Chapter 2

All She Needed

Before The Band

Olivia was going to skip school that day but she decided against it. She had cried herself to sleep that night. Yesterday had been the worse day of her enitire life. Staying in her house, with her Dad and Gram, would be so much more painful than going to school. As Olivia walked through her house it seemed dark and gloomy.

Her house was never like this before, but Olivia knew if she stayed home that day she would just be taken into the depression of the wonderful memories each room held. Her Dad had offered to drive her to school but she declined and decided to walk to school.

It was raining outside. There were huge gray clouds covering every inch of the sky. The weather reflected Olivia's mood perfectly and she knew this. Olivia dressed in a dark blue rain coat that used to be her mother's. Her mother. Anything she looked at, anything she heard, and every feeling she felt reminded her of her mother.

As Oivia got ready in her room she looked up into the mirror. Her mother had the same hair and eyes as Olivia did but she thought her mother was much more beautiful. Her Mother had the most amazing smile that could bright up anyone's day. She wished her mother could give her one of those smiles at this moment and tell Olivia everything would be okay. The hard truth was she couldn't. Her mother wasn't there. Her mother wouldn't ever be there again and Olivia couldn't change that.

As Olivia walked into the living room her Grandmother who she called Gram asked her if she was sure about walking in the rain. Olivia just nodded and walked right through the door. Putting the hood over her head she stepped out into the rain. It was almost pouring outside but Olivia didn't care she just kept walking.

Olivia was now 10 years old and in 5th grade. She was still the same shy girl she used to be when she was younger but now she had a reason. Her Best Friend was taken from her, and that best friend was her mom. Olivia didn't need anymore friends, not that she had any in the first place. That's what she told herself as she walked down the street. She had her Dad and Gram and they we're good enough for her. Olivia couldn't afford to have anyone else to lose.

As she was walking she heard a loud truck coming up behind her so she turned to look at it. As it sped by it splashed a huge puddle of water straight at her. This didn't help in the girls case. It felt like everything was going wrong that day. She missed her Mom and she wished she didn't leave her house in the first place to go to school.

She was almost at school when a group of boys from her class ran up from behind her pushing her down and running up to the school. This made her slip because of the rain. Olivia couldn't take it anymore. So she began to cry. She sat were she fell and brought her knees up to her chest and put her hands over her face.

Little did she know that she stopped right in front of a boy's house that she hadn't really seen in the last year. He was just walking out the door when he saw the girl sitting on the sidewalk crying. He began to walk to her as he pulled the hood of his jacket over his strawberry blond hair. As he reached her he asked "Are you okay?"

Olivia jumped at the sound of his voice but didn't look at him. "I'm fine." she whispered just loud enough so he could hear it over the rain. "Ar-are you sure?" He felt sorry for the girl, not knowing who she was because she was hiding her face. She finally uncovered her face and looked towards the boy. Just seeing his face was enough for the girl's heart to beat faster. His eyes widened as he recognized the girl.

"Olivia?" He was astonished that the girl he met in first grade was basically on his door step crying.

"Wen?" She asked. She just assumed it was going to be another boy from her class coming to bother her. "Yeah, It's me."

She just looked away embarrased as to her crying. "What's wrong, Liv?". She slightly smiled as she heard Liv an old nickname he had for her. "N-nothing." She replied as another tear ran down her face.

Wen sat next to the girl and told "It's definitly not nothing. You wouldn't be crying if it was nothing." He was of course right. Sh wasn't quite sure if she should tell him, they hadn't been friends since 1st grade but she had always felt safe around him. "M-my mom."

His jaw dropped slightly at the mention of her mother. Did her Mother leave to? That's what happened to his mom. "What happened to her?" He asked slightly confused.

This made Olivia full out cry again. She wasn't sure if she could trust Wen at all, he could have changed alot from the time he saved her from Ray in 1st grade. Between sobs she answered "Can I trust y-you?"

She went back to covering her face. Wen smile slightly and lifted her hands off of her face and replied "Of course you can." Looking in her eyes he saw the chocolate brown color he used to love. Love? He wasn't sure what he was talking about but at the moment that didn't matter, all that mattered was helping Olivia.

"My Mom, she- she-"

Olivia couldn't finish the sentence but Wen knew what she meant. That was worse than how his mom left, much much worse.

"I am so sorry Olivia." He looked down at her and hugged her. "Everything will be alright Liv."

"No it won't." She managed to choke out between sobs. He pulled away from the hug and lifted her head up so he could look her in the eyes. "She may not be here, but she'll always be in there." He pointed to her heart. "She's at a better place. In the end it will all work out."

Olivia now stopped crying. Maybe Wen was right, maybe everything would work out. "She'll always be with you Olivia." Wen whispered.

He had no idea where any of this had come from. Other than his mom leaving he'd never had any feeling of loss in his life. "Thanks Wen. I actually feel... better." She said. "That's good. I'm glad and no problem." He stood up and held out a hand for her.

She gladly took the hand and they both stood. She started the walk to school a complete wreck, with doubts of ever being happy again, and not wanting any friends. Now ending her walk to school she was actually kind of happy -not that her mom was gone but that her mom still lived within her-, She decided that maybe her life wouldn't be so bad after all, and had a brand new friend named Wen. Yeah, maybe her mom was gone but she'd always be with her and so would Wen.

For now, that was all she needed.