Dumbstruck

Chapter 17

Olly's P.O.V

I watched as she held onto her seat with her eyes closed tightly. I don't know what's wrong with her. I tried calling out her name but she didn't respond. When we pulled in the parking lot, I stared at her and waited for her to open her eyes. No use calling her since she can't hear me - i think.

It took a couple of minutes before she finally opened her eyes and looked around. I watched her with a frown 'til our eyes met.

"What?" She asked.

"Are you okay?" I asked.

"Yeah, why'd you ask?" She cocked her head to the side.

I looked at her skeptically before shaking my head. She smiled at me before saying, "Come on, I'm hungry." and got out of the car. For some weird reason, I could tell that the smile was fake though. Which just adds more fuel to my curiosity.

"I hope you don't mind, I drove us to McDonald's instead of Sture." I said as I walked beside her.

"It's fine. I love McDonald's anyway." She smiled a little.

When we got inside, there weren't a lot of people. Which is a good thing since this is the first time - and possibly the only time - that it's just the two of us.

"So, what do you wanna eat?" I asked as we stood in line.

Looking up from her phone, she glanced at me before shrugging. "Pancakes are fine."

"So how come you're not dating or seeing anyone?" Was the first thing she asks as soon as we sat down.

"Because I'm waiting for someone." I said, glancing at her before looking out the window.

"Is it a girl or boy?" She asks.

"What?" I almost choked on the food I was eating.

"You said you were waiting for someone, you didn't exactly specify if it was a girl or a boy." She held back a laugh.

"Do I not look like a man to you?" I asked, gesturing to my face and body.

"Hey, looks can be very deceiving." She laughed as she held her hands up.

"Man, I'm not gay!" I shook my head with a laugh.

"I didn't say you were! Why are you so guilty about it?" She laughed even harder.

"You were basically accusing me of being gay!" I smiled widely.

"I wasn't! All I said was that looks can be very deceiving." She leaned back on her chair.

"Whatever." I threw a piece of french fry at her.

We stayed silent after that. She looked at city outside with that gorgeous smile of hers. While I sit here and stare at her like the creepy love sick baboon that I am. Not in a creepy way like in a bad way though. Just in an admiring sort of way.

"What about you? How come you're not dating anyone?" I asked her.

"Who says I'm not?" She faced me with a smirk.

"We do." I smirked back.

"And by 'we', you mean your unreliable source that goes around in the world of social media?" She smirked wider as she leaned her elbows on the table.

"Not everything that comes out of the internet is a lie, you know." I smiled softly.

"Oh really? Like what?" She said.

"Like the love and support our precious Foooers show us." I smiled warmly.

"You seem confident about that."

"Oh, I am." I smiled widely. "If everything was a lie, we wouldn't be where we are now. They brought us to where we are now and that alone is a bigger symbol than what others portray."

We were silent after that. She seemed to be lost in thought while I, the usual, stared at her.

"Still doesn't change my view of it, though. Social media, I mean." She said.

"Wasn't trying to." I shrugged.

She smiled at me before looking back at out the window again. This might just be brunch to her, but to me, this is considered as our first date. I'm still going t ask her out on a proper date of course.

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"When I was younger, my mom would always take me and my brothers here every afternoon to watch the sunset." I said as we strolled through the park.

She hummed in response making me look at her. She's watching the kids who are running around the park. I noticed that she tends to do that whenever there are kids around us, she'd watch them. She'd always have the glint in her eye whenever she does.

"What are their names?" She suddenly asked, turning to look at me.

"Who?" I blinked.

"Your brothers silly." She chuckled.

"Oh, right." I shook my head with a chuckle. "Gustav and Erik."

"You're the youngest, right?"

"Yep." I nodded.

"The baby of the family." She cooed with a laugh which made me smile.

"Whatever." I chuckled.

We walked for a while before sitting down on a bench near the pond. The sun was about to set and I'm a little excited about what I'm going to do. I don't know how she'll react though. I just hope I don't end up in the pond after this.

She was resting her head on my shoulder and I'd be lying if I didn't say that I didn't like it. I don't know if this means anything to her, but I definitely won't forget this.

"Hey, Bugsy?" I asked.

"Hmmm?" She hummed softly.

"Can I tell you something?" I said. "And this time, please be serious about it."