Him and Her 

Chapter 1 (Charlie)

Sometimes I wish I had never met her that night in the rain when she was upset and crying. I mean who wouldn’t be upset when their fiancée had just died, and at the time it seemed the right thing to do I didn’t want her roaming the streets on London all alone at night especially the state she was in you should have saw her all dressed in black make-up smudged her hair messed and into her head with the rain and the tears running down her face, she wasn’t looking where she was going she just ran straight into me.

"Sorry." I said trying to help her up, but she didn’t seem to be bothered of the fact she was lying on the ground at my feet sobbing her heart out, so I kneeled down to help her at the time I didn’t know what was wrong with her or why she was in that state to me she seemed like some girl who had been dumped and took it really badly but I was so wrong, "who are you?" She questioned me through her sobs I didn’t really know what to say but I told her my name anyway, "my names Charlie." I didn’t really want to ask her what she was because I was afraid she might snap, "Hey I’m Laura." She sobbed again I didn’t want to leave her there on her own and my food was getting cold, "hey Laura listen its kinda cold out here and I’m not being rude or anything but do you want to come to mine its only five minutes away I don’t want to leave you here on your own considering the state you’re in." I sighed with relief after I said it and she just nodded so I helped her up off the pavement and into my car the few minute journey was silent but it seemed to take forever by the time I got to mine Laura had fallen asleep and I definitely wasn’t going to leave her in my car alone simply because I didn’t know who she was or what she did except from her name, so I had no other option to carry her into my house, when I got in I set her on the couch and got her a blanket and put it over her I went out to the kitchen to get my plate and when I came back she was awake again looking round her but blinking because of the brightness of the light. I reluctantly sat down beside her as I didn’t want to frighten her and I was pretty nervous myself having a complete stranger in my home wasn’t something I did every day. "So do you want to talk about it or you can go and have a shower or dry off or whatever you want to do or you can go to sleep." She smiled a fake smile and got off and headed towards my bathroom she emerged about forty minutes later looking completely different from what she did when I first picked her off the streets, her hair was long and blonde and sat perfectly round her face she had the most beautiful brown eyes but they looked like they had lost their sparkle she sat down beside me again, "thanks," she whispered then she fell asleep on my shoulder, I eventually got up and put a blanket around her and went to my bed although I didn’t sleep to well that night I worried too much about the strange girl on my couch and what had caused her to be so upset.

Chapter 2 (Laura)

When I look back on the past few months I’m so thankful to of had Charlie through it all although I’ve not always treated him the way is should have but he understands. I’m so glad he was there that night when he found me crying in the middle of the night and no where to go, I’m so glad he took me home that night.

I hadn’t been looking where I was going being the stupid person that I was then I walked into Charlie and almost sent him flying but he apologised even though it wasn’t his fault it was mine entirely but I wasn’t in the mood to talk about who’s fault it was I had just buried my fiancée that day and I couldn’t face going back to the house we shared because it brought back to many memories and I wasn’t ready to face it alone so after the funeral I just walked and walked and hadn’t stopped crying, Charlie offered to take me to his house as I had no where to go I agreed so I got into his car which was lovely and warm compared to the streets anywhere would have been warm, we drove to his flat which wasn’t that far away but before we got there I must have fallen asleep because the next thing I knew I was in a strange house which assumed much have been Charlie’s he came in out of his kitchen with a plate which contained his food, he asked me if I wanted anything a bath shower or whatever I took a shower I needed to clean myself up I probably looked a right state so I walked into his bathroom it had the loveliest smell of after shave it reminded me of Jack my fiancée tears pricked my eyes but I wasn’t going to let me cry I had to be strong so I just went and had my shower I came out and brushed my hair and Charlie have me one of his shirts I was very thankful to him for everything he was doing for me I didn’t really want to talk to him about why I was this way because I was so tired and I didn’t want to upset myself all over again although Charlie seemed like a very understanding and caring loveable person I just wasn’t ready to pour my heart out to him, instead I just fell asleep.

Chapter 3 (Charlie)

The next morning I awoke earlier than usual probably because this girl was in my house and I was afraid she had ran off with my television or something I got up it was 6:30am way to early for me but I just had to check that everything was alright I crept quietly into my living room not wanting to wake her incase she was asleep I looked around and she wasn’t there oh well she hasn’t taken anything I thought so I’ll just go and have some breakfast I walked into the kitchen stretching and yawning when she scared me half to death, "sleep well?" She said with another of her fake but cute smiles, "yea I didn’t know you were there you almost scared my half to death there."

