AN: Here's Chapter 2. I'm so proud of this story so I hope y'all are enjoying it! :)

Chapter 2

Charlotte's POV:

I can't believe what just happened. I am so furious. I sit down in my seat and slam my car door. A few moments earlier, Addison kissed me. The damn woman kissed me! I have no idea why but she did. And you wanna know what the worst part about all of this is? I kissed her back! I'm not happy at all. I look over at Addison, who is standing in the doorway looking very sad. I start the car with a groan and drive off quickly. I will never hang out with her ever again. I think to myself. I should just never hang out with anyone and make it easy on myself. Addison was pretty drunk so I could assume that she kissed me because of the alcohol. At least I hope so. Well, I'm blaming the alcohol anyway; because there would be no way in hell I would kiss her otherwise. I don't believe Addison is attracted to women at all and hope to God she isn't attracted to me because that would be bad, for many reasons. I don't like her that way. Hell, I don't even like her in any way now!

I push down the gas pedal harder as I speed down the street. Boy, was I frustrated. "See, if I didn't go to that damn bar, I never would've seen Addison." I say to myself. "Or you know, I could've just stayed at the bar and let her walk home by herself. If I wasn't always so protective of everyone, this wouldn't have happened." I sigh loudly. I don't know why but I took the long way home. "I'm so stupid. I should just stay home for the rest of my life and avoid everybody. Then I won't have to deal with this crap." I started to drive down a long, curvy road that led into the woods. I would drive through here occasionally on my way home. I find it very beautiful. But tonight, I was driving too fast. The trees were starting to become a blur. "I hate my life. I hate my sick, depressin' life." I close my eyes for a moment. I shouldn't have but I did. When I open them again, my eyes widen. I didn't have time to register anything. I only heard the loud crash of the front end of my car colliding with an adult deer. I scream as I slam on the breaks, causing a loud, squealing sound to occur. My car stops fast and abruptly, causing me to fly forward and then back into the seat. "Ow damn it!" I let out a gasp as I look out the window. I could see the deer crippled on the ground a few feet away. It was obvious that it was dead because its body was all bloody and mangled. "Oh my God..." I lean forward in my seat and lay my face on the steering wheel. I close my eyes tightly to try to stop the tears from flowing but it doesn't work. I start to cry so hard that it makes me shake. "Why is my life so messed up?" I sit back up while still crying. I let out a frustrated groan and pound my hands into the driving wheel, causing the horn to go off. I shake my head and take a deep breath.

"I have to get home. It's not good to sit here on this road." I say out loud to myself and look back at the dead deer again. I frown. I felt really terrible for killing that cute deer but I was kind of relieved that it wasn't a person or another car. The front of my car probably needs to be repaired. I think to myself and sigh. "Screw it! Screw everything!" I put my car in drive and continue off to my house, being as careful as I can be. It takes me about 15 minutes to get home but I get there. I park my car in the driveway and step out of the car. I walk to the front of the car to look at the damage. My headlight and part of the bumper is smashed. I groan loudly at seeing this and walk to my front door. I get out my keys, open the door and slam it shut.

I kick off my high heels and walk into the kitchen. I set my purse on the counter and open up my fridge. I grab a bottle of water, open it and sip on it slowly. I hear my iPhone ping and open up my purse. It says that I have two missed calls from Addison and I have one voicemail from her. I sigh as I press play. "Charlotte, it's me. Please pick up, I need to talk to you. We need to talk about what happened." I could hear how worried her tone was. "Charlotte...please, I...I just need to see if you're alright. Call me back or text me." There was a hesitation, like she wanted to say something else but couldn't find the right words to say, and a few seconds later, she hung up. I go to her contact page and I am about to click call but I exit it out. "No...just forget it." I walk out of the kitchen and head to my bedroom. I pull back my covers and get under them. I don't even bother to get dressed into pajamas. I lay there and stare up at the ceiling. I can't have a sleepless night, not over somethin' stupid like this! I pull the covers over my head with an annoyed groan and close my eyes. For some reason, I thought that it would help me fall asleep but it didn't. There were too many thoughts going through my mind. I throw the covers off from over my head and cross my arms. Now I have to deal with Addison askin' me if I'm okay and to apologize about what happened. That's goin' to be so fabulous. I can try to avoid her but she'll end up findin' me somehow...they always do. I don't know when but somehow my thoughts died down for a moment and that's when I fell asleep.

The next morning, I wake up at 6:30. I sigh as I sit up and stretch. I get out of bed and make it. I hate leaving the bed undone when I wake up. I take off the wrinkled dress that I wore last night and get out clean clothes. I walk over to my closet and decide on what to wear. I choose a simple black Prada dress with black heels to match. I leave them on the bed and head into my bathroom for a shower. About ten minutes later, I am finished in the shower and I towel dry my hair then blow dry it. I hang up my towel and walk back into my room to get dressed when I'm done with that. Once I'm dressed, I put on my makeup. I walk out of my room and head out into the kitchen. I look up at the wall clock. It's 7:30 now.

