Cherries & Cheerfulness

Oliver walked back to Hazel, and slipped his hand into hers again and giving it a soft squeeze. So far they had been able to walk around without fans spotting them - if the guy dressed as Peter Pan was a fan or not, he had no idea. He’d read somewhere they weren’t allowed to go out of their role, and he doubted Peter Pan would know who he was. “I was always so gutted they didn’t have a part of this park dedicated to 101 Dalmatians, or the Jungle Book. You can only find a couple of stuffed animals or something from those movies, it’s a little bit sad.” He said honestly and looked around thoughtfully, trying to find out where he wanted to go next. He was content just walking around with Hazel, though. He liked her company a lot, and he liked just  having her next to him and being able to spend the day with her. He missed it. “Hey, look. It’s Cinderella.” He stopped and pointed to the Princess not too far from them taking a picture with a little girl dressed in the same dress as her.

She took his hand once he was done and she squeezed back. So far it wasn’t too bad with fans noticing him, which she was grateful for. “I know! That’s really sad.” She frowned as she sighed. “But I guess the park can’t hold everything.” She shook her head and smiled at him wistfully. “We should buy a couple of stuffed animals from the books though!” She said wondering if that would at least help Disney’s sales. She looked at him when he pointed out Cinderella as she smiled excitedly. “Lets go get a picture!” She said as she practically ran over to Cinderella with him as she wanted a picture now. She felt bad for dragging him around but she was so excited to see more Disney character’s as she suddenly felt shy. Where were her manners? She walked up to Cinderella hesitantly as she smiled at her. “May I have a picture with you?” She asked timidly afraid she would say no for some reason. Maybe because she was someone Hazel had read a million times in her childhood and she had her happily ever after now with Oliver. She smiled in relief as Cinderella said of course as she posed next to her and she waited for Oliver to take the picture. 

When I was a little bean, the top of my Christmas list was always the best Barbie doll I could get, cause me mam would always get us a Cindy doll and I wasn’t having any of it, I wanted Barbie. Every year she’d get me a Cindy doll and I wanted Barbie!!!

Oliver smiled some over at Hazel again. He secretly wished he didn’t have to have to have the bodyguards around Disney World with him at all, but it was hard go to anywhere without protection. He couldn’t imagine Disney World being very easy. He had made it clear that they had to keep a distance and only come over if it was highly necessary. He didn’t mind saying hello to some fans, but he would mind if they were mobbed. Especially today when he was supposed to be spending the day with his fiancée. Arriving at the park, and walking through the entrance, Oliver looked around, finding a map of the park and held it out to her. “Today’s  your day, so we’ll go wherever you want to, babe.” He said and kissed her temple. He honestly didn’t mind what they were doing today. He just wanted to be spending time with Hazel, and see her smile. Oliver looked around at what was around them, and could see the castle straight ahead. “Oh! We should get you Minnie mouse ears or a princess tiara. Either would look great on you.” He smiled and gave her hand a soft squeeze as he tugged her along with him to walk with him to see what was around the park. 

She loved Peter Pan growing up, he never had to grow up, he would be able to stay the same forever and that was something she wanted more than anything. She saw the guy smile at her as she eagerly went up to him and hugged him tightly as he picked her up with ease as she giggled and smiled. “You’re quite the light princess aren’t you? But who are you trying to be?” He asked as Hazel shook her head. “I don’t know actually.” She said honestly as he smiled and pressed his cheek against hers as she waited for Oliver to take the picture, thanking the person playing Peter Pan before she walked back over to Oliver happily. “Do you want to take a picture with him as well?” She asked eagerly. She was loving today already, even though she knew that people were starting to wondering if that was actually Oliver with her. She prayed they would think it was a look alike as she looked at him happily. 

