Charlie

2.0

Charlie sat on the bench, chewing on his mouthguard and taping the bottom of his lacrosse stick. He was extremely nervous for this game... he wasn't sure why though... it was just a normal game.

Nate noticed his friends sad look and jogged over, sitting down beside him. "What's on your mind C?" He asked.
Charlie shook his head and handed Nate the tape.
"I'm not sure man... I'm just nervous as hell... I never get nervous!"
"Everyone has the occasional set of nerves dude, and yours are today. Just shake it off and get ready to smack some people with a stick." Nate smiled, adding a layer of tape to the handle of his stick.

Charlie smiled as Nate handed him the tape back and clapped him on the shoulder. Together they walked back onto the field, and began to warm up with the rest of the team. Charlie would occasionally glance at the stands, trying to find people he knew.

He saw Mae standing there, waving at Charlie with Luca all bundled up in her arms. he smiled and waved back. Chase and Haven were standing next to them... and so was Sage...

Charlie smiled and waved at him, and he waved back before pointing at his jersey. Charlie bursted our into laughter as he saw Sage's jersey with his number and 'favorite fan' written across it.

The coach blew the whistle and the boys brought it in as the refs got ready to start the game. Sage watched intently as the boy with the beautiful smile walked over to the ref as he put on his captains band. That's attractive.

"Sage I didn't know you knew Charlie so well." Haven smiled, looking at his shirt.
"Yeah... we became pretty good friends recently actually." He smiled, looking back on the field as the game begun.

Charlie played amazing, and Sage had never been into watching a sport so much... maybe it was just because he like watching Charlie play the sport... but no one needed to know that.

At the end of the game, Sage, Chase, Haven and Mae headed towards the field to wait for their friends. Charlie and Nate walked over, drenched in sweat and carrying nasty gym bags.

"Hey guys." Nate smiled, going right to Chase. Chase smiled and took the sweaty boy in his arms. Charlie smiled at Sage and walked over to him, completely ignoring his girlfriend. "You actually came?" Charlie laughed, giving him a hug.
"I said I would, didn't I?" Sage smiled, enjoying their small embrace.
"You did, and you actually wore the jersey." Charlie smiled.
"I did. You like it?"
"Love it." Charlie chuckled. "You should come more often. My team thought you were hilarious." He smiled, running his hands over the material of the jersey.
"Think so?" Sage smiled, blushing a little.
"Definitely. You're super funny when you yell at the refs because you don't know what your talking about."
Sage laughed quietly.

Before he could respond, Luca screamed, immediately grabbing Charlie's attention.

"Luca!" Charlie smiled, taking the baby from his girlfriends arms, attempting to kiss her on the cheek. Mae ducked out of the way, a little salty that her boyfriend had gone over to Sage before her AND started flirting with him. Charlie frowned and raised an eyebrow... sure they had been having some issues lately but she never rejected him like that.

"What's wrong?" Charlie frowned.
"Let's talk later." Mae mumbled. "I'm heading home guys, I'll see you tomorrow."
"Mae-"
"Bye Charlie."

And with that the girl walked off, leaving Charlie frowning.

"You alright man?" Sage asked, resting a hand on Charlie's shoulder. Charlie glanced up at Sage, meeting his bright green eyes.
"I'm... yeah I'm good." Charlie nodded, deciding not to let Mae drag him down.
Sage smiled and Charlie swore his heart skipped a beat.
"Hey we're leaving." Nate called, slinging his arm around Chase's shoulder and walking off.
"Same here. Momma bear and I are flying out to New York for that college tour at like 4. Gotta sleep and get some stuff done." Haven smiled "love you Charzard. Don't let Mae make you upset." Haven smiled kissing Charlie's cheek and waving good bye to Sage before running to catch up with Nate and Chase.