𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐯
Sitting in Emilie's car, I let go of the breath I didn't know I'd been holding since I walked away from Jack. Oh my god, we almost kissed. My eyes shoot down to my lap, looking at the book bouquet that Jack had so kindly put together for me. It's almost like my brain can't process what just happened in the last ten minutes, from the time I met up with Jack inside after the game to the almost kiss next to his car.
"Char, what's up? You look like you've seen a ghost." Em is looking over from the driver's seat with worry plastered on her face. I snap out of my dazed state and look up at Em. "Umm... Well, Jack and I almost kissed after I cried in front of him like a baby for him putting this together for me." Simultaneously, we both look down at the present lying on my lap. Emilie knows that no one, not even my ex while we were together, had given me something like this.
"It's beautiful," getting a closer look at the books in the bouquet. "Wait a minute...He'd actually asked me about what books you like and I sent him a few recommendations, but he never actually told me why he wanted to know. But I guess now I know." Lightly nodding my head deep in thought, Em puts the car in drive and we start making our way home.
The whole ride was quiet with music playing lightly in the background. Em and I had a silent agreement once we drove off to let me process the events of the night. The more I thought about the present that sat on my lap the more my heart progressively melted at the kind gesture. It was almost hard for me to believe that Jack took the time to do something like this. This whole thing was almost like it came straight out of a book.
Once we made it home I carefully carried the book bouquet on my bed and stared at it again. Every little detail was so delicately placed and it was beyond perfect. Em lightly knocks on my door and I hear her stepping towards me. "Have you talked to Jack since we left the game?" Shaking my head no, "I haven't just yet. I was just letting the almost kiss sink in before I talked to him. Em, I wanted to kiss him and he seemed like he wanted to do it too. We both leaned in at the same time." She nods her head thinking of what to ask next.
"Well, then why didn't you? You guys were just about to, so what happened?" Slight confusion is written on her face as to why the kiss didn't happen if it seemed like both of us wanted to. "Right as our noses brushed his phone started blowing up. Once it got a little hectic, Jack apologized and that little moment that we had was broken." Right before either of us could get a word out, my phone pinged and with one quick look at the lit-up screen, I saw it was Jack. It was almost like he sensed that we were talking about him.
"Well, I'll leave you to talk to Jack and sort this out. I love you Charlotte and I know Jack feels something for you. Don't ask me how I know, but I just do. Goodnight Char." With one last wave, Em is leaving my room and heading to her own for bed.
iMessage
Jack - jacky boy 🏒
Charlotte - lotte 💫
jacky boy🏒 hey did you guys make it home safe?
lotte💫 yeah we did. thanks for inviting us to the game tonight and for getting Nico's girlfriend to hand with us
jacky boy🏒 no worries just wanted to make sure you guys had company
lotte💫 I know you probably don't want to hear me repeat this, but thank you so much for the bouquet. I love it and I can't wait to start reading the books
lotte💫 how'd you think of putting this together?
jacky boy🏒 well I did some research on Pinterest and I stumbled upon the idea
lotte💫 aww I've never met a guy that looks to Pinterest for inspo
jacky boy🏒 well I'm glad to be the first 😂
jacky boy🏒 emilie helped me with what books to get you and I got a chance to read the synopsis of each one I would like to hear your opinion on each
lotte💫 I would be more than happy to let you know my thoughts on each one
jacky boy🏒 hey I have a question
lotte💫 yeah sure shoot
jacky boy🏒 why did you cry when I gave you the bouquet?
jacky boy🏒 you don't have to answer if you don't want to
lotte💫 I was just overwhelmed because no one has ever taken the time to do something like that for me
lotte💫 you didn't have to give me a gift at all, but you still did it anyway
jacky boy🏒 yeah well you deserve it. even if you refused to accept it, I would've found a way to get it to you and not let you give it back
jacky boy🏒 I'm so happy you loved it! seeing you so excited made me feel really good even though we didn't win the game tonight
jacky boy🏒 I would honestly do it again a million times over if that means I could see that excitement on your face again
lotte💫 jack stop it you're gonna make me cry again
jacky boy🏒 noo don't cry lotte
jacky boy🏒 if it makes you feel better my brothers and friends have been teasing me since Luke told them saw me struggling with the bouquet
jacky boy🏒 they're the ones who were blowing up my phone and my mom just wants to know what's going on
lotte💫 aww the teasing part made me feel better even though it has to do with the present
lotte💫 tell them that I loved it
𝐣𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐩𝐨𝐯
I took a screenshot of part of my messages with Charlotte where I told her about the teasing from the guys and her wanting me to let them know how much she loved it.
iMessage
Jack the Sap
Quinn - huggy 🐻
Luke - moose 🫎
Jack - rowdy 👹
Cole - short king 👑
Trevor - jack's bf 🧑🏼❤️💋🧑🏻
rowdy👹 *screenshot* suck that losers she loved my gift
moose🫎 I can positively confirm this is true (I asked jack and charlotte's best friend)
huggy🐻 wow rowdy I'm proud of you
short king👑 let's gooo rowdy. can't believe jack might get a girl before quinn
huggy🐻 wow thanks a lot cole
short king👑 huggy you know I love you. you'll get someone right for you eventually
moose🫎 well since I know jack won't say this himself, he almost kissed charlotte 🤭
jack's bf🧑🏼❤️💋🧑🏻 wait... WHAT!? jack, what happened to us? I thought we had something 🥺😞
Well, shit. The last thing I needed was for Luke to tell the guys that little detail. "Luke you asshole get over here!" I wait for Luke to show up, but he never does. The only thing I hear from the hallway is the echo of Luke locking himself in his room.
rowdy👹 luke come over here I know you locked yourself in your room
moose🫎 oh so you're not gonna deny that a kiss almost happened? 😏
rowdy👹 well no because I wanted it to happen
huggy🐻 aww and why didn't it happen
rowdy👹 it was because of you guys blowing up my phone and Mom too
huggy🐻 shut up no we did not
moose🫎 oh I think we did
short king👑 sorry jack
jack's bf🧑🏼❤️💋🧑🏻 I'm not sorry (jk I'm sorry)
rowdy👹 thanks guys but now I don't know if it'll ever actually happen again
huggy🐻 jack you dumbass based on what you've been telling Luke and me for the last month, it'll probably happen again
moose🫎 yeah jack I just have a feeling it'll happen just wait
I let out a deep sigh, shutting off my phone and placing it on my chest. Man, do I hope Luke is right. I wanted to close the space between us, but I have no idea if Charlotte wanted that to happen. She did move her face closer to the point that our noses brushed so that had to mean something. There's no way I'm gonna stop thinking about her eyes and beauty after I got the closest I've ever been to her. Taking a deep breath, I stop and think of the events of the night before my phone pings and I see that Charlotte had tagged me on her story.
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Ugh, I'm screwed.
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Hey everyone! I just realized that I forgot to mention there was a new attention to the cast aka nico's girlfriend, gabi. I pictured her as aimee teegarden and she's been added to the cast & synopsis portion of the story. I really hope you enjoyed this chapter and the guys teasing jack. I'll make sure that you all eventually get queen ellen's thoughts on charlotte. you may or may not be getting a kiss between jack and charlotte so stick around for the one. have a great day or night wherever you are.
sending you all hugs 🤍