CHAPTER 1: THE ADVENTURE BEGINS

It was a cold night when Liam Garcia was walking by 24th avenue,

He was waiting for a bus.

A few minutes later

A girl focusing on her phone suddenly bumped into Liam.

The way the girl hit Liam was hard enough to make him lose his balance and fall unto his knees

"Ouch"

"Can't you look at where you're walking madam?"

Liam said while sitting at the ground and staring at this mysterious girl.

"Oh no I'm very sorry, I didn't mean to hit you sir…"

The girl said.

The girl's face cannot be seen since the lamppost's lights aren't hitting the mysterious girl's face.

The very moment the girl saw Liam's face she suddenly remembered Liam.

"Liam? Is that you Liam?"

The girl said in a surprised voice

Liam stood up at a very fast pace as he was shocked that this mysterious girl knew who he was, the girl was so shocked that it made her move a little backward where the lights lit her face revealing who she was.

"Olivia? Is that you?"

"Omg I'm very sorry."

"I apologize for shouting at you."

Liam said at a low tone

Liam stared at Olivia for a good few seconds as he was staring at his high school crush.

Liam starts to panic not knowing what to do since this is the first time they talked.

"H-hey olivia."

"It's been a long time since we've seen each other."

Liam said without making eye contact unto Olivia

"I know right?"

"School is approaching, so we're probably gonna see each other sooner or later anyway."

Olivia said with a smile on her face which made Liam blush and made him more shy

Liam then turned around to see his bus on its way to the bus stop.

"I guess I got to go Olivia."

"My bus ride is already here."

"It was nice meeting you again, see you at the school olivia!"

Liam said while he puts his hands on his pocket since he was very shy towards Olivia Moore.

Olivia Moore is the type of girl that's very very popular at their school.

She receives compliments everyday but seems to not care about these compliments at all.

She excels in both academic and non academic activities such as sports and all.

Back to Liam.

As Liam arrives at their house, he walks down the pathway all hyper and acting like crazy,

his smile reaches ear to ear after he and Olivia talked.

"Aughhhhhhhhhh"

Liam shouts as he stretches his arms while walking inside their house entering the front door, Liam then goes straight to the kitchen to find his mom cooking their food. "What're you cooking mom?" Liam said as he pats his mom's shoulder and kisses her.

"You're home early today, what happened? Did you make any friends son?" Liam's mom said as her face was frowning.

"No mom, It's hard to socialize these days. One wrong move and you can ruin your image."

Liam says as he sighs and proceeds to sit down at the kitchen table.

Liam's mom proceeds to cook as she was staring at her son. Seeing her son happy made her confused if he actually had a bad day or he's having the best day of his life. She then asked Liam

, "What's making my big boy smile now?" while grinning.

"Nothing really mom, just some meme I saw off the internet." Liam replied to his mom while looking at his phone. Liam's mom did not believe what he said, so she proceeded to confront Liam. "I have known you since you're a little kid Liam. Can I know the reason why my big boy is smiling?" Liam's mom asked.

Liam puts his phone down and stares at his mom. "Okay fine. I talked to Olivia earlier, and it made me happy since we've never talked in our class." Liam replies.

"Olivia? Isn't that your crush since freshman year?" Liam's mom asked.

Liam stared at his mom and nodded as he began to smile, then Liam's mom and Liam jumped at the same time cheering at each other "congratulations son!, you're now one step closer to becoming her boyfriend!" Liam's mom said.

"Stop it mom, I don't think I have a chance on her but I'll try." Liam said as he was standing up walking towards his mom. "Okay sweetie, dinner is done. Let's just wait for your dad and we will eat soon." Liam's mom said.

"Okay mom" Liam replied as he got his phone off the table and proceeded to go upstairs to enter his room.

As Liam entered his room, he saw a photograph. A photograph of his beloved Grandma.

The person that always cheers him when he is sad and the person that is always there if he needs her. Liam took the frame. Paused for a second and smiled. "I wish you're still her grandma" Liam uttered. Liam then returns the frame back where he got it and proceeds to lay down at his bed. Liam opened his phone and started browsing through social media. He then starts stalking his crush, Olivia. Once again Liam smiled and rolled around as he was happy that he and Olivia had talked earlier.

"Dingdong"

The bell rang.

Liam's father arrived.

"Liamm!"

"Liamm come on now son, we'll eat our dinner!"

Liam's mom shouted.

"Yes mom! I'm on my way." Liam replied. Liam then proceeds to head downstairs, soon he sees his father. "Welcome home dad." as he hands over the keys of the house. "I thought you'd arrive later today, what happened?" Liam's dad said.

"Nothing really dad. It's the same old boring day dad, I just roamed around the city."

Liam replies as he is not making any eye contact with his dad.

"Liam's acting weird since he arrived earlier" Liam's mom said to Liam's dad. "Why? What happened to the boy?" Liam's dad replied. "He said he talked to his high school crush but it didn't go well and he said he didn't make any friends today." Liam's mom said. "Oh let the child be himself for a while. He recently just lost his grandma, he'll be better soon" Liam's dad replied.

