Perfect Disaster-Charles Leclerc

thirteen

I don't know if I'm more surprised or angry or confused, but once again it's Laura who saves me

"APRIL. YOU HID IT FROM ME" 

I pull the phone away from Charles' face as I hear him snort and turn to my friend hiding the phone in my pocket 

"what?" I look at her pretending I don't know anything and mostly hiding that I hid it from her 

'I have a place in the golden states!" 

I try to hide a smile, but it's impossible with the angry, but happy face she has. I run over to her and hug her

"she asked me if we can go there in the week." I nod as I hide in her arms of my best friend for a little while longer.

"Since when did you know?" She ventures as we start to eat and I lift my gaze from my plate and make her repeat the question, my head was somewhere else 

"the night of Ale's game" she throws a handkerchief at me and starts to shake her head

 "no, but take your time telling me" I laugh and take the handkerchief back from her 

"I shouldn't have said that in fact" 

she rolls her eyes and turns on the TV in the kitchen trying to avoid talking to me and I take the opportunity to take the phone back in my hand that was vibrating in my pocket. I try not to make expressions and read the messages, scroll through Carlos' notifications, emails, missed calls from my parents that l've already called back as soon as I landed, the various Instagram notifications

Danielhackett: "back to bologna?"

I scroll through Daniel's various questions without ever opening the messages, now I don't have the head to try and sort things out or clarify them, I'm in an endless loop. I scroll again, it never seems to end. I get to Max's notifications I barely smile at his worried questions, I answer quickly even though I'm aware he'll already be asleep. An incoming call stops me, I get up from the table and go to my room 

"I'm coming" 

I shout as I close the door behind me, which rarely, very rarely happens. I answer by taking a breath and putting the phone to my ear

"hello" 

my tone is cold and no longer insecure as it was just now

 "that's not nice, taking the phone off in my face"

 I clench my jaw and lean against the door, I wait for him to go on, and take the strength I need 

" are you trying to start a flirtation or start an argument?" I almost sigh and hear him settle down read to answer 

"fuck you" I barely smile

 "now or later?" 

i tease him like he always did with me, play the bitch like he always did with me and, yes, it worked so well. Breathing deeply, I can swear I felt his heart speed up and him trying to calm it down.

 "The one thing I was wrong about you? You've got character to spare!"

 he states it as if every letter of that sentence weighs on him, I lean my head against the door and search for an appropriate response to the situation, l've always been told that my good thing is the fact that I can adapt to situations, but with him it's always damn difficult because the tension and hatred that runs between us is stronger than both of us. 

"You just realised that now?" 

I almost whisper, but I'm sure he got where I wanted him to and his voice then relaxed tone confirms it, Charles has that double face, de personality, two completely distinct characters