The Adventures of Skittles

Chapter 13 - Charlie & Valentino

Hey guys!

I just thought that maybe we should lay low on the Cloud-Skit-Seb love triangle and see what Charlie and Val are up to. Haha.

And bee-tee-dub, this chapter is dedicated to I_am_the_blinker. I can't tag you, I'm sorry. This has happened before. It sucks, trust me. Thank you for the cover! I hope you received my message. It finally loaded. Thanks again!

And to all my lovely readers, I'm sorry for not updating, I've been busy. Haha. Going out of town and doing stuff, I couldn't get a hold of the internet. And I couldn't really find the time to write. Sorry.

Chapter 13 - Charlie & Valentino

Charlotte Morgan.

"B to da' A to da' N to da' G to da' uh
B to da' A to da' N to da' G to da' hey
See anybody could be good to you,
You need a bad girl to blow your mind."

I sang to the beat of the song playing in the music store. I'm an all around worker. I'm the cashier girl, the janitor, the stocker, you name it and currently I'm mopping the floor while Bang Bang of Jessie J feat. Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj played.

I heard the bell of the door chime making me turn. "Good Evening! How may I help you?" That's the usual greeting to a customer. "Charlie?" My eyes widen. What's he doing here? "Val? What are you doing here?" I asked. I'm pretty sure I look bewildered. "Because I want to buy CDs?" He asked with his left eyebrow raised, amusement evident in his voice.

I rolled my eyes. "What are you looking for?" I asked him. "All Time Low CDs." He muttered. I prevented a smile. He likes punk rock then. "Follow me." I said before walking towards the A section and searching for All Time Low albums. "Here they are." I said to him. He took the new album which is Future Hearts and a copy of Don't Panic: It's Longer Now. "Are you buying it for yourself?" I asked as I looked at him. "Nah. It's for Cloud. His birthday's coming up. I thought that this will be a perfect gift since he doesn't have a copy of these two." He said with a small smile while holding it up.

We walked back to the counter so he could pay for the CDs. "Are you going to the Ball next week?" He asked "Kinda have to. Founding families have to be there, you know? It's tradition." I replied as I wrapped the CDs in brown paper. "Do you have a date?" I looked at him and raised my left eyebrow. "If you're asking, yes, if you're not then no." I said to him making a v form on his forehead. "Are you saying that if I ask you out, you'll say that you already have a date?" I looked at Val and smirked. "Yes." I answered. "Oh..." He muttered, sounding disappointed. "So are you?" I asked and when he looked confused, I rolled my eyes. "Going to ask me?" I continued. "You said that -" I cut him off.

"Yes, Val. If you ask me, I'll have a date. You."

He looked at me, disbelief clear in his face as he let out a breath to accompany it. "You vixen." He murmured. I laughed at that. It was pretty darn obvious that he was kind of shocked that I did that but, oh well. "When exactly is Cloud's birthday?" I inquired, I have to tell Skit about this. It doesn't take a genius to know that she cares for the dude. "November 21st." He replied which made me frown. "But that's -" "The day of the ball? Yeah." He said. I gave him the CDs before nodding. Well, I'm sure Skittles could think of something by then. "I was actually going to say that's next week." I told him before giggling.

"Can I ask you something?" Val smiled at me. "You just did." Was his witty reply which made me roll my eyes. "Thanks for pointing that out, jackass." I muttered. He laughed before shaking his head. "What is it?" I paused for a moment, biting my lip in the process. "Why'd you ask me to go with you?" Val smirked at me. "Because I want you to." He answered. "I don't want you to go in that ball all alone or with some jerk who doesn't know the difference between his ass and his mouth." He added. "Besides, I want you all to myself." He said before turning to leave. "See you next week, Charlie." He called out.

He wanted me all to himself. Huh. That son of a bitch.

A/N:

Yeah, I know. Super short but I am really sorry! It'll get better, I promise. And I may not update again, for awhile because I'm gonna be using my other account. Sorry, again.

- J.