Brittany's POV

I was looking all over for Charlene. She just disappeared through the crowd and I lost sight of her. I have no idea where she went and I don't even know if she left the mall yet. But just in case she didn't, I decided to call her rather than making my way to the car and going home only to find out she is still at the mall.

I took my phone out and speed dialed her. "Come on Charlene, where are you?" I whispered to myself.

Finally she picked up and I heard her voice. It seemed as though she is crying. "Hello?"

"Hey Char, you alright? I can't find you anywhere? Are you even still in the mall?" I asked her looking around the place.

"Yeah, I am. I'm outside. I left from the opposite side of where we went in." She told me. I heard her sniff a little.

"OK. I'm coming over to find you. Stay where you are OK?" I asked her.

I heard her sigh. "OK. See you then. Bye Britt."

"Bye Char." I ended the call and set off to find her.

As soon as I left the mall I scanned the place off trying to find any sight of her. Suddenly my eyes spotted a girl sitting on a bench wearing sunglasses. I looked closer and realized it was her.

I made my way slowly to her and stopped when I was standing in front of her. She looked up and I gave her a small smile.

"Hey Char." I greeted her.

She smiled a bit back. "Hey Britt. Sit down." Her voice still seemed cracked. I guess she still was crying.

I sat next to her and pulled her in for a hug. She began crying in my chest.

"Hey. Don't cry. Char, that girl is not worth your tears." I told her.

"I know she's not. It's just what she said to me is why I'm so upset." She told me.

I sighed. I looked down for a moment before looking at her. "Well, do you still have any feelings for Alvin?" I asked her softly.

She sighed and shook her head. "No. I don't. But I used to and that's why I was so heartbroken and upset. But not anymore. I guess I learnt to except the fact my cousin and my ex are together. But it shocked me when I found out that you broke up after I found out." She told me as she smiled at me.

I chuckled a bit. "Yeah. Well, you are my cousin and I thought that after what happened, there was no way you were going to forgive me if I was still with Alvin. I thought that would give you another reason to hate me." I admitted.

She smiled and looked down. "I never hated you. I would never hate you. Sure it would seem like I do but honestly, I don't think you could hate a family relative no matter how much you want to." She told me laughed a bit.

I laughed a bit too. "True. My sisters and I fight every now and then and we look like we hate each other when we do so. But we always seem to talk to each other after a minute and act like we had not just fought with each other earlier ago." I told her.

Charlene just smiled and looked at the ground. She looked deep in thought. It was a warm silence between us. We were both sitting on the bench enjoying the sun beam down on our faces.

"So do you still have any feelings for Alvin?" She asked me.

I turned my attention back to her feeling shocked at her question. I was thinking to myself. Do I still have any feelings for Alvin?

But then I realized I do. I still do have feelings left for Alvin.

I bit my lip and looked down to the ground. "Yeah. I do. But...he's with another girl so...I can't be with him anymore." I whispered to her. I felt tears rising in my eyes now.

Charlene wrapped her arms around me giving me a hug which I returned. "You shouldn't give up like that. So what if he is with another girl? I'm sure Alvin still feels the same as you do for him." She told me.

"And what makes you so sure about that?" I asked looking at her.

She smiled at me. "Because you guys were both sending out hints to each other when I was with Alvin. Don't think I didn't notice." She pointed her finger at me smiling.

I sighed looking at the time. "OMG, we spent three hours over here already. We need to get home now." I told her.

She nodded and picked up her bags while I picked up mine and we both left to go to the car. We put all our bags except our purses in the back and drove back home.

As soon as we got home we discovered Alvin isn't back yet from the mall. He probably is still hanging out with that new girlfriend of his.

I sighed sadly thinking about him. He probably forgot about me and moved on. That's probably why he is with someone else.

Charlene must have noticed the sad expression on my face.

"Brittany? Are you OK?" She asked me looking a bit worried.

I sighed and turned to face her forcing a smile. "Yeah. I'm fine."

"Are you sure? You don't look like it." She frowned.

I shook my head. "No. I'm fine. Really. Don't worry about it." I told her.

She sighed. "Alright fine. If you say so." She told me as she made her way to the living room where everyone was watching TV. Dave and Miss Miller were in the kitchen.

"Hey guys." Charlene greeted them.

They all turned their heads to face us and smiled at the both of us as we sat down with them.

"Oh. Hey Charlene. Hey Brittany." They greeted back.

"Have you seen Alvin anywhere today?" Simon asked us worriedly.

Charlene only looked at me. "Yeah. We've seen him." She turned back to the others.

"Oh really, where is he?" Theodore asked us.

"Uh, I think he's still at the mall. That's where we last saw him anyway." I told him shrugging.

He looked at me for a moment before nodding and turning back to watch some TV.

I know he knows about what happened between Charlene, Alvin and I. But what I'm not sure about is if he is aware of what's happening now between us.

"So have the two of you made up already?" Jeanette asked us.

Simon turned his attention away from the TV and to us. "What? What happened between the two of you?" He raised his eyebrow at us as he asked.

We both only shook our heads. "Nothing you need to worry about Simon." Charlene assured him.

He stared at the both of us for a moment before sighing and turning his attention back to the TV.

I sighed. "Yeah. We made up." I smiled a bit at them.

"That's great Britt." Eleanor smiled at me. I smiled back before we turned our attention to the TV.

But I was still too deep in thought to concentrate what was on TV. Does Alvin still have any feelings for me or should I just stop thinking about it and move on from him?

I sighed and leaned my head back on the sofa and started to watch some TV.

So what do you think? Will Alvin and Brittany get together again? What do you think is going to happen next? And I'm so glad Charlene is alright :) Review.