Best Friends

Chapter 12: 'Leave Me Alone'

Charlotte's POV

"I'm your dad," the man said.

"No," I shook my head. "No you aren't."

"Yes I am, that's why I'm here," he said.

"You're here to talk to me?" I asked.

"No, I'm here to see Jason," he said. "You obviously know him if you're here."

"Yes I do know him, I want you to leave me alone though," I said.

"Char I finally get to see you after seventeen years and that's what you say!" my dad raised his voice.

"If you don't remember, you left! You never contacted me! You never helped my mom with money!" I shouted, the tears springing into my eyes.

"I'm not leaving! I know it was wrong to leave but I'd like to talk and get to know you," my dad said.

"Leave me alone!" I yelled slamming the door shut and running to the guest room.

"Char, are you okay?" Luke asked. We were FaceTiming and I was still really pissed at my encounter with my dad.

"Yes, I'm fine, just tired," I lied.

"What happened?" Luke asked, not changing the subject.

"Nothing Luke, I'm fine!" I argued.

"For god sakes Charlotte I'm your best friend, tell me!" Luke said in frustration.

"Fine! I'll tell you!" I sighed. "My dad came to Jason's place and he tried to actually talk to me."

"Wow," Luke muttered. "Sorry."

"It's not your fault," I said. "On the bright side, how was the acoustic performance in the park yesterday?"

"Amazing, the fans were great, a lot of people showed up," Luke grinned. "How did you know about that?"

"I saw it on E! News," I laughed, remembering last night.

"We were on E! News?!" Luke's eyes widened.

"Yeah!" I smiled.

"Wow that's fantastic," Luke chuckled.

"Char, I'm back!" Jason announced from the front door.

"I'll talk to you later Luke, bye," I said hanging up the FaceTime and running out to greet my brother.

"Hey, did dad come by?" Jason asked.

"Yes he did, why didn't you tell me?" I asked.

"Because I didn't know until I got a phone call from him saying that he got yelled at by you," Jason said.

"Jase, I didn't mean to yell but he brought it out of me," I defended.

"Char, I'm not angry, I'm actually mad at dad for not calling before coming, and trying to make everything okay with you when it isn't," Jason said.

"Thanks Jase," I mumbled hugging him.

"Now go pack because its time for you to go back home," Jason said.

"Okay," I pouted.

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"Charlotte!" My mom said grinning as she ran over to hug me. "How was Jason's?"

"Great," I smiled. I decided it would be best to leave out my encounter with my dad. "We had a lot of fun, I also met two of his friends."

"That's good," My mom said, taking her bags upstairs to unpack.

"So how was the 'business trip'" I smirked, walking over to Sam.

"Fine," He answered, continuing to cook dinner.

"What it really a business trip or just a getaway?" I asked pushing myself up into the counter to sit.

"Really a business trip," Sam said looking at me skeptically. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, why?" I asked.

"You seem really on edge," Sam shrugged.

"I'm fine," I said. "I'm going to be in my room."

"Okay," Sam nodded. I ran upstairs to my room and laid down on my bed and stared at the ceiling while thinking.

I decided to take a shower and ended up spending and hour under the water. I didn't realize how long I had been under the water until I noticed how pruned my finger had gotten.

I stepped out of the shower and blow dried my hair before curling the ends. After putting on some fresh new clothes, I sat on my bed reading until Sam called me down for dinner.

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A/N:

Sorry I have been terrible at keeping up my updates but I'm going to try to update at least once a week! ilyasm bye!