"so, um, what type of music do you listen to?" charlotte asked elijah.
you dingus, that's such a cliché question. she thought to herself. you also need to stop saying 'so' and 'um'. she scolded herself.
"alternative, and a bit of rock, yeah," elijah answered, "what about you?"
"a little bit of everything, but a lot of instrumental and classical music."
don't tell him you like classical music, he'll think you're some nerdy freak. god damn it, charlotte, charlotte thought to herself. charlotte was awfully determined to make elijah think she was great. she really wanted him to think she was great.
"that- that's cool," elijah mumbled. he stared at his feet that were trying to go a slower pace so charlotte - who had very short legs and stood at a good 5"1 - wouldn't have to walk very far.
charlotte bit her lip, she didn't know what to ask or say next. she felt very awkward and all the questions she wanted to ask just didn't seem good enough.
god damn it, what is it about this boy that's got you so quite charlotte? she asked herself.
"so, like, what are you like- um, what do you like to do in your spare time?" it was elijah who decided that it was his turn to ask a question. mainly because the silence between him and charlotte had become somewhat silent.
charlotte didn't know how to answer this. she liked to do a lot of things in her spare time. things like, reading, drawing, making little playlists. she loved writing. truthfully, the list was endless.
so she simply answered saying, "a lot of things. but i write mostly."
elijah, he didn't like to do much. he spent most of his time in his room reading and watching movies that he's seen hundreds of times. listen to bands he'd listen to countless times. so when charlotte asked him the same question he felt compelled to lie and say something interesting like she had.
but he told the truth instead. "i don't do much. listen to music, i guess."
they continued walking, asking each other questions. and elijah shared cheesy knock knock jokes that made charlotte giggle, though they weren't that funny.
a/n: i dont even know what this chapter is hah
