don't blame me

xxvi, getaway car.

act two, chapter twenty six. getaway car.

olive hated driving. due to the accident, getting her license was a nightmare. she still never drove very often (most of the time tommy or carmen took her places) but she drove sometimes just so she wouldn't forget.

long distance drives terrified her. so when tommy suggested that they drive to brighton instead of going on a train, she wasn't ecstatic about it.

but she obliged, because they could yell as loud they wanted, and tommy was driving — so hey, she was in control of the aux.

"tommy, do you like taylor swift?" she asked, plugging her phone in. "wait, no. taylor swift or harry styles?"

"taylor," he answered right away. "i don't listen to either of them that much though."

olive smiled. "tommyinnit, you are in for a wild ride."

olive listens <3 oliveslistening
red (taylor's version) —
taylor swift
❤️    ♻️    💬

olive listens <3 oliveslistening
fearless (taylor's version) —
taylor swift
❤️   ♻️    💬

olive listens <3 oliveslistening
wildest dreams (taylor's version) —
taylor swift
❤️   ♻️    💬

olive listens <3 oliveslistening
evermore (album) — taylor swift
❤️   ♻️   💬

olive listens <3 oliveslistening
1989 (album) — taylor swift
❤️   ♻️   💬

olive listens <3 oliveslistening
not gonna lie to you guys
she's literally just listening
to all of the taylor swift
albums i think she's
finally educating tommy
❤️   ♻️   💬

so after educating tommy on every single thing about taylor swift until he was just as big of a fan of her as olive (he also hated jake gyllenhaal with a passion), it was just them in the car.

only about fifteen minutes left of the car ride, tommy tapped against the steering wheel to the beat of the music, which was currently 'non stop' from the hamilton soundtrack.

"sorry for making you drive all this way," olive said and broke the silence between the two. "i feel like it sort of took the piss out of you."

tommy laughed. "it's no problem, ollie. i'll drive you to the moon and back if that's what you want."

and with that, they broke into a comfortable silence, 'aaron burr, sir' now playing. olive went onto her phone and onto messages.

GREEN BITCH
hi dreamy we're almost
there are you excited
to see me

don't answer that i
already know the answer
is yes 😇

GREEN BASTARD
it's definitely not yes but
if you wanna believe that
then i'm gonna let you

and ok all of us are mentally
preparing for all hell to break
loose

thx for the warning bff

GREEN BITCH
quackity really isn't causing
havoc?? kind of expected it
from him... is he actually
being an adult rn eww

GREEN BASTARD
nono he figured that he
should give everyone a
break until you guys get
here so he can't take all
the blame for the chaos
that will be erupting in
twenty minutes

GREEN BITCH
make that thirteen 😇
love you dreamy weamy

GREEN BASTARD
oh my god the unlucky
number maybe you'll make
a wrong turn and end up in
another country 🤞

nvm can't get that lucky

love you ollie wollie 🥺🥺🥺

olive put her phone down and leaned against the back of her seat. texting dream was always a safe space for her, oddly enough — he really was just like an older brother.

tommy smiled over to her. "what're you thinking about?"

for once, olive's mind was not crowded with things she needed to do. schoolwork, catherine, her parents, arguments, streaming, social media — it was peaceful.

"actually," she said. "nothing. and i kind of enjoy it." olive grinned, and tommy did the same look to her, holding her hand for the remaining, now twelve minutes of the car journey.

— olive !
this is getting too hetero in
here ... reminder that olive
is pansexual