The Good Life

Rian

I was staying at the Hilton hotel a few blocks away from my job. I hadn't been home since I found out Cass cheated on me with Oli, I just didn't feel comfortable bring around her. For the whole duration of our relationship I've never once looked at any girl the way I looked at Cass. I don't know what I did wrong to make her run to Oli. I thought Oli and I were close friends so it's hard to believe this happened. I can learn to forgive Alex because I understand he was between a rock and a hard place, but Oli is just as much at fault as Cass is. I don't hate any of them, I don't believe in wasting that energy on people, I just needed to distance myself from everyone.

I didn't know what to do about Cassadee and I's relationship. Divorce was out of the question, I love her too much for that. Plus this happened years ago so it's not like it was an ongoing affair between those two and Alex said it was just a kiss. I really needed to talk to Cass in person about this whole ordeal even though I was still hurt.

I picked up my phone and unblocked Cass's number so I could call her. The phone rang once before she picked up.

"Oh my God! Rian, Baby!" She answered.

"Hi Cassadee." I said.

"Where are you? Please tell me you're okay!!" She worried. "I tried to visit you at work, but they wouldn't let me in."

"I'm fine. Are you busy? Can we meet up and talk?" I asked her.

"Yes yes of course. Anywhere you want." She said quickly.

"I'll just come over. I'll see you in a few." I said and we hung up.

Butterflies filled my stomach as I began to put my shoes on. I don't know why I was so nervous it's not like I did anything wrong. This should be so simple I was just going to go our house, tell Cass how upset I was, she was going to apologize and then we would move on from this.

I got in my car and drove to our house. When I parked in the driveway I could see Cass looking out of the blinds waiting for me. She ran out of the house before I could walk to the front door.

"I'm so sorry. I swear I'm so sorry, Rian." She wrapped her arms around my torso and cried. I hesitated before I went to hug her back. I couldn't stand to see her cry like this. I wiped the tears from her eyes with my thumbs and kissed her on the forehead.

"I know. Let's go inside to talk." I told her. I grabbed her hand and guided her back into the house with me.

I took us to the kitchen and we both sat down across from each other at the table. I waited for her to calm down a bit before speaking.

"I just need you to be honest with me, Cass. Was it really just a kiss and nothing else?" I asked.

"Yes." She sniffled. "We only kissed we didn't have sex or anything." She promised.

"So did you ever have feelings for him?"

"No Rian I love you and only you. I was just so stressed about the wedding and so afraid that I began not thinking straight. Plus we were drinking the whole night. Just don't blame Alex or Oli for this, it was all my fault. I kissed Oli and I begged Alex not to tell you." She confessed.

"Why didn't you tell me as soon as it happened?" I asked.

"I was scared that you would call the whole wedding off. I thought about how miserable I would be without you. And I realized that I wanted to be with no one other than you, Rian. I love you so much. Please don't leave me." She cried. I got up and walked to her and hugged her again.

"Shh I'm not going anywhere. I love you too much, Cass." I whispered in her ear reassuringly.
I was relieved we worked things out, but now I needed to call Alex and apologize for being rude to him and getting him thrown out of my building.

"Why don't you go lay down for a little bit while I call Alex." I told Cass. She shook her head not wanting to let go of me which I understood. I picked up my phone and unblocked Alex so I could call him now.

"Hello?" He answered sounding unsure if it was really me or not.

"Hey Alex, I was calling to apologize for how I've been acting with you. I shouldn't have been mad at you for not telling me. I understand you just didn't want to get involved in our problems." I apologized to him.

"No Rian I should apologize! I should have made Cass tell you instead of holding the secret for her." He said.

"No no it's fine. I just hope we can put this whole thing behind us?"

"Of course, Ri. You, I, and Oli should all go hang out tonight to get things back to normal." He said.

"Uh I don't know if I'm okay being around Oli yet." I said honestly.

"Rian I told you it was my fault." Cass sighed.

"Is that Cassadee?" Alex asked.

"Yeah we just talked things over." I said.

"Well if you talked to her don't you think it's only fair that you talk to Oli too?" He asked.

"Cass and I are married so we literally had to talk things out. But I guess I should talk to him and see what he has to say."

"Well he's staying at my house if you want to come over." Alex said. I was going to ask why Oli was staying with him but I figured Hannah probably threw him out.

"Okay I'll be over in a few." I said and hung up.

"You're going to go talk to Oli?" Cass asked.

"Yeah I need to so I don't feel any animosity towards anyone."

"Okay I'll go with you." She said.

We made my way over to Alex's house to solve this problem once and for all. I liked that I was fixing all of my problems with everyone in one day. I didn't want to have a difficult time getting to sleep because I was stressed out about this anymore.

I made it to their house and rang the doorbell. Jack let us in and led us to the dining table where Alex and Oli were sitting. I could see the remorse in Oli's eyes, but he could barely keep eye contact with me.

"Hey Ri." Alex said.

"Hey, do you mind giving Oli and I a few minutes alone?" I asked.

"Uh yeah sure. We'll be in the living room if you two need anything." He told us. He, Jack, and Cass reluctantly left us alone in the dining room. It's like they thought I was going to hurt him or something.

"Rian let me explain-." Oli finally said, but I cut him off.

"-I've heard the story a million times now I don't need you to tell me it again. I just want to know if you two did anything past that kiss?" I questioned. I know I asked Cass and Alex this already but I wanted to be absolutely clear.

"I swear nothing else happened after that." He said finally making eye contact with me. I could tell he was telling to truth.

“And you don’t have feelings for her?”

“No none what so ever.” He said.

"Okay I believe you." I nodded my head not knowing what else to say. I practically knew everything I needed to know now.

"Do you forgive me?"

I lightly chuckled, "Yeah I forgive you Oli."

He exhale in relief and got up to hug me. Oli, after Alex, was one of my closest friends so I was elated to be done with this.

We tried to walk into the living room only to run into Alex, Cass, and Jack who were standing behind the wall listening to us.

"W-We were just uhh..." Jack struggled to come up with a lie.

"Mmhm of course." I said sarcastically and we all laughed.

"So is everything okay now?" Cass asked.

"Yeah." I answered.

"Well not everything." Oli said. "Hannah still won't talk to me."

"How about we go talk to her. Maybe if I'm there she'll actually listen." I suggested.

"It's worth a try." He agreed.

Oli, Cass and, I left to go to Oli and Hannah's to try and convince Hannah to make up with Oli. I hoped that she would be as willing as I was to listen to the full story.

When we made it to the front door Oli and Cass stood out of the way so Hannah wouldn't see them from the peephole. I rang the doorbell and seconds later I could hear her walk to the door and look out before opening it.

"Hey Rian." Hannah greeted me. I could tell she was caught off guard seeing me at the door.

"Hey I was wondering if we could talk?" I asked.

"Yeah of course." She moved to the side to let me in. "For a second I thought you were Oli." She chuckled and Oli and Cass came out from hiding. Anger filled her eyes as she tried to close the door on them.

"Hannah wait!" I said as I held her back so they could come in.

"Why the hell are they here?! Get out!" She yelled at them.

"Babe please calm down." Oli pleaded.

"Don't call me that and don't talk to me. Rian let me go." She said angrily.

"I will but you have to promise you'll at least try to hear us out for a few minutes." I told her and she stopped fighting me.

"You have three." She mumbled and I released her.

"I know what Alan said seemed bad, but trust me it wasn't what he wanted you to think." Oli said.

"Yeah we were both drunk and I was the one who kissed him. I'm sorry." Cass apologized and Hannah rolled her eyes.

"How do I know you two didn't really fuck and are now just lying to me?" She asked suspiciously.

"Alex and Jack were there and they swore nothing else happened." I said.

"...I just don't understand why you didn't tell me when it happened." She said to Oli.

"I was afraid you wouldn't believe me."

"So you thought lying would be the better alternative??" She snapped.

"I wasn't thinking, I'm an idiot. But I swear nothing else happened. If there was anything I could do to make this up to you I swear I would do it. I love you so much." He told her sincerely.

Hannah looked at him then looked to Cass before walking over to me and connecting our lips. I stood there shocked, but I let her kiss me for a few moments. We pulled away and she smirked at them.

"Now we're even."

Notes

Everything is fine now lol!