During the next few days, Olivia kept finding herself being drawn down to
Rimmer and Lister's quarters at times where she knew Rimmer wouldn't be
there. Lister would always greet her kindly, and they'd sit down and talk.
Mostly about their childhoods on Earth. Olivia told Lister all about her
high school in Seattle, her friends, her neighborhood, her family. These
were things she had never really gotten a chance to tell anyone about.
Things that for the longest time she couldn't remember, but now she was
making sure she wouldn't forget.
Lister told her all about his life as well. Even though Earth was polluted and overcrowded, and almost all of it's natural recourses had been used and abused by man, just the thought of her home planet was a comfort to her. This was something they both shared, and could talk to each other about. No one else seemed to understand why it was so appealing, but hardly anyone else on the entire ship was from Earth. Several people had been there or lived there at rather bad points in their careers, but none of them knew what it was like. Lister didn't even know what it was like for Olivia. At a time where Earth held the entire human race except for a few astronauts scattered about, but even those people were from Earth. Earth was everybody's home. Now it was everybody's garbage dump.
"Ever since I joined the Space Corps I've always been tryin' to get back to Earth." Said Lister, laying out on Rimmer's bunk next to Olivia, who was laying the opposite direction.
Olivia flipped through a few of Lister's polaroids, admiring the badly aimed shots of Lister on Earth in his early adulthood.
Lister reached over to the drawer under the table, struggling to not fall off the bunk in the process, and grabbed his picture of Fiji clipped from a magazine and handed it to her.
"What ever stopped you?" She inquired, while staring at the seductive picture. It looked like a beautiful place. A place she had always wanted to go to.
"Stopped me? I'm still tryin'!"
Olivia raised an eyebrow. "You are?"
"Well... as much as I can be. You see that photo... that was my dream."
"To live in Fiji?"
"Well ye', but not just that." Lister reached over again and pulled out 2 more photos. One of them was a picture of him in his quarters holding a small black cat, the other was a wallet size photo of Kristine Kochanski.
"Well I always knew you had a thing for Kris..."
"No, not just 'a thing'... She was part of my plan. I was supposed to move to Fiji with her and my cat, and we'd live together and grow old together. I love her."
Olivia laid there a moment thinking about it. The dream seemed rather simple and immature. It was such a romantic, crazy idea. It seemed completely ridiculous, yet completely ideal at the same time.
Just at that moment Rimmer came barging in the door. The last thing he expected was to see Olivia and Lister on his bed together. "Lister! What are you doing!" he shouted.
"Calm down, man, we're just talking." Said Lister in the least guilty voice he could muster. He then got up from his comfortable position and sat down on the edge.
Olivia got up too, feeling nervous. Something didn't seem the same about him. He had yelled and made it seem like Lister was raping her.
Rimmer's face was a shade of pink. His teeth grunted as he searched for something to say. "Why... why... Why would Olivia possibly want to talk to you?"
Olivia felt a little offended.
"Hey, man... we were just talking about Earth stuff. Things you wouldn't know about."
Rimmer looked over at Olivia's worried face. "Earth stuff? Why didn't you say so! I know tons of Earth stuff! You could have talked to me about it, dear."
Both Lister and Olivia looked confused. Rimmer had never called her "dear" before.
Rimmer didn't pay attention to their looks. "Oh Olivia, I want to tell you the good news! You simply will not believe it."
Olivia stared at Lister, trying to figure out a way to respond.
Rimmer ignored the fact that she hadn't responded and continued. "I've spent the last couple days in the Officers Club!"
Lister let out a laugh "What, did they run out of fun size crunchy bars?" he joked.
Rimmer snared at him. "I don't have to deal with this. As a matter of fact, I've landed myself quite the position amongst the officers." He focused his attention back to Olivia. "It's simply wonderful in there. You really should join me sometime, darling." Rimmer emphasized the last word as to savor every single letter.
"The Officers Club?" Olivia questioned, unsurely.
Rimmer ignored her. "Well, I just stopped by to fetch my nice tie." Rimmer opened up the closet and pulled it off the rack. "Well, I'm off." He leaned down and kissed Olivia on the cheek and exited the room, standing tall.
Both Lister and Olivia looked at each other as the door squeaked shut.
"What just happened?" Asked Olivia, feeling rather scared.
"I didn't think you two were an item." Apparently that was all Lister could focus on. "I thought you told me you weren't."
