I Found Charlie! ( a Charlie Mcdonnell fanfiction)

Chapter 12- Order In The Court

Hattie's P.O.V

"S'cuze me?!" I ask, suprised.

"The court hearing is on Wednesday in the Lord's Courtrooms. That will be all."

~Wednesday~

I sit beside Charlie on the tube as we travel to the Lord's Courtrooms. My eyes are closed and the gentle motion of him stroking my hair makes me dozy. Just as I'm drifting off to sleep....

"OH EM GEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's Charlie McDonnell! We're like, such HUGE fans!" I jerk my eyes open and stare at the two teenage girls fangirling over Charlie.

Without an invitation, they sit down on either side of us, squeezing in to get closer to Charlie. He blushes, looking really cute.

"Um, hey..." he prompts waiting for their names.

"Oh! Sorry, we're just like, so excited! I'm Joanna-" one starts,

"And I'm Chrissy!" the other interrupts.

"So where are you going?" Joanna asks, shooting daggers at me after seeing Charlie's hand in mine. I grab Charlie's arm nervously.

"We're going... to the zoo! Yeah, Hattie's never been to London Zoo, so I'm taking her!" I smile gratefully at Charlie, who grins back.

"Oh, cool! Can we come?" What?! Did they just invite themselves?!?! Oh no!

"Well..." Charlie fumbles for an excuse.

"Pwetty pease!" The other girl- Chrissy- begs. Right. I'm taking this into my own hands.

I take out my phone and go into settings and play my ring tone, then pretend to answer.

"Hello... yeah? Oh my goodness! I'll be there as soon as I can. Yep... bye." I finish my pretend phone conversation and turn to Charlie.

"Charlie we've got to go! Hailey's in hospital!" I grab his arm and jump from the seat, running and leaping out the doors just as they close.

Charlie's laughs.

"What?" I ask, confused.

"Just your antics trying to get away from those girls!"

~the courtroom~

I stand nervously, waiting for the judge to come in. Charlie squeezes my hand trying to reassure me. But doubt anything could do that.

"All be upstanding the court is in session!" The announcer says in a loud voice. Me and Charlie stand. The judge walks in and then we have to sit again to listen to all the papers being read out. One of them is my statement, but I hear very little. I am in a dream-like state, a sort of limbo, better than the courtroom as here it's peaceful.

"Hattie!" Charlie hisses, elbowing me. "Hattie!" What? Where? Oh! It must be my turn to speak. I feel my cheeks go red as I try to hide my embarrassment.

"Harriet Fisher will now be questioned by the judge." Calls out the announcer as I step onto a small podium for speaking on.

"Miss Fisher, what would you like Mr. Tyler Briffen to do?" The judge asks straight to the point.

"I want- I want" I stutter. Come on! "I want him to leave me alone so we can both get on with our lives."

"From your statement it seems that you used to be in a relationship?"

"That is correct." I reply nervously. I can feel my palms sweating.

"Why did you end the relationship?" The judge asks, taking me completely aback. But really, Tyler needs action to get him to see sense.

"Because he was trying to control me. He was trying to get me to change so that my life was only lived for him. He was pressuring me to do things I didn't want to." Tyler looks at me angrily.

"No!" He yells. "She still loves me your honour! It's that £&-;%^+# so-called boyfriend of hers that's stopping her from seeing the truth! He's seduced her!"

"Order in the court!" Cries the judge, banging her gavel on the table infront of her.

"Your statement and the answers to the questions are enough. I'm sorry that we've put you through all this stress. Myself and the magistrates will now discuss the sentence." The judge smiles at me. Somehow she seems less scary now. She's a real person and the way she looks at me... I like her. She seems kind. I trust her to make the right decision.

The announcer ushers Charlie and I into a small adjoining room. It's a lounge/waiting room with a couple of chairs and a coffee table with some magazines on it.

The door is shut behind us and I collapse onto a chair just about ready to cry. Charlie slides onto the seat beside me and lifts me onto his lap. I cuddle up to him and he strokes my hair comfortingly.

He puts a finger under my chin and lifts my head to face him. Then he kisses me gently. I want this feeling to last forever but all too soon it slips away.

"I love you." He whispers.

"I love you too." I whisper back.

After much cuddling and Charlie calming me down, the judge comes in.

"I asked to see you on your own to tell you the news. I didn't think that telling you in the courtroom would be the best thing for your nerves." She speaks kindly. I nod my thanks.

"We have placed a restraining order, so if he makes any contact with you you can call the police and a graver punishment will be administered. Would you mind signing this paperwork to get things all cleared up?"

After about an hour of signing paperwork, the restraining order is finally in place. Maybe now I can finally relax. Of course I feel really bad about Tyler, but it's better for both of us. Now we can both grow as people, and in the end I think we'll both be better off. We're back at Charlie's flat and I'm staying the night. He's cooking tea now, spaghetti carbonara, my favourite. And he put Robin Hood on, my favourite Disney™ film.

We eat tea and soon after head off to bed. I'm too tired, I need an early night. Besides there's only two weeks left before it's school time. I hope we have some nice kids this year. I've been studying hard and I'm almost ready to move up from P.E. teaching assistant to P.E. teacher!

I climb into bed with Charlie and he pulls me close. Falling asleep in his arms, I think how good my life will be now...

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Ok! I'm sorry I've been absent for five billion years, but stupid wattpad keeps deleting my chapter drafts! *insert angry face here* but I should be back on my weekly schedule now. The other thing I'm sorry for is that this chapter is sucky, but when you have to rewrite a chapter ten times because it keeps getting deleted, it changes for the worse. I was so desperate to upload this I didn't edit so... yeah.

Oh and somebody (you know who you are!) asked me....

Do you have an Instagram? Yes I have an Instagram. But it's a private Instagram only for me and my friends.

Besides, I don't post pictures of myself on there, (bad luck creepy paedophiles who want to stalk me!)

Love ya!