End Game

Olivia 3.0

The noise coming from downstairs woke Olivia up in a swift and left her in a daze for the longest time before she actually sat up and opened her eyes.

Living in a house full of overzealous and active young men helped her keep a positive energy, but boy were they unnecessarily loud every day. With all the things that happened to them in the span of four years, Olivia often forgot how young they all really were.

Twenty years seemed like nothing in a lifetime.

After getting ready, she made her way downstairs to find Asher and Jaymee smiling down at what seemed to be a photo.

"Hey!" She said, walking up to them with a smile.

As soon as they heard her voice, Asher shoved the photo into his pocket and Jaymee pushed something else in his direction for him to hide. It was more than obvious that they were keeping something from her, but knowing how precious personal matters can be sometimes, she didn't want to pry on other people's business.

"Where is everyone?" She asked, feigning to not have noticed.

"Layla and Jordan just left for work and school, Spencer went for a jog, and Maï stopped by to drop out invitations to her farewell party." Jaymee replied.

Asher seemed too intense to be able to speak.

"Farewell party? Is she leaving already?" Olivia asked.

With everything else happening around Liv, she didn't even get the chance to actually get to know Maï during her stay. She felt bad for not spending more time with Darnell and her.

"She's leaving in a week, but she wanted to invite everyone early enough. She's quite the party planner if you ask me." Jaymee joked.

Olivia chuckled and slightly nodded her head.

"Okay, I'll leave you two to it. See you later!"

She had been living at the beach house long enough to know when not to push for information. Maybe for too long even.

The house had been cleared and cleaned for almost a month now, and all the other girls moved back in as soon as it was available. Except for Olivia.

It was still a bit heavy for her to even stop home to pick up her clothes, let alone live there again. Even though Christopher had been interned for good, there was still his mark on Olivia's day-to-day life.

"Hey!"

She spun around to welcome her sweaty boyfriend with a warm smile. It had become a habit of hers to wait for him to come back from his jog, whenever she didn't have class in the mornings. She appreciated the moments spent talking while he took a shower and got ready for school as well.

"Hey! How was the run?" She asked, sitting down on the bed.

"It was much needed." Spencer replied.

Olivia bit the inside of her cheek, feeling a bit guilty about his answer. She knew she was partially responsible for his recent gloomy demeanor.

"What's on your schedule today?" She asked instead of questioning him on what she truly wanted to know.

"School, practice, late night gym session with Jordan and then back home. You?"

"Wow, you're going to be busy today. My schedule has been freed since my psychology professor is on maternity leave. We just had three classes left on the semester, so the administration didn't feel the need to find us a substitute."

Spencer nodded his head absentmindedly before speaking again.

"I can't believe our sophomore year is almost over."