Charles/Anna

Car Troubles

Anna

How Charles ever forgot to fill the car full of gas was a problem to be solved at a different point of time, right now though we were running late for of all things a wedding, more specifically my brother-in-law Samuel's wedding. So here we were on the side of the highway in a car with no gas, dressed in a tux a bridesmaids's dress, a wedding gift in the back of the car and it was looking like it was going to rain.

"I told you that you should've filled the tank at the last gas station." I told Charles annoyed.

"How was I supposed to know when the car was going to run out?" Charles mumbled from under the hood of the car. Why he was under there when the problem was the amount of gas in the car was a question of his sanity.

"There's a thing called a gas meter on the dash and when the needle starts going towards the red that means its time to fill up the tank. Shouldn't you know that by now, you've been driving longer than I have and I even know that." I sighed then picked up my purse from the back seat of the car looking for my phone. If Charles was going to be stubborn, which I knew he was going to be, I was going to have to take matters into my own hands.

Fumbling with the phone for a bit, I was still a little confused at how this smart or dumb phone, worked half the time. Charles had gotten it for me last Christmas. and I'd still hadn't mastered on how to get to the contacts list without hitting something else completely different. After a few minutes though, after going through the radar, the stock market (which Charles put on there), and turning on one of the songs that I'd recorded on my phone, I finally got to the contacts and headed down towards Bran's and called.

After a few rings though, all I got was a voice mail, you would think that Bran would have his phone on at all times, then again this was a special time for him. His oldest son was getting married and it was to the women who had made the Sam gain the will to stay living and not take his life. Sighing, I started back down the contact list again and looked for someone who might be able to come and get us without sending Charles's control down into the hole. There was Asil, no...he would just antagonize him more. Tag...no, he was afraid of Charles, no matter how many times he said he wasn't. Sam...no, it was his wedding he had way to much on his plate already. Leah...I immediately regretted that choice, she would probably pick us up after the wedding was over.

Just call Mercy.

I looked up from phone and stared at Charles who now had the hood down of the car, which had a dent that hadn't been there before.

"Great idea Charles, call Mercy. She's standing up in the wedding, she would totally come and pick us up from this mess." I muttered under my breath, pulling up Mercy's contact and sending the call through.

A few rings later and I was losing hope. Glaring at Charles as he stepped through the door and sat down in the drivers seat, I was unhappy that he'd gotten us into this mess, which led me to almost miss the mumbled hello from the phone.

"Hello..." the person on the other side of the went again.

"Mercy?"

"Anna...where are you two?! Sam's running around like a madman full of worry that his brother and sister-in-law aren't here, Bran's trying to keep him calm but it doesn't seem to be working and Arianna along with Tad and Zee are working on a plan to make the park that we're in sprout with flowers everywhere!" I look over at Charles who's smirking at the last comment that seems to be driving Mercy crazy.

"We're on the side of the highway in a car with no gas, since someone doesn't know when to fill it up." I say, glancing at Charles the whole time.

"Let me guess, Charles is the culprit of that little problem."

"Yes he is."

"It wasn't all my fault, the line to the gas tank had a hole in it to that I didn't notice till we ran out of gas." There was a sigh from the other end of the line, before there was yelling.

"'Hey what did I say! Get back here! No Zee, not the door! Hey, sorry about that, I'll be there in a few minutes and pick you guys up. I need to take care of this problem though first. Warren, stop him before he gets away, we still need to throw him under the shower!" There was a click and then there was nothing. I looked over at Charles.

"It's best not even think about what's going on right now. Knowing Mercy though, it probably has something to do with some mishap happening and trying to solve it before its gets worse, which will eventually happen anyway."

I just sighed and didn't question. I'd met Mercy before and well, there's been quite a few little surprises when I'd met her. She was a walker, a mechanic, a friend with a vampire named Stefan who drove a Scooby Doo van, she had a Vampire Queen wanting her blood, and she's Mercy Thompson-Hauptmann a walker inside of a werewolf pack. Mercy on the other hand was a good friend of mine. We were both different than anyone else we'd met, and we did share some things in common, including making sure everyone we knew and cared about was safe. We both also wished that Sam would have a good wedding which seemed like a fleeting glimmer of hope at this moment, but then I heard and saw a car that I knew all to familiar.

"Charles, I think our ride had just arrived to pick us up." I said getting out of the car and pulling the present out of the backseat and waving to Mercy as she pulled up behind our dead car. He only grumbled something under his breath and grudgingly got out of the car.

"Hey Mercy!" I said waving the to the walker that was currently in a pink dress a grease-marker jacket over shoulders.

"Nice seeing you to, now get in the vehicle. We've got a wedding to get to in a short amount of time, and I think the cops have already been tipped off about my car going over the speed-limit." I almost burst out laughing. Leave it to Mercy to almost get caught for speeding to a werewolf wedding. "Hey Charles stop mopping around, this is not the time to be staring at a car that can't move on its own!" Mercy yelled, as I jumped into the car.

"Come on Charles," I said finally, "the longer you stand there and try to will it to move, the more time were wasting and the more time your losing at teasing Sam on his wedding day." Charles shook his head then came towards the car, but not without a surprising smile on his face.

"And what are you smiling bout?" Mercy bluntly said, the aggravation and annoyance in her voice.

"Dad's plan worked out just like he wanted it to." He said, laughter hiding behind his smiling eyes.

"Now what plan does he have cooking up his sleeve?" Mercy asked, he foot gunning on the gas as she moved her way onto the highway.

"You'll see when we get there." He said, a hint of mischief underlying his voice. That was something I'd never heard him say out loud, but I'd heard it when he'd implied it through the mate bond a few times.

Charles

Bursting with emotion, blabbering everything like it was nothing important, was not my style, nor did it fit my personality and loyalty to my father. Then seeing Mercy and Anna in the front was amusing. Anna was looking back every few seconds trying to decode the message that I'd implied. Mercy on the other hand was mumbling some words under breath that I couldn't even understand right now.

Having turned off the highway now though, we were turning into a park , since Sam's little Arianna was fae, and they both loved nature. You could see the wedding was set up when we turned into the parking lot, and from what I saw, Da's plan had worked perfectly. Mercy and Anna on the other hand however were in shock at all of the roses (courtesy of Asil), the wolves (courtesy of dad) and the one that had wanted to see Sam the most happiest in his life dressed in one of the most white dresses they ever seen.

"I'm surprised that Bran actually pulled this off." Mercy said getting out of stupor first, then getting out of the car. "Though Charles, why is she wearing that dress we used for that mock wedding when I was like 14? I think that would be a little big for, especially knowing it was you that wore it!" MY face was turning red, and the look I was getting from Anna wasn't helping.

"Charles? Mock wedding? The Bride?" She asked in disbelief.

"I'll tell you all about it later, i think there might even be some pictures left from it. Now onward, we have a wedding to get to." With that Mercy was gone trudging across the grass towards the wedding.

"Charles, if you wanted to be in a dress, all you needed to do was say something." Anna said rushed as she jumped out of the car and followed Mercy. I put my head in my hands, dammit! I mentally scolded, I'd never outlive that dress scenario as long as i lived and that was going to be for a very long time. The only thing going for me, Asil had yet to hear about that incident, the key word, yet.

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