The next couple of chapters are gonna be fillers I guess but still important.
Wen
That was the best sleep I gotten in two days! I stretched and rolled over to see the empty side of the bed where Olivia sleeps. I shot straight up out of the bed and looked all over the house. Bathroom? Nope. Living Room? Nope. Guest Bedroom? Nope. Office? Nope. Dining Room? Nope. Kitchen. No- wait! I smell coffee. I looked over and saw my lemon coffee mug Liv got me a couple a years ago. I took a sip and looked around. The sliding glass door was open and then I saw her. Olivia was sitting on one of deck chairs with her knees pressed against her chest.
I walked out and came behind her. She had a cup of coffee in her left hand, a sharpie in the other, scribbling on the leg of her pants.
" Hey! Those are mine!" I said playfully but I guess not.
She jumped, spilling the coffee on her hoodie and dropping the sharpie. She got up, looked at me and smirked, " Come give Livy a hug!"
She walked towards me slowly, " No. No," and made a run for it. I ran into the backyard hiding behind the grill. I crouched down and peered over the edge. Where did she go? I went back to my original position. I looked back around and still didn't see her.
" Ah!" Olivia screamed behind me jumping on my back.
" Ooof!" I fell on my hands and knees.
" Don't you mean 'woof'?" she whispered in my ear.
I chuckled and started to crawl around wolfing as I go. She was giggling in my ear.
After about ten minutes I laid on my stomach.
" I think Wen is tired," she mumbled into my ear. She rolled off of me and lay there looking at the sky.
" I wrote a song," she said looking at me.
" I see that," tugging at her pants, " we should have a band meeting today. I'll call Stella and Mo," I said getting up and holding my hand out for her. She took my hand and we walked hand in hand towards the house.
Stella
Where is my phone? I here it ringing! I was running all through the small apartment looking for the damn thing. I looked in the couches, fridge (I have done that many times), and bathroom. Did I find it? No! No I did not.
I walked past our bedroom and heard it ring the loudest. Charlie was still sleeping. I looked in the closet, my dirty jeans, and the nightstand. The phone rang the loudest and Charlie rolled over and there it was. ARE YOU SERIOUS? IT WAS UNDER DELGADO THE WHOLE TIME!
I picked up the phone and hit the send button:
" What do you want?" I grumbled in to the phone.
" Gosh! Someone got up on the wrong side of the bed!" said a familiar voice.
" Olivia? Olivia! Sorry I'm a little mad. I was looking for my phone and it was under the big sleeping oaf I am getting married to. Oh and I am so sorry. I did-" she cut me off.
" It's okay. It's a lot to go through but I have the best supporters in the world."
" You got that right. So, why did you call?"
" Oh. Oh yeah. Band meeting in ten at my house. I wrote a song."
" Me too. Anyway we'll be there."
"Really? Can't wait to hear it. Gotta go. Wen is hungry and he doesn't know where the cereal is."
I chuckled, " Good luck. Bye."
I hung up the phone and turned to Charlie. I took the pillow from the other side of him and hit him in the face. I did this about three more time when Charlie got up and glared at me. I continued to hit him, in till he got up and took the pillow from me.
" What do you think your doing?" he asked while yawning.
" I think I am getting revenge."
" For what?" he said completely bewildered.
I held up my phone, " For sleeping on my damn phone!"
" Heh. Heh. Funny story actu-"
" Let me guess, you were playing fruit slice last night when I was sleeping."
He looked down, scratching the back of his neck, " Maybe."
" Next time, ask. Am I really that scary?"
" No. NO! You were already asleep and you looked really peaceful so…" he said coming towards me and giving me a hug.
I hugged him back and mumbled into his chest, " Band meeting in 10 minutes at Olivia's house."
" You talked to her?"
" Yeah. She forgives me."
" Why wouldn't she?" he asked kissing my head.
" I don't know," squeezing him tighter.
He picked me up and carried me to the car.
Scott
" Jamie get your butt down here. We gotta go!" I yelled up the stairs. Mo was already in the car waiting for us. I walked up the stairs to see Jamie sitting on the floor with his toy truck.
" Are you serious? You can bring the trucks with you. Let's go!"
Jamie looked up, " I don't want to go! Aunt Liv's baby went to heaven. She doesn't deserve that. She's a good person."
I kneeled down next to him, " I know buddy. Why don't you bring some crayons and paper and make pictures for her?"
" Okay!" he got up and got the supplies. He walked back over to me and we walked to the car, got in. Mo looked at me, confused.
" I told him to make Liv cards. He didn't want to go because he doesn't think Olivia deserved her baby to die. Which I agree with."
