MY Yellow

Chap - 32

Olivia's POV

Owen was carrying Ocean, who kept on talking about her dream last night, something about her meeting a mermaid who took her to meet the fairy princess, while I carried a really distressed River, who had his head buried in my neck. I think he's still sleepy... or just annoyed over the fact that Owen is with us. 

We walked into the diner to see a young girl smiling at us as if she expected us to walk into her shop. 

"Good morning!!! What can I get for this lovely family here?" she chirped. My eyes widened as I quickly sputtered

"Oh no, we are not-," 

"Oh no, we are not-."
I looked beside me to see Owen's face matching my own. The girl let out a small laugh.

"My apologies then, you guys look like a lovely one," she said before shifting her focus to the computer infront of her, "what would you guys likes?"

"Three pancakes with maple syrup and a hash brown,  two Kids Meals with 6 nuggets each,  2 Oreo McFlurry, and...." I turned to the man who was already looking at me with a smile, "Pancakes for me as well."

We both took our wallets.

"I got this."

"I got this."
We looked at eachother and chuckled. 

"No, like really, it's fine. It's on me." 

"No, like really, it's fine. It's on me." 

WHAT THE FU-

Owen smiled, "How about we split it?," I nodded, happy with the decision.

We sat in a booth at the far corner, which also has a window with a view of the parking lot. 

I sat between Ocean and River while Owen sat across from us. 

Our food arrived not long after we settled, and we dug in.

"Lets play 20 questions!!!" Ocean squealed.

"OK, what's your favorite colour?" Owen asked cutting into his pancake.

"PURPLE!!!!!!!!!" Ocean exclaimed.

"Rose Gold," I said

"Yellow" River huffed, rolling his eyes.

"Ok, my turn, what's your favorite animal?"

"Unicorn!!!!!" Ocean giggled.

"LION!!!!!" River exclaimed.

"Puppies!!!!" Owen squealed, trying to match the kids' excitement.

I chuckled.

And just like that, we asked questions and had fun. River, though, always rolled his eyes or huffed when Owen asked a question.

"Now, where do we go?" Owen asked to buckle up his seat belt.

"Amusement Park? " I asked, and he nodded.

We reached the park in 25 minutes, our car ride filled with songs from every Disney Movie that has ever existed. As soon as we unbuckled the kids' seatbelts, they were running towards the park.

Owen and I stayed out while we watched Ocean and River ride the mini Rollercoaster.

If you look closely, you can see River putting a hand in front of Ocean while he clenched his jaw. He won't show it, he's scared, but at the same time, he won't let anything hurt his sister.

"Olivia." I turned around to see Owen holding a cotton candy towards me. How did he- he was right beside me a few seconds ago...

I thanked him before taking the cotton candy. Putting it in my mouth. The sweet thing melting in my taste buds.

"The kids are lucky to have you, you are a great mom," how...do I reply... to that?

"Thanks, you too." Why did I say that......

He laughed. I just smiled awkwardly, placing a strand of my hair behind my ears.

"I am really sorry about River.... He's just too overprotective..... He's not used to grown-up men like you coming near us like that. I don't know what gave him the idea that he should protect us."

"I know Olivia. And I have to say. That's very nice of him. He will grow up to become a great person like his mom. Ocean too." I blinked.

"I hope they don't become like me. I want them to become like their father, but less naive. I'm just a stupid woman who can't move on from her past, who is letting her past eat her up."I smiled bitterly. Suddenly, I felt a hand holding mine.

I looked at it, then at Owen. He had a small smile on his face.

" I don't know how messed up your past was, Olivia, and I don't know if I can help you. But just so you know. I'll be beside you while you fight it. Moving on takes time. It could last from a day to a very, very long time. But lemme tell you, if the past is eating you too much or is getting unbearable, you can lean on me and take a break." I send him a sad smile.

" I promise you, Livi!!! I will be by your side while you fight your demons. I'll make sure that my shoulders are comfortable to lean on for you," he said, stroking my hair as we sat on the bleachers. Watching the football players pass the ball around.

Suddenly, I felt the warmth from my hand leave. I looked at Owen to see him gulping. I looked to where he was looking to see River. I chuckled.

River was glaring at Owen. And if looks could kill, Owen would already be visiting heaven by now.

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