"You've reached TeenLife magazine. How may I help you?" a bored voice answered on the other end of the line. "Hi, this is Olivia White. I'm calling for-" I was cut off. "Ms. Theisen! Lemonade Mouth finally called!" she shouted. I heard a dim voice on and then Ms. Theisen's icy voice. "Miss White! How lovely to hear froom you!" she droned happily. "It's no trouble. I'm calling about the interview. Would you be willing to pay us for it?" I asked quickly before I lost my courage.

"Why, of course. What's your price?" she asked. "1600," I answered. "That's it? Well okay then. Be here Saturday at three," she said and hung up. I sighed deeply and sat down on the couch. "Liv, deary, you're home. How was visitign your father?" Grams asked walking in from the garden. "It was okay. I think he might be getting released soon," I told her. "Aw, that's wonderful, sweetie. I'm going to go start dinner. I picked some apples for dessert," she said happily dissappearing into the kitchen.

I smiled and headed upstairs to my room. My orange kitten Tabby was napping happily on my bed when I got in there. I pet her gingerly behind the ears and turned on the computer. I had an im from Wen. I sat down and clicked it.

Musicislife57: Hey Liv! Feeling okay?

Bookworm09: Thx 4 asking. I'm great. I went to go visit my Dad

Musicislife57: Awesome. I'm sure he was happy to see you

Bookworm09: Yeah. Hey I've got an hour before dinner. Meet at me at the park?

Musicislife57: Sure. Anything to get away from this hectic household

Bookworm09: Aww I'm sure it's not that bad

Musicislife57: That's what you think. See you in five

Bookworm09: Smh okay

With that, I turned off my computer and grabbed my jean jacket. "I'll be back in half an hour!" I called as I shut the door behind me. I walked to the park with my hands in my pockets, lost in thought. After this interview I'd have just enough to bail my Dad out. Huh. What weird things for a 15 year old girl to be thinking about, I thought as I walked into the park entrance. These thoughts evaporated when I saw Wen waiting for me plugged into his music as usual.

He smiled and waved when he saw me. I did the same and walked over. "Hey," he said pecking me on the cheek. "Hi," I answered quietly blushing."How was visiting your Dad?" he asked as we started walking. "That's kinda what I need to talk to you about," I told him."Okay shoot," he answered. "Well I really miss my Dad. I know I see him almost everyday, but it's not the same as waking up and knowing he's there, you know?"

Wen just nodded, so I kept going. "So he told me they'd release him on $1600 bail. At first, I didn't know how Grams and I would come up with the money, but then I remembered ," I explained. "You called that woman? I thought she scared you," he replied looking at me confused. "Well she does, but if you guys are with me I figure I'll be okay," I told him, starting to doubt my whole plan. "We'll back up anything you decide, Liv. Don't worry," he said comfortingly.

"You know that one person who knows you better then yourself?" I said as we reached our favorite bench by the lake. "Yeah?" Wen prompted as we sat down. "You should never let them go," I finished. "Don't worry I won't," he answered as our hands intertwined. We watched in silence as the sun set, wishing this moment would drag on forever. "Oh, guess what?" Wen said happily. "What?" I asked curiously. "My Dad and Sydney are expecting," he told me grinning.

"Aww that's great!" I said hugging him. "Yeah I guess it's pretty cool huh?" he answered. "It's way cool. Come on, dummy. Let's go," I said getting up. And as we walked hand in hand towards home, I couldn't but think these few stolen moments made it so easy to believe life was close to perfect.