Challenging 5 || Ollie Lynch

Be My Baby

*Ollie's pov*

Turning onto my side, I move a strand of hair out of my girlfriend's face. She doesn't respond and keeps staring straight ahead into voidness. I lean down to kiss her cheek and she makes a small move under my touch. Pulling her into me so I was spooning her was tricky as she didn't want to move but I did it.
"You're going to have to get up at some point." I whisper, stroking her face. She makes no acknowledgement. "Am?"
She sighs and grabs my hand. "I'm just so tired of it."
"I know, baby. I know." I brush my hand through her now more curled, natural hair texture and twirl it on my finger. "But you can't let sadness consume you or you will be unhappy forever."
"Easy for you to say." She grumbles.
"No, it actually isn't." I sigh and squeeze her hand. "But I got over it and look where I am today."
Ami's father had taken a fall and had another heart attack three days ago and it left her family fretting. Her mum was constantly screaming at her children, being so distant and anxious. Her brother tried not to show any signs and was locking everyone else out but was still shouting at his little sister. Ami herself had fallen into her own world, barely talking and only speaking with her tears. She hadn't left my bed or my side in fact in two days, barely eatinh and hardly talking.
"You know what, baby?"
"What?" She asks, her eye bags still heavy.
"I can make you happy."
"Ols, I don't think yo-"
"Food makes you happy." I state as she remembers I know her inside and out.
"And so does dressing up. So I know where we are going to go so leave it to me."
"I can't eat right now though." She mumbles and turns so faces me.
"Come on, Am. Eat something."
"I'm not hungry right now." She winces.
"Okay how about we go and you see if you can eat when we are there?" I pull her chin and kiss her lips very gently.
"Okay." She sighs and we fold on top of each other so our foreheads were touching.

"You need help?" I shout out from my perch on my bed. "If you do I can hel-"
My wardrobe door unlocks and out steps Ami and I could only describe her as flawless. Her hair was put in a claw clip with a few strands out at the front every carefully. Her red dress had buttons going all the way down the front and it was longer than her other dresses. I wouldn't describe it as a party or formal dress but instead one which you would wear in Autumn and pair it with Uggs which she did.
"Admit it Ols, you only wanted to help me because you want an easy access to my body." A small smirk dances on her lips and she pulls the coat she brought two days ago off the rail.
"One, I'm so happy to see you smiling again, my princess and two, you are partly correct." I say, sliding my hands up her waist and onto her tummy. I rest my chin on her shoulder and kiss her neck.
"I can read you like a book." She says shuddering under my touch. "And thank you, my prince."
There she is.
"And doesn't that mean you can read my thoughts."
"Hmm, let's see." Am says turning to look at me. "What are you thinking of right now?"
"That I want to rip your clothes off when we get home."
"As much as I love to moan your name, I'm not in the mood for these next few days." She sighs and kisses my hand.
"Okay, baby. I completely understand." I kiss her forehead.
"But that doesn't mean my mind can't be changed." She smirks as she opens my door and sees my mouth hanging open.
"There she is!" I grin.

"Are you sure you don't want anything?" I ask my girlfriend helping her slide into her side of the booth.
"I'm sure." She pulls off her coat and starts twirling her hair.
"Have a look at the menu first." I say shrugging my own coat off.
"I'm fine."
"Eat something."
"I'm not hungry."
"Your body says otherwise."
"And how do you know what my body says?"
"Because I'm always in it."
She suddenly bursts out laughing and I finally see her smile.
"Now eat something." I laugh.
"Argh whatever." She pokes her tongue at me, whips up the menu and scans it. "You're right, I love food too much to not have anything while I'm here."
"Atta girl."

My girl squeals and drops her fork which she was using to eat her rigatoni. I jump and stare wide eyed at her in utter confusion.
Ami giggles, "The song!"
I stop and try to listen to what 'Frankie and Benny's' were playing in the background. "Am I supposed to know this?" I drawl.
"It's 'Be My Baby' by the Ronettes, idiot." She snaps. "You're so uneducated."
"Says the one who gets less than me on tests." I snap back. Wiggling out my chair, I stand up and walk over to her side.
"What are you doing?" She wide eyes me.
I pull her hand, helping her stand up. "Making you smile."
"What do you mean?"
Picking up her hand, I guide her into an empty space in the restaurant.
"What are you doing?" She whips her head round, staring at the people around us.
"Just trust me for a second." I say pulling her hand into mine and grabbing her waist with the other hand.
"I always do." She smiles. When we start dancing along, she gets the feel of things and let's lose. I start spinning her around and jazzing along to the music. She laughs and a massive smile forms on her lips. Moving her hips along to the music and swinging her legs around, she didn't care about the audience we had who in fact started clapping along.
"You're crazy." Ami laughs around, spinning in and out of me.
"Yeah, crazy for you." I pull her into me as soon as the loudness subsides around us and the music comes to an end. Tilting her chin up, I kiss her softly and passionately. She replicates this and slides her hands behind my head just as I slide my hands onto her waist.
"I love you, Ollie Lynch and thank you."
"I'm forever at your service, my love."