Olivia was loud.
Daddy groaned and his head went side to side. “I’ll be polite. Well, I’ll try.”
Hmm.
Maybe.
“Let’s go.” Slow, slow down the mountain stairs. “You can go pick out a movie.”
Daddy started walking to the living room and stopped. More glares. “I’m going to pretend to be looking at movies, but we’re going to talk after the screamer leaves.”
“Olivia.” Names were important and good manners.
He snorted…but he went to pick out a movie.
Daddy liked movie cuddles.
“Teddy? Are you dead?”
Oops.
Ugh.
Big boy pretend time.
“Coming.”
Daddy snorted. “No, you’re not…not with her anyway.”
He was so silly…and he grumbled about not being appropriate but I ignored that and went down as a boring big boy.
Olivia was a grown-up friend not a little friend and that was okay.
“What the hell, Teddy? Why did they do that to me?” Olivia forgot to ask about me being kidnapped as she rushed in, but that was okay too. “They were both really offended.”
She was confused about that but she was always confused about that.
“Coffee?” Lunch date then coffee date, right?
“Ugh. Julie texted and said she had to move lunch back because she had to cover for someone else who was late and that she wanted to meet over at the bakery instead. Neither of us needs that much refined sugar, but that’s fine.” Olivia nodded as I sighed. “I know, but I was nice and agreed to it, but when I got over there Julie and Pepper were having coffee and each had big desserts and they were laughing away.”
Oh no…it was so confusing.
“I come in and I was polite asking what they were doing and then they just lost their shit. Even Pepper and she’s usually very chill.” Olivia went back and forth and back and forth in the kitchen, stomping and pouting. “Julie, well, she’s always like that, but she was just getting more and more wound up.”
Yep.
Olivia threw her hands up in the air and shook her head. “I’m young. I’m not getting married right now. It’s not like I was cheating. We hadn’t even had sex. Everyone knows kissing doesn’t count.”
It didn’t?
“I don’t need that much drama in my life.” Frowning, Olivia shook her head as she came to a stop. “Do you think I need to try dating men again?”
“No.” For lots and lots and lots of reasons. “Jacob.”
“Oh yeah.” Scrunching up her face, Olivia groaned and sighed and slouched. “Well, I haven’t texted that girl in the theater program back. She was cute.”
Hmm…
