chapter 3- you were never mine
liz didn't know too much about olive
she knew the music that dominated her brain
or the rosy scent of her shampoo when her hair was down
the color purple was her personal favorite and the way she wrote her name on tests and assignments
sometimes she envied the girl those three boys got to grow up with .. got to really know
she wanted to know her fears, her dislikes things she loved
but olive only wanted to get high or drunk
or she barley talked making liz have to come up with new ways to force her personality out
tonight she was going to pry her way into olives brain
"sooo I saw you walking with um your brother and like Dustin, Lucas .." Liz casually asked as she rolled her joint the way her brother taught her
olive looked down at her as she was leaning against Liz's bedroom wall
"yeah what about it?" olive asked as she tilted her head
"are you guys good?" Liz pried
"I guess" olive nodded making Liz sigh she couldn't get anything out of olive it was like talking to a brick wall sometimes
Liz stopped what she was doing as she bit her tongue from asking a question she knew she didn't want the answer too
"what's wrong?" Olive asked as she waited for a answer
"do you even like hanging out with me?" Liz said before her words could turn to ash
"of course I do-"
"you don't act like it" Liz pointed out
olive went silent before she sat down in-front of Liz
"I care- care about you a lot.. I just went through so much over the summer and I just can't.." olive stated as she carefully picked her words
the air felt thick as the two had never been so vulnerable with each-other
normally liz would just push it away and try to keep her cool girl persona
but she was starting to plummet into a deep affection for the girl
and maybe somewhere in olive she was feeling the same way
"well what happened?" she asked as pulled out her lighter and lit the joint
"the mall fire.. it broke all of my friends.. " she stated
"how so?" Liz passes the joint over to olive making her whisper a small thank you
"wel- I mean we all just can't really move past it" olive presses the joint against her lips almost to keep herself from saying anymore
"like max?" The question was innocent liz barley knew max they shared Spanish together
but max wasn't much of a talker she sat in the back of the class all alone she requested to work by herself most of the time and wouldn't look in the direction of liz
Liz expected olive to suddenly go quiet at the talk of max like she usually would but this time it was genuine normal reaction
"yeah but I mean she went through a lot" olive passed Liz the joint
making her pause to breathe in the calming smoke
"Is that why you don't talk anymore?" Liz had noticed olive going stiff when max and her crossed paths
"yeah when you break someone's heart it's kind of hard to pretend you're best friends" olives eyes went wide realizing what she said
the room fell silent as the tension suddenly felt thicker
"you and max... dated?" Liz practically choked
of course she had heard rumors about olive especially in middle school and maybe she had her suspicion's but she had never heard someone openly admit to that type of thing
"surprise" olive joked as she tried to keep a straight face
liz didn't really know what to say as she stared at olive
"look if that makes you uncomfortable-"
"no! I mean- no it doesn't" olive giggled at the nervous response
"I mean I like- y..you know?"
"you like what?" olive asked with a giggle as she looked over at the girl
olive put the joint to her lips as she remained staring at Liz
"you know.." Liz felt herself completely melt under the attention of olive
olive eyes went wide for a split second as she processed the situation at hand
"I guess I do.. can't really deny you flirting with me" Olive states as she passes the joint over to Liz
"I think it's the other way around" Liz augured as she hesitated to press the joint to her lips
"do you actually mean any of it?" Liz asked her words practically begging her to feel the same way
".. do you?"
"I don't know.. I guess I would have to test it out" Liz posed the word as a question she didn't see herself ever asking
"and if there's not?" Olive asked her tone seemed to be anxious as if she was worried for the consequences of finding out
Liz shrugged "we could pretend it never happened"
"and if it does?"
"olive... chill out" she sighed as she leaned closer
Liz could feel the hesitation in olives movements as she slowly leaned closer
slowly closing the gap between them
olive immediately took note of how soft her lips were like honey dripping off of hers
they tasted like it too
she couldn't help but get lost in the kiss
and Olive definitely couldn't even process how it made her feel
She pulled away first as she automatically thought of everything bad that could come from this kiss
"how was that?" Olive whispered
liz didn't respond as she just leaned forward to kiss her again
Olive left Liz's house that night just in time for her early curfew
guilt rose up inside of her as she thought of the only girl she had ever liked
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an- I can't tell if I hate this or not but I really need to update !
I miss writing fluff sm omg
it was kinda cute... <33
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dizzy \\ max mayfield
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