Distraction

Chapter 19

OLIVIA.
'How are you?' I ask my mom wrapping my arms around her. She places her arms around me too. 'I'm okay. I'm gonna miss my little boy.' We just said goodbye to Leo, who's off to Kentucky. 'He's gonna do good. In a couple of year you'll see him star in the NBA. He'll fly you over to America.' I smile at the thought. I see him being one of the biggest NBA players. 'Yeah.' She says softly. She wants this for him, of course. He's chasing his dream. But he was the only one who was still in the house and being home most of the time. 'It's all's bit heavy.' 'I know.' Leo leaving the week before the death day of our father. Hazel past away this week. We all knew it was going to happen soon, she was holding on, but it still hurts. Harry doesn't know what to do, it's sad. He misses his buddy.

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'What did the tv do?' I look at Dan who's leaving the bathroom, with a towel on his on his body. 'What do you mean?' I question him, as I look back at the tv. I'm watching something on TLC. 'You looked mad.' He lays down next the me on the bed. 'That's my really focused on the tv look.' He chuckles. He braids his fingers with mine. 'How are you feeling?' I nod, 'I'm good. How was Tom today?' I look down at him. More curious about him. 'The normal Tom.' He sucks so bad at showing his feelings, I get that he doesn't want to show it on his work and maybe doesn't thinks about it because he's buzzy. He's good at hiding it, he's bad at talking about it with us. Thank god he talks about it with Riley, she assured me from that. 'I'm glad you're here.' I nod and smile. 'I'm too.' Other wise I had to work and probably couldn't come to Singapore. I'm happy I quit, I'm probably going back to work next year. My mom is here too, a couple of rooms away. I'm not leaving her alone, not this weekend.

Slowly I open my eyes again. We had one minute of silence, with Daniel his team. It gave me goosebumps, everybody supporting us. 'Thank you guys, we really appreciate it,' my mom says. We're still holding hands. One hour till the qualifying, Daniel is going to do good. I can feel it. 'Let go to the motorhome, let them do their job.' I nod. 'Ollie wait,' I hear Daniel says behind me. 'I'll catch up,' I say to my mom, letting go of her hand as I stop walking. 'Thank you.' I hug him. His arms tight around me. 'Yeah, it's the least thing I can do.' 'Good luck, don't crash.' I give him a kiss. 'I won't.' He smiles. 'Go kick some asses.' I don't want this day to be sad, that's not how dad wanted it. 'I will.' I look him into his dark brown eyes. 'Did you wanna day something?' Maybe he wants, he stoped me. He shakes his head, 'I just wanted a kiss.' He smiles. I give him another quick kiss, before I leave.

'How is you?' I ask looking at Leo on my phone screen. "I'm good. You?" I nod, 'I'm good. How is Kentucky?' It feels like he left so long ago, I miss my little, big, buddy. "I fit right in. The team looks fun." I'm so happy for him. 'Nice! I miss you.' I pout. He smiles. "I miss you too little one." "Who are you talking to?" A unknown voice says. "My sister," Leo switches to English. A dark brown skin toned young male appears on the screen. 'Hi,' I say to him. "Hi, I'm James, Leo's room mate." 'Olivia.' He just heard I'm his sister, so I don't have to say that. In my opinion you can see the most at Leo that's he's from African origin. His hair more kinky, allot of Melanie in his skin. Tom has coiled curls and the lightest skin of us three. 'Is that Leo?' Mom sits back down next to me. I nod, showing her. 'How is Daniel doing?' 'He's now second in qualifying,' I say before handing my phone to my mom, so she can have a chat with him.

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My smile is so big, my cheeks hurt. He won and I can't stop smiling at his enthusiastic reaction. 'Edwin this one is for you! Thank you!' He surprises me through the radio. On the screen I can see his finger reach in the air. He didn't had to do that. I'm still surprised. My moms hand moves over my back. I look at her, she has a big smile on her face too.

Finally I can give him a hug. 'Congrats.' My arms still on his neck, I look at up at him. 'Thank you.' He smiles. He leans in for a kiss. His hand resting on my cheek. 'You really didn't had to say that.' He looks down for a second. 'It wasn't my intention, I had it in my mind but it slipped out of my mouth.' I smile shaking my head. He's so cute.