Chapter 46 46 - Pizza Night

    ??Since Liv had agreed to let me help her improve her relationship with our mother, practically 50% of the work was done. I had to do the other 50% of the work with my mother.

    After taking a shower and looking at the changes in my statistics, I went to the kitchen where my mother was deciding what to make for dinner.

    Since it was Saturday and my father had come home early, I thought of something else.

    "Hey Mom, how about instead of making dinner we order a pizza?" I suggested.

    My mother looked at me in surprise and thought for a moment before answering. "Is that a good idea? Aren''t you trying to lose weight?"

    Looking at my body and her, I laughed. "I''m already losing weight Mom, eating junk food one day a week is good for me. Come on, I''ll call and order two large pizzas for us, okay?"

    She thought for a while and finally accepted.

    "Okay." She replied, smiling and putting away the things she was going to use for cooking.

    Like me and my siblings, my mother had black hair, but instead of the blue eyes we got from my father, she had green eyes.

    Because she had showered after practicing with us, her long black hair was damp.

    She was a beautiful woman, but because of her excessive stress and anxiety, her age was beginning to show.

    Although she was only 50, she looked older, with wrinkles showing and a few strands of white hair on her head.

    When I earn more, I''ll try to help her more so that she can relax.

    After she put away the things she''d picked up for the kitchen, I leaned against the kitchen counter next to her and said.

    "You know, I was talking to Liv about you two." I said.

    When she heard that, she looked at me in surprise. "Really? What did you talk about?"

    "About you two getting better. I noticed at practice that she was avoiding you while you wanted to talk to her but were afraid to." I said as I looked at her.

    But she was embarrassed and tried to look away.

    "Was my observation correct?" I asked.

    "Yes..." She replied, her shoulders slumped. "I want to improve our relationship, but ever since that song of yours, I''ve started to realize the things I did wrong, things I thought were best for her, things I projected onto her and didn''t even ask if it was what she wanted..."

    "And you''re ashamed of that?" I asked.

    "Yes..." She replied.

    "And do you regret it?" I asked again.

    Lowering her head, she replied. "Yes..."

    "Why don''t you tell her that?"

    "I..." she was lost. "I''m ashamed, I don''t have the courage to go to her and talk about these things, not after seeing how much she has suffered over the years..."

    "When I asked her why she was still angry with you even after you tried to change, do you know what she told me?" I asked.

    My mother stared at me with hope in her eyes. "What was her answer?"

    When I read the other messages, they were more normal.

    [Thanks for the song you made BV, I hope you''re doing well].

    [Hey BV, I heard the preview of the song you showed on the stream and I thought it was amazing, I think the lyrics of it really fit a more electronic style of music, how about trying that?]

    [Hey BV, I broke up with my boyfriend because of your song Numb, now I''m alone... don''t you want to talk?]

    [...]

    There were several types of messages.

    Those who sent me messages talking about music or wishing me luck, I replied politely and wrote down their ideas.

    As for the girls and even some boys who sent messages with other intentions, I just ignored them.

    Even if there were pretty girls among those who sent messages, I''ve seen so much shit in my previous life from artists who replied to fan messages like that and ended up getting screwed, so I just ignored that kind of thing.

    It''s better to just keep focusing on my career and let time find me someone good.

    What was nice about seeing those messages was the idea that one of the followers gave me.

    I could do an electronic version of the song. Since Selena had already bought the keyboard for me, it would arrive next week, so I could learn how to set it up and use the programs to get the most out of it and try to make a really good version of the song.

    It''s not like learning it would get in the way over time, so I might as well perfect it slowly until in the future I have a lot of experience and can make even better music in this style.

    Surprisingly, the pizzas arrived and the two were still upstairs talking, so I went upstairs to check on them, not wanting them to get cold.

    Arriving near Olivia''s room, I heard the two of them laughing softly through the door.

    I slowly knocked on the door and spoke. "It''s me, Noah."

    After a few seconds of silence, Liv replied. "You can come in."

    When I opened the door, I saw them both with red eyes from crying, looking at an open album between them on the bed.

    Curious, I looked at the album and was surprised to see that they were looking at photos from our childhood.

    "Are these our photos?" I asked.

    Laughing as she wiped her eyes, my mother replied. "Yes, I had this album saved and I took it out to show Olivia the good things and to apologize and explain myself for the bad things."

    Seeing her admit it so openly brought a big smile to my face, and seeing Liv''s relaxed expression, I knew it had worked.

    "Let''s eat, the pizzas are here." I said as I took a deep breath, trying to show the smell of pizza entering the room.

    Liv sniffed curiously and was surprised to smell it. "Are we having pizza?" She said excitedly.

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