Eye Candy

Disappointment

The next day Pezzy woke up to yelling. He walked out to the living room to investigate. It was Droid. He and Olivia were arguing.

"I didn't fucking mean to, it just happened!" Olivia yelled.

"I don't care! You went to fucking rehab for this and you're still doing this bullshit!" He yelled at her.

"And why the fuck would I care?"

"Because you just turned twenty-two and you're already a fucking alcoholic!"

Twenty-two is young to have a drinking problem, Pezzy thought.

Olivia saw Pezzy out of the corner of her eye. "Oh fuck off! At least I'm not a druggy too." Olivia softened her tone. Droid must have noticed her looking at something because he turned to where she was looking and saw Pezzy before he looked back at Olivia.

"Oh what, just because someone else is here you don't want to talk about your problem? Even though you know you have a problem!" Droid yelled at her.

"We can talk about this later," Olivia said quietly, clearly embarrassed that Pezzy saw them arguing.

"No, we're going to talk about this now, I don't care if he listens. You went to fucking rehab for your drinking and smoking problem, you got fired from your job and got evicted all because of it. You are at my house because you need help and I offered to help, with the promise that you would quit, but no. If anything you've just gotten worse because you have to talk with me again to have a place to live. I'm doing everything I can for you so you don't have these problems and you still don't care!" While saying all this, Puffer and Grizzy came into the room to see what was happening and Droid began to tear up. "Liv, I don't want to lose you again!" Hearing those words broke Olivia's heart, shocking Puffer, Pezzy, and Grizzy. Olivia squatted and put her hands over her head.

"God I'm a fucking disappointment," She began to cry. Pezzy walked around the room to Puffer and Grizzy and whispered to them.

"Let's give them some space, we can listen from another room if we want but we should give them time alone." Puffer and Grizzy nodded and the three of them went into another room.

"Liv, you're not a disappointment." Droid got onto one knee and rested one of his arms on it, tucking her hair behind her ear with his open hand. "You've just done some disappointing things." Olivia moved to rest on her knees and lay her hands beside her.

"I've had so much help throughout everything but the only thing I can think of is whatever the fuck I'm going to drink next! And it's all my fault that I can't seem to quit! The moment I do, I go straight back into it." She reached into her pocket and pulled out the box of cigarettes, the lighter falling out of her pocket while doing so. "I can't fucking quit!" She collapsed into Droid's arms, he just sat on the floor and held her.

"Why could you never quit?" He asked in such a calm voice.

"Because I was alone, I had no help outside of that circle."

"Well you're not alone anymore, you have me, and I will do anything I can to help you get over this." He took the box out of her hand and set it on the ground behind him. "I'm here for you Liv. And I'll never not be here for you." He lay his hand on her head and the other on her back.

"Thank you," She whispered.