It's Complicated

Ups and Downs

There he was. On one knee Oliver held out a ring.
"Will you accept this promise ring? And, do you promise to love and stay with me thick and thin?" Oliver says, his eyes locked on mine. Tears spring into my eyes and my hands instinctively go to my mouth to hold a gasp. He holds out a hand and gestures for me to put my hand into his. I do. I use my other hand to wipe a tear as he slips the ring on.
"Oliver." I gasp.
"Ehhmm?" Jack interupts.
"Yes you can go. Bring it to Leonardo's party later and we will meet up." Oliver orders. Jack gets in the car leaving Oliver and I alone.
"You shouldn't of." I wipe another tear. I pull him to my lips.
He pulls away to say," I love you."
"I love you too."
"I promise you to love and stay with you."
"I have promised you since the first day I laid eyes in you." Oliver smiled.
"Thats cheesy." I giggle.
"Speaking of cheese..." He reaches behind him and there sat a picnic basket. Oliver opens it and pulls out a wine bottle, expensive cheese, crackers, along with two wine glasses.
"Oliver we are underaged though." I point to the wine. He laughs and pops the bottle open.
"Its a celebration, anyways weren't you drunk last night?" Oliver pointed out.
"Alright." I sigh. He laughs at that pouring me a glass. Oliver pours himself one as well. The red liquid fills to about the middle.
"Cheers."
"Cheers." I recite before tipping the glass and the drink was sweet.
"Wow. I have never had this stuff. Its good." Oliver smiles at his glass. His eyes meet mine and locks eyes with me.
"Oh!" He gets up and dashes into the woods that surround the cliff.
"Oliver?" I say. All of a sudden lights came on. He streamed christmas lights around the trees.
"Close your eyes." I do as he says.
"Is this another gift?" I guess.
"Yep. Open." I open my eyes to another dress. Its full length and gold. The dress was strapless.
"Oh my god! Oliver, you are making me feel bad because I haven't gotten you a gift." I stand. I walk over to him and kiss him passionately.
"You being my girlfriend is enough." Oliver smirked.
"Baby." I whisper. I tug his collar to me connecting lips. I push my hands through his golden hair and then down his back. His hands slide down to my waist as he brings me closer. Our kisses deepen as I wrap my legs around him. He sits down and I tug at his shirt. I unbutton it and pull it off.
"I love you, Gaia, but I'm not ready. Until I'm married."
I nod. I should do the same.
"Ok." I whisper. "Then lets get married."
"I can't. It is way too early to get married."
"Oh." I stand. "Your right. What was I thinking?" I raise my voice. My cheeks flush a furious pink.
"Gaia?" He stands. I stride away from him.
"Not now. Just take me home, Oliver." I sniffle. Tears were streaming down my cheeks. I turn and push Oliver out of my way. I get into the passenger's side and slam the door. Oliver takes about 10 minutes packing and getting the rest of the stuff into the car. I rested my hand on the center counsel. Oliver gets into the car and rests his hand on top of mine. I pull mine away quickly and turn towards the window. Tears run fasters down my cheeks onto my lap and arms that rest on my thighs. The ride was in silence and long.
"I'm sorry." Oliver says as we pull up to the hotel. I get out of the car before its stopped. I rush to the room and lock myself in the bathroom. Oliver was hot on my tail. I managed to shut the door before he could get in. I slump against the door and slide to the ground. I brought my knees to my chest and held myself. Tears kept coming.
"Gaia." Oliver said sadly.
"Go away." I cry.
"Can we just talk?"
"No." I snap," Nor we can have sex or get married."
"I'm sorry."
"No your not."
"Please open the door." Oliver said gently.
"No."
"Please. I don't bite."
"You will reject though." I bury my face into my knees. I pull my phone out and dial my mom's phone number.
"Alright," Oliver sighs," I will just leave you alone." I hear his foot steps get quieter. I call my mom. After 2 rings she answers.
"Mom?" I sniffle.
"Gaia." She growled.
"I'm so sorry." I cried," Can I come home?"
"No! Because you just like to run around and sleep with boys! And now I have no clue where you are! Gaia, you keep running away, so now you can't come home!" My mother screeched. I gasped and cried even harder.
"Mom please-"
"Don't even call me 'Mom' you are not my daughter! I want you and your crap out of my house in 2 weeks! You little slut." My mother yelled.
"Mom you-you can't do th-that!" I stutter.
"Oh I can! Out of my house in 2 weeks." And the phone call ended. I sobbed into my wet with tears shirt. I repeated "mom" over and over. There was a knock on the door which snapped me out of my daze.
