4 Roommates

Ollie and Jack

Ollie is laying with Jack on the couch while they watch a movie. There is a soft blanket over the two of them and she can feel Jacks hands resting on her stomach. Ollie hums in contentment and snuggles back into Jack's embrace. In response Jack starts to run his hands lightly up and down Ollie's stomach. The sensation of Jacks hands going up and down tickles and causes her to squirm in Jack's arms and let out a little giggle.

"Ticklish?" asks Jack as he starts to move his fingers around more deliberately.

"Just a bit" admits Ollie with a laugh.

"Oh is that so? Well I guess I'll just have to see by how much".

Ollie starts to wiggle around in an attempt to get away from Jacks wiggling fingers, laughing the whole time. As she presses back even farther onto Jack's lap she feels something pressing into her and freezes as she realizes that Jack is hard. Jack stops when he feels Ollie freeze in his arms.

"You alright?" he asks, concern filling his voice.

His voice seems to snap Ollie into action as she tries to scurry off of Jack's lap.

"Y-yeah I'm fine. Just you are- I didn't mean to do that." she says as she gestures down to Jack's lap.

Jack looks down and understanding dawns on his face. "Oh honey..." he says as he gets up and reaches for Ollie. Ollie backs away from his reach.

"I-I've got to go to the washroom. I'll be back in a minute" she says while walking backwards and turning to rush to the bathroom

"Wait! Ollie come back!" Jack yells after Ollie, but she's already gone and locked herself in the bathroom

In the bathroom Ollie is pacing back and forth with her hands tangled in her curly hair. No no no this cannot be happening. He was hard. Holy shit what do I do? Does he want me to help? At that last thought Ollie stops in her tracks, her breathing becoming faster. Oh shit what if he does? I can't do that. There is no way I can do that. Please I just can't. A knock at the door interrupts her thoughts.

"Ollie? Are you alright?" asks Jack from outside of the door.

"Um, what? Yes I'm fine. I'll just be out in a moment". Ollie takes a second to take a breath and prepare to face Jack and see the disappointment on his face. He's never going to want you after this, the traitorous voice in her mind whispers. And that is the final straw. Ollie can feel tears start to run down her face and he lets out a small sob.

"Ol? can you open the door for me Sunshine?"

The concern in Jacks voice just makes it worse and Ollie starts to cry harder. All she wants is a hug from Jack at this moment, so regardless of the consequences, she opens the door for Jack. As soon as the door opens Jack immediately comes in looks for his girlfriend. He finds Ollie standing in the middle of the bathroom crying with her arms wrapped around herself and tears streaming down her face.

"Hey it's okay" Jack says softly as he pulls the shorter girl into his arms. Ollie doesn't move her arms from around herself, but she does lean forwards into the embrace. Jack starts to rub his hands up and down Ollie's back, while softly shushing her and telling her it's okay. Ollie soon wraps her arms around Jack and snuggles into his arms. Once her crying has stopped and she has calmed down she remains in the hug, trying to enjoy what could be the last time they could be together like this.

"Hey so as much as I love this, I really think we should talk about what just happened. Do you want to go back to the couch and do just that? Jack asks after a few more moments of silence.

Ollie tenses once more and pulls away from Jack. "Yeah talking is probably a good idea". Ollie turns and walks out of the room and sits in one corner of the couch with her knees pulled up to her chest. Jack follows and sits opposite her cross legged. After a few seconds of silence Ollie blurts out "I'm sorry!"

"What? What are you sorry for?" asks jack

"I. Well I got you to get, you know." She says with a vague hand gesture. " And then I left and you probably wanted my help with it, but I didn't know what to do and I just started to panic and I really don't want you to be mad at me"

"Mad at you? Why on earth would I be mad at you? He asks. "Yeah you leaving was unexpected, but I am definitely not mad. I'm mostly just concerned for you. You looked so scared and then I find you crying in the bathroom a few minutes later." After a moment of silence Jack speaks again," Wait a minute. You were panicking because you thought you had to help me with it?"

"Well yeah! Didn't you want me to?" says Ollie

"No I don't need you to do that if you are going to panic because of it. If you aren't comfortable with it then I can either go and fix it myself or just wait until it goes away"

"Oh. You really aren't mad?" Ollie hesitantly asks.

"No of course I'm not mad. I'm never going to push you into doing anything you don't want to do. If it happens again you don't have to go to the bathroom and freak out. If it makes you uncomfortable either I can leave to go deal with it, or we could just adjust a bit and ignore it until it goes away. Does that sound okay?"

"Oh okay yeah that sounds like a better plan. Do you mind if I come back over there and we can snuggle again?" Ollie asks quietly.

A grin spreads over Jack's face. "Of course you can Sunshine. It's cold and lonely over here"

"Ah well we can't have you getting cold now can we?" Says Ollie while coming over.

Jack lays back and opens his arms for Ollie. She crawls over and lays against Jacks side and puts her head on his chest. Jack pulls the blanket over the both of them and circles his arms around Ollie. With a sigh, Ollie wiggles into the embrace more and relaxes into Jacks chest.

"Thank you" she says softly

Jack kisses the top of her head. "Anything for you Sunshine"

The end