invisible string • Gracie Abrams

024 first date

"c'mon," she smiled, taking charlotte's hand as weenie tugged them out the front door.

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"eyes closed," gracie mumbled as she guided charlotte up the winding stairs to reach the roof of the apartment building, which took way too many flights. charlotte then felt gracie move her through a door and the cold air shipped at her nose, making her squeeze her eyes. "okay, open."

the across opened her eyes and her mouth went agape, "gracie," she gasped, her eyes twinkling as she stared at the blanket laid on the roof, surrounded by pillows and fairy lights strung above. in front of the comfy array, there was a white screen with a projector mounted in front of it.

gracie let go of weenie's leash and the small dog bolted to the blankets, hopping into a little dog bed gracie brought up there as well, "like it?"

"you're adorable, i love it. this is the sweetest thing anyone has ever done for me." charlotte replied, turning and hugging the singer with her face still lit. she followed gracie to the blankets where gracie laid her down and whipped out two wine glasses from behind some old boxes left on the roof.

"told you, no one can see us up here," gracie said, popping open the bottle. "and i don't think your parents could find us up here, or mine."

charlotte rolled her eyes, "don't jinx it." the actress sipped her wine, eyes gazing into gracie's as she stroked weenie's fur. she was admiring her beauty, something she was seriously addicted to doing and would get her sidetracked, until she remembered what she wanted to talk to gracie about. she opened her mouth but instantly shut it when she noticed how happy gracie looked. maybe this'll be easier after a glass or two. for now, she moved closer to gracie, cuddling up into her arms and feeling that cozy warmth again.

gracie turned on the projected and opened up netflic with her laptop connected to it, "what you feeling?"

charlotte shrugged, her hand intertwining with gracie's cold fingers under the sheets, "mm a romance would be fitting," she chuckled, eyes wandering around the setup gracie had created.

"la la land it is," gracie said, turning on the film.

charlotte turned her head to her, "you like musicals too?"

"really? i'm a singer and i'm obsessed with this actress i'm currently with, of course i like musicals."

charlotte smiled, looking away.

"maybe you should audition for one."

"god, i'd be terrible, i can act i guess but if you heard me sing your ears would never forgive you," charlotte said. "i'd be like mike from glee, he's in a singing club but can't even sing."

gracie laughed, sipping her wine as the move started playing. and like usual, that laugh made charlotte forget about what was crowding her mind for the past two days and whatever else was stressing her out. at least for now.

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her hand wandered up gracie's neck as charlotte had her lightly pinned underneath. maybe it'd be easier to say that the movie wasn't all that interesting when they both kept getting distracted by just each others presence  alone, unbothered without another eye in sight to bother them. a gasp fell from gracie's lips as charlotte pulled away.