Insomniac

Back At It Again

The lines stretched down the entire room and out the door. People were waiting patiently to get their picture with the hunger games crew. To her right in his own booth was Liam, to her left was woody, next to woody was Jen, and next to Jen was Josh. They all had their separate areas, but each line was equally long.

With every fan, charlie did her best to remember their name and make them feel like she cared. Because in all honesty, she did. Without them, her name wouldn't even matter to these people.

Of course she was an absolute sap for the young ones. When they would waddle up all shy like, she could help but smile and scoop them into her arms.

Her favorite was a little boy and his mother. He was wearing a hunger games shirt and a long green jacket. After breaking down his shy barrier, charlie placed her hat on his head and took two pictures. One of her kissing his cheek, and another of him kissing hers. Both were immediately set as her background on her phone.

Fan after fan came and went and an hour and a half had passed. Suddenly though, she felt a little unneasy when a grown man approached her next. Sure there had been plenty of men who wanted to take pictures with her, it wasnt a big deal at all. But this one, this one somewhat made her skin crawl.

The vibe he was giving off was not something she enjoyed at all. Liam to her right sensed her uneasiness immediately and watched with careful eyes.

"Hello!" She greeted as normally as possible.

"Hi! I'm a huge fan." He smiled.

"Awegh thank you! Would you like a picture?"

"Oh please."

As soon as his arm was around her, she held her breath smelling the sour scent coming from him. Professionally through, she smiled and waited for the flash.

Once the white light went off, charlie let out a screech feeling his hand wrap around her ass. "Hey!" Liam screamed charging from the booth beside her leaving his fan in a confused dazed.

Security immediately rushed in as Liam pushed the man backwards. Taking him away from the scene, Liam stared him down coldly as he was escorted to the exit. Then, he grabbed charlie and pulled her close against him and towards the back room behind them.

"Fucking perv." She hissed as executives and managers crowded around the two. Soon enough. Jen, woody, and josh were all back there too.

"What the hell happened?!" Josh asked looking panicked. "we looked over and saw some guy being hauled out. "

Liam spoke for her. "some asshole coped a field. Sorry I didn't see it sooner."

She just sighed. "its okay. I'm just happy you came over, might have fucking decked him.."

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Looking at the large screens above them and wicked costumes, Thomas stood next to Chris with a smile. "I understand Charlie's obsession with this place."

Chris just nodded. Suddenly, there was a loud ruckus and they turned to see what it was. Two security guards were dragging a man through the crowd of people and towards the door. "shit..." Norman muttered. "come on."

Together Chris, Norman, Thomas, dylan, and scarlett all pushed through the crowd and into the back rooms. There, he saw charlie firmly against Liam's side with her arms crossed over her chest. Everyone was looking to her with concern. "what happened??" Norman asked as they reached the front.

"Some guy got a handle on Charlie." Josh hissed clearly angry.

However, charlie was standing with her arms crossed and simply fuming. "Are you okay kid?" Chris stood in front of her.

"I'm fine. Just pissed off."

"Thought she was going to kill the guy." Liam muttered.

"Might have."

Thomas stepped behind her and placed a hand on her shoulder as everyone talked back and forth. "You okay?"

Looking back at him, her stern stare softened and she let out a breath. "yeah... I'm okay."

"Charlie, the people are asking for you guys." Sam sighed peeking back through the curtain.

"You want to call it a day?" The manager asked looking to her.

Glancing outwards towards the long line of people waiting to see her, she shook her head. "no... there's too many."

"Atta girl." Sam patted her shoulder.

"I'll be right next to you watching." Liam muttered taking her side.

Huffing again, she nodded. "back at it again I suppose."

Thomas watched her brush her hair behind her ear before stepping back towards her fans. A deep rage burned within him towards the man, but taking a breath he sat back and stuffed his hands deep into his pocket. There was no way in hell he was leaving this sport until she was done, and clearly neither were the others.

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Charlie was glad that she went back. The people were very understanding of her situation and why she left, and one younger girl made a t shirt for her. He always wanted a start up business, and he figured that if she wore his clothing around, maybe it would spark something for him. Of course, she agreed and said she would wear it all day tomorrow.

Eventually, the line ran empty and one by one each cast member retreated into the back. Charlie was a little caught off guard to see Norman, Chris, Thomas, and Dylan still there.

"You guys didn't have to stay here." as soon as they heard her voice all the boys perked up.

"Yes we did." Norman huffed. "people make me sick."

She just shrugged making light of the situation. "I'm hot."

Rising to their feet, she stood between Norman and Chris as the others joined. "well that was eventful. Why didn't anyone grab my ass?" Josh asked in confusion. Jennifer immediately came out of nowhere and grabbed a handful of his butt.

He hollered and jumped forward causing everyone to laugh. "Alright kids. Let's get back to the hotel, I think we have had quit the day." Rebecca entered the room breaking up the laughter.

She loved comic con, she really did. But Charlie was ready to get back to he hotel. Things like earlier got to her, but she would be over it by the morning. She had to be... hell, the girl had two full more panels to attend.