ethan's pov

i woke up and my eyes immediately darted to grayson and hannah.

why the fuck were they cuddling she has a boyfriend?

i left the room and looked around for the doctor that let us in her room last night, i found her at the end of the hallway, scanning her clipboard.

i tapped on her shoulder lightly, "hi mr dolan how could i help you?" she said politely, she couldn't guess? i thought doctors were supposed to be smart.

"how's emma?" her polite smile was suddenly gone, looking to the room across the hall from where we stood.

"she still hasn't woken up, we are starting to get concerned. her parents fly in today."

"what do you mean she still hasn't woken up? what does that mean?"

"possibility of a coma, brain damage? we have to do scans, i'll let you know."

shouldn't she already know? that's her god damn job!

"ellie is recovering, would you like to see her?"

does she think i'm friends with all of them? i'm not. i'm here for emma.

"look mr dolan i have other patients that need my attention, it's a simple yes or no." snapping me out of my thoughts.

why not?

i nodded and her smile grew back onto her face. she walked towards a room two halls down,opening a door and moving a curtain.

ellie looked like the most depressed person i had ever seen, just staring at the ceiling, lost in thought.

"ellie?" i approached her bed and she moved her head, along with her eyes really slow, it was almost non human like.

"hi ethan." i smiled, i was concerned there was something wrong with her head.

"are you alright?"

it seemed like she didn't have any energy left inside of her to talk to me, she just nodded, slowly. by this time the doctor had left to see her other patients.

i didn't ask her anything else.

"i'm so sorry."

a smile crept upon her lips, "thank you." i nodded and left her alone, she needed to rest.

i got lost trying to find my way back to hannah's room, her and grayson were awake, just lying there, looking at each other smiling away.

cheesy.

grayson don't be the guy she cheats on her boyfriend with please.

"hey lovebirds." their eyes left from one another and jumped on me, i smiled.

"is emma awake?" hannah asked, her body sitting up off of grayson.

i shook my head no and sat in my chair, hannah and grayson were acting so awkward, well maybe because i just walked in on them cuddling.

"so hannah you have a boyfriend right?" i asked, trying to get the general point across to grayson, well and her too. if she doesn't want him, she should tell him instead of randomly cheating, right? but who am i to talk? i'm no cupid myself, otherwise i would have told emma.

she nodded, but it was like an annoyed nod, grayson rolled his eyes and got off of her bed, sitting on his chair.

"hannah are you hungry? we can go get you something?" i suggested, i needed to talk to grayson anyway.

"you don't have to do that for me, but if you guys wanna go it's okay." grayson nodded and stood up, grabbing his car keys from the tray on the other side of her bed, reaching over her.

"we'll be back in a few." he said, tossing his phone into the blanket, why was he being so nice to her? it wasn't like she was dying or anything.

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"grayson?" i looked to the left of me, grayson was driving and stuffing his face with bacon at the same time.

he swallowed whatever he had left in his mouth, "yes?"

"what's up with you and hannah? why are you being so nice to her?" i was genuinely confused, did he like her? probably not they just met. was he into her?

"i'm just being nice."

"alright well you know she has a boyfriend."

"what're you trying to imply ethan?"

"just don't be the guy she cheats on him with alright?"

he looked so offended, "i don't like her like that okay?"

sure.

"you haven't liked anyone in awhile."

"that you know of."

"what the hell is that supposed to mean? i tell you everything about emma."

"exactly."

"what?"

"nothing bro just shut up."

"i'm just tryna help you out."

"you don't help."

"you don't let me!"

"stop being so nosy some people don't like to cause drama."

"what's up with you dude?" i pushed his shoulder playfully but he just pulled it away from me and parked in an open spot.

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we were just chilling with hannah when a doctor came in, but not the same one as before, interrupting our conversation.

"ellie would like to see you hannah." she said, i forgot to tell them she was awake? it totally just slipped my mind.

"she's out of surgery?" she asked, perking up.

"what about emma?" i asked.

"emma isn't my patient, i'm sorry." the doctor said, helping hannah out of her bed and walking with her outside, going to see ellie, leaving grayson and i alone in the room.

"if emma doesn't wake up soon i'm gonna go out of my fucking mind! what if she's in a coma grayson? what if she has memory loss and not remember me? what if she doesn't ever wake up?!"

grayson looked up from his phone, and rolled his eyes, "you think you're the only one worrying about her?"

well of course not? who said that?

"i love her gray."

he didn't look surprised, like at all. i guess you could assume.

"so do i."

not in the same way? i never even asked her out properly and i would forever regret it.

"yeah but i'm like in love with her gray!"

i felt myself become worked up, i was angry at her for getting herself into harms way.

"so am i."

hold the fuck up

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reading all of your comments genuinely make me smile i'm glad you like the book