Ready to Run Part 2

Chapter 17

Olivia

The whole day of graduation is a blur. When I woke up I was so hungover, I completely forgot that I was mad at Liam. However, the more I woke up, the more my anger built. By the time I got out of the shower and Liam tried to apologize I was pissed again. I couldn't help but let out everything I was feeling. But some point during the fight I remembered what today was and decided I needed to just put everything aside. I could not deal with being pissed at him, plus him meeting my family, on top of graduating so I gave in pretty easily.

Meeting my family actually went better than expected. Although, I don't know what I was expecting. Liam is such an outgoing, friendly guy. There's a reason he always talks so much in interviews. It's effortless for him. I should have known he would make my family love him. Even so, I was still a little wary leaving him alone with them. I was worried either my family would say something embarrassing or he would say something and I would come back to a big, awkward mess.

Unfortunately, since we are technically graduating from different "colleges" I won't be able to sit with Lexie during the ceremony. But luckily, Steph is considered a part of Science and Humanities so when we join the other graduates I scan the line to find her.

"I thought you were going to be late! What took so long?" She asks when I finally reach her.

"Long morning. I'm super hungover. I had to deal with Liam. When we got here we couldn't find a place to park. Then we had to walk across the entire damn campus. I had to say hi to my family when I got here. I'm exhausted and it isn't even 10 yet." I explain, all in one breath.

"Last night was crazy. How did you leave things with Liam?" She asks.

"We're ok I guess. Well not really but I'm assuming he thinks they are. I mean, we had a pretty intense fight last night when I finally caught up to him. He said some pretty fucked up things. But then he said something about how I didn't love him and basically broke down. I knew there was no way anything was going to get resolved with him being that wasted so I dropped it."

"And this morning?"

"I kind of went off on him again. I had some things I needed to get off my chest. I don't know. I want things to be good between us. He just met my family and it was going well when I left. I know there are still things we need to talk about but I don't want to deal with it today. As selfish as it sounds, this is my graduation day and I don't want anything to spoil my mood."

"You totally have the right to be selfish today. We earned this. We need to enjoy it. So from here on out, only happy thoughts. Deal?"

"Deal." I agree whole heartedly.

During the whole ceremony Steph and I are on our phones not paying attention. I'm actually snapping back and forth with Lexie and Syd. I'm so distracted I actually almost miss my cue to go up on stage. When I do I can see my whole family along with Lexie's family, Liam, and Niall standing up cheering and clapping obnoxiously. I try to be annoyed but they all are so sweet, I can't be mad for too long. Still, I'm relieved when I can finally go back to my seat.

After the ceremony, I find Lexie immediately but we struggle trying to find our families and the boys. We decide to just give up and meet them at home. We beat them there but they arrive shortly after. Liam greets me like it's been 4 years since we've seen each other instead of 4 hours. On a normal day I would have thought it was cute but today, I'm a little irritated. At that point, the families go their separate ways. Lexie and her family go to Olive Garden to eat and mine goes to Texas Roadhouse.

I get the whole break down of the day from Liam in the car on the way to the restaurant. Thankfully, everything went smoothly. Lunch is going pretty smoothly too until my mom makes the kids comment.