A Soft Touch Far Away - (Stefanielle fanfic)

REVELATIONS

Danielle's POV :

The next day we were needed on set very early, but had the whole afternoon ahead of us.

Stefania, Charlotte and I had separate scenes so we didn't really see each other until noon.

We were finally finished at one pm.

"Let's go eat." I said and led the girl to a food truck on set.

"Hi, do you have gluten free foods ?"

"Yeah, we have mixed salads." Answered the waiter.

"Chose what you want sweetheart." I told Charlotte, pointing to the different salads.

"This one." She said happily.

Since we started reducing her gluten intake, Lottie felt way better.

We made our way to the car and I drove back to my house.

Inside, we took our lunch and Stefania fed the dogs.

"I really have to go home." Charlotte said suddenly.

"Why ?" I asked surprised.

"I need to feed Catsby." She replied worriedly.

"Oooh yeah, your cat." Said Stefania, returning to us.

"Well, let's go this afternoon." Decided my brunette girlfriend.

We finished eating and got ready to go to Charlotte's apartment.

The road was very silent, the teen anxiously chewing on her lips and tapping her fingers on her knees.

We all knew coming back to this place revived lots of bad memories.

Once there, we stepped out of the car and Charlotte took a deep breath.

I took her hand in mine and we walked to the fifth floor.

The lock was still broken but the front door was closed and it smelled weird on the outside.

Lottie went to open the door but I had a bad feeling.

"Wait," I said and pulled her back.

Stefania looked at me interrogatively.

I slowly opened the door and we were met with the smell of weed.

The flat was very dirty, there were old cans and empty bottles scattered on the floor.

"What is it Danielle ?" Questioned Charlotte coming in.

"Oh my God." She said bringing her hand to her mouth in shock.

"Okay, we're going to be very quick." I tried to stay calm.

"Stefania, can you help Lottie gather most of her things like clothes, toiletries, her scripts ?"

Stefania nodded.

"Sweetie, do you have things you absolutely need ? That aren't replaceable ?"

"N- no, not really." She stuttered, scared.

"What is happening Danielle ?" She asked, frozen to the spot.

"I think squatters came to your apartment and it seems like they're only temporarily gone." I said seeing chargers plug into the wall and canned food on the hotplates.

"But- but it's my place, m- my apartment !"

"I know sweetie Lottie, but we don't know if these people are dangerous so we need to go and we'll see at home."

"But this is my home." She said tears welling in her arms.

I heard some steps on the stairs and didn't want to take any risk.