"Her eyes lowered again and she began to cry I had obviously said something wrong there then I went over my phrase in my head and when I said half to death that’s when she started crying I called myself a stupid dick in my head over and over again I went and sat down beside her and put my arm around her trying to comfort her whatever way I could. "Sorry." I muttered again I was saying a lot of sorries lately she dried her eyes, "you weren’t to know don’t be sorry about it it’s not your fault I should have told you about Jack." I felt so bad I just nodded I couldn’t believe I had been so stupid to think I thought she was a hooker a thief a streetwalker and actually she was just upset because some guy Jack had died at the time I didn’t realise she was hiss fiancé. "So do you want to tell me now?" I answered her trying to sound comforting to her she slightly nodded and began to tell me about Jack she explained that they had been best mates they’re whole life ever since Laura had fallen at her first day at school and he helped her their friendship started from there and continued to grow as they got older when they were fourteen they started dating each other because they had enough of relationships with other people and found out that they were very well suited or so they were told Jack had proposed to her finally and she accepted both unknown to the fact that when out celebrating something awful happened Jack was in a bar with all his mates and it was coming closing time and well as you know they were so pissed that they didn’t order a taxi and when you’re drunk you don’t admit it and you say you’re fine and you can drive and of course Jack was one of these people so his friends let him drive home of course as it was quite late at night Jack wasn’t the brightest of people and fell asleep at the wheel causing a huge truck to drive into him head on because he had travelled onto the other side of the road he died instantly which meant Laura didn’t have the chance to say good bye to him properly which left her heartbroken she went to the funeral but she couldn’t face being there any longer than five minutes so she ran out in the middle of it and had been walking around London crying her eyes out. After Laura told me I felt so bad about what I used to think of her I didn’t know what to do because I hadn’t much experience with that kinda stuff so I just put his arm round her and told her everything would be alright, I sat beside her hugging her for ages when he herd the key turn in the door, and, "Hey Charlie how you been I’ve missed you so much and who’s this girl in your shirt?" I looked at Louise for a minute she said she wouldn’t be down until next weekend, "Or right Louise hunny this is kinda a bad time right now as you can see I swear I’m not seeing her though it’s just Laura has had well a person very close to her die and she really needs a friend right now."

"Ok sure then I’ll stick around then if you don’t mind."

"No. I mean don’t you have college or something to do." She looked at me and i nodded as if to say please, so she said "Oh yea." And got up and left. 

Chapter 4 (Laura)

I was up first that morning and I was sat in the kitchen just looking out the window I still love sitting there looking out the window because of all the cars passing and the way the sun shines though on a hot morning. It was quite early around six I would say and Charlie got up, he walked through the door stretching, I tried to be polite and said good morning to him but he must have forgotten I was there and I scared him, well half to death as he said this statement obviously upset me, however Charlie didn’t know but I saw him biting his lip something he always does when he thinks and then I think he worked it out. I decided to explain to him about me and Jack he was really sympathetic he just hugged me the whole time obviously not knowing what else to do but I was so glad he was there for me I couldn’t talk to anyone else about this because well I didn’t trust them and for some reason I felt like I could trust Charlie from the minute I laid eyes on him and it was strange because it took weeks for people to gain my trust even Jack when we started dating, I just thought it was some thing about being so delicate and trustworthy when someone dies, but I was so wrong. After I poured my heart out to Charlie we just sat there in silence him hugging me and it felt like Jack was there hugging me as he always was from when I got up in the morning until we went to bed at night we must have sat there for hours in silence, then we herd a noise I was startled because I didn’t know who it was and Charlie didn’t seem to sure either, then a young woman walked in a really nice girl she was Louise that was her name Charlie’s girlfriend he wasn’t expecting her and nor was she expecting the welcome she got walking in me and Charlie hugging each other not exactly something you want to see your boyfriend doing but she just smiled I could tell she wasn’t happy because of the way she smiled a bit like the way I was smiling at the funeral to everyone to show I was strong I don’t think it worked anyway but Charlie told her that it wasn’t what she thought and he was really nice about it he said I had lost someone really close to me and that I needed a friend right now, although Louise wanted to stay but Charlie persuaded her to leave I don’t think she really liked me after that if even at all but I didn’t really care I didn’t have many friends that were girls because girls bitch about things I got on better with the guys as I was an only child I only really had to depend on older cousins but most of my cousins were boys which wasn’t too bad and then Jack came along and it just was great my whole life turned right on my first day of school, I had fallen and he came to help me he was so sweet and everything, then when we were fourteen we started dating finally we got engaged at the young age of eighteen then he died doesn’t sound too tragic but my life now felt like hell but what I didn’t know was that Charlie could change everything and he was going to change my whole life in a good way.

