(13) Epilogue III

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Flashback - An Year Ago, Freshman Year, Second Semester, USC, That Same Day

"Please try to understand" Spencer breathed in an low tone, approaching this conversation with caution.

"Understand what? How you've been sleeping next to me every night, whispering in my ear about how much you love me, only for you to turn around and take it back weeks later?" She spoke to him angrily, just as he expected. This was going to be a lot harder then he thought.

"I haven't taken anything back. What I said is true. Olivia, I do love you. All of that was real, everything I've ever said to you was real" He clarified as her arms flew across her chest, wiping her tears away furiously and with forth, avoiding his eyes with her head turned the other way.

"If you love me, then why are you leaving me?" Her sound beneath an whisper. Her heart broke piece by piece with every word that came out in that sentence.

"I-I'm not leaving you Liv, I'm taking an step back so we can reevaulate some things. Listen to me" He reached for her hand as she flinched from his touch, an touch she associated with love, but was now forming into hate and regret.

"I wrestled with this decision more times than I can count. I've been trying to process things since that night. I didn't think things would change, hoped things wouldn't change, but they have Liv, and it's time we face that"

"What's changed Spencer?! Huh? Do you not think I don't love you anymore? Am I pining for someone else?"

"It's not that I-" She cut him off abruptly.

"Then what is it!" She aggrieved.

"You said no Olivia! I proposed to you, told you I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you and our daughter and you looked me in my face and told me no"

"My God this again?! I thought we were past this!" She threw her hands up, flipping the cover off her legs walking to the bathroom, his presence starting to suffocate her not in the way she wanted.

"Maybe your past it, but I'm not" He deadpanned. She heaved out an loud sigh, pushing her hands together as the fingertips rested on her nose. She took an deep breath formulating her words.

"I never said no Spencer. I told you that I loved you and that I would hope to marry you someday. Somewhere in the distant future when we know were ready to take that next step"

"That's my point Liv. Were not on the same page about what it is that we want. I don't have to hope about marrying you one day because I KNOW I want to marry you. You've already carried my first child in your womb, but I knew before then. There's no doubt in my mind that I wanna be with you for the rest of my life, but you seem to be....unsure, and I love you enough to remove myself so you can figure that out" He revealed to her. He lifted her chin with his finger, his heart torn apart at the sight of tear streaks evident on her face.

"You told me that you understood" The brokenness in her voice pushing through. Warm tears slid down his own cheek.

"And I do baby, I do, but just because I understand it doesn't make it hurt any less. Maybe you need more time, I don't know but it has to be something. I love you, and I know you love me too, but I can no longer ignore how this whole thing has made me feel. I don't want to be the thing that holds you back from getting what you need to settle the doubts in your mind and I don't wanna resent you for it later by sticking around, not like this. So, as much as it pains me to say it, we need some time apart" Her sniffles took over the room as she shook her head, grabbing his face and kissing his lips as they both shed more tears. He pulled away with his head hanging low as her nails palmed his cheeks, pulling his face back to hers again. His eyes slowly closed as he was finding it very hard to look her in the eyes.

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