Requested by @ObKy270
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A slight warning, trigger warning I mean, there are mentions of the psychological and emotional effects of growing up with an alcoholic, so please know what you can handle reading!
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Olivia POV
"Liv?! You ready, bubs?" I hear my boyfriend's voice call down the hallway of my apartment, making me jump slightly. I've been so hyperfocused on getting my makeup that I haven't been paying attention at all.
I swipe at my lashes once more with the mascara wand, putting it down and the. standing up. I turn aroun to face the doorway just as Coop walks in, eyebrows raised expectantly until his eyes land on me and they widen.
A smirk quickly grows on his face and he walks towards me, reaching out and gripping my waist before kissing my forehead, "You look gorgeous bubs," he smiles before looking at me hopefully, "Okay, now are we ready to go?" I giggle at the adorable expression on his face, nodding. He pulls my hand, moving towards the door, and barely gives me enough time to snatch my phone off of the makeup counter and turn the light off as we exit the room.
He starts grabbing his jacket and I check my phone as I hear the chains on it make noises, him putting it on. I get a text from Avani right as I go to close my phone, hearing Coop humming next to me as I read the text. "Whose party is this again?" I ask, looking up at him curiously.
"It's at Sway, like Noah and their place, why is Avani asking? Is she not going?" He asks as his hand finds its way to the small of my back, leading both of us towards the door to leave.
"Ummm..." I hum as I type Avani back, "I think she's staying home probably, and just wants to what if Ant is going. They had a little tiff thing yesterday and the day before, and now they're both being stubborn even though neither of them is mad," I giggle, slipping my phone into my back pocket as he turns and shuts the door behind it and using my keys he grabbed at some point to lock us out. He slips them back into his pocket, asking as he turns and wraps an arm back around me,
"How do you know all of that? I see Ant almost every day and I didn't know that?!" I giggle, leaning my head against his arm,
"Because he texted me. I don't know if you've noticed but everyone kind of complains about everyone else to me," He smiles, shaking his head before kissing the top of mine,
"You don't have to put up with that babe, you know that? Everyone appreciates you putting up with our bullshit but..." I giggle again, hugging him as we step onto the elevator,
"There isn't much I can't handle Coop,"
"Don't I know it mammas," I smile as the doors close and he kisses the top of my head once more.
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"Eyyyyyy! It's Vi!" I hear a very drunk Josh yell, picking me up and swinging me around in a hug as I wince at his alcoholic smelling breath. I hear Cooper greet Griffin and Bryce behind me, before I feel his arms around my waist and him gently pulling me out of Josh's hold and onto the ground. I fit myself under his arm and Bryce laughs, clearly also at least buzzed, and slaps Josh's arms,
"Don't squeeze the chick, Josh!" I roll my eyes, smile, and shake my head at the boys in front of me as they begin to bicker with each other, me soon having nothing to do with it in their drunk state. Cooper whispers something to Quinton, who seems to have randomly appeared, with a drink in his hand, from the busy party crowd next to Griffin, which causes all three of them to laugh loudly. I just keep looking around, eventually finding a lot of familiar faces, like Jaden, Tayler, and Sab, one of my best friends. She's the one who introduced Cooper and I, because when I moved out her finally she had been wanting us to meet forever. I lock eyes with her, smiling and waving to her. She grins, waving me over to her and who she's with, so I lean up towards Cooper's ear and say,
"I'm gonna go over to Sab," so that he can hear it over everyone. He looks down, nodding before kissing the top of my jeans and pushing me off into the crowd, towards the girls. I grin, running over quickly and jumping at Sab, both of us gripping the other in a tight hug. She squeals, jumping up and down,
"Olivia! I didn't think you were coming! You hate parties?!" I laugh along with everyone else in the small group at her excitement, nodding in confirmation,
"Yeah I do. Look around, I don't get it," I roll my eyes as a conveniently timed idiot nearly knocks me over as he jumps to the music, Emma having to catch me from her place on my other side, "But, Cooper just kind of showed up and did a whole romantic come with me thing," Everyone giggles, Sab grinning and shaking my shoulder,
"You guys are soooo so so cute!" I smile at her before we see a guy walk over, whispering in Dev's ear. I raise my eyebrow, smirking and "oooo"ing as she follows him, blushing. I laugh along as everyone starts singing to whatever song is playing while we dance.
"Hey!" Anthony walks over, standing next to my ear, "Bryce said that you need to go see Cooper," I turn around to look at him, confused, but I follow him nonetheless.
"What's going on Ant?" I yell over the loud party, trying to keep up with him as he walks towards the kitchen. He shrugs,
"I don't know, I went towards the kitchen and Bryce was standing there, and then yelled at me. I head your name, Cooper, and see, so," He shrugs again, and as we get closer to the kitchen I see Bryce outside it, leaning sideways against the wall, a white claw in his hand, and laughing with who I think is Blake. As I enter his line of sight, he straightens up, stumbling towards me,
"No-ooo, what, what are you doing he-ere, Livvy?" He hiccups, grabbing my shoulders as he clearly tries to speak nonchalantly. I look up towards Anthony, confused,
"Umm, Anthony sai-" I start but he quickly cuts me off, a weak glare now turned towards Anthony,
"Ant, dumbass, I told-old you-" Blake walks up behind him, pulling him away from us by his shoulders as he speaks,
"Okay, buddy, that's enough, let's go," He sends me an apologetic look as he leads Bryce always and back into the party. I watch my semi friend drunkenly fall over himself, shuddering heavily subconsciously. Anthony raises a hand to my shoulder now, scaring me slightly as I jump,
"You okay Liv?" I gulp, tearing my eyes away from where the two boys disappeared to before pulling a fake smile onto my face
"Y-yeah, I just, I'm not a fan of drinking. You know me," I fake laugh slightly, "I just, um, I just wanna find Coop. Not used to LA parties yet I guess," I smile again, moving determinedly into the kitchen, not thinking at all about Bryce's words because of the state he was in.
