21. i promise

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chavani chapter
Charli's Pov
I wake up entangled in a mess of limbs. I look down to see a sleeping Avani. My eyes trail down to her neck to see two dark spots. I feel my cheeks heat up in remembrance of last night's events. I slowly peel the covers off and get out of bed and cover her back up. I make my way to the bathroom to take a shower. Given everything that happened I was a little sore so a shower couldn't hurt. I turn on the shower and left the water to heat up. I walked over to the mirror to see my neck looked dramatically worse than hers, but I honestly wasn't surprised. I walked back to the shower and stepped into the water.
Avani's Pov
I woke up all alone in bed. Huh? Where did Charli go? My question was answered with the sound of my shower running. I check my phone revealing the date and time, it reads 9:30 am Sunday, September 30th. OH MY GOD! It's our one year! I had been planning stuff out but with Dixie is the hospital I had momentarily forgotten.
        Hmm, a morning shower sounds nice to kick off our day. I get out of my bed and walk towards to my bathroom, I open the and close the door quietly as I'm welcomed by the sound of my girlfriend humming a song.
      I sneak into the shower behind her without her noticing and wrap my arms around her. She jumps in my arms.
       "Jesus Avani. Are you trying to give me a heart attack?" She jokes.
       "Good morning beautiful, happy one year Char." I plan a kiss on her cheek.
         "Already? God it feels like just last week we got together." She says turning around to face me with a huge smile plastered onto her face. She was beaming.
Flashback
       I was at the D'amelio house like usual while Dixie was at my place doing her thing. It had become a natural thing. Me and Dixie had become friends my freshman year and we had gotten close. She had become one of my best friends. Her, Noen, Amelie, and Anthony were my best friends. Like I said she  would hookup with girls at my place and I got to come here and hang out with Charli, her younger sister, my crush. Charli was so sweet and always tried to see the best in people. So basically the exact opposite of her sister. She was such and sweetheart and her laugh could light up my day. It was already a month into school and I had been spending a lot of time with Charli.
      "Hey Vani!" She says cheerfully breaking me from my thoughts.
       "Hey shorty!" I say messing up her hair.
      "You're literally and inch taller than me. Don't let that get to your head." She jokes.
        "Got that chief." I say and she giggles.
"Hey you wanna hang out in my room?" She asks.
"Sure." I give her a smile.
She jumps onto my back unexpectedly and I grab her making sure she doesn't fall.
"To my room!" Charli yells.
I walk up the stairs with her still on my back and walk into her room.  Once in the room she gets off of me.
     "You know, you and your sister have  exact opposite aesthetics."
     "You don't have to tell me, I know." She giggles.
     "That was literally the cutest thing ever." I think to myself.
       "Hey so you wanna watch a movie?" She asks, and I shake my head yes.
         She lays down on the bed and pats the spot next to her, i abide and lay down next to her. she starts searching through netflix trying to find something for us to watch.
         The thing is i've had a huge crush on charli basically since i met her, but she's straight. Her and her last boyfriend Chase just broke up a couple weeks ago. he was such an asshole to her, i mean he cheated on charli. how could someone ever do that to her? I just wish i could give her the love and attention she deserves, but i'll never be able to. 
          fuck you heterosexuality.
         "hey av, i think i found this show we might like. wanna watch?"
       "yeah, what's it called?" i ask.
        "it's called everything sucks. it looks like a good show." she responds.
4 hours later
       we're currently watching the 8th episode, and the main female character named kate turns out to be gay and has a crush on this girl who was a total bitch to her. they're cute but Emaline was such a bitch to Kate. well  emaline's boyfriend left her, and town as a whole right before they went on some kinda field trip which is where they currently are. the two are currently sitting in a hotel room talking, when one comes to sit on the others bed and they lay back and stare into each eyes.
         i don't know why but i get the courage to shift closer to Charli and wrap my arm around her waist. my brain complies and i wrap my arm around her, and to my surprise she does move away. she actually pushes closer to me and we just sat there in silence watching the show.
       "i think you're perfect." i say at the same time one of the characters by accident.
       charli pauses the show and looks to me, "you've watched this before?"