Mo nodded and drove towards Olivia's house.
Olivia
Stella and Charlie got here first. Stella's hair was all over the place. She had a pair of black sweatpants with a shirt that read ' I'm with Delgado.' Charlie looked the same but instead of Delgado it read Yamada. Charlie's hair was almost the same as Stella's but messier.
" I like the matching looks," I said pointing at them, laughing. Wen came up behind me and laughed too. Charlie and Stella looked at each other and started to laugh too.
When we calmed down, Stella looked at me and ran into me.
" Ooof!" I lost my balance and started to fall back when Wen caught me.
" Olivia I am so sorry!" she said wrapping my arms around me.
" I told you, it's okay," hugging her back.
" I know but you cut me off."
" I don't want to hear apologies. That's why. I hear them all the time and it's not there fault. ' Liv, I am so sorry about your mom' or ' Olivia I'm so sorry about your dad' or ' Olive, I'm sorry about your grandmother.' Oh and um I can't breathe."
She pulled back, " I apologize," she said sticking her tongue out at me.
I laughed and shook my head. I stayed in Wen's arms and we talked for a couple of minutes for the Pickett's. Mo pulled up and everybody filed out, including Jamie.
" Hey guys," I yelled as I waved at them.
" Hi Aunt Liv. Hi Aunt Stella."
" Hey little person," Stella said as she ruffled his hair.
" Hey. Hey. It takes eight hours to do that." We all laughed and went to the basement we used as a music room. Jamie sat his tiny table and all of them stared at me, waiting for me to talk.
" Well, here's the music sheets," I said handing each of them their sheets.
" Okay," they all went to their spaces and Wen started to play the opening. I then began to sing:
Here we are now
Everything is about to change
We face tomorrow as we say goodbye to yesterday
A chapter ending but the stories only just begun
A page is turning for everyone
So I'm moving on
Letting go
Holding on to tomorrow
I've always got the memories while I'm finding out who
I'm gonna be
We might be apart but I hope you always know
You'll be with me wherever I go
Wherever I go
So excited I can barely even catch my breath
WE have each other to lean on for the road ahead
This happy ending is the start of all our dreams
And I know your heart is with me
So I'm moving on
Letting go
Holding on to tomorrow
I've always got the memories while I'm finding out who
I'm gonna be
We might be apart but I hope you always know
You'll be with me wherever I go
Its time to show the world we've got something to say
A song to sing out loud we'll never fade away
I know I'll miss you but we'll meet again someday
We'll never fade away
So I'm moving on
Letting go
Holding on to tomorrow
I've always got the memories while I'm finding out who
I'm gonna be
We might be apart but I hope you always know
You'll be with me wherever I go
So I'm moving on
Letting go
Holding on to tomorrow
I've always got the memories while I'm finding out who
I'm gonna be
We might be apart but I hope you always know
You'll be with me wherever I go
Wherever, Wherever I go
" Liv that was amazing!" Stella and Mo said. The guys nodded while Wen wrapped his arms around me and gave me a kiss on the forehead.
" Ugh… save that for the bedroom," Stella said.
I laughed, " Your turn, I said switching places with her.
" You're going to need you acoustic," she said pointing towards my mother's old guitar.
"Uh. Okay," Usually Stella's music was rock and roll. She gave us the music sheets and we set up. Charlie started a slow drumbeat, Wen started a sad sounding harmony from his piano and then Stella started to sing:
Night lift up the shades
let in the brilliant light of morning
but steady there now
for I am weak and starving for mercy
sleep has left me alone
to carry the weight of unravelling where we went wrong
it's all I can do to hang on
to keep me from falling
into old familiar shoes
how stupid could I be
a simpleton could see
that you're no good for me
but you're the only one I see
love has made me a fool
it set me on fire and watched as I floundered
unable to speak
except to cry out and wait for your answer
but you come around in your time
speaking of fabulous places
create an oasis
dries up as soon as you're gone
you leave me here burning
in this desert without you
everything changes
everything falls apart
can't stop to feel myself losing control
but deep in my senses I know
" Aw. Stells your not stupid, even if you love me," Charlie said, getting up from his drums and hugging Stella.
" I'm not saying I'm stupid for loving me, it's for you loving me," she said letting the tears run down her face.
" Stella Lynn Yamada, I will always love you, no matter what," he said kissing her on the lips.
Mo and I looked at each other and said " Save it for the bedroom!"
Stella pulled back, wiped her tears, and said, " Group Hug!"
We gave each other a hug and Jamie even joined in. We all went up stairs, brought out the lemonade, ordered a pizza from Dante's and talked about everything. That was one of the best afternoons of my life and I will always remember this day.