𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐙𝐕𝐎𝐔𝐒 - ᴄʜᴀʀʟᴇꜱ ʟᴇᴄʟᴇʀᴄ

12

𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘴' 𝘗𝘖𝘝:

I was cooking some dinner. I was making pasta for Elodie and I. She was sitting in the counter, she'd been there for about an hour making thread bracelets with her glasses on. I smiled when I saw her stick her tongue out to concentrate. She always did that. A strand of her blonde hair hanged in front of her face.

I moved the pan with sauce around and grabbed a spoon. I grabbed a little bit of sauce and walked towards Elodie. She looked up at me when she felt my presence in front of her.

"Try it." I brought the spoon closer to her mouth.

She opened her mouth and tasted the sauce.

"Mmm." Her eyes glowed and she nodded. "It's really good." She covered her mouth to not talk with her mouth full.

"Parfait." My lips curved up at her response. "What are you doing?" I asked and she looked at me and raised an eyebrow.

"I'm finding the cure for cancer, you?" She replied with a sarcastic tone.

"Okay, okay, I earned that. I made the stupid question." I chuckled and she giggled.

"I'm making you a bracelet." She made a last knot and put the red bracelet up showing it to me.

I smiled and she grabbed my wrist. She put the bracelet on and tightened it around my wrist. I watched her, the smile in my face not disappearing while she had all her focus in tightening the bracelet around my wrist.

"There you go." She pushed her glasses up the bridge of her nose. "I made one for me too." She showed me her wrist.

"I love it." I leaned in and gave her a little peck. She smiled and I walked back towards the stove to finish making dinner.

I put two plates in the counter.

"Bon appétit." I tilted my head smiling.

"Merci." She looked up at me and I sat down besides her.

TW

We chatted as I ate. I say "I" because I noticed she was just playing around with her food.

"God, I'm so full." She stood up and I frowned as I watched her walk towards the pan and put her whole plate back in it.

"You barely ate." I told her while I stood up and put my empty plate in the sink.

"I'm just not that hungry." She faked a smile and gave me a kiss on the cheek.

"Let's watch a movie." She tried walking off but I grabbed her hand stopping her.

"Elo, what's going on?" I asked her and she looked at me confused.

"What are you talking about?" She chuckled nervously and I looked down at her and took a step closer.

"You've barely eaten in days, what's going on?" She looked away and I grabbed her chin delicately and made her look back at me. "Does this has to do with your mom?" I asked and she frowned and pushed my hand off her face. I frowned at her sudden abrupt movement.

"No, Charles, I just don't want to talk about it, please." She put her hand on her head and leaned against the counter looking to the floor to avoid eye contact.

"Elodie..." I whispered putting my hands on her shoulder. She sighed and pushed my hands off her and stepped back.

"Charles, I don't wanna talk about it, okay?" She looked at me and raised her voice.

I went silent and looked at her. She sighed and looked down. I gulped and pursed my lips not knowing what to say. I just wanted to know if she was okay. I tapped my foot and took a deep breath.

"I just want you to know that whatever you're going through, you don't have to go through it alone, okay?" I grabbed her hand trying to give her comfort and she looked up.

TW END

I saw her eyes get watery at my words. She walked towards me and hugged me tightly. I wrapped my arms around her and placed a kiss on her head.

"I love you." I whispered and felt her tighten her grip around me.

She didn't say it back again. But right now wasn't the time to talk about that. I just wanted to hold her and make all her pain go away.

"Let's watch a movie, all right?" I told her and she nodded sniffing. I wiped her tears with my thumb and grabbed her face kissing her.

She put her hands on my jaw while mines slipped to her waist to pull her closer to me. We put our foreheads against each other when we ran out of air.

We went to the couch and I turned the TV on. I went to grab a blanket for us while she picked a movie.

"What are we watching?" I asked while covering us both with the blanket and scooting closer to her.

"10 Things I Hate About You." She looked at me and I scoffed and rolled my eyes playfully.

"We've literally watched that movie 100 times." I whined and she giggled.

"And we'll watch it 100 times more." She raised her eyebrows and gave me a little peck.

She played the movie and I wrapped my arm around her, pulling her closer to me. She laid her head on my chest and I passed my hands through her hair.

We were halfway through the movie when someone knocked on our door.

"Where you expecting someone?" Elodie asked me and I shook my head.

I paused the movie and stood up to open the door. I opened it feeling a cold breeze. I saw Lando standing outside my apartment.

"Lando, what are you doing here?" I looked at him confused and he put his hands on his pockets.

"Hello, mate." He smiled and then took a deep breath. "I...I was wondering if you could do me a little favor." He stuttered. I leaned on the door frame and crossed my arms waiting for his petition. "Can I borrow you Ferrari?"

I scoffed and chuckled softly.

"What do you want my Ferrari for? You have your McLaren." I told him and he pursed his lips.

"I know, I know but I just want to..."

"Impress a girl." I completed his sentence and he chuckled softly. "And that girl is Margot."

"Yeah, mate. I promise I'll bring it back intact, I'll even fill the tank. But please, please." He begged and I sighed.

"Fine." I turned around and grabbed the keys from a glass table I had besides the door. "Here you go, hurt her and I'll kill you." I gave him the keys and he smiled.

"I promise I'll take care of her. You'll have her back before the morning, don't worry." He promised. "Love you, mate. Thanks." He leaned in and gave me a hug.

"Yeah, love you too, mate." I patted his back and he let go and walked away.

I closed the door and walked back to the couch.

"Who was it?" Elodie asked when she saw me walk back.

"Lando, he wanted my Ferrari to impress your best friend." I replied and she chuckled.

"No way." She laughed and I chuckled. "You know they're probably gonna have sex in you car, right?" She spoke and my smiled dropped.

"Merde. I didn't think about that, gross." I made a face of disgust and Elodie bursted out laughing.

I laughed and shook my head.

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