"hello?" olivia called out into the house, shutting the door. rue walked out of the small bathroom and saw her standing there in the hallway, making her up to to elliot's bedroom.

"you look hot." rue said, looking at liv. she smiled a grateful smile and followed rue to elliot's bedroom, where jules and elliot looked up and stared liv up and down.

"woah." jules said.

"um..you look...really good." elliot joined in. olivia smiled again, walking over to elliot's mirror.

"thanks, guys. sorry i had to come all dressed up. i have maddy's party after this, so.." she explained. she saw elliot shrug.

"i'm not complaining." he said.

olivia walked over to rue, who was standing and watching jules and elliot on the bed. she brought her hands to rue's shoulders, frowning sadly.

"listen...i really need to talk to you." she said, talking low so that elliot and jules couldn't hear her over the music that was playing in elliott's record player. rue frowned, trying to read olivia's expression.

"okay. what's wrong?" rue wondered. liv bit her lip before speaking, but decided it would be best to just rip off the band aid.

"i got really high and..i think me and jayson hooked up." she confessed. rue's eyes got wide.

"you fucked jayson?" she yelled. both jules and elliot both yelled what in unison, making olivia jump and give rue the death glare.

"thanks." liv mumbled, removing her hands from rue's shoulders.

elliot shook his head and stood up from the bed.

"i gotta use the bathroom." he said, leaving the room. jules climbed so that she was sitting on the edge of the bed, her feet dangling over.

"you actually fucked jay?" she asked. olivia gave rue another look, then looked over at jules.

"i don't really want to talk about it." she said.

which was a lie. she wanted to talk about it with rue. not jules.

"what do you want to do, then?" rue asked, shrugging. jules smirked.

"let's play truth or dare. rue, i dare you to make out with elliot for ten seconds." jules smiled. before rue could protest, the three girls heard the bathroom door open. elliot strolled into the room, and rue quickly gave him a small peck.

"that was not ten seconds." jules said.

"was that a dare?" elliot asked. he didn't seem very surprised.

"maybe." jules grinned.

elliot looked over at liv, who was staring at rue. he then grabbed rue's hand and whispered something in her ear that no one else heard. after a second of glancing at each other again, elliot turned to liv.

"start the clock." he challenged.

"okay. one, two..oh. three. four. five. six. wow." jules said. both jules and liv watched elliot and rue passionately make out and tug at each other. olivia laughed awkwardly.

"okay, okay. we get it. you guys proved your point." she said. elliot pulled away from rue, looking over.

"that was amazing." rue said, breathlessly. it was clear she was trying to get under jule's skin.

"o..kay, rue." jules smiled.

elliot went to stand next to where liv was. he saw that she was still crossing her arms over her chest, so he smirked and moved her hair off of her shoulder.

"yeah. oh, i'm sorry. are you, are you, jealous?" rue asked jules.

"no, no. i don't get jealous. um, hey liv. truth or dare?" jules asked, looking over at olivia. liv smirked.

"dare." she said.

"i dare you to lick from here...to here." jules dared. she lined her stomach from the bottom where her pants were, to the top just under her shirt. olivia smiled even harder, then looked over at elliot and rue.

"i have to admit rue, i'm not into girls, but your girlfriend's sexy." she said.

she walked over to jules and sat on top over her, throwing her hair over her head and out of her face. she then bent down to the tip of jule's pants and did exactly as she said.

"wow. oh. are you jealous, rue?" jules asked. when liv was done, she stayed on top of jules and looked over her shoulder at rue and elliot. jules brought her hand up to liv and brushed her hair that had fallen down again behind her shoulder.

"now that was fucking amazing." jules smiled.

olivia laughed and got off of the bed.

"you know i think if you guys are gonna up with these lesbian power games, we should steal some liquor." elliot suggested.

which was olivia's que to leave.

when she got to cassie's house, "this is how we do it" by montell jordan was playing. she let out a sigh and got out of her car, seeing kat on the front porch and suze coming out of the house dancing.

"olivia! so glad you could make it. god, i fucking love this song!" suze yelled, making her way down the steps before liv could greet her. she made eye contact with kat, both of them having raised eyebrows at suze's behavior.

maddy's party was honestly fun. even though olivia took some time on her own to sneak in the bathroom and snort a small xanax, it was still enjoyable.

until nate jacobs showed up and ruined liv's mood for the night.

since liv was high and drinking at the same time, she didn't notice the excessive amounts cassie was drinking. just like she didn't notice cassie and kat isolating themselves from the group, or cassie stumble into the hot tub.

"happy birthday." cassie drunkenly smiled at maddy. maddy smiled back.

"thank you." she said.

"i'm so glad you guys are back together." bb said, referring to maddy and nate.

