Good Bye Laura, Hello Working Class. ((closed))

[Olivia Dawson S6]

Olivia couldn’t take this anymore. She simply couldn’t keep putting up with Laura’s abuse. Now she was attempting to keep Olivia locked up in the house and out of the streets by having her clean the house. The entire house. Olivia was a daughter, not a maid. Not to mention Laura was talking about arranging a marriage for Olivia. That was the one subject that had angered Olivia the most. She wasn’t going to have her mother of all people pick out a mate for her. She simply wasn’t going to allow it to happen. She already knew the people Laura had in mind for Olivia, and she hated each and every one of them. Laura Dawson was beginning to get out of control. It seemed that the older Olivia got and the more she tried to pull away, the tighter Laura began to cling onto her. Olivia didn’t understand it. It had always seemed like Laura hated Olivia, yet for some reason she enjoyed keeping her trapped inside the house that she had been physically and emotionally tortured in for years. Why didn’t she just tell her to get out? Olivia would do it in a heartbeat, even though she knew she’d have nowhere to go.

But ever since the day she returned home from school, Olivia had been wondering about that very same thing. There was nothing more that Olivia wanted in the world then to move out of the Dawson household. But where would she go? How would she pay for her outrageous lifestyle? Her bet with her friend was long over, but Olivia was trying to cut down on the cigarettes. She had been limiting herself to only three a day, and it was hard. But Olivia was dealing. She had a horrible temper and she felt horrible, but hopefully she’d be able to quit completely one of these days. But her cigarette smoking had nothing to do with her current problem. She did have her aunt and cousin, but she couldn’t rely on them for money like she did Laura. She needed to work hard. And she was willing to. She’d even gone to Diagon Alley and landed a job as a waitress at the Leaky Cauldron. It didn’t pay much, but it was enough to get her through the year. Her school supplies were already purchased and her tuition for the next two years was already paid for. The Leaky Cauldron job had even agreed to let her live in the place with reduced pay if she took the job. So if Olivia wanted to leave….

“Olivia Rose! Get down here!” Laura’s shrill voice echoed from downstairs. Olivia rolled her eyes, but she walked downstairs nonetheless to see what it was Laura wanted now. Olivia took her time getting down the stairs, but eventually made her way down and found Laura sitting in one of the armchairs in the foyer. Laura arched her eyebrow. “What took you so long?” Laura accused, making her question sound more like an accusation. Olivia rolled her eyes and didn’t answer. Laura folded her arms across her thin frame and glared at her daughter through pursed lips. “Well, no matter. I called you down to let you know I’ve found someone for you. I don’t want to hear any arguing or any kind of fuss. You two will spend the next two years getting to know each other. Then as soon as you graduate, you are marrying him. No questions asked. Understood?” Olivia resisted the temptation to throw a bottle at the woman. Instead she simply stared at her mother with a cold, heartless expression.

“I won’t do it. You can’t make me.” Olivia said stubbornly, getting up to go back upstairs. “Yes you will, Olivia. You will do as I say. Or did you forget that credit card and Gringotts key that’s sitting in your little pocket?” Laura challenged. Olivia merely scoffed. “As if. You think I need your money? You think I will actually put up with your nonsense for another two years all because of money? You cannot put me in an arranged marriage. I’m not even seventeen!” Olivia protested loudly. Normally, she tried not to yell in the house so as not to scare Elle, but she and her brother weren’t home, so all was fine. “Well, you’ve put up with it in the past because of that, so I don’t see why you wouldn’t do it now!” Laura stated, thinking she had won the battle with that simple phrase. Olivia merely scoffed. “Because I’m fed up. You can’t tell me what to do anymore. All this time, I wondered why I was still even here. TAKE YOUR CREDIT CARDS, TAKE YOUR DAMN KEY. I’m out of here.” And with that, Olivia threw the two items at her mother and stormed upstairs. Olivia was halfway up when Laura called out to her. “You can’t leave! You have no money, no job, and no place to stay! You can’t leave!” She screamed back. Olivia laughed. “You think I haven’t thought of that? I don’t need your money anymore. I have a life of my own now. Hope you enjoy yours.” Olivia screamed as she stomped up the stairs.

And ten minutes later, she was gone.