Oliver looked up from the paper at her question about the body guard and nodded. “We’re going to Disney world, I don’t think going out on our own is very safe.” He said honest and took another bite of his breakfast and folded the paper back together. It seemed like Orlando had big expectations to his show. Good thing Hazel was here with him, so his last shows had been better than he had expected because he was in such a good mood. “But I don’t think they’ll be like… withus. They’ll be a bit in the background and only come when necessary.” He said reassuring. “I told them I wanted to spend the day with you, not you and the body guards, so they have worked something out.” He finished his food and set the plate back on the trolley and sat back down in his seat and rested back in it as he waited for her to finish so they could go down to the amusement park. He was really excited about being here with her, and didn’t even mind being woken up this early on his day off. He would probably have slept until noon if he had been alone today, so he decided that this was better than if he had been on his own. “Tonight we could have dinner at the Disney castle if you want. It’s a restaurant inside, a really good one I’ve heard. I’ve always been on the junk food places in Disney World before.” 

“Alright.” She smiled at him softly. Sometimes it was hard dating Oliver. She never really got any alone time with him outside the few minutes here and there, and it seemed even harder to be this close and not have him then be farther away and skype him. She knew what she was getting herself into though when she dated him though and she knew it was just one thing and she could ignore it. Hearing that she smiled brightly and nodded her head eagerly. “Oh yes! I’m so excited!” She said as she clapped her hand ready to have a good time with him. It made her happier than she thought it was going to but maybe it was because even if people were going to stare at them she would have something romantic. “I haven’t eaten things from there in a long time.” She had saved up a bit of money and knew that even if she wanted to spend money Oliver would probably end up paying for it. She was starting to get used to Oliver paying for everything much to her dismay. She wanted to be able to pay for things but he made the most money and he had already told her that she shouldn’t overwork herself which was something that was hard to do sometimes. She wanted to be useful and that little feeling that she was useless would never go away as she got into the car with him holding his hand. “What should we see first?”

Hearing Hazel’s voice and feeling her lips against his own, Oliver stirred in his sleep and let out a deep sigh. He was not ready to get up yet. The bed was much too comfortable compared to the beds on the tour bus. He slowly opened his eyes and looked up at her, seeing she was already to go. “What time is it?” He muttered, wanting to pull the covers over his head and go back to sleep, but kept from it and instead pushed himself up in a sitting position and reached for his phone on the nightstand. “We have a busy day ahead of us, then.” He chuckled lightly, running everything she’d said over in his head. He couldn’t remember all the things she wanted to talk about, but he knew they would talk about them later. Probably during dinner or something. He was torn between fearing the conversation and not, if he was honest. Oliver leaned in and kissed her forehead before pushing the covers away and getting up to go and get dressed and ready to start the day. As Oliver walked out of the bathroom again, brushing his teeth he heard a knock on the door, and went to open to see room service bringing them food. He gave the man a couple of dollars in tips and closed the door after him. “You ordered breakfast too?” He walked back to the bathroom to get rid of the foam caused by toothpaste. “I knew having you with me on tour would be a good thing.” He chuckled lightly and kissed her softly when he came back out of the bathroom. 

She had ordered everything he wanted as she smiled. “Yes your favorite. I mean I didn’t cook it but I still hope it tastes good.” She smiled at him as she let him kiss her. “I have to keep you healthy since Laura isn’t going to be taking care of you today.” She teased as she shook her head and smiled brightly at him. She had became pretty good friends with Laura since they were both nurses and she was pretty much the only other girl around. She started to love Laura even more as she got to spend more time with her and she was glad that she had another friend. She shook her head, as she didn’t feel too hungry as she ordered some plain eggs and toasts. She was too excited for their trip as she did feel a bit guilty for waking him up so early on his only day off. Still she knew he was just as excited for this as she twisted the ring on her finger and smiled at it softly. She knew they were young, she knew they were rushing and she knew that Mason and Scarlett were worried what would happen if the relationship failed, but she couldn’t imagine herself with anyone else but him and she was happy this way. “Are we getting a body guard?” She asked curiously as she waited for him to finish. She knew that sometimes Oliver needed one, a lot of the time he did but she didn’t ever so she was unsure. She missed having dates that were normal though. 

Oliver looked at Hazel and smiled warmly. “I love it, Hazel. I can’t believe you cleared your whole schedule just to come on tour with me, though. What if you get bored? I mean, there’s always something happening, but there’s also a lot of interviews, and photoshoots.” He said with a small sigh and held her a little tighter. Considering how their photoshoot for Saint Kidd had gone before she got in the shot, he wasn’t sure if he liked the thought of that. Imagine he had to work with a model like that again? “I love you too.” He smiled and pressed his lips to hers gently. A small chuckle rolled from his lips and he pressed his lips to her temple and brushed his hand through her soft, dark locks. “Yeah, that too.” He murmured and hugged her closer to him. The fact that she was actually here with him was still surreal to him. He was also kind of relieved as the band had threatened to dangle him from a balcony every time he brought her up the next following weeks if he wouldn’t shut up about her soon. “I miss you too. You have no idea how much I’ve missed you.” He said, only thinking about it, made his stomach clench and he nuzzled his nose against her neck, taking in the moment and her. 

“I’ll be fine. If I get bored maybe I can talk to Laura or I can always call Callie and Mason and Scarlett.” She assured him not wanting to think of him having a photo shoot with a girl like that again. It was one of her worse moments, getting jealous was something she wasn’t supposed to do and hated to do. She didn’t want to seem possessive of Oliver but she didn’t like it that he was touching the girl like that or the girl was touching him like they were dating. “I love you more.” She said honestly as she felt herself blush even more when he chuckled. “Or not we can just skip sex.” She squeaked feeling embarrassed for even bringing it up. What was she thinking? She wasn’t a dirty girl. “I would hope a bit.” She said as she relaxed having him so close to her as she hugged him back tightly. “It took a lot to pull this off without you knowing.” She admitted. “I had to talk to your manager and then Aiden and then make sure that you wouldn’t suspect things as well as get Callie to help me get here. I’m just really happy to see you in person.” She mumbled as she yawned but smiled. “Shall we head to bed?” She asked wondering if he was as tired as she was. He probably had to get up and do more things than she did as well. 

Oliver got up and dried off his feet as well, and followed her upstairs to their room where their luggage had been placed in the middle of the room. He was getting nervous again when she said she wasn’t sure if it was good news, but that Mason had said it would be better this way. Was she going to leave him after all? He chewed on his lip and twisted his hands nervously as he sat down on the bed next to her to listen to what she had to say. Part of him didn’t want to hear it after all. If she was coming out here to break up with him because of Mason he would much rather not hear it. When Oliver heard her surprise he was so relieved he probably looked like he had fallen from the moon. “Yo- you cleared your schedule to go with me?” He turned his head to look at her after a short moment of silence as he tried to collect his thoughts. “How can that not be good news!?” He beamed and pulled her in for a hug and a quick kiss on the lips. His mood lightened again, and he felt every bad feeling he’d had about this ebb away. “I’m so happy you’re staying, Hazel.” He smiled widely. “Imagine all the things we could do together. We’re going to Orlando in a couple of weeks, we could go to Disney world if you want?” He suggested excitedly. 

She held him softly as she looked over and nodded her head and grinned. “I’m just glad you liked it. I was afraid you weren’t going to even though your manager said that it’d be good for me to come on tour.” She said as she sighed a breathe in relief before kissing him again and giggled. “But yeah I’ve been planning this for awhile, I’m just glad that you’re not upset that I wanted to come with you. I love you.” She said softly as she smiled at him. “Plus that does mean we can have sex a bit more.” She blushed bright red, still not used to saying it honestly as she hid her face in his chest but it was a true statement. She hadn’t had him in so long and even a kiss and holding him had overwhelmed her. She wasn’t even sure what sex would do. Still she was just glad she could spend time with him like this, even if it was barely more than she could on Skype. “I’m just glad I can come with you. I miss having you around.” She said softly. 

