As Edward and Rebecca rushed out the door after her, Luna hopped on the back of a bike, riding away before they could catch her. Edward looked around for a way to go after her, but soon Rebecca grabbed his arm.
"I know where she's headed. Charlie will keep her safe." He turned and looked at Rebecca with a confused look in his eye.
"You know who was on the bike." She nodded, not sure how much she should tell him about Charlie, but she knew he'd find out soon enough.
"They're headed back to her place. She never goes to his apartment, it's part of their" She hesitated, not sure how to put it, "arrangement. Shit if I had known he'd be here tonight I never would have agreed to come here. I guess some people just enjoy the usual watering troth." Soon Shaun was outside with Yusuf and Claudia in tow, asking what was going.
"What was that about? Where the hell did she go?" Rebecca turned to Shaun, her voice quiet as she looked at him.
"With Charlie." Shaun ran his fingers through his hair as he looked at Rebecca.
"Bloody fucking hell. Damned, well at least some good may come of it." Rebecca was confused, how could any good come from that. None would if Connor was back to the apartment.
"FUCK. We need to get back there, to make sure Connor isn't there when they walk in." Soon they were all piled in a taxi headed back to the apartment building and when they arrived Rebecca and Edward were the first two up the stairs. Rebecca couldn't hear anything but music playing behind the door and she reached in her pocket for the keys. Edward watched while Rebecca searched and soon he heard footsteps coming from the apartment. When the door opened, Edward stood there in shock, he was looking at a man who looked just like him. Rebecca just sort of looked at him and Charlie stepped out into the hall, that was when Edward noticed the man was without his shirt.
"Becca, hey. What do we owe the pleasure?" By that time Shaun was arriving at the landing and Charlie only nodded in his direction before he looked at Edward with a smirk on his lips.
"You know she's drunk right." Charlie turned his attention back to Rebecca, nodding as he spoke.
"I've noticed. Don't worry, I promise you that I will not force her into anything." There was a playfulness to his tone and the way he looked at Edward almost seemed like a challenge.
"Did she tell you about Connor." Charlie's gaze flicked back to Rebecca then to Edward.
"She did, isn't this him?" Edward stood up straight, ready to speak up but Rebecca cut him off.
"No, look I don't know if she told you what the fight was about, but we don't want her doing something she regrets because of him. But if he comes back and finds you here with Luna, well then the shit's going to get real." Charlie turned back around, looking at door to Luna's place.
"I'm not leaving her, not in the condition she's in." Rebecca reached to his back pocket, pulling out the bandanna that hung from it.
"And you were going to put this on the door knob I suppose." He looked at Rebecca as he sighed.
"You know I wouldn't let anything happen she didn't want. You also know she hates to be woken up once she finally does pass out. Why do you think she asked me to meet her anyway?" Rebecca turned to Shaun throwing her hands up before she looked at Charlie again.
"When did she call you?" Charlie pulled his phone from his back pocket, holding it up for Rebecca to see.
"Not call, text. And I guess you girls were getting ready to go out. She told me to meet her at our usual place and once she got up on stage I went to grab my bike. Once we got back here she told me about the situation with Connor." He looked to Edward, now talking to him directly. "Sorry to assume you were the guy who ended up hurting her. Once I saw you I thought, this is why she called me, we do sort of look-alike." Edward nodded slightly, but as he spoke his voice was deep and menacing.
"It's fine. But I want you to know, if you do anything to upset her in any way, then you will answer to me." Charlie held his hands up, looking Edward in the eye.
"I could never hurt her, I owe her my life and for that I will do whatever I can to protect her." Edward looked to Rebecca who was nodding in agreement and Edward conceded this round.
"Alright, but just so you know, Connor is nowhere near as forgiving as we are." Charlie seemed to consider this for a moment and Edward turned to walk down the steps before he answered.
"Then perhaps he isn't what she needs." Edward turned back around, storm brewing in his eyes and Rebecca moved to stand between the two while Shaun whispered at her not to get involved.
"Listen here, Connor is a good man and he would never do anything to hurt her intentionally. He just hasn't quite learned out to talk to women yet, he's still learning." Charlie could see the contempt in Edward's eyes and that only served to make him want to push at Edward.
