"You dont have to use you course fund to pay for the wedding"
"Daryl, I want to, I can enrol next year"
"You deserve the best Liv, so lets do it right"
"I can do extra hours to put in to the college fund, but right now I want to be Olivia Dixon" ......
"I am so sick with nerves" Olivia sighed holding onto her stomach, all morning she felt queasy and didnt want to eat "your time to throw up is gone now baby" Lori smiled admiring her friend in her white dress "you look shit hot" she added, Olivia beamed, she did look shit hot and it was worth all the scrimping and saving because right now she had the dress of her dreams and she was marrying the man of her dreams. It was going to be perfect.
A deep clearing of the throat was heard taking the girls from their gaze in the mirror "you babes ready?" Merle joked as he stood in the doorway, he too looked smart in his suit, he came home from service to attend the wedding and he even offered to walk Olivia down the aisle as well as being Daryl's best man, He tried to play it cool when Olivia asked that of him, he had helped the two out so much since she moved in with Daryl and she considered him her brother and couldnt be prouder to have him on her arm leading her to Daryl regardless of his sailor like potty mouth.
"Did the taxi arrive?" Olivia asked as Merle helped her down the steps of their trailer allowing her dress to not get dusty. She looked around the trailer park and couldnt see any taxi and began to worry she would be late "we thought this was a better way to travel" Lori smirked as Rick pulled his truck in adorned with a large pink bow across the front with the words "Mrs Dixon" chalked on the back window. Rick stepped down from the truck but playfully shielded his eyes to not see Olivia "Rick you dick! You can see Olivia its me you cant if I was the bride" Lori laughed. Lori kissed Olivia on the cheek and helped her get her dress and veil into the truck safely as Merle sat beside her. Rick and Lori sat in front and made their way to the service.
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Olivia clutched, with sweaty palms on to her flowers as Merle lead her albeit speedily down the aisle, she had to slow him down to get him to walk in time with the music. Her flowers were small and with their budget of savings Lori didnt have any but she didnt care, as long as her friend had what she wanted it was fine.
Her and Merle walked past a lot of rows of empty seats, none of Olivia's family were there and Daryl's side was near on the same. Just Merle, Rick, Lori, T and Andrea. Its not what Olivia had in mind for her wedding when she was a little girl but it didnt matter, she was in love, Daryl was too. It could of been just them two today and it wouldnt of mattered.
Being only nineteen and on little money they couldnt afford a big fancy party afterwards nor could they legally drink at one.
As the newly married pair emerged from the ceremony Olivia pulled Daryl in for a selfie before Lori took one of the pair and then pulled her selfie stick from her clutch bag ushering the others in "da heck is that thing?" Merle looked confused watching Lori extend it.
"What do we do now?" Olivia nervously laughed, she had only prepared for the build up to be 'Mrs Dixon' not what her, Daryl and the group were going to be doing after. "I got an idea" Daryl replied trying to hold a smile in, Olivia looked to Lori in hopes she knew what was going on but she looked just as blank.
As the group drove, followed by T, Merle and Andrea, Olivia began to have a suspicion as to where they were headed but didnt want to guess too early. It was confirmed when they drove past the track they would of gone down if they were going back to their home.
Pulling up to the place Daryl took her in the early days of knowing eachother Olivia's eyes became teary as she melted at how sweet Daryl really was. The beach had fairylights draped across the rocks with candle light and TDog's boom box in front of a few cool boxes clearly laden with alcohol.
"Brother, you know how to score serious pus- points" Merle stopped himself from bad mouthing, even he couldnt insult Olivia like that.
The air was warm and the company was perfect. "We'll do it again properly when we have more money" Daryl softly spoke as they nestled up sitting on the sand. Taking in his words Olivia watched Lori and Andrea laughing, most likely at Merle's dirty jokes, while T and Rick were bickering over which beer was better. "I dont care" she replied turning to face him, he looked confused "this is enough for me" she gushed admiring the effort her husband had put in.
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Waking up in her hotel room with a headache and a dry mouth Olivia groaned narrow-eyed at the time 7:45pm "fuck" she sighed. It was a stupid time to wake up from being passed out and evenmore so when she was in such a pleasant place in her mind.
Her heart pained and she sobbed again, she wasnt even sure if there were any pieces of her heart that were not broken.
Through tear filled eyes she reached for her phone and wiped her damp cheeks. Each time her phone began dialling she quickly cut it off. And then again, and then again. Until her phone rang, vibrating strongly in her hand.
She took a deep breath and pressed the green button but became too choked to answer "Liv?" "Olivia?" "You there?" Was all she heard as she swallowed hard to speak "I need you" she cried, the voice on the other end sighed but quickly responded "where are you? Ill come get you". Olivia shook her head she knew they couldnt see her but she had to stand strong "no, I have to do this Daryl, we arnt together anymore its not good for us" and with that she ended the call.
Still, even after saying that she couldnt delete his number. Just like she couldnt delete the memories.
