Beautiful Boy

Part 32 - Unable to Stop Smiling Even if I Tried

~ Charlie's POV ~

*Bzzzzt bzzzzt* A phone vibrating wakes me up. I sit up and look to find the phone, which is vibrating to the right of Colby, who might as well be dead to the world when he sleeps.
I find his phone and see Sam on the phone and immediately slide the answer bar.
"Hello?" I ask, my voice cracking a little bit.
"Charlie?" Sam asks.
"Yeah, sorry. Colby's asleep." I say and look up at Colby, who is still dead to the world.
"Oh, no, you're fine. Kat just got out of the studio and she's on her way here." Sam says and I sit up and check the time. It's 6:44 pm.
"Okay. When were you guys wanting to meet at Dave & Busters?" I ask, nudging Colby a few times, but still have no luck in waking him up. I shake my head.
"I think 7:30."
"Okay, sounds good." I say and hang up the phone. I poke Colby again, but he remains asleep. "Coooollbbbbyyyyy." I sing, but he doesn't even flinch. As a last resort, I lean in and kiss his lips. To my surprise, he kisses back after a moment.
"Now I know how to wake you up." I say after pulling away from the kiss.
"Please do that more often." Colby says, wiping the sleep from his eyes. "What time is it?"
"Almost 7." I say, resting my chin on his chest. "Sam said we would probably meet around 7:30."
"So we should get up?" Colby asks.
"Yes." I say before rolling over and getting out of bed. I walk over to my closet and look in the mirror as I think about what to wear.
"When did you talk to Sam?" Colby asks as I look through my closet for a different top.
"When he called your phone about ten minutes ago." I say as I pull a shirt out of the closet and hold it up to my body. It's an army green oversized sweater that's pretty thin.
I walk over to my drawers and pull out a pair of distressed skinny jeans. I also grab a white lacy bralette and begin changing now that I have decided on an outfit.
Colby leaves the room as I tug my boot on and adjust everything for comfort. As he comes back into the room, I grab the right foot of my hightop white converse and put it on.
"You ready?" I ask as I grab a purse from my closet.
"Yeah. You want me to drive us there?" Colby asks and I shrug my shoulders.
"I don't care. Just don't hurt Julie and you're good." I say and kiss him on the cheek before making my way down the hallway.
"Julie?"
"My car." I say as I grab my keys from the counter in the kitchen.
"Ah." Colby says as he opens my front door and motions for me to go out first.

Colby pulls off and immediately moves his hand on my thigh. I smile and look at him as he looks at the road. I place my hand on top of his, and he looks at me. I lean over and kiss his cheek before settling back in my seat, unable to stop smiling even if I tried.