Rice, Rice, baby

Chapter 29

"Thank you very much for this trip, Declan."

"You're welcome" he smiles.

We've been on the road for a while now, and things haven't been awkward between us after what happened the night before. And with that, I mean the best make out session ever, and we've shared a few.

Once we managed to break apart we just went to our rooms, both of us smiling like idiots. And in the morning while having breakfast, we still were like that. Smiling and feeling in cloud nine, enjoying our last moments together before having to go back to the real world and talk about what all those kisses meant and whatever he also wanted to tell me last night.

"Also, the playlist you made is so good. Banger after banger, no skips. Well, maybe just... Careful!" I scream when a car suddenly invades our side of the road.

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"Olivia!" my mum says, storming into the room. "Oh, Olivia."

"Hello, mum" I reply while she hugs me as if her life depended on it.

"How are you? Are you alright? And the baby? When the hospital called us and told us that you had been in a car accident I feared the worst."

"We are fine, mum. Don't worry."

"Then why are you keeping you here?" she asks.

"They want to make sure I don't go into early labour. It apparently can happen after big moments of stress."

"And what is he doing here?"

"Oh, dad. I hadn't seen you there with mum squeezing me" I say with a nervous laugh.

"I'll ask again, darling. What is Declan Rice doing here?"

"What?" my mum says, finally letting go of me and looking around the room. "Olivia, what..."

"I... He... I..." I mumble, trying to look for an excuse. Can the bed open and swallow me? Please? Or maybe the baby could choose to come now. Anything to avoid giving them an answer.

"I was the one driving" Declan says, the tone of his voice making me look at him and stop freaking out. I think I had only heard him talk like that in interviews after big defeats, when he's on captain mode.

"You were doing what?" my dad says.

"Driving the car, sir."

"So the accident was your fault?"

"What? No!" I say. "Declan actually acted super fast and thanks to him nothing serious happened to any of us, the other driver included."

"You still hit a tree, tho" my dad says, his eyes fixed on Declan.

"Better that than the other car" I reply.

"But why was he driving, Olivia?" my mum asks. "Weren't you going away with Kennedy?"

"I... I... I lied" I say, that last word almost a whisper.

"You lied? Why?"

"Because... Because I..."

"Olivia, were you away with him?" my dad asks. He's used my name, he hasn't called me darling. And he only does that when he is angry with me. Shit.

"I... yes?"

"Are you dating him?" he asks again. He still hasn't looked at me, he only has eyes for Declan.

"No."

"Then why were you away with him?"

"Because... Because I... We..."