Charlie Williams

It's finally spring break and I have absolutely no plans except chilling with my girl and doing nothing. I have been so busy these last few weeks so I just want to relax for a change. Our coaches have been nice enough to let us have the break with no practice and I plan on taking full advantage of their niceties. I sleep in till almost nine Monday morning before finally crawling out of my bed and dragging myself to the shower. I get out of the shower and I'm drying off my hair when I hear my monitor beep in the other room. I quickly throw on some sweatpants and head downstairs to get something to eat. Walking downstairs, I feel my phone vibrate in my hands. I answer my girl's call with a cheery, "Good morning Ollie girl!" she grumbles a hello in response.

"When are you coming over?" I ask

"Umm I can't come over right now my parents are both at the hospital. But the new nanny is coming over soon. I can come over at like 11 though. Do you want to come over instead?"

"Yeah, I'll be over there in fifteen."

She says goodbye then hangs up and I go into the kitchen to grab some quick breakfast. My mom texted me earlier to tell me that she had gone to work and my dad came into my room earlier to tell me the same. I grab a packet of oatmeal and put it in the microwave before cutting up some strawberries and adding it to my warmed up oatmeal. After eating, I quickly brush my teeth and run a comb through my hair before pulling on a black shirt and a navy blue sweatshirt because it's still cold outside. I slip on my shoes before walking over to my girlfriend's house and knocking on her door. A second later, Isabella, her younger sister opens the door. She smiles animatedly and says, "Hi Charlie! You can come in! Do you want to see my new dress? Mommy got it for me because I just lost another tooth!"

"That's awesome Isa! You can definitely show me your dress." I tell her walking inside. She runs up the stairs to grab it and I walk into the living room to see my girl sitting on the couch blowing raspberries on Sofia's tummy and Sofia laughing uncontrollably because of it. I feel a smile start to form on my face as I walk further into the room and sit down next to her. Sofia sees me and starts to reach to me to which I respond by taking her in my lap. She smiles at me and claps her hands on my cheeks before giving me a big slobbery kiss all over my face. I laugh before taking her away from my face and laying her on my lap where she curls up into a ball and starts to play with the toy laying by my thigh.

"The nanny should be here soon so then we can actually do something." Ollie says standing up off the couch and grabbing her sippy to bring back to the kitchen. Isabella comes back down with a new dress on and gives me a mini fashion show explaining all the different parts of the dress and why it's so special to her. Ol comes back and sits down back where she was and leans her head against my shoulder and says, "What are we going to do today?"

"Well I wanna chill and I wanna go out and do something fun and whatever else you can think of that you wanna do." I tell her

She gives me an "OK" before pulling out her phone when she gets a text from someone. She stands up declaring that the nanny is here and walks to the front door to greet her. Almost an hour later Ollie's explained almost everything about these kids including the time they were born which I have no idea why the nanny would need to know that but I'm not going to judge her. We finally leave Isabella, Aurora, Emma, and Sofia in the clutches of the nanny and walk to my house. Ollie decides that we should have a chill day so we go into my theater and I pick out a movie while she gets blankets and snuggles into the couch. I choose a random superhero movie and walk over to where she is and take half of the blanket to spread over my legs.

We're halfway through the movie when the doorbell echoes through the house. I get up and walk to the door with Ollie trailing behind me. When I open the door, I am not prepared for who I see on the other side.

Cameron and Kimberly. They're here. At my door. Holding hands. Why are they here? Cameron has a small grin on his face while he says, "Hey Charlie. Surprise!" I slam the door in his face and lock it to ensure that he won't try to come in. Ollie is on my side hugging my arm and looking into my eyes, silently questioning. "That's Cameron and my ex." I manage to choke out before I slide down the door and onto the floor with her arms entangling me in a hug. They start knocking on the door again and calling out to me to open the door. I stand up so fast that Ollie almost faceplants into the door. I grab her wrist and I bolt up the stairs going as far away from that wretched door as I can. I clamber up onto our roof spot and sit down on the blanket already laid out. Ollie sits next to me stroking my arm softly. I think of the next best thing and pull out my phone and call my parents. My mom answers first then my dad joins in on the group call. I quickly explain what happened and my dad says that he's on his way back home. My mom has to stay at work for another half an hour but then she'll be here. I end the call and hang my head in defeat. I should've known that something like this would happen. I don't want Ollie anywhere near Cameron or Kimberly. They aren't good people and she doesn't need that kind of stress in her life right now. I look towards the front of my house to see that their car is still parked out front. Luckily the roof spot faces the backyard so the only way they would see us is if they were looking for us.

A few minutes later, I hear my dad's truck coming down the street so I quickly scramble a little bit closer to the front of the house to watch. My dad parks his truck in the driveway before meeting Cameron and Kim on the other side of it. They all start talking and a few minutes later, my dad comes inside but they don't make any move to leave. He calls my name so we both go back inside and we meet my dad in the doorframe of the room. I grab Ollie's hand for reassurance that she's still there. She squeezes my hand once, letting me know that she's here for me.

