Follow You (Oli Sykes Fan Fiction) COMPLETE

Party Blues

Oli and I stood there with about 6 other people in this funny conversation with my friends' drunk sister for about twenty minutes, and I was content just listening to the random crap everyone was talking about with Oli by my side. I wondered what he thought about me admitting that I found him sexy. I excused myself to the table covered in hundreds of canapes of every kind and looked for the vegan section. I knew there would be one since the birthday girl herself was on the vegan train herself. I picked up a vegan hummus thing and threw it in my mouth, then picked up another. I was so damn hungry. "I'm starving." Oli said as he pulled up beside me at the table. I turned and held out the canape in my hand as I swallowed mine.
"It's vegan." I said as I hovered it in front of his face. I was going to feed it to him... flirting - tick. He grinned and let me put it in his mouth, and then I went straight back in for a couple more delicious little things. When I found the absolutely delicious vegan chocolate brownie, I probably laid on the orgasm noises a little too much, and he tried not to grin as I seriously enjoyed that little morsel of chocolatey goodness, but you know, the flirting. Sorry Oli.

I sipped my drink as Oli shoved more canapes in his mouth, and I noticed someone across the room who looked familiar. I watched him as he stood at the bar, and I couldn't quite work out where I knew him from, but as he turned around and I saw his face, my stomach dropped. I felt myself suck in a sharp breath and freeze on the spot as I stood there. I felt instantly sick. I don't know how long I was stuck there holding in my breath, but I grabbed Oli's wrist our of sheer instinct and terror. I honestly felt like I couldn't breathe properly.

"Oli, my ex is here." I said swallowing hard. My entire body was so tense.
"What? Who? Where?" he asked. I started breathing rapidly, I felt a rush of numbness.
"At the bar. Black shirt." I muttered. Oli put his arm around my shoulders.
"Does this mean I have to pretend to be your boyfriend again?" he asked quietly, trying to make a joke. I couldn't laugh in that moment, even though I appreciated the effort of him lightening the mood.
"It's fine. There's no way in hell I'm going to speak to him anyway." I said.

In all that time, I still hadn't moved my eyes off my ex; I was watching him like a hawk. 
"Maybe we should go and see what's happening outside." Oli suggested taking me out of the room, and away from where I could see my stupid, sleazy, cheating, ex-boyfriend.
"Eugh, I feel sick." I complained a few minutes later, just seeing my ex had really rattled me.
"Who is he exactly?" Oli asked. I exhaled loudly.
"He was my first, Oli. For everything. I moved in with him and when I found out he was cheating, he threw me out and said I deserved it." I said, reliving it all in my head. "He fucking destroyed me." I added with a hard exhale. It was 4 years ago, but it still haunted me deep down and seeing him had brought it all back up. "I can't do this." I said, suddenly feeling incredibly weak for the first time in months. 

Oli leaned in close to me. "Hey, just remember how fucking amazing you are and how successful you are. Do you know how fucking shit it would be for him seeing you now? He would be kicking himself because he fucked it with you." he said trying to make me feel better. "Trust me, I know how that feels." he added. What Oli had said was really sweet, but I just felt awful seeing my ex standing there. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes tight.

"Besides, he lost a whole lot more than you ever did... you lost a cheating asshole; he lost the most beautiful girl inside and out that he could ever possibly have." Oli said grabbing my hand. I looked at him for a moment... In the haze of everything with my ex, had Oli just given me the most beautiful compliment? I breathed heavily as I looked at him... as much as the situation was stressing me out, I felt like maybe Oli had just accidentally revealed what he truly thought of me. "Joy you are so much better than him. He's nothing and you are everything. Don't even worry about him." he added, pulling me into him. I was so confused, all I could think about was Oli's words... his cryptic compliments... the words I didn't know if he was saying from his heart or if he was just making up to try and make me feel better. 
"Ok." I said as I nodded. "I'll try and forget about him." I said.
"I have your back, I promise." Oli replied, kissing me on the forehead. It was the second time in 24 hours that he'd done that.