So I'm back with a new chapter! I know, I know two years.. Sorry! I considered coming back sooner, but I have no real excuse. Last night I couldn't sleep and randomly decided to look through my old files and found this! With a half written chapter, I figured I might as well finish it. This chapter is a bit longer than the previous one so at least there's that hehe..

Chapter 6

An hour quickly went by for Olivia who was tutoring Viorel. She took advantage being so close to him to 'accidentally' brush her hand ever so often against his arm or hand. Sadly for her their conversations didn't consist of anything outside of science. Before she knew it Vio was thanking her and starting to close his book. She decided it was now or never.

"Hey Vio, so I was wondering if you were busy Saturday night?"

"Um no I don't think I am"

"Oh cool, there's a party that my friend Maria is throwing. You should come"

"Yeah sure that sounds fun"

"Great!"

Olivia started putting her stuff in her bag thinking finally she's making some progress. Vio's voice then caught her attention

"Oh Olivia not to push it, but could I bring the guys along too from the soccer team? It won't be a lot of them just three" he thought this would work well to strengthen his friendship with his teammates.

"Oh um.. sure, yeah that would be fine…" just her luck

"Well thanks for the help again, I'll see you tomorrow in class"

"Yup no problem. See ya!" She didn't know what to do. She liked him, but he didn't seem the least bit interested in her. He did hold her hand the other day, but he might have done it just to get her away from his crazy ex.

O-O-O

Vio reached his room and threw himself on his bed tired from practice, Duke still wasn't back. He laid there thinking to himself about Oliva. He did find her very attractive, but Duke still liked her. When Olivia invited him to go to the party he was actually excited to spend more time with her, but his friendship with Duke came first and he didn't want to jeopardize that for a girl. Inviting the guys was the best solution, he told himself.

Duke walked in, still wet from his shower.

"Hey"

"Hey. Oh man, I meant tell you and the guys earlier at practice that there's this party on Saturday. Wanna go?"

"Sure, who's throwing the party?"

"Maria, Olivia's roommate"

"Oh really?" a big smile crawled up Duke's face "So that means Olivia will be there?"

"Yeah, she actually was the one who told me about it" Vio replied

"So I assume you still want to continue with your plan to get Olivia?"

"Well I still like her, but I've also been considering what you said the other night. About moving on, I don't know maybe I should. Would it be weird if I went out with your sister?"

"I don't really mind, as long as you don't hurt her or anything. First sort out your feelings about Olivia before making any more moves with my sister though"

"Yeah of course"

O-O-O

A few days later

Olivia had become more frustrated with Viorel. She wondered if he was really that dense or purposely ignoring her attempts to gain his interest. Everyday she would purposely sit closer to him and linger her hand on his or his arm whenever given the opportunity. She flirted ridiculously and it would all just go over his head. She decided to go to the gym to workout all of her frustration. Maria had come along and the two were working on their cardio routine when they noticed Duke and Viorel further down lifting weights. Coach Dinklage had just entered and was making his way towards the two soccer players.

"Hastings" he blurted in his usual loud voice.

Viorel stood up quickly stepped toward him "Y-yes coach"

Dinklage held out a jersey in front of him that spelled out Hastings on the back "You're first string for the next game"

"Really?" He said in disbelief, his hard work had paid off

"No I was joking you idiot" his coach said as he walked away.

Viorel paid no mind to his comment, he was still in shock. Duke walked over to congratulate him. From afar Olivia continued watching them and couldn't help stare at Viorel.

"God he's so cute" she said

"Duke? Yeah" Maria agreed

"No Viorel" she corrected "he says I'm not his type" she added confused

"What? You're everyone's type"

"Not his apparently"

"Well I can tell you what we mere mortals would do in your situation" this intrigued Olivia

"What?"

"Make him jealous"

"Like pretend to like someone else?"

"Yeah! And use him shamelessly.."

Looking back Olivia knew exactly who to use.

Duke settled back down on the bench and Viorel asked him if he knew yet if he was going to continue his Olivia chase.

"I'm not sure man. I've liked her for so long but I think you're right. I think I might actually call your sister and ask her out on a date" as he said this another person walked over to join them

"Hey Duke! Vio."

"Olivia" Viorel greeted

"Olivia!" Duke jumped up upon seeing Olivia standing close to them. Olivia purposely kept her eyes only on Duke as she spoke

"What are you bench pressing these days Duke?"

"Uh t-two twenty five"

"Wow very impressive" she continued to flirt with Duke as Viorel watched

"So what about that call you were going to make" he cut it

"Uh what?" Duke half listened

"That call" he said a bit louder

"Uh yeah thanks" Duke responded pushing him away

Viorel walked away annoyed and stood off to the side. He began to question himself why he felt mad, this is what they wanted. It seemed that Olivia finally took his advice. As he saw Olivia starting to leave he walked back to see what happened.

"Great so Cesario's at 8?" He heard Olivia ask

"Yeah" Duke agreed

"See you there. Bye Vio" she smiled as she walked past him

Duke began to dance after she left the room. Viorel looked at him curiously.

"Oh man, I got a date with Olivia" he sang

"What about Sabrina?" Duke took a step towards him and started playing with Viorel's hoodie strings

"Come on man, what would you do if the hottest girl in school came up to you and asked you out?"

