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The next day, Olivia is on the beach litter picking next to Sarah and Topper not interacting with them and just listening in.

"You should've heard the how John B talked to me," Sarah speaks, and this catches Olivia's attention. She and Sarah knew full well it was the way he spoke to her not Sarah but to Topper it was Sarah who kept the secret the Olivia. "That kid's got a mouth on him!"

"Well, get showed his true colours, Sarah." Topper replies.

"He was so rude!"

"I know! It's what I've been trying to tell you. I mean, he's lucky your dad didn't press charges."

"I know! After stealing scuba from us? It's just... kind of ridiculous to me. After everything my dad has done for him. Just so generous."

"Yeah."

"You'd think he'd be more grateful. Then he yells at me like it's my fault!"

"That's—It's— He's a Pogue, at the end of the day. I mean, you can say we're all just people, or— or whatever, but it's totally different mindset on the cut."

"I don't blame him for being mad, he's had no money and his dad is dea-" The two look up at Olivia but she gets cut off by Kelce coming over.

"Yo. You look thirsty!" He interrupts her, holding up an odd looking liquid in a bottle which she's assuming is alcohol.

"Okay, what do we— what do we got here?" Topper takes the drink and opens it.

"Have some of that, baby."

"Oh, my god!" he smells the drink, before taking a sip. "Oh, man. Come on, Sarah." He hands it over to Sarah.

"What did you do to this?"

"He's not playin' around."

And with that she takes a sip, before offering it to Olivia. And Olivia still being pissed off for them bad mouthing John B and her getting interrupted she shoves it back some splashing out of the bottle and onto Sarah and in a huff she drops her litter picking gear and walks off the beach and towards her home.

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Olivia is sat in her room when the door opens and her brother walks in. A smile graces her face as she looks up.

"Hey Rafe," She puts her book down and swinging her legs over so she's sat on the edge of the bed facing him. "What's up?"

"Dad needs us for something, probably to shout about who knows what. Come on." He smiles back slightly. And Olivia can see the slight nervousness to his tone.

She nods standing up and following him out to the balcony. While Rafe sits on the chair she stands just behind it not exactly wanting to stay for a while.

"Sit Olivia." Ward finally speaks up, and just getting the shake of a head. With a sigh he turns to Rafe.

"So the generators i asked you to get where are they."

"They're on ba-" But he gets cut off by his dad.

"I don't feel like you care." He speaks louder.

"I said, i do!"

"You said."

"What do you want me to say?"

"I don't want you to say anything! Take care of business. Where are the generators? I gave you money for the back-up generators. You said you would take care of it. Did you take care of it? Where are they?"

"They're on back order."

"Yeah, of course they are."

That pisses Olivia off, she knows Rafe didn't buy them and used the money for the motorcycle but she wasn't about to throw him under the bus, "There was a hurricane." She finally speaks up.

"I tell you what. You know that Pogue I just fired? Was way more reliable than both of you."

"Really." Rafe says, Olivia staying silent now upset with her father's words.

"Yeah, really! You need to get it together, Rafe- or you can go live on the cut."

"Dad." Olivia mumbles.

Rafe just laughs.

"That's funny to you?" Ward questions. "You can go live on the damn cut, Rafe. As far as I'm concerned. Now get out of here. I'm sick of lookin' at you. Make yourself useful somewhere, somehow."

Rafe gets up, and Olivia grabs his arm as he stops again offering some comfort.

"Sarah's not working." He speaks.

"This isn't about Sarah, Rafe. You're almost 20. You don't just get to sit back and have everything handed to you."

"But you make Olivia work?"

"She has too."

"Yes Sir."

"It doesn't seem like you understand me."

"I'll take care of those generators, okay?"

"I'll believe that when I see it." Rafe sighs, him and Olivia walking back inside.

"Told you," Olivia jumps as she hears her twin sister voice and if on cue her and Rafe turn around to face Sarah at the same exact time. "Shouldn't of brought that motorcycle with the generator money." And Rafe just hums walking off.

Olivia watches him walk off before turning back to her sister, "You're quite a bitch." She says parting her shoulder while walking past her and back into her bedroom.