"We... aren't." Said Olivia. She fell back onto the bunk. "What happened to him? Something changed!"
"Changed? Rimmer's always like that."
Olivia looked up at him, not knowing what to say. He had never been that way to her, and she was scared. Maybe that was how he had acted around Lister, but he had never acted that was around her. He had always been sweet and gentle and modest. What if that was really the person he was, and he had just been fooling her the entire time? It couldn't be. He couldn't possibly be the one who visited her in the Medibay just to make sure she was ok, who defended her in her court hearing against the man she feared the most. He couldn't have been the one she had shared her most passionate kiss with.
Later that day Olivia stood in front of the mirror in her quarters, admiring herself in a way she hadn't in a long time. Her hair was done, and she was wearing some of Kris's nice clothes and makeup. She wasn't completely satisfied with the way she looked. She wasn't very satisfied with a lot of things. She was really surprised she was actually going through with this, but Rimmer meant a lot to her, and she really wanted to win him back. She had decided to go with him to the officers Club.
She was rather concerned with where this sudden change in attitude came from. She didn't really want to admit it, but up until now, since they had started becoming close, he had been much more focused on her than any career goals. Now she had hardly spoken to him in days, and despite what Lister said, these changes seemed really out of character. What could have caused them? And so suddenly! Something seemed to be up.
Kristine obviously had a much more feminine figure than Olivia, because these clothes hung on her weird. They made Kris look wonderful, yet she still looked rather flat and dull. She also looked a lot more immature than Kris. She had to cuff the bottom of the trousers because Kris was so much taller than her, and she wobbled when she walked in her platforms. Kris was obviously much better at being a woman than her. Especially now. Back on Earth she had no problem being feminine.
"What were you guys talking about anyway?" Rimmer was irritated once again. He stood in front of the mirror, struggling to put on his tie properly.
"I already told ya, man, Earth stuff!" Lister tried to defend himself. This was getting old, Rimmer wouldn't stop bothering him about talking to Olivia. He seemed so weird about them being on the bunk together, even when all they were doing was just talking and looking at pictures.
"What kind of Earth stuff?" Rimmer curiously shot back at him, which not taking his eyes off his reflection.
"What's all this about, man? Ya' haven't left me alone about it!" Lister was beginning to get really irritated.
"Look, Lister, she's my girlfriend! You leave her alone!" Rimmer proclaimed, overconfidently.
"She's your what?!" Shouted Lister in disbelief.
"Jealous, are we, Listy?" Rimmer smugly smiled.
Lister began to laugh furiously. "Girlfriend!? Olivia? YOUR GIRLFRIEND?!" he could barely contain himself.
Rimmer continued to focus all his attention to his tie. "Listy Listy Listy..." he began in his most smug proud tone of voice. "You may be laughing now, but wait until tonight. Olivia is joining me in the Officers Club. And after that... who knows." he said provocatively with a wink.
Lister had a bad feeling about this.
There was a soft knock at the door that jolted Olivia. She was nervous. This jolt almost made her drop the earring she was attempting to stuff in her ear. It was useless, her holes had already closed up since she hadn't warn earrings in so long. She set Kristine's gold hoop back on the counted. "Open!" She shouted.
There stood Rimmer in the doorway, as expected. He had a big smile on his face.
"I'm just about ready." She mumbled, She looked around for anything to waste her time doing. She wanted any kind of excuse to keep her from getting there. She hadn't really been a people person at all. She only talked to a few people at her job, and Rimmer and Lister. Everyone else seemed to ignore her presence. She really didn't like the idea of going to the Officers Club with him. Going to a place where she knew she wouldn't fit in.
Due to Rimmer's recent changes, Olivia no longer felt safe around him like she usually did. Instead she felt nervous. Since he obviously was hanging around with the finest people on the ship, she now felt like there were standards being put upon her. She couldn't tell if Rimmer was judging her or not. If he still even felt the same way about her he had previously. If so, he wasn't showing it. Instead he was giving her pet names and impersonal kisses on the cheek.
To make her even less at ease, Rimmer began to ramble. "I just simply can't wait to introduce you to Officer Randall! He's a hoot! You won't believe the quality of the cigars in the machine, it feels like I'm smoking pure ambrosia! And the champagne! It's like running water!"
Olivia didn't smoke or drink... anymore. Did he expect her to? That made her feel even more nervous. She simply couldn't find anything else that she could do to her appearance. She had to go with him now, there was no way to waste any more time. "Well... I'm ready." That was a lie.