Viorel couldn't help feel irritated by his antics. He congratulated Duke and excused himself as he grabbed his stuff and left the gym.

Now outside he headed towards the bleachers to be alone for a bit. Arriving there he noticed Olivia sitting in the front row watching the track team practice. Before he could leave Olivia turned and made eye contact with him.

"Oh hi again" he greeted as he walked over and took a seat next to her

"So Duke told me you two were going out tonight"

"Oh yes! You were right he's great and he looked so good in those shorts" she fanned herself pretending to have the hots for Duke.

"Hm" Viorel was still internally fighting with himself about how annoyed he felt about the whole thing

"Ya know now thinking about it" he got up and leaned against the bar "as a third party observer with no personal interest in the matter, I'm not sure if you and Duke are such a good idea"

Olivia walked over and placed her hand near his as she leaned forward on the bar as well.

"Well thank you for your concern and if you're so worried come to Cesario's tonight. We can double. Maybe Eunice is available?" She said as Eunice ran by. Eunice ran back and agreed, having overheard that part of their conversation. Viorel seemed trapped in this double date idea which he definitely did not want to be apart of. Olivia was delighted, everything was coming together better than she had planned.

O-O-O

Later that night

Olivia and Duke sat awkwardly next to each other as they waited for their food to arrive. Viorel last minute decided to take up Olivia's offer to double date. He noticed the pair quietly sitting in the booth and made his way over with Eunice.

"Hey guys" he greeted

The two were thankful that he showed and eagerly welcomed him and Eunice to sit down at their booth. Each called out to the waiter. Duke mouthed to him 'help me' while the two girls were looking away from him. Olivia's mood perked up now having Viorel in front of her. Both she and Eunice looked at him lovely which made him feel uncomfortable.

"S-so I was just telling Duke here that it's great to have a real man from school" he wrapped her arms around his as she spoke. Duke looked at her confused

"You were?"

"I was about to" she corrected. She looked over to Eunice and asked "Isn't it great to have a real man?"

"Indeed" she said still staring down Viorel

He didn't know what was worse having Eunice fondling his arm and brushing against his side or watching Olivia nibbling Duke's ear and kissing his neck.

"Eunice hands" he whispered sternly at her as he kept pushing them off. He couldn't stand being there anymore even if it had only been a few minutes. He abruptly got out of his seat to which Olivia noticed, but Duke ignored and continued kissing her neck.

"I uh I just remembered I have to go.. go shave. S-so bye" he quickly exited before anyone could insist he stay. Olivia watched as he left and broke away from Duke.

"This was fun, we should um do it again some time"

"What?" Duke asked confused at her sudden change and desire to leave so early

"Okay, bye" she chirped before he could stop her

Duke looked of to Eunice who was still there. "Um do you like cheese?" He asked, a prior question he had originally asked Olivia

"More than any other animal byproduct" she said in a creepy voice

"Uh waiter!" He called out wanting to get away

O-O-O

The next day

"And that's the end of this closely contested match! Illyria wins 2-1!" the announcer excitedly declared as the referee whistled the end of the match. Viorel and his teammates celebrated their win. They had just beaten one of the top teams in their division, Blackfriars. Olivia came over with her friend Maria to congratulate them.

"That was an amazing match!" She said grabbing the attention of Duke and Viorel. She purposely stood closely to Duke and gave him a hug. She complimented his skills and his plays throughout he match. She would only quickly look over to Viorel to see if he was watching.

"So the party.." Viorel interjected, getting their attention "w-what time did you say it was at?"

"Seven" Maria responded "you know what, in celebration of this win the whole team is invited to come" she announced to which everyone around cheered

"Oh okay. So I guess I'll see you all there later then" As soon and Viorel left Olivia separated from Duke and told him she had to go get ready and help Maria finish setting up for the party. Duke was disappointed, but her reasons were valid. He just found it odd how every time Viorel left Olivia would soon follow.

A few hours later..

Maria's home was packed, almost everyone was there. The only person missing was Viorel who was running late. As he pulled up near the house he could hear the music from his car. He walked in and saw his teammates scattered around. It wasn't easy finding his friends within the crowd of people. He felt a sudden tug on his arm and found a blonde pulling him along towards the stairs. As they started to go up she turn to reveal her face.

"Vio come on everyone's upstairs. We've been wondering where you were" she said

Olivia guided him into a bedroom where a group of people consisting of his three friends, Eunice, Maria, and a few other guests were sitting around in a circle. He took a seat across from Olivia and noticed a bottle being set in the center.

"Since Viorel just arrived I think it should be his turn now to spin" Toby said as everyone else agreed

He looked around at everyone there and gulped in fear of having the bottle stop on Eunice or even Olivia. He carefully examined his options and hoped it stopped on any of the other girls he barely knew.

So when will be my next post? In 2020! Mwahaha, but to be honest I'm not sure. I will try to have it up this year.. I can kind of sort of promise that. Thanks for the reviews too! That was one of the main reasons why I decided to even upload this chapter. Knowing there's people that actually wanted more motivated me to continue even though it was two years late..