All I Want For Christmas

Chapter 4 - Stressful Summer.

Three Months Later...

Olivia's P.O.V.

I know this may sound like I'm being dramatic but the past three months have honestly been the worst three months of my entire life.

For a young woman who was once living the fairytale dream with her prince charming who I was supposed to have the best summer of my life with along with our best friends before we headed off to college with each other, this summer was far from a dream.

If anything, it was a nightmare which was more akin to a movie which tortures you mentally and emotionally, not a Disney one like I had always thought it was.

After I had discovered my boyfriend and twin brother were nasty, horrible pricks who didn't love me as much as I loved them, I decided to make some changes to my future plans so that they no longer included Colton and Tyler.

This summer was supposed to be the best one of our lives because it would be our last one were we're free before the stress of college and eventually the real world took over our lives but for me, this summer has been terrible as I grieved my broken relationships with both my boyfriend and my brother and made changes to my plans which I once thought were unchangeable.

Initially, my plans after graduation were to go travelling with Colton, Tyler and our friends before attending the University of Colorado together in the fall but now everything's changed.

The day after I discovered Colton's betrayal, I did two things which I thought I'd never have to do in my life but I did them anyway because I had no other choice.

The first thing I did was I went to my old high school to change my college choice from Colorado to New York which wasn't easy for me to do but I managed to get it done thanks to the amazing admin team at the school.

It wasn't an easy decision for me to make because I had always hoped to attend university in my hometown, not just because it's closer to my family but also because it's the school where both my parents and my auntie and uncle attended as well but as we know, life is full of surprises and now I've been forced to rearrange my plans to avoid those two dickheads.

The second thing I did was that I went to my local family planning clinic, where I got screened for every STI possible including HIV.

Once again, this wasn't easy for me to do, in fact, it was downright embarrassing but luckily for me, I had a nice lady in the room with me who gave me some much-needed comfort and made the whole process a little bit easier for me.

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to successfully avoid Colton and Tyler all summer because they've been doing everything they can to try and get my attention and to spend time with me whilst I've been doing everything I can to avoid them, especially after I found out from Demi that their 'boys day out' three months ago also included Chelsea who just had to tag along with them because according to Colton 'she's got no friends to hang out with'.

It's true that she hasn't got any friends but that's her own fault because every friend she's ever had has cut her off because she keeps trying to steal their boyfriends from them.

Anyway, I've been able to avoid the boys for the most part thanks to Demi, my parents and also Colton's parents as well who know everything that's happened and were absolutely livid with them when they found out what they had done.

Demi already knew about what Colton and Tyler had done but our parents didn't find out about it until a couple of weeks later when my mom had found me in my bedroom crying my eyes out and she refused to leave me alone until I had told her why I was upset.

I didn't want anyone else to know about this, especially not our parents because to be perfectly honest with you, I was completely embarrassed by the whole thing and I just wanted to sweep it under the rug forever but then my mom found me and she was so angry with what her son and nephew have done that she immediately wanted to confront them with my father's baseball bat but I managed to stop her.

Unfortunately, I couldn't stop her from telling my father and my auntie and uncle about the bet and after they'd learned every single detail about it, they wanted nothing more than to hand both of their asses to them, especially when they learned about Chelsea's involvement in it who they really don't like.

I didn't know this at the time but apparently, they've always had a lot of disdain for Chelsea because of her weird obsession with Colton, they also wanted to go after their sons when I told them about my plans to leave Boulder in the fall but I once again managed to stop them and convince them to let it go for me.

None of them were happy about my plans to leave and they all tried to get me to reconsider my decision but I refused because I just wanted to move on with my life and to forget all about this painful chapter which I knew I wouldn't be able to do if I was constantly around the two men who hurt me the most.

If you're wondering why I never told them about Chelsea's pregnancy, well, it's simple really.

I didn't tell them for two reasons, the first is because plain and simply, it's not my place to tell them and the second is because I knew the McKenzie's would've been livid if one of their kids told them they were gonna be a teen parent and Colton deserves to stew in the worry and panic that he'll be feeling about telling them he was gonna be a dad.

