Chapter 1
OLIVIA'S POV
Justin was driving considerably slow.
He was doing 45 in a 65 mph speed limit. But I didn't say anything, because I know how touchy he gets when it comes to driving with me in the car.
"What do you wanna see?" Justin asked me, making sure to keep his eyes on the road.
I thought about it. "I don't really know. What do you wanna see?"
He laughed. "I don't know. That's why I was asking you."
I shrugged my shoulders. "Okay, how about Despicable Me?"
I looked over at him. He had this stupid grin on his face.
"Isn't that movie for like, five-year-olds?"
I shook my head. "Not really. Plus, I've secretly been planning on going to see it."
He rolled his eyes. "Okay, whatever you say."
When we pulled into the movie theater parking lot, Justin parked in a spot right in the front.
The line for the tickets was short, and we got into the movie right before the advertisements began.
It was then that Tay texted me.
Hey! I haven't talked to you in forever!
I didn't want to be mean by not replying to her. So I typed a simple reply.
Yeah I know! Can I text you later? Justin & I are at the movies.
She texted me a second later.
Okay.
Justin put his arm around me and whispered in my ear.
"Who was that?" He asked.
"That was Tay."
He raised his eyebrows. "Wow. We haven't seen her in a while."
Tay went off to live with her father for a while after getting into a huge fight with her mother. She ran away for about a week, and when she came back, her mother sent her off to her father's, and took away her phone in the process.
I nodded. "I hope she's okay now. She was pretty angry the last time we saw her."
"Yeah. I was talking to Ryan the other day. I think he's found someone else now. I wasn't too sure how I felt about that…" Justin said.
I turned to face him. "What? How come he hasn't been in contact with me?"
He shrugged. "I don't know. He just started talking to me a couple weeks ago."
"A couple weeks ago? Are you serious Justin? Why didn't you tell me? You know I was worried sick about him!"
He sighed and looked over at me. "Look Olivia, can we talk about this after the movie?"
I rolled my eyes. "Fine."
Later
The movie was absolutely hilarious. And Justin thought it was only for kids.
He laughed more times than I did.
But as soon as we got in the car, I brought up Ryan again.
"Did Ryan tell you where he was?" I asked, quietly.
Justin was silent for a few minutes.
"No he didn't. But I can assume he's back home now."
Ryan went off to college in California. USC, to be exact.
"Can you call him when we get back to my house? I want to talk to him."
Justin nodded. "Yeah, sure."
When we pulled up to my house, there was a car parked in the front.
"Who's that?" I asked.
Justin shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know."
I got out and started walking over to the strange car.
"Olivia, what are you doing? You don't know who that is!"
There was just something familiar about the car. Not that I'd seen it, but I felt like I knew the person in it.
Just then, a guy walked around the car and stood at the end of my driveway.
I gasped, and then ran full speed toward him.
"Ryan!" I shouted.
He smiled and I gave him a hug.
"How are you?" He asked me.
I looked up at him. "I'm great. How are you?"
He shrugged. "Okay I guess. I just missed you a lot."
I smiled and hugged him again.
Then, this girl got out of the passenger seat of his car, just as Justin was giving Ryan one of their man hugs.
Justin and I turned to look at her. She had tanned skin, light brown eyes, and long, gorgeous brown hair.
I immediately felt insecure just by looking at her.
She walked up to Ryan and then looked at us.
"Guys, this is Janie. She my new girlfriend."
My stomach dropped as I thought of Tay. I wondered if she knows about this.
I attempted to smile. "Hey." I said.
Justin nodded at her, but couldn't seem to take his eyes off of her. I stomped on his toe. Hard.
"Ow! What was that for?" He asked.
"Stop your eyes from wandering or I'll break your foot next time." I said.
He kept hobbling over his hurt foot, while Janie chuckled.
I rolled my eyes and walked to my garage and put the code in. The garage door opened and I walked into my house.
Justin hobbled after me. "Olivia, aren't you gonna invite anyone else inside?"
"Yeah, maybe our guests. And possibly you, if you can keep your eyes to yourself."
He sighed and motioned for Ryan and his stupid girlfriend to come inside.
I went upstairs to my room to change into something more comfortable.
When I came back down, Justin was sitting on the couch in my living room with a bag of ice over his foot.
I laughed to myself, but I did feel kind of bad about what I did.
I walked over to him and sat down.
"Sorry for stomping on your foot so hard. I wasn't trying to hurt you too badly."
He pulled me closer to him. "It's okay. I shouldn't have 'let my eyes wander'."
I punched him in the arm.
"Ow! Okay, what did I do now?"
"That was for mocking me."
Then Ryan and Janie walked into the living room and sat down on the couch opposite us.
"So…" Ryan said.
Janie looked completely out of place.
"What do you guys wanna do?" I asked.
Justin just leaned his head onto my shoulder. "I don't care." He said.
"Um, we could watch a movie." Ryan suggested.
"We just came from the movies." Justin said.
"You just said you didn't care about what we did." Ryan said, smiling.
"Yeah but I just can't watch another movie." Justin responded.
"Well it's not that late, we can just talk or something I guess." I said.
Ryan put his arm around Janie, and she leaned her head onto his shoulder. I wanted to vomit.
That's what Tay used to do.
I really started to wonder whether or not Tay knew about Ryan's new relationship.
Then I started to wonder if she was able to leave her house yet.
So I picked up my phone and texted her.
Hey Tay, we're back at my house. Are you allowed to leave home yet?
She replied almost instantly.
Yeah, why?
I thought about it for a minute. Then I replied.
Come over. But don't come to the door or anything. I have to talk to you. Text me when you're here.
A second later, she replied.
Okay.
