Next To You

Chapter 2

As I'm sitting outside, my taxi pulls up as soon as I hear footsteps approaching. I know its Wen so I hurry up and hop in the taxi, telling him where the hotel is. While we drive off, I look out the window and see Wen, finding the hurt in his face.

Around 15 minutes later, we pull up to the hotel and I get out the car. I look at my phone to see 17 messages from Mo, 12 from Stella, 6 from Charlie, 2 from Scott, and 41 from Wen. He must be really worried that something happened to me which makes me feel even worse.

I go into the hotel and go inside the room our band is staying in.

I then walk to my room of the hotel and lock the door laying in my bed looking up at the ceiling. I think about everything that happened like an hour ago.

About 15 minutes later, I hear the door to the hotel room open causing me to quickly sit up. I look under my door to see a shadow. Soon somebody knocks but I don't answer waiting for the person to speak. "Olivia please open up. I just wanna talk to you." they say. "Wen, I can't, I look like a mess right now." I respond. Looking at myself in the mirror I see that my hair is a mess, my face is red, and a few tear stains on my face. "Livvy I don't care what you look like, you're always beautiful" I hear him say. I sit there deciding whether to open the door or not.

I guess I took too long because when I opened the door, Wen was gone. I closed the door back and put my pajamas on. As soon as I finished Stella and Mo come barging in.

"Olivia how could you leave Wen like that? What happened?" Mo asks while Stella closes the door. "I guess...fear" I said in a whisper. "Olivia honey. You have nothing to be scared of, Wen is one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. There is no reason to be scared of him at all. Wen loves you and he will never hurt you."

"Im scared" I say with my voice cracking. Both Mo and Stella come up to me hugging me tightly.

"We're gonna go because we have a flight first thing tomorrow after breakfast. Please think about what Mo said though." Stella says to me as I watch her and Mo walk out.

The next morning I wake up and think about what Mo said to me last night. As I get dressed since we leave in 30 minutes, I really meditate on what was said and think about the way Wen treats me. He's always there when I need to laugh, smile, or cry. He makes me feel good about myself and they're right, there is no way he'd ever hurt me.

I run out the room looking for Wen. As I turn the corner, I look to see a big poster that says "Sorry Olivia" and a bouquet of flowers with a plate of waffles, bacon, and eggs for breakfast. I'm in so much shock I can't even speak.

"Surprise" I hear from behind me. I turn around to see Wen standing there with a smile. I run over to him and jump on him into a hug as I start to cry. I feel him wrap his arms around my waist pulling me closer.

"Olivia I'm sorry" he says. "Don't be, its my fault" I respond smiling like a dork.

"And I wanted to give you this." He leans down kissing my cheek as I'm blushing so hard right now and smiling like I never smiled before.