ᴄᴜᴛɪᴇ 𐙚 𝐂. 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐀𝐈𝐃

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➔ WORD OF THE CHAPTER: dad

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Charlie's POV:

My dad's phone starts ringing as we were having fun. My smile fades away knowing he is going to ditch me again. Like always.

"Hold on.. let me take this," he sighs. "Okay."

I look at him walk away, closing his bedroom door. "Hurry up," i said unamused.

I went back to playing a video game.

After a few minutes he sane back, "Hey. Sorry that took so long."

I side eyed him, continuing to play my game. "Let me guess... something.. at work," i roll my eyes, looking up at him.

He sits beside me. "Yeah. That was my boss. I gotta...I guess theres an emergency-"

I get up from the couch interrupting him. "There's always an emergency. Why can't you just cancel. Like you always do," i lift my arms up, annoyed. He stands up looking at me. "Charlie, listen.. i know this sucks. I wanna stay here and celebrate with you. But I gotta go. You have to believe me when i say it's important," he tells me. "Yeah, I know.. more important than me," i retort.

"No that's not what i'm saying," he says. "You only had me over because mom forced you to. Just be honest," i snap.

"You want me to be honest," he says. "Yes, that's all i want," i sigh. "Listen, i'm gonna be back in a couple days tops. Okay," he ignores my previous sentence. "And we're gonna sit down and i'm gonna explain things," he adds.

"In a way that i hope that you're gonna understand what's been happening..."

"Oh.. i understand fine. You're just a crappy dad," i say. He pauses then tried to hold my shoulder, but i turn around, mad.

"Well, you can't be here by yourself," he looks down. "Let me call mom. She'll come pick you up," he says pulling out his phone.

"Nah, i got it. I got it," i speak up. I pull my phone and make a call.

"Hey mom. uh hold on to your hat. Dad has a work emergency so.. can you come pick me up," i say.

"...Yeah i know. It's a bummer," i sigh.

"Okay..." I pull the phone away from my ear and turn back to my dad.

"She'll be here in ten minutes. You don't have to wait-"

He cuts me off, "Listen-"

I cut him off, "I'm not a baby anymore, dad." I flop on the couch, crossing my arm.

"Okay, i'll see you later," he walks away slowly.

I look back to see if he was still there. He went to get something then when he saw me looking he holds it up. "Fanny pack," he says. "can't forget that," i said monotonously.

"I love you. I'll see you in a couple days," he turns around to leave.

I hear the door shut and grab my phone to see the call was still going. I place the phone back to my ear, "You still there?"

"I love when you call me mom," Berger says on the other end of the phone. "Now, let's throw a rager," he says.

"Yeah, let's throw a rager," i say. "Wait.. what's a rager?"

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a charlie chapter!!