"They want to talk to you Charlie. That's all they want to do. Just talk." he says

"Well I don't know if I can just talk, Dad and I'm not going out there until I know that I can only talk."

"How about we set up a time and place for them to come back and you can talk when you've prepared yourself." my dad suggests.

"How long are they staying for?" I inquire

"Three weeks" comes his reply.

Wanting to get it over with, I tell my dad to tell them to come back tomorrow at ten and we can talk. He goes back out to tell them and I turn to Ollie as soon as he's gone. "Can you go with me when I talk to them?" I ask her. Even though I don't want her anywhere near them, I know I won't try anything while she's there. Call it selfish but she keeps me sane and the last thing I need is to start an actual fight with my ex-lifelong best friend.

"Of course" comes her reply and I feel myself let out a breath of relief. The only way I could do this is with Ols by my side and I will make sure that she stays by my side. The rest of the day, I'm hardly able to relax, thinking of the dreadful conversation that's to come.Ollie goes back to her house at eleven when her nanny was long gone and her dad had arrived. Already giving her more freedom and time with me. I attempt to go to bed at eleven thirty but my body won't give in so when I finally fall asleep at 4, I'm not confident that I'll be able to stand up to him. I wake up at eight with only a lousy 4 hours under my belt and a depressing cloud of despair hanging over me. My girl comes over at nine and we cuddle up together on the couch with her stroking my hair as a form of comfort. I've finally relaxed enough to fall asleep when the doorbell rings and I startle awake at the sound. I groan and slowly stand up and grab Ollie's hand and drag her along with me. I stand at the door staring at what's to come when Ollie takes initiative and opens the door for me. She lets Cam and Kimberly in and we go sit in the dining room. We sit there silently staring at each other for at least two minutes before Cameron finally speaks up, "I'm sorry Char. It was extremely inconsiderate of me to take your girl from you." I reach for Ollie's hand under the table and she gives me a squeeze. I take a deep breath and say, "Is that actually how you're going to apologize to me?"

"Well I just thought that I should be straight out ya know?"

"STRAIGHT OUT? YOU CHEATED! WITH MY GIRLFRIEND!" I couldn't help it. He said it so nonchalantly and that just irked me. my grip on Ollie's hand tightened as I felt myself start to release my anger. I tried my best to hold it back but it was too strong and I needed to get it out and be honest once and for all.

I take a deep breath before saying, "Go up to my room Olivia. I don't want you here right now. I'll come see you after." I squeeze her hand before letting go and she goes upstairs to my room with me watching her go. Once I'm sure that she's in my room, I explode.

"YOU MADE OUT WITH MY GIRLFRIEND PRACTICALLY RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME! WHO KNOWS WHAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED IF I DIDN'T WALK IN! YOU ARE DISGUSTING. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT ALL YOU CAN SAY IS "I'M SORRY!" I'm seething. I am pacing up and down the dining room trying my hardest not to run out of the house and never come back. Kimberly stands up and wraps her hand around my upper arm and I immediately shake it off and back up.

"Don't touch me. I don't want your slimy hands anywhere near me." I tell her while she doesn't move so I take initiative and move farther away. She finally gains a brain and moves back but it's not enough.I force myself to take a deep breath before saying, "What are you even doing here?"

"We wanted to visit you. We thought it would be nice if we came to see you now that you're not in Illinois with us."

"Did you ever think that maybe I don't want to see you? Maybe I wanted to get away from you? You hurt me! Maybe not physically, but mentally and spiritually!" They look back at me shocked like they actually didn't think about that.

"Listen, I can't tell you what to do but I can tell you I don't want you anywhere near me or my girlfriend. Don't come back to my house and leave me alone!" I tell them. I stand there and wait for them to get up and when they do, I walk them to the door. Slamming the door in their faces, I make sure to lock it before bolting up the stairs to join Ollie. I walk into my room to see her sitting cross legged on my bed scrolling through something on her phone. I grab her phone and throw it on my bed before laying down next to her leg. She starts running her hand through my hair and I throw my arms around her torso before saying, "that was crap. Remind me never to let them over again."

"I don't think you'll need reminding. I think you'll remember just fine yourself."

"Probably. But just in case I don't, you will be reminding me." I answer

"Ok.--- I have practice at five but I'm yours until then." Ollie says

"Yesss!" I exclaim

"We should go to the lake! Please please please?" I practically beg

Laughing she responds, "Ok Ok. We can go to the lake."

