Lucky Me

Chapter 42- May 3

"Come on Ty," Kane says as he does his best to drag Ty to the car where the other boys are waiting.

"Where are we going and why do I need to come?" Ty groans, doing his best not to trip while his brother drags him.

"Cat and Oli need privacy," Darren whisper-shouts after sticking his head out of the car window.

"Oh, are they finally going to talk about their feelings?" Ty questions as Kane stops in front of the car. Ty sighs as he notices that the only open seat in the car is the middle back seat, he dejectedly shuffles his way to the spot.

"How did you know they needed to talk?" Justin questions as Ty gets situated.

"I sat with Oliver for over two hours Sunday while he had a nervous breakdown about her," Ty responds, buckling in.

"Wait, then do you know why they've been acting so weird?" Ryan says as Kane climbs into the passenger seat and Ryan starts the car.

"You guys planned an intervention without knowing what's going on? What if something were to happen and they hurt each other," Ty chides.

"There's no way."

"Stop dodging and just tell us what Oli told you," Kane pesters, tired of being in the dark since yesterday.

"That's a breach of his privacy."

"And?"

"Who cares?"

"Just tell us Ty."

"Okay fine just so you'll shut up," Ty sighs before sending a silent apology to Oliver and continuing, "At first he asked if I knew anything about how she is doing physically and mentally since Meg and I are good friends and she hasn't really been talking to him lately. But then he started telling me about how he hopes he isn't pushing her or pressuring her about stuff, I don't know, something about going public and spending too much time together or something like that. He seemed like he wasn't telling me everything but I did my best to reassure him, not sure how successful it was..."

"Damn, and we just thought he was ignoring her," Kane grumbles, feeling a little guilty for snapping at Oliver on Friday. Only a little though.

"That probably means Cat thinks so too," Ty adds.

"I think she's feeling more than just neglected based on how the girls were acting," Ryan says, thinking of all the worried, knowing looks the girls shared yesterday, "I wish I knew more."

"I'm sure we'll hear all about it later," Justin reassures.

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"Where is everyone?" Cat asks as she enters the guy's house and sees Oliver sitting in the living room. She got a weird text from the others telling her to hurry over to their house since they had to give her something, but right now they were nowhere to be seen and the only thing they were giving her was a headache.

"They left saying something about getting food but I don't know if I believe them," Oliver responds, barely looking up from his phone. And heartache. They were giving her a headache and heartache by leaving her alone with Oliver. It hurt her to see him disregard her so obviously and the sting only intensified at the thought of when he'd officially break up with her. If he hadn't already. Is that why he told everyone at the meet and greet that they weren't together? She'd been thinking about it since it happened and dreaded seeing him, trying to postpone the moment he'd break her heart. Being with him made her so happy even if she didn't get to see his face, so she's done her best to prolong what she has left.

"Oh, okay did they say when they're coming back?" She cautiously asks, dropping her bag but staying close to the door.

"They didn't but it shouldn't be long, right?" He finally looks at her and they make eye contact but she breaks it just as quickly. This isn't making her happy. The thought of her prolonging something that he doesn't want hurts more than just the thought of losing him. If the loss was going to happen regardless then might as well get it over with before she makes him hate her even more. She can already feel the lump forming in her throat. A breath. Another.