Rimmer reached for her arm, ignoring any hints at her nervousness. He was in his own uninterruptible world and there was nothing she could do about it. She noticed as they were walking to the lift that it felt like he was ignoring her. Like he was in a trance, and wasn't acknowledging her existence. Everything he had said so far had mostly been aimed at himself. Could the thought of officerhood and success really have this great of an effect on him? It obviously seemed like it was much more important to him than she was.
Rimmer continued to ramble during the walk. Olivia simply walked beside him, trying not to trip or wobble in her heals. He hadn't said anything to her this entire time. Nothing directly to her, just random things about how wonderful the Officers Club was. It must have been great.
The two of them stepped through the doorway. Bright colors filled Olivia's eyes. This place was clearly more sophisticated than the rest of the ship. She could understand why it had captivated him. So far, it hadn't captivated her, though. A few officers, all in nice clothing, were lounging around with cigars and glasses of wine.
"Ah, Rimmer!" Said a fairly tall man with nicely combed blonde hair.
Rimmer did a quick solute, standing tall. "Hello Officer Randall. This is miss Angeledis, my girlfriend."
Olivia's eyes widened for a moment. Was he telling these people she was his girlfriend? She was slightly flattered for a moment, but them remembered their conversation earlier that week. She thought she had made it clear to him that she wasn't ready for that, and didn't know when she would be. She needed time to adjust before starting a relationship with him. At the time she had wanted to, but now, she wasn't sure anymore. He had just introduced her to them as something she wasn't, and she couldn't very well embarrass him by correcting it. "Hello." She said nervously.
"Olivia Angeledis." Said Randall, in a rather curious tone. It sounded like he knew her from somewhere. He reached out and took her hand, and like a gentleman, kissed it.
He then offered them both a drink. Olivia politely refused. Rimmer ordered "the usual". They both sat down on one of the nice couches. Rimmer quickly and rather awkwardly put his arm around her. Olivia didn't know how to sit. She couldn't have looked relaxed if she had tried. They could all probably sense how nervous and upset she was.
Rimmer was soon handed a glass of wine and a cigar. Randall tossed him a metal lighter, and he lit it, soon puffing smoke into Olivia's face. She tried not to squint, but she hated the smell. He tossed the lighter back, and leaned back and crossed his legs and took a long deep breath. A few other officers came to join and sat around couches and armchairs around a glass coffee table. They all began to chat casually. Rimmer did the usual of providing a supporting comment every now and then.
Olivia could recognize some of these people as the ones assigned as a jury on her court case. She felt as if they were all staring at her judgingly. It had been their gazes, along with Todhunter's that had made her run from the room. This was a little bit too much for her to take. Especially now that they thought that she was Rimmer's girlfriend. They'd probably never believe what happened now.
Just then, the worst thing that possibly could have happened did. The tall glass doors swung open and Todhunter entered the room. Olivia's heart rate instantly shot up. He crossed over, casually saying hello to people as he walked by. He came closer and closer to their little gathering. Soon, he was standing next to Randall, whispering something in his ear. Randall nodded, and they both glared over at Olivia.
"Rimmer!" She whispered.
He looked over at her, without responding.
"He's here!" She tried to remain as quite as she could so that no one else would hear her, but it was difficult hiding her fear.
"Who?" He said a little overly loudly, attracting attention.
Olivia looked around nervously, making sure not too many people were paying attention to them. She gestured towards Todhunter.
"Oh, Officer Todhunter. How do you do?" he said loudly, greeting him.
Olivia was astonished. It was as if he had forgotten about everything! She just couldn't stand to be here any longer. She quickly got up and walked out of the room. She waited until she was out the glass doors to start crying. Not just about Todhunter being there, but also losing Rimmer. He didn't care about her anymore. Something dramatic had happened to change him. He was obviously so weak and easily manipulated that the thought of success would erase all the time they had together and make him a total idiot.
She could sense that something was up. He wasn't really supposed to be there. What was going on? Why were they all of a sudden treating him like he was one of them? Shouldn't these people hate him because of her? Now it seemed like he and Todhunter were good friends! How could that be? She knew the only one she could talk to now was Lister.
"I want to get out of here." Olivia stated., wiping the tears from her eyes.
"What, why?" Asked Lister, quickly scurrying around to find something she could wipe her face on. Something preferably not covered in curry.
