We're Better Together//Hayes Grier

chapter 22

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CHAPTER 22

CHARLOTTES POV

When we got to our hotel, my phone was already blowing up with text messages. My parents are staying at their friends house, but they said we could stay in a hotel. I opened my phone, and saw 3 text messages from my best, and oldest friend, Tara.

Tara: heard your in New York!
Tara: I have a huge surprise for you!
Tara: call me!

I called new and she was basically screaming into the phone. (Phone call- t=Tara, c=Charlotte)

T- YOUR IN NEW YORK AGHHHHH!
C- yes I am calm down!
T- wait are you doing anything tonight?
C- no not that I know of
T- good because me and Juliana are throwing you a party tonight
C- wait seriously?!
T- yeah!
C- wait what time? Where?
T- my house, 6 o'clock
C- ok I'll see you there!

With that we hung up, and I started jumping around the room. I jumped on the bed, screaming. Then I realized. It's 4! What am I gonna wear?

I flew down to my suitcase, and threw clothes everywhere, until I found ripped jeans, black converse, and a mint long sleeve loose top, with a bow stitched back. I grabbed my makeup bag along with my clothes and darted to the bathroom. Hayes stopped me right before I reached the bathroom.

"Woah woah where are you going?" He asked smirking.
"I have a party in 2 hours!" I said barely being able to keep my self still. Then it hit me. What about hayes is he invited?

I turned back around and to my phone. I texted Tara asking if hayes could come, and she said yes. I was even more excited now. I jumped into the shower, and I started jumping up and down in the shower. I slipped, and fell on the floor. It did hurt a lot, but I was still cracking up. I couldn't stop laughing.

I got out of the shower, got dressed, did my hair and makeup, and I was still laughing. I laid on the bed, curled up in a ball, laughing so hard I couldn't breathe. Hayes came into the room with a candy bar in his hand. "What happened?" He asked coming over and sitting down on the bed.

"I...slipped....and.....fell......" I said in between my laughs. "Are you ok?" He asked more serious. I nodded my head, my eyes strains to let the tears of laughing come down. Hayes hands made their way to my sides, and started tickling even more. At this point my stomach started to hurt, really bad from laughing. I held my hands out in front of me, in surrender.

"Stop!" I screamed, still laughing. He stopped, and at this point he hovered over me, his eyes catching the light so they were sparkling. It was like that for a few seconds, just enjoying looking into each others eyes. His pink lips were soon on mine, and the butterflies were going crazy.

I heard the door open and we pulled away. It was nash and Brooke. Of course they had to ruin the moment. "Woah what were you too doing?" Nash asked smirking. I blushed and gave Brooke a dirty look. Hayes blushed too, and hit nash really hard. Of course nash hit him back, and they kept going at it. While they were wrestling, I took a look at my phone to see the time: 5:30.

"C'mon Hayes we're leaving!" I called waiting for him at the door. He got up off nash, and then Brooke and nash followed. They said they were going out to Times Square, and they'd be back later. We had to walk down a few blocks to get to the car service.

We walked past the place it happened. I stopped dead in my tracks, my jaw touching the floor. The building was now a memorial, with the names of the people who were victims. And it's my fault. Brooke came over and nudged me, but I couldn't move. I pointed to the building, and I'm pretty sure she looked the same way as me.

"Guys come on" nash said, with Hayes right next to him. They were looking at us like we were crazy. I then saw a middle aged woman approach the building, and put a bouquet of flowers next to a name. My lip started to tremble, and the world around me started spinning. Then everything went completely black.

HAYES POV

Charlotte looked like she was going to cry. She kept her gaze across the street, and then fell to the floor. I rushed over to her, she was unconscious. Brooke did the same, even though she was in the exact trance Charlotte was in before she fainted. I picked her up, and we began walking to the car.

I felt her move. Her head lifted up and she looked at me. ".....Hayes?" She asked
"Yeah babe" I answered. I set her down so she could walk. "W-What happened?" She asked.
"You fainted back there" I said putting my arm around her waist.
"Oh" she said faintly and shot her head towards Brooke who was talking to nash. I think it has something to do with that secret that they can't tell us because it's so bad.

A/N:

yeah I know this is rlly short:( but I promise the next chapter will be long(: and ik I've been updating a lot but tomorrow I'm only gonna update once:(