A NEW LOVE | Charlie Swan

Chapter 7

CHARLIE POV

"Charlie.?" Louis says as i finally have managed to secure his car seat. "Yes buddy?" I answer as i close the door of my car and walk over to him.

"Are you going to leave us one day?"He says looking at me with sad eyes. 'Shit that was not a question i had expected' i think to myself. I stop and pull him out of the front seat and sit him on my lap.

"I would never leave you guys...Are you scared i will?" I ask him and he looks at me for a minute thinking my question over. "Yes..."He says but he still looks sad.
"Then don't be, I won't leave you guys..." I say smiling at him i can see his little brain working overtime "Do you like my mommy?" Louis asks and i chuckle. "Yes buddy I do."I say my smile growing bigger. "And guess what...?" I say smiling. "What?" Louis says looking at me. "I like you too." He looks at me with big eyes before hugging me.

"What is going on here?" I hear Rubi saying as she looks worried as she walks up to us. We both look up at her as she now stands at the car door. "We were having a little chat." I whisper in her ear as i step out putting Louis back in the driver seat. "I tell you later." I say giving her a little smile.

"Ready to go?" I ask.

"Ready!!" Louis squeals and we both smile. "Ready..." Rubi says softly. I take the bag from her, and we walk back out to the car. While she puts Louis in his seat i put the dog and bag in the back and just as she is to open the passenger door i jump in front opening it for her making her giggle.

"Ready bud?" I ask looking to the backseat before taking off. "Ready!" He squeals again. "Are you ready to?" I ask Rubi again just to be sure. She smiles and nods. I take off and when i am good and well on the road i grab her hand lacing her fingers with mine.She looks at me and blushes as i rub my thumb over the back of her hand.

RUBI POV

We got to the beach.. We started our walk and Louis running around with Loki . I just smiled and took a deep breath. Maybe this is why i loved being outdoors so much because of the fresh air and the feeling of being free.

I smiled as Charlie took my hand in his. "Is this, okay?" He asked and i looked at him and smiled nodding.

"Now, they have to shower later..." Charlie said laughing as Louis was jumping in puddles with Loki. "Yeah, but he is having fun, so it is all worth it." I said smiling.

Charlie and i talked about everything and nothing keeping it light. He told me about he's ex wife, Isabella his daughter. He also told me about his friends.

He made me laugh. He is so easy to talk to and has this playful and calm demeanor. When Louis asked him to played with him he agreed making Louis run away squealing as Charlie can't resist and runs after him releasing my hand. I can't help but smile as a warm feeling spread through my body.

I won't say Louis father wasn't a bad father or anything but he barely had time for him. He always claimed he was busy but I knew he wasn't, he was with her or pulling pranks.

Charlie catches up with Louis scooping him up and tickling him and yelling "Gotcha." i can feel a tear running down my cheek as this feeling is new to me, and it confuses me. After a while we make our way back to the car.

We reach the car and Charlie puts Louis in the car seat. I try and get as much sand off Loki before Charlie loads him in the back of the car. We drive back house and i smile as i look at Louis in the backseat sound asleep.

We arrive home and Charlie lifts him out of the car seat without waking him up. "Do you want me to lay him in bed?" Charlie asks. "If you dont mind." I whisper and he smiles. I smile as Louis is smiling in his sleep. Charlie comes back into the room and hands me the bag. I pull out a set of pjs and put them on Louis and tuck him into his bed kissing his forehead. I leave the door open and i smile as Loki sneak into the bedroom and lay down next to Louis on the bed.

I find Charlie in the kitchen making coffee and he puts a cup in front of me. "Milk, no sugar..." He says and i smile nodding.

I take a sip of my coffee and i can feel Charlie eyes on me. I look up at him and smile at him. He walks over to me and takes the cup of coffee out of my hand and i look at him confused. He pulls me into him and i dont know why but i start to cry. He lets me and rubs my back. I just cling on to him until i am all cried out."I am sorry. I don't know why I keep crying" I whisper feeling embarrassed for breaking down again. "Dont be sorry sweetheart. It is okay to cry I dont mind." He says softly and i shake my head. Charlie takes my hand and leads me to the living room. He sits down on the couch and pulls me with him taking me by surprise pulling me into his lap.

We just sit there neither one of us saying a word. He just holds me. It feels nice but also forbidden . I am so fucked up. In the back of my head I'm still waiting for it all to change. Waiting for him to find out what I did to Louis father. Waiting for that look of disgust on his face when he looks at me. Waiting for name calling or like every one else contact Louis father once they find out why I'm running away.

I'm just waiting and hoping that day never comes...

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