Lucky Me

Not Quite There

Lucy's POV

"you really like him don't you" I smiled at Charlie- after she remained uncharacteristically tight lipped when I asked her about her night with Sebastian. But she shrugged- still not fooling me. "I do, God you know I do" she rolled her eyes which made me giggle, "but- I dunno..." she sighed, "it's fun and all... I mean, it's everything and more- but that's all it is right now. But I'm good with that" she assured me. I narrowed my eyes at her as I studied her face, but she was being honest. "he wants to come fly out one time with Chris and come see us both. Take me out ya know, but, I just don't see that for us. Not any time soon anyway." She added. "and it's fun letting Seb try and convince me otherwise" she added with a smirk. "you wretch" I laughed loudly, who wouldn't want Sebastian Stan chasing after them? 

"enough about me anyway" she said shaking her head, turning in her plane seat to face me a little more. "how does a girl go from being made to attend a Comic Con, and then running out of said Comic Con to then running into the bed of a red hot actor?" she quizzed with a raised brow. I rolled my eyes at her and chewed on the inside of my cheek. "he can be very persuasive" I said trying to keep a straight face. "I'll say..." Charlie laughed, making me break out into a girlish giggle. "things clearly went well?" she asked, giving me a light nudge and my cheeks burst into flames, or at least it felt that way. "we talked..." I nodded, looking down at my lap as my mind replayed last night in a hazy flashback. "told me how he felt. Literally told me he got with Jenny to try and get over me" I looked up at Charlie after she gasped so over dramatically. "no waay!!" she stared back at me with wide eyes. "he admitted how shitty that was of him an-" but then I stopped dead. "what?" Charlie asked, mirroring my alarmed expression. "it was him" I blurted out. "him what?" 

"it was Chris who donated all of that money" I couldn't actually believe that I had forgotten to tell her sooner. "what? For Groot?" she questioned and I nodded my head frantically. "woah" she sighed. "I mean, I know I had my suspicions, but I wasn't actually sure that he would have done that. Makes sense though" she thought aloud. "Did he give a reason why he did it?" and I smiled, "he said that he wanted to do something for me that mattered even if I didn't know it was from him" I knew what her reaction was going to be before I'd even finished my sentence. Her lip pouted and her eyebrows rose up, "it was because of him that you got to keep Groot" she cooed and I could feel the tears welling up in my eyes. "I know!" I practically whined. "If we didn't have that money I was going to find it so hard to keep the funds up to keep Groot's enclosure." I sighed, still the relief was still quite fresh- not a day went by that I wasn't thankful for that donation. And now I knew the exact person I needed to thank. "he totally is a Prince Charming" Charlie giggled. That's when I froze again, "what now?" She asked in an amused tone. "he told me he wanted to take me to the Oscars." I stated. "WHAT?! Holy mother of GOD!" she practically yelled. I covered my face at her outburst. "he told you that?!" she hissed in a whisper and I nodded. "he had a dress picked out for me and everything" I explain. "fuucckkk" Charlie sighed, flopping back into her seat. I bit back a giggle and sat back in my seat too as we stared at the seats in front. "imagine the people you'd meet" she sighed beside me. "the after parties...the goodie bags..." she said in almost a daze. "Babe, you just might have found your way onto the A list."

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Chris' POV

"Good Morning Sunshine!" an unexpected voice greeted me as I stepped into the awaiting car. I looked up and grinned when I saw the beaming smile of RDJ in the back of the car. "what are you doin' back here with the likes of us?" I laughed, taking my seat opposite him. "well, I wanted to know why the two of you-" he said pointing between me and Seb, "decided to bail on the rest of us last night for our obligatory drinks in the usual Diego bar we frequent annually." he continued before lowering his glasses. "but then a little birdie told me that 'the one that got away' was here this weekend." he smirked, "and uh, you happened to bump into her" he added, "if that's what you want to call it" Sebastian sniggered beside me. I shot him a glare before addressing Rob once again, "she did happen to be here this weekend" I said, trying to hold back my smile. I glanced down at my feet a little, choosing my next words carefully, but I didn't need to, "you both okay?" he asked me. My eyes rose to meet his, but the look he gave me was only of concern. My lips met in a muted smile as I nodded. "we both admitted we had been stupid." I explained, feeling my face flush a little. "Love brings out that side in all of us" eh replied, "aha...I don't think I'm quite there, yet" I pulled a face awkwardly. But Downey quirked a brow at me, "are you sure?"