"That sounds like a boy then, nowhere near a man." Edward took two steps back up and he stared into Charlie, trying to read him. Charlie turned, tying the bandanna around the doorknob before turning to look at everyone again. "Goodnight ladies and gents. I need to get back to Luna." Before Edward could do anything the door was shut and they were stuck in the hall. Rebecca pulled at Edward, telling him to get some sleep. Once he was down a floor he grabbed Rebecca's shoulder.
"Who the hell is that?" Rebecca shrugged slightly, still not sure how much he needed to know.
"He's someone she cares about, they met a few years ago when she saved his ass. He was on the bad end of a gun, having owed someone, something. Anyway the guy who wanted him dead was one of our contracts and Luna took him down in front of Charlie. Luna sort of fell for him instantly and they became inseparable. Over time they both ended up getting pulled in opposite directions and they agreed that they would go their separate ways, but if one called for the other, they would show up, no questions asked. Look the rest is up to Luna to tell you, but I know she trust him, and so do I. We just have to hope now Connor will understand if he comes home tonight." With that she patted Edward on the shoulder before leaving with Shaun who was sitting on the steps listening too.
The next morning Edward woke up to the sounds of Luna upstairs yelling stop and he was at her door in seconds. He started pounding on the door, warning he was going to kick it down when Luna pulled it open.
"Why on earth would you kick my door down." He could see tears rolling down her cheeks and he pushed the door open, ready to attach his doppelgänger, but Luna grabbed his arm. "What the hell Edward?" He turned back to look at her, speaking through clenched teeth.
"I warned this guy not to hurt you in any way and I hear you crying for him to stop and when you answer you've been crying." She took a step close as she gave him an understanding smile.
"Eddy, he's not hurting me. I was telling him to stop tickling me. And these tears are from laughing too hard. I'm fine, I promise you. Charlie wouldn't ever do a thing to hurt me." Just then Charlie walked over, his hand on the small of her back as he spoke over her shoulder.
"Edward, good morning. Sorry if we interrupted you in any way, Luna is just quite ticklish and its fun to get her laughing sometimes." He had a smart ass tone and Edward watched as Luna turned and playfully smacked his chest. Edward looked away, not able to face their flirting while he knew how Connor felt about her.
"Have you talked to Connor?" Her expression faded and once again Edward was able to see the pain in her eyes.
"No. I've called him a dozen times, left voice mails and text, but nothing. I found out he stayed at the pit last night in one of the recruit bunks. Look I think he needs time to cool down as well as figure out how he feels, like deep down." Edward decided he'd go check on Connor later, but until then he'd still keep an eye on Luna and her friend.
"Just don't shut that door, he needs you." Edward then said his goodbye and Luna shut her apartment door, but she and her guest remained quiet the rest of the morning. Edward left for the pit sometime that afternoon and when he got to the pit he found Connor in the gym, venting out his frustrations on a punching bag. Edward walked over, talking as he watched.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Connor stopped, turning to look over his shoulder than he went back to work.
"Why do you think I would want to talk to you, after all you were part of the problem." Edward took a deep breath, holding his hands up to Connor.
"Look, I don't want to see you lose her, she's good for you." Connor snapped, turning around and throwing punches at Edward, landing two on his jaw before Edward fought back. A fight ensued in the gym, Edward running at Connor and spearing him in the stomach with his shoulder. He then threw a few punches of his own, but Connor fought back, blocking the punches and managing to knock Edward backwards.
"You do not want me to lose her. Then you should have stayed away from her." He was over Edward instantly, throwing punches with anger behind them. Two other guys descended on them, pulling Connor off of Edward momentarily, but they were unable to hold him. Connor lunged back at Edward who had gotten to his feet, again knocking him over and punching him in the ribs. The two who pulled him off first grabbed Connor, and another one helped hold him back as Edward got to his feet.
"You're right, but at least I know who she really is and what it is she really needs. Perhaps you aren't man enough for her." Connor tried again to get to Edward, but the guys were able to hold him back while Edward walked away. Connor finally broke free but by that time Edward was gone so he went for a walk to clear his head.
And just so everyone knows, I sort of envisioned Charlie being Charlie Hunnam, who seriously does look like Edward.