Chapter 5 (Charlie)

After Louise left my house that evening, she wasn’t too pleased with the fact I was hugging Laura but I didn’t really care because I was beginning to realise that a long distance relationship wasn’t going to work out I never saw Louise and when I did I didn’t really want to be around her it was as if she had changed over the past times when I had saw her anyway I had begun to feel more than just friendship between me and Laura and I wasn’t sure if it was just sympathy or what but I was determined to find out but I thought to leave it for a while because she was so upset about Jack. We decided to watch a movie but I hadn’t really got anything worth watching except from horror movies and well I didn’t think that it would be appropriate so we just flicked through the channels and found a teen movie on Bring it on I think it was kinda good cause of the fit girls in it but I was more interested in Laura I still had to find out what I was feeling and I knew it wasn’t just friendship after the film had finished Laura had fallen asleep and was leaning on me her hair was over her face so I brushed it back and she stirred I picked her up and put her in my bed and I went to sleep on the couch. I managed to have a good nights sleep that night because I knew a bit more about Laura and why she was alone in the world but I still woke up early the next morning knowing Lara was asleep in my bed I had to go into my room and get my clothes I mean I couldn’t walk about in wrinkled clothes I had slept in, so I opened the door quietly the room was dark and I could see Laura was still asleep in my bed and I could hear her breathing so softly. I got my clothes and I decided to get changed in my room it wasn’t like I had to leave just because a girl was in my bed anyway she was asleep so she wouldn’t know and the other rooms were too cold but Laura had the radiator in my room on well its never off in my room anyway so I began to get changed during me changing Laura woke up she sat up in the bed I didn’t hear her because I was singing, "Oh my God Charlie I’m so sorry." She stuttered but I noticed she never took her eyes off me the whole time I just laughed I mean what else was I to do I didn’t really mind that she was looking at me the way she was, "it’s ok it doesn’t matter." I told her she just blushed I loved it when she did that she got up herself and walked out of the room obviously going to the bathroom as I herd her lock the door when she came out again I was changed and eating breakfast I was standing at the side when she walked in I quickly swallowed what I was eating and walked over and sat at the table next to her, "Charlie I’m really grateful for you letting me stay and everything but I have to go back sometime ya know face people go to the house I know it won’t be the same on my own all the time but I want you to come over as much as possible because we’ve become really good friends the past few days and I’m sure you want your space too after all you have a girlfriend to think about." I smiled and nodded I told her that she could stay as long as she needed just to get back on her feet before she faced going back to an empty house where she had no one to look after her any more but she was definite about her answer so I suggested that I go back with her just let her get used to it for a while and she agreed. That day Louise had phoned me several times asking me to meet her but I told her I had other plans she assumed it involved Laura so she eventually stopped calling, we left my flat around three and headed over to Laura’s house it was just normal sat at the end of a street nice garden everything about it was pretty I stopped the car she slowly got out and I locked the car and walked up the path with her she reluctantly put her key in the door, stepping back as it clicked, "you don’t have to do this right now you know we can always come back." I offered her I didn’t want to push her into anything she didn’t want to do but she assured me she was fine. She turned the key and opened the door the wind hit us in the face as we entered it was so cold and dark inside but it was a lovely place it just looked deserted as if no-one lived there obviously Laura had been staying at mine the past few days but it wouldn’t seem this empty so soon. She walked into the living room I on the other hand just stood in the doorway I didn’t want to follow her around she sat down on the couch just looking in front of her at pictures of her and this other guy which I assumed to be Jack but these weren’t recent pictures these pictures started from about the age of five and six then got older it was amazing how much you actually change when you look at something like that, I sensed she was slightly afraid and I didn’t want her to be alone but I knew she would have to face being alone sometime so I told her I had to go out somewhere and to call me if she needed me she agreed and gave me a hug and I left.

Chapter 6 (Laura)

After Charlie’s girlfriend left we decided to watch a movie but he had no films or DVD’s or else they were porn so he went through his TV channels and bring it on was on so we decided to watch that I loved that film but I fell asleep in the middle of it as usual I still can’t watch a whole film now without falling asleep doesn’t matter how exciting it is. Anyway I woke up the next morning and Charlie was standing getting dressed in the room and I was startled as I didn’t know he was there but I couldn’t help but stare at him as he was well fit but I came to my senses I mean it seemed like I was betraying Jack in everyway possible and I was only looking at Charlie. I got up and had breakfast and I told Charlie that I wanted to go back to our house today which was mine and Jack’s but now just me lived alone it wasn’t that I didn’t want to stay with Charlie it was just as if I was cramping his style and he had a girlfriend to think about I really enjoyed Charlie’s company he was sweet, funny, kind and would do anything for you that’s what I liked most about him he reminded me so much on Jack it was almost like I was falling for him, but I just ignored these feelings I mean it was only because I was lonely he was caring for me and being nice I mean you can’t just fall for someone who was just there for you when you were upset but I guessed that I didn’t know Charlie well enough yet to like him more than a mate but I was wrong. Anyway we left for my house late afternoon Charlie came with me he kept telling me that I didn’t have to do this today and that we could come back some other time but deep down I knew it was now or never so we walked in Charlie behind me and it was so dark and cold it just had something missing something me and Jack had when we were together the house felt like the happiest place on earth to be and now it was dark and cold and lacked its sparkle that it used to have I walked into the living room and Charlie stood in the doorway I just kept looking at the photographs of me and Jack and remembering every single moment when they were took like what we were saying and where we were at and Charlie knew that I had to face up to it aswell as I knew but I was to afraid to admit it so he said he had to go somewhere I knew it was just to give me time alone and he told me to call him if I needed him, and I agreed after Charlie left I felt like I had to call him constantly but I kept telling myself no I can’t I mean I have get used to the fact that I am on my own just me against the world although Charlie said he would always be there for me. The time passed slowly and it was now evening and I was sitting in my house still dark and cold and I had to call Charlie so I did he answered his mobile and I told him that I couldn’t stick it anymore he said he was coming to get me but I knew he was not alone in the house so I tried to tell him no it didn’t matter and that I was just being silly but he said, "look I don’t want you to be on your own at least come back to mine and stay one more night just one and I’ll take you home in the morning." Foolishly I agreed. Charlie came and picked me up when we arrived at his Louise was there she was sitting watching some thing on TV she didn’t even speak to me when I went in I sat down and Charlie came and sat beside me he started talking to me about the house and everything I guessed Louise was getting jealous of the attention Charlie was paying me. So I got up and went to get a glass of water I closed the door over but I could hear Louise and Charlie talking she was accusing him of fancying me and that she was fed up of him having to give up his time with her to come and be with me I herd her say no more chances then he asked her what she meant and she said she was leaving him I was surprised Charlie didn’t argue with her I mean if you’re going out with someone and they tell you they’re leaving you, of course you put up a fight and try to get them back but Charlie didn’t he just let her go I didn’t quite understand this unless there was someone else involved. I walked into the living room now only Charlie in it I pretended I hadn’t heard what was just said and asked Charlie where Louise was he just said she’s gone for good he didn’t even show any emotion when he said it I just thought that they broke up quite a lot and Charlie was used to it by now so I just said ok and then continued to watch TV me and Charlie continued to talk more and more about the house and talked about me moving back in he tried to tell me not to go back because there was too many memories and I should start a fresh but I just couldn’t let go of Jack that easy and then he suggested that if I don’t move in with him that I should get a new flat and everything would change but I knew it wouldn’t I knew that everything will be the same forever no matter how much I try to get over it I never will. After about a few hours talking Charlie brought out a few cans of beer I had a few ad you know how it is when you drink you say things you do things and you end up regretting it although I decided to go to bed before it got any worse so I hugged Charlie but this time I gave him a quick kiss on the cheek then I looked at him straight in the eyes and I kissed him I couldn’t help it but instead of him kissing me back he stopped and said, "no we can’t do this because if it happens then you’ll only regret it because of Jack and then blame me and we’ll fall out and I don’t want that to happen I mean if things weren’t the way they are who knows what would of happened I mean I really like you and everything but its just I don’t want us to fall out." I knew he was making every bit of sense and I agreed and hugged him again before I went to bed I mean I wasn’t embarrassed because I agreed with Charlie in everyway and he wasn’t like most men I mean any chance of a snog they would jump at it doesn’t matter about the consequences but Charlie was different he really understood how I was feeling and I was glad that someone finally understood me apart from Jack but there was times when he wouldn’t understand me but I felt like I had known Charlie my whole life and now Jack was becoming a stranger to me and I couldn’t take it. 

