Charlie's Story. (Book Two Of 1D Fanfic) COMPLETED

Chapter Fifteen

When I got home, four strong arms embraced me in a hug.  Ryan on the right, Pierce on the left.  “Thank the Lord you’re home.  We missed you so much, Charlie.  You had us so worried!”  Ryan said.  Drake pried their arms off of me, and glared at both of them when he saw how nervous I was.  “I missed you guys too.”  Drake came up behind me, and placed his hand on the small of my back.  “Well, I think I’m going to go take a nap.  All this running away stuff is tiring.”  I said going inside.  “Where’s Chloe?”  “Oh, apparently she’s back with her boyfriend.”  I let out a long sigh.  “Oh, so she just comes and makes out with my bodyguard then leaves.  Great.”  I went upstairs, and laid down on my bed.  There was a soft knock on my door a few minutes later.  “Come in.”  Drake walked in with his hands behind his back.  “Whatcha got?”  He sat down next to me, and pulled out a little red box, handing it to me.  “Happy anniversary.”  I opened it, and gasped taking in the beautiful necklace.  It was our names intertwined to make a heart.  “Oh my gosh, it’s beautiful!  Drake, it’s so sweet.”  I placed a lingering kiss on his lips, and ran my fingers through his shaggy hair.  “Will you put it on for me?”  He nodded while I picked up my hair.  After he placed it around my neck, I held it in my hand and admired it.  “Glad you like it.”  He placed a quick kiss on my lips before standing up to leave.  “I love you so much.”  He smiled.  “I love you too, Charlie Bear.”  I laughed at my nickname, and gave him a bear hug, (see what I did there?) before he left.  I fell asleep after about five minutes of staring at my new necklace.  

*Dream*

“Watch your back, now that he isn’t here to protect you.”  He spat venomously.  “Why are you out to get me?  It’s not like I told anyone else but Matt.  You’re just a crazy old man!  Go ahead and kill me.  I don’t even care anymore.”  “Where’s the fun in that?”  He walked towards me, smiling that sickening smile of his.  To anyone else, it would look like a genuine smile, but I knew better than that.  “Oh, Charlie.  You’re so helpless.”  He got down right in front of me, and pulled out a knife.  I had no idea what he was about to do, probably stab me.  He grabbed my arm, and flipped it over, placing the knife at the bend of my elbow.  “Why are you so horrible?”  He shrugged.  “Who knows.”  He sliced my arm all the way down to my wrist, and blood began pouring out.  I sat there, and watched him leave me to bleed to death.

*End of dream*

Once again, I woke up choking.  I was gasping for air, and shaking like crazy while sweat poured out of me.  “Charlie!  What’s wrong?!”  Ryan ran over to me, and put his hands on my shoulders.  “Drake!”  Ryan ran out of the room, and came back with Drake a few seconds later.  He sat in front of me, and grabbed my hand.  “Charlie, look at me.  I need you to breathe, breathe with me.”  He took a deep breath in, and I did the same.  I followed his breathing pattern until my breathing was almost back to normal.  “Did you have another dream?”  I nodded, and let a tear fall down my cheek.  “It’s ok, I’ll kill him before he can ever see you again.  I smiled a sad smile, and gave him a quick kiss on the lips.  Well, that was my plan until he grabbed my face, and pulled be back in for a lingering, passionate kiss.  “Well, I’ll...uh...go now...”  Ryan said awkwardly from the door.  I completely ignored him, and focused on Drake.  I was so happy to have him back...even after one day.  “I love you more than anything in this world.”  He said, pulling away from the kiss.  “I love you too.” 

