F I R E

“I am serious.” Olivia’s voice was stern despite the fact that she felt like she was falling apart on the inside. Her sister was leaving for France soon and Olivia had agreed to watch her niece, she had so been looking forward to spending that time with Riley and Caitlyn, and pretending to have a little family together. Olivia had high hopes for her and Cait, and now that they were ruined, she could feel her world crumbling around her. “No, you didn’t do anything.”

Olivia kept her eyes away from Caitlyn as she began pacing around. She had expected the girl to cry, but now that it was actually happening, it was like torture. “You did nothing.” She lied again. “I guess I just don’t like the whole relationship thing like I thought I would.” The raven haired girl folded her arms over her chest as if to protect herself. “I’m sorry.” She repeated coldly.

After she had calmed down, a little, she decided to try and talk to her girlfriend again. Maybe she would hear what was wrong now. She took a deep breath as she entered the room, not even knocking as she was too anxious to actually remember it. “H..hey.” she quietly said.

Olivia looked up when Caitlyn spoke, making her jump a little bit. “Oh hey.” She replied, fidgeting with her bathrobe. Olive sat up a bit, allowing some room for Caitlyn to sit down next to her if she wanted to. “I think we should talk.” She cleared her throat, unable to meet Caitlyn’s gaze. “I just don’t think this is working.” She continued. “Us, I mean.” Olivia kept her eyes focused on the floor, her eyes tracing the pattern so that she wouldn’t start crying. “I think we should break up.” She stated flatly, as if she needed to at all explain what she was saying, obviously Caitlyn could have gathered that from her previous statements. “Sorry.” She stood up abruptly, wiping her sweaty palms on her bathrobe.

Olivia turned away from Caitlyn as she began stammering her words, fighting to get them out. She was thankful when she walked away. It was hard on Olivia, seeing someone she cared for so much hurting, but it was her own fault after all. Olive shifted awkwardly before continuing her conversation with the male before her. She was going to keep him as a distraction for as long as possible before she had to face Caitlyn again. Olivia wondered what she would do when they finally met up again, should she break up with her? Should she tell her what she saw? Olivia wasn’t sure.

When breakfast was finally done Olivia went back to her room to shower, though she was a ghost and she didn’t really need to shower, she still thoroughly enjoyed doing so. She took her time, wanting to avoid the outside world for as long as possible, and since she was a ghost, she didn’t get wrinkly, so she could spend hours in the shower and have no issues; which is exactly what she did. When she was finally ready to get out she pulled on her bathrobe and decided to let her hair air dry, she then laid down on her bed, watching TV, she awaited Caitlyn’s return, as he knew the girl would try to talk to her again like she always did.

Olivia nodded a bit at Caitlyn’s question, trying not to make things too awkward with the male before her. “If you don’t mind, we were kind of in the middle of something, I’ll catch up with you later.” Olivia spoke, completely dismissing Caitlyn. She was surprised Caitlyn had even come over and interrupted their conversation in the first place.

Olivia was doing her best to flirt, but her heart just wasn’t in it. She was still hurt, and she knew she was acting out like a child, but she couldn’t help it. She trusted Caitlyn, and that was the worst part out of all of it. When she felt a tap on her shoulder her flirtatious smile quickly faded. “Oh, good morning.” She spoke, clearing her throat a bit. 

Olivia had started eating a croissant as well as some eggs and bacon when a male across the room caught her attention. He was relatively cute, and Olivia needed a distraction. Despite her best efforts her mind kept wandering to Caitlyn and what she had seen last night. Olivia finished her eggs and bacon and wrapped her croissant in a napkin before she walked over to the man and began talking to him. It wasn’t usually very hard for Olivia to flirt her way into an easy going conversation, and this time wasn’t any different. Within a few minutes she was sitting down and eating the rest of her breakfast with him.

Olivia knew Caitlyn’s mind was probably racing trying to figure out what she could have done wrong, and honestly, that’s what she deserved. Olivia wanted her to suffer, not knowing what she had done to piss Olivia off. The brunette fell asleep a lot quicker than she had anticipated, she figured she would be up all night worrying about who it was that Caitlyn had kissed and other things. When she woke in the morning she quietly got out of bed, making her way to the bathroom she cleaned herself up and quickly exited the hotel room. She didn’t want to be there when Caitlyn woke up, so instead she made her way to the hotel restaurant where they were serving breakfast.

“Not really, but I still haven’t seen any. Where’d you leave them last?”

Olivia focused her eyes on the bedding that she fidget with, not wanting to meet Caitlyn’s gaze. “Okay, happy new years.” She said bluntly. This was not exactly how Olivia had planned for things to go, in fact she had planned of things to be the opposite. She had started preparing for a wonderful breakfast she was going to make for them both tomorrow morning, as well as a bouquet of flowers in the fridge. She hadn't been able to bring Caitlyn on a date due to the fact that they were both ghosts, so it was the little things that Olivia had to make matter. She had also purchased some lingerie with her sister a few weeks ago and it was finally delivered to the hotel, something she had planned on showing off tonight. “Yeah, sure, whatever.” Olivia mumbled, shifting herself under the covers, she turned the light off. “Night.”

Olivia shook her head. “Nope, everything’s good.” She lied through her teeth. She was furious with Caitlyn, but was trying her hardest to play it off like nothing was going on. Olivia shrugged. “I think I’m just gonna crash now, I’m kind of tired.” Olivia was honestly just trying to get Caitlyn out of her room, because she wasn’t going to be able to be around her without screaming at her for much longer. Caitlyn had told Olivia she could trust her, had convinced her to be in a relationship and it had all turned to crap. That kiss was all Olivia needed to turn her emotions off and become completely cold-blooded.

Olivia looked up as Caitlyn entered her room, a smile on her face. Was she seriously going to pretend nothing had just happened? Olivia couldn’t believe it. If Caitlyn wanted to pretend nothing had just happened, then Olivia would too. She shrugged a bit, sifting away from Caitlyn on the bed. “Yeah, happy new years.” She mumbled. Finally laying back a bit on her bed she rested her back against the headboard, her eyes falling onto her phone and she avoided conversation with her girlfriend. Who was this other girl? What Caitlyn seeing someone else? Wouldn’t Olivia hear about something like that? Surely someone would have said something. “Sorry I didn’t come find you downstairs, I got caught up looking for some alcohol to celebrate with.”