"Gaia? Gaia, are you alright?" Oliver knocked again. I shook my head and looked up at the door handle. Should I open it?
"Gaia please. Please don't break my heart." Oliver sighed.
I shot up and swung the door open.
"You little inconsiderate swine!" I shoved him with all my force.
"What did I do?" Oliver held up his hands.
"'Oh Gaia! Please don't break my heart!'" I mimic," I am the one that was locked in the bathroom for God only knows how long!" I throw my arms toward the bathroom.
"I didn't mean it like that! Can you just stop the drama and crap for once?" Oliver hissed. He ran his hands roughly through his hair.
" You.... I hate you! I-I am so mad that I'm shaking." I hiss in return. I feel him grip my arm and spin me around.
"I don't hate you and you will never hear the end of me." His eyes were burning into mine.
"Let... Me.... Go." I huff. Oliver obediently lets go. I turn to go but turn once more to say,"I am going home."
"Gaia, you don't have a car! How are you going to get home?" Oliver pointed out. Right.
"Oliver."
"Yes?"
"We're done."
"Done?"
"Done as in broken up, exes, no longer in the dating, done."
"Think about us?" Oliver pleaded.
"No. I did think about it, and my answer is: We are over." I urge. I storm out of the hotel room and to the elevator. I jam my finger into the down button and step inside. Tears were running down my hot cheeks. Before the doors close Oliver slips between the doors.
"Gaia, we need to talk. I am not letting this happen." The doors close and the elevator moves down.
"Oliver-" I was cut off by Oliver pressing all the buttons on the elevator at once. The elevator stops abruptly and I groan.
"Oliver! Why did you do that?" I yell.
"We need to talk."
"About what?"
"Us."
"Whats 'us'?" I push him into the wall,"There was no us! You drag me out to a city and break my heart? Who do you think you are?" I shove him hard against the wall again.
"Gaia-" I kick him in the groin. He falls down and his hands instantly go in between his legs.
"Why... did you... do that?" He fights the pain. Oliver rolls onto his side.
"Because if I hit you hard enough you won't be able to make more babies like you." I spit. I kick him twice before I realize he can charge me. I slump against the wall and Oliver is on the ground in front of me. Its been almost 2 hours on this damn elevator. Oliver manages to crawl to me and sit next to me.
"Gaia-"
"Save it." I turn and smack him. His hand goes to the reddening spot on his cheek.
"Oliver?"
"Yes?"
The elevator goes back to normal and takes us to our hotel room. I run to my room and Oliver was following. I turn and kiss him passionately. He was caught by surprise and soon fell into the kiss. I break apart and whisper,"Goodbye Oliver." I turn and grab my things.
"Gaia..." Oliver whispers. He stood in front of the doorway. I zip up the last few things. I turn to face Oliver and slip the ring off.
"I'm sorry." I whisper and pull his hand out and put the ring in his hand. I push past him and run to the elevator. Tears were running more fast then ever. The elevator doors closed and I gasp. I slump to the ground and let out a sob. The elevator doors open and a young man walks in.
"Ma'am? Ma'am are you alright?" The man says worriedly. I look up at the man.
"No..." I sob.
"Here let me help you." The man helps me up and holds a hand out.
"I'm Charlie." I shake his hand.
"Gaia." I sniffle.
We reach the lobby and the doors close. The elevator moves up.
"Someone must be wanting a ride on the elevator." Charlie says. The elevator goes up and up. Charlie wraps an arm around me.
"It's ok." He soothes.
The doors open up to Oliver.
"Uhh. Umm." I start.
"Wow. Not even 2 minutes and you hook up with someone?" Oliver raises his eyebrows.
"No! She was on the floor of the elevator crying... Who are you?" Charlie defends.
"I am her boyfriend." Oliver crosses his arms. Charlie's hand disappeared from my back.
"Well, you aren't a very good boyfriend if you leave your girlfriend crying." Charlie pointed out.
"You don't know the story. Back off." Oliver said. He yanked me into his side.
"Let us settle it." Oliver snapped.
"Alright." Charlie nodded. He shook my hand and in the process he slipped something in my hand. He nods at me and walks into the elevator.
"Gaia!" Oliver enfolded me in his arms,"What were you doing with that guy?"
"Nothing. I just he asked if I was okay." I lied. That wasn't the truth. He wrapped an arm around me. He put something in my hand. I grab my stuff and walk into the hotel room.
"You are staying right? I need to get the car at Leonardo's." Oliver said leaning against the door frame.
"Yes. Can you give me a minute to think about it?" I ask. Oliver nods and closes the door. I open the hand that Charlie gave me.
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