pte

fter Grayson dropped me off at home, I started feeling really sick

et up!" Mom said as s

feeling really horrible.

ou're not dying. You

whined. "I do

," Mom said. "If you don't get up now,

't missed a single day of school before, besides yesterday when I skipped, because Mom believed that unless I was in the hospital

nfortunately for me, I felt extremely nauseous. I cou

s to the kitchen, where Mom was waiting fo

el good," I muttered. "

" Mom told me. "You're going to s

to school today, I would probably do worse if I didn't go, if that

no for an answer. "Grab yo

limbed into the passenger seat and rested my head against the seat as I waited for Mom to come in. When she di

meeting she had. She had been having a lot of meetings lately. Mom was a home

oud voices of the teenagers in high school always gave me headach

ind me. I turned around. "Are y

forced me to come, but

d my wrist and pulled me out of the

u obviously need to rest and

again?" I asked as

never started yet," Grayson objected

f our conversation we had yesterday; about his brother. I remembered the way I acted and honestly, I felt b

you to tell me if it had something to do with the th

I overreacted. When the time comes, I'll tell you what happe

yebrow. "So I'll ge

e. He defended me from Devon constantly and now, he was taking me to his home so I

to tell me." When he pulled into his driveway

?" I

. He told me he was going to run s

the girls that hung around Grayson and I couldn't have a random gu

to the school if you

with me, I felt very nauseous and I just wanted to rest

n as we walked in, Graeme walked over to us. "Uh, yo

" Grayson shot bac

aking me wonder how he found that out. "I'm no

ery sick and she can't stay at her

l even more sick. "Well then. How about you head back

g here with her, got it?" Grayson took a step towards his brother with a g

me, little bro? Well guess what?" He ruffled Grayson's hair, who

y from her," G

sked. "Is she y

red of you flirting with every s

"How many of the girls you've been around dated me? All of them, ri

hy did all my friends' brothers turn out to be the same way

g to end their small argument

rabbed my wrist and quickly pulled me up the stairs and into the first room on the left. His bedroom was fairly small, b

o leave. "Wait!" I said quickly before

ebrows furrowed in confu

told him quietly. "N

past, because he walked over to his desk and sat down at i

sleep because Grayson was sha

phone. "You may be

Mom was. It read: The school called saying y

re I was, she might have made me go to the last two classes which were the two that require

hought that I was kidnapped or something. I replied with: i am so

I looked at Grayson. "Is your

the room so I don't know if he went out. Bei

to talk about it," I said, looking at my phone. Mom texted back and I could tell she wa

me to go to school. he just took me to his house

ed Grayson. "That he's dated all the

e ever liked or just been friends with fell for my stupid brother and dated him. And after he broke

on't fall for him," I assured. "I

hool and you disobeyed me. Go back to school now an

e to head back to school. And

even though you're

if I miss one day and I will never become a doctor

ell your mom tha

tens to me when I say something. Anyway, can you take me

e grabbing his cell phone

e a flirtatious smile once he saw

told him I wasn't interested, nor would I ever be. "Yeah,"

llow me and close the door behind him. "Nice job, Flower," he said as we

aid. "And it's best not to

lunch ended. During those five minutes, I was w

ully- approached me and Grayson when we were at our lockers. "If it isn'

," I said. "That's wha

you just show up now?" Belle asked. "Di

d sense myself snapping at her any second. "No,"

rus," Devon spoke up. "A lot of people get it and

l you to stay out of their argument?"

asked. "She ruined the

e." That made me very confused because I never told him anything. However, I didn't make myself look confus

!" Belle objected

on asked. "Were you even

sounds to absurd to be true!" And with th

rid of her," Grayson sai

"How did you know

thers you and you said it was because of the thing that happ

. "But thanks for making Belle leave. I

e as your guardi