The Triangle

Chapter 6

Jasper's Point of View

I'm running down every hall trying to find her, looking any where for a clue of her presence. I don't care if my heart is aching right now, I have to find her. She's always so strong and fearless, and this sort of behavior is a rarity to say the least.

Henry knew good and well that Charlotte and I were more than friends at this point, but betrayed me anyway. I don't know if I'll ever forgive him, but I'm not worried about that now. But what I'm confused about is why would she kiss him if she likes me. She told me the day after I asked her to Homecoming.

FLASHBACK

I was walking to Geometry class with Charlotte and she was acting very nervous that day. I thought that it was because of the test that day, but she's never nervous about tests because she always aces them. So I did what any good friend would do.

"Hey Char, what's wrong?"

"Umm....maybe....I don't know....Donald Trump I guess?" Charlotte says awkwardly.

"That's true, but why are you so nervous?"

"Because......I...you....Oh come here," she says pulling me into a storage closet.

"Why are we in here?" I say confused.

"I....I.....I-I don't know how to say this but-"

"Char, you can tell me anything," I reassure her while looking into her eyes.

"I'm going to go ahead and say it. I was confused about my feelings before, but I think I know now."

"What do you know now?" I say still utterly confused of what she's talking about.

"I now know that I like you," she sighs.

"That's it! I like you too! Why did you think I asked you to Homecoming?" I say happier than ever.

"Really? I thought you just asked me because another girl turned you down."

"A girl turn down this face? You gotta be kidding me," I say putting on my smolder look.

"Ok suuure," Charlotte says while chuckling a bit.

"You know you want some buckets of love from me girl," I say trying to sound all suave like.

"Oh please."

We both burst into laughter. I always thought confessing my feelings would be awkward, but with Charlotte it wasn't.

Our laughing finally dies down and there's a short but comfortable silence between us. I notice her hair is in a ponytail with a side bang in the front. She never wore her hair like that before. Just then, her bang falls in front of her eye and without thinking I quickly push the bang behind her ear. I wanted to see both of her gorgeous chocolate brown eyes.

She's taken aback by my sudden action, but soon relaxes and stares into my eyes. By then I was filled with adrenaline and just had to go for it. I grab her by the waist and she flinches but doesn't move away. I pull her in closer to me to the point that I can feel her warm breath fan up to my face. I completely close the distance between us with a gentle kiss. Her lips were so plump and soft. The kiss lasts for several seconds, but I wish it was longer. I'd kiss them 24/7 if I could. It was one of the best moments of my life and nothing after that could ruin my day.

"Wow," she breathes.

"I know."

"So what's does this mean?"

"I think this means that this is the beginning of something great. But we should take it a little slow, especially with Henry. We don't want him to feel like a third wheel so soon, do we?"

"Yeah, you're right. Now lets get to class before we're late. But first-" Charlotte gives me a quick peck on the lips then pulls me out of the storage closet.

"Okay then," I say happily.

"Okay then," she says with that smile that I love so much.

'This is the best day ever' I think to myself.

END OF FLASHBACK

I finally reach the storage closet that held such good memories to me. I hear soft sobs coming from the closet and know that she's in there. I open the door to see Charlotte sitting on the floor with head in her hands.

"Hey Char," I say softly. Charlotte looks up at me and frowns.

"Go away. You shouldn't even look at me! Don't you hate me now? I'm a terrible human being. I can't control myself. You deserve better than this. You deserve better than me," she cries.

"Don't say that. You're an amazing person and I just think you're confused," I say trying to cheer her up.

"Don't do this to me! I betrayed you and you still say all these nice things about me. You're making me feel worse. Just tell me I'm a bad person. Tell me I'm don't deserve you. Tell me that I'm a whore and a cheater and a liar. Call me out of my name. JUST DON'T JUSTIFY MY ACTIONS LIKE WHAT I DID WAS OKAY WHEN IT'S NOT OKAY!" Charlotte screams.

"Char, don't beat yourself up like this. Doing all those things to you isn't going to make these any better. I know you betrayed me. You are just going to have to accept that what you did was wrong and grow from your mistakes. You're always so strong and brave and don't ever let anything change that. So be strong like I know you can."

There's a long silence before Charlotte finally breaks it.

"How can you be so calm about this? Aren't you mad at least a little?"

"I'm not mad. I'm just hurt. But this pain will subside if I don't let it get to me. So don't let your mistakes get the best of you."

She heavily sighs then says, "You're right. God I hate how you're so good to me. But you can't always do that because people can take advantage of you like that."

"I know you'll never take advantage of me. We've been best friends for the longest and I know that you care too much to do that."

"I guess so. So does this mean you forgive me?" she asks with a twinkle of hope in her eyes.

"I didn't say all of that but-"

"Really?" she says getting a little sad again.

"I'm just kidding. I do forgive you, but I just need a little time to myself for a while. You do too and so does Henry. All this drama isn't necessary."

"Amen to that. But hey. That's high school for ya. Soap operas at every corner," she says standing up.

"So are you going to come out now?" I ask.

"Yeah, all that crying is like a workout. Maybe I should cry everyday so I can get all buff," she says flexing her biceps.

I laugh at her corny joke and we walk out of the closet together. We walk back to class and see that Henry is gone. Ms. Shapen gives us the evil eye for being late, but doesn't punish us because she has a date tonight with Schwoz.

I wonder where Henry went and why. But at the same time I'm happy he's not here right now. There would be too much tension in one room. I know there shouldn't be any drama, but I can't believe he would do something like this. Is he really that much of a player? It was easy for me to fix things with Charlotte, but with Henry it's going to be a completely different ball game.

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Author's Note

I don't know how I feel about this chapter, but I hope you enjoy it as much as you can. Comment all the criticism you can because it just feels like every time a write I suck ass. Also comment some ideas for the next chapter. Thank you for voting and commenting. Furthermore, everybody is saying that they're happy there's no drama in the latest episode and I agree 100%. I don't even want Chenry to happen so soon because once all these girls are gone, who's still going to be there? Charlotte. I'm being optimistic. I mean, think of Ned's Declassified. Ned and Mose didn't get together until the last episode of the show. Chenry is the end game so some people just need to be patient.