Chapter 6

Later that night it was really difficult for Wen to get any sleep at all, because in the end all he could think about was his dad fighting for his life in the hospital back at home and as hard as he tried to silence it some little pessimistic part of himself kept spreading the thought in his mind: What if he doesn't make it? Once again he tried to close his eyes, just let go of any stress that had come up since Sydney had delivered this bad news to him but as some horrible scenarios kept flashing through his mind and kept him tossing and turning for the next few minutes. Of course Wen's Inner Struggle didn't go by Olivia unnoticed and she gently shook him as she realized that he had so much trouble with sleeping as he didn't answer her at once.

It took quite a while but then Wen opened his eyes, turned around to face her and she finally said after they just had stared at each other for a few minutes: "It's obvious that you need to get something of your chest Wen, you know that you can tell me everything and because it's understandable that you're troubled by the medical condition of your father I want to do anything to help you ease the pain a little bit." She softly touched his right cheek and it was obvious how troubled he was right now as she looked deeply into his eyes but of course she would never force him to do something that he didn't want to do, in the end she could only extent a helping hand to him and it was up to him alone if he wanted to take it or not.

Before he was ready to talk he took one deep breath and then said: "I know that I maybe sound overly dramatic but since Sydney has told me about happened to my father, there's one little pessimistic part inside my mind that keeps asking that one big question over and over again. What if he doesn't make it through? All kind of horror scenarios keep flashing through my mind and yes maybe my relationship with Sydney is a little bit better than it was at the beginning but the thought of living with the woman that tried to replace my mother from day one is unbearable to me because she will never be able to do just that." Witnessing all the emotional pain that Wen had to go through right now also brought some of her painful memories back from the day where her dad had tried to tell her that her mom was gone and would never come back.

She quickly moved that thoughts away as her childhood had been very traumatic for her and she really didn't want to get too sentimental right now, because providing Wen that shoulder to lean on in the bad times like this meant that she needed to clear her head from any negatives thoughts. After choosing her words to say wisely she replied: "I know it's difficult right now but you have to stay optimistic somehow, deep I know that your father is going to be okay in the end and don't let the negative thoughts drag you down even if that is easier said than done."

Hearing this little pep talk from his girlfriend made him smile a little bit right now and also made him realize that he had really needed this so much at this very moment. Of course he was pretty thankful for her words right now: "Thanks for always finding the right words to say and even if that maybe sounds a lot cliché for a guy to say, I really don't know sometimes what I would do without you by my side." Olivia couldn't help but blush a little bit as she was flattered by that statement from Wen but also very happy to hear it at the same time and instead of saying anything in response she just kissed him on his right cheek shortly as silent thanks for those kind words. The two lovebirds kept talking for another hour till Olivia was the first one to fall asleep, it only took a few minutes for Wen to do the same and with a smile on his face he finally closed his after he had switched of the lamp upon the nightstand on the side of this big double bed in the hotel room that they shared during their stay here in Detroit.

On the next day the whole band sat together for breakfast and of course the rest of the band couldn't help but notice that Wen seemed pretty tired. Olivia didn't want the silence at the breakfast table in the hotel restaurant to get uncomfortable so she decided to ask the rest of the band: "I don't know about you but I really enjoyed our stay here at Detroit even if he have cut our visit to the city short because of Wen's family emergency." She knew very well that she wasn't that good with those kind of difficult situations but always the blonde Lemonade Mouth Lead Singer wanted to make the best out of this predicament and also she was very sure that she and the rest of the Band would get through this as the whole band was would give the keyboarder all the emotional support that he needed right now.

"The time in Detroit was great and being a part of the first Lemonade Mouth Tour was also a big adventure where I think that I speak for everyone that I really look forward to continue very soon." Scott said with a little smile on his face as he looked shortly in the faces of Wen, Mo, Stella, Charlie and Olivia and as all of them nodded in agreement he was surely happy that they were able to distract their keyboarder a little. Before they all continued to focus on eating their breakfast Wen said: "I know that I maybe could sound like a broken record but I can't thank you all enough for trying your best to cheer me up. I think that we all can agree on the one thing, that this solidarity in the good and bad times has been that one very special thing about this band from the start." Of course he looked a little bit longer at Olivia as he said those words and totally out of the blue she kissed him on his right cheek and smiled at him before she finally turned back to her breakfast and took one large sip out of her glass of orange juice.

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