I Was Never Yours - Episode 20
13-09-25 (18:42)
High School. I could do it, I could totally do it. I mean
how hard could it possibly be, right? All I had to do
was come up with some absurd lie which would
excuse my prolonged absence and then catch up with
all the school work just in time to graduate. College
wasn't a question anymore, at least not right now. I'd
missed each and every deadline so I'd have to wait till
the next opening to start working on them. I didn't
want to go back but in the end, Noah convinced me
and it made sense too. Olivia, once she was done with
her mission to get her old life back, would start asking
questions, the biggest being why her eighteen-year-old
sister wasn't going to school anymore, so yeah
eventually I would have to go back.
"Don't mind me, I'm just grabbing that black dress of
yours." And Olivia rushed into my room like a
hurricane, making me look up from my books for the
first time. Over the weeks I'd gotten it furnished well
so it no longer looked like a creepy warehouse. Zach
had sent my things over as per my request so the
place looked more and more like what it used to be.
"Another date?" I asked, raising my eyebrow and
resting my chin in my palms. I was sprawled on my
bed, trying to cram as much as I could before I went
to school the next day. I wasn't going to lie, I was
nervous as hell about going back there but hey, a girl's
got to do what a girl's got to do. Besides, I would do
anything to distract myself from thinking about the
nearly daily 'dates' my sister and Zach were going on.
It made me sick to my stomach to see her flirt so
shamelessly with him while he coolly ignored her
advances. I wasn't counting on him being strong for
long though; he was a guy after all and when a girl
like Olivia literally throws herself at you, you can't fight
it for long.
"Yes!" she gushed as she continued raiding my closet.
"He's taking me to that new restaurant that opened,
you know the one that was in the paper this morning?
I can't believe he managed to get a reservation," she
exclaimed and took out the single most expensive
dress in my closet. I should've known it would catch
her eyes, it was gorgeous and the person who'd given
it to me did have impeccable taste. I pushed away the
memories of Zach ever buying me the black lacey
dress and how I'd turned scarlet when I'd tried it on. It
barely covered my thighs and exposed my shoulders
since it was shoulderless; it clung to places I never
considered emphasizing and Zach had had a downright
fit when he noticed my discomfort. He still bought it
though, as a joke, and I put it in the back of my closet,
hoping it would never see daylight ever again.
Olivia clearly loved it, as she stood in front of the
mirror, admiring it and placing it against her body,
obviously satisfied with how it looked against her.
"Livy, aren't you taking things a bit too fast? You're
already crazy about him and it hasn't even been a
month; maybe you should slow down, cut back on the
dates?" I asked, biting my tongue, hoping she wouldn't
have a major meltdown. I had to make her see sense
though; she was doing it again, going all in and if
things went wrong, she'd just lose it again.
She looked surprised when I said this and some
strange emotion lit her eyes but then she sighed and
plopped down on the bed beside me, running her
fingers through the material of the dress. "Ari, I made a
huge mistake and I messed things up with Zach. You
don't run into a guy like that again and again so when
you find him, you've just got to grab him with
everything you've got. I know I might be rushing
things but I need to do this, I need to make this work
before I screw up again."
Slowly things began to hit, they began to fall into
place. It wasn't what Olivia was saying but rather
what she wasn't. I didn't want to overthink this but if
she meant what I thought she meant then she was
setting herself up for another disaster. I straightened
up and faced her, giving her no room to lie.
"Wait, so are you doing this because you think being
with Zach will make everything okay? You know that's
stupid right? Do you even love him?"
"Ari why are you even asking me these questions! I've
told you, it's not that simple. I just can't say yes or no,
it's so much more than that," she said, squirming under
my gaze but I wasn't about to let this go. She was
potentially ruining the life of a man who was
beginning to matter a lot to me. As much as I valued
my sister's happiness, I valued his too. Don't forget to leave a Comment 
