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I wake up with Clay practically sleeping on top of me.

I told him to sleep on the other bed but he just wouldn't have it. Said he was cold and sleeping alone would make him freeze to death. Talk about being dramatic

What I think? That's utter bullshit. I know he missed sleeping next to me, at least I did.

"Clay" I nudge him, but he doesn't move

I swear this boy doesn't wake up under any circumstances. There could be an earthquake and he'd still be sleeping

"Clay" I repeat, he stirs next to me

Fuck it

With all my force I push him off the bed, moving a 6'3 man isn't an easy task per se

Once he collides with the floor I finally hear him complain

"What the fuck was that for"

God his morning voice-

I missed this, missed him more than I imagined. Those weeks without Clay are blurry in my head, I barely remember shit... I was like a robot. Get up, go to class, maybe have lunch? I don't remember, watch Clay's stream and then back to bed just to repeat that same routine over and over again.

"You wouldn't wake up" I chuckle "And the hotel's breakfast is about to close, we should go"

Getting up from the bed I go to my suitcase to start pulling out some clothes to wear. After I'm done changing, Clay comes up to me and hugs me from behind, placing soft kisses on my neck

"Clay..." I warn him

"Just five minutes"

"No"

"Pretty please?" he says and I can picture him pouting

"I'm not missing breakfast" I say turning around to face him, his eyes darting towards my lips

I get on my toes and lightly peck his lips "Let's go"

"You're killing me here babe" Clay chuckles

"No pet names" I say walking away from him and opening the door "I'll see you at the buffet"

Hopefully since it's late morning no one I know will be downstairs. I don't want to encounter anyone after last night, Aidren will have a lot of questions which I'm not entirely comfortable answering.

I still care about him.

That's something I figured out once I saw him again. Not romantically though, I feel like Clay has broken me. Anytime I try to think about any other person in a romantic way, he pops up on my head.

I have so many memories with Aidren though. We had the typical best friends turned into lovers story, ours just didn't have a happy ending

I know he still cares for me too, and I know how much it pains him to see me walk around with Clay... the problem with Aidren is that he just never gives up, he always gets what he wants. Him pushing his boundaries with me might trigger Clay

That's why avoiding him will be the key for this trip to not turn into a shit show.

As I walk towards the front desk I hear Adrien call out for me.

"Char! What a nice coincidence"

"Aidren" I smile "Yeah... sorry about last night"

"It's fine, I know how your mom gets" he says giving me an apologetic look

I always bitched about my mother to him, Adrien experienced my discomfort with her firsthand

"Where's Tray" he asks

Tray?

Oh, right

"Adrien" I give him a knowing look, and he rolls his eyes "Clay's up in our room, still getting ready"

And if I want to keep things on the low I need to get rid of Adrien before he comes here.

"Nick, her ex is here" That's the first thing I tell my best friend once he picks up the phone

"And?" he answers unamused

"And what, moron" I say "He's a pain in the ass, telling stories about them in high school and shit"

"Aren't you friends though"

I don't know if I should tell him about last night. If Charlotte finds out she'll be pissed about it but... I don't know I really need Nick's advice

Fuck it, what she doesn't know won't hurt her... right?

"I slept with her last night" I confess

"Pog"

"Are you fucking kidding me?"

"Yeah, I am" Nick deadpans "What do you want me to say dude? Congrats on getting your tip dipped?"

"No, but I think there's been an improvement on our relationship" I tell him

"Did she say she wanted something serious then?" he asks

"Well no, she said just friends, but-"

"Look Clay, I like Charllotte, I do. She's like my sister and I do think she's nice... but she's not showing any signs of actually wanting a relationship with you"

"I don't need this right now Nick" I tell him

"So when are you gonna need it? When you close off once she blows up on you?" Nick says with an accusing tone

"I'll call Geor-"

"He thinks the same thing" Nick cuts me off "Those weeks you spent without her were scary dude-"

"I know that, it won't happen again" I almost scream

For once in these past months things seem

to go somewhere with Charlotte, everything went from us not even interacting, to sleeping together.

