My New Family

(15) Losses

What surprised me was that Ryder stayed. He actually sat down beside me and put his arm around me. I didn't know what was going on, but I accepted it. "Is it about your father?" He asked and I stayed silent. "I heard he died. Well, that's bad" He said and if I wouldn't be crying my eyes out right now, I would have hit him so hard.

"Did you know my mom died too?" He asked and I shook my head lightly no. "Well, she did and it was terrible. It's our families biggest drama and we all still suffer from that" He continued. I took a few deep breaths to calm down a little. Just enough so I could talk. "Yo- you don't have to tell me" I said in my weak voice.

"But maybe it will help you understand" He said and I was seriously doubting right now if this was Ryder Harding next to me or if it was some alien that took his form and is actually being nice to me.

"Well, it was when I was 10, when our house was burning and with that I mean it was really on fire. The firefighters were already trying to save her, but they couldn't make it. She, her brother, grandma and grandpa died in the fire. The firefighter's could save Benny just in time before the house exploded. I wasn't home that they. I was skipping school to hang with a friend of mine who was way older than me. I was pretty tall for my age, so I told them I was 15, while they were 18/19. My dad also wasn't at home and he still hates himself for not being there. He keeps telling himself that he could have saved her, but let's be real! If he would have tired to save her, we would be orphans and separated" He said and I looked at him.

For the first time I thought about if it's possible that this player thing was just a mask that he was scared to take off.

"So, how did your dad die?" He asked and I took another deep breath to get the strength to tell him. "A car accident. Some drunk dude thought he was a race car driver and-" I couldn't continue. Something in my throat didn't let me continue talking.

So we just sat there. Not talking, not looking at each other. He still with his arm around me and me with my head on his shoulder. We just sat there.

For the first time in forever I felt save with him again. Just like in 4th grade.

But only 30 minutes later that was over because we heard the sound of a door closing downstairs. We both got up and I wiped my tears away. "I think I'm gonna go and get some sleep" I said and he nod. "I'm gonna go boxing" He said and was about to leave. I held him back "Wait what?!" I asked. "I'm doing it professional. In a club. Don't tell dad and Kathy" He said and I nod.

Then he left and I was left to close the door. Once I did that, I laid down on my bed and closed my eyes.

"Dad" I said and walked towards a tall guy. He looked so much like me. "Olivia. How was school today?" He asked and I smiled.

Now I recognized the place. It was the parking lot of our school. And my dad was standing in front of a van.

"Great. Also I wanna introduce you to someone" I said and turned around and waved to someone to tell him to come over. He did. He was tall and had brown hair and was wearing glasses.

He came over and put his arm around me. "Dad, this is Ryder Harding. My boyfriend" I said while smiling brighter than the sun. "Nice to meet you Mister Copeland" Ryder said and held his hand out. "My dad took it and shook it.
"Well, I gotta go before I miss my bus. I'll call you Livey" He said and briefly kissed my forehead before hurrying off and waved goodbye before he disappeared.

I turned to my dad "What do you think?" I asked. "He seems like a great kid" He said and I hugged him. "Thank you"

I opened my eyes and found myself with tears in my eyes once again and also I was a little sweaty "What the hell?!" I asked and got up and started walking up and down in my room.

I was nearly freaking out. Nope, I was freaking out!

A/N

I changed the actress who plays Olivia. Picture on top