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—real life—
The next morning, Atlas and Austin woke up. She got dressed and went into the kitchen and started making coffee. She went into her fridge and grabbed out yogurt and strawberry's and started making breakfast.
Austin took a shower so she was alone in the kitchen, well almost alone. When Charlie woke up he walked downstairs and went to the kitchen. "Morning Atley." He said and she looked up and him and smiled. "Morning Char."
"I have coffee already brewing, if you don't want coffee, I have orange juice in the fridge. Help yourself to whatever." Atlas said as he opened the cupboard door and grabbed himself a glass. He closed it and took a step, reaching his arm out and setting it beside her. He opened the fridge, grabbing the juice out and closing it.
He walked beside her and poured himself a glass. He took a sip and then looked at her. He watched as she made herself breakfast. After a few moments he leaned his arms on the counter.
"I know."
Atlas stopped breathing and sat down the spoon that was his her hands. "How?" She asked, not daring to look at him yet. Charlie breathed out. "I remember what you said before. And your songs, they were a bigger part in confirming."
He looked up at her. "I won't say anything. I know you love him and I do not want to be the one to interfere with your relationship, no matter how hard it is, knowing you have been through stuff." He calmly said.
Her eyes finally found his and she nodded her head once. "Thank you." She whispered and he smiled. "I just want you to know, I'm here for you if you need anything. You can trust me with your secrets. All I want for you is to be happy and healthy." Atlas smiled at him. She wanted to reach out and grab his hand but didn't. "Thank you."
She heard someone coming down the steps, she looked to see Austin walking in. "Morning, Aus." She said with a smile on her face. "Morning, las. Charlie." He said looking at him. Charlie nodded to him. "Morning."
Austin noticed how close they were. He knew they are just friends and nothing more, and he wasn't the jealous type so he ignored it. "The coffee is done, and as far as breakfast goes, I only have fruit, yogurt, bagels, bread, and croissants." She told him.
"Thanks." He said walking over the pantry and grabbing out a bagel. Charlie grabbed his glass and sat at the island on the other side so he wasn't in the way.
He grabbed out his phone and looked at it. He saw a text from Daniel, and one from Walker. He read Daniel's message first. "I have to go." Charlie said and her and Austin looked up at him. "Everything alright?" She asked him.
He looked up from his phone to her. "Yeah, I have to met up and rehearse a few scenes. I got the last minute text." He lied smoothly and she believed him. Atlas lifted her phone to see no texts from the cast. "That's weird, I didn't get called in. Especially this early." She looked back up at him.
"Stunt training always starts early for us on Tuesday's." Charlie said, this time he wasn't lying about the training starting early. She nodded her head understanding. "Okay, well, have fun and be careful." She said and he nodded his head.
"I will. See you guys later." He said leaving the kitchen and running up to his room, grabbing his backpack. He nearly ran down the stairs and left her house. He got into his car and started it, driving to Daniel's place.
Charlie felt the awkward tension and needed to get out of there. Luckily Daniel had texted him to meet up, then he ran.
Charlie pulled into the driveway, his landed on another car that was already there. He put his car in park and turned off the ignition. He looked the keys out and opened his door, stepping out, and closing it behind him.
He put his keys in his pocket and walked up to the door. He knocked and stepped away from the door and waited. He only waited a few moments before the door opened. "Hey."
Daniel nodded his head. "Come in." He stepped inside and closed the door behind him. They walked in the kitchen to find someone sitting in one of the chairs. "Sorry." Daniel said, looking at him.
Charlie looked between the two, his eyes landing on Daniel. "What is this?" He asked. "A chat. We were waiting for you." Charlie turned his head back to Joe. "Then what did he say? And how are you here?" He asked Atlas's brother.
"I'm filming in Lot A3 and I happen to know Daniel here. He gave me a call, saying that he wanted to talk about Atlas." He told him. Daniel patted his back. "Let's chat then." Leading him over to the kitchen
Although, Charlie didn't want to tell Joe about his sister and Austin's relationship, he still did. He had a right to know about this, even if it went against his promise to Atlas. And if she found out he told him, she would never trust Charlie again. But this was him trying to protect her.
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Authors note:
Hey ya'll, it's not the best and sorry for not updating in a few days, I've gotten myself in Buffy The Vampire Slayer and it is so good.
I'm on season 5 and I just started it last week.😭
My sister leaves for deployment in a month and then I can write a whole lot more and update all my story's and start new ones.
I also made an instagram: kq_books. I had it as my username here but I was scared my friends and family would see and know I write fanfic. Request to follow if you want. I can post more updates on when chapters will be released and if you want to dm, go on ahead.