After that party I kind of fucked up. I knew that the moment I called out her sexual assault.

After that things just went downhill for us, I went after her and saw Charlotte kissing that- that dude

I got blinded by my anger and pride and blew off on her.

Some of the things I told her were right. We weren't in a healthy place and after any minor inconvenience we go for each other's neck instead of talking it out.

But I should've fought for her, for us. There's always problems like these in relationships, right?

Thank god she called me that night. Streaming and recording videos weren't cutting it for me.

The first week after our fallout was rough, very rough. I didn't leave my room and Nick had to beg me to eat.

Then George started calling me and convinced me to record something, which definitely helped since I got her off my mind... for a while at least.

I decided to not make my friends suffer, so I acted like I was fine, but I spent way too many nights without sleep, thinking about her and what a major fuck up I was.

I still can't believe she let me in again.

Although my sudden love confession was not how I wanted it to go, I'm glad she hasn't brought it up again.

"You know her better than I do man" Sapnap finally says in defeat

"She's waiting for me downstairs" I almost whisper "Could you please talk to Angel and get her to, at least stand me?"

"I'll see what I can do"

"Thank you man, see you in a couple of days" I say to my best friend

"Bye bro"

Alright, now to that stupid breakfast thing

I try to remember how the fuck I got up to our room so I can go get breakfast

After going round this huge hotel, I finally see Charlotte sitting on a table patiently waiting for me. I can't help but smile at how cute she is

My smile however is cut short, when I see that blond fucker get near her.

"Well hello Tray"

Does he think he's being funny?

"Clay" I correct him

"Right, sorry" he chuckles "Me and Charlotte were talking about your tour of the city, we did some exploring back then I'm sure she'll take you to some wonderful places" is he fucking testing me?

"That's good" I say

"So you guys wanna get breakfast?" he adds, joining our little breakfast date. I swear to god I will-

"Sorry Adrien..." Charlotte speaks up "Clay and I were hoping to have a one on one date" she says dismissing him. That's my girl

His expression drops, guess he wasn't expecting that.

"Sorry man" I say, grabbing Charlotte and walking away from him. I can't help but smile

"He's trying to get a reaction out of you" Charlotte says

"He won't, I don't care how much he flirts around you" I say and I notice Charlotte's face fill with confusion "Surprising, right? At the end of the day I'm the one fucking you" I whisper into her ear, and she turns a bright shade of pink

I love seeing her get flustered, she's so pretty...

"Look what I bought" I say holding a disposable camera on my hands

"And what do you plan to do with that?" he teases

"Shit Clay, I dunno, feed it to the birds maybe... what am I supposed to do with a camera" I say to the tall blonde boy standing in front of me.

Clay simply rolls his eyes back and laughs at my sarcasm, he seems ok...? Given what happened earlier with Adrien

"I know dumbass, but is it for like, taking pictures of me?" he asks and I nod

"Well, if you're comfortable that is... It doesn't have to be exclusively you, it can be of you and..." I turn back and look around "the buildings"

He stares at me. I wish I was in those books where characters just look at their partner's eyes and know what they're feeling...

When I look at his eyes, there's nothing to read, I get instantly lost in them

"Loosen up Clay, it's just for me I won't post them anywhere" I joke

"I know" he says stepping closer, wrapping his arms around me "I want the pictures too" he adds

"I'll make doubles when I print them" I smile

"That's great" He reciprocates my smile "So... what did you want to show me?"

"What do you want to see" I ask "You said you already came here once, is there any place you'd like to re-visit?"

"Not really... I want you to give me a tour of the city" he grabs my shoulders, squeezing them lightly "So that I can see it from your perspective"

That's cute

I like how he takes time to listen to what I enjoy, just like I do when he rants for hours about his minecraft tournaments

"Ok so, there's this little cafe I used to go to all the time" I begin telling him "The owner is an old lady, Mrs Miller, she's the best you'll love her"

"I'm sure I will" he tells me

So we begin walking down the street, at one point Clay grabs my hand so we interlock fingers

We manage to walk a few blocks when I hear someone call my name from behind me

"Char-Char!"

