Being Olivia West

The end of the beginning

For a few hours, we dance and sing along to the songs and just have a really great time. It's been a while since I've actually had a good time. At the end of "Blank Space", the DJ transitions the song into "Say Something". Great, a slow song. I see Jack coming towards me. Oh god, please no.
"Hey Olivia, wanna dance?" he asks hopefully. I sigh.
"Fine, one dance" I say. He smiles and puts his hands on my waist. I flinch a bit but I still put my hands around his neck. We sway lightly to the music. My friends are watching me intensively over the shoulder of the guys they're dancing with.
"Listen, Olivia, since it's the last day before winter vacation and we probably won't see each other before the new year, I just wanted to apologize again. I'd like to try again with you, if you'd give me a second chance" Jack says. I shake my head and step away from him.
"No, Jack, you don't get it. I'm done with you. You ruined us, me, and then with the whole accident thing, I can never trust you again. I believe you when you say you're sorry, but I will never forgive you, and I will never love you again" I say over the music. A hurt expression crosses his face. I turn around as the song finishes. My friends look at me.
"Did you hear what I said to him?" I ask. They nod.
"It's for the best, Olivia. He needed to hear it" Anna says. I nod my head.
"I think we're done here" Krystal says. We all agree and head for the door, arms linked together.

Outside the school, we say our goodbyes to each other.
"Liv, are you coming back to my place?" Bethany asks "I thought it'd be fun to have a sleepover" she says. I shake my head.
"I'd love to, but there's somewhere I need to go" I say. She nods understandingly. I wrap my arms around myself and set off down the street.

I know I'm close when I reach the train tracks. I thought I'd go to the forest Jack took me to just so I could clear my head. It's where we had our first kiss and where he asked me to be his girlfriend. Being here stirs up a lot of memories. I step into the forest area and wander over to the bench. It's like a marathon in heels, but I'm too tired to care. I sit on the bench and replay every day I spent with Jack, trying to pinpoint the exact moment I lost him. I cry a bit, but not as much as I thought I would. I hear a rustle in the bushes had a figure emerges into the forest. It's Leah. What the hell is she doing here? She walks over and sits next to me on the bench.
"Hey, Olivia" she says quietly.
"Don't even start with me" I say angrily. A hurt expression crosses her face but I don't care.
"Okay listen. I'm not here to rub anything in your face. I came to say that I'm sorry. I really am. When I first met Jack, I didn't know he already had a girlfriend. I didn't find out until maybe last month. I saw you two together at the movies. As soon as I found out, I tried to end things with him, but he told me you guys broke up. If I had known, I would have left way earlier" she explains everything to me. I can tell that she's telling the truth.
"So I guess Jack took you here too" I say quietly. Leah nods.
"It really is a special place, isn't it?" She asks. I don't say anything. We just talk about Jack and how he's a huge jerk for a while. After a while, I start to feel better. I think I like Leah. Who knows, maybe we'll be friends. I eventually go home (back to the hell hole). We say our parting words and I set off back home. As the year is coming to an end, I realize how much has happened in the past few months. I found someone who I thought would be my one and only, my family blew up, and I lost a few friends along the way. On top of all that, I was hit by a car. What a year. This is the end of the beginning for Olivia West.

The end

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Hello everyone! BOW is officially over :'( So, as I write this authors note for the last time, I want to thank each and every one of you for sticking with my story and my procrastination for the past year. I've had way to much fun writing this. Thank you all for all the votes and support BOW has gotten, it's truly amazing. Signing off for the last time, Liv💘 (queen_olivia) xxx