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Party: Part 2

Nick's POV:

Harry invited me to his birthday party, he's turning 16, not that I care. I've invited Charlie, I might tell him tonight, Imogen is coming too, she's going to help "boost my confidence" and help me "make a move" which I don't think is necessary in this situation, but she insisted.

I haven't been able to stop thinking about him. What if he says no? What if I mess it up? No. I can't mess it up, it will be fine!

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It's almost eight, that's when Harry told us to arrive, mum dropped me, Imogen and Charlie off at the hotel Harry's parents rented.

"Thanks, Mum!" I say with a smile, she doesn't know about my crush on Charlie.

As we walk in, we look around.

"There's probably like five-hundred people here!" Imogen gasps.
"Probably more!" Charlie replies.

Good to know they don't hate eachother!

A few hours pass by, me and Charlie are sitting on a couch in a room away from the dancing crowd, it's pretty quiet in here, there's only two or three people around, and Imogen is away dancing with her friends, so much for helping me boost my confidence.

I look at Charlie and smile.

I try to encourage myself.

You can do this!
Don't be scared!
Be subtle!
don't over do it!
Be calm!
Deep breathes!

It seemed to work?

Before I can speak Harry comes over and sits in the middle of us.

God, he's so irritating!

"Mate! Guess who's down the hall waiting on you!" Harry looks at me and grins, I look at Charlie, his eyes widen in fear, he's noticed I don't want to move. Harry pulls me up and drags me through the hall, I look back at Charlie who's sitting on the same couch, he's frowning. When Harry let's go he walks away, grinning mercifully.

I turn around and see a girl standing infront of me, it's Tara Jones.

"Hi!" She looks up at me and smiles.
"Hi, sorry about this! All my friends are trying to set set us up I think!"

This will be awkward.

"Yeah, same with my friends, I've been standing here for ages!"
"Waiting for me?" I laugh, she laughs too.
"I was told someone was down the hall waiting on me."
"That's what I just got told too." We both laugh.
"I've not seen you in ages! Where have you been?"
"Well, I'm rugby king apparently, and I've been hanging out with a few friends, so I've been quite busy." Tara just chuckles and gives me a hug, we hear people laugh.

"You can hear everyone laughing, it's annoying!" She rolls her eyes.
I chuckle, she flips her friends off and scoffs.

"All of this would've been avoided if I'd just-" She stops and looks behind her.
"What?"
"If I'd just told everyone I was a lesbian." She looks back again.
"Well, that's not something you'd want to lie about though."
"Wouldn't be a lie." She smiles and continues,
"That's my girlfriend over there!" She gestures behind her.
"Oh." I'm surprised, but happy for her!
"We've mostly been keeping quiet."
"So, why are you telling me?"
"Me and Darcy have been talking and we don't really mind if people know."
"That's really cool!" I smile and give her a hug.

Me and Tara kissed at a party when we were thirteen, Harry finds it amusing, he thinks I should ask her out, but his ideas always suck, or fail, like this idea.

"I've only ever met one openly gay person before, you know Charlie Spring?" I ask, looking around to see where Harry is, he's out of sight thankfully, I can't stand him.

"Yeah, I know Charlie! Are you friends or?"
"Yeah, he's in my form, he's- yeah- he probably is my best friend right now." Tara just looks at me and smiles, she knows, I smile back.

A girl comes up to us and hugs Tara, this must be her girlfriend, Darcy.

"Care to dance?" She asks.
Darcy just nods.
"I'll see you later, Nick! Text me!"

Now, back to Charlie-

Where is he!?
He must've went to get a drink or something!

I look around for a while until he catches my eye, I run upstairs to the balcony and sit beside him on a chair.

He looks at me and smiles.

"Hi." I say, panting.
"Hi."
"You left?"
"Sorry, your year eleven friends are kind of intimidating."
"It's fine!"
He looks around and groans, it's loud, way too loud!

"Want to go somewhere quieter?"
"Yes, please!"
We stand up and I grab his hand and pull him upstairs, I have no idea where we're going.

After a few minutes or so, we run into a room that's completely empty, we sit down and lean against the wall.

"So, do you like Tara?" Charlie asks, still breathing heavy.
"What? No! No. We kissed at a party when we were like thirteen, that's all!"
"So, you don't have a crush on anyone at the moment?"
"Well, I didn't say that." I look at him, still panting.
"Oh. What's she like then?" He's frowning.
"Your just going to assume they're a "she"?"

This is my one chance! Don't mess this up Nick!

"Are they- Are they not a girl?"

My hands begin to sweat and my muscles tense up.

"Erm-" NOT GOOD, NOT GOOD!
WHERE IS IMOGEN WHEN YOU NEED HER!?
This isn't going well!

"Would you go out with someone, who wasn't a girl?"
"I don't know- maybe."
"Would you kiss someone, who wasn't a girl?"
"I don't know-"
"Would you kiss me?"

NO, NO, NO, NO! I'M A NERVOUS WRECK!
I freeze and look at him, his eyes are wide and his curly black hair covering most of his forehead, I would kiss him in a heartbeat.

"Yeah-" There's a silence until we lean in and kiss.

We pull back and it's silent again.

I grab his hand and kiss him, we break apart and Charlie asks, "You ok?" I'm about to answer when I hear Harry yell from down the hall. I quickly stand up and walk out the room.

STUPID.
STUPID.
STUPID.
I'M SO STUPID! WHY WOULD I JUST LEAVE HIM THERE!?

I ignore whatever Harry is saying, once he's shut up I rush back to talk to Charlie.
But he's gone.

HI! This is the longest part I've made so far!!
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR READING!!
I hope you're enjoying it so far, ik it's different from the show and comics but I thought I'd add some bits for fun
I hope you have a good day/evening/night wherever you are in the world!
Remember to eat and drink enough, you're loved x

-Kitkat x