[Olivia Dawson S6]

“Are you sure about this, Olivia? I mean, you know your mother, she’d take you back.” Said the sweet, kind voice of Sara Dawson. Sara was Olivia’s aunt from her father’s side, and thankfully she was nothing like the rest of the family. In fact, Olivia hadn’t seen or heard from Sara and her daughter Erin in almost fifteen years, she had to look all over Diagon Alley to find her home. Ever since Sara announced she was pregnant with Erin awhile back, Olivia’s father grew angry with her because she had allowed herself to be so violated by such ‘filth’ or so he called her. Erin was a half-blood, meaning her mother was pureblood like her brother, and her father was a muggle, who mysteriously died just months after she started telling people of her pregnancy. Olivia wouldn’t have been surprised if the Dawson family was behind the killing of that poor muggle. People tended to disappear or die mysteriously when the Dawsons grew angry. Olivia wouldn’t be surprised if she was next on Laura’s list of people to take out. But Olivia tried not to worry herself with that too much. If the time came when Laura wanted to kill her, Olivia would welcome the challenge, just like she welcomed all challenges. She smiled up at her aunt. Olivia hadn’t seen Sara in quite a few years, but she already considered Sara her favorite relative. She hadn’t seen Erin yet, since she was out with a friend. Olivia remembered showing up on Sara’s doorstep in Diagon Alley. They lived just above a small bakery in Diagon Alley, and the place was no doubt hard to find.

Olivia smiled at her aunt. They were sitting at Sara’s kitchen table coffee (Olivia had recently been told that Sara was a complete coffee addict) discussing Olivia’s descision to move out of the Dawson household. Sara had personally never liked her brother’s wife Laura, and understood completely why Olivia wanted to break away. In fact, after Olivia’s “horrifying” tales of the abuse she’d put up with over the years, Sara was surprised Olivia hadn’t chosen to move out ages ago. “I’m absolutely positive. There is no doubt in my mind that I made the right choice. And I have it all figured out. I’ve taken a job working at the Leaky Cauldron, and if need be they have a living place for me there. I can work for all the little things I need like food and anything else, and when I go back to school, I’ll have everything I need to support myself until I get a better job. Tuition for the next two years has already been paid for as well as my school supplies for this coming year. I’ve got it all taken care of. The only reason I put up with her crap all this time was because I thought I’d have no money and no place to stay if I ever did decide to leave. But I was wrong, wasn’t I?” Olivia spoke with a smile. She obviously didn’t think she’d be welcome into her aunt Sara’s home on such short notice, but even if she wasn’t, Olivia would be just fine with simply staying in the Leaky Cauldron. Sure, she probably wasn’t used to such dingy living quarters, but anything was better than where Olivia used to live. Maybe she could get a room mate?

“Well, Olivia, all I have to say is this. I may not have known you long, but you definitely seem to be one of the normal ones of the family. And if you like, there’s always room for you here. You may have to sleep on our pull out couch unless Erica wants to, but you don’t have a problem with that, do you dear?” Olivia smiled excitedly, not able to believe her ears. She really hadn’t expected this. She just wanted to come here because she needed someone to talk to, and Olivia’s aunt Sara was the first one she could think of. But living with her aunt opened up a world of new opportunities. She wouldn’t need a roommate, she wouldn’t need to sleep in the dingy Leaky Cauldron, and she would be able to be paid a full paycheck as opposed to a smaller one due to living expenses. Olivia squealed in happiness and reached out to hug her aunt tightly. “Of course I don’t mind, Aunt Sara! I’m just so glad I’m going to get to live with you guys! I promise I’ll be an angel. I won’t bring anyone over without your permission, I’ll clean up after my mess and even some of yours, oh and I can learn how to cook for you guys! Ask me anything, you name it, I’ll do it. I’ll even baby sit Erin for you whenever you like!” Olivia babbled on excitedly , making Sara laugh.

“Oh, well you won’t have to do all that, dear! Although I’ve got to say, with work getting so hectic and all, I really might need someone to babysit. I mean, Erin thinks she’s old enough to handle herself, but she’s only twelve you know. I do leave her alone in the house sometimes when I get busy, but I do get really worried.” Sara’s kind smile turned quickly into the expression of a worried frown. Olivia gave her aunt a comforting smile. “No worries, Aunt Sara. I’ll babysit whenever you like. I’m sure me and Erin will get along great. I have a little sister you know, she’s actually just about…” Olivia stopped in mid-sentence. She couldn’t believe she had forgotten such an important aspect of your life so quickly and easily. Elle was out of the house when Olivia decided to walk out. She didn’t even get a chance to say goodbye to her baby sister. Olivia wanted to see her so bad. She had only been out of the house for about twelve hours, but she missed little Elle Dawson already. She would be crushed when she found out Olivia had ditched her without even saying goodbye. Olivia had to do something. She had to find some way of getting in contact with her.