heya people! sorry its been ages! and it will be till the next chapter, really busy with exams and stuff. this chpt is quite short and just explains some of the stuff i'm trying to show with this story. hope you all had a really gd xmas and new year! and remember to review! and write long reviews i wanna hear every detail of what you guys are thinking so i can improve on this shite i'm writing at the moment! i wanna no people are still interested in the story so if u dont review i may not continue! mahahaha! btw if ur interested in hearing about Olivia and Karen when she was the new woman on the scene (read below) read the story called 'The way they were' by all4christ0398! love yas honey!

Chapter 6:

The air conditioning kept the penthouse much cooler that the excruciating temperature that was the outside world. The sun was high in the sky as the afternoon began and the spirits were happy. Summer was a brilliant time of year, there was just something that made you cheerful, happy and glad to be alive. The leaves on the trees in Central Park, the holiday clothes and ice-creams, the change in weather, all made a warm feeling in your stomach.

But she was alone in the penthouse, trying to ignore what was being said to her. She sat there in her chair pretending to listen whilst playing with her hair. It was down across the side of her face in embarrassment, hiding everything her face showed in emotions. She has to be strong, she had to ignore what Stan Walker said and just get on with life. It is her life and she could do what she wanted. If only she had the guts.

"Olivia! Stop playing with your hair and pay attention to the lesson!" yelled her tutor.

Later that day, she sat alone in her favourite chair like she did most evenings. She didn't like the company of anyone as things usually ended up with a screaming argument. Life was being hard on her for someone who had been so happy. 'Where did everything go wrong?' she asked herself.

The pregnancy situation had ruined their relationship and she was mourning for it. He wouldn't come near her or look at her anymore, but she was glad of this distance. She stayed in her room a lot of the time refusing to come out. Her allowance had been cut so there wasn't much to do if she did. She sat there playing with her like she had done earlier that day. It fell down across the side of her face so she could entwine her fingers in it to pass the time. A piece of hair accidentally flicked into her eye as her hair twisted round her finger, so she tossed her hair away from her face. Underneath her hair was a scab the size of a 10p/quartare dollar coin at the top right of her head.

They were so alike, Olivia and Karen, yet so apart. A constant feeling of distance between them and the world was eating away at themselves yet they could help one another.

Stan was so ashamed of Olivia, she could see it in his eyes that night, and every night since. Olivia needed support, someone to comfort her and tell her everything is going to be alright, she is still only a child. Karen knew this and had a sort of need to help her, but she knew she couldn't. They had never been close, after all, she was the new woman on the scene when she was younger. They never developed a bond, a mother-daughter bond, a bond both Karen and Olivia needed right now.

Ever since Karen found out about the baby she has had a maternal drive towards Olivia and the need to help her. This was why she never went running to Stan, plus she knew how he would react and was not going to be the one to tell him! The phrase 'shooting the messenger' comes to mind.

Olivia couldn't turn to her mum, she was a wreck. Ever since Stan & Cathy divorced Olivia and Mason were told they had to spend exactly half of the year with one parent and the other half with the other parent. Cathy loved looking after the children but had never been one of those mums you could really talk to about anything. Also, for the other half of the year (when Olivia and Mason weren't there) she would go out and find any guy to shag, just to make her feel young, beautiful and sexy.

So when Olivia became pregnant, a huge big deal, you cant just pop it into the conversation, especially with an insecure wreck of a mum. Olivia told her before Stan found out, Cathy got some sort of kick out of having this secret from Stan, which was not what Olivia wanted.