It never ends

I woke up nestled against oliver. His face was turned away from me, i’m pretty sure his whole body would have been facing the other way if it wasn’t for me laying on his chest.

The bedroom was illuminated by the slight opening of the curtains. It was dark where the bed was, but a streak of light was striped on the door and towards the floor. I tried to calculate the possible time in my head but came to the conclusion that i’m not that good at time keeping. I rolled over and pressed the ON button on my phone. The light blinded me for a few seconds but afterwards i saw it was only 9:32. Pretty early,considering it was saturday.

I turned back around and nuzzled back into olivers chest. His body was warm and I didn’t want to get up. I could spend all day here. I was so comfortable. But i didn’t plan to spend all day in bed, in fact i did have something i wanted to do today, nothing major. Well, i hope not.

I mentally groaned and pulled myself from the bed. Sitting on the edge. I heard oliver make a noise and turn over. His eyes fluttered open, but not fully. He was awake now, and staring directly at me.

“Well, look who’s awake” i said grabbing my phone. It vibrated in my hand and i consciously knew I was getting a text.

Oliver didn’t answer for a few seconds. He was still looking at me. He blinked, then finally spoke.

“Hey” His voice was low and raspy. He sounded so sexy. And i bet he didn’t even realize it. I just smiled and ran my hair through his bed-ridden hair. My phone vibrated again and olivers eyes shifter to the hand that was holding my phone.

He leaned up slightly and rested his head on the headboard. “Who’s that” His voice was a little on edge. I shrugged. I hadn’t checked who it was.

I peeked at the name on my phone and the first letter i saw was A, and instantly i already knew who it was.

Alex.

I felt my stomach turn queasy. I hadn’t talked to him in a while nor did I know if he knew about what happened at the party. If anything he probably did, I felt even more uneasy about that thought. But i did want to talk to someone, and seeming that he reached out to me first, he seemed like the best option right now.

I looked at the screen and read the messages.

*Skyler, can we talk*

*Are you okay?*

My thumbs grazed across the screen, trying to figure out what to text back.

*yea, i’m fine

I hit send.

“Who are you texting” Olivers voice was slightly more stern. I saw him sneaking peeks at my phone screen before he looked at me.

“noone” I couldn’t tell Oliver it was Alex, i knew he would get mad. And the last thing i need is to start arguing.My phone vibrated again.

* Can you meet me at the coffee shop off campus*

This wasn’t a huge town, so there aren’t many shops around. I knew which one he was talking about. I was happy he didn’t ask to meet at the one on campus. I wasn’t ready to go full out in front of people. It was stupid, but i felt embarrassed, and i don’t know if i’m over it yet. But i can’t keep dwelling on it.

I got up i felt olivers eyes piercing my back. I got dressed in a simple black dress that had a thin white belt in the middle with leggings.

“Can i use your car?” i asked. Oliver got up, and made his way for the bedroom door.

“no” He muttered. I followed him to the kitchen, where he was searching the cabinets for something to eat.

“Why not?” I crossed my arms.

“Where’s your car?”

“At the dorm building”

Oliver looked at me and sighed. “I’ll drive you there to get your car”

I rolled my eyes. “Do you not trust me with your car?” I saw a small smile tugging at the corner of his mouth.

He closed the cabinet door and walked towards me. “I don’t trust anyone with my stuff” he said in my ear, grabbing his keys from the counter. Making sure i didn’t just take them and run. He walked towards the bedroom and got dressed in 2 minutes flat.


The ride to the dorm building was very short. Everything was all dewy from the rain last night. Which calmed my mood.


As i got out the car, my hand was grabbed.

“Seriously, skyler who were you texting?” His voice was sincere, which made me feel bad about not telling him. I wasn’t hiding anything bad, but i didn’t need him being upset.

“Noone of your concern” I gave a smile, Oliver pulled away and i was two seconds from blurting it out. I knew he was mad at me, but i’ll tell him later. It’s too late.

I found my car got in and drove to the coffee shop. All with slight guilt tugging at me. I felt like i was sneaking around but i wasn’t. I know i wasn’t.

The coffee shop wasn’t full. It was relatively small, but comfy. There were paintings from local artists hanging on the wall and the faint smell of coffee lingering through the air.

I saw Alex sitting down in the corner. I made my way through the shop and sat down. Alex looked up at me and smiled.

“hey” he said.

“hi”

“Are you okay?” he asked, pity clear in his voice. I nodded. I don’t need him to feel sorry for me.

“Yea i’m fine” A question came to mind.

“Did you know?”

Alex’s eyebrows lowers. “No, but i could have told you Olivers not a nice person from the beginning” I internally twinged, feeling protective, i wanted to say something back, but decided it would be best at the moment not to.

“You should leave him” He stared straight into my eyes. This was the most serious i’d seen him.

“excuse me?”

“Skyler, you need to leave him, before you get hurt again” My stomach was squeezing itself, twisting, and i felt uneasy. I was speechless.

“Who are you to tell me to what i need to do?” I felt defensive, and on edge. and suddenly i wanted to leave.

“I’m just saying-”

“I know what you’re saying” I looked away. The air was tense and rigid.

“Anway” Alex started, changing the subject. “that night, i met a girl” I attempted my best smile. Something happy to talk about.

I saw Alex hesitate briefly before speaking he wasn’t looking at me, and i sensed something was wrong.

“Well who?”

“Celeste”

Notes

I've been binge watching Game of thrones the past week, even though that has nothing to do with everything i wanted to share.

Thanks for the readers and comments.

Title credit: Paramore.

Does anyone actually listen to the songs in the chapter titles?