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Chapter Fourteen: Trouble
"Daddy? Are you home?" Her voice filled the dark and empty house. It felt like something out of a horror movie. "Daddy?"
She walked slowly down the poorly lit hallway, her black matted hair messy around her face. She clenched tightly onto the ratty old stuffed dog which was tucked tightly under her right arm as she approached her fathers room which sat at the end of the hallway.
She bit her bottom lip nervously as she softly knocked on the door. "Daddy? Are you… are you in there?"
The door slowly squeaked open causing her to swallow hard before taking a step into the room. Her breath caught into her throat as her eyes landed on the bloody mess that lay out in front of her and she did the only thing she could think of. She screamed.
"Clear!" … Beeeep.
"Trust me Charm. This will be the beginning of something I think you will quite enjoy." Arella smiled sweetly at her newly adopted daughter once she finished plating her hair.
She stayed silent as she squeezed her stuffed dog tightly. Arella simply smiled and took her hand into her own.
"Clear!" … Beeeep…
"Dude look at the new kid! She looks a little creepy." The boy grinned elbowing his best friend in the side playfully.
"Don't be mean, Garfield." He sighed back carefully eyeing the new girl as she stared back at him uncomfortably. He slowly made his move towards her with Garfield following right behind him. "Hi. My name is Richard. What's your name?" He asked letting a smile cross his lips.
She stayed silent while clenching onto her dog, her big blue eyes stared nervously at him. "Dude do you speak?" Garfield asked in his confused tone.
Charm slowly shook her head taking a step away from the two boys but Richard took a step forward and took a hold of her hand. "It's okay. I'll show you around." Charm stared wide eyed at him as he took her cold hand into his warm one. "You and I, we are gonna' be friends. So can I know your name?"
She took a deep breath and nodded slowly. "… Charm…"
"Hi Charm. I'm ten how old are you?" Richard smiled warmly, trying to relax her.
She stared at him for a moment but slowly answered. "…Same…"
"Hey! Hey I'm Garfield by the way!" He called out after the two quickly following after the two.
"Charge to two hundred! Clear!" …. Beeeep…
"Shit I slept in again!" She growled glancing over her books and folders down to her watch to check the time. She continued her quickening speed until suddenly she crashed into something causing her to crash to the floor and her papers fly everywhere. "Ah. Shit." She sighed, huffing hair out of her face.
"I'm sorry." A deep voice said from under her, bringing her to the realisation that she had landed on top of somebody.
She suddenly pushed herself off him and onto the floor just next to him. "I am so sorry." She said pushing her hair out of her face quickly.
The dark skinned boy sat up and looked at the girl sitting in front of him and felt his heart skip a beat. "No… My entire fault."
Charm smiled sweetly at the boy as their eyes locked. "I… I haven't seen you around before…"
"Nope. I transferred here today, half way through year seven correct?" He answered. "Name's Isaiah." He spoke holding out his hand for her.
"Charmian… Friends um call me Charm…" She took his hand feeling her cheeks grow hot. "You can call me Charm."
He smiled at her, gently shaking her hand. "Let me help you pick up your things, Charm."
Charm shook her head. "I almost forgot I was at school." She laughed out rubbing the back of her neck. "I can… Show you around if you like." She spoke avoiding eye contact, feeling incredibly nervous.
"Sounds great." He smiled handing her the papers he had picked up taking a glance down at them. "I see you're creative."
She let out an uncomfortable laugh taking the papers from his hand. "Yeah I um… I love drama, art and music… I love to sing…"
He caught her eyes with his once more. "Oh really? I play the guitar maybe you and I could get together sometime and play."
Charm let a small smile cross her lips. "I'd like that…"
"Charm! Come on you're late again!" Richard sighed from behind the two causing them both to turn and look at him.
"C… coming!" Charm called back piling her books back into her arms before rising to her feet. "I'll see you later… Isaiah." She said softly giving him one more soft smile, then she turned around to run after Richard.
"Charge!" .
Raven let out a loud groan feeling her head pound like no tomorrow. There was sunlight streaming into whatever room she had found herself in. Her eyes slowly adjusted to the bright light and things began to look less like blobs and more like things. She had worked out that she was in a bedroom. But it wasn't any bedroom she was familiar with.
Her first thought went to what was she wearing under the sheets? She took a deep breath and lifted the sheets slowly but when the pale colour of her skin was all she could see she quickly pulled the sheets back down.
Oh god. She was naked.
Her mind was racing now and her heart felt like it was going to rip from her chest. Her mind was trying desperately to figure out what happened last night but there was nothing. No memory of last night found its way into her head. She needed to get out of here. This was bad.
Her eyes darted around the strange room for her clothes before spotting them in a pile just next to the door. "I need to get out of here." She whispered to herself quickly making her dash for her clothes.
"Ah Raven. You are awake my dear." Malchior smirked from the doorway as he leaned against the frame of the door.
Raven instantly felt the need to cover herself with anything she could. "What happened last night?" She demanded to know. Now.
Malchior's cruel smile stayed on his face. "Don't you remember dear? You told that annoying child to leave you alone and then you begged me to take you home."
Raven swallowed hard. "Garfield?"
"Yeah him. It was priceless, the hurt look on his face." Malchior's chuckle rang through the house sending chills down her spine.
"I want to leave. Now." She stated simply taking a step towards her clothes
Malchior smirked. "And where will you go?"
"Home." Raven growled keeping herself covered as she picked up the pile of dirty clothes.
Malchior's laugh once again filled her ears. "Raven do you really think any of them want to talk to you? I mean you were so rude."
"Oh shut up Malchior I'm sure none of them were sober enough to remember and if they do I'll apologise." Raven snapped feeling irritated being around him.
"Oh I like it when you get angry." He joked casually taking a step towards her. "Don't you remember what you begged me to do last night?"
Raven instantly felt sick to her stomach. "I'm leaving." She growled slipping her dress over her head.
Malchior pushed himself harshly up against her until she was pinned up against the wall. "You really think I'm going to let you leave?"
Raven's eyes went wide but she refused to let her emotions show at all. "Do you really think you can stop me?"
"Of course I can my dear." He smirked as he ran his hand up her thigh.
She slapped his hand away instantly. "Get away from me." She demanded trying desperately not to show her fear.
Malchior growled forcefully taking her face into his hands before clashing his lips onto hers, kissing her passionately. Raven scowled and instantly pushed him off her bringing her hand to his lips. "Bitch!" Malchior yelled lifting his hand up and harshly slapping Raven.
Raven's head titled to the side due to the force but her mind stayed firmly on her task: get out now. She pushed passed him and towards the door, he grabbed onto her dress strap snapping it from his position. Raven held the dress up as she turned around and kneed him directly in his privates. She turned and ran out the door picking up her bag on the way without looking back.
She felt the need to run. Run as fast as her legs would take her, without looking back. Her mind was racing so fast that she couldn't stop the tears that fell slowly down her pale cheeks. That was the Malchior she remembered just before he left.
She ran and ran until a slight bump in the footpath caused her to stumble and crash to the hard floor, scrapping her legs and arms. She panted hard unable to force herself to move until she caught her breath. She felt stupid. She threw away her new life in a flash. She threw away Garfield.
"Garfield…" She whispered to herself tilting her head up enough to catch sight of her handbag.
She sat up slowly, hissing at the pain it brought to her. She dug into her bag in attempts to find her phone and after a moment for digging through her bag she managed to find it at the bottom. She flipped open her phone and an instant message popped up 'one hundred and twenty missed calls'.
She felt her stomach drop as the number flashed back at her over and over until she finally looked at who they were from. 'Forty from Garfield.' 'Twenty-five from Richard.' 'Thirteen from Iris.' 'Nine from Victor.' 'Ten from Terra.' 'Five from Kori.' 'Nine from Karen.' 'Three from Jinx.' 'Two from Wally.' 'Two from Garth.' 'One from Roy.' and 'One from Isaiah.'
Her stomach went wild. Something was wrong with Charm. She pressed a few buttons before slowly bringing her phone to her ear.
'Bring, bring.' She felt herself mouthing a 'come on, come on!' as the phone ringed into her ears. "Raven!" She heard Jinx voice answer in a mixture of anger and panic. "Where the hell have you been?"
"I don't know… What's wrong?" Raven didn't want to talk about anything that happened with her. She just wanted to know if her sister was okay.
There was a silence for a moment. "There's been an accident… I think you should come to the hospital…"
Raven felt her heart jump into her throat. "Which one…?"
"So. What do we do today?" Isaiah laughed lightly slouching up against the large oak tree with his guitar on his lap. It was hard to get Charm on her own.
Charm grinned while she lazily played with her long black hair. "Depends. What do you want to do?"
Isaiah smiled at her while he watched her play with her hair. He knew from the moment he crashed into her it was love at first site. "I don't care. It's just nice to not have Roy and Richard around."
Charm giggled "Don't forget Gar." She got up onto her feet and unknowingly teasingly walked towards him. "Why don't you play something for me?" She asked sweetly.
"You know you're going to have to sing to me some day." Isaiah laughed lightly as he tapped on his guitar. "What to hear a new song I'm working on?"
Charm grinned and nodded her head. "Yes please!"
He smirked at her before stringing his fingers along the strings.
"Oooooh. Ooooh. Ooooh.
Ooooh. Oooh. Oooooh
Hey!
It's seventy-two degrees, zero chance of rain
It's been a perfect day
We're all spinning on our heels, so far away from real
In California
We watched the sunset from our car, we all took it in
And by the time that it was dark, you and me had something, yeah!
And if this is what we've got, then what we've got is gold
We're shining bright and I want you, I want you to know
The morning's on it's way, our friends all say goodbye
There's nowhere else to go, I hope that you'll stay the night"
Charm giggled as he sung to her, Isaiah couldn't help the smile on his face. She was so much fun to be around.
"Oooooh ooooh ooooh. I hope that you'll spend the night."
Charm shook her head with a grin on her face as she bobbed along to the music.
"We've been singing Billie Jean
Mixin' vodka with caffeine
We've got strangers stopping by
And though you're out of tune
Girl you blow my mind, you do
And I'll say I don't wanna say good night
There's no quiet corner to get to know each other
And there's no hurry I'm a patient man
Is your discover
Cause if this is what we've got, then what we've got is gold
We're shining bright and I want you, I want you to know
The morning's on it's way, our friends all say goodbye
There's nowhere else to go, I hope that you'll stay the night
Ooooh ooooh ooooh, you'll stay the night."
Charm sat down next to him, eyes locked with his. She knew she loved him.
"Just like the song on our radio set
We'll share the shelter of my single bed
But it's a different tune that's stuck in my head
And it goes…
If this is what we've got, then what we've got is gold
We're shining bright and I want you, I want you to know
The morning's on it's way, our friends all say goodbye
There's nowhere else to go, I hope that you'll stay the night"
Once his fingers stopped playing Charm clapped while letting out an enchanting giggle. "That was lovely."
"So will you?" Isaiah smirked resting his arm against the tree suggestively.
Charm cocked an eyebrow. "Will I what?"
"Stay the night?" As soon as he said it they both cracked up into laughter.
"You're an idiot." Charm managed to giggle out before carefully leaning on him.
They both seemed to stop laughing as she leaned up against him, Isaiah's heart rate quickened as her smell intoxicated him to no end. She tilted her head up to glance at him and at that moment he looked down at her. Their lips were inches apart as their eyes locked.
"What are you losers doing?" Roy interrupted causing the two to instantly separate. Richard walked up with him, with Gar not far behind.
"Thought you guys had soccer." Isaiah sighed leaning back up against the tree.
"Practise was cancelled. We were going to go get something to eat-"
"But Rich wanted Charm to come along." Garfield interrupted nudging him with a wink.
Richard rolled his eyes. "Of course I want my best friend to come."
"I already am coming." Roy scoffed running his hand through his bright orange hair.
"A best friend I actually like." Richard answered with a smirk as Charm giggled.
Richard extended his arm out for her to which she took effortlessly. He pulled her to her feet in one swift pull. "Come on Isaiah." Charm grinned, turning to face him holding her spare hand out for him.
Raven looked a mess. She knew what they would think when she entered the hospital but at the moment she didn't care. "So nice of you to joy us, Raven." Garfield's voice snapped to her first. "Seems like we interrupted a fun night."
"Oh shut up Garfield." Jinx growled as she moved towards Raven. "You okay?" Raven simply nodded a yes, even though that was a lie.
"Yeah if it wasn't for you we wouldn't be here." Victor growled from his seated position in the chair.
"Me?" Garfield yelled angrily. "I was attacking Roy for forcing himself on Charm!"
"You what?" Isaiah's voice gave a low hiss as he glare towards Roy.
Roy had his arms folded across his chest, slouched into his chair. "It wasn't really forced."
"So her trying to pull away for you as you kissed her wasn't forcing?" Garfield was angry and annoyed; they all knew it wasn't just because of the Charm thing.
"You kissed her?" Isaiah yelled getting up too fast from his seat and stumbling slightly.
Roy didn't look amused. "Yeah and I'd do it again." He slowly got to his feet, still feeling drunk. "She didn't seem to object the second time."
Isaiah walked towards him with a determined look on his face, the others simply sat in silence. He reached Roy pulling back his arm and forcefully punching him in the face. "I've always known that you've wanted her." He growled watching Roy wipe the corner of his mouth with the back of his right hand.
"Yeah, well. Deal with it." Roy retorted too drunk to think of anything else to say. "It's not like I haven't already taken her." Everyone's eyes instantly darted to Roy not understanding what he meant. Roy noticed the confused look on Isaiah's face and smirked. "Oh so she hasn't told you?"
