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Chapter 3 - Right as Rain

"I'm so excited to start this exercise that I'm sure won't be a waste of time." Angel Dust said, his voice dripping with sarcasm. Everyone was gathered in the parlor to start a new trust exercise that Charlie had come up with.

Well, everyone but Alastor and Vaggie.

Charlie felt a pain in her gut, realizing that this would be the first exercise without Vaggie. Charlie and her had a very painful and in depth conversation about their relationship and realized that even though they both loved each other deeply, Vaggie would be of better use in heaven being the middle man between the two realms. Since Adam died, Charlie figured that the worst person to try and convince was long gone other than Lute, so now would be the best time to try and get in Heavens good graces again. They both agreed that a long distance relationship would be too difficult for them, so they separated. Angel Dust's voice brought Charlie back to the present.

"And why does Smiles not have to be here?" Charlie bit the inside of her cheek, refraining from talking ill of her business partner. It had been a week since she had her talk with Alastor and if it wasn't for the lights coming from his tower, she would've thought he had abandoned them. 

"Alastor is uh... working on something right now. But I'm sure we'll see him soon enough!" Charlie tried to sound optimistic, but it was getting harder and harder. She never truly realized how much Alastor helped her until she didn't have him by her side anymore. Sure he could be difficult and frustrating, but he was truly useful in keeping the hotel afloat.

"Uh huh, sure." Angel Dust mumbled as he played on his phone.

"Hey I won't complain that he isn't here. Let's just get this over with." Husk commented as he took a seat next to Angel Dust. Nifty was bouncing excitedly by the coffee table and Charlie was facing her three hotel members. She realized she was still missing one other person.

"Hey Angel, where's Cherry Bomb?" Cherry Bomb started making her appearances more and more frequent since the battle and Charlie was actually enjoying her being here. She didn't want to have a room here, but she still visited periodically. Since she was already down two members, she was hoping that Cherry would be here.

"Fuck if I know. Probably hooking up with someone if I had to take a guess." He smoothly commented, never looking up from his phone. Charlie felt her forehead crease in frustration. Well, you can't win it all.

"Ooookay then! We can go ahead and get started then! This exercise is about trusting your fellow teammates! We are going to each go around the room and say something about themselves that no one else knows about! Everything that will be said in this room will stay in this room! Trust is the key to any successful friendship and it's also a fun way of getting to know each other more!"

"This is very similar to the trust fall you had us do, Missy." Angel Dust finally put down his phone and crossed his arms. Husk dropping him wasn't one of his best memories, Charlie was sure.

"Kiiinda but this time no one will be dropped! No physical violence." Nifty sniffled, clearly not happy about that choice. 

"Alright but if anyone blabs, I'm gonna-" 

"Thank you, Angel Dust! But no one will blab."

"How can you be so sure?" Husk asked. Charlie paused and thought about it. There really wasn't a sure fire way of absolutely knowing for sure that no one would spread any gossip.

"Well Husk, that's where the trust comes in!" Charlie swung her fist up in a positive way. Husk clearly wasn't buying it. 

"Trust is so over rated, my dear. It can easily be broken, and very difficult to repair. Fragile, really." Charlie whipped her head around to find Alastor standing right behind her. He had to of appeared as smoke through the floor.