charlotte. (charlott) wrote in paddedrooms,
@ 2012-11-28 23:34:00

Charlotte usually went wherever Elodie did. Her cousin was older than her, and spent a lot of time at their house, so it made sense. Plus, Elodie was older and even if she liked weird things and was a bit violent, Charlotte still liked her. She was cool. Today, she was over at Xavier's house playing with her stuffed unicorn while Elodie and Xavier played with their dolls.

Charlotte glanced at the other boy in the room, who she'd met a couple times but was too shy to talk to, and watched him chew on his sheep for a bit before she crawled over to him. "Hi," she said, sitting next to him. "I have a unicorn."

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	bru 2012-12-02 04:47 am UTC (link)
	Bruno had barely noticed his door open. He was too focused on getting Scorpius off. But, he did hear her squeak. He turned quickly to look at her and then groaned in disappointment. He rolled Scorpius to the side so she couldn't see him, then told him to wait. He walked up to Charlotte and led her out of his room. "You've got to text or something." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	charlott 2012-12-02 04:52 am UTC (link)
	"I didn't... I didn't think you'd be..." Charlotte looked up at Bruno, feeling shocked. He'd only ever told her about... Well, after the first girl he'd never really gone into specifics, but she'd assumed. "Bruno, are you gay?" she asked. "Is that... I mean, you're my best friend. It would be okay if you were." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bru 2012-12-02 05:04 am UTC (link)
	"Gay? Do I look gay?" Bruno asked with a frown as he looked back down at her. He shook his head and sighed. "I like both. I'm not bi. I'm just... I don't know. I go with whatever." He touched her hair. "Scorpius got his heart broke. I was helping him feel better. I told you I was hanging out with him today." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	charlott 2012-12-02 05:17 am UTC (link)
	Helping him feel better? Charlotte glanced at the closed door to Bruno's room. Probably Scorpius did feel better, judging by... the sounds... but Bruno should be... This should be different. Charlotte glanced up at Bruno, feeling inexplicably hurt. "Sorry," she said. "I should go. I didn't... I didn't mean to interrupt." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bru 2012-12-02 06:38 am UTC (link)
	"Char." Bruno grabbed her arm and sighed. "We've got to stop whatever this is between us. You make me feel guilty about who I am. Because I changed in the almost year that you were gone. Did you think that we wouldn't change? It was almost a year." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

charlott
2012-12-02 06:46 am UTC (link)

Charlotte looked up at Bruno. He was her best friend. She could sleep with his stuffed toy and wear his shirts to bed all she wanted, but to Bruno she was just a friend. "I haven't changed," she said quietly, looking down at her hands. "Maybe I look a little different, but I haven't..." She shook her head. "You're right. I'm sorry. I'm being stupid. I'll text before I come over from now on. I should let you... go back."

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bru
2012-12-02 06:51 am UTC (link)

Bruno grumbled and looked back at her. "I haven't... I haven't changed that much." He told her. "But... I was so.. My entire life was you, Charlotte. Everything. You were my everything and you still kind of are."

He looked her over. "You broke my heart when you left. I didn't do anything for months after you were gone. I just moped around. My friends had to force me to get drunk and go out. That's the only reason I stopped thinking about you obsessively. And even then, and even now, you're still all I think about."

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charlott
2012-12-02 06:57 am UTC (link)

"I didn't want to leave," Charlotte reminded Bruno, looking up at him and frowning a little. "You were my life too. I hated being apart from you. I slept with Persephone every night after you sent her to me, but I didn't -- didn't start sleeping with people."

She felt like Bruno was telling her the way he'd changed was her fault. Bruno was just... confusing. Everything he was saying. Charlotte couldn't tell if he liked her or not anymore. She just wanted to go back when things made sense. "I just miss the way everything was before. I miss you."

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bru
2012-12-02 07:01 am UTC (link)

This was so complicated. Bruno didn't know what he could say or do to make her stop looking at him like that. He grabbed her and wrapped his arms around her, pulling her close to his chest. Squishing her against him.

"I love you." Bruno whispered against her neck, then felt himself start to cry. He'd missed her too. But, he didn't know if things could go back to the way they were before.

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charlott
2012-12-02 07:08 am UTC (link)

Charlotte pressed her face against Bruno's shoulder, holding on to him tightly and starting to cry too. She hated this even worse than being away from him. "I love you too," she said quietly. "I'm sorry."

She closed her eye, turning her head into Bruno's neck. "I just need to get used to the way things are now," Charlotte promised. "Once I do, things will be good again. We'll be good again."

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bru
2012-12-02 07:21 am UTC (link)

Charlotte had been home for a few weeks and Bruno was still trying to work out how to spend all his time with Charlotte and still see other girls. It wasn't working out so well. Usually, by the time he was snogging someone, Charlotte was calling him.

He hadn't had sex in two weeks and it was grating at him. He glanced at his phone and sighed, packing up. He drove to his house and stepped into his room. "You rang?"

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