All Chapters of Falling Just as Hard: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

OLIVIA The hot water running out of the shower head reminds me how late I am on my rent again, especially with my heater cut off in this cold season. I enjoy every bit of it knowing that this gym shower was the only place I could warm up before going back to my beat down apartment to die of cold. When I’m done I wrap a loose towel around my chest and leave the bathroom stall. If I stayed there any longer then someone was going to get suspicious that I was the one always finishing the hot water. I dry up, putting my wet hair up in a two braids. I pull on my basket ball shorts and tank top, my sneakers going on next. I’m about to leave when my phone rings, I look at the caller ID to see its my landlady. I decline it. My fingers swipe across my phone to check if Jess had replied my text but it was still empty making me sigh. She was my bestfriend and my only hope of paying my rent before I’m thrown out. Yes, this was the thousandth time I was asking her to lend me some money and pr

OLIVIA I don’t stop running until I’m outside the cafe that Jess is at. I stop briefly to catch my breath before pushing the door open. I’ve never been happier receiving a text from Jess and it was at the perfect moment, just as I was about to seal a deal with the dickhead. I scoff, good luck was certainly on my side this time. I can’t even begin to imagine what becoming his wife would entail even if it was fake and just for a short period of time. With that attitude of his it is no doubt that no one wants to settle down with him. When I step into the cafe there’s no one except Jess that is huddled in a corner. I can’t help the wide smile that makes its way onto my face, of cause I had someone I could always count on. “Jess” I slide into the seat opposite hers. She raises her head but instead of the normal bright smile that is on her face there’s a certain sadness darkness. “Are you okay? You don’t look so good and I’ve been trying to reach you since forever” I say all at once, t

OLIVIA White and Warm. That’s exactly how I feel when I finally come to. The bright light makes me groan and put my arm over my face. I snuggle into the duvet, a sigh of content falling from my lips at how comfortable I was. Its not until it registers that my room is usually cold not warm that I bolt up on the bed. In place of my peeling pain and frozen in place windows, all I see are white walls and a huge bed that I was just lying in. This is clearly not my room. I try to remember how I got here but my brain can’t seem to recall. It’s not until I look down and realize that I’m naked that the real panic sets in. As I struggle to get out of the bed, I pull the duvet with me and use it to wrap myself up. If I wasn’t in my room then where the hell was I? With quiet footsteps I snoop around the room, checking for anything that would give away where I was or whose house I was in. Someone I make into a walk-in closet that is much bigger than my entire apartment put together two time

OLIVIAI hit my already hurt head as I try to stand up and the dickhead in front of me has the guts to open his big mouth and laugh.Okay, that’s a lie…his mouth is not big but still.I crawl out from my hiding place and growl at him, “There’s nothing funny about this situation”.He coughs before trying to put up a straight face “I’m sorry…it’s just”I dust my shirt, realizing that I’m still wearing nothing under “Are your parents gone? Or which ever people that was snooping around?”“About that…” he starts “Thanking you for not letting him see you. I don’t know how you knew you weren’t supposed to be seen but I’m grateful all the same”“It’s not rocket science, I heard you all arguing from under your sink” I say.His eyes go wide and he touches my temple “You’re bleeding again, come here” he takes my hand and leads me out of the storage room. We go back to his bathroom and I glare at the back of his head “You better not push me under the sink this time”He laughs “Relax, I just nee

JAKEOlivia is crying.For the first time she lets me open the door for her and she sits quietly, leaning towards the door. Anything to be away from me.I wish I knew the things going on in her head. She sniffs back a time and wipes her face which only makes me feel worse.Swerving out of the parking lot I put on the radio at the highest volume possible but still no reaction from her.I half expect her to at least reach over and turn it off. She doesn’t. I put off the radio, letting us drown in silence.It was hard dealing with Olivia, she wasn’t like the other girls that threw themselves at me. Every other person wanted me with them but with her it was hard because she wasn’t trying to impress me. If anything she was only with me now because of money.My hands clutch the steering wheel tighter. And needed to get back on her good side because this is awful.“Look I’m sorry about what I said, I shouldn’t have…it wasn’t in my place” I say but she doesn’t even turn to me.“There is nothi