Red and White Flags || Oliver Sykes

6

It's been four days since we've seen Oli, and I'm still confused on what I want. My friend, Shannon, told me that I should just let things go and let him back in our lives, but I'm not sure. He left us once, what's going to stop him from leaving us again? School also just let out for summer yesterday, and Cassie is already bouncing off the walls.

"Omg mom, you are not going to believe this. Mom, mom, MOM!"

"Yes Cassie, please stop yelling. What's up."

"Everyone from bring me the horizon, including their official page followed me. This is so amazing. I can't believe this."

Oli must've told them to follow her.

"Wow, that is exciting Cassie, you must've made a good impression on them."

"Wait, I'm going to see if they followed you on Instagram." She said as she searched.

Yeah, it may be weird for a mom to have Instagram, but I'm just 29, and I don't post those embarrassing mom photos. Plus, I actually know how to work it, unlike other moms.

"Oh look, all of them are actually following. They also liked some of your pictures. Ooh, look, Oli liked this picture, and everyone liked this picture."

"I see Cassie. It's almost time for dinner, so what do you want to eat?"

"Can we have Chinese?"

"Yeah, that sounds good."

I got on the phone and ordered our food. Cassie always eats the fried Wontons while I pick between the fried rice and dumplings. The lady said it would take about twenty minutes, so I set a timer on my phone and just continued to watch what's on tv. My phone buzzed, but I just ignored it. My phone buzzed again, and I decided to check it. Oddly, it was a dm from Matt K.

Matt Kean: hey Natalie, sorry to bother you, but you really need to talk to Oli. He really wants things to be good between you two, and I think it's a little vile to not let him be with his daughter.

Matt Kean: that was a little vile of me to say that, sorry. Anyways, it wouldn't hurt you to just talk things out. I wish you the best.

I didn't want to talk to Oli, but Matt was right. I can't keep Oli away from his daughter.

Natalie: Fine, I'll talk to him. Can you tell me his phone number?

He sent me his number and I put it in my contacts. I hesitated a little, but I finally sent him a message.

Natalie: hey, it's Natalie. Matt gave me your phone # so we could talk,so yeah. Btw, I'm not doing this because I want to, but only because Matt said it was the right thing to do.

My timer went off, which meant that the food was ready. Cassie and I drove down to Panda Express, which was only five minutes away, and got our food. We arrived at the house and started eating. It was quit until Cassie spoke.

"Why were you crying when we met bring me the horizon? I know you said it was allergies, but I don't really believe it."

I couldn't make up another lie, and I was honestly done lying to her.

"Well, this isn't exactly the first time that I met them. I actually met them a long time ago."

"Okay, but that still doesn't answer why you cried."

"We used to be friends, me and Oli, but things got out of hand, and meeting him again was just an emotional time."

"Wait, you used to be friends with them? No way! You must've told them to follow me so I could be happy, right?"

"Yeah, sure. Anyways, that's why I was crying. Now let's stop talking and get back to eating."

We finished eating, and I told Cassie to get her shower since it was already 8:57. I decided to take a nice warm bath to try and relax myself. I turned on some some relaxing music and laid in the bath, relaxing all my muscles. I haven't felt this relaxed in such a long time. I closed my eyes and focused on positive things, but that was messed up when my phone buzzed.

"Really, what is it now?" I sighed. I checked my phone and saw that Oli actually responded to my text. I wasn't expecting this at all, and I felt my heart start to race. I completely forgotten that I sent him a message. I finally opened the message after I was done panicking.

Oli: Hey Natalie, I'm sorry I didn't answer sooner, I was pretty busy. I was really happy when you and Cassie came to the meet and greet. She's such a beautiful girl, and you looked amazing that night. I really want to sort everything, and I mean it. Our last show is in two days, and then we fly back to the UK. I was maybe wondering if you and Cassie would like to come down and visit.ill buy you the plane ticket and everything, just let me know so I can plan everything.

Going back to the U.K. Would be amazing. I would be back home, and Cassie would have a new scenery, and maybe I'll finally tell her the full truth once she gets closer to him. I would've told her now, but I want Oli to be there when I tell her. I want her to know that he left us for his music career. I thought about it for a while, and decided that it would be the best idea.

Natalie: going back home seems fun, so we'll do it. But I'm only doing this for Cassie, not for you.

I put my phone back down and thought of everything that happened. All of this is a big red flag, danger, a horrible idea. He could easily manipulate Cassie into thinking that I'm the bad person. My family also still lives there, and I still to this day can't face them. All of this is just a big slap in the face, but I allowed it.

He texted me back all the details and what we would be doing down there. We leave out on the 27, and we would return on June the 17. That's a whole twenty days there. I closed my eyes and thought of all of the crap that I got myself into. I really hope that I made the right decision.