The next installment of Uncle Someone is here! It's probably a bit shorter than the last, or if it isn't it sure feels that way, but the end seemed like a good stopping place until next time. Enjoy it!


A few weeks later, Henry and Charlotte were walking from school to work and talking about their weekend plans.

"Ray said we could have the weekend off, so I was thinking of heading out to the amusement park in Baytown. You, me, and Jasper. But since most rides are double seats, I figured you should invite Kyle to come too." Henry had been trying to take the high road for the past few weeks. Although he wasn't happy with Charlotte's current situation, having a boyfriend, he was going to be nice about it. After all, he cared about her and just wanted to see that she was happy.

"Oh, I don't think so." Charlotte sighed. "I broke up with him today."

"You did!" Henry cleared his throat. "Um, I mean, you did? Why? He didn't try to move too quick huh? I told you to be careful."

Charlotte giggled. "No, nothing like that. He was a perfect gentleman. I never even kissed him. He's a great guy, but just not my type I suppose. I told him I just wasn't feeling any spark and thought it was best if we parted ways now instead of later. He was okay with it."

"Well I'm sorry it didn't work out." Henry side hugged her.

"No you're not."

Henry gasped. "What? Of course I am."

"Henry, you have been secretly hoping this relationship would fail from the beginning. I know you, and I could tell by the way you were acting."

"I was nothing but nice to Kyle."

"I know that, and I appreciate it, but while you were being nice I could tell you secretly hated it." She sighed. "I'm sorry I didn't always have time to hang out with you. I know that's what made you upset. I promise the next boyfriend I have I will try to make sure we spend plenty of time together, just the two of us."

"Not having time for me. Yeah, that's why I was upset. You're right." Henry nodded. "So if Kyle wasn't your type of guy, who is?"

"I don't know really. I guess one day I will just know who that is."


"Hey, Charlotte. Did you see this new video online about the dog and the duck? They are best friends, doing all sorts of best friend things. Look!"

Charlotte saw Jasper thrust his cell phone at her, and saw a video of a dog and a duck laying outside by a pond taking a nap. "Cute."

"That wasn't as enthusiastic of a 'cute' as you should have done for this dog and duck. What's up?" He leaned on the locker next to hers as she put a few books away.

"Nothing really. Just getting ready for chemistry."

Jasper sighed. "Listen, Henry told me about you breaking up with Kyle. I'm sorry about that. Wish things would have worked out for you guys."

"It's okay. I'm not really that broken up about it."

"Well then what's wrong?" Jasper asked as he put away his phone.

"To be honest, I broke up with Kyle because I wasn't able to put my all into that relationship. That's not fair to me or to Kyle. I wish I could, but I want to be with someone who I can picture myself still with in 5 years, and although Kyle's a nice guy, he just doesn't fit that description."

Jasper nodded. "I see. Is it because you're in love with Henry?"

Charlottes jaw dropped and she slammed her locker shut. "I'm sorry, what?!"

"Oh come on Charlotte. I'm best friends with you guys. I see a lot of stuff."

"What do you see exactly?" Charlotte crossed her arms.

"I just see the exchanges between you two, and the looks. I can tell you like Henry."

"Well you had better get your eyes checked, because I don't."

"It's okay, Char. I'm not going to say anything. I've noticed this a while ago and I've gone this long without saying anything."

"Jasper!" Charlotte grabbed his arm and pulled him over to a secluded bench in the hallway. They sat down and she let go of his arm. Wringing her hands together she slowly looked up at her friend. "You have to promise me that Henry will never find out."

"So you DO like him!" Jasper shouted.

"Shhhh!" Charlotte quickly looked around to see if anyone had heard. "Keep it down will you? I don't want anyone to know. Not a single soul."

"Why?"

"Because, if word got around to Henry things would get really weird between us. We go to school together, we work together, we are best friends. I don't want any of that to change and if he finds out that I like him as more than a friend everything good in my life goes away."

"What if he likes you too?" Jasper asked her.

"He doesn't." Charlotte said adamantly.

"You don't know that. Did you ask him? Has he ever said, 'Charlotte I'm not interested in you as anything more than my friend.'"

"Well no, he hasn't said it out loud like that, but I can tell. He only sees me as his best friend."

"I wouldn't be so sure. He could surprise you." Jasper put his hand on her shoulder.

"Jasper. How many girlfriends has Henry had in the last few years?" She questioned.

"Um, I'm not sure. A decent amount I suppose."

