September 25th; 2023
One Month Later
Olivia Swift's Point Of View
Dear diary,
I didn't realize what love felt like until recently. It feels like Wonderland. It's crazy, fun, confusing, and passion. Burning red. I feel so stupid about it too but I love being with him. Have you ever been around someone that made you feel invincible? Well I have and I've found it to be quite fun.
I was in psychology class and we learned about consummate love. It's divided into three different parts basically. Intimacy, commitment, and passion. No relationship will work 100% smoothly without containing all three components. Achieving consummate love is all you need to be happy with someone.
I'm not sure how much I've actually achieved consummate love since I'm only a teenage girl but it feels like I have everything. Almost everything at least. Being with Lucas makes me feel like I actually have a complete family for once. I love my dad and I love my siblings but Lucas is just so different. He isn't wrapped up in other things or having faith in the people who aren't there. That's something I love in him. He's in real time instead of past days.
Sincerely,
Olivia Swift
I look down at my phone which has a message from Lucas. I pick up my phone and look at the text. I got an idea. Let's skip school.
Why? I reply with.
We both have good grades. What is one day gonna do? Plus I have something special planned.
Ah fuck it. Why hell not
See you at our meeting place in 20 min.
I pick up my backpack off of the floor and walk downstairs. "I'm gonna go to school now." I tell my dad and wave goodbye. I take my car and drive off but I don't drive to school. Instead I drive to isolation. I've grown up here for a lot of my life and when I needed a break, I came here. A small place of silence from everyone. There aren't many trees here so instead I go a place no one else seems to go.
I sit on a large boulder and wait for Lucas to show up.
"Hello." Lucas appears behind me with scares the ever loving crap out of me.
"WHAT THE HELL?" I scream at him.
"What? You're cute when you're scared." He defends.
"I hate you!"
"No you don't. Come on." He grabs my hand and leads me to his car.
"So where we gonna go?" I ask. I think he knows.
He puts his hand on my thigh and looks into my eyes, those indigo eyes. "The arcade."
"What are we? Seven?"
"Come on, everyone secretly loves the arcade no matter how old you dare."
"Fine."
He drives are car and I put my arm out the window so I can feel the wind blowing against it. It makes me feel free and happy...even though it screws up my hair. He parks his car in the parking lot and opens the door for me.
"Thank you. You are quite the gentleman." I tell him.
"Anything for my lady." He smiles and we walk inside. We buy some tokens and walk inside to where all the games are.
"Woah." I look around and there seems to be flashing lights and all kinds of noises.
"Come on, let me show you my favorite game." Lucas walks over to a section of the arcade that is more lonely and no one seems to attend.
"So which game is it?" I ask.
"Skee-ball. Come on, it's really easy."
"I know how to play skee-ball you doofus. You just take a ball and roll it up the lane so it jumps into one of the rings."
"Not my way." He inserts a token and the game begins. Lucas walks over towards the end of the game and looks down at me. The balls roll down shortly so I can toss them. I roll one of the balls up the ramp but Lucas stops it and grabs it. He takes the ball and tosses it into the 100 score. He's like 1 foot away from it so of course he makes it.
"That's cheating!" I exclaim.
"Not if no one catches you."
I giggle and roll another ball up to him. He takes the ball and tosses it into the 100 bullseye. "We're good at this." We continue to play the game, technically not cheating, but we both hear some keys jingle.
We look over and see a security guard approaching us. "Hey, what are you two kids doing?" He asks.
"Uh...playing skee-ball." Lucas explains still as a rock.
"I see that but you're cheating. Come on guys, I have to kick you out. Are you gonna make this easy or difficult?"
"Run!" I yell.
Lucas hops onto the ramp of the skee-ball machine to avoid the guard and runs over to me. I grab his hand and we run throughout the arcade. We both sit down and hide next to a pac-man machine. We see the security guard walk right past us and the both of us burst out into a laugh.
I put my finger on my lips and try my best to hold my laugh in. "Shhhhhh."
He removes my finger from my lips and puts his right hand behind my head. He leans in and kisses me. My most romantic kiss has turned out to be next to an arcade game for kids.
"Hey, there you guys are!" The guard finds us in the middle of us kissing, the both of us stand up and run outside. We both run into Lucas's car and breathe heavily as we're both out of breath. Once we both catch our breath, we make out in his car.
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I walk inside the door of my house and toss my backpack on the floor. When I walk in, the first thing I see in front of me is Taylor. She stands tall, looking at me with a death stare.
"Hey?" I say confused.
"Where the hell were you?!" She snaps.
"At school."
"Then why did none of your teachers see you turn up?!"
"So maybe I wasn't at school." I walk past her as I ignore her.
"You can't just skip school."
"But you can just skip out on our lives. Cool." I exclaim.
"Excuse me?!"
"You are gone 90% of the time! You aren't even half of a mother. The only thing you've done for this family is fuck Dad and Calvin so we were born."
"I was here. I am here now!"
"And where have you been the last 8 years?!"
"My life isn't simple! My life isn't just black and white! I have so many other people to worry about and love."
"Love us! Care about us for once in your life! You think everything is my fault but if you wanna blame someone, look in a damn mirror. This dysfunctional household is a product of you being shit."
"I am your mother, you speak to me with respect!"
"Act like a mother first. Until then, go to hell, Taylor." I walk into my room and slam the door. I breakdown crying and take out my journal.
Dear diary,
I wish I was someone else.
Sincerely,
Olivia Swift
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Author's Note:
The salt🧂
I love Lucas and Olivia though 🥺 I need a ship name.
Song: What the Hell-Avril Lavigne
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