"we're not back together." maddy protested, kind of quickly. olivia and nate made eye contact, but liv looked away quickly.

"you're not?" cassie asked.

"no." nate responded.

"i mean, i was gonna say no. but why are you saying no?" maddy asked nate. olivia immedietly rolled her eyes. her head was heavy, so she let it fall onto bb's shoulder.

"um, because we're not." nate said.

"i know. but why do you sound so definitive about it?" maddy pushed. olivia sighed.

"jesus fucking christ." she mumbled.

she should've taken more drugs.

"i wasn't being definitive."

"it sounded like it."

"no. i mean, she just asked a question."

"that you didn't have to answer."

"oh. okay, yeah."

"but you did."

for once, olivia was actually on nate's side. it was clear maddy was being insecure, and she was projecting that in nate's response to saying they weren't together.

because they weren't.

"i don't understand what we're arguing about." nate shook his head.

"you and your tone." maddy told him. everyone in the hot tub made awkward eye contact, and bb regretted ever saying anything.

"but we're not back together." nate said, sounding truly confused.

maddy stopped talking. she nodded her head, a little taken back by things. for the second time, nate and olivia made eye contact.

"uh, yet." he said.

"i mean, why don't you say we're working it out?" maddy asked.

"you literally just said you were gonna say no." nate rebutted.

"right. but, that's me."

"meaning what?"

"meaning when i say it, it means something totally different than when you say it."

liv kind of felt like telling maddy to shut the fuck up. but, it was her birthday. and maddy was her friend. and she loved maddy a whole lot more than she even liked nate. so, she would always take maddy's side.

"okay. it might seem that way in your head, maddy, but it's the same word." nate told her.

"yeah. but, it's also the speed with which you said no."

"oh, give me a fucking break."

"it was quick."

"it wasn't."

"it was. like a reflex."

"no. it wasn't like a reflex."

it came to a point where olivia literally didn't even fucking understand what they were arguing about anymore. in the safe of mind she was in, she couldn't comprehend it.

"it was like his natural instinct, right?" maddy asked, looking over at kat. kat shrugged.

"it was hasty." she said. olivia shook her head again, which nate saw. he looked back over at maddy.

"you really think she's gonna disagree with you?" he asked maddy. kat spoke up again.

"if i disagreed with her then i would." she said.

"okay." nate said.

olivia moved so that instead of her being right next to kat, bb was in between the two.

again, nate noticed.

"what? you don't think i have a mind of my own?" kat asked, not noticing the action.

"no. i'm sure you do." nate nodded, feeling a little attacked.

"ooh, he's such a cunt!" maddy said, clapping her hands.

olivia giggled, which broke out into more laughter.

"what the fuck is your problem?" kat asked nate. nate saw olivia giggling, and so did bb.

"you good?" bb muttered at her. liv nodded, her eyes fluttering closed.

"you see? i'm not crazy, right? because he's always trying to gaslight me." maddy announced. nate shook his head.

"look, i don't wanna argue about this." he tried.

"you see, this is why i don't believe you when you make all these promises, and your like, oh, let's get back together. you're the only person in the world i care about. you're a goddess, and it's my fault for not treating you like a goddess. i promise, maddy, i'll change. i'll grow. i'll be better. i don't deserve you. but i love you. please, when i go to college move with me. marry me. have my babies."

that was the breaking point for cassie. she threw up, projectile vomiting into the water of the hot tub. a few of the girls screamed, but olivia just got out of the water as quick as she could, laughing even harder.

"oh my goodness!" she yelled, hearing maddy gagging in the corner.

"i'm so sorry! i'm so sorry, maddy!" cassie screamed, crying.

olivia stopped hearing cassie screaming after a little while. she stumbled over to cassie and held her hair back as she continued to vomit and throw up in the water. suze eventually came out, and olivia got out of the way to let her handle her daughter.

bb pulled olivia away, and they made their way to a bathroom to try and rinse themselves off as best they could and grab towels.

at that point, the night was pretty much over. liv wanted to go home and sleep on her own bed, so she slowly but surely made her way to her jeep. she sat in the driver's seat, processesing everything that had just happened.

she looked up at the side door of the house and saw nate leaving. he started walking to his truck, but felt olivia staring. they made eye contact and held it before nate walked over to the side of liv's jeep.

"you alright?" he asked. olivia didn't say anything, only nodded. nate nodded as well.

"i know your high." he said. olivia laughed again and shrugged.

"okay?" she asked.

"okay. so you can't drive home like that." nate went on. they continued to stare at each other before olivia looked away again at the road in front of her.

"do you want a ride home?" he asked.

olivia furrowed her eyebrows and put the keys into the ignition.

"fuck no." she said.

she quickly sped away, leaving nate standing there in the street, watching her drive off.