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i'm driving fast now
don't think i know how to go slow
The question Teddy posed had Olivia laughing and she realised she honestly had nothing to worry about. Her sister was in a relationship that spanned distance and time with a man who wasn't her husband. Her parents were quiet but overall quite accepting of pretty much anything. Cam and Kenny were probably a lot more open about things than Olivia ever was at their age.
"Probably a hell of a lot better than I did." She leaned back against the couch, gently pulling Teddy's hand along with her. "I'm the stick in the mud in a family full of...mud." The sentence probably made less sense than her worries but at the moment, Olivia was just not thinking the way she usually was.
"Maybe I'll just tell Kenny and Cam first since they're the nearest." She mused out loud before releasing Teddy's hand. "I feel like you've become more of a therapist than a person I'm seeing." She chuckled lightly.
our road is long
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A little detail into Olivia's family made it clear that she probably didn't have much to worry about on the family front. That was a great thing; this whole situation could have been so much worse for her if she didn't think she'd have family support. Teddy didn't want to even imagine the alternative.
She even sounded like she had a little plan in place. "Tell the easy ones first. It makes it less daunting." And it was so much better to have someone blatantly on her side for the potential struggles in the future.
The joke about therapy pulled a small smile to Teddy's face, felt briefly by the humour provided. With her hand let go she settled them both together in her lap. "Maybe that's what you really need right now." Teddy offered then, "Not a therapist, per se, but just someone you can talk to; someone who has been through all this before." And it seemed clear that she only knew one person who fit that mould. "Maybe being a friend is the best thing for you."
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i'm driving fast now
don't think i know how to go slow
Olivia smiled and nodded when Teddy backed her plan. It was definitely going to be a lot easier to deal with if the people she loved knew.
When Teddy went on to talk about her needing someone to talk to, Olivia couldn't help but laugh. Somehow, she felt it was inevitable that this was going to happen. Olivia hadn't made it any easier on Teddy the past couple of weeks and the woman definitely didn't deserve to date a newbie.
"Maybe." Olivia straightened up, a mix of emotions churning inside her. "I could use some of those."
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Olivia's face immediately shared a curious mixture of emotions that weren't easy to establish in one moment. Even perfect eyes couldn't piece together the natural response to Teddy's words. Maybe even she didn't know.
"It can be hard enough navigating all this on your own, let alone while trying to factor in someone else's feelings." She explained. And her lips pressed to a frown before she managed to completely maintain it and revert back to something neutral.
"Two weeks was a long time." Teddy tried then; it wasn't easy to try and explain any part of her side, but the strain must have been evident in her tone, "Maybe it didn't have to be. And maybe it would have been even longer if you hadn't found someone to talk to when you did."
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i'm driving fast now
don't think i know how to go slow
Teddy's words rang true to Olivia's thoughts and of course she completely understood where Teddy was coming from. She hadn't been able to truly justify her silence for the past two weeks and if she were in a similar position, she probably wouldn't have taken too kindly to it either.
"It might have been. I know it was a screw up on my part and I really am sorry, for what it's worth." She sighed.
"I never asked how you've been through all this. Which is really selfish of me." She leaned forward and placed a hand on Teddy's shoulder, squeezing it in a comforting gesture.
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Teddy genuinely believed Olivia was apologetic for her actions. She knew that hindsight provided some clarity to the difficulty her necessary time had put in place. At the end of it all, most people did what was necessary to look after themselves. That was predominant human nature. Even she knew that.
When she had the chance to speak, she looked at Olivia in brief silence and weighed in just how honest she could be. It was always important to remain delicate. This entire situation was delicate.
"Working with you every day and seeing how easy it was for you to act so neutral was both comforting and not." Teddy tried to explain, unable to articulate the thought as well as she'd like to; "It's good to remain impartial. It's not good that two weeks was achievable for you."
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