         "uh no, i haven't." i answer.
          "then how did you kn-" i cut her off.
        "i didn't. look charli, i think you're perfect. you're the most beautiful and the sweetest girl i've ever met, and i know that you're straight and this'll probably mess up everything but i really like you charli." i hold my breathe after the last part.
       "like you too avani. you're the reason i'm not with chase. yes he cheated on me but i also realized that i liked you and there wasn't anything there anymore. i realized that it was you."
       without further hesitation i grabbed her chin pulling her face closer to mine, by this point our lips were inches apart. i looked into charli's eyes and then back down at her lips and connecting them.
        truly the only way to describe the feelings was electric. she pulled back and stared at me.
        "you don't know how long i've wanted to do that for." i say.
2 weeks later
        it was september 30th and today i was gonna ask Charli to be my girlfriend. i didn't have much planned out but it was a friday and i was sleeping over. i had about an hour until i was going to her house, but i going "hang out" with dixie beforehand while charli was with gemma and madi. i walk out from my room with my bag and straight out to my car. my parents weren't home a lot. my siblings were just in a lot of things that required traveling almost 24/7. i drive to an near by flower shop and get out. i pushed the door open hearing the tiny bell ring as i walked in and started looking at flowers. i know red roses were cliché but i distinctly remember charli telling me that was her favorite type of flower. i walked until i found a bouquet of them. i quickly grabbed and purchased them before exiting the store. i got back into my car and drove to the nearest convenience store to go get a bunch of snacks. i  pulled into the driveway of the d'amelio residence and got out with like 15 minutes to get things set up. plus neither of the parents were there which was a godsend. i knew how her dad was from dixie, and i knew that charli was still closeted so this weekend it was just us with minor appearances from dixie, and we could do whatever. i opened the door and walked into her room. i took all the snacks out and started to set things up.
        i finished with about 5 minutes to spare so i turned off her lights again like they had been when i got here. a few minutes later i hear footsteps and the door opens. she sighs before turning the lights on, but once she does i see her walk up and look at everything better.
         i walk up from behind her and put my hands in front of her eyes.
         "guess who?" i chuckle.
           "hi." she simply says before turning around and giving me a kiss in which i happily return.
           we pull back and look straight into her eyes finally working up the courage to ask her out.
         "charli grace d'amelio, will you be my girlfriend?" i say automatically feeling anxious after.
        "of course bubba." she smile widely and pulls me into a gigantic hug.
      for the rest of the night we cuddled and watched movies.
end of flashback
        we step out is the shower and dry off going to find clothes for today. since my plans for today weren't exact i decided we should go to new york city for the day.
       "hey char, you wanna got to nyc?" i ask.
        "YES! i haven't been in a couple months and i love there." i laugh.
     "okay then, new york city here we come."
      the real reason the we're going to new york is so i can pick up and promise ring for charli, but since everything happened i didn't have time to pick it up i'll just have to go to it.
     i'm not complaining though, i love it there. i went there with charli for new years at the beginning of this year and it really was magical. i so hopelessly in love with this girl. i honestly don't know what i'd do without her.
       "i'm done changing!" she said to me excitedly.
        she was wearing a black crop top and jeans, and she looked PERFECT, but then again she was always perfect.
"there's one more thing you need to do." i say putting on some makeup.
"what's that?"
"neck." i say knowingly she'll understand.
"oh, yeah thanks for reminding me." she walks over to where i'm sitting and opens the tiny makeup cabinet she keeps here.
"so after we're done you wanna get dunkin and then head to the city?"
"was that even a question, duh."
"sorry ms. d'amelio i forget that your coffee addiction is that bad sometimes."
"well that's your problem ms. gregg." she laughs as so finishes doing her makeup and puts everything back in her drawer.
Charli's Pov
"ready to go?" i ask
"yeah, i'm just about done." she says while doing the final touches to her makeup.
"okay, i'm ready to go." she gives me a smile.
       she was dressed in jeans and her black "don't smile at me" long sleeve, we were kinda matching which was cute. we never did the whole "couple's matching" thing because we always dressed so differently, but right now we looked cute.