"Yeah. If he was interested in me, why would he go out with all of these other girls?"

"Maybe if he knew you were interested in him, he wouldn't date these other girls."

"I've been interested in him since 7th grade, Jasper. We are juniors in high school now. It's been almost 5 years and I have hid these feelings as best I could so that Henry would never find out. If I saw any hint that he was interested I would have taken that chance, but he hasn't given me any idea that he was into me, so I let him keep dating these girls and talking to me about them because if I can't have him as my boyfriend, then I at least want to keep him as my best friend. Please just leave things be and don't tell him."

"But I want you guys to be happy." Jasper sighed.

"Then you will keep this to yourself. Promise me." Charlotte stuck her hand out towards him and raised her pinky finger.

Jasper groaned but eventually hooked his pinky with hers. "Fine. I'll keep this to myself."

"Thank you."

"Now will you watch my dog and duck video?" He pouted.

Charlotte chuckled. "I guess I do owe you one."


A few weeks had passed and Jasper had kept his promise to Charlotte. He hadn't told anyone about her crush on Henry. Not anyone in his family, not anyone at school, and not anyone at work. Charlotte was proud of him.

Henry had decided that weekend to have a game night at his house with them. He and Jasper had been hanging out all day and they told Charlotte to meet at Henry's house around 7.

"I swear, if I have to hear Piper tell me about middle school gossip one more time this week, I might hit myself over the head with a rock." Jasper complained as the two boys entered Henry's house.

"Well that's what you get for hanging out with a 13 year old." Henry argued.

"Almost 14!"

"I'm sorry. That's what you get for hanging out with an almost 14 year old."

"Piper's not that bad when she's by herself. She just gets all worked up about what her friends think and stuff that she goes a bit overboard on the gossip."

"Typical middle school girl." Henry grabbed a glass from the cabinet for some juice. "Juice?" He asked his friend.

"Sure, thanks."

"You know, thank goodness that Charlotte wasn't like that in middle school." Henry said as he poured two glasses for him and his friend. "I don't know what we would have done if that were the case. You think we would have stayed friends?"

"I don't know. I've never really thought about it. Charlotte's never been like that."

"That's why she's so cool, you know."

"Yeah Charlotte is really cool." Jasper agreed. Henry handed Jasper his juice and picked up his to take a drink.

"It's almost 7. She should be here any minute." Henry said as he went to the closet to pick out the first game of the night. "Oh hey Jasper, I forgot to tell you guys I had invited someone else over tonight for game night."

"Oh yeah? Who?" Jasper asked.

"Actually it's someone I met through that new teen dating app 'Teen Tinder'. She goes to the Catholic school in town."

"Oh, a girl?"

Henry put the game down on the coffee table. "Yes, a girl. Her name is Shelby. She's 16, and really cute."

Henry wasn't really looking for a relationship. He was still reeling from his realization that he had a thing for his best friend. However, he realized that he probably wasn't going to be able to act on those feelings, unless he wanted things in his life to change. He didn't want to lose Charlotte, so Henry decided that the only way to get over his feelings for her would be to try to move on with other girls. Maybe he really would be into one of them enough that he could forget about his feelings for Charlotte. So he was scrolling through the dating app one night and came across Shelby. She seemed like the perfect girl to move on with, so he invited her to game night.

"Charlotte texted me." Jasper looked at his phone. "She said she's just down the street."

"Tell her to just come in. The door's open." Henry responded.

"Did you tell her about this girl coming tonight?" Jasper asked.

"No. I haven't talked to her since I asked Shelby to come. Why?"

"Just wondering." Jasper put his cup on the table in front of him and took a seat.

The front door opened and Charlotte walked inside. "Hey guys."

Henry raised his hand a bit to wave. "Hey Char."

Jasper smiled at her. "Charlotte, come sit next to me."

Charlotte looked at Jasper questioningly. "Um, okay."

"I'm going to go get some popcorn going. If Shelby rings the doorbell, I will get it okay? Don't move." Henry left the living room to the kitchen.

Charlotte watched him go to the room that was just connected to the living room and because of that she kept her voice low. Turning to Jasper she asked, "Who's Shelby?"

"Well, Henry invited a girl here." Jasper answered. "He just told me before you came in. He met her on that new teen dating app 'Teen Tinder'. Apparently she goes to the Catholic school. If I would have known about it I would have told you beforehand so you could have made up some excuse not to come."

