"Are there any sharks in La Push?"
"What kind of sharks?"
"Great whites."
"No."
Charlotte scribbled something off of the piece of paper in front of her.
"Any mountains?"
"No."
Charlotte scribbled something else off of the paper in front of her. April looking at her daughter curiously. The girl had been sat at the island for ten minutes, writing and then scribbling. April had to admit, the constant scratching of the pencil was starting to annoy her.
"Any-"
"-What are you doing?"
"Making a list for everything me and my new best friend can do together."
"New best friend? What happened to Angela?"
"She's still my bestie but she's in L-O-V-E now." It was true, Angela had been spending a lot of time with Eric. And while at first Charlotte was upset Angela couldn't hang out with her much anymore, she no longer minded. If Angela was happy, then Charlotte was happy.
"So who is it? Jess, because you know I always liked that girl, I know that you haven't always got along but-"
"-No not Jess, she is close to becoming one of my best friends though. And it's not Bella, her and Jacob are doing some gross couple shit."
"It's not gross its cute." April argued.
"Yeah, okay" She couldn't help but snort "Anyway back to me and my life. It's Embry Call."
"Never heard of him."
"How many teenagers have you actually heard of?"
April paused her cooking, taking a moment to think before pointing the knife at her daughter, "I'd heard of the Cullens."
"Can you not point that knife at me, you psychopath?" Charlotte wasn't bothered that April had mentioned their name, since she'd started to hang out with Embry it had stopped hurting as much. There was no longer a sting when someone had the same name of them, no longer a headache when someone drove the same car. "Not sure if they're actually teenagers though." They were just people Charlotte used to be friends with now.
"Why don't you go skydiving?"
"Why would you say that? You know I hate heights... god it's like you don't even know your own daughter."
"Don't be so dramatic" April knew there was not really any chance that her daughter would stop being dramatic, it was something she was born with. "Go annoy your new best friend."
"Okay bye." Charlotte skipped around to where her mum stood, pressing a kiss to her cheek, picking up her car keys and running out the door.
She intended to make her way to Embry's and ask him if he just wanted to go for a drive to wherever.
But Charlotte was alone when she was in the car, and it was when she was by herself that she was the worst. She was left alone with just her thoughts.
Sure the Cullens were just former friends to her now. It wasn't the people that caused her any sadness, it was the way they hurt her that did.
'Chasing pavements' was currently being played rather loud through the speakers, Charlotte singing it even louder. She would only listen to sad music when she was in the car by herself, she didn't want anyone to think she wasn't okay, because she was okay.
It was at that moment that Charlotte had a rather disturbing thought, 'If for some reason she accidentally crashed her car right now, would they come and visit her?' It was obviously hypothetical, she wasn't actually going to crash her car. But she was just curious.
Obviously they probably wouldn't come, he didn't love her, he never loved her. So why would they?
After the disturbing thought had left Charlotte's head, she decided to change the playlist. Taylor Swift seemed like the right direction to go in.
Embry heard Charlotte singing from inside his house, she was really putting some effort into it. Didn't mean she didn't sound terrible though.
Charlotte watched Embry's front door open, laughing at him as he joined in with singing the song.
"You have such an amazing voice!" She paused the music, putting down the window.
"Speak for yourself, Smith." He climbed into the passenger side, slapping his hands down onto his legs "Where to today?"
"Well, I wanted to go cage diving with sharks, but apparently there's no sharks round here. So then I thought, that mountain climbing could be fun. But apparently there's no mountains round here.... My mum suggested skydiving but obviously that's a no."
Embry listened as Charlotte listed things off her fingers. Thinking about what the pair could do. "Have you got anything to swim with on?"
"Er no? Believe it or not I don't usually carry swim wear with me."
"We'll just have to do that another time then."
"Do what?"
"Cliff diving, duh."
Charlotte laughed at Embry, waiting for him to start laughing with her, however he never did. "Wait," A gasp sounded throughout the car "You were being serious!"
"Obviously."
"Ha! I already have a limited amount of brain cells, what makes you think I can afford to lose anymore?"
"I didn't think you had any in the first place."
Charlotte slapped Embry on the chest, before immediately pulling it back and clutching it to her chest "Ouch, are you made of steel of something?"
Embry lifted up his top - it was shocking that he actually had one on "Nah I just work out."
She ignored his comment, instead starting her car back up making her way out of Embry's street.
"What playlist are we putting on today?"
"Stupid question."
It was always the same playlist 'girly hits'. Embry used to complain about it a lot, but now he couldn't help but sing along to 'Rich Girl' by Gwen Stefani.
"Where we going?"
Charlotte shrugged her shoulders, not actually having a plan figured out. "Drive around for a bit, grab some food, eat in the car. Over look the sea maybe? Deep conversation.... It'll be fun."
"A deep conversation isn't my idea of fun." She ignored him, focusing on the road instead "I don't wanna sit and listen to you cry about the leaches."
Now she payed attention to him "One) I don't cry about the leaches," She paused at the look Embry gave her "Alright I don't cry about them anymore an, Two) Why do you always call them leaches?"
Paul had called them it the first time she had met him and Embry kept doing it every time they were brought up- not that it was often.
"That's for me to know." She waited for him to finish his sentence but he never did.
"And for me to find out."
"What?"
"I was finishing the phrase for you. That's how it goes."
"But you aren't gonna find out. That's why I didn't finish it."
"Why not?" The hurt in her voice was evident, she didn't take well to those closest to her keeping secrets from her- even though that was all she did to them.
"Because, it's none of your business."
Charlotte didn't speak for a while after that, even after Embry repeatedly apologised. She thought the two had grown really close and she would have told him anything. But clearly he didn't feel the same way.
However she decided to put the comment behind her for that day and instead enjoy her time with Embry. They did end up having a deep conversation, but it was based around conspiracy theories rather than feelings.
She may have stopped prying for information on why he called them leaches, but that was only for now.
She would find out what he knew, even if it killed her.
i'm aware that this chapter isn't a* it's more of a filler for next chapter, i just wanted to show embry and charlottes relationship blossoming and how they were with each other