Say You'll Stay

Stay

"We need to talk" Spencer counters as Layla's car disappears in the distance.

"Yeah, we do" Olivia entered the house, noticing the broken lamp knocked over compiled with a bunch of papers thrown around beneath their feet.

"What the hell happened here?"

"I was angry"

"Really? I never would've guessed" She says sarcastically crossing her arms. He closed the door, gathering the papers in his hand.

"I'm still angry"

"Can you, at least give me a chance to explain myself?" She hoped. He sat down, clearing a space for her.

"Fine, I guess" Her stomach churned as she tried to formulate a response.

"When I was sixteen, I knew I wanted to marry you. I remember telling my mom about how, I was gonna be Mrs. Spencer James" A small smile poked through her teeth.

"I was so in love with you that, I didn't care what that even meant. I knew with you being a few years older meant that it would be hard once you graduated college before me, but my faith in us and what we had was impenetrable". She paused briefly.

"I figured that if we loved each other enough, the rest would work itself out on its own"

"Do you have any idea what it was like for me to leave you, Olivia?" Spencer started, leaning forward.

"I was eighteen going off college where the rest of my team was smashing any and everything that came their way while I was counting down the days till I could see you again" She rested her hand on his.

"I know that. Least I thought I did. When you left and I was forced to be alone, I was so depressed. Kia would come over from time to time to drag me out of it. I missed prom because of your game that week. There was nothing, I had nothing, Spence. I felt like nothing" She stood, pacing his living room. It was so long ago, but she was reliving it like it was yesterday.

"When I finally came to your school, all I could think about was how we'd have two years together again. I would have my other half. You proposed to me the day I graduated. I thought, this is really it. I knew your dream was to play football. I kept telling myself that it would happen when we finished school. I wouldn't have to go through all of it by myself. Then you took that deal without even a hesitation. There was no conversation with me, you just said yes"

"If you think it was easy to leave you" He strode toward her. "You're wrong"

"I don't think that" She shook her head immediately. He ran his palm down the edge of his cheek.

"Do you know how many times I replayed that moment in my head? I did hesitate, Liv. I wanted to talk to you, but the manger told me if I walked away, I wouldn't get the deal again. I wasn't sure what to do"

"I recognize that now, but that wasn't my thinking back then. It took me awhile, but I do get it. But I want to explain about the baby" She drew in a deep breath preparing herself to expel everything. He closed his eyes, sitting back on the couch. Once she was seated, Olivia released all of her reservations about this conversation and revealed all to him.

"You left, and I was very sad. I thought you'd stay. I really believed you would've gotten off that bus, taken me in your arms, and we'd be together. I may have been crazy, but I loved you so much" She appealed to him.

"I started to get very sick, but I just chalked it up to you being gone. I barely ate, I was an emotional wreck" She huffed rolling her eyes.

"I wasn't the smartest cookie. Nina finally forced me to go to the doctor, and I found out I was twelve weeks pregnant. I was already so far along, hadn't been eating, taking vitamins, anything. I cried worse that day than when you left"