Lexi pov
Something was...strange. He seemed so calm, but his body was angry, even when he was smiling. I didn’t know him as well as Zain did, not anymore. They started hanging out just the two of them more when we got into high school, boys being boys and doing boy stuff. But Grayson was still my cousin, one of my best friends, and I knew his moods. He had his mother’s temper, her ability to hold in her anger and use it as a weapon, but he had his father’s calm patience and his ability to smile even when he was sad or upset. Grayson was a mystery most of the time, always quiet and calm, but if you looked close enough: you could see when he was upset.
I noticed it the moment Carrie walked over and started doing that stupid prep thing girls do to get guys to look at their boobs. I
