Brutal Love {Wyatt Oleff} {Complete}

Getting Better

You can walk, walk, walk until your feet get sore. I see you hidin' all your problems in the liquor store. This life's a major award, what you gonna trade that for?
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The smell of fresh strawberries and banana made my body jolt awake. I sat up quickly and my eyes searched for Wyatt but he wasn't there. I rolled off the bed, my bare feet landing on the cold wooden floor of his bedroom. I stretched quickly and cracked my aching joints before walking downstairs. There Wyatt stood, still shirtless with his messy hair, flipping a few chocolate pancakes. He was singing quietly as he cooked, "All the other kids with the pumped up kicks. You'd better run, better run, out run," he started to head bang and I could not longer control my laughter. He jumped, dropping a pancake on the ground before looking at me. His eyes were wide and full of shame, I could see the embarrassment on his face. He rubbed the back of his neck and looked down at the pancake on the floor, "Well, shit Alex, look what you made me do," he sighed and picked up the pancake. His eyes met mine as a smirk crossed his face.

"Don't you dare," I mumbled as he brought the pancake towards his lips. I shook my head, thinking about all the germs that could be on that pancake as he stuffed the whole thing in his mouth. I started to fake gag and pretended to throw up. "Ew," I stayed, "I can't believe I let you kiss me with that mouth," I giggled then realized what I had said. I hadn't planned on mentioning the kiss until I knew what we were.

"Oh, about that," he trailed off as his face turned a crimson color. I bit my lip hard, he must have regretted kissing me.

"You didn't like it," I finished for him and he drew in a quick snatch of breath. His eyes met mine again.

"No, I didn't like it. I loved it. But, I don't think you want to be with me. I mean, you just got out of a horrible relationship with Ryan and I don't want to rush anything. I also don't want you to like me just because I'm helping you. I want you to like me for me. But I know you won't. I'm a loser. Hell, you have 1.6 million followers on your Instagram. I have 100 followers," he rambled on.

"I'm not famous," I stated harshly. "All those people that follow me did it because they knew Ryan or wanted to know Ryan. Those are just random teenagers who know nothing about me. Once they figure out Ryan and I are done, I'll go back to being normal Alex. No more Xandria. Just Alex. Stupid, ugly, lonely Alex," I breathed out and looked away. Wyatt approached me and put his hand on my shoulder. His pointer finger pushed my chin up so I'd look at him.

"You'll always be famous to me," he said before kissing me on the forehead. My heart skipped a beat and my hand grabbed his other hand.

"I don't only like you because you're protecting me from Ryan," I admitted. "I think you're genuinely really cool, funny, handsome. You actually care," I said to him. In that moment I finally realized. Wyatt cared about me. Sure Sophia and I absolutely loved each other but the way Wyatt cared about me made me feel special. Two whole people care about me. I could feel the smile on my face. Two whole people. I could then feel Wyatt's eyes studying me. I had been so caught up in my thoughts that I heard nothing he had said. That didn't matter though. He made me happy and was helping me get better. I was definitely developing a crush on him. I kissed his rosy lips softly before pulling away to eat my breakfast.

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During our breakfast I begged Wyatt to let me go to school today. I genuinely believe Ryan is over me and will let me live my life without him. It took a while but Wyatt finally agreed. School thankfully hadn't started yet. I threw on ripped jeans and one of Wyatt's comfortable sweatshirts. Wearing them made me feel safe. I pulled on a cute pair of black booties and shoved some notebooks into a backpack Wyatt let me use. I swung the backpack over my shoulder and let out a long inhale. Today was my first day back to school. Did people noticed I was gone? Maybe the losers club and definitely Sophia. But Sophia knew where I was. Nobody else knew nor did they know what had happened. I pulled my long hair up into a messy bun with a sigh. I hoped nobody suspected anything. Walking into school with Wyatt would definitely be suspicious but I wanted to stay as close to him as possible throughout the day. At least for today. I met him by his doorway and he smiled down at me.

"You're strong, Xandria. You'll do perfectly fine. Everybody loves you and the losers club will be there for you," he said reassuringly then planted a soft kiss on my forehead again. He held the door open for me and I took in a large inhale of the autumn breeze. I took a step out the door. Then another and another until I reached the door of his truck. I hopped into the passenger seat and closed the door behind me. Wyatt got into the drivers seat and started the engine. I fiddled with the radio before deciding on a station. 92.5 started to play a loud pop song and a smile ghosted on my lips. I was never a huge fan of pop music, but this station played those older pop songs. The ones about parties that sounded generic but could always put you in a good mood. And that's what I needed to be in. Wyatt chuckled at my choice of music and rolled his window down. The wind felt nice as it whipped on my face. Eventually, there we were, right outside the school walking closer to it. When I finally reached the doors and swung them open, I could feel all eyes on me. It felt as if they could read my mind and every emotion I was feeling. I took a deep breath and continued to walk through the crowd.

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