"Charles is not answering any of my calls. Where is he?" Jo spoke pacing around her apartment.
Nash and Rose looked at each other. They'd been trying to distract her while Charles prepared a surprise for her but Jo had noticed something was off.
"I'm sure his phone just died." Nash tried making up an excuse.
Rose's phone rang and she jumped startled. She looked at her phone and saw Carlos' name on the screen.
"Who is it?" Jo asked.
"Carlos." Rose replied answering the phone and putting it on her ear. "Hey Carlitos." She answered.
"Hey Rosie-Rose. How is it going? Has she noticed?" Carlos asked, involved in the plan too.
"Yeah, we're not busy." Rose replied, giving an answer but not seeming suspicious in front of Jo, who was listening to the conversation.
"Ask him if Charles is with him." Jo whispered.
"Is Charles with you?" Rose played along.
"Tell her that Lando and I are going to the bowling alley. Meet us there. Tell her Charles is gonna be there." Carlos gave instructions.
"Okay, thank you." Rose hung up and Jo looked at her expectant. "He said to meet him and Lando at the bowling alley, Charles is gonna be there in a while, his phone probably died." She spoke and Jo sighed relieved.
"Oh my God, I love going bowling." Nash smiled excited.
"We know, you made it really clear last time you made a strike with your eyes closed just to show off." Rose crossed her arms and he shrugged smiling.
"What can I say?"
"Let's go." Jo smiled grabbing her purse. "We don't want to make them wait."
Nash feigned wiping the sweat off his forehead and Rose let out air through her nose nodding in agreement. Keeping Jo away from Charles was a harder task than they expected.
Charles was at Arthur's apartment. Lorenzo, his mom, and him were helping him prepare everything.
"Aw, this is so cute." Pascale spoke as she pulled out the TY plushie.
"It was her favorite plushie as a kid. She lost it in an amusement park." Charles explained and Pascale smiled in awe.
"You're so corny." Arthur spoke up, ruining the moment. Lorenzo chuckled as Pascale and Charles sent a glare towards the blond. "But cute." He added raising his hands in fake surrender.
"You said her favorite color was mint green, right?" Lorenzo asked and Charles nodded. "This is not mint green, Charles." He grabbed the tablecloth.
"What do you mean? That's mint green." Charles defended his choice.
"Charles, mon amour, that's forest green." Pascale raised her eyebrows, agreeing with Lorenzo.
"Are you colorblind?" Arthur asked and Charles glared at him again.
"Ugh, I messed up. Now I need to get another one." Charles threw his head back, frustrated at his mistake.
Pascale rubbed his back.
"Baby, you're putting all your effort in this. I'm sure she'll love it." She spoke and Charles looked at her.
"She's the most amazing girl ever. She deserves all this effort and more." He spoke and Pascale smiled.
"I'll go get a new tablecloth, don't worry." Lorenzo spoke.
"Thank you, Enzo." Charles put his hands together, thanking him.
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i miss you, i'm sorry / C.L.
FanfictionWhere Jocelyn Lexington writes a song about Charles after things didn't work out for them. "I still love you, I promise Nothin' happened in the way I wanted Every corner of this house is haunted And I know you said that we're not talkin' But I miss...