"I don't want to be here anymore. Not when he's changed so much. There's no reason for me to stay anymore. He was my reason, and now he's abandoned me!"
"Are you sure? Maybe you should just give him some time." Lister sounded a lot more rational than usual.
Olivia began to sob harder. "I just want to go home!"
Lister told her all about his life as well. Even though Earth was polluted and overcrowded, and almost all of it's natural recourses had been used and abused by man, just the thought of her home planet was a comfort to her. This was something they both shared, and could talk to each other about. No one else seemed to understand why it was so appealing, but hardly anyone else on the entire ship was from Earth. Several people had been there or lived there at rather bad points in their careers, but none of them knew what it was like. Lister didn't even know what it was like for Olivia. At a time where Earth held the entire human race except for a few astronauts scattered about, but even those people were from Earth. Earth was everybody's home. Now it was everybody's garbage dump.
"Ever since I joined the Space Corps I've always been tryin' to get back to Earth." Said Lister, laying out on Rimmer's bunk next to Olivia, who was laying the opposite direction.
Olivia flipped through a few of Lister's polaroids, admiring the badly aimed shots of Lister on Earth in his early adulthood.
Lister reached over to the drawer under the table, struggling to not fall off the bunk in the process, and grabbed his picture of Fiji clipped from a magazine and handed it to her.
"What ever stopped you?" She inquired, while staring at the seductive picture. It looked like a beautiful place. A place she had always wanted to go to.
"Stopped me? I'm still tryin'!"
Olivia raised an eyebrow. "You are?"
"Well... as much as I can be. You see that photo... that was my dream."
"To live in Fiji?"
"Well ye', but not just that." Lister reached over again and pulled out 2 more photos. One of them was a picture of him in his quarters holding a small black cat, the other was a wallet size photo of Kristine Kochanski.
"Well I always knew you had a thing for Kris..."
"No, not just 'a thing'... She was part of my plan. I was supposed to move to Fiji with her and my cat, and we'd live together and grow old together. I love her."
Olivia laid there a moment thinking about it. The dream seemed rather simple and immature. It was such a romantic, crazy idea. It seemed completely ridiculous, yet completely ideal at the same time.
Just at that moment Rimmer came barging in the door. The last thing he expected was to see Olivia and Lister on his bed together. "Lister! What are you doing!" he shouted.
"Calm down, man, we're just talking." Said Lister in the least guilty voice he could muster. He then got up from his comfortable position and sat down on the edge.
Olivia got up too, feeling nervous. Something didn't seem the same about him. He had yelled and made it seem like Lister was raping her.
Rimmer's face was a shade of pink. His teeth grunted as he searched for something to say. "Why... why... Why would Olivia possibly want to talk to you?"
Olivia felt a little offended.
"Hey, man... we were just talking about Earth stuff. Things you wouldn't know about."
Rimmer looked over at Olivia's worried face. "Earth stuff? Why didn't you say so! I know tons of Earth stuff! You could have talked to me about it, dear."
Both Lister and Olivia looked confused. Rimmer had never called her "dear" before.
Rimmer didn't pay attention to their looks. "Oh Olivia, I want to tell you the good news! You simply will not believe it."
Olivia stared at Lister, trying to figure out a way to respond.
Rimmer ignored the fact that she hadn't responded and continued. "I've spent the last couple days in the Officers Club!"
Lister let out a laugh "What, did they run out of fun size crunchy bars?" he joked.
Rimmer snared at him. "I don't have to deal with this. As a matter of fact, I've landed myself quite the position amongst the officers." He focused his attention back to Olivia. "It's simply wonderful in there. You really should join me sometime, darling." Rimmer emphasized the last word as to savor every single letter.
"The Officers Club?" Olivia questioned, unsurely.
Rimmer ignored her. "Well, I just stopped by to fetch my nice tie." Rimmer opened up the closet and pulled it off the rack. "Well, I'm off." He leaned down and kissed Olivia on the cheek and exited the room, standing tall.
Both Lister and Olivia looked at each other as the door squeaked shut.
"What just happened?" Asked Olivia, feeling rather scared.
"I didn't think you two were an item." Apparently that was all Lister could focus on. "I thought you told me you weren't."
"We... aren't." Said Olivia. She fell back onto the bunk. "What happened to him? Something changed!"
"Changed? Rimmer's always like that."
