A New Us

18 - Back To Normal-ish

18 - Back To Normal-ish

Henry POV

I walked into Junk 'N Stuff, still reeling in from the amazing victory we had over the villains of Swellview yesterday. And, I have to admit, I'm also reeling from that kiss I shared with Charlotte. 

I just gotta play it cool. I'll figure out what to do after that.

I walked up to the counter to find Gooch in his rightful place.

"Hey, Gooch. Good to have you back."

"It's good to be back, Henry."

"Has Charlotte.. uh.. has she.. uh.. come in yet?"

"No, I think she called in sick."

"Really? Tell Ray I'll be back, I'm going to go check up on Charlotte."

"Actually, Ray said there was an emer—"

But I was already out the door and on my way to Charlotte's place. Since I was sprinting, I got there quickly. I opened the door, since it was unlocked. 

"Hey! Anyone home? Char?" I yelled into the seemingly empty house.

I waited a couple seconds. I got no answer so I turned to leave. Then I heard someone trip. I scrunched my eyebrows in confusion. I left my bag on the couch and slowly and quietly went up the stairs. I made my way to Charlotte's bedroom. I opened the door quickly, almost hitting Charlotte.

"What the heck, Hen?!"

"What do you mean 'what the heck'?!"

"I mean, what are you doing here trying to take my head off?!"

"I don't know maybe checking up on my friend who called in sick from work the day after we infiltrate a secret super villain cult! And who that took a lot out of me."

Her eyes softened at my outburst. "Okay, sorry. I'm not sick, for one. I just, didn't want to come in today." She says as she flops onto her bed.

"So why did you call in and not come into work? We should be celebrating from our huge win with Kid Danger 2.0." I said as I grinned and flopped down beside her.

"It's.. complicated."

"The kiss."

"It's not complicated."

"You didn't want to kiss me, is that it? I made you uncomfortable and put you in a situation you didn't want to be in? Or maybe it was only an in the moment thing? Or was it—"

I didn't finished that question because Charlotte pecked me on the lips.

"Or you liked it too much and couldn't handle it?" She laughed as I smirked. I leaned in a little. 

"You know you could tell me if that was true, no need to be ashamed about it."

"That's not how it is either. It's just that I didn't know how we would act around each other. This kiss was in the open. Other people saw it, even if they were crazy people. Now we aren't two people doing a dare or two people just doing it in the moment. We're two people kissing because we want to. What does that make us? How do we act around each other now? What do we tell people," she turns towards me,"now, we're not just friends anymore. There's a whole new dynamic between us. And I don't know how I'm suppose to react."

I laughed at her. "You're not suppose to think about it this much. Yeah, things are definitely going to change between us, but that doesn't have to be a bad thing. We're definitely not just friends anymore and I don't know about you, but I'm kinda cool with that." 

She took in a deep breath. "Yeah, you're right. So.. what do we do now?" 

"Well I had an idea.."

I pulled Charlotte close to me and kissed her. It started out pretty slow but was picking up speed. Char pulled away.

"My mom will be home soon, plus we're only in 9th grade. We shouldn't be going too far."

I pulled away. "Yeah, you're right. Since you called in, we should stay in all day and watch movies until you 'feel better'."

"I've got a couple of ideas on how you could do that." She smirked before running off.

"CHARLOTTTTEEEEEE!" I yelled before running after her.

I ran out of her room and chased her down the stairs. We ran in circles around the couch and kitchen before I decided to cut through by jumping over the couch. I trapped her in my arms, lifted her up and spun her around until I lost momentum and came to a stop.

"Okay, okay. What are we gonna watch?"

"I dunno, Hen. Maybe we could binge Disney movies?"

"Ugh.. do we have to?"

"Don't even try to act like you hate them, I know you love Disney movies so that's what we're going to watch."

"Okay, but we are definitely not starting with Frozen."

"Frozen it is!"

"No Char.." I groaned.

"Ah ah ah, I'm the 'sick' one. So I have the authority to choose. No further arguments."

"I hate you."

"That's definitely not what you were saying to me earlier."

"Just shut up and get over here."

"No. I'm going go make popcorn and you're going to bring some huge blankets in the closet of my room."

"Okay fine. But only because I like you."

"Psh. I had you doing this even BEFORE you liked me."

"Shut up."

"I will as soon as you come back down here with those blankets."

"Okay, okay. I'm going." 

I quickly climbed up the stairs and charged into Char's room. I threw open her closet door and pulled out two huge blankets. I slowly walked down the stairs, with both blankets balanced in my arms. Once I reached the bottom floor, I tripped and fell face first. 

Thank God for those blankets.

I could hear Char laughing from the kitchen. "This is why you don't fight with me. It always ends with you in the dust."

"Ha ha. So funny." I said sarcastically.

I could still hear her small giggles from the kitchen. I picked myself and the blankets up, before dumping them on the couch. 

"Is that popcorn almost done?" 

"Yup." Char says as she sits on the couch next to me. She leans over to the coffee table and grabs the remote. She sets the popcorn down and plays the movies. She snuggles under the blankets, near me. I grab the popcorn and put it on our laps. 

The movie starts with the song about ice and we soon drift off into sleep.

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I wrote all of this chapter in one sitting you guys. And I would definitely count this entire chapter as a date. So you're welcome guys. I also come bearing bad news. I think the book is almost done. I think now that they're pretty much together, I've got about 2 chapters left. I hope this isn't too huge of a surprise. I think I've been really tying up loose ends and I don't plan on stretching the book out of them dating and all that. So that means a new book will start up and I'm not sure if the other author will write or me. I guess we'll have to wait and see (haha rhymes). Don't forget to show this book love!

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-syd xp