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Vena's Point of View

When I woke I felt a bit better about the whole situation. What Grayson did to poor Leah is just disgraceful. 

I am furious at Grayson because he knows the kind of pain cheating causes and how hard I went through it and now Leah is going to experience the same feeling. No, I'm not mad at him for screwing around with another girl. Like James said, Grayson didn't cheat on me. I don't think that Grayson realizes what he has done, Leah is going to hate him. I love Grayson and Leah together, they are great together and I just hope that Grayson sleeping with someone else won't demolish their relationship.

I pull the comforter off my body and glance around the room for a moment before having to deal with this mess. James's room has always been somewhat clean, but then again, it isn't at all. At a first glance it looks like a disaster, but really it just looks quite disorganized. I want to clean it so badly, but I'm sure James would freak out if I did. 

I open the bedroom door and walk down the hall. Sitting on the couch is James and Grayson. They weren't talking, no, they have their eyes glued to the television screen. 

"James," I say, trying to get his attention. 

James and Grayson both turned their heads in my direction. Just looking at Grayson made me disappointed. Why did he have to do this?

"Good morning, Darling," James greeted me. 

I smile down at him as genuine as I could. Grayson has my mood screwed up now. I walk around the couch and sit down on James's lap, turning so Grayson sees my back. I just really needed a few minutes before I talk to him about all this. 

I wrap my arms around his neck. He looked up at me and smiled. He gently kissed my cheek and wrapped his arms around my waist. 

It was only a moment later when James started talking. "Ven, you should really talk to him," he whispers to me. 

I sigh, "I know, James."

I get off James and look at Grayson. "Come on Grayson," I tell him and start walking into the kitchen. A moment later I hear his footsteps following me.

I sit down at the end of the island and he sat at the other end. We sat there in silence for a minute. 

"I'm sorry."

I raised an eyebrow at him, "Why are you telling me this? Leah is one who you went behind her back and cheated on." 

I am not here to screw around. He is in a mess that I know he can't get out of alone. 

He runs his hand through his hand in exasperation. "I know Vena, but it's not like I purposely meant to hurt her." 

My eyes widen, "So then you must have by accident slept with another girl then."

He is being absolutely ridiculous if he thinks that I am going to believe that. He's has to have a pretty good excuse to convince me that this isn't entirely his fault. 

After Grayson told me what happened, I am dumbfounded. How could he possibly blame this on the alcohol? I mean he's the one who drank so much, he's the one who made the terrible desicions. Plus, you he couldn't have been drunk enough to completely forget about the fact that he has a girlfriend, that's just not how it works. I just don't know what crossed his mind last night to make him do this. 

"Grayson, how could you be so stupid?" I mumble. 

On the bright side, it's not like he did this to purposely hurt her.  

"I don't know very. Last night was very blurry and I haven't got a clue to what came over me."

I shake my head, "Okay, I know that you were pretty drunk, but could've there been the possibility that you thought it was Leah you were sleeping with?" I ask hopefully. 

I just want to make sure that there is no likelihood that he completely forgot about Leah. I know that Grayson loves her, for God's sake, you can see it in his eyes, but I have to know if he knew it was another girl. 

"I mean, I could have, I really don't know. Like I said, I can't remember much from last night. She is going to be so angry, Vena. I don't know what to do. I know what I did is terrible and I feel so overly guilty about it, I can feel it in the bottom of my stomach,"

I sigh, "Okay, we can't be talking about what you did any longer. You and I need to make a plan on how to tell her without her trying to plan your murder. I know how this sort of thing feels like and at least Leah didn't see it so that sure will make the blow a bit softer," I tell him. 

"That would be the main goal," he looks down at his fingers for a moment and then back at me. 

I started to think about various ways that would make Leah feel better about her boyfriend cheating on her.  When I got cheated on, I knew that Zeke didn't love me when I thought he did, so I would say that Grayson needs to make it clear to Leah that he loves her more than anything. I also think that he should do this in a nonpublic place, so that when she does lash out, it won't make a huge scene. I've been friends with Leah for a little bit over four months and from how much I do know her, I know that after he tells her, she's going to want to be left alone for awhile to think. Okay, I got it. 

"First off, you're going to tell her in her dorm and nowheres else. Obviously make sure that you two are alone when this happens. When you are telling her, you need to make sure that she knows how much you care and love her. When you are telling her and she starts yelling at you, because she will, never raise your voice, it'll only make it worse. Try to get through most of the story you can before she starts lashing out and do it calmly. Apologize to her profusely, she will most likely say that she doesn't want to hear it, but she does. When she  gets angry and is yelling at you, leave and tell her that you'll call her later. Don't visit for the next few days, but send presents to her room because even though people think that girls don't want things from the person they got cheated on, it'll show you care and you're trying to fix things, I'm sure that this won't be seen as a bribery sort of way."

