Disclaimer: I don't own any rights to McFly or any of the songs McFly or other but I do own the Characters Charlotte Fletcher and Emily Ashcroft.
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I always thought that my life was going to be crap; I mean it started off that way what with my parents dying when I was about three years old and no one else in my family wanted me or they couldn't have me so I had to stay in a care home for two years but then my Granddad who lived London came down to get me from the care home I was at in Manchester, I loved living in London with my granddad he used to go and take me to all the iconic places and we used to sit down and watch Sherlock, Merlin and stuff like that on the TV because the pair of us where giant geeks he also taught me how to play the piano and guitar, but when I was ten he started to get really ill and then a year later he died and the only things I got to remember him by was his favourite grey and brown striped jumper and his acoustic guitar, because my auntie took the rest and she wanted nothing to do with me so I went to another care home, where I spent the my days up in my bedroom and not really wanted to talk to anyone and the only subject I really cared about in school was music, I probably spent four years like that. When I was fifteen and I decided enough was enough I had to go down stairs and get over the fact that I had a shit life, because it wasn't just me that has gone through this it was most of the other people in this home as well, I started to get to know some of the younger kids because I was the second oldest at the home, the oldest was Emily she was seventeen we got talking and she was really nice to me eventually we became best friends but the week after my sixteenth birthday she was told that in a couple of months time she would have to leave when she turned eighteen because she was legally an adult, after she left I just used to mope around in the living room and watch the old wonder women series and teenage mutant ninja turtles I still kept in touch with Emily and visited her a lot in fact I practically lived with her. One day my life took a turn for the better because we got an unexpected visit from Tom Fletcher and his girlfriend Giovanna, when they came through the door they were met by all the screaming little girls in the home that where McFly mad, the only reason I was at the front door was because the manager of the home told me I had to, but while Tom and Giovanna where saying hello to all the small kids I snuck off back to the living room where there was the star wars trilogy being played on the TV I knew with all the cute little children around they would never adopt a geeky, hormonal teenager like me, I mean it's not like I even have the cute factor like all those kids do, so I just started to get to grips with the fact that one of the little kids will get taken away into a lovely life. After getting to watch probably half an hour of the first star wars the manager came in and told me to go up stair and get my granddads guitar and play that McFly song that I taught myself how to play, I did as I was told and when I came back into the living room I saw all of the kids from the home, the manager and Tom and Giovanna all sitting down facing a single bar stool that I presumed was for me so I sat down and announced the song
"This is a song that I am sure Mr Fletcher will know it's called you've got a friend"
When you're down and troubled
And you need a helping hand
And nothing, nothing is going right
Close your eyes and think of me
And soon I will be there
To brighten up even your darkest night
You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah.
You've got a friend
If the sky above you
Should turn dark and full of clouds
And that old north wind should begin to blow
Keep your head together
And call my name out loud, yeah
Soon I'll be knocking upon your door
You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running, oh yes I will
To see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Ain't it good to know that you've got a friend
When people can be so cold
They'll hurt you, and desert you
And take your soul if you let them
Oh yeah, but don't you let them
You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there, yes I will.
You've got a friend
You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again (oh baby don't you know)
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
Lord, I'll be there yes I will.
You've got a friend
Oh, you've got a friend.
Ain't it good to know you've got a friend.
Ain't it good to know you've got a friend.
You've got a friend.
When I had finished the song there was a round of applause and I looked over at Tom and Giovanna to see how I did and the pair of them were smiling at me when all the other people had left the room the pair came over to talk to me
"You where really good then err...Sorry what's your name?"
"Oh, thanks my granddad taught me how to play and now I kind of teach myself, he also taught me how to play the piano my name is Charlotte by the way"
"Well it's nice to meet you Charlotte, I'm Giovanna and you already know who he is" she gestured towards Tom
"How long have you been in care for Charlotte?"
"Well after my parents died and no one wanted me or could have me so I went to a home in Manchester for two years then my granddad who lived up here found out and drove down to get me, he died when I was eleven that's when I was sent here, so in total I have been in care for seven years"
"Shit that's a long time; do you have any friends here?" Tom questioned
"yes, I guess it is, and I did have one friends but she had to leave a couple of months ago because she turned eighteen and that's the age you have to leave we still keep in touch but she is basically my only friend, because I didn't really like to socialize much after my granddad died and no one else is into the same things as me"
"Why? What things are you into?" Giovanna
"Well, I'm a big geek just like my granddad and dad where, I read DC and Marvel comics and watch doctor who, Sherlock, Supernatural and Merlin etc"
"Tom's into that kind of stuff as well, I think the pair of you will get on really well, and even though you may need some more time to get used to us and our friends I think you will fit right into our family, right Tom?"