Isaiah stared at him angrily. His fists bawled unconsciously and without thinking he swung another punch before tackling him into the seats behind them with a loud bang. "That's real mature guys." Richard growled as Victor moved forward to stop them.
"Oh shut up! You were supposed to be there to look after her. What her almost dying twice wasn't good enough for you? You promised to look after her!" Raven snapped at him in a pissed off tone.
"Oh and where was her sister? Screw some guy apparently." Garfield hissed defensively, standing in front of her while Victor had successfully pulled Isaiah off a bloodied Roy.
"Yeah where was her sister when YOU punched her." Jinx defended Raven just as quickly pushing Garfield back.
"Charm and I were just fine without you." Roy added wiping the blood from his mouth.
"I swear Roy." Isaiah hissed as Victor kept his grip firm on him.
Kori sat silently with Iris as her friends fought with each other. She saw all the people in the waiting room's eyes turn towards them. They had all broken out into a yelling fest yelling at each other for anything and everything. Iris stood up. "Shut up! All of you! How selfish can you all be! Charm could be dead for all you know and you're yelling at each other! Just shut up!" Her eyes blurred her vision as wet tears slid down her cheeks. "We can all hate each other later. So for now just sit down and shut up!"
Charm sat on the edge of the pool watching the sun dance across the water as her feet gently swayed. Iris' sixteenth birthday party was coming to an end and most people had already left. Isaiah carefully sat down next to her placing his feet into the water. Charm's pink poka-dotted bikini distracted Isaiah's mind. "Hey you. I haven't seen you much today." Charm spoke first, tilting her head slightly to look at him, her hair falling softly to the side, tips touching the water.
"Yeah well you've been with Iris all day, of course." Isaiah replied leaning back on his arms to support his body weight.
Charm bit her bottom lip thoughtfully. "Yeah. Been a busy day."
He turned to look at her with a smile on his face. "Yeah I saw you being miss host."
Charm snorted loudly moving her legs gently. "Yeah that's hard work!"
Isaiah smirked. "You need to cool off."
"No! Isaiah, don't!" Charm squealed quickly getting to her feet.
Isaiah followed right after with a smirk on his face she went to run away from him but he wrapped his arms around her waist pulling her into him and off her feet. "What's wrong Cha-cha?" He smirked using her pet name as he stepped towards the pool.
Charm squealed as she kicked her legs to get free. "Isaiah!" She laughed as he stepped on the edge.
"Relax Cha-cha." He smirked as he heard her scream while effortlessly throwing her into the water.
Charm resurfaced from the water with a huff. "You have to help me out now!" She pouted swimming to the each of the pool holding out her hand for him.
"Fine." He smirked taking her soft hand into his.
"Sucker Is-is." She grinned evilly before pulled hard on his arm causing him to fall into the pool.
He resurfaced next to her running his hands through his hair causing it to spike. "I knew you were going to do that." He sighed grabbing onto her waist.
Charm smiled softly kicking her legs to keep herself afloat. They were towards the deep end and Charm couldn't reach the bottom. Isaiah pulled her into him holding her up since he could reach the bottom. "But you helped anyway. How sweet." Charm grinned placing her arms instinctively around his neck.
"You'd be pissed if I didn't." He joked looking at her, he tried not to show it but he was incredibly nervous holding her in his arms, regardless of how right it felt.
Charm stared into his eyes with a soft smile on her face. She slowly closed the gap between them until her soft lips touched onto his. She kissed him for a moment until she realised he wasn't returning the kiss. She pulled off instantly and looked at him. "Oh… I'm sorry. I misread you.." She said quickly pulling herself loose.
He stood quietly as he watched her climb out of the pool and rush off. He wasn't sure why he wasn't chasing after her and kissing her over and over again. But he just stood there.
Charm covered her mouth with her right hand, tears forcing to fall. She felt stupid. She stopped walking and just stood. "What's up sexy!" Roy teased slapping her ass. He was expecting her to act her normal way but when he notice she was upset he was worried. "Charm? What's wrong babe?"
Tears softly fell down her cheeks and she instantly fell into Roy's arms. "I'm an idiot! That's what's wrong." She said into his chest.
Roy wrapped his arms around her back. "Come with me. We'll talk…."
It had been a good two hours and no one had spoken to each other. No one had even heard any news of Charm either. "This is ridicules!" Karen spoke standing onto her feet. "We need to find out what's happened."
As if on queue a male doctor walked up to the group of teens. "Are you the family of the teenager?"
