60 days of learning love ✔️

Part 27

Olivia POV

"Olivia! Please, just wait! Olivia!" Mia called after me.

I'd waited an extra 15 minutes after school just so I wouldn't run into her, but there she was, waiting for me.

She was the last person I wanted to talk to today.

"Olivia, please. Just listen! You don't have to say anything, just please hear me out" she pleaded, her footsteps matching mine as I tried to quicken the pace.

She's been calling after me non-stop for the past 5 minutes, and to say it was annoying was an understatement. I could feel my anger grow whenever she said my name, I just wish we could go back to when we were just Olivia without a Mia. Because an Olivia with a Mia doesn't make me smile anymore.

"Olivia, just please, hear me out!" She continued, her constant begging causing me to snap at her.

"And Do what?! What the hell do you want me to do, Miller?!" She was silent, and I saw her visibly flinch at my tone, but since I stopped walking to talk to her, she had caught up, and was now standing directly in front of me. But just as I thought she was going to speak, nothing came out. "That's what I thought" I spoke bitterly.

Before I could turn back around and start walking further ahead, she had grabbed my arm, preventing me from leaving.

"You don't have to do anything but listen to me, please" she begged again, and I was forced to look into her eyes, immediately regretting the decision as I stared at the sadness and hurt that clouded her vision.

So of course, I caved in.

I gave her a quick nod, and she offered me a smile. But it didn't reach her eyes like it had many times before.

"I was scared" she stated, and I scoffed at the obvious, "I was absolutely terrified. And it shouldn't have been something I was scared about! It's just high-school, and yet, I feel so obliged to follow these ideas that people have built up around me, and I'm so afraid to say something, or do something that'll make people think differently of me! Because I'm not supposed to be different! I was scared, Olivia, and I'm so sorry" When I didn't say anything, she took that as a sign to continue.

"It's such an irrational fear, being afraid of what people think of you, because you shouldn't have to care about what they think, but I do, and I can never be myself because of it. And that's why I li- admire you so much! You aren't bound by the silly little ideas of what I should be, and how I should act, and what I should wear, and that's because you're so fucking incredible! And you're so above high-school and I'm so envious, I always have been. Compared to you, I'm just a coward, and it's true. I'm a coward. Olivia, please don't leave me behind. I don't want to lose the one real friend I have" Mia had tears in her eyes, wiping them away with her acrylic nails, her mascara smudged slightly on her eye-lid.

I stood there dumbly, unsure of what to do. Mia had just poured her heart out to me, and I couldn't do anything.

"It's fine if you don't forgive me" she said, releasing my arm, "I understand. I wouldn't forgive a coward either".

She began walking away from me, and it was as as if my body reacted on its own.

The only thought present in mind was: I'm not letting her walk away from me.

I grabbed hold of her arm, pulled her towards me, spun her around so that she's facing the same direction as me. I then laced my hands around her waist and pulled her close to me, our noses touching and our breaths quickening in pace. I had no idea what I was doing when I pressed my lips against hers.

She let out a shocked gasp, but she quickly kissed me back. The feeling of her lips against mine was oddly familiar, the taste of her chapstick placed onto my lips as she took control and deepened the kiss.

Her hand found its way to the back of my neck as she pulled me in, my own hand leaving her waste and placing itself on her left cheek. My fingers splitting like the red sea around her ear, making it a comfortable place to rest my hand.

We pulled away after a few more seconds, both of us panting for breath. The kiss wasn't long, and it had me craving for more. Mia seemed to have had the same idea as she pulled me in again, and I could feel rain drops falling against my skin.

But even as the rain picked up in speed and weight, we didn't separate our lips, too caught up in the moment to care.

Sparks were sent throughout my whole body as she moved her lips against mine, and I sighed into her touch, her taste. She made butterflies erupt in my stomach as she took my free hand in hers, rubbing her thumb gently across the skin which was now drenched by the sudden rain pour.

We parted ways again, this time neither of us went in, and instead we balanced our foreheads against each other, trying to catch out breaths and calm our beating hearts.

"You kissed me" she said, her eyes sparkling as she looked up into my own eyes. There was a smile on her face as she but her bottom lip, seemingly happy about the fact that I'd kissed her.

"I did. And you kissed me back" I responded calmly. The only sounds being the heavy and loud pitter patter of the rain against the cobble path and our mixed breathing.

She nodded her head slowly, her forehead bouncing up and down slightly against mine.

"Do you regret it?" she asked nervously.

"I don't know yet. But that was one of the best feelings of my entire life" I whispered, not wanting to destroy whatever moment we were having. But Mia seemed happy with my response, sending a quick peck to my lips, making my smile alongside her.

"So, I better get home. Do you want a lift instead of having to walk a further 20 minutes in the rain?" she asked, curling her pinky with mine as she stepped further away, I nodded at her and we headed back towards the school car park, our pinkies locked together as we walked side by side.

Once we'd sat comfortably in her car, I started flicking through the radio, wanting some sort of sound to fill the silence that wasn't the windscreen wipers. Mia smiled at me from the drivers side, and placed her hand entirely in mine, just like how'd she'd done earlier this morning.

I blushed and turned my head away to look out of the window, keeping my hand in hers, squeezing a little to let her know that I wasn't ignoring her, I was just being awkward.

And within 10 minutes, I was home.

I gave Mia a quick peck on the lips before exiting and running up to my house, unlocking the door and hiding behind it. I did take a quick look through the key hole, noticing that her car had waited by my house until I was safely inside, and then it had traveled a few more meters up the road, going slowly but eventually picking up the pace. I smiled widely as I thought about the events that occurred minutes ago, but then that smile dropped as I thought about a question that needed answering.

What were we now?