𝘜𝘯𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳-𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯

six

chapter six:
there's no place like homecoming

Homecoming was around the corner and Charlie was nervous to ask Hanna. Her fingers wrapped around the harshness of the flower stems.

The plastic above them melting into her flesh as she knocked on Hannas door. She waited, and part of her felt the sudden urge to just turn around and walk away, she thought about this moment a lot.

Hanna Marin and Charlie Carter going to a dance together, gosh she couldn't wait to finally tell her mom about the girl and how excited she is.

The door pushed itself open, and Hanna looked slightly surprised to see the girl in front of her. Charlie cleared her throat slightly her nerves going all over the place as she looked at Hanna.

"Hey, I was worried you weren't home for a second" Hanna looked stunned for a moment when her eyes locked on the flowers. "Was just about to head out, but uh what's up?".

Charlie rubbed the back of her neck. The plastic under her fingers crinkling slightly making her wince at the sound of it "I wanted to actually talk with you about something important".

Hanna leaned into her door "I actually wanted to talk with you as well , but you can go first if you want". Charlie smiled "well as you know, the dance is coming up soon, and I was wondering if you'd like to go with me?".

Hanna grew tense as she moved away from her doorway. "Someone already asked me and I said yes" Hanna was lying of course.

Charlie smiled sadly "oh" she didn't say anything else she nodded weakly before walking away. She let out a angry scowl as she threw the flowers into a trashcan she walked pass.

The embarrassment she felt was all over the place, she wanted to scream and yell at something. She sighed as she walked towards her house, hearing the loudness of Jack wondering in his room.

He spent so many hours just pacing back and forth, like he was thinking about the most hardest thing yet. Most of the time it was just what he wanted to eat, or what friend he'd see that night.

Charlie walked past his doorway, and for the first time in awhile he actually spoke to her. "Hey, do you think mom would let me stay home tonight? My friend wants to come over, and mom already said yes when he called but he's like really annoying today for some reason".

Charlie frowned "annoying? He's your friend Jack, most friends are like that. What's he doing that's bothering you so much anyways?".

He blinked, huffing slightly as he pushed his bedroom door open and let Charlie walk inside. "If I tell you something, you won't tell mom right?".

Charlie smiled as she pushed his door closed behind her. "She wouldn't believe me if I told her, she sorta hates me in case you didn't notice".

Jack sat down on his bed pushing his headphones off his neck and placing them neatly beside his desk. "Well my friend you've meant him before, I mean you're friends with his sister".

"Oh you're talking about Mike, Arias little brother. I used to make him cake when he was little". Jack smiled weakly "yeah his parents are sorta fighting and going through something right now. So he's in a mood all the time. Hence why he wants to come over and hang out. But I honestly don't wanna deal with it right now. I feel weird when I'm around him, it won't go away".