Onward Journey (Broken Descent Sequel)

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"Are you okay?" He asked.

Charlotte shrugged her shoulders. Both desperately needing a hug, Bruno and Charlotte came close together for a warm embrace.

"We need to have a talk tomorrow, okay?"

With wide eyes, and fear, Charlotte nodded her head. She caught him sniffle the last second before he shut her door. Charlotte had trouble sleeping that entire night. She went through her dresser drawers, taking out piles of clothes and laying them out on her bed. She spent the entire night sorting nearly everything she owned in every corner and inch of her room. Then, she sneaked down the hall to the boys' room, quietly closing the door behind her.

Bruno heard a noise as he laid on the couch in the living room. His head rested on top of his arms as he stared at the ceiling. Although he wanted to get up and see what Charlotte was up to at that hour, he couldn't find the strength or energy to get up and check. Even with the exhaustion he couldn't catch a moment of sleep that entire night. Kim joined him at the breakfast table the following morning.

"Hey," she said with a smile, sitting across from him.

Without a verbal response, he raised and waved his hand at her.

"I'm sorry," Kim said.

"Me too."

"When we talked about the tour before...I didn't really think enough before I said no."

"It's a big change...I know," Bruno said in defeat. "I shouldn't have agreed to anything behind your back."

"No," she said. "Bruno...what I'm saying is that I thought a lot...after the fight...and...I'm glad you agreed to it."

"Really?" Bruno said with sparkling eyes.

"Yeah...it'll be a big change...but that change could be a good thing."

A hug finished off any leftovers of bitterness regarding the argument. Even though he was so sure that Charlotte wouldn't be awake yet, especially since she'd been up so late, Bruno knew that he had to go talk to her immediately. When he got to her room, everything was scattered, and Charlotte was passed out on top of the covers. Furrowing his brows a bit, he approached her, gently shaking her until she awoke. Very slowly, she opened her eyes.

"Did a tornado hit in here?" Bruno winked, making Charlotte slowly sit up and rub her eyes.

"No," she giggled.

"What's with the boxes and clothes...and all your stuff?"

"I was...packing."

"Char it's too early to pack. Remember that we're not going on tour for a while. I still need to have an album to sing from."

"I'm..." she stuttered. "I'm going with you...on tour?"

"Of course you are," Bruno said, tilting his head. "You knew that."

"But you...and Kim...were yelling so much last night...and..."

"You heard us?" Bruno asked. "Awww...sweetheart I'm sorry. We just had a little fight, but guess what? We talked this morning and it's all good. Kim is okay with it now and we're all going."

"Good," Charlotte sighed.

"I'm sorry that you got upset over it."

"You said that we needed to have a talk today...and you guys never fight."

"I know. You're not used to it...I'm not used to it...but wait...if you thought you weren't going on the tour then why would you pack everything?"

"Oh," Charlotte said, immediately standing up. She started over toward a pile of clothes, but Bruno stopped her by the arm. "It's stupid...I'll put everything back."

"It's not stupid...tell me."

"Oh...I just...I thought maybe you and Kim were splitting up...and we would have to move...I wanted to make it easier."

"It would take a whole lot more than that to stop me from being with Kim," Bruno said, rubbing her back. "You don't have to do anything to make anything easier. You make it easy enough for me."

With a smirk, Charlotte extended her arms out to Bruno for a hug and small peck on the cheek.

"Love you, Peanut," Bruno winked, taking her hand. "You're so grown up...and I can't tell you how proud of you I am."

Together they gathered up Charlotte's clothing to put it back in her dresser. It took them a while since they had to put so much away. Eventually, Kim came in with a confused look on her face.

"What happened to the boys' room?" Kim asked. "There's stuff all over the place."

Bruno's eyes darted directly at Charlotte, who just shrugged and smiled.

A/N: Yay! Here we go! So with Broken Descent I was updating quite frequently, especially at a certain point (like...multiple times a week) and that's not going to be the case this time. I have multiple reasons why and I'm not going to go into that here. So enjoy and stay tuned for more!