Raven stood up instantly. "She's my sister."
"She's doing well. Turns out there were a few bits that were left in and the punch had caused a rupture but we were able to fix it and she is stable now and just waking up." The doctor looked at each of them. "I'd suggest just one at first." And with that he left.
"I need to speak with her." Isaiah spoke up walking forward without even waiting to see if it was okay.
He walked down towards her room and pushed open the door. He saw her lying on the white bed hooked up to tubes again. "Hey Is-is…" Charm spoke weakly looking at him grogishly.
"Did you have sex with Roy?" He asked simply, his arms were folded and he looked as pissed as he sounded.
Charm swallowed hard. "W…what?"
"Don't screw me around Charmian." She knew he meant business when he used her real name.
Charm's expression said it all and he instantly turned around and punched the wall. "It was a long time ago Isaiah…"
"So that makes it alright? Tell me did you kiss him last night?" Isaiah wasn't even looking at her now. "And don't lie to me."
"I told him he was still special but I loved you and that I was yours…" Charm answered feeling her stomach hurt from the surgery.
Isaiah was breathing unevenly and he was angry to all hell. "We're over, Charm." And with that he turned and left the room without another word.
Tear welled up in her eyes instantly as her breathing fastened. Raven been next to see Charm and she had seen Isaiah leave in a huff. She instantly made her way into the room. She entered the room too see her sister hyperventilating with tears streaming down her face. "Charm!" She said running up to her side.
"He….Left…. Me…" Charm cried out as she gasped for air tearing streaming down her face. "Told….me…. it….was…over."
Raven rubbed her back pulling her close. "Calm down."
"This…. Was…. All…. Your fault…." She cried out attempting to breath at the same time. "You… made… everyone angry…"
Raven knew it was. She let Malchior blind her all over again. It really was her fault. She stupidly followed him. Let down her guard again. "I'm sorry Charm." She said dead panned looking directly across the room.
Charm couldn't control her crying. She was crying so much she was shaking. "I… Want…. Rich…."
Raven simply nodded and quietly left the room. She entered the waiting room as they all looked up at her. "She wants you Rich."
Richard let go of Kori's hand and stood on his feet. "Where is Isaiah?"
Raven turned her eyes onto Roy. "He left."
"What do you mean he left?" Wally asked keeping an arm around Jinx.
"He ended it with her and left." Raven replied in her monotone, keeping her expression plain.
Terra's head snapped over to Roy. "So it's true then?" She growled glaring at him. "When?"
"Iris' sixteenth." Roy answered in a pissed off tone, he slouched even more into the chair.
"You what at my party?" Iris yelled angrily. "What is wrong with you, Roy!"
"I'm going to look after Charm." Richard spoke up not even glancing at his best friend. "I hope you know you've destroyed her…" His voice was low but loud enough for Roy to hear it.
Raven watched as Richard made his way down to Charm's room. She then turned around and headed for the exit. "Where are you going?" Jinx asked instantly getting to her feet.
"She doesn't want me here. I'm going home." Raven answered not even stopping to speak to her.
Jinx glanced at Wally who simply nodded. She got up and followed after Raven instantly.
"You're something else aren't you Roy." Iris hissed snapping her head to look at him. "Do you know how happy she was with him? Or did you not care."
"Just leave it Iris. We need to be here for Charm." Garth said softly. He took a hold of her hand and led her out of the waiting room.
Jinx caught up to Raven and pulled back on her shoulder. "Okay you need to stop this. We're best friends so it's time to talk!"
Raven looked up at Jinx. "I think we had sex Jinx. But I can't remember last night…"
Jinx stared at her for a moment. "Holy shit this trip was a bad idea…"
Roy ran his hands gently up and down her bare back as she cuddled up next to him. She knew this was a bad idea but Roy made her feel wanted. "Roy…"
"It's okay Charm. You don't need to say anything." Roy whispered gently stroking her hair. "I'm always here for you when you need me."
Charm nodded slowly. "Thank you Roy…" She whispered as her eyes closed slowly.
Roy waited a moment taking in her smell and warmth. Isaiah was a fool not to return her feelings like that. He stroked her hair and gently kissed her forehead. "I love you, Charm."
"Yes Mr Roth. I can guarantee that your daughters will be fighting with their friends."
"I want them out of the way, Malchior."
"They will be Sir."
"So everything went to plan?"
"Everything went to plan. I check Raven's messages. Turns out Charm is hurt and in hospital but all the messages where hostile. You can continue your plan in three weeks.."
"Well done, Malchior… You have done well so far… I will see you in three weeks…."
Three weeks later...