Lost In Our Imagination 2: Not As Planned

18 - Grow Up Already

June 2018

Livi's P.O.V

James had moved in with Ben and I about a week ago. Ben and I talked about James moving in for ages but when it came down to it I knew I had to side with James... So I told Ben James was moving in and I wasn't changing my mind. They both told me they'd try and get on with the other so that's what I'm hoping for! I was pissed at James for not trusting me and Ben but I guess the guy hasn't really spent much time with the two of us so now he can see how we really are, just friends.

"Ben..." I started as he walked out of his room. He hadn't spoken to me much after James started to move his stuff in.

"Livi I don't want to talk about it anymore" he sighed.

"Please Ben, you can't ignore me whenever we're here"

"I'm not ignoring you, I'm just taking some space" he smiled.

"I'm sorry" I whispered and he nodded.

"I get it, he's your boyfriend" he shrugged, "what's for dinner"

"I don't know, James said he was going to cook something for us"

"At least we might eat something good for us" he laughed.

"Hey guys" James called through the apartment.

"Couldn't you have just given him a key?" Ben laughed at me.

"That would have been easier" I smiled back.

"I hope you both like chicken, well I know Livi does" James smiled walking in.

"Yeah I like chicken" Ben nodded as James put down his shopping.

"Good, right where do we eat?" He asked looking round the kitchen.

"We either eat at the breakfast bar or on the sofa" Ben said and James frowned.

"You don't have a table?" He asked and we shook our heads.

"We've never really needed one" I said and James nodded.

"We could always buy one somewhen" he said turning round and Ben shook his was before walking out. I followed him out and joined him in his bedroom.

"He better not change this house as he likes, it's our house not his" Ben said and I nodded.

"Ok that's fine, he just wants to feel part of our lives here" I said and he sighed.

"That's fine, but he doesn't need to be bringing in a table to do that" he pointed out.

"Livi?" James called through the flat and I walked out of Ben's room.

"Oh, what were you doing in there?" James asked.

"We were just talking"

"Oh okay, do you mind helping me with dinner? I'm not sure where to set up for us to eat" he said as I followed him back to the kitchen.

"Well, if you want us all to eat together then I guess I can set up the breakfast bar"

"Yeah I think that would be nice, put you and me on one side and Ben on the other" he nodded before going back to his cooking. While he finished up the chicken, I set out knives and forks on the breakfast bar. I also got out some glasses and gave everyone some water.

"Ok it's ready if you want to get Ben now" James said and I got up and walked over to Ben's room.

"Ready for dinner" I said walking in and he nodded shutting down his laptop. We walked out to the kitchen and James had put the food on the table.

"Dig in" James smiled as we all sat down.

"It smells amazing" I said as we all started to eat.

"Thank you, what do you think Ben?" James asked looking up at Ben.

"Yeah it's alright" he nodded.

"Pardon?" James laughed.

"I said it was alright" Ben said again and James frowned.

"I spent ages on this" James said and Ben shrugged.

"Maybe you should stick to singing then, although you're not much better at that" he said mumbling the last part.

"Ben!" I said, shocked he'd said that.

"No Livi it's fine, he's still adjusting to me living here. He knows how much we want to be together, he'll come round"

"Oh come on James, everyone knows you're only here because you think Livi's cheating on you with me" Ben yelled at him.

"I love Livi, and I would do anything for her! So don't sit there and tell me I'm only here to stop her from cheating on me because I trust her with everything in my life" James yelled back.

"So there's not one small part of you that's here because you're jealous that I've kissed Livi" Ben smirked.

"What, because you work together, the kiss that's in your dance means nothing to her" James shrugged.

"Yeah, but you were around for the first one" Ben laughed.

"For God sake just stop" I yelled at them both, "I don't want to live with either of you if you're going to be like this. Can't you just grow up and stop acting like children!" I threw my fork down on my plate and walked out the apartment slamming the door behind me. I couldn't believe how stupid they were both being. James moving in was a bad idea if this is how it's going to be everyday.