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Chapter 4

Song - Tragic by Alli Fitz ( also known as Allicattt)

So I'm at the ice cream place and I see someone familiar. I didn't think anything of it because I don't really know a lot of people and no one really wants to hang out with me.

Me: can I get cake batter with gummy worms

Person: how many scoops

Me: 3 please

Oliver: Cordelia is that you

Oh shot

Me: Oliver right

Oliver: yeah you act like you forgot my name and we met yesterday

Me: yeah, is it just you or no

Oliver: no actually, my whole family here

Me: and what do you mean by whole family

Oliver: my mother, Sebastian, Mateo, Alex, Nic and his wife and kids

Me: oh

Oliver: are you alone

Me: yeah

Oliver: you can hang with us. *points to Natalia*
Cordelia here alone, can she hang with us

Me: oh I was just getting ice cream and leaving

Natalia: no it's fine, come sit

Me: hi

Natalia: Cordelia this Alex you met him yesterday but he's my other son and this is Nic, my other son. Those are his kids and that's his wife.

Me: hi

Nic: hi Cordelia

Me: hi

Alex: are you uncomfortable

Me: um

Alex: you don't have to stay, you can leave if you want. We're not forcing you.

Me: ok thank you, bye

Ugh, why am I like this. Why do I feel so weird around them, well I have to get use to being around them since I am going to be working for them. 

Oliver: mom I'll be right back

Alex: if you're trying to get her to come back here. Don't, it's obvious that she's uncomfortable around us

Oliver: I know but no I wasn't going to do that. I just have to go before she leaves

Ugh I left my ice cream inside. I was in sure a rush to leave.

Oliver: hey Cordelia, wait

Me: yes, we can go back inside. I left my ice cream

Oliver: oh ok but can I ask you something

Me: yes

Oliver: can I have your number

Me: it's for your mother, of course

Oliver: no, it's for me. So we can talk when you're not at my house

Me: oh..... Ok

Oliver: so

Me: oh now, can I see your phone

Oliver: here

Me: there you go, I'm going to get my ice cream back and leave

Natalia: you're back

Me: I came back for my ice cream. I left it here

Nic: oh I guess this is yours

Me: yes

Nic: here you go

Me: thank you, bye

I still tried and run out of there again.

Nic: she nice

Nic wife: yeah she is but she doesn't like to socialize

Oliver: well we don't know a lot about her.
Maybe she's nervous

Later that day

Oliver had texted me.

Oliver: hey

Me: hey

Oliver: is it to early to text you since I just got your number

Me: no, it's fine. I'm not busy plus no one's texts or calls me. So you're fine

Oliver: did you just call me fine like in hot

Me: no?? Why

Oliver: I was just kidding. Can you not take a joke

Me: well I don't really joke around with people

Oliver: why don't you like to socialize with others

Me: I just don't, why do you want to know

Oliver: I'm just wondering, you don't
Like to get personal

Me: ok, I got to go

Oliver: wait. Don't please

I stop texting after that, it sucks since I have to go to his house tomorrow and he probably going to ask me why I didn't text back.