A Soft Touch Far Away - (Stefanielle fanfic)

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Danielle's POV :

The next morning my alarm woke me up early. I sat up in bed, threw on my robe and walked to Charlotte's bedroom.

I pushed the door open and caught a glance of the little teen peacefully sleeping.

I sat on the edge of the bed and fondled her face, drawing patterns with the pad of my fingers.

"Wakey wakey little one."

"Open those beautiful eyes Charlotte."

"I know it's early but you have to wake up sunshine." I whispered.

Her eyes fluttered open and she looked at me.

"Good morning pretty girl." I smiled, analyzing her face trying to see if she was mad at me for not being there for her yesterday night.

"Hey." She said in a raspy voice.

"How did you sleep ?"

"Mmmmh, fine."

She stretched her limbs as both of us stayed silent.

Until I decided to speak.

"I know you went to look for me last night and I'm sorry I wasn't here when I promised I would."

"I didn't plan on staying with Ste- on staying out for so long." I corrected myself.

"I hope it wasn't something too... serious and you were able to manage it..." I said, not knowing what words to use to explain myself.

"I do it all the time by myself. It's not a big deal." Charlotte mumbled and stood up.

"I'm really sorry. I should've been here like I promised."

She turned to look at me.

"It's okay Danielle. You probably have better things to do than to look after a broken teenager."

And with that, she stepped into her bathroom and locked the door.

I sighed, feeling very guilty. I decided to let her have some privacy and went back to my room, but I didn't completely close the door that separated our rooms, so I could still hear what she was doing and if she was going out.

I got myself ready and when I heard the door of her bathroom opening, I knocked on our shared door.

"Are you ready to go eat breakfast ?" I asked on the other side of the door.

"Yeah." She quietly answered.

"Can I come in ?"

"Mh mh."

I pushed open the door and was met with Charlotte all ready for the day.

Her hair was down, nicely falling on her shoulders.

"Let's go ?"

She nodded and followed me in the corridor, all the way to the dining room.

Breakfast was a buffet so I took pastries, toasts and jam along with a coffee.

Charlotte picked some fruits and yogurt and sat down in front of me.

"So what are you filming this morning ?"

"Exteriors scenes. The stunts will be here too." She replied mixing her yogurt.

"That's a good thing they're filming the outside scenes in the morning. It'll be too hot this afternoon."

Charlotte kept mixing her yogurt but seemed like she had no intention to eat it.

And I knew I needed to talk to her about yesterday night.