Dirty Little Secret

CHAPTER 10 (CHARLIE)

Charlie was sitting on the couch of the Wilson's gigantic living room willing for her tears not to come. They fell anyway. Charlie, Allison, Victoria, Audrey, Tatiana, and Kennedy had been one clique for so long, that it didn't seem right with one of them gone. Six was their number, the perfect number of any clique. Nikki included, it was seven. So now, Charlie thought that the group would be fine without her; they had Nikki now. As she heard someone walking closer to her, she quickly wiped her tears. When she looked up, to her surprise, she saw Aaron, standing in front of her, as a blur.

After gazing at each other for a while, Charlie opened her mouth but nothing came out. Then she shrugged and sunk her head down to her chest.

"You okay?"Aaron asked comfortingly.

“Sorry,” Charlie whimpered wiping her tears, “You can go back down, I’ll...”

Charlie stopped mid-sentence because she just couldn’t finish it. But then just as she was going to start over, Aaron sat down next to her and put his tan, toned arm around her shoulder.

"It's okay," Aaron whispered, tucking her hair behind her ears.

Charlie’s eyes widened. She shrugged her head even more trying to hide her eyes that became watery again. Right then, Aaron pulled her shoulder to his and hugged her. She rested her head gently on his shoulder as her eyes closed dropping her last tear. Then Aaron took her hand and they walked back down together.