Chapter 4

“Get in!” William, my brother, said. I was surprised that he’s the one who picked me up from school.

“Will, Summer will come here in 5 days.” I told him as I got into his car. 

“Yeah, she called me an hour ago. I was in a meeting when she called me earlier. How’s school?” He asked as he gestured for me to put my seatbelt on.

“Good.” I said as I put my seatbelt on. 

“So are you hungry?” He asked.

“Yes, let’s eat a burger!”

“Burger, it is, then..” He chuckled. He drove us to in-n-out and parked his car. I can say that I’m pretty close with Will and since he’s so busy working, he let me live with Kelly in an apartment that we share. Will still lives in the same building but he’s alone. 

“How’s work?” I asked him as we waited for our food.

“Great, pretty hectic but nothig that I can’t handle.” He said and I nodded.

“Do you miss mom and dad?” I asked.

“Of course, maybe we can go home this December.” He said and I looked up at him.

“Really?”

“Yeah, why not? We can spend Christmas there instead of here.” He nodded.

“Are you for real?”

“Yes, Olivia. I’m serious, I’ll book the tickets when we get home. I was going to tell you later but I guess I’m bad at keeping secrets.” He smiled and I chuckled. 

“I miss London.”

“Do you wanna go back for good?” He asked.

“Not yet, I still love being here but London is home.” I said and our number was called. Will got up and grabbed our food. He came back and we decided to eat while talking about London. 

We had a great time and it’s been a long time since we spent time together. He’s been busy and I’m not blaming him at all. I’m glad that I have Kelly with me so I won’t be as lonely. 

After eating with Will, we both got home and when I arrived at Will’s floor. I saw Summer standing there with 3 pieces of luggage. She looked at us with a big smile on her face. She ran to us and hugged us both.

“I missed you guys! You both have no idea!” She squealed.

“Missed you too, Summer!” I said.

“Missed you too.. sis.” Will said.

“I thought you were coming here in 5 days! What the heck!” I squealed and Summer chuckled.

“I was going to be here in 5 days, I was in Japan when I called you but instead of going to London and then to LA, I decided to buy a ticket straight here.. surprise!” She said and Will clapped his hands.

“Good choice, sis.” 

“Where were you? Weren’t you supposed to come home like.. 2 hours ago?” Summer looked at me suspiciously.

“I was with Will, we had burgers!” I hissed.

“Ohhh good, now open the door. I really need to go to the toilet.” Summer said pointing at the door. Will put his passcode in and opened the door. I helped Summer to put her luggage in. She ran to the toilet fast and I sat on the sofa. 

“Olive.” I turned to Will and he threw me his new bottle of shampoo. 

“Thanks.” 

“Gotcha.” I said.

“Should we hang out?” Summer asked as she walked out of the toilet.

“You’re tired, get some rest and we can go tomorrow.” Will said.

“I agree.” I yawned.

“I’m starving.”

“I’ll order you some food, what do you want?” He asked and Summer walked to him. They both are busy ordering and I looked up to the ceiling.

“After school, let’s go shopping.” Summer said as she plopped on the sofa next to me. 

“Sure thing.” I said as I closed my eyes.

“How about you, Will?” Summer asked.

“I’ll join you after that, I have a meeting when Olive done with school.” 

“Okay, got it. Let’s eat a lot of good foods and shopping.” She squealed. “Not to mention, I’ll bake for you guys.”

“I’m tired, I wanna go back to my apartment and get some sleep.” I said.

“Okay, get some rest little sister.” 

The next day

I walked early to school with Kelly because she had to submit something to the school magazine team. I told her to go first since I wanted to chill in the school garden. The morning breeze was so refreshing and I sat down on one of the benches in the garden. 

I looked up to the sky and I can see the birds flying. 

“I love this spot too.” I jumped and turned to see James standing in front of me with his hands in his pockets. I smiled and gestured for him to sit beside me.

“I miss home.” I said as he sat down.

“Home as in London?” He asked.

“Yeah, I missed it. How about you?” 

“Still enjoying LA. What’s your first class today?” He asked.

“Sports.” I sighed and he chuckled.

“Why? You don’t like it? It’s fun!” 

“I don’t hate it.. but I do hate volley.”

“Do you like running?”

“Yeah I like it, wait! Correction, I like jogging not running.” I said as I turned to him but he was already looking at me.

“You’re adorable.” He said as he patted my head.

“Let’s go to class.” I took his hand and pulled him into the building. We walked side by side and talked about home. James is pretty cool and fun. I just wish Joey could be like him. 

We entered the class and I looked at Joey. He was already glaring at me. James walked to his seat behind Joey and he gave him a bro-fist but it seemed Joey is in a bad mood today. Since it’s really early, it’s just us three inside the class. James then told me that he had to go to the office to get something so I was left with Joey.. alone.

I walked to sit near the window and sat there looking at the empty soccer field. It’s pretty awkward with Joey here. I got up and decided to go to the cafeteria and buy him juice to start his day. I walked back to class and saw him sleeping. I smiled looking at him. I put the juice on his table slowly and sat down on my seat again. 

Students started to fill the class and I turned to see Joey drinking the juice and I smiled. 

“Drinking juice in the morning? That’s new.” One of his friends said. He turned to me and it was too late for me to avoid it. He knew, huh?

“Whatever..” He said and he gave me a small smile and then turned to his friends again. I found myself smiling like an idiot as I turned away.