OLIVIA'S POV
I was laying in bed finishing up my homework when I heard a knock on the door
"Olivia, honey can I come in?" Instantly i knew it was my mom
"Honey, I think we need to talk" she said coming into my room holding a tray of her delicious homemade chocolate chip cookies and two glasses of milk
Why would she want to talk to me?
"Yeah... what do you want to talk about mom?" I said getting up to put away my homework
"Well, I wanted to talk to you about Blake..." right when she said that, i knew there was no way out of this
"Yeah... sure mom what about Blake?" I asked
'What about the bastard that broke my heart?' I thought
"Well... I saw you two together, I mean you getting out of his car. Sweetheart, are you two really broken up?"
"Yeah mom we did" I didn't know where she was going with this
"I was talking to Blake's mother and she had told me that Blake's now dating Elise... you father's friend's daughter.... is that really true?"
"I--- h-he" I couldn't finish the sentence, i broke down crying again
"Oh honey! Please don't cry, he isn't worth it. Blake is a total jackass, just ignore him"
I cracked a smile.. My mom never cusses... I mean NEVER cusses, hearing her cuss is like hearing the pope cuss
My cracked smile turned into a full on grin and that was unnoticed by my mom. She instantly clasped her hands over her mouth.. seems like she knows the error of her ways
"Oh my... don't tell your father about this" she said as she she smiled along
"Mom you don't have to worry about me, im totally fine" I said half heartedly
"Honey to me you are like an open book... i can read you instantly, now stop lying to me" she said
"I don't know mom... im just.. upset and confused. I thought what I had with Blake was real then the next thing i know it im being dumped for someone thats WAY better than me .. i dont know... its just hard to explain mom" I said
" Nothing is hard to explain Olivia.. I used to being a teenager at one point. Your father and I were high school sweet hearts for god sakes, if you think for one moment there werent times when we had fights then you were wrong" she said
"But you two are perfect for each other.. all these years I have never heard you guys fight not even once" I told her
It was true my parents never in a million years fought in front of me and my brother. Both of them are a team.. thats probably the thing that makes them so great with eachother.
"Well thats because in high school during our junior year your father broke up with me." she said
"NO WAY" was all that i could say at that point
" YES WAY" she smiled.. "You know your father was the high school football captain and i was just some normal theatre kid, we dated for about 2 1/2 years and at that point he was only a regular football player whom didn't really get in with the popular kids that much. Once he was appointed captain everything changed, it was like he was a new person. Not long after he started to stand me up when we were planning to meet and instead hung out with the popular kids. He soon broke up with me and started dating the head cheerleader" she said calmly
"I can't believe dad would do that" I said
"yeah well believe honey. I was devastated when he broke up with me.. I thought that I wasn't good enough for your father, maybe the cheerleader had more things to offer than I did. Maybe she had more money, better looks, more influence than I did and that brought my self esteem way down, just like you.. im an open book too and your grandmother came to talk to me just like im doing with you and had the exact same way of helping me cope with the loss... she brought cookies and milk" she smiled and passed me a chocolate chip cookie
mom then continued as i bit into the delicious cookie "she then began to talk to me... not just as her daughter but as a woman she told me that a woman that gets her heart broken easily isnt a woman at all. A woman needs to be strong because even if you get broken and betrayed by everyone you care about.. you can't depend on anyone else to help you but yourself. You, yourself need to be your own worst enemy and your greatest ally. No one can hurt you unless you let them."
I didn't notice my tears pouring until my mom started stroking my hair, genlty and kissed me on the forehead
"With that said, I picked myself back up again. I told myself that something like this affect me, the next day I walked into school proud of being who I am. Soon after I dated someone else and only then did your father realized what he was missing out on. He immediately broke up with his then girlfriend and pursued me yet again, it took about half way into our senior year for me to forgive him. I only forgave him because he showed me how apologetic he was and vowed never to make me feel that way again. And to this day I still believe that what your grandmother's saying is true... you are your own worst enemy and your greatest ally" my mom said puffing out her chest triumpiantly
"Mom... thats amazing" I said hugging her
"Olivia, sweetheart never forget that even when your struggling Im still here to comfort you but its up to yourself to do something about it" She said
"I understand mom... thank you" I said
Just then the doorbell rang
"I wonder who could that be" My mom said
"I have no clue" I said
We both got down stairs to the front door and long and behold there was Peter... holding my backpack
"Hey Olivia" Peter said
"Oh... Hi Peter" I said.. a little awkward because my mom was still there
We invited him in and sat on the couch across from each other
Seems she might have noticed the tension and went to the kitchen to go fetch some snacks for us
"So.... How do you know where I live?" I asked suspiciously
"Oh dear Olivia, I've been watching you for sometime now... I know everything about you" Peter said in a very creepy way
I stood up as quickly as I could and got to the other side of the room to retrieve my brothers peewee baseball bat
Peter then put his hands up surrending to me when he saw I was serious
"Relax Olivia.. It seems you forgot, my parents came over for thanksgiving remember? "
And that's when I remembered that Peters last name is young, I immediately dropped the bat
"God damn it Peter you scared me to death!"
