Taking Chances

Chapter Six

Chapter Six

Elise’s POV

After a lot of thinking, I decided to take Charlie on an evening picnic, but with my own twist. Both of us aren’t really into those fancy stuff so I’m sure she’ll like it

So Saturday morning, I was busy preparing for our picnic later this evening when I heard my mom shout, “Elise! A friend of yours is here!”

Friend? Maybe it’s Charlie. I quickly washed my hands and was about to go to the living room but when I turned to the door I saw Jasmine enter, she looked at me and smiled

“Hey, sorry about barging in here, but your mom said to just go ahead and meet you here” she said “hope it’s okay”

“Yeah, of course” I answered and gave her a small smile “so, what brings you here?”

“I want to talk to you about…certain things”

“Things? Like what?”

“Okay Elise, I’ll be frank, I’m worried about your relationship with James, I know I’m not suppose to butt in but I’m worried about my brother, I thought you and James were doing great, why did you suddenly left?”

I swallowed hard and didn’t make eye contact with her

“I just need some alone time” I answered

“And suddenly leaving without telling James is your plan?” Jasmine spoke with doubt

“Look Jasmine, I didn’t break up with James okay? I just need some time alone to think about…stuff”

“What else do you need to think about Elise? ’cause you just leaving my brother like that can be interpreted as a break-up“

I sighed and remained quiet, I just couldn’t tell her the real reason I left

“Does this have to do with Charlie??” Jasmine asked frankly

I quickly reacted “No! Charlie doesn’t have anything to do with this!”

Jasmine looked at me skeptically, “Good because my brother is involved, I don’t want him to get hurt”

Jasmine then made her way towards the door

“Oh and another thing” she looked back “when it comes to Charlie, I can be very possessive” then she finally left

I exhaled deeply, relieved that Jasmine finally left, possessive huh? Well, I don’t back down that easily

I shook off our conversation and continued preparing our dinner

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Charlie’s POV

It’s 5 pm and I’m nervously running around my room, trying to piece out a perfect outfit for our date, knowing Elise, she probably wouldn’t do something fancy, she’s more of a casual simple date, so I guess I’ll just dress casually with a hint of fancy just to show that this date is special

I grabbed some clothes from my closet and after a mess of clothes and half an hour later, I finally decided on an outfit. I took the clothes and matched them in front of the mirror. As I saw my reflection and ended up staring at it, trying my best to look good at a date asked by Elise in the spur of the moment…

She must have felt like I was angry at her when I left so she decided to make it up to me….by going on a pity date….

I dropped the clothes and sat on my bed, I breathe deeply and stared at the floor, it’s only a pity date