Unfortunately, I won't be around to see the show because I'll be leaving Colorado tomorrow now that the summer is finally over and done with and even though I'm sad about leaving my family, I'm also really excited about the next chapter in my life as well.

"Hey chérie, do you need any help with that?"

"No, it's ok, thanks anyway, Colton"

I say whilst pulling my suitcase out of my dad's truck.

We've just arrived back in Boulder after spending two weeks together with our families in Dubai and I was kind of hoping that Colton would be too jet lagged to wanna give me any attention but unfortunately, I was wrong.

"Is everything ok, Ollie baby?"

"Everything's fine, Colton"

"Are you sure? because you've been acting really weird with me for months now"

He said and I closed my eyes as I sighed in frustration.

"Define weird for me?"

I ask with annoyance in my tone.

"Well, that's two things right there, Olivia"

Colton said angrily.

"You always call me by my full name now which you've never done before because you've always preferred to call me either Colt or an affectionate nickname and you've also had this weird attitude with not just me but also with Tyler as well all summer long like we've done something to anger or upset you"

That's because you have, asshole.

I thought to myself as Colton stepped closer to me and placed both of his warm hands on my shoulders.

"Have I done something to anger or upset you, babe? because if I have then please...please tell me what it is that I've done wrong so that I can apologise for it and fix whatever it is that I've done wrong"

You can't fix what you've done, Colton.

I thought to myself as I put on a fake smile and looked up at the former love of my life.

"You haven't done anything wrong, Colton, I promise you"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes"

I say with a slight chuckle.

"The past few months have just been really stressful for me, that's all because I want everything to be perfect for us for when we start college together"

I tell Colton who smiles brightly at me as he once again closes the space between us until we're literally chest to chest with each other.

"It's already perfect, chérie because we've got each other, that's all we need, everything else is just a bonus"

Colton said as he cupped my face and leaned in to kiss me but before his nasty lips could touch mine, we were thankfully interrupted by my eldest brother Michael who wasn't happy to see us this close to each other.

Michael has never approved of my relationship with Colton because he always felt like we were too young for a serious relationship and he was worried that I would eventually get hurt which he was right about but I'll never tell him that.

The last thing that I want is to inflate Michael's ego and make his already big head even bigger.

"I thought you two were getting the bags in?"

"f**k"

Colton groaned low under his breath as I tried my hardest to suppress a chuckle.

It's clear as day that Colton was feeling frustrated because I haven't kissed him or done anything intimate with him since the morning I had found out about his betrayal and I can tell that our lack of intimacy was starting to get to him.

"We are, Mike, I was just giving my girl here a kiss, that's all"

"Well don't, she's just a kid"

"I'm eighteen, Michael"

I say whilst rolling my eyes.

"Yeah, a kid, Ollie"

Michael says before heading inside leaving me happy and Colton frustrated.

"We should get the rest of these bags inside before Michael sends out the cavalry"

"Yeah"

Colton says sounding annoyed.

We then got all of the bags out of the truck and put them in my house just as Tyler came walking down the stairs with a big, s**t-eating grin on his face.

"Hey brother, wanna hang out in the cave tonight?"

"Actually Ty, I was kind of hoping that I'd get to hang out with my girl tonight"

Colton says whilst wrapping his arm around my shoulders and pulling me closer to him as Tyler looked at us with anger in his eyes.

As much as I'd love to stick it to my brother and take his little friend away from him for the night, I just couldn't because I didn't want to spend another second in Colton's presence and the mere thought of doing so made bile wanna rise in my throat.

"You should go ahead and hang out with Tyler tonight, Colton, I'm too jet-lagged to wanna do anything with anyone"

"Are you being serious, Olivia?"

Colton asks sounding pissed off and annoyed which I ignored.

"Yeah, I'm being serious, I'm just gonna have a shower and go to bed early, so there's no point in us hanging out together tonight"

I tell Colton who looked at me like what the f**k? as a happy Tyler clapped his hands together.

"Great, let's go, brother"

Tyler said as he ushered a frustrated Colton out of our house.

When they were gone, I let out a sigh of relief as a wave of sadness overcame me because I knew that this would be the last time that I'd see either of them again and if I had it my way, then it would stay that way forever but unfortunately for me, fate had plans for us which were beyond my control.