Fractured

If only

Autumns pov

After Sorscha and Carly went home I decided it would be best if I told Charlotte what had happened.
I explain to her everything. From day one.
The night at the bar.
The first argument.
The time she came to Marjorie's and Mia turned up.
When Mia came to the nursery for the first time.
The time when Marjorie found her on the side of the road.
How she stayed at Marjorie's for a while. The argument with her and Marjorie.
And finally when Mia threw the glass at Charlotte, how she was knocked unconscious, was rushed to hospital in the back of an ambulance.
How I thought she died.

Charlotte just sat and listened. She didn't speak. Not once.

"Are you okay Charlotte?" I ask in my calmest tone.

Charlotte nods her head. A single tear falling down her cheek.

"I'm so sorry Charlotte, I just couldn't keep it from you." I say

"No it's okay, thanks for telling me." Charlotte says

"Are you sure your okay, it's a lot for you to take in" I say

"Yeah I'm fine, just a bit of a shock I guess" She says

"Okay well it's up to you what you want to do tonight, the doctor said you need someone to check on you every couple of hours, so you can come to mine if you like, or I can stay here tonight?" I say.

"Erm I'm not sure, honestly I don't think I want to stay here tonight, I don't want to be in the house alone." Charlotte says

"Okay would you like to come to mine then?" I ask

"If that's okay?" She asks

"Of course it is, let's get you some stuff then" I say

We pack Charlotte a bag, she doesn't need much as it's only for tonight as she'll have to come back tomorrow for the dinner. So we just pack the essentials.

No one's pov

After they have packed they head to Autumns house. Winter is there waiting.
"Hello my darling, hello Charlotte" he says as they walk in.
Hello my sweet" Autumn says.
"Hi Winter" Charlotte says.
Autumn shows Charlotte to the guest room. It's quite late so they decide to go to sleep.

Charlotte couldn't sleep all night.
She couldn't forget what Autumn had told her. Mia wouldn't do that, would she?
She manages to fall asleep at around 6am, only to wake up 2 hours later.
Charlotte sighed when she sees she's only had 2 hours of sleep. But she decides to just try and get through it.
She walks out of the room and sees Autumn stood in the kitchen.
"Morning Charlotte, did you sleep okay?" Autumn asks
"Yeah i did thanks" Charlotte lies.
"That's good," Autumn says, "When we're ready we can go to a shop and get stuff for dinner with the staff tonight"
"Yeah okay that sounds good"

They both go and get ready.
Autumn wearing her black button up shirt and black trousers.
Charlotte wearing some leggings and a white jumper, she'll dress up more later but she just wants to be comfortable.
She ties her hair up in a messy bun and does some light makeup.
When they're both ready the head out.
They go to Waitrose.
They decide they're going to cook a pasta dish so get all the ingredients. This includes pasta (obviously) some double cream, some cheese and more.
They also get some drinks. They get some wine (mainly for Autumn) some lemonade and some juice.
Once they've payed they head back to Charlottes house. 
Once they've put the shopping away Autumn helps Charlotte tidy the house and do some washing.
By the time they've finished it's time for them to start getting ready. Autumn was already ready but Charlotte wanted to change and shower.
Autumn stayed downstairs while Charlotte headed up.
Charlotte was about to get in the shower when she looked at herself in the mirror.
The bruise on her back was still there. It had faded a bit though.
She took the bandage off of her face and looked at the stitches.
She had an appointment tomorrow to get them taken out.
She looked at herself and cried.
After hearing what Mia had done to her she felt. Ashamed? Almost.

How she let that happen to her.

Why didn't she stand up for herself.

If only she had listened to everyone when they told her to grow a backbone.

If only she had listened to Marjorie and not gone with Mia.

If only...

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