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Charlie was being taken to say hello to John, or some would call him, her father.

Charlie really didn't want to go, she was sobbing, attempting to pull away from the guard, who kept a firm hold on her hand, if it was any other situation she would have felt bad, the guard was nice and he was just doing his job, but she wanted to go back to wilbur.

"Please let me go" she sobbed, tugging on his arm as hard as she could, which albeit wasn't very hard and didn't do anything to the guard, who carried on walking rather slowly as he had to pull the small girl with him.

Anybody in their right mind could see that charlie was miserable, reaching out with her arm in attempt to get back to wilbur, but it wasn't working, nothing she was doing was working.

She felt so useless, all she could do is cry, eventually she gave up on tugging on the nice guards arm, instead she made it easier for everybody, and let herself be pulled along, sniffling and rubbing her eyes tiredly, all of that tugging and crying had worn her out.

The guard stopped infront of John and martha who was sat down in a chair, looking bored out of her mind as she chewed on the end of her pencil, all she wanted to do was get out of there.

Charlie refused to look up at her father, she was terrified, she had decided she was much more scared of him than she was of storms or the dark, and she was terrified of the dark.

John knew that she most likely wouldn't look up at him, so instead he knelt down, a soft smile on his face, he was overjoyed that he had won the court case but he couldn't help but feel bad for that wilbur guy.

"Hey Charlotte, or is it charlie now? I heard that guy calling you charlie, I quite like it" he told her with a broght smile, attempting to start conversation which was hard as she refused to look up at him, instead she kept her eyes focused on the floor.

Her hands trembled, as did her bottom lip, she needed to cry but the tears had all been used up.

John soon gave up on that conversation attempt, but still decided to try again.

"I've really missed you y'know, I'm sorry for what I did to you, I just wanted you to know, I do really love you" he told her genuinely, a single tear falling down his cheek.

Charlie carefully turned her head up to look at him, her eyes glistening in the light that sat above them.

John smiled, it shouldn't be a big thing but it was a start, he smiled brightly at her, he felt so happy and nothing would affect that.

"Can‐ can I hug you" he asked her carefully, holding out his arms in hope that her answer might be yes.

Charlie didn't react for a minute, having not completely processed what was happening, she looked at the man infront of her, realising that it would probably be awkward if she said no.

So she hesitantly nodded her head  John smiled gratefully at her, pulling her slowly into a hug and resting his head softly on the top of her head.

Charlie didn't hug back, but she let him hug her, it lasted for a few minutes and Charlie couldn't help but enjoy it, but it wasn't as nice as wilburs hugs, or ranboo's which admittedly weren't as good as wilburs.

Wilbur felt his heart breaking as he watched, him and Andrew had been discussing what would happen now, what would happen to charlie and what rules wilbur would have to follow.

He felt like crying then and there but he held it in, he didn't want Charlie to see him cry, even if she was too busy hugging her father.

Wilbur knew it wasn't her fault but he felt betrayed, but maybe it would be a good thing that charlie was gone, maybe he should be thanking the judge rather than resenting him, after all wilbur could focus on lovejoy and streaming instead of always getting distracted by his– no. John's little girl.

He couldnt bear another heartbreak like this, he really couldn't.

He reluctantly brought his eyes away from charlie as he was ushered out of the court room by Andrew, why did this have to be their last goodbye, charlie miserable and probably hating wilbur for breaking his promise, he didn't want this to be the end.

But sometimes people don't get exactly what they want.





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