"yes, and you have been through a load of crap, so it will be nice for you not to have to deal with all these little kids anymore and I have always wanted a daughter like you"
"Are the pair of you actually being serious I get to come and live with you as your daughter!" I was crying tears of joy, it will be so nice to go and live with them and because I can get along with them better as there is only 8 years age difference
"Right we will go and talk to your social worker and get this all sorted" Tom said as he and Giovanna walked out of the room.
Four years have passed since that day and now mum (Gi) and dad (Tom) are married and so are Uncle Harry and auntie Izzy well I call them that because we are so close also more exciting news Danny (who's more like a brother than an uncle) is planning to pop the question to aunt Georgia, hopefully soon and poor Doug's and I are still single. I'm looking forward to my birthday tomorrow which is then followed by Danny's a week later, I am inviting Emily round so that we can go out to a club or bar tonight, something like that anyway but mum has organised a barbeque for the day. At the moment the other members of McFly are around at the house in our recording studio and my mum, Izzy and Georgia went shopping normally I would go but I really couldn't be bothered, so I am sat alone in my bedroom catching up on the series 9 of Supernatural.
"CHARLOTTE, COME DOWN AND PLAY SOME SONGS WITH US LOVE" I heard my dad shout, so I got out of bed for the first time all day, I was still in my pyjama's that consisted of some grey shorts and my granddads jumper and I had my hair in a messy bun, I ran down stairs and down the landing until I came to the door that led down into the basement where the studio was based, I walked down the stairs and into the studio to find all the lads sat down trying to figure out a song, but whenever they couldn't figure it out they did a little jam session to take their minds of it, I went over to my guitar and sat down next to Dougie
"Charlotte why aren't you dressed you lazy bitch"
"Because I really couldn't be bothered Doug's anyway you come around in your PJ's all the time, so dad what are we going to play?"
"Dougie wanted to play boulevard of broken dreams"
"That sounds good to me but one thing I really don't want to sing because I'm getting a sore throat and I really don't want to make it any worse and before my birthday as well"
"That's okay Lottie you are excused from singing today" (Lottie and Charlie are his other names for me because they are shortened versions of my name)
When the boys and I had finished the song, they got back to writing their own one and because I was not needed I went back up into my room to finish the episode I was last on before I was interrupted by dad.
An hour or so later I heard the doorbell ring and I know that no one else would answer it, so once again I got out of bed and went down stairs and to the front door, I opened it and saw mum and my aunties with dozens of bags
"Charlotte, do you have anything to wear for tomorrow?"
"Well I thought I would wear that one that has a black netting skirt, long sleeved cream top with the black collar"
"when the girls and I where shopping we suddenly thought that you needed a new dress for your birthday so we brought you that dress you said you liked a couple of weeks ago the one that is a white sweetheart neckline strapless dress and on the top it is covered with a black lace dress that has long sleeves we also got you some new shoes to go with the dress they are a black stiletto wedge that have a strap across them and a little bow at the front"
"Aw, thanks mum"
She took the dress and the shoes out of the bag and I love them, she then handed them over to me and I took them upstairs and put them into my wardrobe which just so happened to be a walk in one, it was very organised with dresses on one wall, skirts and tops where on two separate rails and shoe racks running along all the walls, when I had hung my dress up and up my shoes away I went back to Supernatural for a little while longer, before I was interrupted by Dougie
"Hey, what you doing?"
"I'm catching up on the episodes of supernatural I have missed"
"Everyone wants you to come down stairs and watch a film or something with us all"
"Right, go down and tell everyone I will be down in a minute or so, I just need to have a wash and put some joggers and a t- shirt on"
"I think I'll just stay here"
"Dougie Lee Poynter you get out of my room now"
"Nope, I'm staying right here"
"Fine"
It sounds like me and Dougie argue and slag each other off quite a lot but it's all just for fun, he is one of my best friends.
I grabbed all the stuff I needed from my room so that I didn't need to go back into it semi naked while Dougie was there and went to the bathroom, a couple of minutes later I walked out of the bathroom in a blue vest top and some grey joggers, I leaned around the door into my bedroom to find Dougie still sat on my bed
"Come along Poynter"
"Yes master"
We went down stairs and into the living room to find everyone else sat on the sofas in couples, so Doug and I sat on the floor, Dougie leaned his back against the sofa and I sat next to him with my head on his shoulder mimicking everyone else in the room
"What film do you all want to watch?"
