Crane stood with her forehead pressed against the hallway wall. This was it, she was finally gonna put her feelings out on display. She was finally gonna tell Grayson how she felt about him.

It was going to be SERIOUSLY rough. She intertwinee her fingers together and closed her eyes tight. She couldn't help but hope that maybe this might kick start something.

She lifted her head slightly and stared at the wall smiling a little, she claps her hands. She could do this!

Turning on her heel, she pushed her hands into her hoodie and walked out to the living room where everyone was tustling around. Tim was wrestling with Kade while Grayson was laughing at them, Markus and Darius were talking lowly, Emmie was admiring her silver pieces and overall, everything seemed fairly normal.

She sucked in a sharp breath before walking over and tapping Grayson's shoulder. He lifted a brow and looked at her.

"Yeah?" He tilts his head still laughing a bit from watching Tim lose a wrestling match to Kade.

"Um...could I talk to you in private for a moment?" Crane runs a hand through her newly cut hair and looks away for a second before glancing back. Grayson narrows his eyes.

"I swear, whatever you found in your room Kade did it, not me." He stands to his feet and outs his hands on his pockets.

"HEY!" Kade shouts.

"No, its not that. I just need to get something off my chest, and from the way I'm shaking while speaking I have a huntch you can probably guess it." Crane tells him. She looks at Markus who tilted his head like a confused puppy. "We're gonna step onto the porch for a second."

"Alright, come inside if anything seems even slightly off though." Markus grumbles. Crane smiles a little and then leads Grayson outside. They stood in silence for about fifteen seconds while Crane tried to gather her wits.

"Okay. So um..." she stammers.

"Calm down Cassidy, jeeze. I know what its about, but I'm gonna let you say it. Just talk to me like we're having a normal conversation." Grayson leaned against the porch post and examined his fingernails nonchalantly.

Crane leaned back on her heels.

"Alright..." she mutters. "Well, I like you. I think its more of a love though...to be honest. A lot. I've made it pretty blantenly obvious and its been a thing since the time we met. Um...its been five years and I'm just working up the gut to tell you so nare with me for a second." Crane presses a palm to her forehead to keep herself on topic. "Though youre stubborn and rude at times, you wont sugar coat the truth. You're gonna be blunt and a lot of people don't offer that kind of stuff. You're seemingly loyal, and when you're in a good mood, you're fun to be around. You're funny and charming im the weirdest of ways. I could sit down and ramble about the stupidest of shit and you would at least pretend to listen. I think I realized it when we were out in the woods that one day looking for Kade and Tim, something clicked and just kinda happened? I mean, I had noticed you when we first met-cause I mean who wouldn't. Youre not exactly bad looking. I just really like being around you and though you may not return my feelings I still wanna be good friends, because I care about you too much to lose you over my stupid pathetic feelings. I'm sorry it took me so long to own up to them, youre amazing to me and yeah." She stops.

Grayson himself even looked slightly surprised. She covered her face and laughed a little shaking her head. Her face was the color of a ripe apple, her mind and heart were racing a thousand miles a minute. She actually just did that.

Crane without letting him even respond, slunk back inside and quickly rushed to her room. She didn't come out for the rest of the night.

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