SCARS AND BRUISES II fate : winx saga

teachers and soldiers

"Men are allowed to have feelings, too."

POV Olivia:

"A serious conversation?", Andreas scoffs laughing as we go back to his appartment. I let go off his hand shaking my head. "If you want us to be a family again, you need to take this seriously this time", I complain more quickly than I thought. 

"What is this supposed to mean, Olivia? This time?", Andreas raises his voice, "I've been there for you twenty years ago! I've been a husband for you and a father for Scar and Sky. And you accuse me of not having taken it seriously?" 

"I accuse you of continuing your fight with Saul instead of taking time for us." "Well maybe it's hard to forget that your best friend tried to kill you!" "I understand you, Andreas, but neither Sky nor Scar or I are concerned by that. Have you at least thought about why Saul did it for once? Why do you think that we can forgive him?" 

"Well, you can forgive him because of your hidden feelings for that bastard", Andreas snaps at him and I instinctively take a step back. "I was wrong. We weren't ready for this", I mumble shaking my head and look to the ground as I'm about to leave the apartment. Well, Andreas holds me back by my wrist.. a little too hard. "Andreas, it's enough!", I yell at him shocked. "Olivia, I-" 

"No, Andreas. Do you think it's easy to forget for me that I couldn't see my children for more than ten years? I had no idea what happened, you didn't even write me a card. They could have been dead! I am trying so hard to make this work.. for Sky, for Scar, for.. us. But I won't sacrifice myself for you, not again." 

I know that he would like to say something immediately and defend himself but I run away quickly. I cannot even look at him right now without feeling like when I came back to an empty home. 

POV Scar:

"I've made mistakes and I haven't fully apologized or made up for them. I've hurt your mom, Sky, you, many people. I shouldn't haven taken her children away from her or at least talk to her. But.. I didn't have a chance." "What do you mean?", I ask confused but dad shakes his head quickly. 

"We'll talk about this someday, but I guess I have to talk to your mom now-" "No, dad. Give her some time, okay? I know about her and Saul's past and I understand that you feel scared that she might change her opinion about you two, but right now, she's just glad to be back. Mom would never dump you for Saul." 

"Leaving me and be alone for some months before being with him is the same", dad shrugs bluntly. "I think you should not care about it this much", I admit, "Mom came back and she stayed with you. All she wanted to do was talk to Saul as a friend. I know that because whenever I talk to Riven or Stephen, I mainly just want to talk to them as a friend. Not everything is about a romance." „I'm sorry, Scar. I'll try to be a better dad to you", dad regrets and I nod. „Thank you. That means a lot."

I've left dad's apartment quickly to let him think about him and mom for some time and decided to come back. "Dad? Are you okay?", I ask as I enter his appartment. The door was open already so I just stepped in. I furl my eyebrows seeing dad as he sits on the couch rubbing his temples. What the hell is wrong with him and where is the angry soldier that I know? 

"What happened?", I continue and sit down on the other side. Dad raises his head and faces me. "Your mom just ran away. I.. fuck." "No, she's in the greenhouse with Ben", I say and I've got no idea if he hates me if I continue but it's about mom so I'm going to defend her, "If you're feeling bad, just imagine how she's feeling." 

"I know", dad sighs to my surprise and rubs his temples again, "I haven't always been a good husband to her." "Are you surprised when I say that I assumed it?", I ask jokingly and look at him furling my eyebrows, "Sorry, force of a habit." "No, I probably deserve it." "Do you know what the problem is or should I tell you?", I suggest. "Give me a chance", dad chuckles and it feels weird to see him smile but I could get used to it.

"Are you going to the party tomorrow?", I ask Stephen following him walking through the garden. "I'm a teacher, Scar. Of course, I won't go there." "You're still you. Rosalind said-" "I don't care what Rosalind said. I have my principles and I wouldn't trust her even if I wanted to", Stephen snaps at me making my eyebrows furl. 

"I thought we could go there together, just hang out for once", I continue knowing that something's bothering him and hoping that I could help him. "Scar, don't you get it? I won't go there. I may have liked you but I won't do anything for you just to make the world of the princess of Eraklyon a bit better." 

"Excuse me?", I scoff not having been prepared to deal with his mood changing once again, "This is not about me, Stephen. I wanted to spend some time with you, finally in a better way than training, although you've played with me and everyone else during training." 

Stephen looks at me angrily and holds me by my arm pulling me into a more discreet place. "If anyone is playing games here, it's you, Scar. Everything I've said was true. I never wanted to be a soldier but that doesn't mean that I'm not a good fighter and I've loved you. But what you do.. hopping from Riven to me and back is just.." 

"Come on, say it", I shrug. If he believes I'm doing this then I can't help it anymore. "I am not playing with you, Scar." "Then why would you even come here as a teacher if you don't even want to spend time with me anymore? If what you do is so bad, just stop. No one asked you to be a teacher." 

"Okay, you know what? I'm done with this, Scar. I've loved you ever since you and I jumped off those cliffs that Saturday morning. But I'm not going to be a second chance in case Riven isn't a chance anymore." 

"Is it so hard for you to believe that I just need time to find out who I am and which way I'm going to take?", I ask quietly now as the more disappointed I am by his words, the quieter I become. "You can stop playing games now. We're over", Stephen replies and his voice sounds so emotionless as I've never heard it before. I simply nod and turn around. What a hell of a ride.