Olivia

It's time to start day two of living with Wen. Do I know what his problem is? No. Am I going to find out? Hell yeah. I walked out of my room, thinking about the different ways to get the answer out of him when I stubbed my toe.

" Damn. Err. Ow," I mumbled as I rubbed my foot and looked for what I stubbed my toe on. A football helmet was lying in the middle of the floor.

" Really?" I growled as I moved it to the side.

" What are you doing?" Someone snarled behind me. I turned around and saw Wen towering over my hunched over body.

I stood up straight; " I am moving your helmet from the middle of the damn hallway so nobody else will stub their toe."

" Like who?"

" Hmm… well there's your dad, Sydney, me and Georgie. You do know that you're not the only person living in this house, right?"

Wen rolled his eyes, " Why wouldn't I know that?"

" You left your damn helmet in the middle of the hallway and you have the nerve to ask who else would trip on it!" I exclaimed and walk- no limped down the stairs.

" Hey Oli- are you okay?" Daniel asked, taking in my wrinkled forehead and frown as I limped down the last two steps.

" Peachy," sarcasm thick in my voice as I sat on the bar stool and rubbed my foot.

" Do you want an ice pack?"

" Please."

He nodded and went into the freezer, pulling out bag of frozen corn.

" Thanks," I said placing it on my toe that was swelling. The coldness instantly made the tingling feeling disappear to be replaced with numbness.

" No problem. What happened?" He questioned, starting to pull ingredients for pancakes.

" Stubbed my toe."

" Wen's helmet?"

" Yep. Wait, how'd you know?" I asked completely confused.

" The walls aren't sound proof," he said smiling with amusement.

I could feel myself blush, " I guess you heard most of that."

" Yep. Just mind your language when Georgie gets home."

" Can do. When is she getting home?"

" Uh… Sydney left fifteen minutes ago so-" Daniel got cut off by Sydney laughing.

" Now," Daniel finished.

A little girl was walking in front of Sydney. Georgie had long red, wavy hair and freckles on her cheeks. She was Wen in girl form except she had dark green eyes.

Georgie came up and sat on the bar stool next to me, " Hey. My name is Georgie."

" Olivia. I heard a lot about you." Georgie smiled and I smiled back.

We talked at the bar stools while Sydney and Daniel cooked breakfast. I learned that she liked to read, draw, and cheerlead. She learned that I liked to read, listen to music, and skateboard.

" Maybe we could trade books," Georgie asked, getting excited about new books.

" Yeah. You can read my favorites and I can read yours."

" Yay! I'll go get them," she stated and hopped off the stool.

" Breakfast just got done so how about after?" Sydney said, looking at me. I got the hint and nodded.

" I can always wait," I said smiling.

" Okay," and with that she ran towards the dinning room. I followed close behind and sat across from her. Soon Sydney and Daniel joined us. We were all eating when Wen came down.

" Hey Wen. Breakfast is ready," Sydney said, plastering a smile on her face.

Wen ignored her and sat down next to Georgie.

" Wen, do you mind showing Olivia around town?" Daniel said after a couple minutes of silence.

" I'm low on gas."

Wow. That's the best you can think of? I snorted and placed the bag of corn that was now defrosted, on the table.

Wen glared at me, "What's so funny?"

" Your excuse," I stated simply and started to get up.

" Wait, is that frozen corn? That's the last bag! Why would you put that on your foot?" He questioned, getting angry.

" I wouldn't need it if I didn't stub my toe," I snapped.

" Maybe you should watch where you're going."

" Maybe you shouldn't leave helmets in the middle of hallways," I replied and took my plate to the kitchen. I was putting my plate in the sink when Daniel walked in.

" If you want, I can show you around town," he offered.

" Thanks but no. I think I'll cruise around on my skate board."

" Okay. I'm sorry about Wen. He's not used to having other people in the house."

" It's alright. He'll just have to get used to it," I said and smiled a little. Daniel laughed.

" I'll see you later," I said and climbed up the stairs and went to go change.

~(-)~

As I walked out of my room, I collided with Georgie.

" Oh! I'm so sorry. Let me help you," I offered as Georgie dropped some books on the floor.

" Thanks. Well here are my favorites," she said handing me a stack of books. I looked through them and saw familiar titles: Lemonade Mouth, Twilight Saga (excluding Eclipse and Breaking Dawn), The Wings Saga, and Dewey.

" Great. Let me go get some of mine," I said as I went back into my room, leaving the door open so she can follow. She followed timidly behind me and stopped at the bookshelves.

" Who's this?" I looked up to see her pointing at the picture of my mom. I could feel the tears coming and looked down.

" Uh. That's my mom. She died when I was four."

" Oh. I'm sorry. Where's your dad?"

" Prison."

" Did you know you have a similar story to Olivia Whitehead in Lemonade Mouth?" She said changing the subject.

" Really? I guess I'll read that one first. Here are two of my favorites, Romeo and Juliet and Wuthering Heights. It's a little hard to understand but your smart," I said giving her a small smile.

