Ch. 15
"Oh my God, this is the best night of my life," Daniela said as a security guard guided Charlotte and her friends back to the dressing room. All the fans were very quiet as they left the venue, but Calum, Ashton, Luke, and Michael were yelling loudly backstage.
Charlotte laughed, "This is really fun."
"I guess it was alright," Christian mumbled bitterly, making Charlotte roll her eyes.
"Shut up, Chris. You know you liked it. I even saw you singing along to some of the old songs like She Looks So Perfect and End Up Here," Charlotte said, shoving him playfully.
"HEY!" Michael cheered when the group got back to the room. "What'd you think?"
"That was amazing!" Charlotte said, going to hug Michael.
The red-head scooted away, "You probably don't want to do that. I'm covered in sweat and I stink."
"Yeah you do," Luke mumbled, taking a bite of an apple from the food table.
"I don't care," Charlotte said, wrapping her arms around his chest. He pulled her close and squeezed her.
"Mike- can't- breathe," she stuttered, and Michael laughed and let go of her.
"So, what'd you think? Did we do well?" Luke asked Daniela, leaving Christian to stand alone awkwardly, as now Ashton and Michael were having a conversation while Charlotte went to say something to Calum.
Christian watched and listened to a couple conversations about the concert, and then he got bored and pulled out his phone and texted Charlotte.
CHRISTIAN
"Hey, when are we leaving?"
Charlotte pulled her phone out of her pocket, read the message, and glared at him.
CHARLOTTE
"Stop being such a killjoy. I'm trying to catch up with some old friends."
CHRISTIAN
"I wouldn't really consider them your 'friends'"
CHARLOTTE
"You can leave then. I don't think Dani's ready to go and I know I'm not, but go if you want."
Christian read her message and rolled his eyes, letting out a deep sigh.
"What's your friend's deal?" Calum whispered to Charlotte as they walked towards the food table and grabbed a snack. Calum pulled off his t-shirt, revealing his tan, toned, and tattooed body, which Charlotte couldn't help but admire. Calum grabbed an apple and made his way to the long couch, plopping down onto it and putting his feet up on the coffee table. Charlotte sat next to him, a wave of fatigue hitting her as she snuggled into the soft couch.
"I don't know. He's been really bitter since I ran into Michael at the mall earlier today," Charlotte explained, glancing over and watching Christian and Daniela leave the room.
"Maybe he's jealous," Calum said nonchalantly, taking a bite of his apple.
"Jealous of what?"
"Us."
"Who's 'us'?"
"Michael and I."
"Why would he be jealous of you and Michael?"
Calum sat up and turned to face her. "Come on, Charlotte. It's obvious he likes you. He's probably jealous that you're wanting to spend time and talk with us while he stands over there awkwardly." At this point, Calum and Charlotte were the only ones in the room, as Luke and Ashton and Michael went to go take showers.
"Ha, like Christian would ever like me. He's my best friend," Charlotte retorted, sitting on the couch with her legs crossed, facing the brown-eyed boy.
"So? Best friends fall in love all the time."
"Woah woah woah. You just went from 'like' to 'in love'. Do you know something I don't, even though you just met Chris today?" she asked, resting her chin in the palm of her hand and her elbow on her knee.
"Well, if I had to guess, I would say Christian's in love with you. I could tell by the way he looked at you when you spoke to him and the way he looked at Michael or me when you talked to us. He's extremely jealous."
Charlotte took a deep breath and felt her phone vibrate. She pulled it out and saw a new message from the subject at hand, Christian.
CHRISTIAN
"Daniela and I are leaving. Find your own way home."
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ooooh snap crap's about to go down
some very important information is revealed in this chapter *cough*
even though you could probably already tell that oh well
so i've had a really rough week with all that's going on with zayn but i do just want to say that i'm happy as long as he's happy. something that i struggle with is putting other people's happiness before my own but sometimes it's okay for it to be about you, and i guess that's how zayn felt. if he's happy and he did the right thing, then great for him. i still love him throughout everything. and i always will.
okay that's all i have to say so i'll see you next saturday love you bye
-Molly xx
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Fanfic"Do you want to know the whole story?" she asked and he nodded. "Okay. It all happened five years ago and it's something I'll never forget."
