Late Night Adventures

Where the hell am I?

I look around only to notice that I'm ducked behind a dumpster in an alley way.

What am I doing here?

I cautiously peek around the dumpster and gape at what I see.

Charlotte is dressed in all black while shooting a gun at multiple gunned men.

What the hell?

I see a buff man, in all black, sneaking up behind her with his gun pointed at her head.

Shit.

"Charlotte, behind you" I shout as I stand up from my crouched position and run towards her

She turns towards me and looks at me with wide eyes as she lowers her gun.

"Aspen, What the fuck are you doing here?" She scolds me but before she could say anything else the sound of a gun being shot echoed throughout the alleyway

It happen too fast.

Charlotte dropped to the ground as she let go of her gun and tightly held her shoulder.

I quickly ran to her before dropping beside her and helping her to apply pressure onto her wound.

"Oh my gosh" I whisper horrified as she groans in discomfort and looks at me

"I told you not to follow me" She says in an emotionless voice

Really?!

She just got shot but she's continuing to be a bitch.

"Yeah, like I would listen to you when you're acting sketchy" I say with a sarcastic tone as I roll my eyes

"Well, Well, Well" I hear someone ask from behind us which causes Charlotte's eyes to widen as she becomes tense

"Looks like the both of you are still inseparable," I hear which causes me to make a confused face

"Too bad you'll be dead soon" the voice says

I barely get to turn around before I'm hit in the head by something cold and hard.

I quickly jolt awake covered in sweat as I pant for air. I kick my blanket off of me as I continue to stare up at my ceiling.

It was just a bad dream.

Charlotte is not dangerous nor is she involved with anything dangerous.

But why did that dream feel so real?!

I look at my clock and see that it's four in the morning. I look at the other side of my bed only to notice that it's empty.

Where's Charlotte?!

I quickly jump out of bed and throw on a flannel before running out of my room.

The hallway was empty.

I run downstairs and peek into the kitchen only to be met with darkness. I look in the living room and see the wonderful Christmas tree but no Charlotte.

I open the back door and let out a breath of relief when I see her laying in the grass while staring up at the stars.

I close the door behind me before I walk down the deck steps and out into the grass.

I quietly sit beside her as I notice the beer bottle in her hand.

Why is she out here?!

"The stars are pretty at this time of night" she states as if she heard my internal question

"How long have you been out here?" I ask her as I look up at the stars

"Since two in the morning" she states like it's nothing

Why has she been out here for two hours?

"Charlotte you're barely covered out here" I say as I look down at her choice of clothing

She has on a grey t-shirt with a pair of black leggings.

She laughs as she slowly eyes my body with dark green eyes.

I'm wearing a thin white spaghetti strap, which my nipples are poking through, and a pair of black shorts that stop below my butt.

She bites her lip as she eyes my chest before she turns away and takes a long sip of her drink.

Did she just-?

No, obviously not.

Gosh, now I'm imagining things.

"Says the one wearing little to no clothes" she says with a small laugh which causes me to hit her shoulder as I roll my eyes

I wrap my flannel tighter around me as she sits up and wraps her arms around me. I lean into her which causes my body to be immediately covered in warmth.

"You know what would be really nice right now?" I ask her

"Mr. Carello's cheese pizza?" She questions which causes me to laugh lightly as I look up at her

"How'd you know?" I ask which causes her to look down at me with a smile

"Just a lucky guess" she says with a shrug before she stands up and holds out her hand for me to grab

"Where are we going?" I ask in confusion as I grab her hand and pull myself up

"Do you trust me?" She asks with a serious look which causes me to stare at her with an incredulous expression

"Of course I do" I say which causes her to smile as she releases a breath of relief

Did she think I was going to say no?

Does she think that I don't trust her?

She laces our fingers together before she leads us back into the house.

As we walk through the door I'm hit with heat which causes me to sigh in content since I was freezing out there.

Maybe I should've put on more clothes.

She leads me towards the dining room. When we enter the dining room my breath gets caught in my throat as I look around.

The glass table that sat in the middle is gone and has been replaced with a bunch of blankets and pillows. There's a pizza box with Mr. Carello's logo on it, a box of cookies, and two bottles of sprite. There's a projection of the movie "How the grinch stole Christmas" on the wall.

My favorite food and my favorite movie.

"Oh my god, you didn't" I ask in shock as I carefully step into the room and examine it from roof to floor

"I did" she says which causes me to turn around only to see her watching me with a smile on her face

"You didn't have to do this" I say as I watch her slowly walk to me before she wraps her arms around me for a hug which I immediately return

"I wanted to do this. Plus, I won't see you tomorrow so I want to make the most of the couple of hours that we have" she says with a sad tone which causes me to pout as I pull away and look up at her

"You said you weren't leaving until after school" I say as she frowns and looks away from me

"Change of plans. They need me to be there around twelve" she says which causes me to completely pull away from her

What did she just say?!

"They? Twelve? Elaborate please" I say as I cross my arms since I'm still freezing

"I can't tell you" she says which causes me to reach up and rub my temples

If she tells me that phrase one more time, I might lose it.

"Okay" I say with an emotionless tone as I go to sit down underneath the blanket

"Okay?" She asks in confusion which causes me to roll my eyes as I respond

"Okay" In confirmation

She looks at me with a cautious look as I calmly slide under the blanket and lay on my back.

"Are you going to stand there or join me?" I ask her with a raised eyebrow which causes her to still look at me cautiously as she sits down beside me

"Are you sure you're okay with this?" She asks as she sees me opening the box of pizza

"If I wasn't okay with it then I wouldn't be sitting right here with you" I say before I take a bite of the, still warm, cheese pizza

"Aspen, If I could cancel I-" she starts to say before I cut her off by placing my hand over her mouth

"I'm fine, really" I say with a small smile so that she'll stop worrying

She nods as I move my hand away from her mouth. I breathe out a breath of relief before I grab the remote and start the movie.

-

Charlotte and I woke up an hour late for school which caused a frustrated Carolina to yell at us.

When Charlotte and I finally arrived at school we were surprised to see that there was a pep rally happening.

Who has a pep rally at nine in the morning?!

We quickly check ourselves in before we walk towards the gym.

"I have something way more interesting that we can be doing" Charlotte says which causes me to roll my eyes at her

"Chill, you still have a cast for one more week" I say matter of factly as she groans

"Don't remind me" She says as I laugh

-

"Did you like the pep rally?" A random cheerleader asks me as I stand up to leave the gym

She's been staring at me the whole time. If I'm being honest it's creeping me out.

"Yeah" I lied

I didn't hate the pep rally but the cheers and dances were too repetitive in my opinion. Maybe our school needs new material.

"Great," She says with a bright smile as her brown ponytail swings freely

"We worked really hard on it" she says which causes me to smile before we're interrupted by, guess who?

If you guessed Maddie then you're absolutely correct.

"Bri, why are you talking to her?" Maddie asks as she stops beside the cheerleader

Oh, so her name is Bri.

"Can I not talk to Charlotte's girlfriend?" Bri asks Maddie with an eye roll which causes me to roll my eyes

Why do people keep assuming that we're dating?!

We look nothing like a couple!

"I have a name" I state with an annoyed tone

"Stay out of this, Aspen" Maddie says with an acidic tone which makes me roll my eyes at her in annoyance

I walk away from them and out of the gym only to be grabbed by the wrist and pulled into a janitors closet.

Before I can defend myself I hear Charlotte's voice which causes me to relax.

"Why did you pull me into a janitors closet?" I ask as she flips the light switch on which causes me to be blinded for a couple of seconds as my eyes start to water

"I have to leave, but I wanted to see you before I did" she says which causes a pain to erupt from my heart

Ouch.

"You said you weren't leaving until twelve" I say with an emotionless tone since I'm tired of her changing the time

"It's urgent, I'm sorry" she replies which causes me to roll my eyes

"Bye, have fun" I say as I go to walk out of the room only to get stopped by her body blocking my path. I look up at her face and see her sporting a confused facial expression.

"I don't know why you're mad" she says which causes me to reach up and fix my messy bun so that I have something else to focus on

"I'm not mad" I say with an even tone which causes her to give me a 'really?' look

"Go, we'll talk when you get back" I say which causes her to stiffly nod before she opens the door for me

I walk out of the closet with Charlotte trailing behind. A couple of seconds later Charlotte laughs at me which causes me to give her a confused look.

"What's so funny?" I ask as we stop in the middle of the empty hallway

"Technically you just came out of the closet" she says which causes my cheeks to redden as I think about what she's saying

"So did you, the only difference is that I'm straight" I say with a smirk which causes her to stare at me with a smile

"So is spaghetti until it's wet" she says with a wink which causes me to avert my attention away from her as I feel a tingling sensation between my legs

Oh my fucking god.

How am I turned on?!

Why am I turned on?!

What am I going to do?!