Much like Tuesday, Oaken still has not talked to me.

He's avoided me in school, he has stayed at Bebe's every night this week.

But the thing that gets me is that last night, he came home after practice, AND HE WENT OVER TO TALK TO MASON, before he left for Bebe's again.

It's Saturday, and he still hasn't talked to me.

And here I am, at a cafe in state college after spending the morning at a bridal boutique trying on bridesmaids dresses and watching Kelsey try on dresses.

"Have things gotten any better?" She set her coffee down and folded her hands.

I sighed and shook my head.

"You know, Logan did the same thing when I miscarried?" She pursed her lips.

"Really?"

She nodded. "He stayed at Kaden's for 2 weeks. Until Jake physically went, threw his ass in the car, brought him home, and made him sit and talk to me. He thought I trusted Harley more than I did him, which wasn't the case. Logan's just the more emotional one of my brothers, it's hard for me when I'm the one who upsets him. Maybe, you should just sit down and talk to him."

"He hasn't even been home. He went and talked to Mason last night, and then he just, left."

"Well you see babe." She reached across the table and grabbed my hand. "My first line of defense, is also yours. But that's not all he's good for. He's also good at making people physically do things they don't want to." She shrugged.

I pursed my lips and nodded.

We finished lunch, and I thought the entire time on our way home on what I was going to say to Oaken.

But with him being fucking crazy, I called in all my lines of defense aside from Mason, Oaken already rocked him in his shit.

I was sitting on the couch, when the front door flew open.

"Jacob seriously put me down! Now!" Oaken screamed as Jake closed the door.

He walked in to the living room, with Oaken hung over his shoulder kicking and screaming, threw him on the love seat, and went and stood in the hall doorway.

"Listen." Jake crossed his arms and nodded.

"Yeah, no." He shook his head and got up. "We have another door." He walked toward the kitchen.

My dad and Hank slid in through the kitchen and stood in the door way. "No you don't." My dad shook his head.

"Then I'll just go wait upstairs." He turned and headed toward the stairs until Connor came walking down and crossed his arms.

"Nope." He shook his head.

"You, I really will take you out and you know it." Oaken nodded.

"Yeah, she figured you'd say that." He shrugged as Ben and Ryan came walking downstairs.

"What's up?" Ryan nodded.

"You have a conversation to have." Ben smiled as they both sat down behind Connor.

Then he made his way back to the hall.

"Seriously Jake, move." He nodded.

And finally, Will showed up beside Jake. "No." He shook his head. "Sit down, and talk to her."

He rolled his eyes and came to stand in front of me. "7 dudes." He nodded. "Really?"

"You haven't really gave me much of a choice Oaken." I looked down.

"Because I don't want to fucking talk to you Olivia!" He screamed.

"Boy you better check who the hell you're talking to and sit down! Now!" My dad yelled.

"Parker Lucas Hollow." I whispered.

"What the hell are you talking about." He rolled his eyes.

"Please, sit down and I will tell you." I nodded.

He groaned, and sat down on the love seat.

I cleared my throat. "When it happened, and Mason came to the hospital, we talked about it. That was the only time until Saturday night that we had talked about it. And he asked me what I would have wanted to name it. I said Parker, regardless of what it was."

"OK, and?" He rolled his eyes.

"And I told Mason, that it would've been his choice on the middle name." I nodded. "And a few days after, I literally screamed at mom that I wasn't really pregnant, turns out, I was going through the stages of grief. And she brought these home." I grabbed the papers I showed Mason last weekend off the table and handed them to him.

"Ol what are those?" Connor asked from the stairs.

"He, needs to see them first." I sighed.

Oaken shook his head, and took the papers.

"That, is what the baby looked like." I looked down.

And then his face changed the same way Mason's did.

"It has toes." He pursed his lips.

"OK, what is you two's thing with his toes." I shook my head.

"His?" Literally everyone other than Ben looked at me.

"His." I nodded. "They did the testing they use for IVF, and they found out it was a boy. And when I told Mason, he told me, that his name would've been Parker Lucas Hollow. After you." I sniffled and looked at Oaken. "Because you're right, through everything, it's been you. You were the one who was fully in our corner, you went to bat for us, you talked us off of ledges, and you were the one person who fully had faith in Mason that he could do it. And we both know that Oaken. But I didn't tell you because I didn't want you to know. I didn't tell you, because I literally couldn't." I shook my head. "Because of the look on your face looking at that picture right now. I love you, so much Oaken, with my entire heart. You're my baby brother, it's my job to help keep your heart from breaking, and I couldn't watch your heart break at the same time mine was, because your heart, it's more important to me than mine. You're my baby brother, and to me, you're still the 7lb 4oz little blue bundle that mom and dad brought home, I don't want you to know that the pain I went through with this even exists. And this, it would've killed you. You not talking to me, is killing me because I need you. I need you to tell me when I'm not talking enough, or if I'm saying to much. I need you to talk to me when I can't talk to any of them or mom. And I need you, to tell me that you'll help me through this now because Oaken I'm dying. I'm dying with you not even being home because I miss you. I miss you so fucking much, so please, please for the love of god. Just talk to me."

He shot up off the love seat, pulled me to my feet, and wrapped his arms around me. "What is it that you and Mason say to each other." He sniffled and squeezed me.

"You have me." I wrapped my arms around his back.

