-Your P.O.V-

Wait, who deserved what exactly?

"Can you explain?" I slowly start to stand as Grayson still avoids eye contact with me.

He breathes in deeply and purses his lips together.

"I don't know what came over me, (Y/N). I was just so...angry." He finally looks at me, his eyes starting to turn red and flashy.

"Grayson, what are you talking about?" I'm now trying to remain calm as well.

G sniffles and lets out a cry. "I'm sorry."

"Why are you sorry, what happened?" My hand sets down on his shoulder, trying to help.

"...I hurt him." Grayson confesses.

Hurt who?

"G...Grayson, look at me." I move my head to where Grayson's head was bent over and slowly lift his chin to remain eye contact.

He steers towards me, complete despair shown on his face.

"Who did you hurt?"

-Josh's P.O.V-

Delete, delete, delete.

My phone died shortly after I lost my memory, I never bothered to re-charge it until now. I didn't see a point, it's not like I was trying to contact anyone.

But, out of curiousity and a bit of boredom, I charged it.

And to be honest, don't know if that was a good idea or a bad one.

I started going through my camera roll and just...

Seeing all those old photos of me with people I didn't even know made me feel a certain melancholy. I'm not sure what came over me but I just got rid of the pictures. Maybe the thought of me actually having a life before made me jealous of who I used to be. I don't even know who I was but I envy the life that guy had. I only knew what I saw from the pictures.

Nothing seems to be working, I keep trying to help my mind but I've barely remembered a thing.

I'm just a boy from Columbus, Ohio.

-Grayson's P.O.V-

"...Ace." I finally bring up his name. The one I've been trying so hard to bury.

(Y/N) just stops. "Wh- Ace?"

Shutting my eyes, I nod. This was killing me but I'm glad I was able to admit it. I've felt a huge weight lift off of my shoulders.

"What did you do to Ace?" (Y/N) tenses up her shoulders.

-FLASHBACK-

I was walking home from a store Karma wanted me to stop at before returning home. I'd just ran into a few fans and got a few photos so that was nice.

I start to walk again when I see a figure that looks familiar in the corner of my eye.

Is that...? No...no way that's them.

I turn my head and sure enough...it was who I was hoping it wasn't.

My fists start to clench as my eyes grow with hatred.

Ace.

"Grayson?" I hear (Y/N)'s ex call out to me.

I didn't even want to be in the same room as that guy let alone look at him in the eyes.

Slowly, I turn. Sadly, it was definitely him.

"Hey." I try to remain friendly despite my disliking.

"Sup." He throws a hand on my shoulder, gripping on.

I tense up and move out of his grasp.

"Uh, nothin'. Just walkin' home."

"Ah, nice, nice. Haven't seen you in a while." He raises his voice.

Yeah, lucky me.

"Well, haven't really gone out of my way to see you." I let out a rude remark.

"C'mon man. Don't be like that." He stands in front of me.

"No, I have every right to be like that. You hurt my friend." I start to become angry.

Ace shrugs. "So?"

My teeth start to grind. "So? What the hell, man? You're sick." I go to move out of his way but he blocks my path.

Letting in a deep breath, I try to remain cool. "You really don't wanna mess with me."

Ace shrugs once more, cockily. "I think I do." His arms move to push me back.

I stumble but remain standing.

"Lay. Off." I try to be convincing.

"Or what?" He steps closer, his ego increasing by the second.

Scanning the sidewalk, I'm surprised not many people were around. Though it was getting kind of late.

I've had enough of this guy.

I swing, punching Ace right in the jaw with my left fist, immediately sending him backward.

Striking him again sends Ace to the ground, I move on top of him and start throwing punches left and right.

Before I knew it, I couldn't stop. I was sick and tired of that bastard. He was everything I despised.

His nose eventually started to bleed and his eyes start to bruise along with my knuckles. But, I still kept going. Ace didn't even fight back at this point, in my eyes I was almost killing him. Why couldn't I stop?

"Grayson, stop!" Two arms are wrapped around me, pulling me away from the fight.

Ace quickly gains balance back on his feet and holds his nose. He flips me off before sprinting away.

"Ugh!" I groan, dropping my fists.

I turn around, not recognizing who got me out of that situation.

"Are you okay?" She asks me.

"Y-Yeah...I'm fine but why did you stop me?" I asks, examining my hands.

They're beaten black and blue. Starting to turn purple.

The girl lets out a sigh. "While Ace definitely deserved all that, I just didn't want you to get hurt or anyone to see that. You're lucky not many people are around."

"You know who I am and who Ace is?" I question her as she starts to walk beside me.

"Yeah, I kinda keep up with Broken Castle." She admits, shrugging.

"Oh, I see. So, what's your name stranger?" I place my hands in my jacket pockets.

She reaches out a hand.

"I'm Delilah."

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A/N: ahhh delilah's first lines! woop woop

questions:

-do you think grayson did the right thing? or did he take it too far?

-do you think josh looking through his old phone was a good idea?

-how do you wanna react to grayson telling you everything he did?

so yeah, hope you all are enjoying the book so far! :-) lemme know what you think.

.dar yats

-b