        "ready to go shorty?" she asked smirking.
        "shut up, i'm not short!" i whined.
        "mhm keep telling yourself that char." she walks out the room.
Avani's Pov
"are you coming or not?" i yell from downstairs.
"here!" she yells speeding down the stairs and crashing into me.
we fall backwards and both start laughing.
"well what are we waiting for?" she asks.
"absolutely nothing let's get going." i push myself off the ground and grab her hand.
i open the door and see and drink holder with dunkin in it, there's a note attached.
it reads, "happy one year to you losers, i had addison go pick up your drinks and drop them off there.
p.s you're welcome from the best sister/ sister in-law in the world- dixie"
"wow, she did something nice. that's new." charli laughs.
       "i'm just as shocked." i say walking to my car.
       i walk around and open the door for her, and shut it as she gets in the car. i get into the drivers seat and back out, while beginning our drive charli grabs the aux and starts playing random music. after she puts her phone down i extend my hand out to her and feel as she takes it in hers.
1 hour later
      we were in a parking garage and all we had to do at this point was take a train for like 10 minutes and then we'd be in new york city.
        "come on babe." she says yanking me out of the car.
        "looks like someone's excited for the city." i say shouting the car door and locking it.
       "of course i am, it's like my favorite place on earth." i swear she had sparkles in her eyes every time she spoke about this place.
        i think she might love nyc more than she loves me.
        i just smile and grab her hand as we walk to the subway station.
       once on the train we sat quietly for the short ride. upon the train stopping charli quickly bolted out of the locomotive and up the stairs to the city dragging me behind her.
       "jesus charli." i laughed at her excitement.
        " so what do you want to do?" i ask.
        "everything." she replies.
       "okay, how about we start by getting breakfast?"
         "sounds perfect." she says grabbing my hand.
we found this breakfast place not to far from us and ordered a simple breakfast and charli got more coffee, i swear this girl has a serious problem.
it then occurred to me that i hadn't even thought about how i was supposed to pickup the ring from the jeweler. how was i supposed to pick it up with out her getting suspicious about it. maybe we could go in for a "random" reason and then i could pick it up while she was looking around, i sighed. that might just have to be my plan. the only thing i had completely set for today was to go to times square tonight and give her the ring, i figured since it was her favorite place in the city that's i would do it there.
"earth to avani." she say snapping in my face.
"huh?"
"you were listening were you?" she giggles.
"sorry, i was just a bit distracted." i laugh.
"it's fine, i just said i'm ready to go whenever you are."
i quickly finished up my breakfast, paid and left.
"Bubba." she whines.
"yes princess?"
         "i wanna go shopping. can we go shopping?" she asks
        "i knew this question was gonna be asked soon or later. yes, we can go shopping."
        "yay!" she says before giving my a peck on the lips.
6 hours later
       we had been shopping most of the day and the sun was about to start setting. i still hadn't picked up the ring but we were finally in the area of the store.
      "hey char, let's go into the jewelry store i want to go look." i say and she nods.
       we walk into the store and start looking around, after a while she leaves me to go look at a separate section of the store. i take this time to finally walk up to the counter and speak to the person handling everything.
        "hello, my name is jesse. is there anything i can assist you with today?" he says politely.
       "actually yes, i'm here to pick up a ring under the last name gregg."
        "first name?" he asks.
          "avani." i answer.
          "ah yes, i'll have that up here in just a second."
       he walks behind a set of curtains and comes back a couple minutes later with a small box.
       "here you go ms. gregg, have a great night."
       "you too jesse." i say stuffing the box into my pocket and walking back over to charli who was looking at some necklaces.
       " ready to go?" i ask her.
       "yeah." she smiles as we walk out of the building.
        we made our way into time square just as the sun began to set. about 10 minutes later i figured it was time to give it to her. we were in the center of time square by now and the sun had  just gone under the horizon and all the lights were shining on her face. she looked so happy and i was so glad i could be that reason.
         "charli close you eyes. i have a surprise." i say.
         "avani whatever it is you don't have to, you've already done so much for me today."
        "come on just do it." i pout.