He pulled his face away and looked down at me. "You have me Ol." He nodded.

"Please stay home tonight." I buried my face in his chest.

"I'm not going anywhere tonight." He squeezed me harder and pulled me down to the couch.

"We're gonna leave you two alone now." My dad nodded. "Jake, boys, how do you guys feel about going to Hardy's for a little bit? Been a while since we've been able to take you guys?"

They all looked at each other and smiled.

"Call up Carter, Josh, Holden, Robbie, and Marcus. Have them meet us."

"What about Mason?" I looked around.

"Uh." Ben, Ryan and Connor looked at each other.

"He's busy." Ryan nodded.

"Someone wanna teach me how to hit a golf ball?" Will cleared his throat.

They all literally went running out of the living room.

"So." Oaken pulled away and sighed. "Parker Lucas Hollow huh?"

I nodded.

He and I sat and talked about everything that happened last weekend.

And just hearing his voice made me feel so much better.

I have my brother back.

Thank god.

"Thanks for helping me today Tor." I looked over at her from my drivers seat.

"Always bubs." She smiled.

Over the last few weeks of her and Ben seeing each other, Tory has slowly became my best female friend. No offense to Abby and Sie, they're more like my sisters. And no offence to Havannah, she's just normally working 3 weekends a month and when she's not, it Ry time or girl time. But Tory, she's becoming to me what Ol is to Ryan.

I got out, walked over to her side and opened her door.

"Has anything gotten better?" She looked up at me as we made our way in to the mall.

I sighed. "No." I shook my head. "I mean, Oaken came and talked to me last night, and Olivia and Kelsey schemed a plan to get him to talk to her, but, I'm constantly like, fearing for my life that he's going to come and rock me in my shit again." I nodded.

"I wish there was something I could do to help." She shook her head as I opened the door for her.

"You are." I nodded. "You're getting me away from it." I gave her a small smile. "Lets, go get some lunch and brain storm."

We went to a little restaurant in the mall, and sat down.

This girl, went straight to looking at a salad menu.

"You hate salad." I nodded.

"Trying to watch my weight." She shrugged.

"Tory. You say that shit again, I'm gonna turn in to Mallory and punch you in the face." I crossed my arms.

"I could take you." She nodded.

"Oh you really think so. Why are you trying to watch your weight?" I shook my head.

"Because I have a tummy and flab. Which is not what Ben-"

"Stop it, right there. Ben loves your curves, he literally says cuddling you is like cuddling a cloud and that your thighs keep his head warm. And bitch, you can have a tummy and still be yummy, the fuck. So shut up, flip that page and order a burger before I call him." I smiled.

Her eyes got wide. "Yes sir."

"Thank you." I nodded.

She did in fact order a burger, we sat and talked about what to get Olivia for Christmas, and I came up with nothing.

"Mason." She laughed.

"What?" I looked across the table.

"What are you doing?" She pointed at my hand.

I was doing what I normally do when I'm trying to concentrate and spinning my ring around my finger.

"It helps me focus." I nodded.

And then I looked down at it and got an idea.

I looked at Tory again, and she had the same exact smile on her face that I did.

"Promise ring." We both nodded.

We both jumped up, I left money on the table, and we ran through almost every single jewelry store in this mall until we found the perfect promise ring at Pandora.

It's a double heart ring, a big heart tucked right up next to a little one, with stones around the band, the guy there even engraved it for me.

It now has my name on the inside of the band.

If I'm wearing a ring, which I love my ring. She's gonna wear one too.

I dropped Tory off and called Connor to meet me in his living room in 10.

I got there and walked right through their front door screaming his name down the hall.

But when I walked in, I instantly moved the box behind my back because her and Oaken are currently staring at me.

"Hey." I pursed my lips.

"Hi?" They both gave me a look.

"Where have you been?" She shook her head.

"I was uh. Hanging out with Tory." I nodded. "You two OK?"

"Parker Lucas." Oaken raised his eyebrows.

"You gonna hit me?" I scrunched my face.

He shook his head and held up the picture. "He had toes."

I looked at Olivia and pointed at Oaken.

"OK, I understand he had toes." She nodded.

"Hey." Connor came walking down the stairs. "I came home early from Hardy's for whatever it is you need to talk about."

I started waving the little box behind my back hoping he understood to come take it.

He walked behind me, subtly grabbed it and put it in his pocket.

I walked over and kissed Olivia.

She raised her eyebrows. "What did you just do?" She crossed her arms.

I shook my head.

"Mason Dean Hollow."

"Hey Con you wanna head back to Hardy's?" I cleared my throat.

"Yup!" He ran out the front door.

"Bye, I love you!" I yelled and ran out.

I jumped in my drivers seat, and he had the box open just staring at it.

"Please tell me this is an I promise to love you ring, not a promise to love me for the rest of your life live in a big house with a white pickett fence ring?" He looked over at me.

"It is an I promise to love you ring." I nodded and put my truck in reverse.

"Dude, I love you. Cool with you two dating and all, sort of. But uh, do not ask her to do anything big for the next 5 years. She's graduating college."

"I don't know about 5 years. But I think I could make it 3." I shrugged.

"Jesus Christ what happened to you." He shook his head.

"Better than a necklace with my name on it possessive." I raised my eyebrows.

He pursed his lips. "Shut up." He nodded.

Yeah bitch, exactly.

I could make it 3.

But 5, no way in hell.