𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐤 || 𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐨 𝐱 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫

CHAPTER 26 - valentines day

a/n - before y'all read this, i accidentally uploaded the last chapter, skipping a chapter before it. so if you haven't read that, please read it! if you already have, enjoy :)

we get out of the car, josh locking it and placing his keys in his pocket. "reservation for joshua bassett please," josh says to the worker. we sit at a table, looking at the menu. "so, what do you normally do on valentines day?" i ask josh. "well i buy 2 bouquets for my 5 sisters to share, then one for my mom, hang out with them for a bit then go home and hang out by myself," he says, smiling as he meets eye contact with me. "that's cute!" i say, smiling.

after josh insisted to pay, we head out of the restaurant. "so, how was the dinner?" josh asks as we walk to his car. "it was great, i need to go to this place more often!" i say, smiling. "oh good, i was afraid you weren't gonna like it," he chuckles. "why?" "because my cousin works as one of the head chefs here, and my family and i go there for almost every event like mothers day or fathers day, so i can't even tell if the food is good anymore," he says, both of us laughing. "no, it was amazing," i assure.

olivia's pov

vinnie and i walk alongside each other, looking for a place to eat. i look up from my shoes, subtly swiping my nose as vinnie's cigarette smoke blows past me. "the restaurant should just be up here," vinnie says through his cigarette. "that's fine," i sigh. we've been walking for 5 minutes, vinnie constantly getting us lost. i stop for a second, rotating my sore ankle from my high heels. "y/n would've realized my ankles were sore and swung us there," i mumble to myself and jog a little, catching to vinnie. 

"are we almost there?" i ask, realizing it's been a lot more than 5 minutes. "should be..." he says, looking around. "what's the place even called?" i ask, looking around too. "wait, let me check," he says, fishing out his phone from his pocket. "are you serious? you don't even know what it's called so how're we supposed to find it!" i say. "chill! it slipped my mind," he shrugs, putting his phone back in his pocket. i sigh, following him. "no! that's not fair, it's out of three!" i look up, seeing 2 people walking towards us. holy shit. 

y/n and josh were walking towards us with matching white outfits, one hand in a fist while the other was under. "rock, paper, scissors, shoot!" y/n exclaims. i faintly smile at y/n, seeing she was still wearing the necklace i got her. feeling a wave of guilt as i took mine off a few days ago, i subconsciously slow my pace as i watch them. josh did rock, y/n doing paper. "no!" josh exclaims, laughing. "churros it is!" y/n cheers, laughing as she bumps into him. i look down and away, hoping she doesn't see me. "oh my god, did you see that couple that proposed when we were having dinner?!" josh asks, laughing. "i did! that was so cute, but so many people were watching," y/n adds. "imagine if she said no," josh says. "if i were him, i would dig myself in a hole and die." "imagine how awkward the ride home would be!" finally, we walk past them, both of them too occupied looking at each other to see us. 

we walk into the restaurant, seeing the whole place packed out. vinnie walks up to the counter. "table for 2," he says. "sorry, we're all booked out. it's a 2 hour wait," the lady says. "oh... it's fine, we'll go somewhere else." we walk out of the restaurant, and vinnie turns to me. "you heard her," he says, "not my problem." "well... what're we gonna do?" i ask. "mcdonalds is open 24/7."

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olivia @livbedumb · 1h
never in my life have i thought i would be eating a double cheeseburger meal in the mcdonalds parking lot on valentines day

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vinnie pulls up to my apartment building, parking the car. "thanks for today," i say. "mhm," he mumbles, taking out his phone. i unbuckle my seatbelt, getting out. i close the door, walking to the building.

i walk into my room, dropping my bag onto my bed. laying on my bed, i pull out my phone. after scrolling on instagram, i see a post from a joshua bassett fan page. "y/n l/n and joshua bassett out on date night for valentines day!" i swipe through the photos, going to the comments. 'isn't y/n and olivia friends? that's awk' 'they look so happy' 'yall ever think that they're just friends?' 'i ship' i swipe out of instagram, tapping on messages. 

y/n's pov

"thank you for the flowers and for today, i had a lot of fun," i say, hugging josh at my doorstep. "thanks for coming, i had a lot of fun too," he says, hugging me back. "i'll text you later," i say, letting go of the hug.

1 MONTH LATER

i walk out of my bathroom, taking out my phone. i go to messages, seeing a speech bubble moving on olivia's message. i tap on it, furrowing my eyebrows as i watch the speech bubbles move. seconds later, it disappears. 

i shake my head, turning off my phone. after around 10 minutes of getting ready for bed, i lay down. i turn on my phone again, seeing a message from olivia.

'NO' 'I DIDN'T MEAN TO SEND THAT' 'PLEASE' 'DON'T READ IT' i tap onto the notification as olivia continues to spam me with texts. 'you bet i'm gonna read it' i send back, scrolling up. the message was incredibly long. ignoring the texts that olivia's sending me, i start to read the paragraph out loud.

 "y/n i don't know where to start. i still think about you every day, wishing that whatever happened between us didn't happen. i know that all this is my fault, and it hurts like hell. i wish i could tell you this in person, but i know that you don't want anything to do with me anymore. i really like you y/n. i know you're gonna be so mad at me for telling you this now. i've always liked you, but i tried to ignore my feelings for you. i think it was because i've never dated a girl or kissed a girl before you. i think i'm in denial about my sexuality. but with you, everything seemed so normal. hell, being on top of the tallest building in la felt normal, but only because i was up there with you. i'm such a jerk for calling you selfish, i wish i could take everything back i said that night. being in a relationship with vinnie opened my eyes about how well we had things for each other. i know i 'fall in love' way too fast, and so many of my ex's have taken advantage of that. but i guess i didn't really know what falling in love was until i met you. call me cheesy, but i loved how you took things slow. i'm sorry i didn't realize soon enough, i'm really really sorry. i feel so shitty that i never realized how you felt because i was too focused on myself, it makes me feel like i've gotten run over. i think i finally realized how much i took you for granted when i was eating mcdonalds in a mcdonalds parking lot on valentines day. was that weird to say? probably, but who gives a fuck. again, words can't express how sorry i am. i totally understand if you don't wanna talk to me anymore and hate me."

i finish reading the text, scrolling back down to olivia's new texts. 'YOU'RE READING IT AREN'T YOU' 'PLEASE DON'T READ IT' 'Y/N' 'IM BEING SERIOUS' 'DFSGHSDFKJGSDFKLGHDSLFJKDFG' 'ANSWER ME' i smile, starting to type, 'can i come over?'