So Not A Fairytale

Chapter 5 - Spilled Secrets

CHAPTER 5

a/n: I'm giving the some spotlight to Lilibeth in this chapter, hope you guys enjoy :D

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Alexei twisted the doorknob and pushed the door open, hearing a small creak in the process. He stepped inside along with Akihito, Viktor, Harry, Drake, and Ivan as they stare at the two girls who were silently using their phones. The rest of the other guys stayed outside.

Charlotte noticed their presence and stole a glance of them before looking back at her iPhone. She was playing a game out of boredom.

She ignored her heart that was beating in an irregularly fast pace as she gathered all her courage and said, "Lexi? What are you guys doing here?" she tried to sound as blank as possible.

Akihito felt his heart crack a tiny bit since Charlotte only noticed Alexei. Why doesn't she notice him?

"I left something here." he signaled the five boys to stay were they are as he approached his bag at the far corner of the room, heaving a sigh of relief.

He wore his black backpack with only one strap and shifted his attention back to Charlotte, "You want to come with us? We're grabbing some burgers at a new grill that just opened." he grinned. His eyes were inviting.

He just missed Charlotte. He didn't get to talk to her the whole day because of his pent up emotions.

Thank heavens. Charlotte thought that Alexei was mad at her because he didn't bother to talk to her even once after meeting him at the gate. She was glad that she was just overthinking.

"Sure!" she beamed in excitement.

He sighed internally. Alexei was relieved that she wasn't mad at him and that she didn't know about his fight with Akihito.

Charlotte turned her attention to the nutmeg brown-haired girl who was silently reading a book on her iPhone. "But I can't leave Lilibeth."

Lilibeth glanced at Charlotte at the mention of her name and stared at her. "I'll be fine, you can go with them Charlotte."

As long as she's happy. Lili smiled in her mind as she continued to leaf through her ebook.

Before Charlotte was about to argue with her, Harry suddenly cut in, "Wait!" all eyes turned towards him, "Lilibeth can come along, can't she?" she turned to Alexei for approval before Alexei nodded back to him. He grinned, showing his dimples as his brown eyes sparkled.

Harry thought of why he suddenly asked this. Like his mouth acted on his own. And why was he so glad that Lili can come along?

"Great!" Charlotte beamed before she winked at Lilibeth whose cheeks were flushed red.

Lilibeth thought this felt surreal, why had Harry done that? She scrapes her mind for a reason and she can't seem to find it.

"Well then, let's get going!" Alexei announced.

The two girls slipped their phones back into their bags and stood up from their rolley chairs and followed the boys outside. They met the rest of Alexei's posse who were noisily waiting outside. Charlotte wondered why so many guys were fond of following him around.

Among the guys outside, Nicholas Fitzgerald, French guy who had blue black hair, stared at the drop-dead gorgeous beauty with the nutmeg brown wavy locks and sparkling emerald green eyes. Her smile was so angelic as he got lost in it. This caused his heart to flutter.

Lilibeth couldn't stop smiling at what Harry said earlier. That scene kept on replaying again and again in her head. What's better, she was going to eat burgers with him. Harry and burgers. This day couldn't get any better than this.