"I think we should watch the Avengers, Uncle Harold since last time we tried to watch it, nearly everyone fell asleep"
Harry agreed with me then walked over to the player with the disc in his hands and inserted it, this time everyone managed not to fall asleep, when the movie got about halfway through I stopped it
"I think we need snacks and drinks break what do all think?"
"Aw, Charlotte it was just getting to the good part"
"Dougie stop complaining you big child and help me get the drinks"
"So, what do you all want to drink?"
"I think I'll have a white wine if you don't mind"
"No, that's fine"
"I think I will have the same as your aunt Izzy if that's okay"
"Okay Auntie Georgia, and mum what do you want?"
"Can I have some of that red wine you and I had last night, there should be some left in the bottle"
"Right okay I shall go and get those for you now"
When I was got to the kitchen I saw Dougie with his head stuck in the fridge I assumed he was looking for beers or something like that for the rest of them, as I walked passed him he turned around causing us to bump into each other
"Are you alright, Charlotte?"
"I'm fine, Doug will you get me a can of cider out of the fridge, thanks, love you"
"I know you do, I mean who wouldn't"
I continued to walk to the cupboard where we kept all the alcohol and poured Izzy's and Georgia's white wines and mum's red wine, then I walked back out on to the landing and through into the lounge and handed everyone their drinks then continued the film once Doug was back as well. When the film had finished everyone went home and because it was eleven pm I went to bed, usually I would stay up later on tumblr or twitter but I couldn't be bothered to night.
The alarm that I had set on my phone started to bleep next to my bed I needed to get up so that I was ready for when Emily came around, so I summoned all my energy and pushed myself out of bed it was nine o'clock and Emily was due at ten so that gave my enough time to have a shower, wash my hair and decide what I was going to wear today, it was really nice weather outside so I will probably wear something summery. I grabbed my towel of my bed and made my way across to the bathroom. I got out of the shower and wrapped the towel that I had around my body then walked back across to my room and went into my wardrobe and picked out my outfit for during the day which I decided was a light blue denim sleeveless shirt with some white lace shorts and my white ballet flats, while I was in my wardrobe I also put out my outfit for tonight, I was almost ready now that I was dressed the only thing I hadn't done was my hair but all I was going to do with it for the moment was get the hair dryer on it the put half up and leave the other half down.
Now that I was ready all I had to do was waiting for Emily to arrive. Well that didn't take long I walked down the stairs and to the front door, I opened it to find Emily stood there in a nice floral summer dress, she had a two bags in her hand one looked like a gift bag and the other I presumed contained her things for clothes for tonight
"Hey, Emily come on in and I will take your stuff up to my room"
"Oh, look who's living the good life"
"He he, follow me, then we can come back down and you can meet the mad members of McFly that I have to deal with mainly 24/7 because they kind of use our house as a base"
"Yes, but you have lots of fun with them really"
"I know I do"
So I took Emily upstairs and she lay her clothes, shoes and makeup out for tonight, then we went back down stairs and out into the garden where my parents had set out some chairs and tables, with a barbeque as well which is where I found my dad and uncle harry preparing the food for later, Izzy and Georgia where sat on some chair the patio along with mum and Danny and Dougie where playing football on the lawn
"So who do you want to be introduced to first?"
"Decisions, decisions, well I really want to meet your dad and then you can pick who after that"
After being introduced to everyone, we walked back over to the patio area and sat down with Izzy, Georgia and Gi(sometimes I call her Gi or Giovanna but most of the time I call her mum) and got some drinks since I didn't want to drink too much before to night anyway, Emily got talking to them all about what I used to be like when I first went to the home and then about the parties she used to get me into when I was fifteen, I got bored after listening to them talk about me so I went to find were the lads where, I found them all preparing for a water fight so I grabbed a couple of water balloons and started filling them up I decided to be on a team with Danny and Tom when Emily walked around to the side of the house and found what we were doing and went on a team with Harry and Dougie. Once we had all of our ammunition we went back around onto the garden, once Izzy saw what was about to take place she told mum and Georgia and they all grabbed their drinks and hurried inside the house so they were safe.
