Charlie's Story. (Book Two Of 1D Fanfic) COMPLETED

Chapter Twenty Two

The next morning, I got to sleep in.  I was honestly very shocked, because I didn’t get to sleep in very much anymore.  As I went downstairs, I heard Ryan scream, ‘She’s up’.  Deciding to ignore that, I continued to go down until He came running around the corner with a huge smile on his face and engulfed me in a hug.  “Happy Birthday!”  I furrowed my eyebrows as Drake came around the corner.  “Ryan, it’s not my birthday.”  He smiled, nodding.  “Yeah, it is!”  I pulled out my phone for confirmation, and sure enough, it read August 21st.  “Oh my gosh, I can’t believe it’s already my birthday!  I guess I’ve just been so busy with everything, I didn’t even realize it.”  I was let out of Ryan’s grasp, just in time for Drake to wrap his arms around me.  I refused for a minute before loosely wrapping an arm around him too.  He pulled away, trying to hide the smile that was evident on his face, but I didn’t let it get to me.  Ryan pulled me around the corner to a cupcake that had a candle in the top of it.  He lit it, and held it up for me to take.  “Make a wish, and make it a good one.”  I closed my eyes, and thought for a split second.  I wish everything would go back to normal, no more drama, or crazy grandpas.  I want to live my life again.  I opened my eyes, and blew out the candle before taking it out and licking the icing off.  The cupcake was good, especially for store-bought.  “So, you have about an hour until you have to leave, you need to go get ready.”  I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion, and looked over at Drake who had a cheeky grin spread across his face.  “Until I have to leave for what?”  They simultaneously shrugged, and Ryan ushered me upstairs to get ready.  I sighed, knowing they were probably up to no good, and went to take a shower.  About 45 minutes later, my hair was dried and straightened, I had a little makeup on, and now I was deciding what to wear.  I picked out some black jeans, a denim top, and some brown boots.  I wasn’t sure how dressed up to get, so I did the minimum.  After I got dressed, I went downstairs to meet Ryan.  “Ready to go, m’lady?”  I laughed, and hooked my arm with his.  When we got in the car, I realized Drake wasn’t with us.  “Is Drake not coming?”  He shook his head.  “He’s meeting us there.”  I replied with a nod.  I was getting extremely antsy trying to figure out where we were going, but came up with nothing...until I saw a huge red hot air balloon out in a field in front of us.  “No. Way.”  Ryan nodded, smiling.  I started getting out, but then realized that he wasn’t, so I shot him a questioning glance.  “Drake wanted to surprise you, just give him a chance.”  I finally understood, Drake and I were going up alone.  I looked back over at the balloon and saw him leaning up against it, so I nodded nervously at Ryan.  “Thanks, Ry.”  I shut the door, and began the short journey over to the balloon.  He greeted me with a small smile, and helped me into the balloon before climbing in himself.  “You can fly a balloon?”  I asked skeptically.  He nodded, untying us from the ground.  “I know some people.”  I wish I could just freeze this moment right now, because it feels like we went back in time to when everything was going alright.  The first time Drake pulled down on the thing to let the fire out, I kind of flinched away from the harsh heat.  I had only been in a hot air balloon once when I was five or six, but I didn’t remember much of it.  I enjoyed the view, trying not to stare at Drake’s biceps when he pulled the bar down.  Once we got up to the perfect height, he let go of the bar and came to stand beside me.  “It’s beautiful, isn’t it?”  I said admiring the view.  “Yeah, it’s not the only thing.”  I blushed slightly, and continued to look at the fields below us.  “Charlie, I wanted to bring you up here to talk.  I figured this way you couldn’t run away.”  He said with a small laugh at the end.  I looked up at him for the first time since we got on, and waited for his speech.  “Charlie, I don’t know if you know this, but I’ve always been the ‘player’ type.”  I nodded, letting him finish.  “Well, then I met you.  You completely changed me.  I no longer looked at other girls because I loved you.  And that’s what scared me.  It took me no time at all to realize that I was in love with you, and I wanted to spend the rest of forever with you.  I was scared because I’d never been in love before, and I actually liked it.  Then the day that Chloe came, I had been thinking a lot about how I’d changed, and thought that if I could just kiss another girl, I’d go back to the way I was.  It was an incredibly stupid thing that I did, and although I would love to call you mine again, I understand if you can’t come back to me.”  We stood there for the longest time, just staring at each other.  I studied his face, looking for any sign of him lying.  He looked truly sorry, and it made my heart melt into a little puddle.  I knew he regretted what he’d done, and I surprised myself by throwing my arms around him.  He immediately responded by wrapping his arms back around me like I was going to perish at any moment.  I pulled away to look at him, happier this time.  “You really hurt me, and I already have trust issues, but for some reason I feel like I can trust you.  Do you promise never to leave me again?”  He nodded vigorously with a stupidly huge smile on his face.  “I know I screwed up big time, but I love you more than anything in the world, Charlie.”  I smiled slightly, loving those words coming from him.  “I love you too, Drake.”  I stood up on my tippy toes and pressed a soft kiss on his lips, letting him know that he was fully forgiven.  Drake wrapped the arm that wasn’t controlling the fire around my waist from behind, and that’s how the rest of the trip was spent.

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