Ready to Run Part 2

Chapter 3

Olivia

When I finally catch my breath I walk into my room only to find Gemma, Eleanor, and Lou patiently waiting up.

"Oooh look Gemma! Her cheeks are flushed. She's just been kissed!" Eleanor says excitedly.

"So tonight went well I take it?" Gemma adds.

"Girls, don't even act like you weren't just looking out through the peep hole with your ears pressed against the door." Lou laughs from across the room.

"Hey! You were spying on me??" I ask but somehow I'm not surprised.

"We're nosy. We can't help it. It's not even worth it to be mad at us because we know you want to spill." El says nonchalantly and I know she's right.

"Ok let me get Lexie on face time so I can tell you guys all at once."

I text Lexie to tell her to get to a place with WIFI and within a few minutes I'm looking at her on my phone. Everybody says their hellos quickly and before I know it the attention is placed back on me.

"Sooo are you going to spill already?" Lexie asks impatiently. Everybody listens intently as I tell them how Liam took me out on stage for our talk. When I told them he said he loved me they all shrieked so loud I thought I was going to go deaf.

"So you said it back right?" Gemma asks once the screaming dies down.

"Not yet." I say and all four girls look at me with horrified looks on their faces. "Hey cut me some slack. I've never been in love. I need some time to figure out how I feel. He was totally ok with it. He asked me to be his girlfriend." I tell them and more shrieking ensues until Lexie interrupts.

"Not to rain on your parade or anything but did you tell him about the other night with Grant?" Lexie asks, bringing me down from my high.

"What happened with Grant?" Lou asks. Gemma looks equally as puzzled. In all the uproar of the last few days I forgot that I had only told Lexie and Eleanor about my lapse in judgment.

"I may have slept with him the night that we went out to Funky Buddha." I say quickly while both of their jaws drop.

"So that's where you disappeared to? Holy shit! Why?" Gemma asks, unable to contain her shock.

"I don't know! I was confused and sad and lonely and stupid and drunk. Mostly drunk. My head knows he's an asshole but apparently my vagina doesn't. I feel terrible about it but it meant nothing." I explain.

"So did you tell Liam?" Eleanor asks this time.

"I tried but he told me he didn't want to hear it. He said that the past is in the past and he wants to start over. Honestly, I do too. I don't ever want to even think about that scumbag ever again. So if we could all just forget I was a stupid slut that night, that'd be great."

"It's already forgotten. I think we're all just glad the jerk is in the past." Lou says.

"And that you finally realized how great Liam is." Lexie chimes in.

The girls all agree to keep my secret and we say goodnight to Lexie so we can all go to sleep. I do feel a little guilty hiding that I slept with Grant from Liam considering the whole reason I had gotten angry with him before was because he lied. But this is completely different. It has nothing to do with him. I was single at the time. There is no reason to ruin our clean slate with something that was so meaningless. I push the thoughts out of my head and vow to never think about it again. While I'm settling into bed I hear my phone chime. When I look at it I see I have a text from Liam. It only has three simple words, I love you, but I still feel my hear skip a beat in my chest.