Chapter 7 (Charlie)

After I left Laura’s house I went back to my flat to have a shower and then sleep but Louise rang me and wanted to meet me I said that I was tired so she came round I wasn’t really in the mood there wasn’t much point of her coming really because I slept most of the time but I kept wanting Laura to phone and then I could go and get her and not have to stay in with Louise I was thankful when she finally did ring she said she couldn’t take it anymore being there on her own anymore so I said I would go and pick her up but she mush have known Louise was at mine because she kept making excuses about it not being important but I knew it was important or she wouldn’t have rang em in the first place. So I told Louise that I was going to pick up Laura and obviously she didn’t like it but I didn’t care Laura was my mate and I said I would be there for her no matter what and I’m sticking to that promise so I left Louise in my flat and went and picked up Laura the journey home was quite quiet but I would have rather stayed in the car all night than go back to my flat to Louise but I had to go back when we arrived Louise was sitting on the couch when me and Laura walked in she didn’t speak to either of us another thing I couldn’t care less about I sat down beside Laura and we talked about the house but she just gave me straight answers it was as if she was afraid because Louise was there, she got up and went to get a glass of water that’s when Louise started on me saying that we had no more chances I just nodded and she said she was leaving me I think she was expecting some please don’t leave me I love you speech but I didn’t give her one I hadn’t been interested in Louise since she moved for college so I might as well have been single the past six months of my life I mean ever since I met Laura my life had changed I was a lot happier. Anyway Louise left when she didn’t get things to go the way she wanted and Laura came back in she obviously hadn’t herd me and Louise arguing thankfully because the main reason we split up was because of Laura she was curious about where Louise had gone and I just told her she had gone for good I think she was shocked at me not being worried about the break-up but I wasn’t gonna pretend I was upset about it when I wasn’t. So she changed the subject we continued to watch television and then I got the drink out I mean I needed a drink I had to celebrate somehow so we started drinking not too much though then Laura decided to go to bed she gave me a hug and a kiss on the cheek then something I wasn’t expecting, she kissed me and I don’t know why, but then I stopped her and I told her that I liked her a lot but I knew she would regret it and I think she was quite happy about my honesty and was surprised of the fact that most guys weren’t like me I think she had the impression that guys had no feelings or didn’t care about her but I think after that she knew I was different and that I cared about her a lot. She went to bed sometime after that and I just sat and daydreamed about her for a while and then I went to my bed.

Chapter 8 (Laura)

