Chapter 9

Olivia woke up to the sound of someone knocking on the front door. She stretched and bolted down the stairs to open the door. When she opened it, she found Wen standing there.

"Oh," Olivia said, "Uh, hi."

"Hey," Wen replied.

"Um, what're you doing here?" Olivia asked. In the back of her mind, she scolded herself. Olivia! That sounded so rude!

"Well, I just wanted to, uh, ask you something…" Wen trailed off.

"Oh uh, okay," Olivia said, "Give me a second."

Olivia went into the kitchen quickly and took some deep breaths to calm herself. Wen was at her house…alone…without Georgie, or Hermione, or Ron. What could he possibly want to ask her? As she inhaled deeply, she took in her sights around the room and she saw a piece of paper on the fridge that she hadn't seen before. She pulled the sheet from under the magnet and read it.

"Olivia,

I went out to run some errands. I should be back in a couple hours or so. Have fun with your friends!

Love, Gram"

Olivia folded the note and stuck it back under the magnet. She took one last slow deep breath and went back to meet Wen, who was rolling back and forth on his heels, waiting for her to come back.

"Sorry about that," Olivia apologized awkwardly, "I was just, uh, well, never mind."

"Um, okay?" Wen said, confused.

"Well, come on in," Olivia gestured inside the house.

"Is your Gram here?" Wen asked.

"Uh, no. She went out to run some errands."

"Maybe we should just stay outside then," Wen said, pulling at his collar a little.

"No, it's fine. Really," Olivia persisted.

"All right," Wen followed in after her.

They sat down at the kitchen table. Wen's face started to turn a little bit red and he stuttered, "U-um, i-is that m-my shirt?"

Olivia looked down and realized that she was in fact still wearing Wen's shirt because she had worn it to sleep the night before.

Olivia felt her face turning red and she slowly lifted her face back up to look at Wen, "Um, yeah," she said softly, "I was planning on giving it back to you…and…"
"Its fine," Wen cut her off, "You can have it."

"N-n-no," Olivia stuttered, "It's yours."

"Its fine," Wen said, "Keep it, Olivia. Really."

"O-okay then," Olivia said, "Well, um, I'm going to go change anyways. But, I'll be back. Then we can talk. I'll be quick. I promise."
"Okay," Wen replied.

Olivia hurried up the stairs into her bedroom. She pulled off Wen's shirt and her pajama bottoms. She grabbed a marigold tunic with buttons down the front and some navy blue leggings. She ran and took a quick shower than changed quickly into her new clothes. She quickly brushed her teeth, brushed out her wet hair, put on some brown flip flops, and ran to meet Wen back at the kitchen table.

"Hey, sorry I took so long," Olivia apologized.

"It's fine," Wen said, "It wasn't that long."

"Did you want something to drink or eat?" Olivia asked, "We have water, lemonade, orange juice, milk…" she trailed off and looked back at Wen.

"Um, lemonade's fine," he responded.

"Okay," Olivia reached up and pulled two glasses out of the cupboard. She pulled open the fridge door and took out the carton of lemonade. She poured some into both glasses and put it back into the fridge. Then, she set the glasses down on the table, "So, what did you want to talk about?"

Wen took a sip of his lemonade, "Oh, my parents were wondering if you and your Gram would like to come over for dinner today."

"Oh!" Olivia said, "Sure, I mean my Gram's not here right now, as you know, but I'm sure she'd love that. It's funny that you ask because I was going to ask you if we could show my Gram Somebody. We were talking about it yesterday and I was going to show her, but I can't play it as well as you."
Wen laughed, "Its fine. We can play it for her tonight, if you guys can go."
"Are Hermione and Ron coming, too?" Olivia questioned.

"No," Wen answered, "Just us."
"All right; I'll be sure to ask Gram as soon as she comes back from her errands."

Wen and Olivia both took a sip of their lemonade, "So, is there something that we should bring?"
"No, we'll take care of everything," Wen said.

"Hmm, okay," Olivia smiled.

Wen smiled back, "Well, I should get going back now. I just came by to ask about that."

Wen got up from the table and headed back towards the door. Olivia followed him out of the kitchen, "Oh, what time should we be there by?"

"6:30, I believe."
"Okay, well, I'll probably be going over to see Hermione and Ron after my Gram comes back. So, I can let you know if I can go, if that's all right."
"That's fine. There's no need to hurry. I just wanted to tell you," Wen stepped onto the porch.

"Okay," Olivia responded.

Wen headed down the steps and waved goodbye to Olivia. Olivia waved back and watched him until she couldn't see him any longer. Then, she closed the front door and sunk down and shrieked with excitement.

Wen had almost indirectly asked her out. Sure, it wasn't an actual date. But, obviously he liked her enough and her parents liked her enough to invite her and her Gram over for dinner. And, Wen gave her his shirt. Olivia's face turned a little pink about that. She got up from the floor and headed back up to her room.

Yay, Chapter 9! Sorry for not updating for a whole entire week! You know, school and all that stuff. It's been a crazy week and it's only my real first week of school. I'm completely overwhelmed. Well, anyways, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and please read and review! I know that you already know that you should!

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