it earlier." He sighed. "Can I tell you something?"

"Sure." I said flatly.

"Remember my dream of being a doctor? Well, I applied to New York's Cornell University and a few others to see if I could get a degree there. I've had enough of this acting job." He smiled meekly, waiting for my reaction.

My heart was now flying off to the moon at this point.

"That's great!" I said with a bit more enthusiasm, because I really couldn't hold it back. I was seeing more and more of the boy he once used to be, like he was revealing himself right in front of me. But I reminded myself that I couldn't fully trust him yet; I wasn't going to give in to this one conversation when he ignored me for so many years.

"So yeah!" He sighed. There was a pause. "Do you want to meet me tomorrow down at the beach? I can text you at what time."

I felt myself nodding. Even though I felt like I couldn't trust him yet, it didn't mean I couldn't learn to?

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Later that night, Kylie and I were snuggled up on the sofa with Lucky, eating raw cookie dough out of a bowl and watching teen wolf. Again. Oops.

"Can't wait till Lydia and Stiles get together." I mumbled through a mouth full of cookie dough, my eyes glued to the screen.

"Shut up, don't ruin it!" Kylie protested.

"Oh as if you didn't already know!" I snorted.

Kylie suddenly paused the TV.

"What are you doing??" I shrieked, my mouth stuffed with the deliciousness.

"Speaking of things that I think I already know, I need to ask you something important." She kneeled to face me, her face growing serous. "Do you like him?"

By 'him' I knew exactly who she meant. I swallowed the cookie dough.

"I don't want to."

"But do you?"

"I do."

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Is Maddie finally giving in?
Soz this chapter was kinda short, but I'm on a roll here!!
Probs gonna do the next chapter today too😛😛😛

Comment if you ship Maddie and Grayson (just wanna know in case I've made this book rlly shitty)

ily all ❤️❤️❤️