I didn’t sleep that night, well not much and I was so cold and I didn’t want to be on my own so I decided to go and see if Charlie was awake I didn’t know why I just wasn’t tired I guess but I got up and opened his door a little the light from the hall shone in and onto his face and it woke him up. He looked a little surprised to see me standing in his room in the middle of the night, he sat up in bed, "What’s wrong are you alright?" he smiled at me and I smiled back at him he really was a sweet guy, "Well yea it is but I was kinda cold in my room and I wanted to come in and see if you were awake but you were asleep and I didn’t want to wake you." He patted his hand on the side of his bed for me to come over so I did I came and sat on the edge of his bed, "I wasn’t sleeping I was just resting my eyes do you want to sleep in here and I’ll go sleep on the sofa if you’re cold in your room?" he said starting to get up, "Charlie you don’t have to sleep in the living room I mean we can both sleep in here after all it’s big enough isn’t in unless you want to sleep on the couch but I would rather have you here I only came in here cause I was cold and lonely next door." He stared at me in disbelief and then nodded he moved over slightly so I would have enough room to get in, when I got in the bed I was still feeling cold and shivering a little I assumed I was getting the flu because I had been cold all day but everyone else wasn’t, "You’re still cold aren’t you do you want me to………." He lowered his head because he knew I knew what he was asking I nodded my head as if to say yes and then he moved over towards me and put his arm round my head and I put my head into his chest and after about ten minutes Charlie was asleep, I just lay there watching him sleep he looked so content just lying there I lifted my head up and kissed him on the cheek then I fell asleep. Me and Charlie woke up around the same time the next morning it was quite late as the sun was shining through his curtains he stirred beside me and then opened his eyes slightly he smiled when he saw me and I couldn’t help but smile back he looked so fit with his hair messed he went to get up but I wouldn’t let him, instead I put my head on him again and held his hands down so he couldn’t move, "Oh Laura we need to get up today ya know we can’t stay in here all day." "Oh but its warm now and I’m really comfortable in here and if you left it wouldn’t be the same it would get cold again and I don’t want that do you." He laughed and nodded, "I suppose not, but give me one reason why I should stay here with you." I looked at him right in the eye, "this" and I kissed him again and he didn’t pull away I don’t know what I was feeling at the time but I just knew it felt the right thing to do, but after Charlie didn’t seem to confident so I had to say something "I’m so sorry Charlie that wasn’t meant to happen I’d better get up I’m sorry." He stared at me with his deep brown eyes he gave me a look as if to say I understand, "I’m sorry too." He managed to finally say "but just forget about it ok I mean its not like it mean anything it was just an excuse for me to stay here with you ok." He seemed so calm about the whole thing, I on the other hand panicked I mean it meant something to me it meant a whole lot but I thought that Charlie wanted to be 100% sure that I liked him, and I was sure but then again I wasn’t sure maybe I was just doing this because he reminded me of Jack, "Charlie listen I’m definitely gonna go back home today ok I mean listen its nothing to do with the kiss or anything I just think its time I moved on and got on with my life I can’t live on something I don’t have anymore, it was fun while it lasted." He agreed and he took me home about an hour later this time he didn’t come in or tell me to call him he just said that he would see me later. I went in home and thought about how stupid I was being leading Charlie on and then throwing it all back at him I mean I was living in the past, I started to clear out the house take down pictures of me and Jack just basically anything that reminded me of him as much as I loved him I knew it was for the best and I knew Jack would understand after I finished it was quite late at night and I put all the final things into boxes and climbed up into my attic it was cold dark and dusty I places all the boxes in a corner I came back down again and the house looked so empty and old I decided that I should start and do it up I had it all planned I would go the next day and get paint and everything I needed it was like I was beginning my whole life again but this time not based on Jack it was based on fate.

Chapter 9 (Charlie)