Olivia looked up at him, not knowing what to say. He had never been that way to her, and she was scared. Maybe that was how he had acted around Lister, but he had never acted that was around her. He had always been sweet and gentle and modest. What if that was really the person he was, and he had just been fooling her the entire time? It couldn't be. He couldn't possibly be the one who visited her in the Medibay just to make sure she was ok, who defended her in her court hearing against the man she feared the most. He couldn't have been the one she had shared her most passionate kiss with.
Later that day Olivia stood in front of the mirror in her quarters, admiring herself in a way she hadn't in a long time. Her hair was done, and she was wearing some of Kris's nice clothes and makeup. She wasn't completely satisfied with the way she looked. She wasn't very satisfied with a lot of things. She was really surprised she was actually going through with this, but Rimmer meant a lot to her, and she really wanted to win him back. She had decided to go with him to the officers Club.
She was rather concerned with where this sudden change in attitude came from. She didn't really want to admit it, but up until now, since they had started becoming close, he had been much more focused on her than any career goals. Now she had hardly spoken to him in days, and despite what Lister said, these changes seemed really out of character. What could have caused them? And so suddenly! Something seemed to be up.
Kristine obviously had a much more feminine figure than Olivia, because these clothes hung on her weird. They made Kris look wonderful, yet she still looked rather flat and dull. She also looked a lot more immature than Kris. She had to cuff the bottom of the trousers because Kris was so much taller than her, and she wobbled when she walked in her platforms. Kris was obviously much better at being a woman than her. Especially now. Back on Earth she had no problem being feminine.
"What were you guys talking about anyway?" Rimmer was irritated once again. He stood in front of the mirror, struggling to put on his tie properly.
"I already told ya, man, Earth stuff!" Lister tried to defend himself. This was getting old, Rimmer wouldn't stop bothering him about talking to Olivia. He seemed so weird about them being on the bunk together, even when all they were doing was just talking and looking at pictures.
"What kind of Earth stuff?" Rimmer curiously shot back at him, which not taking his eyes off his reflection.
"What's all this about, man? Ya' haven't left me alone about it!" Lister was beginning to get really irritated.
"Look, Lister, she's my girlfriend! You leave her alone!" Rimmer proclaimed, overconfidently.
"She's your what?!" Shouted Lister in disbelief.
"Jealous, are we, Listy?" Rimmer smugly smiled.
Lister began to laugh furiously. "Girlfriend!? Olivia? YOUR GIRLFRIEND?!" he could barely contain himself.
Rimmer continued to focus all his attention to his tie. "Listy Listy Listy..." he began in his most smug proud tone of voice. "You may be laughing now, but wait until tonight. Olivia is joining me in the Officers Club. And after that... who knows." he said provocatively with a wink.
Lister had a bad feeling about this.
There was a soft knock at the door that jolted Olivia. She was nervous. This jolt almost made her drop the earring she was attempting to stuff in her ear. It was useless, her holes had already closed up since she hadn't warn earrings in so long. She set Kristine's gold hoop back on the counted. "Open!" She shouted.
There stood Rimmer in the doorway, as expected. He had a big smile on his face.
"I'm just about ready." She mumbled, She looked around for anything to waste her time doing. She wanted any kind of excuse to keep her from getting there. She hadn't really been a people person at all. She only talked to a few people at her job, and Rimmer and Lister. Everyone else seemed to ignore her presence. She really didn't like the idea of going to the Officers Club with him. Going to a place where she knew she wouldn't fit in.
Due to Rimmer's recent changes, Olivia no longer felt safe around him like she usually did. Instead she felt nervous. Since he obviously was hanging around with the finest people on the ship, she now felt like there were standards being put upon her. She couldn't tell if Rimmer was judging her or not. If he still even felt the same way about her he had previously. If so, he wasn't showing it. Instead he was giving her pet names and impersonal kisses on the cheek.
To make her even less at ease, Rimmer began to ramble. "I just simply can't wait to introduce you to Officer Randall! He's a hoot! You won't believe the quality of the cigars in the machine, it feels like I'm smoking pure ambrosia! And the champagne! It's like running water!"
Olivia didn't smoke or drink... anymore. Did he expect her to? That made her feel even more nervous. She simply couldn't find anything else that she could do to her appearance. She had to go with him now, there was no way to waste any more time. "Well... I'm ready." That was a lie.
