Chapter 6: Adding to the Circle

Date: March 30th

46 Days until the wedding

(Third Person)

"Uuuuuuuughhhhhhh, where are they? It's been 30 minutes!" Brianna groaned into the couch pillow of Skellington manor.

"Complaining isn't making them get here faster." Charlotte said in a sing song voice. She was sitting on the other side of the couch and reading a book of poetry that she found on Jack's shelf.

"We have work to do! The wedding is in less then two months, and we haven't even picked out a cake flavor. The CAKE FLAVOR! I don't care if it is different layers with different flavor, but we gotta make a decision, and fast!" Brianna said, sitting up on the couch.

"Brianna, please relax. I'm sure Coraline and Wybie will be here. Perhaps something came up last minute." Jack offered as he flipped through some of the plans Brianna had brought over.

"I guess you're right, but I feel like they would have said something." Brianna sighed.

"Okay, if it makes you feel better, I'll go check on them myself." Charlotte sighed and took out her keychain before she used Jack's front door to leave.

"So, I guess we just wait then?" Trevor offered and Stephen shrugged.

"Nothing else we can do."

Once she passed through the portal, Charlotte noticed that it was incredibly dark. She blinked a few times and couldn't seem to adjust to the darkness so she took out her phone and used it as a flashlight.

"Where am I?" She wondered and noticed she was surrounded by multiple boxes and clothes hanging above her.

"Oh...it's a closet. Lovely." She muttered. Charlotte sighed and shuffled towards the door and was about to unlock it when she heard something.

"Thank you again for helping me clear out my closet. I have much more room now." A women's voice spoke causing Charlotte to gasp and drop her keychain. She quickly covered her mouth to keep from giving herself away and bent down to look for it.

"No problem Mrs. Lovat. Glad we could help." It was Coraline! Charlotte then peered through the keyhole seeing Coraline, Wybie and Mrs. Lovat in what looked like a bedroom.

'Are you kidding me!? Out of all the places I end up, it's Wybie's Grandmothers bedroom!?' Charlotte thought to herself and turned off her phone flashlight.

"Well, there's nothing else that needs to be moved down stairs. I'm sure you two have homework to do." Mrs. Lovat said and Coraline's eyes widened.

"Oh no...Wybie we're late!" She screeched then clamped her mouth shut. Charlotte flinched slightly and attempted to stand up, but her foot caught on something and she tripped, falling forward, causing the door to open and her to fall out.

"Charlotte!" Coraline and Wybie cried and ran over to their friend and helped her up.

"Whoa, are you okay?" Wybie asked as Charlotte adjusted herself.

"Yeah, I'm okay." She assured them.

"What is going on?" Mrs. Lovat demanded. Everyone turned to her in fear and looked at one another with questioning looks. Coraline shrugged nervously, Wybie scratched the back of his neck, and Charlotte let out a sigh.

"It's okay guys, she knows. There's no going back." She assured them and walked over to Mrs. Lovat and held out her hand.

"Hello Mrs. Lovat, my name is Charlotte Douglas. And...I'm from another world." Charlotte introduced and Mrs. Lovat then shook her hand.

"Please, continue."

Charlotte then explained everything, along with Coraline and Wybie. The Seven Holidays, Oogie Boogie, the Beldam, Bella. Everything. Mrs. Lovat didn't interrupt them and only listened carefully with her arms folded.

"And...yeah that's about it. Again, I'm so sorry for barging in here like this, still not fully used to this keychain." Charlotte finished.

"Well, you two have certainly been up to a lot these past few months." Mrs. Lovat said to Coraline and Wybie.

"You have no idea...so what happens now?" Coraline asked. Charlotte thought for a moment.

"Um, Mrs. Lovat, I sort of promised to bring Coraline and Wybie to Halloween Town for the wedding planning. If you'd like, maybe you could join us." Charlotte suggested and Mrs. Lovat's eyes widened, but she smiled fondly.

"I'd be honored."

