Why'd you leave me?

Chapter 1

"Hey Charlie, you do know you have something on your lip right?" Pete said pointing towards my face which I could feel was going red with embarrassment. I tried to wipe it off as quickly as I could so nobody else would see, however I noticed Pete was killing himself with laughter meaning he was only kidding. God. I really need to stop being so gullible!

"Nice one, Dork" I said whilst throwing one of my grapes at him. He fell to the ground pretending it hurt, he held his hand up to his shoulder where the grape hit him as if he had just been shot and trying to keep all the blood from oozing out his weirdly lanky body. Suddenly, the bell rung indicating that lunch was over, finally! I don't think I could put up with Pete and his jokes for very much longer.

"Nooooo, is it time to go back to class already? I swear lunch only lasted 10 minutes" Pete whined and crossed his arms, whilst sitting on the floor.

"Well time flies by when your having fun" I said whilst giving him a cheeky wink. he just rolled his eyes and got up off the canteen floor. He didn't say anything but I knew what he was thinking

"Before you ask Pete, the answer is no. I am not skipping class to go smoke with you, I don't know why you were thinking of asking, the answer is always no, what makes you think I will go with you today?" I said whilst preparing myself to go to class,

"Your no fun Char you know that right? You need to let your hair down someday" Pete teased whilst tugging on my hair which was tied up tight in a ponytail. I simply swatted his hand off me and began to walk off, I turned around and stuck my tongue at him,

"Bye loser, I'll cover for you along as you wait for me after School, deal?"

"Not possible, I have a date tonight so I need to go home and get ready. So you need to use them long legs of yours for a change." Pete replied with a sly grin

"Ha, you have a date? in your dreams Davidson, I'll be at your car at 3pm sharp" I said whilst blowing him a kiss, man do I love winding him up. When I finally arrived at Mr Richard's class, I dumped my bag, placed my jotter on the table and slumped my head on my palm, beginning to drift off and think about Pete. We have been best friends since nursery, I remember on my first day I wouldn't let go of my mum's legs until a sweet little boy came up to me with a toy microphone, asking me if I wanted to sing with him, that was the best day of my life as I knew I had found my best friend. Since then we had stuck by each other through thick and thin, he was there when I cried over snapping my favourite hairband in primary school and in high school, when my first boyfriend broke up with me. To be honest, I don't know what I would have done without Pete, as cheesy as it is, he's my rock yano? He gets in trouble a lot with the teachers, the police and his mum, everyone looks down on him but if they really took the time to get to know him they would understand he's hurting. A lot. After his dad died in 9/11, he fell to pieces inside but because of his 'reputation' he couldn't show any signs of weakness to all his friends, he had to brave a happy face but I could tell that was killing him. He has a dream of becoming a stand-up comedian and to be completely honest I think he has a good chance, I mean, he always has me in stitches, one time I actually peed my pants from laughing so hard, gross I know but he's a funny guy and he deserves something good to happen to him.

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"You do know the bell rung 6minutes ago? It's currently 3:06pm, what happened to you being here 3pm sharp hmm? Your ass is lucky I didn't leave you"Pete said trying to act pissed with his hand on him hip.

"I'm very sorry sir it won't happen again, I just forgot I had something in my locker I had to bring home to study" I said innocently as I gave him the puppy dog eyes, he started laughing and tryed to roll his eyes but it didn't quite work out the way he wanted to, I hopped into his car and straight away I could smell the faint smell of weed, not going to lie I like weed but just not during the school day, 'education first' as my mother always says. Whilst Pete finished off his joint before getting into the car, I connected to the aux and started blaring Kid Cudi's album Man on the moon, it was our favourite album of all time we could just play it on repeat for hours on end without getting sick off it, it's great. This album has also been a good help with getting Pete through some of his tough times, I'm not too sure that I would still have Pete here with me if this album didn't drop.

As we were heading home I heard Pete's stomach begin to rumble, he tried to cover it up by singing louder but I could still hear it, boy was it loud.
"Right let's stop at McDonald's n get some decent food, my mums making us go on another diet so it will be salad for dinner all this week so I'm in desperate need for a some chicken nuggets" I said whilst turning the music down so Pete could hear me.

"What? Another diet? Your already as thin as a twig, what fat are you trying to loose?" He said whilst holding up my wrist in his hand, he is telling the truth I am quite skinny, but it's only because my mum is a proper fitness freak, my life consists of healthy eating and working out.

"McDonald's you say? McDonald's it shall be" he said in a very goofy voice whilst placing his hand in my lap which made me burst out in laughter.

When we arrived to McDonald's, Pete raced out the car because of how hungry he was, we ordered our food and sat in a booth waiting for it. It was actually quite busy today and I noticed there weren't a lot of workers on so I could tell our order wasn't going to come any time soon. I decided to ask Pete if he had any new material or met hear, he that look that meant 'duh', he cleared him throat and began to tell me his new jokes.

About 10 minutes passed and Pete had just finished giving me his stand up performance which I was thankful for as my stomach was so sore from laughing so much! I wiped the tears from under my eyes as I could see our food coming over to our table. It didn't take Pete to finish his food, he scoffed it down and started to edge his hand over to my chips trying to steal a few, I looked up at him giving a snidey, he knows how much I hate it when people steal my food! He started laughing at how protective I am over my food, but his laugh died down and his face looked cold as he looked across the room.

There stood my ex Chris, he cheated on me last year with a preppy cheerleader, predictable isn't it? That was probably the worst time of my life, well after my dad died...Pete was there for me when Chris cheated, he would come over to my house everyday after school to give me the work I've missed and a big hug, he didn't push me to speak he understood the heartbreak I felt so he would simply lie in bed next to me.

"Hey, just ignore him like who even is he? Chris who?" I said to Pete whilst grabbing his arm to try calm him down, he hated Chris before I started going out with him, he tried to warn be but I was head over heels over Chris to notice any red flags.

"I hate that dickhead Char, I don't even know what you seen in him, I mean look at him over there acting like the top dog with his two arms wrapped round two bimbo cheerleaders with their mini skirts" Pete said with a disgusted look

"You know what Char, lets go, I don't really want to see him right now" Pete said whilst standing up, I just nodded and followed him out the door back to him car, luckily Chris didn't notice us leaving. When we got into Petes car he told me that had stuff to do so he had to take me home, I told him that was alright I had so much homework to do anyway.

The car ride home was a bit weird to be honest, he barley spoke to me, we was just tapping his fingers on the steering wheel to the beat of the music. I wonder what he was doing tonight, I didn't want to ask him, he was already in a bad mood and I didn't want that to get worse. When he pulled the car over outside my house he didn't bother turning down the music or even looking at me, so I took the hint and got out of his car but before I closed the door I turned around and tried to look at him but his gaze was fixated on his fingers that were fidgeting on his wheel.

"Remember the BBQ tomorrow Pete yeah? Ricky has asked you to come at before 5 and please make an effort, my whole family are coming over" I reminded him, he nodded his head so I closed the car door, as soon as I did he sped off. Damn what is up with him.