"I’m still the same Oliver you got to know. They know the push-over Oliver who would say yes to anything just to fit in, but I’m not that person anymore. And I don’t want you to know him because he got in more trouble than he would care to admit, mostly in fear of losing what he holds closest to his heart." Oliver nuzzled his nose against the crook of her neck and let out a shaky breath before pressing a small kiss to the soft skin on her neck. Pulling away Oliver looked at her and offered a small smile. "I’m really sorry. I should have told you everything. The most trouble we get into now is whenever we feel rebellious enough to not be ready when we’re supposed to, but drive around in golf-karts backstage instead. Or mess up photoshoots because we’re not bothered doing things properly because we’ve been at it since six in the morning." He smiled some again and brushed his hand through her soft hair. "What is your other surprise? I am pretty sure I will like it anyway." He pointed out and bit down on his lip.   

Hearing that Hazel smiled and giggled before shaking her head. “You should be on time though Oliver.” She poked his cheek softly as her smiled faded. He said he would like it but would he really? “I’ll tell you when we get to our room.” She said as she stood up and found a towel to dry her feet with as she waited for him to come with her holding out her hand. “I’m not sure it’s good news. Although Mason did say it’d be best for me to do this.” She said thoughtfully. Despite his worries Mason did say that if she went with him that it’d probably ease her worries and restore her trust in Oliver again as they finally reached their room and she opened it up as she saw how large the bed was as she smiled brightly. It’d be nice to have a big bed with Oliver around as she sat down. She was nervous about telling him afraid that he wouldn’t want to have her around the whole time. “So I’ve been thinking about this for awhile. And I know that I haven’t really talked to you about it...” She mumbled as she tried to think of the right words to say. “But I think it’d be in our best interest if we do this.” She nodded her head. “I mean I’d like to at least. But I umm....” She hesitated, as she knew that if he rejected this idea she’d be so sad. “I cleared my schedule for the summer and I can come touring with you?” It came out as more of a question than a statement as she waited for what he was going to say to her as she shifted nervously. 

Oliver headed up stairs to look for Hazel. He had been told they were put in the same room, which he was thankful for, but she wasn’t there. He was starting to panic when he couldn’t find her. She wasn’t over at Aiden and Laura’s either, not that he had expected her to go over there. Oliver took the stairs back down to the lobby and looked around the restaurant and bar for her as well. He hadn’t expected to find her in the bar either, when he thought about it. It wasn’t very Hazel like to go to a bar. Oliver was about to give up searching, and go back and wait for her instead when he saw a small frame by the pool through one of the windows. He let out a relieved sigh when he realised it was Hazel, and scanned his key card so he could get in. Oliver closed the door behind him before heading over to where she was. He stepped out of his shoes too and pulled up his jeans so he could put his feet in the water when he sat own next to her. It felt nice after running around on stage all day. “Hazel, please talk to me?” Oliver bit down on his bottom lip. “If I did something, I’m really sorry.” He wasn’t really sure what he had done, but there must have been something, seeing how fast her mood had changed. “I’ve missed you so much. I don’t want our meeting after months of not seeing each other start like this…” He hated it when she went quiet like this and didn’t want to tell him what was wrong. He hated guessing where he had gone wrong. He hated that things had turned out like this, and he hated that he didn’t know how to cheer her up.  

Oliver took the silence around them when they had left to look over at Hazel. He felt his stomach tie in a tight knot when she mentioned Mason being worried about this relationship. He didn’t like the fact that Mason had commented on it. He hated it, in fact. He didn’t want his opinion on his relationship with Hazel. “Are you worried about this relationship?” He said finally, twisting his hands in his lap nervously. He wasn’t sure if he wanted to know the answer. He was kind of dreading that was her other surprise; if so he would rather not have it. “Hazel, are you alright? You’re a bit quiet.” He bit down on his lip again and looked over at her. He hoped he’d get her to talk to him as he wanted to know what was wrong He wanted nothing more than to fix this thing between them. “Please tell me if I’ve done something wrong.” He pleaded and looked over at her. He pushed himself up so he was leaning forward a bit and could see her properly. “I’ve missed you so much, I don’t want us to fight. Ever! But especially not now that you’re here with me, finally.” He bit down on his lip again and looked down at his hands. “Did I say something? Or Laura?” He hoped they would get to the bottom of this before too much happened. He reached a hand out carefully and moved a stray of hair out of her face. 

