roses ⇾ chenry oneshots

twenty eight ⇾ second first kiss

part 2 to "stuck with you"

charlotte wiped her hands off on her jeans and raised her fist to knock on the door. she hesitated but followed through, the sound of the knock bouncing off the walls. she heard feet shuffling on the other side, the lock on the knob click, and the door slowly opened.

"hey." she mumbled, as he stared at her.

he didn't say anything and neither did she. the silence consumed them and she swore he was going to slam the door in her face. to her surprise, he opened the door a little wider and moved aside, signaling for her to come in.

he shut the door behind her and took a seat on his bed. charlotte's eyes followed him but still nothing was being said.

"um, i wanted to talk." she said, breaking the silence.

"well, talk. i said all i had to say to you in the closet."

charlotte looked at him and nodded. she hated that he was right. after all, she did come to him.

"right. i wanted to apologize. you were right. about everything." charlotte started, trying to understand the expression on his face. he was avoiding eye contact.

"i should have stopped caring about jake the moment i found out he cheated but he was my first everything. i was attached to the feeling that maybe he'd regret it if he thought i wasn't available anymore. i know you understand what it's like going through your first heartbreak and wanting that person back." charlotte was sure that he would understand where she was coming from.

he scoffed and shook his head in disbelief.

"you're ridiculous. just forget everything i said and leave." he said, getting up from his bed and walking over to the door.

"hen, please. i'm trying to apologize."

"no, don't call me that. you don't get to call me that." henry said as he closed his eyes and rested his head on the door. he was trying so hard to forget everything about her.

the way her eyes would light up when she spoke about something school related. the way she'd scrunch her nose in disgust when she'd find a pickle in her food. even the way she'd bat her lashes at him in order to get him to bring her a milkshake from that diner down the street.

"henry, please, hear me out." charlotte said, grabbing him by the arm and getting him to turn and look her.

"i can't just forget what you said. i went to go see jake after they let us out of the janitor's closet." she said, making henry scoff.

he didn't want to hear about how he'd been wrong and jake was a saint now.

"jake was with that girl again."

henry looked up at her, a little surprised to hear quite the opposite of what he thought.

"um, i'm sorry to hear that." he mumbled. as much as he hated jake, he hated the idea of charlotte being hurt. he'd make sure to deal with that later.

"i'm not because you were right. i knew you were right but i was too scared to admit it." charlotte said.

"what are you talking about? scared of what?" henry asked, confused.

charlotte was nervous now. she'd been pretending with henry for four months but it was weird when it didn't feel like pretend anymore. if she was being honest with herself, it had stopped feeling like pretend two months ago which made her go straight back to jake because she was sure her feelings were just getting confused.

she couldn't put it into words and she did the first thing that came to mind. she kissed him and he kissed back almost immediately.

they slowly fell back onto his bed.

it felt like a lifetime before henry slowly pulled back, even though he really didn't want to.

"why'd you stop?" charlotte asked as she slowly leaned back in. henry leaned a little closer before he pulled back again, shaking his head.

"as much as i'm enjoying whatever this is, i need you to speak words before we continue." henry said.

charlotte sighed.

"i love you, henry. i was just so dumb to not realize it before because i had this idea in my head that i could have this perfect relationship with jake but i know it's not like that." charlotte explained.

"today, when i saw jake with that girl again, i wasn't surprised. it didn't even hurt because i was more worried about you and the fact that i had hurt you. i regret it and i don't want to pretend anymore." she finished, trying to understand the puzzled look on henry's face.

it'd only been a few minutes but charlotte felt like the silence was never ending. maybe she'd misunderstood him back in the janitor's closet.

"okay, maybe i should just get out-"

"that's the first time we've kissed." henry interrupted with a teasing smile on his face.

"what are you talking about? we've kissed before." charlotte asked, confused.

"no, we haven't. the one time i tried, you pushed me away and said "don't even think about it, hart." this is the first time we've kissed and i didn't have to do anything." henry teased, making charlotte roll her eyes in amusement.

"and i'll do it again." she said, pushing him back on the bed and kissing him.

a/n:

it's been years so if you're reading this today, thank you for the patience. i haven't wrote anything in a long time so bare with me if this wasn't the best.

i don't promise updating this book much or frequently because i'm not sure there's many people still reading this but i hope you enjoyed.

thank you for all the support for this book! it's all greatly appreciated.

till next time!