"I'm not going to make up some excuse not to hang out with my friends just because Henry invited some girl to come over. I've been hanging out with Henry and his girlfriends for years. I can handle it."

"I know, I just…didn't want you to be blindsided is all. I feel bad about it. Having to watch Henry be with this girl all night and knowing that you like him. I'm not going to feel great seeing it."

"Well that's sweet Jasper, but that's just the way it has to be. I'll be fine."

Just then the doorbell rang. "I've got it, I've got it!" Henry shouted as he ran from the kitchen to the door.

Charlotte chuckled at Henry's gallop. "I guess I'll get the popcorn out of the microwave." She got up from her seat to head into the kitchen.

Henry opened the front door to reveal his date. A 16 year old brunette named Shelby. Henry thought she was cute and looked just like her picture, which was an accomplishment when you pick a date off of a dating app. Everyone lied on those things nowadays.

"Hi, Shelby. Come on in." Henry invited the girl inside.

"Thanks Henry. Nice to finally meet you in person." She said as she walked through the door and took off her shoes.

"I would like you to meet my friends. This is Jasper." Henry introduced the two as he brought her to sit on the couch.

"Hi, nice to meet you." Jasper produced his hand for her to shake. Henry thought of the time when Kyle shook his hand at Yotally Togurt. 'see, people do shake hands when they are meeting someone's date.' He thought when he remembered Ray's comment about them being only friends.

"Nice to meet you too." Shelby smiled.

Charlotte came back into the living room and set the popcorn on the coffee table.

"And this is Charlotte." Henry looked towards his female best friend to see a smile on her face. "Charlotte this is Shelby."

"Hello. Good to meet you." Charlotte waved at the girl but did not shake her hand. Maybe it was just a guy thing.

"Likewise. Henry has told me a lot about you guys."

"Well, Shelby. Take a seat. I thought we would start with Apples to Apples. One of my favorites." Henry opened the box and started pulling out the cards.

"I love that game. Haven't played in so long though."

"So Shelby." Charlotte acknowledged the brunette. "Tell us a little bit about yourself." Jasper looked towards his friend and gave her a questioning looked. Charlotte brushed it off.

"Well, where do I start?" Shelby began as the cards were being dealt by Henry. "I'm a junior at St. Mary Catholic School on the other side of town. I've gone to Catholic school my whole life, so I don't really know anyone else in the town outside of there. I have a younger brother, Jason. A cat, Theodore. I have an uncle who lives in my basement. I have a part time job at a deli on my side of town after school. Besides that, I like to do yoga, and paint."

"Hm. That sounds pretty…normal." Jasper acknowledged.

"Not that we would think you were anything but normal!" Henry quickly stated. He gave Jasper a small glare.

"Okay. Everyone have their cards? Lets go." Charlotte said as she took the first turn.

Two and a half hours later and the night was winding down. They had stuck to Apples to Apples the whole night because all of them seemed to be enjoying the game. If it's not broke, don't fix it. But now it was nearing 10pm and he knew he should let Shelby get home as well as Jasper and Charlotte.

"Okay guys, I'm going to call it a night." Henry said as he started picking up the cups on the table.

"I texted my uncle a while ago to come pick me up, and he should be here any minute." Shelby told him. Then next thing they knew, they saw car headlights outside. "That's probably him now. Thanks for the fun night guys. Henry, we should do this again sometime. And maybe we can go catch a movie or something, just the two of us."

"Oh yeah. Sure. I would like that very much."

"Okay. I'll talk to you later." She said as she opened the door to leave. "Bye guys, nice to meet you." Shelby called back to Henry's friends.

"Well Charlotte, we had better get going too. I'll walk you home." Jasper stood up from the couch. It was pretty common for the two to walk home from Henry's house together since hers was on the way to his. It made them all feel better to not let Charlotte walk alone.

"Okay. I'm coming. Bye Hen, thanks for the fun night."

Closing the front door behind them, Jasper turned to Charlotte. "So what did you think of Shelby?"

"She was actually a pretty normal, nice, decent girl."

"Come on Charlotte, you can tell me that you hate her guts and that you want to smash her to the ground." Jasper said as the two started walking down the street.

"Not sure you know this about me Jasper, but I'm not really a violent person. And even if I was, I don't think I would physically be able to smash her to the ground. I'm pretty small."

"Well you don't have to like her, that's all I'm saying."

"I don't want to like her, but I actually do." Charlotte sighed.


Ugh, another girl for Henry. Why does he have so many girlfriends? Well guys, until next time...review if you have the time please!