I had just fallen asleep when some bright thing awoke me I thought it was Louise come back to say sorry but I wouldn’t care, so I turned round shocked to see Laura standing there she said she was cold so I offered to let her sleep in my bed and I would go and sleep in the living room but she surprised me when she said that we could share a bed and that it wasn’t anything important I mean I had no objection I was falling in love with her and I just couldn’t see it or even if I could I couldn’t tell her, so she got into bed next to me and she was shivering I didn’t want her to be cold or anything so I tried to suggest to her that if I cuddled her I thought she would reject me but again she surprised me by saying yes I couldn’t believe what she was going on like and I didn’t want to question her incase she thought I was being rude so I put my arm round her and she put her head into my chest, it felt so right not like it used to feel when I was in bed with Louise or anyone but with her it was completely different I don’t know what it was, we just clicked. The next thing I knew it was morning I woke up to Laura staring down at me smiling, I tried to get up but she wouldn’t let me she said that it wouldn’t be the same without me I didn’t have a clue what she meant but I thought she was joking so I decided to have a bit of a joke too by saying and why should I stay here with you I wasn’t expecting her to turn round and kiss me I just thought she took it as a joke but for some reason I didn’t find my self pulling away like I did the night before I found myself kissing her back and not wanting to stop, but when we did I felt guilty because of the situation and I think she was happy but when she saw me her smile faded and she turned serious saying it was a mistake I stupidly agreeing with her instead of saying how I really felt. She said that she was definitely going back to her house and that there was no point of living in the past and again being an ass hole I agreed. Why couldn’t I just tell her I mean the only thing that was stopping me was her dead boyfriend , anyway I left her back to her house unsure about how she was feeling, and I went home again I sat at home all night wanting to call her I must have sat up until past midnight picking up my phone then putting it down again I thought she wanted nothing to do with me, so I went to bed there wasn’t much point of that as I didn’t sleep at all I kept remembering me and Laura lying there the previous night I wished I could tell her, I was really tired in the morning I just spent the day again thinking about Laura I knew I had to call her but I kept putting it off maybe tomorrow I said. This continued for about two weeks until I had a few drinks and called her she answered the phone and she sounded completely different more cheerful, pleasant I actually thought I had the wrong number until she said, "Charlie is that you?" I sighed with relief down the phone a little too loud I think, "yea Laura hi its me listen….um…….well I was……ya know……..like wondering if you……….weren’t busy maybe….me and you could……..meet up and go out sometime…….I haven’t saw you in ages I’ve been…ya know…um….busy." "Charlie I’d love to go out with you sometime it would be great to catch up I’ve really missed you." She sounded so confident the way she spoke she told me to come round to hers and pick her up at seven the next evening so I agreed, I was so nervous about seeing her again I didn’t have a clue what was happening to me as I pulled up outside her house I knocked on the door, I waited for her to open it and when she didn’t I hardly knew her she was so beautiful the last time I saw her long brown hair had been cut up and tied in two small pig tail plats and her make up was perfect as usual not too much or not too little she had on a lovely black and white skirt with a pink vest top I stared and looked at her she ran forward and put her arms round me and hugged me and kissed me on the cheek she had obviously missed me but not as much as I had missed her, as soon as I stepped inside her house I knew it had changed there were no more photos of her and Jack on the mental piece just a vase of flowers the whole house had been completely transformed it was nicer than my flat instead of going out for something to eat she decided to get a pizza in and she had a few bottles of wine we downed those pretty quickly I kept staring at her the whole time we had the last bit of pizza, "so what do we get for desert?" I smiled at her she stood up and walked towards me sat on my knee and leaned into me and whispered in my ear, "well I don’t know what you want but I want you." I started at her again I knew she had changed but I wasn’t sure if this is what she wanted but who was I to question her? 

Chapter 10 (Laura)

I spent the next few weeks in my house doing it up and when I had finished it looked really good it still does, after I did up the flat I started on a new image for myself, I decided to get on with my life and it was going well there was just one thing missing and that was Charlie I wanted him so badly I had finally realised it one night I had a dream about me and him I had been having them a lot lately, anyway I was sitting one evening looking out the window daydreaming and my phone rang I picked it up and it was Charlie I was so happy to hear his voice I could have listened to him talking to me all night without me talking back, I didn’t realise it but I had fallen in love with him, I always did from the very first time I met him, anyway he wanted to go out sometime and of course I said yea, we decided for him to come round to mine and then whatever, so he came round that evening around seven I can still remember the night it was dark but there was not an air in the sky everything was still and silent you could even hear yourself breathe, I was in my kitchen preparing dinner when I herd the door knock I was sure it was him so I nervously walked towards the door I could see his tall figure standing outside, when I opened the door he just stood there not speaking it was as if he had got the wrong person or the wrong house, I hugged him I was so glad to see him I had missed him so much since the past few weeks and I was too nervous to call him but I was glad he was here I invited him in and we went into my living room and he noticed the place had changed, he hadn’t spoke much since he came in but I figured a few drinks would change that I left him in the living room to go and get everything sorted I came back a few minutes later and we went to eat dinner within a few glasses of wine we were back to our normal selves laughing and joking it was really great to have him back, after dinner he asked me what was for dessert I stared at him blankly for a few minutes thinking about what to say and my heart was telling me to follow my heart so I did I got up and walked over to him and sat on his knee whispered in his ear that I wanted him, and as I said it his smile widened across his face it was like a little kid at Christmas, the next thing I knew I was waking up and someone was asleep beside me and it was Charlie I smiled as I remembered, I lay and watched him for a while until he woke up, he smiled at me and kissed me, I was on top of the world I mean I had finally got him he was the most perfect guy in the world but every time I closed my eyes all I could see was Jack staring at me it really freaked me out I jumped, "what’s wrong are you alright?" Charlie asked me concerned as he stroked my face, "Yea I’m fine just a little cold."

