Challenging 5 || Ollie Lynch

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*Ollie's pov*

I hadn't seen Ami for a week and longing for her was only increasing by the minute.
"Yeah, I don't know." I just shrugged and carried on tapping away at my phone.
"You're not even listening!" Finn exclaimed and snatched my phone out of my hands.
"Hey! I am using that." I snap.
"And? I am talking to you." He squints his eyes and chucks my phone onto my desk. "Now, actually listen to what I am telling you."
"Whatever."
He rolls his eyes and restarts whatever he was saying before.
"Johnny posted that video of us online for his social media but everyone wasn't only talking about him."
"What do you mean?" I sit up from my bed, raising my eyebrow.
"Check your account." My best friend says, passing me my phone.
I did what Finn says and I jump as I see that I had gained nearly 3k followers.
"3k followers? What the fuck?"
"And he waited to post it only a few hours ago." Finn carried on telling me. "You're about the be famous, dude."
"I'm not going to be famous." I chuckle. "Maybe a bit more popular though."
I shake my head and check my dms and there were hundreds piling in.
"What do they say?" Finn asks, walking round to peer over my shoulder.
We both read the messages in silence as my thumb scrolls through them.

hey baby, you single?

damn you fine asf.

raw! i mean aw

The rest were along the same lines.
I looked up to see Finn pulling a face at me.
"I'm so fucking dead." I groan, pulling my hands over my face. "Ami will literally kill me!"
"Yeah but technically you didn't actually do anything."
"Still! I am in that video and now people are messaging me because of it."
Silence fills the room as a clock starts ticking in my head.
"What do I do, lad?"
"Nothing." Finn shrugs. "But do tell your girlfriend, she ought to know."
"Yeah," I stand up, pocketing my phone. "She does."
"That's all you." Finn pats my back as I walk out my bedroom door.

I was swirling cereal as a midnight snack when I hear keys in the front door and someone stumble in.
"Tadhg?" I call out.
A brunette head pops up around the door and a big grin settles on a flushed girl's face.
"Shan!" I grin back at her and run to take her up in a hug.
"Hey, little brother." She giggles, rubbing my hair. "I missed you so much."
"You took forever to get back." I tut as I sit back on my perch in the kitchen.
"Yeah, Johnny's rugby tour was longer than expected."
"And how was it?"
She places her shoulder bag on the counter and goes in search for food.
"Long. Tiring. But so fucking worth every second."
A big smile forms on my face as I remember how far she has come.
"I love seeing you happy."
She spins around to face me. "It's growing on me." She tilts her head. "But what's up with you?"
I sigh deeply and tap my fingers on the counter-top. "I miss Am."
"She's back soon, no?" Shannon asks, grabbing a handful of cereal from the box in front of me.
"Yeah, her family trip is taking ages." I roll my eyes.
"Salty, much?" My older sister just sits across from me and laughs. Actually laughs.
"It isn't fucking funny!"
"No, I promise I'm not laughing at you, Ols." She continues to chuckle. "You just remind me of someone."
My eyebrow raises. "Who?"
"Me."
I furrow my eyebrows as I try to remember the details.
"My first time waiting for Johnny to get back from the rugby camp that one summer."
"Wait I remember now."
"Yeah, you do." She sighs and watches me closely. "That's why I know you will be okay."
"Hm." I huff.
Minutes pass of us just eating cereal in complete silence except from the clanking of metal spoons against the bowl every now and then.
"Okay, I'm going up." I whisper.
"Okay, Ollie. I love you dearly." She starts pulling my bowl towards her and stands up.
"Don't worry, I can do it, Shan."
"No, no. It's all good." She gives a faint smile.
"Okay." I start to walk out the door before I turn back around to take in the sight of my older sister. "And Shan?"
"Yes?"
"I love you too."