Georgie beamed and ran out of the room with the books with a quick 'thank you'.

~(-)~

I walked down the stairs to see Sydney making cookies in the kitchen.

" Hey Olivia. Going Somewhere?" She asked looking at my skateboard.

" Yep. I'm going to give myself a tour before school starts tomorrow. I should be back in two hours."

" Okay. See you later."

I waved and headed towards the door. I walked out of the door and felt the humid breeze whirl around me. I placed my skateboard on the sidewalk and stepped on it. I kicked back with my right foot and headed towards downtown.

Wen

I was with Stella, Charlie, Scott, and Mo in the little coffee shop called Coffee Mug. They had other stuff besides coffee like Mo got a Chai Latté, Scott got a frozen hot chocolate, Stella was sipping at a smoothie, and Charlie and me got a iced coffee.

" So how did it go with Sydney?" Stella asked biting her straw.

" Horrible. It's all ready bad enough I have to deal with her but apparently her niece, Olivia, lives with us too. Olivia is such a bitch. She knows what to say for everything."

" Who does that sound like?" Charlie said nudging Stella on her arm with his elbow. They've been dating for the past six months, starting out best friends in freshmen year.

" Shut up, Delgado." Stella said smirking. Charlie kissed her temple, making Stella blush.

" Well what did you say to her?" Mo questioned leaning into Scott, who she has been dating for the past year.

" What do you mean?" I asked confused.

" Well, Stella only says stuff back when she has a reason too."

" So you think it's my fault!" I said laughing angrily at the end.

" No, I was just curious!" She tried to reason with me.

" Whatever." I got up and started to leave when I saw an oddly familiar blue streak in someone's hair. I didn't think much of it and left.

Olivia

I was skateboarding down Main Street when I saw a little café at the corner called Coffee Mug. I stopped and picked up my skateboard. When I entered the café, I was hit by a blast of cool air. I walked up to the counter and saw a 'HELP WANTED' sign.

" Welcome to the Coffee Mug. Would you like to try one of blueberry muffins?" A guy named Ray asked.

" Uh… sure. Can I also have an application for the job?"

" Are you interested in me or the job? Cuz if your interested in me you don't have to apply," he said trying to flirt with me.

" Let's get one thing straight, I don't like you and I have only known you for five minutes, so just give me the damn muffin and application."

He looked a little scared and handed me my things quickly, with out saying another word.

I took the table in the corner. Two guys, who were staring at me with respect, occupied the table in front of me.

" Can I help you?" I said waving my hand in front of their faces.

" Huh? Oh, hi. I'm Charlie and this is Scott," the kid with girly hair said pointing to the guy next to him.

" Olivia," I said holding my hand out. They both took turns shaking it. Well at least some people know how to shake a hand.

" I haven't seen you around, are you knew?" Scott asked.

" Yep. Just moved here yesterday. I'm going to be starting Mesa High tomorrow."

" That's where we go. We will keep a look out for you," he said smiling as Charlie nodded.

" Cool. Oh! I have a question. What's up with the guy Ray?"

" If you like him, we can't be friends with you," Charlie stated. I started laughing, hard.

" You got the wrong idea. I only known him for five minutes and I already don't like him!" I said still laughing.

" He has the affect on people," Scott and Charlie said laughing with me.

" Anyway he thinks he's really cool since he has his own band, Mudslide Crush and most of the girls find him "hot"

" Good to know. I'll keep an eye out."

" Well, it was good to meet you, we have to go know. See ya Monday." Scott and Charlie got up and left. I sat and ate my muffin, filling out the application. I finished within a half hour and put it in the little box labeled applications.

~(-)~

" Hey Olivia," Georgie greeted me from the couch.

" Hey. I'll be right back," I said going up the steps to put my skateboard away and grab my cell phone off the charger.

My phone beeped and I looked down, one new message.

" Hello, this is Naomi Fisher from the Coffee Mug. I am calling Olivia White to congratulate her joining the Coffee Mug staff. Her schedule will be every Tuesday thru Friday 3:3o to 6:30 and every other Saturday 12:00 to 4:00. See you Tuesday."

Oh my god! I got the job. I ran down the stairs yelling " Sydney!"

" What? Is something wrong?" She asked meeting me in the kitchen.

" I got a job!" I yelled jumping up and down.

" Really? Where?" She said laughing at my girly girl moment.

" A place on Main Street called the Coffee Mug!"

" Congratulations!" Sydney said giving me a hug.

" What's with all the yelling?" Daniel questioned with Georgie right behind him.

I explained to them and they congratulated me.

Maybe this could end up being a good place to live. I have a job and I made two new friends.

Okay people. How do you like chapter 2? Tomorrow Olivia starts school and she met the jerk, Ray. I have no school next week so that means more updates. Btw what do you think of me changing Georgie's age to hmm… 11? Put your response in the form of a question… lol I have been watching to much Jeopardy.