time - j.w [BOOK 1]✔️

63.

"What happened?" Natalie asked, sitting in the backseat of David's car. Olivia was in the front with David, trying to play her character for his vlogs. But it seemed forced, so he stopped recording.

"I broke it off. Now, I just want to get so drunk that I forget my own existence." Olivia mumbled. Zane's little 'preach' had caused an eruption of laughs from the whole car.

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Drink after drink, shots with everyone, and dancing around the club with her friends felt like therapy. The drink was numbing her and she no longer felt human. She continued to drink, until she felt like she could play up to her bubbly, confident, happy character.

"Liv, if you kiss Zane, I'll give you $1000." David shouted. Olivia giggled and grabbed Zane's face, pressing a long, sweet, strictly platonic kiss onto his lips. Zane laughed and fake collapsed. And David had finally Venmo'd her the cash.

Olivia's legs felt like jelly now, she had had too much to drink and forgot why she was crying a few hours ago. And now she wanted to go home. But she had so much energy. She really didn't know what to do with herself.

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"Good morning, sunshine!" David chirped as he entered the living room. His camera in one hand and a cup of water in his other. He handed Olivia the cup and let her sip from it. Her head was pounding, she felt disgustingly sweaty yet cold and the thought of food made her stomach weak.

"What the fuck happened?" She croaked, taking another sip of water. Natalie handed her some tablets, which she took and closed her eyes.

"A lot." David laughed. "You kissed Zane, Ilya, Matt, and even Corinna. You tried climbing my Tesla and told me to drive with you on the roof, you wanted to have sex with me, you also fell into a rose bush."

"Don't forget she fell out of a shopping cart!" Natalie added, chuckling and giving her a fresh set of pyjamas.

"Well. That would explain the scrapes on my legs." Olivia replied. She stood up and stumbled to the bathroom, to shower and get dressed.

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Olivia was in Natalie's room, getting her hair done as well as getting a motivational TED Talk from Natalie.

"Honestly, you're Olivia FUCKING Mayer. And you need to remember that. Are you gonna let some fuckboy ruin your life? Are you gonna let him ruin your career? You're worth more than someone who gets drunk and makes the same mistakes twice. You're worth more than Jeff. I doubt there's a man on this earth good enough for you." Natalie spoke. Olivia smiled, grateful for her best friend.

Her hair was dried and curled, Olivia back to herself. Or so she thought. When she was dropped home, her house was quiet. And she hated it. All the thoughts come flooding back and she had that pit in her stomach again. She rummaged the fridge, grabbing all the alcohol she could find. And drowned her sorrows.