It's a Twin Thing

Chapter 9: As dead as it gets.

Chapter 9: As dead as it gets.

OLIVIA'S P.O.V.:

Taking advantage of the fact that classes were cancelled for the morning I decided to study for a little bit.

Truth is I haven't been able to concentrate that much and it's almost lunch time already. The reason behind my lack of focus is as simple as: I'm an idiot.

How could I let myself get nervous enough to give Zach the only advantage I had?

Tell him about Emma? What was I thinking? I needed to find a way to make this right again and I needed to do it fast.

I eventually gave up on my learning time, gathered my books and placed them on my desk grabbing my laptop instead.

As I sat back on my bed I heard a bouncing sound followed by dad saying 'Oh no, my potato.'

I couldn't stop myself from giggling at the situation but the joy didn't last, as I heard someone knocking on my door.

Seeing that Natasha was out and my dad was obviously cooking lunch, I had a pretty strong feeling as to who stood on the other side of the door.

"Yes." I said giving the person permission.

Seconds after, my twin's head popped in between the door and its frame.

"Can we talk?" He asked.

I stared at him for a few moments but then nodded my head in agreement. This was my chance to make things better, if he mentioned it.

After he closed the door behind him, he headed to my bed and took a seat at the end of it so he'd be across from me.

We stayed silent for what felt like hours and never in my entire life had it felt so awkward being in silence with him as it did now.

Zach finally opened his mouth to speak and relief washed over me, as I did not want to be the one to start the conversation.

"Liv. Say something." He pleaded.

"You're the one who asked to talk." I said in a small voice.

"I did. We're twins, this is ridiculous..."

Instead of listening to what he had to say I interrupted.

"You know what Zach? You're right. I've been acting crazy lately, I don't even know what got into me and I should've never told you what I did the other day cause it's not even true. It was just something I made up to get to you. I-" I paused my speech hoping he would believe me. "I'm sorry."

He seemed a little taken aback by my words and it took him a while till he could reply.

"You made it up?" He asked. "I don't understand."

"I don't either. My head has been a mess and you were right, I was acting like a little bitch. I guess that was my way of acting out." I sighed.

Deep down, I knew that some of the stuff I had just said was true and maybe my doubts were unreasonable, or maybe they weren't, but I needed to evaluate the situation better before jumping to conclusions.

"I'm sorry too. I shouldn't have called you that, ever. Maybe it's my fault for being so secretive. We're not used to have secrets between us. The truth is it's not even a secret cause you'll know soon so..." He explained.

He sounded honest and part of me wanted to believe him, I just didn't really know if I could.

"Zach it's okay. It's not my place to pressure you into telling me. It's fine."