Next To You

Chapter 6

A couple minutes later, Wen and I finished bringing our suitcases in the house. While he went upstairs to shower, Gram and I set up some pillows and blankets so that way we could get comfortable. As I'm setting up a mini fort, I can feel my grandmother's eyes following my every move.

"Gram did I do something? You're looking at me kind of funny." I ask her.

"You still like that boy don't you?" she asks with a smirk on her face. I knew this question was coming. Gram really loves Wen and she keeps telling me she thinks we'll make the perfect couple and she never listens to me when I tell her we're just friends.

"Gram, I keep telling you we're just friends. Please stop asking me that." I beg. "Denial is the first sign of a crush."

I sigh to myself knowing that she's right. So what I may have a slight crush on Wen. It doesn't matter though because he'll never feel the same way.

"That boy is head over heels for you Olivia." she says. I stop myself in the middle of setting up the pillows and blankets and turn to face her. "No Gram. He doesn't see me in that way. I've known him since kindergarten and had a crush on him ever since but he didn't even start noticing me until a couple months ago. I don't think that suddenly since we're in a famous band together that he would randomly start to li-" I stop myself as I noticed I blurted all of that out loud.

Gram looks at me with a huge grin on her face.

"You finally admitted to yourself that you like him."

"No no, that's not what I meant. I-I...what I meant w-was that I-umm..." I suddenly begin to stutter and can't even get my words together with what I was trying to say. I plop down on the ground and sigh in defeat. Oh great Olivia, there's no way you're coming back from that one. "Ok you're right. So maybe I do like him a little bit." I say which comes out in a whisper.

Suddenly I hear the water upstairs stops running which lets me know we only have about 2 minutes before Wen comes back downstairs to join us.

"Well tell him before it's too late." Gram says before sitting down next to me.

I shake my head violently and then turning to face her I say, "No, no, I can't. You don't understand. I've never felt this way about anybody before Gram...what if he doesn't feel the same way?"

"Olivia, sweetie. You never know until you try. I see the way he looks at you. He likes you a lot. Also, I've never seen you so happy with anybody else until you and him became so close. You make him happy and he makes you happy. Tell him."

Contemplating quickly on what my grandmother just said, I know she is kinda right. I pull her in for a quick hug and she pats my back reassuringly which gives me some comfort and confidence.

"Thanks Gram." I say as I pull away from the hug and smile at her.

"Oh sorry, am I interrupting something?"

Both Gram and I turn our heads facing to the doorway as we see Wen standing there in some comfortable sleeping clothes with his hair a little damp and a towel in his hand. I find his eyes and he finds mine in return. I feel like I could look into his eyes all day.

I clear my throat and look away before I get too caught up. "No, not at all. We were just talking" I answer with a small smile plastered on my face.

"Here, let me take that for you." my grandmother says getting up from her spot on the floor and taking the towel from Wen. "Thank you." he responds to her with a grin.

As my grandmother walks out the room, she turns around quickly to wink at me and then leaves.

"Umm, Wen you're welcome to sit here." I say pointing to the cozy fort that Gram and I built up. "I set this up for us so that we could sleep here on something comfortable and then maybe watch a few movies and eat some snacks."

"Cool! Thanks Liv." he shoots me an eye smile that is almost too cute for me to handle.

How am I supposed to survive this night if I can't even look at him without getting butterflies???

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Guys I'm finally back!!! I'm so sorry for the short chapter and for how long it's taken me to update. I have graduated from school a couple of months ago so I'm going to try my best to find time to write. Thank you to all of you who stuck by and waited for me even though it's been a year since my last update. I love all of you!!💜💜 I promise to write a longer chapter next time.