Stray Hearts // Charlie Gillespie

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These past few days, I've been the happiest I've ever been. Ever since we admitted our feelings, I feel like I'm glowing.

Charlie and I are super happy. Every time we see each other, we instantly go red. He treats me so good, I'm happy I have him.

He's been staying with me so I'm almost never alone. I was cooking breakfast, getting ready to go to dance.

"Do you have to go?" Charlie groans as he looks at me. He had basketball shorts on with messy hair.

He looks like he just got up and didn't bother putting a shirt on.

"Yes, I have to go." I pout to him. He sits by the island and watches me cook. "Can I come with you?" He asked nonchalantly.

"Why not?" I shrug. He looked at me confused. "Really?" He asked as I nodded my head.

"Just go get dressed. And brush your hair." I joke. He flips me off as he walks into my room.

As he gets ready, I started putting the food on the plates.

He came back wearing a tank with the sides cut off and basketball shorts.

He had his hair brushed and a beanie on. We quickly ate so I wouldn't be late and got into the car.

"So, where am I supposed to go?" He asked as I drove to my studio.

I explain that right before walking into the room we dance at, there's a door to the left that'll open some steps.

If he walks up the steps, it'll show a room with a couch where he can look down and watch.

"It's usually where the parents go for the younger kids." I explain as we get closer. "I can't wait to watch my girl dance." He praised.

I haven't told him about the trio yet. But mainly the kiss with Ethan. Hopefully we don't have to practice that part.

"I'll leave my bag with you so if you get bored, you can take my keys and run errands." He nodded as I pull into my studio.

I grab my things as he grabs my bags for me. We walk in to see we were one of the first people here. "I'll see you later, babe." I quickly peck his lips.

"I'll be watching." He winked as we went our separate ways.

I go to my usual my spot next to Austin, Ethan, and Grace to warm up. We catch up as Hunter walks in.

"Austin, Ethan, and Taylor can I see you for sec?" We all walked over to see what he wants.

"Should I get this for Hayley for our anniversary?" He asked showing us a ring on his computer. All of our mouths dropped.

Grace looked over knowing she was the only other person in here. "Holy shit, are you proposing?" Austin asked.

Hunter nodded making us all jump. We all said how we loved the ring. But we sadly had to start stretching.

"You think Hayley is going to say yes?" Grace asked us three.

"She has to, right? They've been dating forever." Ethan gossiped.

We all talked about it the whole time we stretched. Practice went on for a few hours.

We're getting down to the nitty gritty since we only have a month a half left. "That was a good practice guys."

I walk out the room and go to where Charlie was. He was just now standing up, stretching. "You did amazing." He spoke as I blushed.

"Thanks, baby." I give him a quick hug. "So I found this music festival I think we should all go to." He spoke.

I gathered my things as he walked with me down the steps. "When is it?" I ask as we walk outside, the warm air hitting my face.

"Second weekend in June. It's in Nashville, and I think we should all go." He seemed so excited to go.

I throw my bag in the back, and get in. "I'm down, we just gotta convince everyone else." He started making a group chat to inform everyone.

They all agreed so Charlie and I decided to shop early.

I had changed and showered so I felt better. We went to the mall and started looking around. "Do you wanna match?" I ask looking at some clothes.

"I think we should match one day, another day be a surprise, and I pick an outfit for you." Charlie suggested.

It wasn't an awful plan. I went with it so we were going to do the matching outfits first. I was honestly really excited about this.

The next few times we all hung out, we discussed tickets, housing, and riding situations.

We were gonna rent a house from Airbnb and we had bought our tickets for the weekend.

Carolynn and Jeremy were gonna be driving together. Owen, Charlie, Warren and I were gonna be riding together in Owens Tesla.

And Nolan, Lauren, Lilli, and Jasper were gonna be riding together. We were gonna fly but we thought it'll be fun to make a road trip out of it.

It's a thirty hour drive so we were gonna plan to drive right there. The next few weeks, we spent it talking about the musical festival.

A few days before it was going to happen, I was with Charlie in my house. "You did good on picking out this music festival, Char." I spoke.

He was in the living room, playing madden. "Thank you, baby. I hope everyone likes it." I go over to him and sit next to him.

I lay my head on his lap so I can watch him play. "You know we'll love it." I smile as he lightly laughs.

He was concentrating really hard on his game. I turn to look at his stomach, he had taken his shirt off.

I trace his abs with my fingers. "If you're trying to distract me, it's working." His voice sounded raspy.

"That's exactly what I'm doing." I flirt with him. I sit up and wrap my whole body around him. "What are you doing, you goofball." He laughed.

"I wanna cuddle with you but you just care about your game." He didn't say anything, he got distracted again.

I started kissing his jawline, making his face turn red. He paused his game and sat his controller down.

He looked at me with a smirk on his face. "You're impossible, Taylor." There was rasp and huskiness in his voice.

And it made him ten times more attractive. I lightly kiss his lips, my heartbeat rising.

But I let go so I could tease him a little bit. I place my head on his shoulder as he kissed it, going back to his game.

"Oh I know."