Chapter 10

Olivia sat on her bed staring at the ceiling humming Somebody under her breath. Suddenly, she heard the front door creak open. Assuming it was her Gram she bolted down the stairs to greet her. And, it was her Gram.

"Hey, Gram!" Olivia said, running over to help her grandmother with her shopping bags. She took a few from her and placed in on the table.

"Hi Olivia," Gram said, putting the last of the bags down, "What are you doing here, sweetie? I thought you'd be long gone by now with your friends."
"Well, I'm going to meet up with them soon. I just had to ask you something."
"What is it, dear?" Gram asked, opening one of the bags and starting to put away the groceries.

"Wen came by earlier today," Olivia began.

"Oh, he did?" Gram questioned, turning back from the cupboard to face her granddaughter.

"Yeah, and he was wondering if we could come over for dinner around 6:30?"

"Both of us? Will your other friends be there?"

"No just us and Wen and his family."
"Oh, okay. Do we need to bring anything?"

"No, he said they'll take care of everything. Oh, and while we're there we'll show you the song we wrote."
"All right," Gram smiled.

"So…" Olivia started again, "Can we go?"

"Yes, we can," Gram answered, putting the milk in the fridge.

Olivia cheered inwardly trying not to show her Gram her excessive excitement.

"Well, I guess I'll go over to Wen's house and tell him we can go."

"Okay, be back around five, okay? So, we can get ready," her Gram told her.

"All right, Gram," Olivia went over to her grandmother and gave her a parting kiss on the cheek.

Olivia headed out of the kitchen and put on her shoes by the front door. Then, she headed over to Hermione's house. As she approached the neighborhood, Olivia could make out Hermione and Ron sitting on the porch.

When they saw her, they went up to meet her.

"Hey Olivia!" Hermione gave Olivia a hug.

"Hey," Ron greeted, as well.

"Hi guys," Olivia replied, smiling.

At that moment, Wen came out of the house with a watering can.

"Oh, hi!" he said, noticing the others.

"Hi Wen!" Hermione exclaimed.

"Hi," Ron raised his hand in greeting.

"Hello," Olivia said.

"What's up?" Wen asked.

"Nothing much," Hermione answered, "You?"

"I'm about to water the plants."

"Interesting," Hermione answered.

Olivia smiled at Wen, "Oh, by the way, my Gram says we can go."
"That's great!" Wen exclaimed, "I'll tell my parents as soon as I finish watering the garden. Anyways, you guys have fun. See you later, Liv."

"Bye," she called after him.

Liv. Wen had never called her Liv before. Olivia felt a rush of happiness run through her. Her smile broke out into a wider grin as she followed Ron and Hermione back to the front porch.

"So," Hermione turned to her, once they had taken seats, Ron and Hermione on the porch swing and Olivia on the wicker chair, "what was that about?"

"What was what about?"

"You and Wen. Your smile…I've never seen you this extremely happy in my life. Well, you were close to it a few times recently, especially this past week. But, this smile definitely surpasses it. So what's up? And, what are you guys doing later? If it's secret agent things you don't have to tell me…"

"No, Hermione. We are not secret agents," Olivia giggled a little, "Wen came by this morning and asked Gram and I over for dinner."

"Ooh," Hermione squealed a little.

"It's not a date or anything. Just two families, hanging out," Olivia said.

"Sure it is," Hermione said. Then, she turned to Ron, "Do you think it's just 'hanging out'?"

"Well, I don't know," Ron answered, "It depends, really."

Hermione rolled her eyes as if to say, "Boys."

"Well, anyways. What are you going to wear?" Hermione asked.

"Um, this," Olivia gestured to her outfit.

"No," Hermione protested, "Absolutely not."
"It's not supposed to be fancy."

"I didn't say anything about formal wear," Hermione said.

"Oh," Ron got up from his seat; he knew when they were entering the danger no-boy zone of fashion…for girls. He knew if he stayed any longer he'd be dragged along with their little shopping spree or whatever they were about to do, "I think your dad wanted me to help him with something, Hermione. I'll just see you later, then."

He headed into the house.

"Ron, no he did not!" Hermione called after him, "Smart boy."

She turned back to Olivia, "We are going shopping."

"But, I don't have money with me."

"It doesn't matter. My aunt, the one who doesn't live in the States, owns a clothing shop nearby. She always lets me take a few things. You know, we're family. I'm sure she'll let you have something, as well."

"But, I don't think…" Olivia began.

"No," Hermione interrupted, "No excuses. You are coming with me."

The two girls walked down the street and began to head out of the neighborhood. They walked towards a cluster of shops on the corner a couple of streets down.

They headed to a small shop in the middle of the cluster painted pink and with blue lettering on the top written in turquoise cursive, "Like Magic."

Hermione pushed opened the door and the bells jingled signaling that customers had entered the shop. Out of the backroom, a middle age woman with frizzy auburn hair gathered in a bun came out.

"Hermione sweetie!" the lady exclaimed.

"Hi, Aunt Beatrice," Hermione greeted, giving the woman a hug, "This is my friend Olivia, and she has a…date…today."

Olivia turned red, "No, I don't."

Hermione whispered loudly, knowing full well that Olivia could hear, "She's in denial."

Beatrice laughed, "Well, let's see what we can do for you."

Hermione's aunt led the two girls to the back of the store where they began looking through clothes.

Oh yeah, Chapter 10! I feel really bad, I was going to update last Saturday, but then I got super busy and sidetracked and I didn't get a chance to. I'll try my best to update again this weekend if I can. But, this weekend for sure I know I'm really busy. Plus, tomorrow is the Worldwide Day of Play for Nickelodeon and it's in DC which is a fair distance from where I live and I might go. So, don't get your hopes up for my update. But, the soonest besides this weekend that I can guarantee an update is probably a week from today. I guess I'm making a schedule. Once a week, every Friday; but, if that's the case, my stories are going to take forever! Anyways, I'm going to update Skateboards, Music, and Nanas as well. So, you should all check it out! Read and review!

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