Tangled Love

Chapter 5: Dinner.

Three years ago.

Jace's POV.

My Mom has never liked any of my friends, that includes Diego. She thinks my friends are a bad influence and that they make me do stuff that a person my age is not supposed to be doing.

But here's the thing, my friends are just idiots, the only thing that they've ever influenced me into was doing drugs, and I honestly think that we influenced each other, the rest was all me.

I know my mum thinks Olivia is just like the rest of my friends, I haven't been around the girl long enough to know what her personality is like but it's not rocket science, It's pretty obvious that she's nothing like any of my friends.

Olivia brought a side dish to this dinner, she helped my mum set the table and she offered to say grace before we started eating.

My friends are assholes, they would never.

We're all eating in silence which is a first for my family.

I have three siblings, Aaron, Marianna and Luna. Aaron and Marianna are sixteen year old twins while Luna is only five and together they make a loud bunch.

Not tonight though.

I keep glancing at Olivia from now and then since she's sitting next to me, she hasn't looked at me once, maybe it's because she's having a small chat with my sister Marianna or maybe it's because she's uncomfortable but either way, it's making my head cloud with questions cause for the first time in my life, I really don't know what a girl thinks of me.

"This salad is amazing." Says Aaron with his mouth full while looking at Olivia and pointing down at his plate with a fork.

"Thanks." She smiles at him.

"What'd you do, Force your mom to make it?" He asks playfully.

"No, I made it." She says.

"Oh, wow, that's impressive," Says Marianna from across the table.

"Thank you." She smiles again.

"Maybe you can teach Marianna how to hold a cooking stick." Mum speaks for the first time since we sat down.

"Hey!" Marianna pipes, choking on her food, Aaron laughs.

"So, Olivia, you live with your parents?" Asks Mum.

"Um, yeah but they're not around right now, my Dad's in Europe for his art exhibition and my mom's in Los Angeles, she's a movie producer." She informs.

I notice that she curled her fists on her lap while saying those words, like it was some kind of a nervous reaction or something.

"Oh, that sounds good, who's home with you then?" She fires another question.

"No one, just me and my dog, our neighbor Mrs Johnson used to look after me before but I'm old enough to look after myself now." She's now scratching the inside of her palm.

"Meanwhile, our Mom won't even leave us alone with Jace, who claims to be a big brother and an adult." Aaron jokes, they all laugh, including Olivia.

The laugh eases up her nerves, she leans her arms on the table and gleam flashes in her eyes.

"Well, Jace only ever thinks about partying, he doesn't sound as mature as she does." Mum looks at me pointedly.

I just know the comparison that's gonna be happening from now on is gonna be so fucking annoying.

"I love your hair, it's so dark and shinny." Marianna compliments Olivia, Olivia touches a piece of her hair and examines it.

"I was actually thinking of cutting it." She mutters underneath her tone.