When I looked over to Peter he was rolling on the floor dying of laughter
"Olivia you are SO fun to mess with" he said wiping away one of his tears
Just then my mom and dad came into the room
"What's with all the ruckus?" My mom asked holding a tray of snacks
"Who's this?" My father asked suspiciously while Kris looked at him weirdly
"Mom, dad, Kris... Meet Peter... Mr and mrs Young's son" I said
"Nice to meet you sir, ma'am, Kris" Peter said shaking both of my parents hands and giving Kris a high five
"We'll this is quite unexpected" my dad said
"How do you two know each other?" My mom asked
"Oh well we just met today" I answered
"Yeah Livvy here was kind enough to show me around school today, it seems like we have the same classes. Im terribly sorry I came so late but Olivia agreed to help me navigate AP bio" damn Peter is a smooth liar
"Yeah... I uhm totally forgot... sorry" I said awkwardly
"Olivia, I seemed to forgotten the drinks , will you help me fetch them?" my mom asked and quickly went to the kitchen as i followed her
When we got into the kitchen my mom pulled out five glasses from the cupboard
"Oh Olivia he looks perfect, defintely boyfriend material. You should ask him out" she gushed
"I don't thing so... mom "
"Why not? he looks like he's your type" ... great only if she knew that Peter's gay
We brought out the drinks and began to talk for what felt like hours . My father bombarding him with questions about his future and my mom pressing on what his 'type' of girls are
Once they were done, I brought him up to my room so we could talk
I sat on my bed while he sat on the chair next to my desk
"So whats the real reason you're here Peter?" I said crossing my arms
"You mean other than returning your backpack?" he said also crossing his arms
"You could've returned it tomorrow... I mean we do have ALL of our classes together and I have a feeling that you really want to know what happened after Blake and I left the park together dont you ?" I said
"Well you got me there Liv, so what happened?" he asked
"Nothing happened, we got in the car. We never talked the whole time.. we just drove in silence." I said honestly
He was silent for that moment
"My turn, what the hell was that earlier today?" I asked
"What do you mean?"
"You know what I mean... that stunt you pulled when we were in the park"
"OHHHH that!" he said clapping his hands together "Well when we left the school Blake was following us, even when we were in the cafe. Then when we got to the park i decided to check if my hunch was true, and it was" he said
" What was your hunch?" I asked really curious
"That Blake still has feelings for you" he said
My jaw was literally open and i was seriously thinking that Peter was messing with me
"What do you mean he still has feelings for me?" I asked
"Trust me Liv, he does" he said getting up coming over to me
"Why does it even matter? why are you so persistant in this... he broke up with me and is dating your sister" I said furiously getting up
"Liv, I like you and Im not always a fan of my twin sister she can be quite a bitch and Blake a douche but seeing as he was your knight and shinning armour today, he definitely has feelings towards you" he said tolding onto my arms
"I-i-i don't know what to say" I said
"Dont say anything... just trust me" Peter said
When i looked at Peter, he looked so serious about this
"Fine" i said " What are we going to do?"
"We're gonna date" he said
"What? i thought you said you were gay!"
"I am! but for this cause... im straight" he said " so from now on... until you get Blake back, we're dating" he said and left
Once I saw him get out of the drive way i laid back onto the bed
"Just what in the hell did i get myself into?"
***ONE MONTH LATER*** Christmas break...
"Its been one month already Peter! I honestly don't think Blakes coming around"
Its been one month since Peter and I have been 'going out'... The morning after I agreed to become his fake girlfriend everything changed.
I was no longer Self- concious of my weight, I took my mother's words to heart I am my own worse enemy and my greatest ally, I can't let anyone get to me.
Even though i truely believe that, i still can't help but have feelings for Blake...
Now here we are one month later in the Young's house in with all of our parents, siblings and Blake and Elise downstairs, while Peter and I are in his room
"Just trust me Olivia! We are so close" he said
"So close to what?" Blake said opening the door to Peter's bedroom
"oh shit" i muttured
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AUTHOR'S NOTE
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