invisible string • Gracie Abrams

028 run-ins

alex's face changed from smug to pure anger, snapping his head back to charlotte. obviously he knew she was saying that cause of why he broke up with gracie, and she knew it'd piss him off but that didn't bother her.

"alright new deal," he said. "you give me her number or i leak pictures of you, walking gracie abrams dog, wearing gracie abrams jacket, and maybe i'll even say you've got hickeys on your neck. that enough for you?"

"fuck you," charlotte said, trying not to show how nervous he just made her. alex pulled out his phone swiftly taking a pic of charlotte as she wasn't expected it. "what the fuck?!"

"so the number?"

she was thrown off guard, feeling a bit of panic as she tugged on weenie's leash and turned away towards gracie's building, "fuck you," the muttered, leaving alex alone in the dark as she hurried back to gracie's.

he wouldn't actually post that picture and say all those things, right? he knows how badly that'd turn things and obviously he would have even less of a chance with sadie if that happened. besides, he wouldn't have the balls to. people think gracie broke up with him, so why would he act like that when people would just think he's some psycho stalker. he even seemed to show how over gracie he was with numerous posts of him with random girls, so it'd be weird.

weenie kept trying to turn back and run to alex, so charlotte scooped him up as she made her way up to gracie's. she took a deep breath before she opened the door to the apartment, trying to brush off the interaction with alex. she opened the door to see gracie curled up on the couch, her hood pulled over her head and sleeping soundly as the TV was still playing. maybe she'll wait to tell her about this in the morning.

she put weenie down and locked the door before quietly sitting down on the couch, unfortunately causing gracie to stir awake.

she hummed and squinted her eyes open.

"tired?" charlotte asked, her hand brushing gracie's hair out of her face as the singer moved her head into charlotte's lap. gracie wrapped her arms around charlotte's waist and hummed again in response.

she probably wasn't in the mood to speak, given how hard her night was, which charlotte completely understood, choosing to just comfort her.

she kissed her forehead and ran her hand through her hair, "thank you for opening up to me, i know it was scary," she whispered. "but i don't want you to ever feel like you can't come talk to me about things or ask for help, you're my favourite person y'know that right?"

gracie lifted her head, eyes filled with tenderness and her lip slightly pouted out, holding back the emotions flooding her.

"you're perfect," charlotte said, so quietly and soft that gracie couldn't help but stare directly into her eyes.

gracie still couldn't find any words to say, she just sighed, not in stress or tiredness, but with adoration and warmth. she buried her head back into charlotte's lap and tightened her grip around her, which was enough for charlotte to know that she got her message.

"c'mon, we'll go to bed."

usually gracie was the one lifting up charlotte, but now charlotte was picking up gracie and letting her wrap her legs around her torso as she clung to her tightly. she was much lighter of course, and charlotte noticed the slight bruising around her torso when gracie's hoodie lifted a bit. she held back her sadness and carried her girl up to bed, laying her down as weenie jumped up to lay on top.

as much as she wanted to tell gracie about alex, she didn't have the heart to right now, so instead she slipped into one of gracie's shorts and t-shirts, curling up next to her bed as gracie laid her head on her chest.

she was about to turn off the lamp next to her when gracie whispered "thank you for being... you."

charlotte felt that feeling in her stomach again, the feeling of when she first kissed gracie. she leaned in a placed a soft kiss to gracie's lips, "goodnight pretty girl."

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Telling gracie about alex the next morning went just as charlotte expected. gracie freaked out, cursing out alex in her echoey apartment and pacing around as charlotte was laid on the floor with weenie. charlotte was trying to her best not to also freak out, spitting out random reasons she could think of as to why alex probably won't say anything.

"i thought he wanted nothing to do with me why is he getting involved with this?!" gracie shouted. "and who does he think he is talking to you like that, if he ever fucking does that to you again i'm going to break his fucking neck so hard that he—"

"hey what if i give him a fake number and say it's sadie's damn should've thought of that," charlotte mumbled.

"and taking a picture of you, is he insane?! if i see him again i'm going to take a picture of his fucking face after i'm done beating the shit out of him," gracie said. even though this girl couldn't hurt a fly if she tried.

"let's just ignore it. if he really wasn't sadie's number he can talk to her not me. maybe i should DM him—"

"that'd be bad, he could screen shot the convo and even have that as a back up leak."

"true," charlotte groaned. "i still don't think he'll do it. if anything he'll just use it as blackmail. i'll talk to sadie about it maybe she can try and help," she said as she pulled on her shoes to go to work.

"are you going to talk to her today about us?" gracie asked, her tone going down from raised to more quiet.

charlotte nodded, "i think i have to. and as long as you're okay with it."

"you already know i think you should," gracie said, helping charlotte stand up. "plus i wanna meet her soon anyways. and i'm sure she'll keep this a secret."

charlotte nodded, "i'll call you after me and her talk about it and the alex thing. i'll see you tomorrow?"

"of course," gracie smiled, kissing charlotte before walking her to the door. "hey um, thanks for last night. i uh feel a little less light headed now in the morning," she chuckled.

charlotte smiled with adoring eyes, "i'm always here for you. call me if you need anything, don't pass out on me," she joked, getting gracie to crack a smile.

"bye baby," gracie said, watching her leave before shutting the door and crashing onto the couch, sighing at everything and especially alex. she glanced at her phone, fighting the urge to call him and give him a talking to. just then, a notification appeared on her phone.

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NOTIFICATION CENTRE
1 new message!
char❤️
don't even think about calling him.

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"damn it."

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soph!
WOOOO FINALLY A NEW CHAPTER ITS BEEN WAY TOO LONG SORRY BAES EVEN THO I DONT RLLY LIKE THIS CHAPTER SO MUCH BUT WELL BETTER THAN NO UPDATE
so happy i got in an update, will define it be updating a lot more this week don't worry

the only thing that's been on my mind all day tho is trying to figure out when to get gracie and charlotte to say their first i love u BUT ANYWAYS
tysm for patiently waiting for the update, AND GO STREAM CONANS NEW SONG

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