Liam and his family started eating, as they ate, they were talking about what Liam would get after he finishes his high school.

"Son, what do you wanna become when you get older?" Liam's dad said. "I don't know dad, I might have to think about it soon. As of now I don't really know what I wanna pursue." Liam replied as he slowly continued to eat his food. "It's okay son, take your time and choose the path you really want. Me and your mom will always support you." Liam's dad replied. Liam smiled and stood up as he went up to his dad and hugged him.

After the dinner Liam goes to sleep with a smile on his face.

The next morning.

Liam woke up with a loud shouting outside his window

"Liamm!"

"Liammmm!"

"Wake up you dummy!"

"Ava is waiting for us in the park!"

It was Noah shouting outside of Liam's window.

Noah and Ava are Liam's only friends since he was a kid, growing up with Noah and Ava, Liam considers them as brothers and sisters. Liam, as a 18 year old kid trying to make new friends, is always excited to go out, since he is hoping he can make new friends. On the other hand, Noah is very loyal to his 2 friends Liam and Ava. Liam is not making friends to replace Noah and Ava. He just wants to fulfill the promise he made to his grandmother that he will make new friends for them to be by his side when he dies, since Liam's grandmother regretted that he never made any friends when she was younger.

Liam then proceeded to get out of his bed, head unto the bathroom with very very messy hair and clothes. After Liam fixed himself and got ready for the day he then proceeded to the kitchen downstairs to see his mom sitting at the table looking unto nothingness.

Wondering, Liam asked his mom what's on her mind. "Mom, are you worried about something mom?" Liam asked. "No sweetie, It's just I'm still sleepy, nothing to worry about." Liam's mother replied. After hearing that Liam felt a sense of relief but also he felt unease about what his mom feels. but shook it off since his mom said there's nothing to worry about. He then headed outside to go and meet Noah.

Walking to the park

Noah and Liam talked for a little bit.

"How was aunt doing bro?" Liam asked Noah. "She's doing fine bro, no need to worry, how about auntie?" Noah asked. "Idk man, she was staring at the window for a long time. I got worried so I asked her, she said she's doing fine but I don't think she is. After all, grandma just recently passed." Liam replied

They looked at each other worried.

Noah then tapped Liam's back to comfort him.

At the park.

While walking near the playground Liam and Noah saw Ava.

Ava was waiting for them, Ava then shouted. "Liamm! Noahh! Fasterr!"

Ava then ran towards Liam and Noah.

Ava hugged them both saying, "Why did it take you two so long? I waited here for about 30 minutes and your house is only a 10 minute walk." Ava shouted

"Okayy okayy sorry… me and Noah just had some talk." Liam replied

Ava then pinched the two of them and said "And I wasn't part of it? Wow."

"Kidding, I'm just playing with you two boys HAHAHA" Ava laughed and pulled them both and asked them.

"So? Where are we three going for today?" Ava asked.

"Of course you know where me and Noah would go, It's early in the morning. And it's summer, so we have to get some breakfast first since I wasn't able to eat at home ``

''After all Noah fetched me and I wasn't able to eat what mom cooked earlier."

Liam said.

"Totally agree with Liam but it's not my fault for waking up so late. Right?" Noah answered

Liam then stopped walking and stared at noah.

"Welp I can't blame you with that" Liam said as he was shrugging his shoulders and started laughing at each other.

The Three friends then started walking to a restaurant to eat some breakfast. Walking in, they felt the cold of the restaurant that made them shiver.

Ava then proceeds to order for Liam and Noah, while Noah and Liam look for a table for the three of them to sit at.

After Ava got the order, she proceeds to head towards Liam and Noah,

At the table the three friends started eating and talking about what they wanna get after high school. Noah was talking about how he wanted to become an engineer, Ava talks about how she wanted to become a graphic designer while Liam can't seem to pick what career path he wants to choose. "I'm not really sure what course to get after college" Liam said while putting down the pancake syrup.

"Take your time to think about it Liam, after all we still have 1 year left in high school." Ava said.

As they were talking the wind chime sounded when someone opened the restaurant door.

A girl with a pink button blouse and a skirt walked in, she was smiling as cold and as lovely as a frost on a window plane.

It was Olivia…

The girl that Liam like since freshman year.

Ava as an extroverted person, she looked at Liam's eyes with a smile that spells danger, Liam knew what Ava was about to do. Liam then tried to stop Ava from talking to Olivia, but his efforts were useless since Ava already called Olivia to their table.

"Oliviaa! Heyy! It's me! Ava!"

Ava shouted.

Everyone at the restaurant looked at Ava for shouting in a busy place in the morning.

Liam and Noah stared at each other and felt the secondhand embarrassment, but since Ava is their friend they didn't mind her at all. Olivia then starts to walk towards Liam's table.

As she starts to get closer Liam and Olivia had a very long eye contact that even Noah noticed them both. Then, Noah whispered to Liam…