girl next door

chapter 5- trouble in paradise

i woke up and walked into the bathroom and got ready for school which i was dreading now that the first day was over. i got dressed and did my hair and walked downstairs and quickly i ate.

"bye mom, dad bye ollie love you!" i yelled then walked out and harry and arizona did as well. we went and picked up chase and drove to school.

during lunch i decided to go to dingoes just by myself. i really didn't wanna be with my friends today no matter how much i care about them. i drove to dingoes and sat in a booth by myself. i begin eating when harry and jen walked in and i rolled my eyes.

"oh hey riv" harry said rubbing the back of his neck.

"hi" i said not looking at them.

"good news!" harry said.

"what" i said staring at the seat empty across from me.

"jen and i are dating now!" he said and i tensed up.

"great for you guys!" i lied looking at them with a fake smile. i'm sure harry new i was lying.

"i'm gonna head home, not feeling so well cya later h congrats jen he's a keeper" i said and she smiled and i walked to my car and drove home. i walked inside and sat on the couch when i heard yelling upstairs and ollie ran down sitting next to me.

"what's going on why aren't you at school?" i asked.

"some girl showed up claiming to love dad and moms pissed so i never got taken to school but that's all i know" he said and i nodded

"why are you home so early" he asked.

"harry's dating a soc" i said and ollies eyes went wide.

"wow howd he get so unlucky" he joked and i smiled and laid my head on my brothers shoulder as my parents continued fighting. i finally got sick of my kid brother hearing it. it's happened before, some guy claimed to love my mom, but never have they fought this much. they fought but not as bad as this.

"come on ollie" i said holding my hand out.

"what?" he said taking it.

"we're goin to get a treat" i said and hugged him walking to my car. we drove back to dingoes even tho i was there like 30 minutes ago and i saw ollie was crying as we walked in. harry and jen were still there.

"hey what's wrong?" harry asked seeing us.

"mom and dad are arguing i didn't want ollie to have to hear that" i said and he nodded gesturing for us to sit with he and jen. i shook my head no and we sat at the bar but only got milkshakes. yes my second milshake today. harry and jen eventually left so it was just me and ollie. later i saw harry's mom walk in and come over to us.

"why aren't you two in school" she asked sitting on the other side of ollie.

"ollie never got dropped off mom and dad are fighting and i wasn't feeling well" i said and she looked at us sympathetically. we finished our milkshakes as well as rachel after she got one. we drove home and sat back on the couch making small talk and suddenly the yelling stopped and mom stomped downstairs.

"mom what happened" i said standing up.

"ask sodapop, come on ollie we're sleeping at uncle dallys tonight" she said and they walked out ollie looking back at me as the door closed. i walked into my parents room and my dad was on the bed crying.

"dad what happened" i asked sitting next to him.

"i messed up bad riv" he said and i laid on his shoulder.

"what girl showed up" i asked and he looked up shocked that i knew.

"sandy" he said and i tensed up. i hated that girl she cheated on dad, mom told me all about that broad.

"what did you do though" i asked calmly.

"a few days ago she kissed me and i didn't push her away until a few minutes later" he said and my eyes went wide.

"why" i said tensing even more.

"i don't know but i love your mother it didn't feel right i don't know why i didn't push her away!" he said and cried even more. i hated criers because i wasn't one.

"dad mom will come around she knows you love her" i said and hugged him tight.

"i'm so sorry you have to listen to us fighting riv" he said.

"i'm not, i'm sorry for ollie" i said and he tensed up.

"ollie heard us?" he asked.

"yeah, i took him to dingoes for a little so he didn't hear all of it but he heard most" i said and he looked guilty.

"oliver will be fine" i said and he nodded.

"go to bed dad it's early but you need to sleep" i said and he nodded.

"whyd i get so lucky in the daughter department?" he asked and i smiled sadly.

"guess you just did" i said and walked out. i wiped a tear that had escaped my eyes and walked to harry's to find him and jen making out. ugh.

"harry" i said and they pulled apart quickly.

"i'll see you later" jen said and left.

"everything okay?" he asked.

"not really my mom took ollie and went to dallys" i said and his eyes went wide and i sat next to him and he pulled me into a hug.

"what happened?" he asked and i explained and he just nodded and listened.

"everything will be ok emma loves him" he said and i nodded and we watched mickey mouse until i assume i fell asleep and he brought me home, because i woke up to ollie poking my face in my bed.

"what ollie?" i groaned shoving him.

"mom and dad are fighting again, well moms yelling dads just listening" he said and i took him to there room. dad saw us and tried to stop her but she didn't hear him.

"are you gonna get a divorce?" ollie blurted out.

"OLIVER JAMES" i yelled.

"how long have you guys been there?" mom asked.

"long enough, dad was tryna tell ya" i said.

"no we aren't ollie" mom said kneeling down by him.

"go downstairs oliver i need to talk to mom and dad" i said and he nodded and went downstairs.

"sit on the damn bed now" i said and mom sat next to dad.

"do you know how hard it is to control my emotions around oliver? i don't want him to go through this like i did 8 years ago! yes dad made a mistake but mom you did 8 years ago too! you kissed another guy just like dad kissed a girl! so for the sake of my kid brother who is way too emotional for his own good STOP FIGHTING" i yelled. they both sat there silent.

"i'm sorry" dad whispered.

"i forgive you" mom said and kissed his cheek.

"i'm sorry you had to deal with this riv you are way too mature for your own good" mom said.

"sure ive never been put in jail before" i said sarcastically and they laughed and we all hugged and went downstairs and watched mickey. they decided we weren't gonna go to school tomorrow since we dealt with that all day so we stayed up all night.