EMERALD LOVE, Elizabeth Olsen

Chin up!

I woke up to a gentle knock on my door. I looked at my phone and it was already 11am. I slowly got out of my and put on a sweater. I attempted to fix my hair on my way to the door. I opened it and faced a familiar pair of green, emerald eyes.

"I just wanted to give this back" she said handing me my Station 19 sweater.

"That's it? We're not going to talk about what happened last night?" I asked confused about why she'd drive here just to give me my sweater back when she could have gave it to Scarlett at school.

"No. In fact, I doubt we'll ever talk at all" she bitterly spoke as she disappeared in the hallway.

I closed my door and leaned my back against it, letting my body slowly fall on the cold floor. I started to realise what Lizzie just told me. I fucked up. I shouldn't have said what I said yesterday, it was wrong. She'll never trust me again, I thought. I let tears roll down my cheeks as I overthought the whole situation. I jumped when I heard a knock on the door. I tried to wipe the remaining tears and compose myself right before I opened the door wondering who the hell it would be this time. I sighed in relief when I saw Florence and Brie who looked really worried.

"Scarlett told us what happened last night... we thought you could use some company" Florence gave me a weak smile.

"Yeah come in" I said as I opened the door to let them in. Brie noticed the sweater on the floor.

"She brought it back?" she asked earning a light nudge from her girlfriend.

"She did. She also said she'd never talk to me again" I chuckled to avoid crying again.

"Well, she's going to have to, you're her student" Flo said.

"I'm dropping her class" I shrugged as we all sat on the couch.

"No, you're not" Brie spoke. "You're not going to drop because of her. I've known you since we were kids and studying psychology has always been your dream. You're not going to let this go for a girl" she tried to talk me out of it.

"I'm not going to go there and sit in front of her for hours" I stated trying to end the conversation as my decision was already made.

"Fuck yes you are" Flo said as she stood up. "You are going to sit there and you're going to listen. Then you'll do what you always did: succeed. This is your dream and she doesn't have the right to take that away from you. Now stop moping, if she doesn't want you it's her lost. You're not throwing away your dream for someone who isn't worth it" she told me and as much as I hate to admit it she was right.

We kept on talking about it for a while and I told them everything that happened including what I said yesterday at the bar. I was kind of relieved when they told me that I didn't go too far and that I didn't need to feel guilty about what I said, even though I still did. I told her some nasty things and I really meant most of it.

The next day, I did exactly what Flo and Brie told me to do, I got out of bed, dressed up, put on some makeup to hide the bags under my eyes and I went to class. Scarlett was surprised to see me but she was happy that my friends convinced me to come. As it was Monday I started with psychology. I was obviously nervous and kept playing with my rings to distract myself. I sat between Evangeline and Hayley and it felt good to be around them because they didn't look at me differently. I knew they were sorry about the whole situation but they didn't say anything, they simply acted the way they always did. As we were early and the class was still pretty much empty we started chatting.

"So, Hayley how was your date with Steve?" I smirked at the brunette who immediately started blushing.

"It was... It was fantastic. We went to see a movie then we played bowling and after that he brought me to the beach where he had set up a picnic" she explained and we could literally see her eyes sparkle at the thought of that memory.

"Come on we don't care about that. Did he kiss you?" Evangeline asked.

"That's none of your business" Hayley tried to avoid the question but her cheeks turned to a darker shade of pink.

"OH MY GOD HE DID!" Evangeline literally shouted earning some annoyed looks from our classmates.

"Tom and Brie owe us" I laughed giving Evangeline a high-five.

"You guys bet on that?" Hayley asked sounding a bit surprised.

"Of course we did. The others thought you'd both be too shy to try something on the first date but Y/n and I being, as usual, the cleverest individuals of this group, we knew" Evangeline mocked the others for underestimating Hayley and Chris.

The three of us suddenly stopped laughing when Miss Olsen walked into the room. Her eyes scanned the students faces and she seemed very surprised to see me but she didn't look upset. She gave us back an assignment we did last week and I was delighted to see that I got the higher grade.

"Of course, Y/n got the higher grade" a boy mocked me.

"What is that supposed to mean?" Miss Olsen gave him a questioning look.

"Come on ma'am we all know who her sister is. And we all know what she likes to do with her sister's friends" he smirked looking at me, doing scissors with his hands. Miss Olsen was about to speak but I didn't need her to defend me.

"Yeah, I loved doing it with your mom too" I smirked as I gave him the finger causing the whole class to laugh at him.

"Enough, the both of you" Miss Olsen sternly spoke as she continued her lecture.

𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐲.

It was weird to see her every day and act like nothing ever happened but I was starting to get used to it. This night, Scarlett told me she was having a pizza party with some of her friends and that Elizabeth wouldn't be there as she had something else to do. I got ready putting on something casual and no makeup.

"Chin up, sweetie! We're having fun tonight" Scarlett said as she noticed my tired face and pulled me into a hug. Florence and Bri joined us and we all started to chat while eating. I must admit it felt nice to be surrounded by those people who all cared about me in their own way. We were all surprised when someone knocked at the door. I went to open it as Scarlett was in the middle of a conversation. I faced a familiar figure and her piercing emerald, green eyes.

"Hi?" I said unsure of what I was supposed to say.

"Hi... I went to your place but you weren't there" she explained.

"You're not here for the pizzas?" I asked raising a brow at her.

"No, I told Scarlett I wouldn't come because I wanted to talk to you" she admitted. "Now you don't have to listen to me if you don't want to I just... I really need to say some stuff" she mumbled the last part as if she didn't know which word to use.

"I'll listen" I said as I closed the door leaving the both of us in the hallway.

"Thank you" she whispered. "I wanted to apologize about what happened with Robbie and at the bar. You were right, everything you said was just perfectly right. I got scared so I fucked up and I know it doesn't excuse my behaviour but I just wanted to push you away because I was scared that if you came any closer you'd see me the way I really am" she paused as her voice broke and tears started to form in her eyes. "I know that I hurt you and believe me when I say that I'm genuinely sorry. And you're right, I acted like a bitch, a completely selfish bitch but I... I really like you Y/n and I don't want to lose you. I know it's probably too late now and I understand, I just wanted you to know that you were right about everything and I'm truly sorry" she struggled to finish her sentence as tears rolled down her face.

"I might have been right about what I said but I shouldn't have said it the way I did. I was hurt and I wanted you to feel that too. It was wrong, I'm sorry" I apologised as I still felt guilty for the words I used that night. "I just need to know one thing; do you mean what you just said?" I asked looking directly into her eyes.

"Of course I do. And I know that earning back your trust isn't going to be easy but I'm willing to do anything to prove you that I'm worthy of your trust" she said as she forced a smile.