Good Boy

Chapter 17

Charlie's POV

"You heard me, who is that boy?" My dad repeats and looks directly toward me. I gulp as my phone begins to ring.

"Can I get that?" I smile nervously at my dad and he rolls his eyes before taking a deep breath and nodding.

Thank goodness. Saved by the bell.

"Hello?" I answer.

"Hello beautiful," Jackson compliments through the phone. I smile and blush at his lovely accented words.

"Hey, what's up?"

"Well I was wondering if you wanted to go out tomorrow at four?" Jackson nervously asks me.

"Tomorrow at four? Sounds great! Where are we going?" I take a seat in a nearby chair as everyone's focus seems to be getting off of me.

"I was thinking of the carnival? You said you loved carnivals, right?"

"Ahh yes! Okay sounds great, see you there! Bye love you!"

"Love you too."

I hang up the phone and look at my father to see if he remembers what he was preparing to yell at me for. He seems to have wandered off into a conversation with Uncle Derek and I take the chance to slip out of the room and take a quick nap to rest.

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//next day//

I curl my hair into perfect curls before applying my eyeliner, mascara, and lip balm. I'm not really an eyeshadow person so I leave that out. I brush my teeth and change my clothes, deciding to put on a white tank and black jeans paired with my black and white converse. My outfits are always too simple, I should probably change that.

"Bye guys!" I yell to everyone as I begin heading out the door.

"Where are you going, Char?" My dad stops me.

"Out with Jackson."

My dad knows about Jackson. Simply because me and Jackson met the proper way and he is a sweet guy who insisted to have my father's approval before taking me out.

"Okay kiddo. Stay safe, love you."

"Love you too, dad."

I walk out the house and I see a smiling Jackson appear outside the building. He is so adorable.

"Hey," He greets me and places a kiss on my cheek.

"Hi, I was wondering if we could just walk to the carnival?" I ask him.

"Yeah sure, it's much easier that way," he chuckles.

As we begin to walk to the carnival, he grabs my hand into his and my heart literally melts. I love this relationship feeling.

"What time is it?" Jackson asks me as I begin to kick rocks as we walk. I grab my phone out of my back pocket to check the time and I see that I have gotten texts from Louis.

*where the hell are you?*

*answer.*

*Charlie???*

*FUCK ANSWER*

*fuck this shit. Ill just go by myself.*

Shit.

I FORGOT ABOUT LOUIS' MEETING.

I check the time and realize it's 3:30pm. Louis asked me to be at his place by 3:00pm. Well fuck.

What do I do? I can't just ditch Jackson. And I can't just leave Louis hanging.

Louis is a little shit anyways. He wouldn't show up for me if he had a date. Why doesn't he have one anyways? Not the point. Maybe I should just ignore Louis. Or maybe Jackson will understand? Should I at least give Louis an explanation?

"Charlie, what's wrong?" Jackson stops and studies my occupied face.

"Oh uh.. well I just.. uh.. thought I had an event to attend today. Turns out I got the date wrong. It's some other time," I lie to Jackson.

I feel like shit. I just lied to my boyfriend and abandoned my.. enemy? friend? accuaintance? I don't know.

"Oh," Jackson releases a breath that I had no idea he was holding.

We continue to walk until we get to the carnival. We play a few games but I'm not 100% into this carnival thing at the moment. I love carnivals. But I hate guilt. And my hate for guilt is overpowering my love for carnivals.

"Charlie, are you sure you're alright? Your mind has been wandering off constantly," Jackson points out to me. I hate not enjoying my time with him but I can't seem to focus with Louis in my mind.

"Yeah I just.. I can't do this," I shake my head and run off without thinking. I am absolutely insane for actually running off from my boyfriend to show up at Louis' house. Not even bothering to wait for a cab. Jackson doesn't even have an explanation from me. I am so stupid.

Charlie has decided to be loyal to Louis! Yes! Poor Jackson though ): when is Charlie's dad gonna truly find out about Louis¿? who knows. And we now know two more things about Charlie, she feels guilty easily and she loves carnivals lol. Love you guys x
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