Chapter 16; Pressured

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Recap;
The movie they chose was Titanic. It was one of their favorites. It was nearing the end and they were both in tears. They were at the part where Jack and Rose were already in the water. Rose was on the ship debris and Jack was floating along side her. "Jack so could have fit!" Olivia yelled. "I agree" a males voice responded from behind the couch. Olivia knew this voice all too well. She immediately turned around and saw him. Michael. Her heart dropped and she felt all kinds of emotions. "Michael. . . " she loudly whispered. . .

       Michael smirked. "Hello Liv, hello Rosie. I'm sorry I disappeared for so long. I was visiting my mother." He began to explain. His mother! I should've known! Olivia thought to herself. "That's quite alright, Michael. Glad to have you back." Rosie greeted him. Olivia stood speechless. "How have you been Olivia?" He asked her. "Uh, good." She quickly responded. He smiled. "Well, I better head up to my room and put my things away. It was nice seeing you two again. I'm pretty jet lagged though so I'll see you in the morning." Michael said while dismissing himself. Olivia tried to think of a way to escape the movie and follow Michael. She wanted to question him. She was so mad that he was gone. She filled with rage. She was going to snap. "I'm going to bed, mom. I don't mean to cut this short, but I don't feel well." She lied. "Okay sweetheart. Sweet dreams." Her mother said. Olivia quickly rushed up the stairs and welcome herself into Michael's room. "What the hell, Michael?" She immediately spat. Michael jumped. "Jeez, Liv. You scared me!" He said. "Why did you leave like that? Do you know how worried I was?" She began saying. She was walking closer to him as she was saying this. Michael couldn't help but smile and find her adorable. He couldn't even be mad with her angry tone. He was too busy admiring it and her. "Why are smiling? It isn't funny!" She yelled. "Shh!" He said, never losing his smile. "Michael! I was sca-" she began saying before she was cut off. Michael had kissed her. He couldn't help himself. He missed her too. It was his plan to keep himself away from her so she could see how she felt about him without him there to influence her feelings. He knew it would work.
       Olivia didn't even pull away. She gave in. She didn't want to stop kissing him. She missed him so much. When he kissed her, nothing else was around. The room became empty besides the two of them. She didn't want this feeling to go away. Michael pulled away and looked into her eyes. "Did you miss me, Liv?" He asked her. Olivia's face was red. She didn't know what to say. When he pulled away everything came back to surface. The first thing she thought of was Bryson. They were definitely done now if they weren't before. Just that thought alone hurt her heart.
       She rushed out of Michael's room and into her own. She pulled out her phone and texted Triniti.

Liv; So Michael is back. He just kissed me.

Trin; oh my goodness.... what are you going to say to Bryson?

Liv; I don't know. We got into a pretty bad argument today. I told him everything about Michael. Some stuff I haven't even gotten the chance to tell you.

Trin; Oh? Fill me in.

Liv; Okay well, Bryson came over all apologetic because he thought he did something to upset me due to my standoffish behavior. That's when I told him the truth. That Michael and I had (keyword had) feelings for eachother before he and I got together, and he told me he wrote a letter about me and when we talked about it I told him we needed space and so he left and I didn't know where to but I found another letter which he wrote to me telling me he was leaving because it's what I wanted. He told me I would always have a place in his heart.

Trin; holy shit. That's a lot. What did he do??

Liv; well, I told him how Michael also wrote songs for me that I didn't even discover until a few days ago.. I showed him and after that he left. I haven't even spoken to him or heard from him since...

Trin; That doesn't sound good.

Liv; I know. This is why I have been so stressed.

Trin; Well you know I'm here for you.

Liv; Yeah... but I'm going to try and sleep girl... goodnight.

Trin; Goodnight girl smh

Olivia turned her phone off and put it facedown on her nightstand hoping it wouldn't be a distraction to her. She tossed and turned and gazed at the moon through an opening in her curtains. The nature calmed her down. This was something that she and Michael related on. Nature. After a few minutes, she was able to finally fall asleep.

~Saturday; 7 pm~

       Olivia had reached out to Bryson in the morning and throughout the day and he still hadn't answered. She started questioning whether they were still together or not. She didn't know whether to cry or not. She just kissed the man she had feelings for since she moved there, but she was also losing someone she grew close to in the last few weeks. She didn't know exactly how to feel right now. She was sitting in the gazebo. Her phone was face up on the table. There were no stars in the sky yet, but there were clouds. The sun was beginning to set leaving a bright beautiful orange tint in the sky. Olivia tried to erase her thoughts even if only for 5 minutes. She could never find peace though, only stress. She felt as though she had to make a choice. She wanted Michael, but she couldn't keep breaking Bryson's heart. She knew that. She couldn't be selfish.
       Michael had been acting as if he never kissed Olivia all day. He'd been acting as if he wasn't gone for two weeks either. Olivia hasn't said much to him. She didn't really know how to approach him right now either. She stuck to doing what she did best instead, keeping to herself. They day went on, and soon became night. She watched the sky as the stars  began to make an appearance. She still had not heard from Bryson all day but she decided to just let it go for now. She had a feeling Michael would be making his way out side soon so she decided to call it a night. She made her way inside and went into her room. She turned her phone off and wrapped herself in her blanket. This helped to reduce some of the stress she had. She quickly fell fast asleep. The rest of the weekend was just like this.

~Bryson~

       Bryson paced his kitchen floor. He kept getting messages from Olivia but he didn't know how to even talk to her. He knew he started to catch real feelings for her, but he had to stick to the plan. However, doing so is making him feel guilty and the guilt was starting to eat him alive. He didn't know how he was supposed to avoid her when they'd see eachother at school on Monday. He knew what was to come. He didn't even want to see it happen. He purposely continued to ignore her texts. Eventually he turned his phone off. Soon after, he ended up just going to bed.

~Ebony and Chyna~

       Ebony and Chyna were at their own homes. Because they weren't together, they began discussing the plan through their messages.

Chyna; so, what's the plan? When are we going to do this? Because we have school in two days and I am NOT trying to show up unprepared.

Ebony; would you relax for once? Lol I guess we can expose them on Monday... I mean, why wait? Lol

Chyna; I like the way you think. However, your attitude needs to be more like mine. Lol

Ebony; No, there needs to at least be one sane person between the two of us. Lol

Chyna; At least I know I'm crazy though. Lol. Can't wait for Monday girl.

Ebony; Me either.

It was getting late, so they decided to wrap up their messaging and just head to bed. They had already talked about what they wanted to do. They couldn't wait to see the look on Olivia's face. . .



A/N; Happy 60th Birthday Michael. I will always love you. Thank you for the amazing music and all the acts of kindness you did. You were the most amazing singer, performer, entertainer and humanitarian I've ever known of. Rest in peace. I love you most my idol 💕

I'm definitely making a cake and crying the pain away by myself lol 💔

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