The Cheerleader •Daryl Dixon AU•

Fourteen

Olivia flushed red, it wasnt at all what she meant by it but it hit her she had mentioned Daryl a lot more than she had thought in that one sentence and it hadnt gone unnoticed and her glowing face surely wasnt going to be easy to shake off "Livvy and Daryl!" Lori mock chanted causing Olivia to scoff "thats not what I meant, he is just a nice guy is all, we havent got to be the cliquey group all the time you know" she protested, she knew the girls would gossip about this when Olivia wasnt around, no matter how she played down their hierarchy of their group more so now she was starting to realise the stereotype she was becoming, to Lori and Andrea she was Queen Bee. Always was, always would be.

"Shane would beat on his ass" Lori warned her, Olivia took in a breath, she could either protest to Daryl's strength and face more questions on that knowledge or smile like she always did to make life easier. "Lori, can we drop all of this now? Come on, lets buy new bags!" She faked her excitement to move the girls on from this topic. Of course it didnt take much.

Olivia didnt want to buy bags, with the money she just spent on a dark pink designer bag she could of put to better use, like a savings account, or better yet to swing by Daryl's with a load of shopping for him. All these material things she once adored and cherished and now she was feeling guilty for all her spending she had ever done.

"Listen guys, I said i'd meet Rick later, so I better shoot" Lori spoke as they continued to walk around with their array of bags. Olivia felt relieved someone broke the silence to leave, she didnt want to be the one to suggest it, she couldnt with them asking who she was leaving to see because leaving on your own accord was never done clearly. "Andrea, you want a lift?" Lori asked as she reached for her phone to send a message to Rick. Olivia was in a daydream and didnt hear Lori continue to try and get Andrea'a attention "yoo-hoo! Anyone home?!" Lori teased prodding her friend who after Olivia took notice of her didnt actually look very well. "Shit, Andrea, you have just gone crazy pale" Lori sounded worried holding onto her friend's arm "come sit down, i'll get you some water" Olivia soothed as she and Lori helped Andrea sit down. "She has gone ghost like" Lori whispered to Olivia "should I get Rick to come pick us up, she really needs to get home" she added, Olivia nodded "i'll take her home now, saves waiting for Rick" she suggested, Lori gave a "duh, of course!"expression. After passing Andrea some water Olivia linked arms with her up to the parking lot leaving Lori waiting for Rick who must of been looking out for Shane as he was coming too, this whole situation was going to be difficult with him being apart of their group. But that wasnt important, right now it was Andrea who her main concern was focused at.

Olivia made sure to drive slower to not make Andrea feel anymore queasy than she needed to be. "Do you think its a bug?" Olivia asked looking at her friend who was slowly gaining her colour back in her face but still looked weary "I havent been eating right the last few days with prom coming up" Andrea confessed, Olivia was shocked and pulled over to talk to her friend "are you crazy! There is nothing wrong with your figure girl! And prom is months away, you'll make yourself ill!" Olivia couldnt help eye up her friend, Andrea was slim, she didnt need to lose anymore weight, she was worried her friend wasnt seeing what she was seeing here. "A month before prom we can go gym and eat healthier, me you and Lori, we can do it together but this is way too early to start and way too unnecessary to give up eating to slim down!" Olivia chastised before pulling her friend into a hug and dropping her home.

Olivia gave Andrea a hug and kiss on the cheek goodbye before making sure she got into her house okay, she knew Lori would be concerned so messaged her to tell her the goings on and that they will need to stick by her with this.

Once Olivia reached home she went upstairs and straight onto her laptop, with no homework and nothing else to do, social media seemed her only option.

She laughed when she saw Shane had changed his relationship status to single, she narrowed her eyes when she saw the amount of girls that had 'liked' the post. It wasnt her problem now though, they were over after all. Looking at her planner on the laptop she saw the next two weeks were full on with cheerleading and going to games, she rolled her eyes at this but she couldnt let everyone down all because she split with Shane and especially with Andrea now not being herself, she will probably need a break from cheering. Olivia shrugged as she pondered all of this.