The water fight ended when we ran out of water balloons, all of us where soaked Emily and I walked back to the house where mum was waiting at the back door with two towels that we wrapped around ourselves then we went upstairs to get changed into some dry clothes
"Emily what kind of clothes do you want? You can borrow some shorts and a bikini top if you want or a dress or something"
Emily can get away with wearing bikini's because she is skinny and confident and can wear whatever the hell she wants and she looks hot whereas I on the other hand am curvy and am really self conscious about the way I look because I have grown up with all these skinny girls in high school taking the piss out of me because of the fact that I am curvy and don't look like them
"Can I wear some of your denim shorts and vest top will do"
"Yes, that's fine just have a look around and just borrow anything you want, I think I'm going to wear polka dot denim shorts with Captain America t-shirt"
"Thanks"
When Emily had got changed we went back down into the garden, as we got back out on the patio my eyes were met by a sight of topless McFly I turned to Emily to apologize for what she was witnessing but before the words could leave my mouth she spoke
"I know you are about to apologize but don't you have no need to this is the stuff that dreams are made of I mean topless McFly"
As soon as she said that I couldn't help but cringe at the fact she was talking about my best friends and adoptive family like that. The rest of the day was great we had our barbeque, and then Dad brought out my cake, which was followed by everyone giving me presents after that Emily and I popped back up stairs to do our hair and make up and get ready to go to the club. Once we had finished getting ready we walked back down stairs and into the lounge where everyone had moved to now that it was dark and cold out side
"We are going to go now so we will probably see you all tomorrow"
"Charlotte, the boys and I are coming as well because we want to really"
"That's fine dad but if I'm talking to someone none of you are to come over and make a fool out of me or take my away, but you are all good fun when you're drunk so you can come with us"
Danny chose the club because I didn't know what one was the best, when we got into there it turned out that they had booked me a VIP area, so I went to go and sit down with Emily but was stopped by Danny who was buying the first round of drinks
"What do you want?"
"I don't know, surprise me"
Seconds after saying that I know I would probably regret it. I then turned back to Emily and we started walking over to the VIP booth, a couple of minutes later Dougie and Harry came over with their hands full of drinks they were followed by my dad and Danny who had more drinks
"Right you told me to surprise you kiddo so I got us all some vodka shots"
"We are all doing this at the same time right?"
"Yep, 321"
I picked up my shot and knocked it back I could feel the vodka hit the back of my throat.
"So who's gonna be the first to dance with the birthday girl" I announced after a couple of wkd's
"Oh me, pick me"
"Come along then Captain Doug wash" I grabbed his hand and guided him to the centre of the floor and started dancing, Dougie was being stupid as per usual but I wouldn't have it any other way, I had probably been dancing with Doug for twenty minutes when I saw Danny get up and walk over to me
"When's it my turn to dance with my friend"
"Danny stop whining she's dancing with me wait your turn"
Seconds later this had turned into a full blown argument between the pair of them so I went to find Emily who was sat at the bar talking the bar tender who was fucking gorgeous so I went to join her
"Hey, Emily"
"Hey where have you been?"
"Dancing with Dougie but Danny came over and wanted to dance but Doug wouldn't let him which turned into an argument which I decided to escape"
"Oh right, Charlotte is it okay if I have a dance with Dougie?"
"Why would I be bothered, I'm pretty sure he has been eyeballing you all fucking day"
So when Emily went to dance with Dougie I got another drink them went and sat down with my dad and Harry who were being mobbed by a load of drunk fan girls, so I decided to go and help them after all they are my family, I made my way over to the booth when I got there one of the girls said "OMG! Charlotte Fletcher, toms adopted daughter" I tried to ignore them but they were all getting on my nerves and the fact that they were drunk made it worse
"Look will you please, leave me, my family and friends to have a good party without being interrupted by McFly fans please"
They all looked at me pissed off and sad but they got the message and one by one started to leave
"Thank you"
It was one in the morning and I was still having fun dancing with everyone but I haven't seen Dougie or Emily for a while. I carried on dancing a bit longer but I started getting to warm so I went over and told my dad that I was going outside for a while to get some fresh air then I started to weave my way back to the entrance of the club and out into the cool air, I started to walk to the nearest bench so that I could take my shoes of because my feet wear killing me as I was walking I passed an alley and out of the corner of my eye I saw two figures, I turned my head to see exactly what was going on and I saw that the two figures where Dougie and Emily entwined in an intense make out session she was pushed up against the wall with her legs wrapped around Dougie's hips, I couldn't quite believe what was going on at first then this sudden feeling of sadness hit me I don't know why I was upset I should be happy for them but it just didn't feel right, I just turned around and walked back to the club and pretended I didn't see anything, I kept trying to get the image of what I had just scene out of my head but I just couldn't forget it as soon as I walked into the club I saw Harry so I walked back through the crowd to get to him when I was there I declared
"Uncle Harry, I want to go home"
Harry didn't bother to ask me why he just ran and gathered up Danny and Tom, once we had gathered our stuff we walked out of the club to be greeted by Dougie and Emily the pair of them had messed up hair and items of clothing that where unfastened
"Charlotte wants to go home, so we are going to get a cab home now are you coming?"
"Err, yer we will come"