You Make Me Crazier | lrh

Chapter 16: Gas-Lighting Piece of Trash

Olivia POV

Will is the last person that I wanted to see but when I had a message this morning saying that we should talk about last night, I thought I should give him the chance to explain. I regretted not doing the same for Luke last year and felt it was the right thing to do.

So we decided to meet up at his apartment to talk things through. I hadn't been able to tell Claire about any of this because she would find out why Luke was over in the first place and even if that wasn't an issue she would tell Michael and then he would probably kill Will. For this reason, I dragged Callum with me, just to make sure I come back out of the apartment, Luke did offer but he also had his last exam today. I had left Calum in the cafe downstairs while I went to talk to Will.

I'm staring up at the green door unsure whether to knock or not. I could just walk away and not have to face him. But before I get a chance to walk away the door opens, "Olivia?!" Will says looking slightly surprised to see me, even though he's the one who wanted me to come.

"Hey... you wanted to chat about last night?..." I say as I stand at the door awkwardly, unsure whether to go in or not.

"Hey yes, come in," he says opening the door wider for me looking around slightly nervous.

I walk past him as he goes to kiss my cheek and I just ignore him to show how done I am with him.

"Look, I completely understand you were just stressed..." he says, with a slight chuckle in his voice. The nervousness that I heard was suddenly gone.

I spin around on my heels and stare at him, he did not just put the blame on me, "I was gonna give you a chance to apologise...to me."

"For what? For letting you throw me out of your apartment?" he says, smirking like this is some kind of joke.

I stared at him for a second longer, unsure if he was actually serious, "What were you thinking? You can't just turn up whenever you feel like it. And the way you spoke to me? And my friends?"

"Well, excuse me for wanting to be with my girlfriend on her birthday. Also what about how you spoke to me? Boy, what an ass am I?" he says, rolling his eyes. He keeps looking over my shoulder as if he's trying to check something.

"We've been dating- not even dating- seeing each other for a month! I am not your girlfriend! You have never asked me to be. And I told you I didn't want to d anything for my birthday, yet you still showed up at my apartment. Don't you dare turn all this back on me!" I say, not able to believe this nonsense.

"Is this about Luke?" he says with a flat tone that I hate.

I spin around to look at him, "Ugh- oh my god! you can't be serious, we have been over this a million times!" I say, turning round so I can start pacing back and forth.

"That doesn't change how I feel about the guy..." he mumbles, looking towards the window again.

"It's the principal, Will. Who even does that, though, Will? You are jealous over nothing, I don't even talk to Luke or the others because you don't like it! You have nothing to be jealous of or worried about! Why would you put so much pressure on me to see me for an event that I don't even want to celebrate?! I'm planning the engagement trip for my BROTHER and my BEST FRIEND! It's the most stressful thing I've had to plan, and your biggest concern is that I've been planning it with LUKE," I say, looking directly at him. All the little things he's done are bubbling up in my head again.

"Okay okay, I'm sorry!" he sighs, stepping closer to me, making me take a step away at the same time.

"And I hate myself for making you cry, I know, That I really fucked it up this time," Will continues, while looking nervously behind me.

"What do you keep looking at?" I say spinning around to follow his gaze. Before he can stop me from looking.

What I see shocks me to my core.

The Fucking Bastard.

By the window, I see a Blonde girl in her underwear hiding behind the curtain.

So many emotions running through me but mostly anger. Why would he do this? How long has he been doing this?

After a second of taking in the scene, I spin around to look at Will again slapping him with as much force as I can.

What. the. Fuck.

Without even having to think about it I start walking out of his apartment. He catches my arm to try and stop me, "no please stay-" he tries to say before I cut him off.

"We are done. Whatever this was is over. I don't want to even look at you again." I say quickly and calmly before slamming the door in his face.

After some deep breaths, I call Calum, "Well that was quick you ok?" he says when he picks up the phone.

"He fucking cheating on me. Like actually hiding someone while I was there. So I slapped him and got out of there," I manage to say still in shock from the whole thing.

"What!? are you ok?" he says sounding like he's getting up to look for me.

I chuckle at how panicked he is, "I'm fine... just outside the cafe, needed some fresh air but thought you should know I'm out."

*****

"how am I this stupid?" I say after explaining the whole thing to Calum in the cafe.

He shakes his head, "He's a gas-lighting piece of trash."

I should have seen this coming. I should have paid more attention to the signs. The multiple occasions where he wouldn't show up and then change the subject when I asked him about it. The fucking scrunchy..." I grumble my head on the table.

"The scrunchy?" Calum says confused.

I look up at him slightly, "The other morning I found a scrunchy in his apartment that wasn't mine but when I confronted him about it he just said I was paranoid... It's funny because if it was the other way around he would quiz me on every detail and put all the blame on me." I chuckle under my breath hating that I'm this stupid.

"I've said it once I will say it again, He's a gas-lighting piece of trash," Calum says taking a sip of his coffee.

I chuckle slightly, "can we just not talk about it any more today? I just want something to take my mind off it."

"We could go on a pub crawl with the whole gang, Tessa is across from Melbourne because her exams finished, and I think everyone else is also finished today," he suggests as he sips his coffee.

"Alcohol does sound good..." I smile slightly.