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Olivia stood alone in the corner of the kitchen, of whose house? She doesn't know, Sarah brought her with her but then left and hasn't come back. And when she hears Sarah yelling and the people out back cheering she knows she been ditched with Topper.

Olivia drink from her solo cup, while zoning in and out staring down at her shoes.

When suddenly she gets brought back to reality when the voice of a familiar person speaks to her, "Are your shoes a good view?" She says sarcastically after snapping her fingers in her face.

Olivia rolls her eyes then replying, "Go kiss your boyfriend."

"Maybe i will...maybe i won't."

"Yeah you will."

"Hmm who knows? Besides that he's probably doing cocaine and I really don't want white beneath my nose today."

"We all know that won't stop you."

After a couple minutes of back and forth banter about Julie kissing Rafe, Julia is now on her fourth drink. Definitely drunk.

"Oh my god, JJ was barking at snakes yesterday." Julia slurred.

"The blonde who had a gun at the kegger?" Olivia asked as she folded her arms.

"They're attached at the hip, him and that gun."

"He's cute." Olivia says with a shrug like it's not a big deal.

"Your secret is safe with me." Julia says while moving to hold her pinky out toward Olivia.

"Okay, John B." Olivia laughs locking Pinkies with the girls.

And because they felt like it they shook pinkies.

Somehow the girls find themselves upstairs, Olivia sat next to a kneeling Kelce doing cock on the table in front of them and Julia sitting next to Rafe.

The girls not paying attention to the world around them are in their own world.

Olivia grins noticing the proximity of her brother and friend and she does the first thing anyone would do.

Olivia starts making kissing noises and actions occasionally singing. On the third time of Olivia trying to sing, 'Julia and Rafe sitting in a tree' she gets interrupted and it's not by her blushing brother this time. It's Topper, who's not wearing a shirt and nearly making Olivia throw herself into the pool and drown, walks onto the balcony.

"Top hey, Top hey." Rafe gets up grabbing the blonde's shoulders. "Hey, everybody. Hey, this is Top, all right? I call him the Shred God. He goes Conan on overheads, right? What were you last year? You were, like, top ten." He mummers, very high.

"Last year, uh, seventh in Nationals."

"He was seventh on Nationals. Girls, look. Take a sear. Sit down. Sit down, man!"

"All right, all right." He sits down in Rafe's now vacant seat next to Julia who quickly stands up, not wanting to be anywhere near him. She grabs Olivia and they walk away.

The two girls find their way back into the kitchen downstairs, where Olivia spots and impatient Sarah.

Sarah spots Olivia and practically stomps up to her, grabbing her arm and pulling her towards the door, "What's with people dragging me these days," Liv mumbles. "Bye Julia!" She and Sarah waves.

And the two twins exit the party.

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The two girls find their way into Olivia's bedroom.

Liv lies down on her back on her bed, Sarah coming and laying her head on her shoulder.

"Liv, why am I such an idiot?" She whispers, clearly upset.

"Where do I start?" I whisper back."Did something happen at the party?"

"Yeah. Um...It's what didn't happen."

"I'm listening, always."

"I told Topper I was ready."

"You did?"

"Yeah. Then...when it came down to it, I don't...I don't know, I—I couldn't do it."

"Did he get mad? Did he stomp?"

"Yeah. He's a stomper."

"Well, it has to feel right. That's what you always say you want."

"I know, nut it did feel right. He was so sweet the entire day."

"Well, why didn't you, then?"

"I don't know."

Olivia kisses Sarah's forehead, "Whenever you're ready Sar." And with that the twins both fall asleep.

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"It's your turn." Olivia walks up to John B.

"Uh, for what?"

Olivia moves to stand and lean against a chair, "To ask me what I'm doing here."

"What are you doing here?"

"I realised, I didn't get a chance to respond the other day after you spat in my face and yelled at me, and you stormed off like a child. So, first of all, I'm not a liar. I don't know how Ward found out about the scuba gear, but I swear it was not me. I'm not the reason you got fired."

"Okay." He shrugs, a small smile.

"That's all. Good talk." And with that she starts to walk off before she stops and pulls some chips, the same ones he smacked out of her hands the other day, out of her bag, "Oh," She throws them to him. "Your favourite. Good catch." And then she actually walks off this time.

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