"...waiting...waiting...waiting...OKAY! That's it, I'm gonna check on them!" Brianna exclaimed, sitting upside down on the couch and attempting to sit up as Lock, Shock, Barrel, and Bell watched her and couldn't help but giggle.

"I got it, I got it!" Brianna said and managed to get herself right side up and jumped off the couch.

"Tada...and I'm out." Brianna was about to leave when a screamed echoed through the house.

"I got it!" Brianna cried and opened the door.

"Oh hey, Charlotte, Coraline, Wybie, Mrs. Lovat...MRS. LOVAT!?" Brianna gasped and everyone turned to see that, sure enough, Mrs, Lovat was standing in the door way along with their other friends.

"Everyone, this is Mrs. Lovat." Charlotte introduced and Jack finally stood up and walked over, offering his hand.

"Hello Mrs. Lovat, please to meet you. I'm Jack Skellington. Your grandson, Wybie, told us much about you." He introduced and Mrs. Lovat shook his hand, with zero hesitation.

"Please to meet you as well. I've already heard so much about you from the others." She said and Sally walked over and Jack wrapped an arm around her.

"This is my lovely fiancée Sally." He introduced, causing Sally to blush.

"Would you like to come in?" She offered and Mrs. Lovat nodded and everyone walked in.

"So...how did this happen?" Brianna asked.

"I accidentally walked into her closet." Charlotte deadpanned and Lock burst out laughing.

"How did you end up there!?" He asked between giggles, only to be shushed by Shock.

"Truth be told I don't know, I'm usually pretty good with these things." Charlotte said, holding up her keychain thoughtfully.

"Hmmm, I wonder if there's some mysterious force that is working it because everything if supposed to happen for a reason." Brianna said thoughtfully and everyone sat there for a moment and Bella broke the silence.

"She actually might have a point, she did get her violin when she most needed it." She pointed out and everyone sat in thought for a moment and Charlotte stood up.

"I think that's a mystery for another day, we should really get back to the wedding." She urged and everyone started nodding in agreement and Brianna passed out the binders and Sally offered everyone some tea. Later, everyone had a cup by them and was looking over everything.

"Hmmmm, you've already seem to be on top of things here." Mrs. Lovat commented and Charlotte nodded.

"Yep, Jack and Sally already sent out invitations, dresses are all done, we got the dinner menu set up. Just need to work out a few things." She said, counting on her fingers and Coraline flipped through the binder she was holding

"Huh, Brianna, why does the bachelorette party is 'Top Secret'?" Coraline asked and showed her the page she was on. Brianna blinked as she looked at the page as if remembering why she put that.

"Oh! Yeah, that event is meant to stay on the 'hush hush'. I didn't want Sally to know anything about it other then the fact it's on the first weekend of May." Brianna explained.

"Okay, I guess that makes sense." Coraline said, turning back to the binder.

"Speaking of which, is Trevor gonna plan the bachelor party?" Wybie asked and Charlotte's eyes went wide as she turned to her brother.

"Uh...sort of. I did plan on having the guys over as the girls went...out." Trevor explained and saw his sister's horror. He whispered something in her ear that seemed to calm her down and she went back to work.

"That sounds wonderful Trevor. I look forward to it." Jack said sincerely and he smiled sheepishly.

"Thanks." He said and Bella glanced up at Mrs. Lovat, who smiled back at her.

"I know about what happened. I don't hold a grudge against you. Remember that." She assured Bella and placed a hand over hers. Bella smiled thankfully and Charlotte looked over at everyone.

It seemed to good to be true. Everyone was happy and getting along so well. She smiled to herself and took her last sip of tea and placed the cup back on the table and settled into her chair.

Their circle, just got a little bigger.

Author's Note:

Whew! That took forever and I am so sorry! I've been really busy with the last couple days of school!

That's right, IT'S SUMMER! Haha! I hope to get a little more writing in, but truth be told I'm kinda losing a little motivation for this story. I haven't gotten any reviews from you guys! I really would like to know what you guys think! It means a whole lot to me!

Anyway, Happy Early Father's Day! Since I won't be able to post anything tomorrow. Since I'll be a bit busy with my family. Hope you all have a great day!