In Another Universe

Friday 17:11 Looking Out For You

Twenty minutes into the meeting, Charlotte sent people off with questions to think about, concerning costumes, roles, rehearsals, casting and others. Barely in Charlie's hands, the list ended up shoved in his pocket. William was up and out quicker than it took him to get the paper out of sight. However, getting Jack out was slightly harder, but they convinced him that Charlotte had other eggs to fry.

Charlie left them at the entrance of the school as their bus stop was down the road and his bike was in the parking behind the school.

He reached his bike and started unlocking it when he heard footsteps behind him. A quick look showed him the brunette guy getting to his own bike. Charlie stood up a bit too fast, which would have pushed his bike to the floor if he didn't catch it. The other guy looked at him with an amused smile and Charlie was immediately flustered. He then focused on putting his bag in his basket and started rolling his bike towards the gate. The other guy was already passing through said gate. He put his bike down next to a bench and closed the gate under Charlie's confused looks.

"Oh? You need to go through as well?" He asked in a silvery voice, almost surprised.

Charlie wasn't sure of what his answer should be. Should he be annoyed? Amused? He didn't know. But the guy didn't seem to be waiting for an answer as he opened the gate almost immediately.

"Okay, come on then."

Perplexed, Charlie joined him on the other side of the fence. The door closed behind him and the guy reached in his bag and took out a bag of sour sweets.

"Want some?" He said, sitting down on the bench.

Charlie shrugged as an answer and sat down next to him. He took a few candies from the pack.

"So, you're into drama?" he asked.

"No, not really... I mean, why not, but I'm more there for the music part. You?"

"Oh, favour."

The guy laughed, which made Charlie smile, sweets still in his mouth.

"Where's that favour gonna lead you? You're gonna be the tree in the back or you're gonna paint the tree?"

"I... don't know. Probably gonna try painting the tree but I'll just get stuck and play the part"

He shrugged before realising that the guy was looking behind him. He turned around to see Lea.

"Hey, I was looking for you. Charlotte said we needed to choose teams and I thought maybe we could go on the costume team together. What do you think?"

He looked at the other guy for a second before looking back at her.

"Oh well... I was already gonna be on the... music team with..."

He coughed while pointing to him to let him introduce himself.

"Isaac."

"Okay... well maybe I can join you too on that then."

She said with a smile, sitting in between them on the bench. Isaac offered her a few candies, which she accepted, before looking over at Charlie, clearly amused by the later's frustrated looks.