        "fine." she says closing her eyes.
          i fish around in my pockets trying to find the box, after a short struggle i triumphantly pulled the tiny square from my pocket. open the tiny box and look to her.
         "you can open your eyes now." she obeys and opens her eyes looking and me then the ring and then back to me.
         "charli grace d'amelio this past year with you has been the happiest year of my life and i wouldn't trade it for the world. you mean everything to me. i love the way you get that tiny sparkle in your eye when you get excited about something, and the way you always make sure that i'm okay, or the way you always have to be little spoon when we cuddle or else we won't cuddle at all. i love you so much more than words could ever explain and although we're way too young to be engaged and get married i promise to you with this ring that i will always be here for you and i promise to never let you down. i promise to keep making you the happiest girl in the world and i promise that some day i will make you my wife."
        "just call me future mrs.gregg" she says happily.
        she was crying at this point and i just stood up and hugged her.
        "this is the best day ever." she says still crying.
         "hey, stop crying you're too beautiful for that." i say wiping away her tears.
           suddenly she grabs both sides of my face and kisses me passionately.
         "i love you too, so are you gonna let me put the ring on your hand or?"
      "yes!" she say giving me her left hand.
       i slipped it onto her ring finger. she took out her phone and snapped a picture of her hand. we had been taking all types of photos all day i guess they were for instagram but i really didn't care.
        just as i speculated she opened insta and put all the photos from today together and captioned it "she liked it, so she put a ring on it;) (it's a promise ring chill out dixie)"  she tagged me in the photos and posted it.
       once done she interlocked our fingers and we started to walk again.
1 hour later
      it was about 9:45 and we needed to start heading home. i found the closest subway near us and we walked to it. after a while the train came, but there was only and couple seats available so i took one a she sat on my lap. after a while i heard her yawn and leans back against me.
         there was another stop and it looks like this guys and his daughter got on and took a seat across from us.
         a little while later i heard his daughter ask him, "what are those two girl doing?" she was pretty young, i guess she hadn't really seen a lot of same sex couples.
        "well sweetheart it looks like they're just a normal couple, and the girl with her eyes closed was tired so she fell asleep on her girlfriend." the dad explained.
         "two girls can date? that's so cool." she said to her father.
         "yes sweetheart, love can come in all different forms between all different types of people. you see the way the one with the curly hair looks at the other one," he says and his daughter nods. "that's the way i look at your mommy, they're in love, and one day you're gonna fall in love with someone. and as long as you're happy no one's opinions should matter." he says smiling to his daughter and giving her and hug.
        she giggles and then turns to me, "hey lady."
        "yes?" i respond back.
        "you and your girlfriend are really cute together, i hope one day i can be as happy as you two or as happy as my mom and dad." she smiles.
       "don't worry, one day you'll find someone who makes you this happy one day." i said to her
      i then turned to the dad and said, "you and your wife are raising an amazing daughter."
     "my best friend's gay, so i always made it a point to educate my daughter and others to let them know that it's normal. and congrats on," he stops his sentence and looks questionably at the ring.
       "oh it's a promise ring, i actually just gave it to her." i smile.
       "ah congrats, you two are a very beautiful couple, now if you'll excuse us this is me and my daughter's stop. it was nice talking to you, have a great night." she says grabbing he's daughter's hand and flashing us a smile.
       "you too sir!" i smile back
a couple stops later
       it's our stop but charli refuses to wake up. i laugh and carry her bridal style out of the train and all the way to the car before setting her down in the passenger seat.
1 hour later
      i pull up in my driveway and carry her in the house, up the steps, and to my room. i set her down on the bed and shake her a little and see as she starts to open her eyes.
       "hey char, we're home go get changed for bed and then we can go to sleep." she sleepily nods and walks to the bathroom to change.
      a couple minutes later we're both in bed and cuddled up. i already hear her soft snores.
         "what a perfect way, to end and perfect day." i say to no one in particular before drifting off to sleep.
word count: 3721
       so anyways i wrote a chavani chapter, i actually really like writing this it just gave me a small break. but anyways stan the random guy and his daughter on the train. i apologize for any grammatical errors.

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