He nods slowly, taking it all in, "Okay, I can do this."

I don't believe that this is completely his fault because alcohol is a factor in this whole mess and it can screw everything up. 

"Grayson, if you don't do this right, all this is going to go up in flames, so listen to me." 

At this point in time, I just aside our rocky friendship for a moment to help him. I know that Grayson is genuinely sorry and I think that he does deserve a second chance at this. I mean boys screw up, but so do girls, so I hope that Leah will take that into consideration. 

Throughout our whole conversation, I had forgotten about James and if he is still here or not. I mean, I didn't hear the door open or shut. I'm sure he's still here. 

Grayson nods, "Okay, this should work," he hopes. 

I hope that it works too. I mean Grayson has done such a great deal of hiding his feelings in the last four months. When his sister died, he only really showed his sadness for a couple weeks, but then it faded. This just how Grayson is. If Leah were to break up with him, I am sure that it would push him over the edge. 

For Grayson's wellbeing, I hope to God that this works. 

I stand and Grayson follows my stance. He follows me out of the kitchen and towards the living room. It's weird, James isn't in the living room. I stray my mind from the confusion back to Grayson.

"Okay, now don't forget to be calm and if you can't then at least don't say anything you don't mean."

He nods, slipping on his Vans shoes. 

Worry is printed all over his face.

"You'll be alright," I assure him.

He nodded and pulled my body in his arms. There is this sort of tremble in his arms as they went around me. The last time he hugged me like this was when Skyla, his sister died. 

I pulled myself away from him for a moment and then looked at his face. "Good luck, Gray."

He took a deep breath and left my apartment with that. 

As soon as the door shut, my mind went back to wondering where James is. 

I look in his bedroom and all I am met with is silence. I checked my phone and there was nothing from him on there either. As I entered the living room, I noticed a piece of paper on the coffee table. As I picked it up  recognized his messy boy handwriting.

Hey Babe, 

I didn't want to bother you while you were talking to him. Grant invited me to come over to the Cafè at about ten o'clock this morning. I don't know if you're up for it or not after everything, but that's where I am if you want to come down. 

I love you, hope to see you soon. 

James

I glance at the clock. It's only a little bit after eleven. I think that it would be nice to be able to laugh with some friends after all this. Although I will need to get changed and all that other stuff. 

After I showered and brushed my teeth and anything else that I needed to do before I faced society. I am sure that I am ready to leave when I looked down in the mirror and noticed something that I might need: pants. 

Jesus. 

I changed my underwear out for a clean pair and pulled a pair of jeans over my legs. I grabbed my phone and put it in my purse and grabbed it and put it over my shoulder. 

I don't have a ride down there, but it's not too far and I don't want to be a hassle to anyone in James's end. It's wintertime and here in NYC and when I looked out the window earlier, it looked like one of the warmer days of the winter, but looks can be deceiving. I'll decide if I'll call a cab or just walk when I get outside. 

I locked the apartment door and went down the elevator in silence. As soon as I stepped outside, I sighed. It's warm, just like I thought it would be. 

Walking down the road is interesting. New York City is such a unique place to be. There is no such person the exact same that you will know. I think that it is just crazy how imperfect this city is and I love it. 

As soon as I finally made it to the coffee shop, it didn't look too busy by the looks of it. When I stepped inside, I searched the room for James and Grant. When my eyes did find them, it wasn't just Grant and James, it was everyone except for Grayson and Leah. 

They are sitting in the corner booth by the far back wall. They all seemed to be laughing, which is great to here. I made my way over to them. It is Grant, who saw me first. He started waving his hand at me, trying to get my attention even though he already had it. 

When I got to their table, James looked back at me and smiled. "Hey, you came."

I smile down at his sitting figure. He moved over and patted the spot beside me. I sat down beside him and set my purse down by my feet. 

When I looked up from my feet I saw everyone looking at me. 

"What?"

"So? What happeded?" Grant is the first one to speak up. 

Oh great, he told them. 

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There is a fine line between too much detail and just the right amount. Seriously guys, that is my delemmia like I don't know what to do. Sometimes you guys say that I put in not enough detail and this time I added a bit more and I don't know if it is too much or not. 

Aanyways, I think that this is my second update two days in a row, like wow, I am so indecisive. I say, "Oh I probably won't update again for another month or something" and then it's like "I wrote another chapter randomly, oops" 

Okay so I heard about the flah flooding in Texas, like that seems pretty intense. Five people were said dead and the wind was pretty crazy too... okay sorry for the Current Events Update, you probably don't care for it. 

Anyways, maybe I'll be on a role this week, we'll see. Like I said, I'm pretty indecisive. 

Okay bye now.

BWS❄️

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