Distraction

Denim Jacket

Denim jacket.

He's wearing a denim jacket.

What's even distracting about a denim jacket?

What's sexy about a denim jacket?

Or does it have more to do with who's wearing it?

The fact that it accentuates his lithe physique?

She's not sure, but she's staring.

It probably has to do with the fact that Henry's the one wearing that jacket, while smiling, with his hair looking like a soft, golden halo, lips looking scrumptious (the words she uses to describe him are starting to become food related. It adds meaning to the phrase 'Good enough to eat') and his eyes twinkling behind those glasses.

It's like the universe had given her the Henry that she sees in her dreams.

Dressed in a denim jacket.

She can't stop staring.

Which is why it's not surprising that she bumps into a another student.

It sends her flying backwards and falling to the ground.

Wonderful.

Henry's there in a second to help her up. She's grateful and all, but it brings him and his Henry smell too close to her. And thus, her already fuzzy mind gets even fuzzier.

It makes her start leaning into him, wanting to breath him in. His smell is so intoxicating.

She catches herself before she moves in any closer though, and leans as far back as she can so she can get away from the dizzying effect that his smell has on her. Something keeps her from moving away. When she looks down, she notices that Henry's holding both of her hands in his.

And she wants to groan because now she's looking at how his hands engulf hers.

Oh, great. Even his hands are nice! His fingers are long and, ugh, this is absolutely ridiculous! They're just hands and fingers!

"You okay, Char? You didn't hit your head did you?" Henry asks in concern. Jasper -who lend a helping hand to the girl that Charlotte had bumped into (who had looked at him a little starstruck before blushing and briskly walking away after saying a quiet 'thank you')- sidles up next to them, also looking concerned.

"Yeah, yeah. I'm fine. My butt's the only thing that hurts." she answers.

"Maybe Henry can take a look at it." Jasper says innocently.

Charlotte's head snaps towards him, a look of horror washing over face. Henry flushes, turning an unseemly color of red, and he lets go of her hands.

"Jasper!"

"Dude!"

They both yell at the same time.

Great, she's blushing again.

Jasper is still looking very innocently at them, "What? It was a joke."

Charlotte pretty sure it wasn't. But she's already embarrassed enough. So she hoists her bag higher up her shoulder, and walks towards her locker without a word.

Jasper snickers.

One of these days, Charlotte thinks, he's going to get 'accidentally' zapped by one of Schwoz's inventions.

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Tbc.