Is it just attraction?

Chapter 4

This chapter is longer than the previous ones. I really hope you enjoy it; I wrote it with love ❤️

Chapter 4

Henry had accepted it, he loved Charlotte and he felt good about it, he was happy.

The fear that Henry felt for the possibility that Charlotte didn't feel the same as he was gradually fading away because something had changed between the two of them, perhaps they didn't express it with words but the actions spoke for themselves, sometimes when they met in the Man Cave Henry caught Charlotte watching him, then she blushed and they both smiled like two fools in love, other times when they sat side by side he reloaded his head on Char's shoulder and she in turn reloaded his head on his demonstrating how comfortable they were with the closeness of the other. Other things hadn't changed, for example, that they spent hours talking about random things and laughing or talking hours about their dreams and that made Henry proud to be the one with whom she shared such special moments and it was also great to know she was always there to listen to him.

Yes, that fear was fading away or that Henry believed until Friday at the end of school he went to look for Charlotte to go to Junk N' Stuff as usual, then he saw her, she was in her locker with that new boy again, Charlotte and he had become friends and Henry didn't worried about, until now 'cause there was that boy stirring Char's hair and making her laugh, they seemed to be sharing an intimate moment and that made Henry feel fire in his stomach so he decided approaching them, Charlotte noticed Henry and she smiled to him

-Hey Hen! I was about to call you

-Hey Char! and I was looking for you to go to work- said Henry addressing his best friend then turned to face the boy with a big fake smile and added - Hi I'm Henry, Char's best friend- Henry shook the boy's hand maybe a little stronger than he should, at that time Henry thought that he would've loved to present himself as more than her best friend but unfortunately it was not the case which made him feel miserable.

With a grimace of pain, the boy replied:

-Hello, I'm Dustin, I guess you already know I'm the new boy, Char has helped me a lot these days to adapt to school and also she told me about you- said that Dustin threw an accusing look at Charlotte then she opened her eyes wide. Henry didn't give much importance to that because his mind was focused on something else:

Char? Why this boy was calling her that? only Henry could call her "Char", well not only he could, Piper could also call her "Char" and Jasper, Ray, Schwoz, her family, his family and many more people could call "Char" to Charlotte but definitely this boy Justin or Dustin or whatever his name was couldn't tell her "Char".

With an obviously fake happiness Henry replied

-That's great, CHARLOTTE- Henry refrained from adding "for you" - is amazing but actually I can't say the same, she hasn't told me about you- the truth is that Charlotte had mentioned him sometimes but Henry preferred to lie.

-It must be because lately she spends more time with me- Dustin lashed out, it wasn't true that Charlotte spent more time with him, but it seemed fun to see Henry obviously jealous.

Charlotte knew that the situation was becoming strange and uncomfortable, so she decided to intervene:

-Well, I'm glad you finally met, so as I was saying I was going to call you so you wouldn't wait for me after class, today I'll be late for Junk N 'Stuff, I've already told Ray

-Oh, seriously? why will you be late? asked Henry, trying to sound casual.

Dustin didn't really see Charlotte in a romantic way and although he was having fun seeing Henry jealous he didn't want to cause Charlotte trouble, after all she had been very kind to him since he had arrived at this new school and now they were good friends, so in an attempt to remedy the situation he replied: