Take my breath away
Chapter 3
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Olivia wakes up to silence like she does every morning, she sighs and pulls herself up and wrapping her dressing gown around her. She walks down the stairs to find the living area empty of her parents, as well as the kitchen. She then finds a note on the table.
''Gone golfing.''
Olivia glares at the note, they were so blunt with her, but that was her parents. Then she smiles she can spend the whole day with the mysterious man she is keeping in the outhouse without having to worry about her parents. She decides to make them both a full English breakfast. She digs out all the ingredients she needs and begins to cook. When she is finished, she puts the eggs, bacon, sausages, hash browns, and tomatoes on two plates. She turns around and jumps upon seeing the young man sat at her kitchen table.
She places a hand on her heart. ''You scared me.'' She breathes.
''Sorry I saw your parents leave this morning, so I thought I would come in.'' He says.
Olivia smiles at him seeing he is wearing the clothes she had given him. ''Oh well I made you breakfast.'' She says pointing to the two plates on the side.
''Thank you.'' He says.
She hands him the plate with a knife and fork and waits for her to sit down beside him before he begins to eat. They eat in silence exchanging quick glances and small smiles. Once they are done Olivia takes their plates and puts them in the bowl for her to wash later.
''Why didn't you go with your parents?'' The young man suddenly asks.
Olivia sighs. ''They don't spend time with me anymore, I might as well be invisible to them.'' She says.
''Why don't they like spending time with their own daughter?'' He asks.
Olivia shakes her head. ''I don't want to be rude but I just met you... I don't even know your name.'' She says.
The young man moves a little away from her. ''Yeah sorry... I didn't mean to be nosy.'' He says.
Olivia lets a little giggle leave her lips. ''It's fine... we just drifted I guess, my parents and me, I grew up and I think they felt like they lost their little girl once I turned sixteen.'' She says.
The young man raises his eyebrows. ''How old are you now?'' He asks.
''Nineteen. I'm on winter break from university.'' She says.
''And you came here with your parents? A place that makes you feel isolated and alone. I can see that you know even though you have company here you're still alone. The parents you once knew are gone because you claim it's because you grew up. However, maybe there could be another reason?'' He asks.
Olivia looks at him with shock, how could he get all that from just looking at her? ''I don't know it was as soon as I started my exams that they started to drift. My mother clung to me the longest helping me with revision and preparing me for my exams. Then I started my A-levels and she became a completely different person, spending all her time with my father. My dad barely even smiles at me anymore. Maybe they just ended our attachment because they thought it was going to be hard losing me when I went to university. I don't know.'' She says before bursting into tears.
The young man moves closer to her and lifts her chin so she is looking at him. ''Don't cry.'' He whispers.
Olivia shoves his hand away from her chin. ''Don't do that.'' She begs. ''Why am I even telling you all this I don't even know you.'' She exclaims standing up. ''Just because I helped you out doesn't mean that gives you the right to help me out!'' She shouts at him as her tears continue to fall.
The young man stands up. ''That's right take your anger out on a stranger.'' He says softly.
''Stop it!'' She screams. ''I don't want to shout at you, I'm sorry It's just... them. This is what they do to me. They make me feel so angry.'' She says.
''Hey it's alright, you can talk to me. I may be a stranger but it's the least I could do after you have shown me all this kindness.'' He says cautiously getting closer to her.
''Thank you.'' She says as she wipes her tears away. ''Would you like some tea? We can drink it by the fire.'' She says.
He nods. ''That would be great. I just need to fetch something first.'' He says.
''Alright.'' She says with a kind smile.
She watches him walk out the door as she flicks the kettle on and waits for the water to boil whilst placing sugar and tea bags in the mugs. He returns with his backpack wrapped around his shoulder. Olivia pours the milk into the tea and gives it a quick stir before she picks up the two mugs and signals the man to follow her into the living area. They sit down on the run in front of the blazing fire. Olivia hands the young man his tea with a smile.
''Thank you for listening to me and sorry about getting angry... I have had that bottled up inside of me for a long time.'' She sighs taking a sip of her tea.
''Bottled up anger is the worst anger.'' He says.
''So do you have a name? Or am I just going to have to keep addressing you with no name.'' She says with a smirk.
He smirks back. ''I don't like people to know my name.'' He says.
Olivia glares at him. ''Why not?'' She asks.
''It takes the mystery away.'' He says.
Olivia just smiles at him. Happy to finally have company. Happy to finally have someone to vent to. She was happy she was finally finding a friend in a stranger.
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