Ch. 21
"Where have you been?" Daniela asked from the couch as Charlotte closed the front door to their home.
"Hanging out with Michael and Calum and Luke and Ashton," Charlotte replied, kicking her shoes off and laying her keys on the counter. "You hungry? I was thinking about ordering pizza."
"Oh, so you did ditch us for those guys... Again. And yeah, sure, I'll take a pizza," Daniela scoffed. Charlotte rolled her eyes and dialed the number for the pizza place, not wanting to start a fight.
"You hung out with Christian today, right Dani?" Charlotte asked once she got off the phone. She grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge and sat on the couch next to her friend.
Daniela nodded, "Yeah. You could have come, but instead you went to hang out with your famous band friends."
Charlotte took a deep breath and paused before replying. She didn't want to say anything she'd regret. "Well, I'm sorry, but you and Christian seemed kind of pissed at me, and I didn't want to get into an even bigger fight with you guys. And look, I'm sorry about last night, but I was really close with Calum a long time ago, and Michael kind of saved my life, so it means a lot to me that I get to hang out with them and get to know them."
"Wait... He saved your life?" Dani asked, putting her phone down and turning on the couch to look at Charlotte.
"You know this story, don't you?" Charlotte said, groaning when her friend shook her head.
"Oh... Oh my God, now I feel like I asshole," Daniela said after Charlotte told her everything about the accident.
Charlotte chuckled, "it's fine; you didn't know."
"Does Christian know this?" Daniela asked. Before Charlotte could reply, the doorbell rang, meaning their dinner had arrived. Charlotte got up and paid for the food, taking the two pizza boxes and placing them on the coffee table in front of the couch. She went into the kitchen and got a water bottle for Dani, chucking it at her before taking her spot on the couch and diving into her pizza.
"Oh my gosh, this is so good," Charlotte groaned, chewing on the cheesy pizza slice. Daniela chuckled at her before taking a piece of her pizza. "But to answer your question, yes Christian knows this story. I told him yesterday at lunch after we ran into Michael at the mall. That was the first time I'd seen him in five years, and we exchanged numbers, and then I had to explain who he was to Christian while we ate."
Dani nodded. "I think I know why Chris got so upset about you spending time with them."
"Please don't say it's because he's 'in love' with me, because he's not."
"Well, yeah, actually, he is. He told me. He also told me not to say anything to you, but if he asks, you figured it out for yourself," Daniela told her.
"I didn't figure it out though, Calum did. I guess he was right."
Daniela laughed, "Really, you didn't figure it out? Dang Char, you're oblivious."
"Yeah yeah, I know." Charlotte felt so much better that she and Daniela were getting along now. Even if there had been no real apology, she was just happy they could speak to each other without getting into some argument, like they had been doing a lot lately.
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yay we're all friends again woo!
well, most of us anyways
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Life Saver (m.c.)
Fanfiction"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."