As I enter the kitchen, I'm met with two girls making out just inside the door, so I politely mumble and apology before side stepping to get around them. I glance around the room, stopping both my eyes and my body suddenly when I see Cooper, Quinton, Josh, and Griffin standing around an island, Cooper's arm outstretched with a beer in his hand.
My boyfriend's arm outstretched with a beer in his hand.
My recovering alcoholic boyfriend's arm outstretched with a beer in his hand.
My recovering alcoholic boyfriend's arm outstretched with a beer in his hand.
I see Griffins eyes catch mine, and then his eyes panickingly moving towards the drink in Cooper's hand, as if it's in slow motion, but I don't wait for an explanation or for any of them to move before I run out, accidentally running into the two girls from before and then Anthony as he tries to enter after me, but I ignore both as I run.
I hear Cooper, Griffin, Anthony, and all of them yelling after me, but within seconds I've pushed through the crowd and out the doors.
I don't stop running until I'm half way down the driveway. The moment I stop I feel my body give out from shock as I fall into the side of the fence, turning so I sit back against it once I'm on the floor. I curl up into myself, squeezing my hands against the sides of my head as I try to ease the thoughts and memories sparking back and forth through my brain.
Cooper couldn't have been drinking that right?
He wouldn't.
But it looked like he was.
I can't do this again.
I can't.
Why would Bryce want Anthony to get me in there?
They know Cooper can't drink anymore, none of them would encourage him too.
But also they're his "boys", why would they tell me?
Wait.
Was Bryce trying to tell him not to let me in there?
It's really loud, and Bryce is really drunk. So he's slurring.
So he didn't want me in there.
Anthony misheard Bryce.
So they were drinking.
I'm in a relationship with a now relapsing alcoholic.
Possibly.
I can't do this again. I can't be around this.
I can't watch someone I love... descend into... that. Not again.
"Liv?! Olivia! C'mon babe, where are you?! I can explain, alright?! I promise that I can tell you what happened and it's not- Liv! Oh thank- thank god, baby," I hear Cooper's voice call out in the dark over the various people spilling outside from the house, and footsteps approach me fast before dropping down next to me. I keep myself tightly wrapped into myself, the adrenaline and anxiety spreading as I start to feel nauseous beyond belief. "Liv, hey, hey, c'mon," Cooper moves his hand to my back, rubbing it once I flinch but nonetheless let him touch me.
"Y-you,... you're drinking again Coop? Y-you p-pr-promised me?!" I start crying as I rock myself back and forth, shaking my head between my knees. I keep the flashbacks at bay, ignoring the overwhelming anxiety that is pounding at my head, my heart, my everything.
"No, Liv, Livvy, no. I can promise you. I'm not doing that. Not anymore. And Livvy, c'mon look at me," He waits until I raise my puffy face, with the dark mascara tears probably streaming down it and all, and look into his eyes, "I'm doing that for you. Liv, I am not your father, and I will never be. I will be stronger than that. I promise you. Yeah, I'm an addict. And I know that scares you. You have a right to be scared." I look up at him, and as he speaks our foreheads end up leaning against each others, our eyes never leaving the others'.
"S-so, um," I stutter, his intense eyes causing my tears to stop as I feel my emotions remain but numb as I realize everything isn't falling apart like I assumed, "That w-wasnt your beer?" I raise my eyebrows. He chuckled slightly, shaking his head,
"It was Jaden's beer. He went to go talk to some music kid who came, and he asked me to hold it," I search his face for any chance that I'm missing a lie in the simple explanation, asking,
"So why did Bryce act like I shouldn't go in there?" He laughs for real now,
"Babe, I think you've noticed, Bryce gets very dramatic when we is drunk. And he is really drunk tonight, Livvy," I swallow, looking back down with a heavy blush on my face. "Are you okay?" He asks, watching me.
"I mean, yeah. I guess I was just, I was really scared Coop. I can't go through that again, the anger, the constant up and down, all of the relapses and everything. I got scared. But I really am sorry for doubting you," I raise my face, Cooper shaking his head and moving a hand to the side of mine,
"I get it Liv. It's okay. I love you, no matter what, Olivia Mattern, and I'm luckier than I can believe that I have you," Both of our mouths widen into grins as I bite my bottom lip,
"I love you too Cooper Noriega, always," He lowers his face down to mine once again, but this time he connects our lips.
After a few moments, he pulls always, and then chuckles slightly, "You wanna go back to yours now and just watch a movie?" I nod eagerly, giggling, "No more parties?" He adds, making me nod furiously and continue to giggle lightly,
"Most definitely," He grins, pulling me up and towards the street towards his car.
I'll take a movie night with my boyfriend over a party anytime honestly.
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I hope you guys liked this one! When they suggested this one, I was really excited. I love this idea.
I also hadn't thought of doing a Cooper one in general so this is cool.
I also have a lot of childhood issues with alcohol so this was special.
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