Mr. Sartorius

24 | a little blue dress

~ charlottes pov

it's not even been 24 hours since i kissed joey, and i feel so guilty.

the thing on my mind is jacob- tomorrow is his birthday. he turns 20.
he's so old. ok. he's not old, but i'm only 17? is this even legal? no. it isn't.
i laugh to myself, lost in my own thoughts.

this week= no school. the schools closed, its one of those stupid times off that everyone gets excited for and they have no explanation as to why it's there.

"how was yesterday?" my mom asks walking into my room.
i'm still working on building our relationship up, it's hard, but i'm trying.
"it was uh- good." i shrugs my shoulders.

my mom walked over to me, and sat on the edge of my bed.
"you want to talk about it?" she asks.

i sigh, knowing that without alissa here i literally had no one to speak to- except joey, and he was the one person i couldn't talk to about this.

"sure." i say, and see the expression on my moms face change dramatically. she smiles widely, and lies up on my large bed beside me.
"so.. what's happened?" she asks.
i don't even look at her, i just stare at my fluffy socks on my feet near the end of the bed.

"i was at joeys house yesterday, like you know," my mom nods her head as i speak, "and we kissed." i tell her.
"oh really?" she questions "is things not over with you too?"
"i thought so." i sigh, and roll my eyes.

"is it such a bad thing?" my mom asks, she's obviously staying positive, but it's hard for me to see that way.
"im trying to move on, i think things would be better that way, but he's so sweet." i feel myself getting all mushy and romantic, which is not like me at all.

"he's just back into your life after he left for so long, you were absolutely heartbroken and i personally think that giving up what you and joey have would be stupid of you. but self happiness is best. make yourself happy." my mom smiles at me as she speaks.

i look up at her and smile. "you give good advice" i laugh slightly, and pull her into a hug.
"thank you so much." i tell her, and she nods her head.

i stand up out of bed, this week is not a week of netflix, bed and fluffy socks for once.
no, this week is the week i try to sort out my life. wether it's with joey or jacob. now i think about myself, and make myself happy.

oh but uh first- maybe i should go shopping and buy jacob a birthday present- and an outfit for his party.

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i walk around the huge mall. i'm a sucker for shopping. i love it, but the mall recently wasn't my thing.
too busy, too many strange people, i guess i'm feeling antisocial for once.

jacob was having a party at his house- there was around 100 people invited, which doesn't seem like too many but in an average sized house it is.

i walked into a shop i hadn't been in in forever, american apparel.
for around 10 minutes, i walked around, searching for a dress or skirt to wear.
trying to stay away from the black clothes- as we all know i'm a sucker for black.

ahead i spotted something that caught my eye.
a cute, short blue dress with long sleeves. it had a turtle neck, and was a silky material.

i smiled to myself as i picked it up, time to dry on a dress.

after a long struggle to get into the dress, i finally did it. walking out of the changing room like a beauty queen. (more like a potato)

"wow. you look hot." a 'way too familiar' voice spoke.
"joey? what are you doing here?" i laughed.
a smirk appeared on joeys face "why are you dress shopping? trying to impress me?" he laughed.

"actually- no." i looked at him. "it's for a party tomorrow night."
"ahh i see.. well, you should get the dress." he stared me up and down, sending a nervous shiver up my spine.

i looked at the price tag. ouch. $90.
"that's expensive." i said, my eyes widening at the price.
"good thing i brought money." joey giggled like a 5 year old, before walking towards me.

"one condition-" he said, his face only inches away from mine. "you're bringing me to this party." he smirked once again, that 'bad boy' smirk, even though he was the sweetest person, he came off as the typical bad boy.

"well.." i felt my cheeks blush. yes, i know jacob won't be happy if i bring joey- but, life's about taking risks right?

"tomorrow, it's party time."

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i'm sorry for making you all wait so long for an update!!

do you think jacobs gonna be mad about joey coming to the party?

update very soonnn :)