Trouble // Carl Gallagher

chapter ten

Melody's P.O.V

I woke up to Fiona shaking me. "What?" I groaned, realizing Carl wasn't next to me. I got worried, and I think Fiona could tell. "Don't be scared, Carl's in the shower. Good morning by the way." I nodded, smiling at her. "Good morning Fiona." I said, jumping down from Carl's bed. "So, I heard that you and Carl are officially together." She smiled. I felt myself blushing as I followed her downstairs. "Aw, that's so cute. I can tell you two really like each other." I sat on the chair by the counter as she made herself coffee. "Yeah, but I don't think Debbie likes it." I laughed. Fiona smiled and shook her head. "Debbie says that it's gross, but in reality she's happy for the both of you." She assured me. I smiled to myself. "Well, that's good to know." Fiona handed me a cup. I thanked her before taking a sip. "So, the fair is today, are you guys gonna go?" She asked me. I shrugged. "I'll have to see if Carl wants to go." I took another sip. Fiona shook her head. "Adorable." She smiled before blowing on her drink to cool it down. Debbie raced down the stairs. "Hey, where are you going?" Fiona asked her. "Holly's," Debbie replied, quickly putting her jacket on. "We're going to the fair in a bit with two hot twins. I gotta run." She grabbed her bag and ran to the door. "Bye, guys!" She said before slamming the door. "Well, okay then." I said, still looking at the door. Carl came down the stairs, his hair was dripping wet. "Hey, you." He smiled, approaching me and kissing my forehead. I glanced up at Fiona, who was smiling big. "What are you smiling at Fiona?" He asked her. "Nothing!" She looked down at her drink. "Nothing." She said again. "So, Fiona said that there's a fair today! Do you want to go?" I asked him as he sat at the chair next to me. He nodded. "Yeah!" He smiled.

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I was standing in front of the mirror in my room, checking my outfit, hair, and makeup. I made sure everything looked good. I was wearing a black tank top, a flannel, jean shorts, and my black vans. Carl should be here soon. God, I'm so lucky to have him in my life. I heard something at my window. I look outside to see Carl tossing rocks. I opened it quickly. "I swear to god, if you break my window I'll kill you." I said, smiling before running downstairs to meet him.

Once we got to the fair my nerves calmed down a bit. I don't know what's gotten into me, I was so nervous. I mean, It's not like I'm going to know barely anyone there. I just moved here for fuck's sake. Carl squeezed my hand, before walking deeper into the crowd. I looked around to find a face I recognized. I just couldn't. I know, it's useless. I'm just so self-conscious from back in Arizona. Like I've said, I got bullied a lot. And I honestly don't think that I will ever get over it. It scarred me emotionally. No matter how much weight I lost, I still felt like I needed to lose more. Every compliment that I got became a challenge. And by that I mean that I thought they were just saying that to make fun of me. People always said I was fishing for compliments when I disagreed with one. Little did they know, I wasn't disagreeing to get more compliments. I said I was ugly because I felt ugly, not just for someone to tell me that I was beautiful. I don't know, I'm just weird like that. I was still looking around, scoping out the scenery, and I saw Ashley by the balloon-dart booth. Carl walked towards her. I looked at the booth to see that Lip was operating it. And of course Ashley would be anywhere Lip was. "Hey, kiddos!" Lip greeted us. "Wanna play?" He asked. "I only have ten bucks." I said. "Hey that's enough for two games." He tried to convince me. "Hey, I have to eat." I mocked his voice. "Wow, sassypants, I was gonna let you play a free game, but now I'm not so sure." He crossed his arms, laughing. Carl placed five dollars on the counter. "Let me at it." He said sternly. Hearing him talking in that tone of voice turned me on a little. I bit my lip. Lip handed him five darts. "Fire away, little man." Lip winked at Ashley. Carl threw the first dart and hit two balloons. Lip's eyes widened, he was obviously regretting what he has said. I stepped beside Carl. As he threw the next dart he let out a small grunt, which was very attractive in my opinion. He hit a balloon. He threw the rest of the darts. "Holy shit, Carl." Lip says. "That's what happens when you have anger issues." Carl says, winking at me. "Pick a prize, dude." Lip says pointing to the wall of stuffed animals. Carl looked at me. "Pick one." He smiled. I blushed and picked out a blue teddy bear. "Here, bud." Lip handed the bear to Carl, who then handed it to me. "Thank you, baby." I kissed Carl's cheek. He smiled. "You're welcome." He took my hand and walked around.

I spotted Caden and Bonnie. Oh shit, this isn't gonna end well. Bonnie walked up to me. "Hey look, Caden, the whorehouse let out early." She said. "Oh cool! You get the rest of the day off." I smirked. I heard Carl hold back laughter. Bonnie puffed her chest. "I was talking about you." She snapped. "I told you to never talk to Carl again, bitch." I said. "You never said anything about talking to you, slut." She pushed me a little. I stumbled back. I looked at Carl and handed him my bear. "Hold this Carl, Shit's about to get real." I said before I swung at Bonnie. I missed and I felt her fist strike my cheek. "Get off of my girlfriend, you bitch!" Carl screamed as I tried to push Bonnie off of me. "Who's girlfriend are you calling bitch, you dick?" Caden pushed Carl. "Your slutty girlfriend needs to get her greasy hands off of my girlfriend." At this point, I'm pretty sure we got everyone's attention. "Girlfriend?" I hear a familiar voice scream. I looked over to see Debbie, shocked. "Debbie, let me-" I was cut off by Caden falling to the ground as Carl tackled him. Bonnie punched me again. I fell to the ground. "Okay, I've had enough of this." I was about to give up. I stood up and helped Carl off of Caden. I turned to walk away. "Hey, Carl! I bet she doesn't love you like I did!" She screamed. I quickly turned around and got close to her. She laughed. "What are you gonna do, beat my 'pretty little ass'?" She mocked my remark from a few days ago. I looked both ways. Everyone was silent, even Carl and Caden stopped fighting. "You bet I am. You fucking cunt." I screamed before kicking her shin. She reached down to cradle her shin as I took her head and smashed it into my kneecap. She fell to the ground, crying. I looked at Carl, before taking his hand and taking off towards his house. Before we left, all I heard was screams from Lip and Ashley. "HOLY SHIT!"