Reckless and Relentless- An Asking Alexandria Fanfic

Chapter 19

***Charlotte's POV***

  I walked out of the bedroom, and immediately noticed Danny and Ben were missing. I asked Stormi where they were, and she told me they were outside talking. I sat back in my spot next to Stormi, where Danny should have been on my other side.

  "Hey, fuck-face!" James said, "Open up my present!" We all laughed at him, and I asked him to hand it to me. He did, and I opened it. "Holy God. Holy God. Holy God." I started hyperventilating as I pulled my new iPhone 7 out of the bag. "I WILL FOREVER LOVE YOU JAMES CASSELLS!!!" I yelled excitedly, throwing myself onto his lap and wrapping him in a hug.

  "You stealing my girlfriend, James?!" Danny walked back in, followed by Ben. From the look on Ben's face, it hadn't been a good conversation. I ignored it, jumping up and running to Danny, who picked me up and spun me around.

  "Daniel Robert Worsnop! You put me down!" I half screamed and half laughed. I wasn't a fan of being picked up. Ever. He laughed and set me down. Ben had walked past us and into the bedroom, and was walking out with a baggie of cocaine and a straw.

  I walked over and snatched them both away from him. "The fuck do you think you're doing?? I asked him. "Well, he's TRYING to snort some coke." Sam said. "And I would like it back. That was some expensive shit." Ben said, reaching for it.

  I pulled them out of his reach. "You can have these back, IF." I looked him dead in the eye. "You don't do this shit in front of me, AND, if Samantha knows you're doing it." I told him. "Samantha knows good and well I do it, and I'll go elsewhere to snort it. Now can I have it back?"

  I handed the bag and straw to him, then sat back down. "I would strongly advise you, Charlotte, don't mess with a man's coke. Ever." Cam told me. "I will mess with a man's coke if I think it could potentially kill him." I said as Danny sat next to me and put his arms around me, resting his chin on my shoulder.

  "Babe, I really don't think you would mind as much if you tried it." Danny told me. "Charlotte doesn't do drugs." Stormi told him. "Her cousins all died from drug overdoses, so she stays away from it. Especially coke, cuz that's what first hooked them all."

  "Thank you, Stormi, so fucking much for telling them that." I glared at her. She gave a half smile and said, "You're welcome?" I shook my head and reached for what was now my old phone so that I could transfer the memory and SD cards into my iPhone.

  "You sure you thoroughly checked that bag?" James asked me. I raised one eyebrow, then grabbed hold of the bag. Inside were two phone cases. One had a panda on it, which was my favorite animal. The other was an Asking Alexandria phone case.

  I laughed at the Asking Alexandria one, and James said, "Only because I know we're your favorite band!" "Thank you James." I said, still laughing. I put the cards into my iPhone and turned it on, then set it on the table next to me.

  Ben came back in, and asked what he had missed. "I got an iPhone and two phone cases." I said, and noticed his eyes were rather dilated. I looked away and leaned my head back slightly so it was on Danny's shoulder, and he used the opportunity to lightly nibble on my neck.

  I sat up as fast as a bullet leaves a gun, and said, "You evil bastard." He laughed and told me to open another present. "Cam? Can I open yours? Or was it just my roses?" I asked. "No, there's more." he said, grabbing one of the three bags left.

  "When presents are done," I said, "We should totally smoke some weed, then let me go get my tattoo." "Since when do you smoke weed?" Stormi asked. "Since a little bit before you met up with us last night." I told her. "I wanna try!" she whined. I laughed and pulled the tissue paper out of the bag as Danny told her he would let her try some.

  Before I could see what was on the bag, my phone started vibrating; I got a call. I picked up the phone, and the caller ID said "Unknown." I frowned at it and answered. "Happy Birthday, Charlotte." A man's voice said. "What's it been, ten years?" I was mortified. "Dad?"