"You on your way?"
"Yeah, I'm about to pull out of the driveway, call you when I get there", I say walking towards my car.
"Sure thing Holly, I'll see you soon", Charlie says, then hangs up
It's been two days since Justin came over and he hasn't even called me since. I mean I didn't expect him to. If he could dump me for Selena so quick, I doubt he'd consider giving me a call.
Typical Justin.
Charlie text me out of the blue earlier today and we spent quite a while on the phone catching up. It was quite coincidental cause I was thinking about him just the other day before Justin came over.
I still can't believe he left his laptop behind. Again.
I need to stop thinking about him...
I pull out of the driveway and make my way to the cafe I was meeting Charlie at in West Hollywood. He asked to go out for lunch and although I shouldn't have felt bad agreeing to meet, there was a slight uncomfortable feeling in my chest when I did. I don't really get it though, I'm allowed to see other people right? I mean I am single..
After a couple minutes I pull up into the driveway and park my car next to a slick, black and classic car that looks like it had just been bought and cost more than my college tuition. That must be Charlie.
I look into the cafe and spot him sitting at a booth with a cup in his hand. I make my way out into the restaurant, trying to stay cool in this LA heat because I am really not trying to look all sweaty.
As I'm about to step into the cafe, a man with a camera steps in my way and starts snapping photos of me. Oh no, not right now..
"Holly, are you and Justin officially over or is Jelena fake?" He asks.
I am really not trying to hear about anything that has to do with Justin right now.
"I'm sorry, no comment." I say in a soft voice.
"Oh come on sweety, I'm sure you can spare some time to answer a few questions. It's not like you have any problem with wasting any", He says with a gross smirk.. What the hell?
"What's that supposed to mean?" I ask, standing dead in my tracks to hear him out
He snickers, "Honey you sure didn't waste any time moving onto Charlie from Justin, you obviously have a soft spot for the musicians.. Who's next? The Weeknd?"
I gasp. "Excuse me?"
As soon as I'm about to give the pap a mouthful, I am cut off by a hand on my shoulder pulling me towards them to get into the cafe. It's Charlie. Thank God..
"Not cool man, can you give the girl a little space?" Charlie says, his hand still on my shoulder.
"What is she Charlie? Your girl?" The pap says, attracting even more paparazzi. Oh no.
"Yeah now get off the property before I tell the manager to make you leave by force" Charlie says
The pap chuckles then puts his hands up in the air in surrender. He makes his way off the property and takes the rest of his paparazzi's with him.
Charlie and I make our way to the booth he was sitting at and I sigh in relief.
"Thanks for helping me out there" I say, genuinely feeling like he saved my life. I don't know what I would have done without him there. I would have had a raging moment and made myself look bad on the news like he wanted. The thought makes me really bummed.
"Don't worry about it", Charlie says with his huge smile. He is such a nice guy. Not the cocky type like Justin, but a guy I wouldn't hesitate taking home to meet my parents.
"They've got so much worse since me and Just-" I stop speaking because I promised myself I'd stop thinking about Justin.. And here I am thinking about him.. Ugh..
"Since you and Justin split?" Charlie asks hesitantly
I raise an eyebrow, "You know?"
"It's all over E news"
I sigh for the hundredth time this week.
"How long has it been since you two you know.. Spoke?" Charlie asks and I giggle
"Promo" I say to him with a smile
Charlie looks at me genuinely confused, "What?"
"Never mind", I say, mentally slapping my forehead.. Why would I just say that..
Charlie recovers from the awkward situation with a smile, "Anyways, I haven't even asked how you've been"
"I've been great" I easily lie
"That's great, It's been so long since we hung out. I've been working so hard on the album and when I finally got a break with it being done, I thought 'hey let's see what Holly's up to'" Charlie says chuckling.
I smile, "Great to know you thought about me"
He grins, "Yeah, and I was meant to be around LA tonight for a friends birthday party. He's been asking me for a while now and wanted to see if you could come"
"I don't know" I say uneasily. The last thing I want is to go to any parties right now. I mean I just went through a break up.
Sort of? Kind of? I don't know.
"It'll be fun Holly, trust me", He says with a small smile. He looks really cute right now and I can't bear to say no to Charlie. he's just too nice of a guy.
I sigh, "Fiiiine, I'll come", I say.
I guess I do need to start getting out of the house. I've stayed in for so long that my mom thought it would be a good idea for me to travel to France for two weeks with her and my dad in a few days. I said I'd think about it but I honestly doubt I'll go. Going on business trips with my parents always ends up with it being just me, alone in a huge city whilst they go to long meetings. And I simply love LA too much to be gone that long.
I think I should go to the party tonight with Charlie. I mean it'll just be a party right? And besides, I like spending time with Charlie. He's like a breath of fresh air. He isn't the cocky, brown eyed, goofy, funny type of guy I've been spending almost all my time with, but I'm not thinking about him anymore. That's over now. I need to start moving on.
And like I said, it's just a party.
What could go wrong?
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