She lucked out as Oliver’s manger ushered them out of the bus as she felt herself being forced through the crowd towards the hotel as she knew Oliver would probably stop around to talk to some of the fans as she got in quickly and was told where to go as she bit her lip not sure she wanted to go there right now as she sighed. She twirled the key she had in her hand. She decided that maybe it’d be better to not go there right away as she walked towards the pool and was glad to see the room relatively empty. She relaxed, as she knew that some crazy fans couldn’t get in because you needed a key to get in as she took off her shoes and sat down as she kicked the water around, as she wasn’t sure what she was feeling anymore. She sighed as she shook her head again as if that would help her as she took the ring off and studied it in her palm. It was perfect for her but what if it was a mistake and that they should wait? She wasn’t sure as she put it back on and just felt more tears dripping. She was so frustrated with herself for feeling like this, for being so weak when she knew it was her personality. Sure she could be in charge but that’s because Oliver wanted it. She just wanted to curl up in Oliver’s arms but she wasn’t sure that was the smart idea anymore. 

Oliver wrapped his arms around Hazel and put the cap back on the now half-empty water bottle. He looked up at her as she spoke and nodded to her questions. “I have been eating properly. Laura here’s been a doll and picked out the healthiest stuff in the restaurants we’ve been in.” He said and nodded. They didn’t have time for home cooked meals when they were on the road. It often resulted in them munching on hamburgers whenever Laura’s back was turned. It was the kind of thing that would get them in trouble with her, though, so they tried not to do it too often. “She’s a nurse, which is the main reason she’s touring with us.” Oliver explained to her as Aiden and Laura got busy discussing something that was on the TV screen in the corner. Oliver rested his forehead against her shoulder and bit down on his lip as he did, taking in her warmth and scent, and everything that was purely Hazel. “I’ve missed you so much. The fact that you’re here is unreal, but it makes me so happy.” He mumbled against her shoulder, but looked up at her with a small smile tugging the corners of his lips. “How have you been, though? And what have you been up to? Kaiden and Oswin been behaving well?”  

Hearing that she felt even more insecure about even offering to tour with him let alone be with him as she felt a bit sick for thinking of the idea in the first place. She shouldn’t have gotten ahead of herself. Her grip on him lessened as she decided that maybe it was better to go back home and stay there at this rate. She nodded her head as she tried to smile. “That’s nice of Laura to do. It’s good you’re taking care of your health.” But her usually bubbly personality just couldn’t come out. Suddenly all the thoughts she had about not being good enough for him came bubbling back to the surface as she bit her lip. She nodded her head and smiled at him softly as he said that but she was afraid he didn’t mean it now. She forgot how fragile she was as she shifted off his lap quickly wondering if her presence was only welcomed because she had been gone for so long. She wasn’t making any sense but she felt weird again as she blinked and realized Oliver had asked her a question. “I’ve been doing well. I aced all my classes and I umm yeah Kaiden and Oswin are doing fine and behaving well. They both miss you.” She mumbled softly as she scooted a bit farther away from him. “I haven’t been up to much really. Summer break is really quiet so far. Umm some guy confessed to me and Scarlett and Mason came up and stuff to stay for a bit. Mason’s worried about this relationship.” She mumbled, as she was worried to for different reasons. Mason was worried because she needed constant reassurance and people there for her while she was worried because lately she had seen how much better other girls would be for him. She could’ve ignored it and she did when she was wedding planning but seeing people saying how cute he’d be with others hurt. She didn’t have a ticket to get back as she wondered why she thought this was a good idea in the first place. 

It’s unlike anything when you’re loving me