I jump off the bed and run to get my lake stuff and Ollie goes home to grab her stuff too. We drive to the lake and surprisingly it's not super busy. I park next to the marina and grab the boat keys from the center console and we get out. I told my parents that we were going to the lake so they've already called the marina and alerted the staff. I put in the code and the gate to the dock opens and lets us in. We walk over to where the boat is docked and we get in it. We recently just bought a Bowrider that's white with red and orange stripes along the sides. I just got my boat license in January so I can officially drive the boat even though I used to drive it all the time even without a license. We unhitch from the dock and I drive into the lake. After driving for almost an hour, I find a shady beach and I anchor the boat to the sand at the bottom, then we both jump in.

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We're heading back at four and we're both absolutely exhausted. I have no idea how Ollie's supposed to go to dance after this because I'm gonna go take a nap when we get home.

"Can I come to your house after practice? It ends at six" she asks, interrupting the silence.

"Of course. My parents should be home by then but you can still come over."

"Leo and Adrian are having friends over and I don't want to listen to their obnoxious antics all night. Plus I like hanging out with you."

Hiding my pride, I casually ask, "Are your parents gonna be home?"

"No, the nanny is . She said she wants to get tons of hours in. Apparently she doesn't have a social life so she's taken up the role of mommy. Her target is 100 hours a week and there's only 168 hours in a week so it's pretty impressive." she says and pauses before saying, "My parents both get off in the morning at nine."

We arrive at home and Ollie bids me a hasty goodbye before going to her house and 20 minutes later, her car is leaving the driveway. I go inside and take a shower before collapsing on my bed. My next awareness is my mom knocking on my door, I get up and open it to let her in. She walks in and we start talking about her day and how my day was. She asks about Ollie and we talk for a little while before my phone begins to ring. "Hey Ollie babe! How was dance?" I answer

"Exhausting. I'm on my way home now."

"What do you want to do?"

"I have an idea. Don't worry." she says with a hint of humor in her voice.

We talk for a few more minutes before I hang up and go into the kitchen to get food. I make some yogurt with strawberries and honey then sit at the kitchen island to eat it. My dad walks in and sits next to me and I ask him how his day went. We chat for a few minutes before I hear a knock at the door and run to open it. My hot girlfriend stands on the other side of the door with a Walmart bag on her arm. She walks in and hands me the bag before taking her shoes off and taking the bag back. She walks into the downstairs bathroom before turning to me and dragging me over to the toilet and sitting me on the lid. She grabs a hair tie and ties the front of my hair back. "What are we doing?" I ask but she just shushes me before continuing to tie my hair back. With an evil glint in her eye, she reaches into the bag and pulls out a bottle of something vaguely familiar. "Olliee.." She gives me a satisfied smirk and squirts the facemask on her fingers and rubs it together before approaching me. "If you think you're putting that on my face–"she interrupts me "don't be a baby. It's good for you. Plus this one doesn't peel off your face. This one you can just wash off." she takes a tentative step closer and I close my eyes in silent invitation, not ever being able to tell her no. I feel the cold liquid on my face almost immediately. A minute later I hear her say quietly, "Done" We switch positions and I start to put the facemask on her next. After I'm finished, she stands up, and giving me a quick kiss, she walks out of the bathroom pulling me along with her. We go out to the kitchen and she pulls out a stool and sits on it. I pull out the one next to her and sit as well. She looks up at me and just stares. She just looks at me so I look back at her and we start a silent staring contest before I finally relent and ask, "Ok fine. What do you want?"

"Can you dance with me at my next concert?" she asks with pleading eyes. "I have to dance with a partner but all the guys we have already at the studio are either already taken or only dance because they have terrible intentions and want the girls easily. But I asked and they said that I can pick someone else. So I'm picking you if you'll do it?"

I heave a giant sigh before saying, "Fine. I'll do it. But I'm not doing anything crazy. I don't want to hurt myself before basketball starts."

She hops off the chair squealing in delight as she clings to my arm.
"Thankyou thankyou thankyou!" she gives me tons of tiny little pecks before running around the island and jumping up and down again. A few minutes later, she finally calms down but she can't wipe her smile off her face. We wash off the face mask and I drag her out to our game room where we have a pool table, a basketball game, poker table, and a ping pong table among other things. She walks over to the pool table and smiles at me before grabbing a stick off the wall and setting up the balls. I grab a stick as well and walk over to the table and start our game.

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She won. How is she so good at everything she does? She gives me a devilish smile before dancing in a circle around me and giving me a kiss on the cheek and running out. I follow after her and chase her down before I start tickling her. She starts laughing and I kiss her on the lips to quell her laughter. In the middle of our kiss, I start tickling her again and she breaks away and starts running away. I give her a second before I start chasing after her and she runs behind the table while I pretend not to see her and she pops up, trying to scare me unsuccessfully but I give in when she starts chasing me and I also give in when she starts her attempt at tickling. I'm so gone for this girl it's not even funny. It's almost midnight when My girl leaves and as I watch her go home, a realization comes upon me: she's my life. And I think I love her. No, correction. I know I love her.