Rimmer reached for her arm, ignoring any hints at her nervousness. He was in his own uninterruptible world and there was nothing she could do about it. She noticed as they were walking to the lift that it felt like he was ignoring her. Like he was in a trance, and wasn't acknowledging her existence. Everything he had said so far had mostly been aimed at himself. Could the thought of officerhood and success really have this great of an effect on him? It obviously seemed like it was much more important to him than she was.
Rimmer continued to ramble during the walk. Olivia simply walked beside him, trying not to trip or wobble in her heals. He hadn't said anything to her this entire time. Nothing directly to her, just random things about how wonderful the Officers Club was. It must have been great.
The two of them stepped through the doorway. Bright colors filled Olivia's eyes. This place was clearly more sophisticated than the rest of the ship. She could understand why it had captivated him. So far, it hadn't captivated her, though. A few officers, all in nice clothing, were lounging around with cigars and glasses of wine.
"Ah, Rimmer!" Said a fairly tall man with nicely combed blonde hair.
Rimmer did a quick solute, standing tall. "Hello Officer Randall. This is miss Angeledis, my girlfriend."
Olivia's eyes widened for a moment. Was he telling these people she was his girlfriend? She was slightly flattered for a moment, but them remembered their conversation earlier that week. She thought she had made it clear to him that she wasn't ready for that, and didn't know when she would be. She needed time to adjust before starting a relationship with him. At the time she had wanted to, but now, she wasn't sure anymore. He had just introduced her to them as something she wasn't, and she couldn't very well embarrass him by correcting it. "Hello." She said nervously.
"Olivia Angeledis." Said Randall, in a rather curious tone. It sounded like he knew her from somewhere. He reached out and took her hand, and like a gentleman, kissed it.
He then offered them both a drink. Olivia politely refused. Rimmer ordered "the usual". They both sat down on one of the nice couches. Rimmer quickly and rather awkwardly put his arm around her. Olivia didn't know how to sit. She couldn't have looked relaxed if she had tried. They could all probably sense how nervous and upset she was.
Rimmer was soon handed a glass of wine and a cigar. Randall tossed him a metal lighter, and he lit it, soon puffing smoke into Olivia's face. She tried not to squint, but she hated the smell. He tossed the lighter back, and leaned back and crossed his legs and took a long deep breath. A few other officers came to join and sat around couches and armchairs around a glass coffee table. They all began to chat casually. Rimmer did the usual of providing a supporting comment every now and then.
Olivia could recognize some of these people as the ones assigned as a jury on her court case. She felt as if they were all staring at her judgingly. It had been their gazes, along with Todhunter's that had made her run from the room. This was a little bit too much for her to take. Especially now that they thought that she was Rimmer's girlfriend. They'd probably never believe what happened now.
Just then, the worst thing that possibly could have happened did. The tall glass doors swung open and Todhunter entered the room. Olivia's heart rate instantly shot up. He crossed over, casually saying hello to people as he walked by. He came closer and closer to their little gathering. Soon, he was standing next to Randall, whispering something in his ear. Randall nodded, and they both glared over at Olivia.
"Rimmer!" She whispered.
He looked over at her, without responding.
"He's here!" She tried to remain as quite as she could so that no one else would hear her, but it was difficult hiding her fear.
"Who?" He said a little overly loudly, attracting attention.
Olivia looked around nervously, making sure not too many people were paying attention to them. She gestured towards Todhunter.
"Oh, Officer Todhunter. How do you do?" he said loudly, greeting him.
Olivia was astonished. It was as if he had forgotten about everything! She just couldn't stand to be here any longer. She quickly got up and walked out of the room. She waited until she was out the glass doors to start crying. Not just about Todhunter being there, but also losing Rimmer. He didn't care about her anymore. Something dramatic had happened to change him. He was obviously so weak and easily manipulated that the thought of success would erase all the time they had together and make him a total idiot.
She could sense that something was up. He wasn't really supposed to be there. What was going on? Why were they all of a sudden treating him like he was one of them? Shouldn't these people hate him because of her? Now it seemed like he and Todhunter were good friends! How could that be? She knew the only one she could talk to now was Lister.
"I want to get out of here." Olivia stated., wiping the tears from her eyes.
"What, why?" Asked Lister, quickly scurrying around to find something she could wipe her face on. Something preferably not covered in curry.
"I don't want to be here anymore. Not when he's changed so much. There's no reason for me to stay anymore. He was my reason, and now he's abandoned me!"
"Are you sure? Maybe you should just give him some time." Lister sounded a lot more rational than usual.
Olivia began to sob harder. "I just want to go home!"