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Chapter 16 - Pieces

Authors Note: If you haven't heard the song Pieces by Red please do so before reading this chapter! It's so nice and there's a piano cover on YT by Michael Matat that is beautiful! I hope everyone is still enjoying the story! Thank you! xx

Charlie woke up with a slight stiff neck and crusted drool on her face. She sat up and realized that it was dark outside. She had slept the entire afternoon away! She bolted up and looked at the clock. It read 10:36 p.m. She flew the covers off and let a slew of curse words fly from her mouth as she tried to organize herself. She didn't expect to sleep the rest of the day away, she just wanted a few hours to reset herself. Like a ton of bricks she remembered the issue she had avoided earlier.

"Fuck me." Charlie grumbled to herself, letting a hand drag over her face. She was sure that she still needed to do some paperwork and lay the groundwork for the performance that was organized earlier. She felt constricted by the pantsuit that she slept in so she changed into her more comfortable red and black pajamas. She let her long hair down and brushed it through so it wouldn't be tangled later. Once she felt like a person again she left her room and made her way to her office that was just two doors down. She went in and noticed a stack of papers neatly placed with a sticky note on it. She lifted the note and noticed very nice handwriting. 

𝒞𝒽𝒶𝓇𝓁𝒾𝑒,

𝐼 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹𝓃'𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓅 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒾𝒸𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓌𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒶𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶 𝓃𝒶𝓅 𝓈𝑜 𝐼 𝓉𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝒾𝒷𝑒𝓇𝓉𝓎 𝑜𝒻 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒾𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓅𝒶𝓅𝑒𝓇𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓀 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓎𝑜𝓊. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑒𝓉𝒶𝒾𝓁𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒯𝒶𝓁𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒮𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓉𝒶𝒾𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑜𝒸𝓊𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓁𝑒𝒻𝓉. 𝐼𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝓆𝓊𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈, 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝓂𝑒.

𝒜𝓁𝒶𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇

Charlie smiled as she put the note down and confirmed that there was a well typed document on the left side of her desk. She picked it up and began to read as she plopped down in her swivel chair. She was surprised to see how many people were actually participating! It even contained a cocktail list that Husk put together for her approval. Everything looked so well put together, which she assumed was Alastor's doing. She loved everyone, but organization wasn't their strong suit. The song of choice for Angel and Cherry's dance number was 'Beast' by Mia Martina and Waka Flocka. She didn't recognize the song but was sure it would be high energy like the duo themselves. She looked at the slot that had Alastor and her name and a song was written next to it. Pieces by Red in neat handwriting. Alastor's handwriting. She had never heard this song before so she was interested to find out what it sounded like.

She returned to her room and conjured up her piano along with sheet music she found on the internet that went with the song. She realized that it also had lyrics which threw her off. Were they expected to sing too? Surely not since it wasn't mentioned but anything could've been added since she wasn't at the meeting. She read the lyrics and felt her heart swell. The lyrics were heartbreakingly beautiful. Very raw and emotional to the point that Charlie's eyes welled up. Did Alastor choose this song? Did he know what the lyrics were when he chose it? Now she was even more convinced that they weren't supposed to sing this. She started to play the keys following along with the music sheets and realized that song without the words was just as beautiful. She easily followed along and was quickly absorbed into the melody. It was slow and sweet and perfect for her. She stopped and took another look at the lyrics and figured there was no harm in singing a little while she familiarized herself with the song.