just his barista... (RanbooLiveX!FemOC) [DISCONTINUED]

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two weeks later...

elsie <3

i spoke to my dad about emma, he said he really liked her, that she opened his eyes to a different world he had been living in. i was happy for him, but i still wasn't ready to let her into the family.
luke's known for a while that something was up, he was asking me about it but i said that it didn't matter. he would get frustrated about it but when i said to him that he wouldn't be able to help me with it at the moment, he understood.

we started streaming together again though, managing to control chat enough to play something for more than an hour atleast.
most of the time luke streamed but on occasion i streamed too.

one mid-afternoon, after we both had ended our streams, we started just talking about random stuff. i spoke about how i wanted to get my own place and how luke can have some of his stuff in a drawer or a closet so he could stay over, we also talked about the future and how things could happen between us.
then luke brought up living together eventually, i smiled at the thought, being around him 24/7, its like a dream, endless hoodie stealing, cuddling, both understanding the life of streaming so we could create similar schedules, all sorts.

that's when emma came into the room ...
"hey elsie, your father's taking us out to dinner, would you like to come?" she asked
"no thanks." i replied bluntly, indicating that i didn't want to spend time with her. she ignored it and sat on my bed, my temper rose.
"your father and i want to take you out for dinner, so we can get to know eachother better." she explained.
"yknow, now's not a good time, i'm on a call." i said.
she stood up and walked out the room apologetically.

"uh ... who is that?" luke asked. i let out a groan and held my head in my hands.
"yknow that ... thing, that you can't help me with until you're back?" i asked
"yeah?"
"that was the thing ... her." i explained
"who, that woman?" he asked
"yep ... my dad's replacement for my mom." i said.

the call went silent.

"...oh." he said eventually.
"yeah. i met her without my dad being aware of it, it's a whole story." i explained briefly.
"so how do you want me to help?" he asked.

i want you here. i thought to myself. i just wanted him to hold me, to tell me that things would be ok. whenever i was around him, i felt better. he made me ... better.

"els?" he asked, bringing me out of my thoughts.
"oh uh. i dunno." i replied.

the call fell silent once again.

i looked at the time and saw that it was 5pm, i thought it would be a nice time to start getting ready for my 'new family' dinner seeing ad i probably wouldn't have a choice whether i was going or not.

"do you wanna watch me get ready for this dinner catastrophe thing that's tonight?" i asked luke.
"yeah sure, turn on your camera." he replied. i smiled and did as he asked. i walked across my room and grabbed my makeup bag and brushes. i sat back on my desk chair and began my makeup.
once i had done my base, luke turned on his camera, he was wearing his varsity jacket and his glasses were still on his forehead from the stream that we had finished before. i smiled as he swung slowly in his chair, not taking his eyes off of the computer screen that i was on.

"am i really that interesting?" i asked jokingly as i noticed that luke hadn't even looked outside the window in a while.
"yep. you're literally flawless." he answered, still not taking his eyes off of me through the screen.
i couldn't help but to blush slightly at his comment. luke noticed, clapped his hands in celebration and held his hands up in victory.
"two thousand miles away and can still do that to you! WOO!" he celebrated. i couldn't help but laugh at him.
"yeah yeah alright." i said, rolling my eyes playfully and continuing on with my makeup.

roughly 15 minutes later, i was ready. reluctantly, i ended the call with luke and let him get some rest as he was doing a vlog with tom tomorrow. i then went downstairs and walked into the kitchen to get a glass of water, when i interrupted my dad and emma having a longful ... kiss.

"ahem." i said, scaring them off of each other.
"oh, els." my dad laughed awkwardly, scratching the back of his neck.
"are we leaving now?" i asked, unamused with the scene i walked in on.
"uh-yes. i'll drive." he replied, scurrying along to the front door, emma smiling at me warmly. god i hated her.
"ready doll?" she asked.
"whatever." i muttered, walking out the door. she walked closely behind me.
we got into the car and started to drive off to the restaurant.

~time skip bc the author is lazy 😚~

the dinner wasn't the greatest. the food was nice and the service was amazing. but the company ... not so much.
emma would not stop commenting about how much she loves my dad and how amazing he was. i felt like she was trying to make me think that i was her daughter.
she told me stories of the things that they did and it disgusted me. my dad took her to mom's favourite restaurant, ice rink, they went to our favourite caravan park together.

once my dad had paid for our dinner, i walked behind of everyone to get out of the social interaction.
it wasn't until my dad got into the car and it was just emma and i outside of it.
"you know." she started, "your dad was right. you do take after your mother."
i stop abruptly.
"what did you say?" i asked, anger bubbling up inside of me.
"oh he showed me pictures of your mom-"
"don't put my mother's name in your mouth." i spat.
"oh but honey-"
"no no no. don't 'honey' me." i said, my voice starting to rise. "you are trying to replace something ... YOU CANNOT REPLACE!" i screamed. "MY MOM DIED. OF CANCER. I BARELY GOT TO LIVE MY LIFE WITH HER. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO REPLACE SOMETHING VALUABLE TO ME." i stopped after emma's face went as white as a ghost. the anger never left my body as i opened the car door and slammed it shut.

~

the car ride was silent home. no one dared to say a word. my dad even turned off the radio as the car turned on.
i messaged luke saying 'emma is the worst. do not want around' and didn't go back on my phone for the rest of the ride.

when we eventually got home, i stormed in the house and into my room, getting changed into sweats and one of luke's hoodies. i grabbed a makeup wipe to take off my makeup until my dad came into my room. the vein on his temple popping up ... oh no.

"what the hell was that?" i hissed through his teeth.
"she compared me to mom." i stated. he slowly closed my door.
"i'm trying to be happy. why can't you be happy for me?"
"what, for you and emma?" i asked dumbfoundedly "why can't i be happy for you two?" my anger from before came back. "you didn't mention a word about the existence of emma until TWO WEEKS AGO! OF COURSE I'M GOING TO BE MAD!"
"EMMA HAS DONE NOTHING BUT BE NICE TO YOU! SHE DESERVES YOUR RESPECT!" he yelled back. he hasn't done that in a while.
"WELL IF YOU HAD TOLD ME ABOUT HER ALMOST A YEAR AGO THIS WOULD'VE BEEN A LOT MORE DIFFERENT." i screamed.
we were both out of breath. we hadn't yelled at each other since after mom died.

after moments of pain staking silence, dad finally said something before leaving my room.

"get the hell out of my house."