"Gosh you’re always cold aren’t you? I can help with that if you want me to." I turned round away from him, "Laura are you alright what’s wrong Laura please don’t do this to me…..Laura say something…………….Laura if you won’t talk I’m going."

"Oh Charlie I’m sorry it’s not you its me well in a way its me and in a way its Jack Charlie I need you here to help me get through all this please I’m not as tough as you think I’m still the girl you met in the streets just putting on a brave face." I cried onto him, "Laura shhh it’s alright I’m right here I always will be remember I said I would I’m not gonna leave you now I love you." I smiled at him and he nodded to me I just lay there hugging him for hours, I must have fallen asleep because when I woke up Charlie wasn’t beside me anymore, I quickly got up and got changed and walked into my kitchen I started making breakfast for myself then I felt someone’s arms going round my waist, I smiled knowing it was Charlie, "only making breakfast for one then." I turned round and kissed him again, "well I didn’t think you were still here so yea I guess I was what you gonna do bout it Mr Simpson?" "Um well that’s not too hard I can torture you until you give me something or I could be really nice and go out and get us breakfast which might be better."

"Well I guess it would be." Just then I herd the door knock, "Oh shit Charlie you gotta hide seriously go upstairs, its Jacks sister she always comes round to me now to talk and stuff I don’t know why quick go."

"Ok, ok only if I get something out of it later I’ll go." He laughed as I assured him up the stairs and walked towards my front door, "Abbie Hi how are you, I’m only up as I’m sure you can see just making breakfast it’s nice to see you again please come in sit down whatever ya know." "Yea thanks Laura you sound in a bit of a rush this morning everything alright its just there is a car parked outside your house?" "Oh yea some girl left it there last night because she didn’t want to leave it um outside her um yard incase it got erm scraper…….so I ya know said she could keep it in here she’s getting a garage built."

"Oh right that’s nice listen I’ll leave you to it then I’ve got some shopping to do so I’ll call you sometime then, take care." I could hardly wait to get her out the front door I sighed when she left, "a garage ey? You naughty girl telling lies to people."

"Yea well it got rid of her anyway and I thought you were getting us breakfast."

"Oh yea well I would but you see I did you a favour so now it’s your turn and you know what I want."

"What." He walked over to me and whispered to me I smiled and went upstairs.

Chapter 11 (Charlie)

After Laura’s ex boyfriend’s sister left (how complicated) we had a little fun again, but after she turned all nasty and weird it was like she had suddenly changed back into the little grieving girlfriend I had met on the streets, she kept saying that it was a mistake and it was my fault, she kept shouting at me over and over again and it really pissed me off, I just laughed at her because she wasn’t letting herself get over something, and she had a good time that night and she was gonna throw it away over a dead guy, I mean yea I felt sorry for her but she just kept living in his memory she had to get on with her life, we continued arguing for about an hour, then I think she realised how stupid she sounded but it just got worse, "Charlie you believe in fate right? You told me before." I nodded, "well then if were meant to be together, and I mean meant for each other fate will bring us together again." I looked at her and laughed and walked out of the house, yea I believed in fate but I seriously wasn’t sure if it would work ok you can say I’m not a true believer I wasn’t even sure if I was myself but I decided to get on with hoping she would see sense and come back to me after all the last time I went to her, so now it was her turn, I went home and watched TV for the rest of the day and drowned my sorrows.

The weeks passed quiet quickly and I had no word from Laura, and now I was in a band just about to get a contract with these two guys Matt and James, I never mentioned Laura to them; it hurt too much to tell the whole story to them, I really did love her I guess she didn’t love me, I invited Matt and James over to my flat one evening just to do a bit of practicing it was going really great, then I went out to get us some food, the Chinese was just around the corner so I decided to walk it wasn’t that late at night about nine o’clock, I went and got my food and was walking home again, with the bags I was counting the money in my pocket sorting out the guys change, when I bumped into a girl, "sorry are you……Laura." I stared at her in disbelief, she looked down at her feet for a minute and slowly raised her head, "hey Charlie, I guess it’s faith then."