Chapter 1: Char
When Char had woken up that morning, he knew it would be good. To start with his father had actually managed to not burn the bacon (In fact it was delicious, but Char refused to admit that.) Secondly, for once in his life he had matching socks and it only got better as the day went on. He did what all normal teenagers do and got ready for school, only to find out from his father it was a long weekend meaning they got the Friday off. And so his father figured they could spend some time together, so that was how at about 4pm in the afternoon his father took him down to The Queen's Head - the best pub around - and got him a drink.
After about 15 minutes though, a man walked over to their table and due to the fact that his father hadn't noticed the man - managed to scare his father so much he fell off of his seat. Char let out a chuckle and helped his father back up, once settled his father turned to glare at the man but suddenly grinned like a madman, stood up and hugged the man.
"Everett! I was wondering when you would turn up!" the man gave out a hearty laugh,
"You know me Grant, always late." Char's father shook his head and gestured for the man - Everett - to sit down.
"Char, this is Everett. We were best buds from Secondary school onwards, haven't seen each other for a while though, have we Evie?" Grant smirked,
"I told you not to call me that Grant! And yes it been 6 years Grant, back when your Charmont was 12.. was it 12, you are 18 now Char?" Everett looked at Char questioningly.
"Yes, I was 18 in March, the 22nd to be exact."
"Oh, they grow up so fast don't they Everett. Anyways, I never asked when you called to meet up, why on earth are you back in town?"
"Missed the old place, y'know? So we bought a house in the next village along, Dawnby."
As Char's father and Everett began to chatter endlessly about the latest rugby match the local team played, Char dazed of and began looking around. It'd been a while since Char had even been down to the pub and it had changed a lot , the paint was fading on the swinging sign about the door which had a picture of a crown on and the neat words 'The Queen's Head' painted on too. The hedge surrounding the outside area was wild and needed a cut, Char thought he could possibly make some money by trimming it for the pub owner Joe. It was when he was admiring the black Labrador dog sitting on the opposite side of the road that he spotted her.
Oh by god was she gorgeous, her blue locks bounced up and down as she walked (and from what he could hear hummed along to ABBA's Mama Mia.) Her smile, Oh it could light up the world. He couldn't see her eyes, as they were covered by a pair of white round sunglasses but he knew they would be just as pretty. She had a defined jaw and cheekbones with luscious lips just perfect for kissing. Her tan arms were shown off by the black short sleeved overalls she was wearing and you could see her back clearly as she was only wearing a white lace bandeau. The outfit looked perfect on her and surprisingly worked with the blue hair.
He carried on watching her and smiled in delight when she turned and walked up the small driveway of The Queen's Head. Now he could go over and get her number when she sat down, hopefully outside as he knew Talkative Tim was inside and they hadn't spoke in months so he would never be able avoid him and when Tim does start talking Char would not be able to get away. He turned his attention back to where the girl was and was surprised to see she had disappeared. Disappointed, Char turned around and his grin was back when he noticed the girl talking to Everett. He also got quite a shock when he realised what she said.
"Hey Uncle G, Hey Dad." she smiled brightly,
"Jeez Blue I was wondering where you were. Did you not get my texts." Everett scolded his daughter,
"Uhh no, sorry my phone ran out of charge and Casper had lost his charger so..."
"Oh, fine. You were only with Casper anyways." he sighed
"and Jinx." she added,
Feeling jealous Char asked who they were.
"Casper and Jinx? Well, Casper is Blue's insanely GBF." Everett chuckled sensing Char's jealousy,
"GBF?" Char questioned
"Gay Best Friend." Blue answered " and Dad how on earth did you know Cas was gay?"
"Erm, how could you not notice and I saw him checking out your brothers butt." he pulls a funny face and quickly whispers to Char's father "To be honest I think Rory is gay too so i'm shipping him and Casper."
"God Dad, you are not allowed to ship my brother with any of my friends." Blue moans "oh, and Jinx is my other bestie Jasmine, but we all call her Jinx."
After a while of random chit chat Blue announces she is going to go home and Char hoping he'd be able to impress her asks if he could come, Everett rambled about what a great idea it was and that Char should stay for tea. So with Blue leading the way they began to walk to her house.