Fucking hell

I turn around and cone face to face with an old acquaintance from high school... More like fucking enemy

"Sissy, hi" I tell the tall black-haired girl standing in front of me, giving her a fake smile

I guess I might have held a tighter grip on Clay's hand since I feel him put a hand behind my lower back

"Didn't know you were back in the city, how's Florida" her eyes flicker to Clay standing beside me, her gaze moves towards our interlocked hands "Well I see you got yourself a boy-toy"

"He's my boyfriend" I quickly let out

"Boyfriend huh?" she whispers "I'm Sissy" she tells Clay, extending her hand towards him

Clay looks at me with hesitation, but before he can grab her hand I pull him behind me, sort of guarding him from her.

Which is kinda dumb, Clay's way taller than me and Sissy can realistically still see him

"Come on Char-Char... tell me his name, nothing will happen"

"Luke" I lie "Now, can we please leave" I say turning to look at the blond boy standing behind me

"I'm not gonna try anything Charlotte chill" Sissy says rolling her eyes, she then gets closer to me and whispers "Left that back im high school, right?"

"Right" I say "We really need to go though... sorry!" I tug at Clay's hand and sort of drag him away from Sissy

"Bye Char-Char" Sissy shouts "See you around, I might stop by Florida some day, Orlando was it, right?"

I'm not doing this, if I turn around I will grab her hair and yank her across the street.

"Who was she" Clay asks after some time

"She used to go to high school with me" I huff "But we never really got along"

"I could tell" he half-laughs "You said I was your boyfriend, and for you to lie-"

Oh right

I stop on my tracks and put my hands over my face

"I'm so sorry Clay it's not fair for you... it's jus- she"

"Hey hey, it's fine, I don't mind" he smiles, walking up to me, placing a soft kiss on my forehead

"There... was a situation with her and Adrien when we were together" I confess and Clay's eyebrows furrow in confusion

"Adrien denied everything but... I'm not sure- I don't believe a single thing she said either but Sissy always tried to get with the guys I had a thing with, most of the time she succeeded, and when she saw us holding hands I could tell that-" I begin to ramble but Clay puts a hand on my shoulder, stopping me

"It's not gonna happen" Clay reassures me "I have an eye on a certain someone, I wouldn't change her for anything"

My face turns red, so I try and hide from him, but Clay has other plans... he lifts my face and our lips connect

"OH MY GOD ARE YOU CHARLOTTE?"

You have to be fucking kidding me

Panic washes over both of us, what if she recognizes Clay? This is bad, so bad

"Oh, Mati esperate un segundo que una fan de Dream y los chicos quiere una foto" I quickly tell him, hopefully this will throw her off [Oh, Mati wait a second, a Dream and the boys' fan wants a picture

"Sorry" I turn to look at the girl "I'm visiting some family... What's your name?" I divert the subject

"You kiss your relatives?" she asks

"Cousin's friend" I smile "Your name" I insist

"Ainsley" she smiles "Can I have a picture?"

"Sure" I smile

She quickly takes the picture and is about to leave, when I see her point her phone up at Clay. Quickly I make him turn around so that he's facing away from the camera

"Vamos" I turn to Clay, he just stands there, I grab his hands and get the fuck away from this girl

"Fuck fuck fuck" Clay mutters

"Do you think she managed to take the picture?" I ask

"I hope not"

"What if it leaks?" I say starting to worry

"It won't" Clay says

"I'll just say you are my cousin's friend..." I tell him "Post a picture of patches tomorrow, that'll throw them off IF it leaks"

"Good idea" he says, but I notice he remains nervous, picking at his fingernails, so I grab his hand

"Hey... hey look at me" I say "Nothing will happen don't worry" I try to reassure him "It won't get anywhere I promise" I get on my tip toes and peck him on the lips

"Thank you" he truthfully says

"Anytime" I whisper "Now let's get to the café"

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hey! longer chapter cause i disappeared for a while lol

not gonna bore you w the reason why, yall are here to read abour dream banging some girl...

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gonna try and update faster!