*Next morning*

A pair of lips placed on mine is what woke me up the next morning.  My eyes fluttered open as he pulled away.  “Good morning, beautiful.”  I smiled, and pulled myself closer to him.  “Morning.”  I mumbled back.  “Do you want some breakfast?”  “Mhmm, carry me.”  He picked me up and threw me over his shoulder with ease, continually slapping my butt as we went down the stairs while I screamed.  After we ate some toast, we were snuggled on the couch when my home phone rang.  I jumped off of the couch and answered it when I saw ‘dad’ written across the top.  “Hey, daddy!”  “There’s my princess!  What are you doing?”  I looked over at Drake, and mouthed who it was.  “Oh, just watching a movie.  What about you?”  “Just thought I’d check up on my favorite little girl.”  I laughed.  “Dad, I’m your only kid.  Of course I’m your favorite.”  “Oh, I know...why don’t you come over to see me later?  Your mom and I miss you.”  I looked over at Drake and mouthed, ‘they want to see me’.  He nodded, obviously not caring.  “Ok, we...uh...I’ll be right over. Love you.”  I hung up, and decided to go take a shower before I saw my parents.  Since it’s been a while, I wanted to look nice.  “I’m going to go take a shower before we go.”  He looked at me sadly, and back at the ground.  “Charlie, Pierce is going with you.  I’m your far guard, remember?”  My whole face dropped.  Pierce is my bodyguard.  “Oh, right.  Well I...I guess I’ll see you when I get back then.”  He nodded, and smiled encouragingly before kissing my forehead and going upstairs.  I walked into my bathroom, and turned the shower on.  I washed my face until the water warmed up, and stepped in.  “You don’t kno-o-ow, you don’t know you’re beautiful.”  I sang along to my dad’s old song.  His band really was great, I wish they would have a reunion concert...may have to talk to him about that.  After I scrubbed my body with vanilla soap, I stepped out into the cold air, and wrapped a towel around me.  After I got dressed, I walked downstairs to meet them.  “Ready.”  I noticed that Drake had changed clothes, and I gave him a questioning look.  “Your dad wants to talk to me.”  My stomach dropped at the sound of this, what if he tells him he’s fired?  What if he has to eave for good?  I can’t let that happen, it won’t.  He linked his arm through mine, and led me out to the car.  We got to the house about fifteen minutes later to be greeted with my mom running out to the car with arms open wide.  Some things just never change.  “Mommy!”  Drake stifled back a laugh, but continued to stand in front of the car with his arms crossed.  “Oh, how are you honey?  You look so grown up.”  “Mom, it really hasn’t been that long.”  I said laughing, and pulling out of the hug.  “I know, I just miss my little girl.”  I smiled, and linked arms with her as we walked inside.  We were always more like friends than mom and daughter, but I loved having that.  As I walked through the door, my two golden retrievers greeted me.  “Bo, Sandy!  How are my two favorite puppies?”  I crouched down to their level and pet them while mom and Drake came through the door.  “Let me go get Niall, he doesn’t even know you’re here yet!”  She ran back to their bedroom, and seconds later my dad came barreling down the hall.  “Daddy!”  I ran to hug him, and he kissed me on the cheek.  “How’re you doing, princess?”  “Good.”  I replied, and walked with him to the living room.  Mom had disappeared to the kitchen, I guess that explains the smell of food.  “Glad to hear it.  How has your summer been so far?”  I kind of laughed before answering.  “Kind of crazy...but in a good way.”  I couldn’t help but glance over at Drake who smiled in return.  My dad noticed and raised an eyebrow, but I just ignored it.  “So w-”  I was cut off by loud banging on the door.  “Are you expecting anyone?”  I asked.  He shook his head, and stood up to answer the door with Drake following closely behind, while I stayed on the couch.  He cracked the door open before it was pushed the rest of the way.  “NIALL!  I was in the neighborhood and decided to stop by.”  I knew that voice right away, Uncle Louis.  Dad laughed, and hugged him.  Louis walked in the front hall, but didn’t see me.  I stood up, and cleared my throat before he turned around.  “Hi, Lou.”  He came running full speed towards me, and pulled me into the biggest hug I’ve ever experienced.  I tried my best not to retreat, but calmed down when I looked over my shoulder at Drake.  “I’ve missed you so much, Charlie!  Oh, wait until I tell the boys you’re here.  I’m going to go call them right now.”  I laughed as he talked one hundred miles per minute, and tapped away on his phone before pulling it up to his ear.  “Harry!  Get your butt over to Niall and Ashley’s, it’s an emergency meeting.”  He muttered a few more words to him before calling the others with the same ‘news’.  “They’re all on their way.”  A little while later, we were all talking before the front door opened.  Yeah, they just walk into my house.  Lou and dad stood up to greet them, but I remained in the living room.  “I hope this is an important meeting, I was taking a nap and you woke me up.”  I laughed at Zayn, and walked over behind my dad.  They all stopped talking and looked at me for a second before tackling me into a group hug.  Ugh, I’m going to dieeeee.  “Charlie!”  Harry was the first one to hug me, then Liam, then Zayn, then of course Louis felt left out so he had to join in.  Seconds later, mom entered the room with cookies, and everyone let go of me.  “Gee, I sure am feeling the love.”  I sat down next to Drake, and smiled at him while the others were in the kitchen.  “Want a cookie?”  I pointed to the kitchen.  “Nah, I wanna stay here with you.”  He winked before swiftly brushing his lips across mine.  I couldn’t help the small smile that made it’s way onto my face.  “Stop, they’re going to see us.”  He flicked my nose, and leaned back on the couch.  Uncle Lou came back to join us with three cookies in one hand, and handed them to us before sitting down across from us.  I immediately bit into the warm gooey chocolate chip cookie as Drake did the same.  “So, when did you two hook up?”  I nearly choked on my cookie.  “Excuse me?”  “Don’t even try to play dumb, I know you two are together.  When did it happen?”  I looked over at Drake to see if he knew what was going on, but he looked just as shocked as I did.  “How did you...what?”  He pointed at my neck where my necklace hung.  “Oh.”  Was all I said.  I’m so stupid, why didn’t I think to take the necklace off before we came here?!  “Please don’t tell dad.”  He gasped.  “You think your amazingly cool uncle would do something like that?”  I smiled, and hugged him.  “Thanks, Lou.”  He winked at me before going back to the kitchen.  “Well that was...awkward.”  Drake nodded in agreement, as we joined the others in the kitchen.

(A/N): This chapter was dedicated to 1Dgurlsforever!  Thanks for the comment!  Remember, keep commenting and the next one could be dedicated to you!

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