I sigh as I start up a pot of coffee. I sit at the chair at my kitchen island and tap my fingers. I notice my phone and I grab it. I expect about 20 calls and texts from Addison. When I unlock it, I see that I have no notifications from her. The only notification I have is a text from Amelia that reads "Hey bitch! What's up?" I laugh a little at that and reply to her. Amelia and I talked like that all the time, since we're best of friends and all. I smile as I compose a reply. I type "Oh nothin' much, hoe. What about you?" and send it. I laugh at that as I stand up to pour myself some coffee. I hold the warm cup in my hands and drink the coffee slowly. I end up thinking about Addison and what I'm going to say to her when I see her. I close my eyes and shake my head before I take another sip. I wonder if I should talk to Amelia about what happened since she's basically the only person I can talk to about anything. I can't go to Sheldon because he'll think I'm weird and there's no way in hell I'm goin' to talk to Violet about it. I finish my coffee in one big gulp and set the cup on the counter. I grab my purse and my cell phone before I walk out of the door and out to my car. I make a disgusted face as I see my damaged car again.

"I'm goin' to have to go to the repair shop later." I say to myself as I open my car door and buckle up. "And they'll probably take over a day to fix it too, because they suck." I start the car, pull out of my driveway and drive toward the practice. It takes me about fifteen minutes until I pull into the parking lot of Seaside Health and Wellness. I check myself out in my rearview mirror to make sure I look okay. I am about to open my door when my eyes gaze to my right. I noticed that Addison's car pulled right up next to mine. "Oh shit." I stare out the window. You've got to be kiddin' me. I can't deal with her right now." Maybe I can make a run for it. I think to myself as I open my car door, get out and quickly head toward the practice.

"Charlotte!" I hear Addison call out. I mouth a few curses as I slowly turn around. She starts to walk toward me. "Thank God you're okay, I thought-" She smiles until she sees the damage on my car. Her jaw drops. "Oh my God. Charlotte. What happened?!"

Oh boy, here we go. "Nothin' happened, it's just a bump." I lie to her.

"A bump...a bump?" Addison yells as she sets her hand on the headlight. "That's not a bump, Charlotte! Oh my God...you were in an accident, weren't you?"

"No, I wasn't in an accident. Does it look like I was in an accident?" I reply back rather quickly and cross my arms.

"Uh yeah, it does! Look at that!" She points to my car and begins to walk over to me. "Please tell me you didn't slam into another car, Charlotte. Please."

I let out a sigh. "I didn't slam into another car. There, happy?"

Addison now stands before me about a foot away. "Then, what did you slam into? Because that wasn't there yesterday!" Addison runs a hand through her hair and shakes her head. "I really shouldn't have let you drive home last night."

"I ran over Bambi!" I yell at her. "I slammed into a poor, innocent deer as I was drivin' home. Big deal! It happens all the time, so don't get your panties in a bunch."

"Panties in a bunch? Charlotte!" I could see how worried she was about me. It actually really shocked me. "That could've been another car that you broadsided! It could've been a tree and you could've been wrapped around it...dead or in some kind of coma! You know how I would've felt if I got a call saying that you were dead or in the hospital?"

"I'm sure you would've felt SO sad and broken because you care about me SO damn much, right?" I ask while rolling my eyes. "Oh, boohoo! Who cares, anyway? If I ended up dyin', then I'd be dead! Oh well! That's life!"

"I actually do care about you, Charlotte. Very much, actually." She looks at me sincerely. "I get that you like to run away from your problems and I'm guessing I'm one of your problems at the moment and-"

That makes me really mad even though it's true. "Excuse me? What the hell do you know about my life? Just because I didn't want to sleepover at your damn house last night means that I have a problem with you?"

"I know you, Charlotte. I do. You think you hide all of your feelings behind that poker face of yours but you really don't." Addison says in a harsh tone. "We kissed...so what?" She says loudly and I look around with wide eyes to see if anyone heard that. Thankfully, there wasn't a soul around. "So if you think you're gonna avoid me for the rest of your life because of that, I'll tell you right now...it's not going to happen, Charlotte."

I couldn't take anymore. I felt as if I was going to snap or even start to cry. I wasn't going to stand there anymore. I let out an exhale as I turn around and head towards the entrance of the practice.

"Hey, where do you think you're going? I wasn't done!" Addison screams as she stamped after me.

"No, that's where you're wrong!" I reply to her as I pull open the door roughly. "You are done. And I'm done listenin' to you." I let the door close on her. I glance back to see her open the door just as aggressively as me and she follows quickly after me. I see that the elevator doors are already open so I run into it and press the button that goes up to our floor. I press it repeatedly. "Come on, close!" The doors were only open a slit as I see Addison's arm shoot through. The doors open up again and she walks in. She presses the button that goes up to our floor as well. There are only two of us in that elevator but I felt so claustrophobic. Addison looks over at me and sighs. She leans over and presses the stop button in the elevator. "Hey, what do you think you're doin'?" I yell at her. I go to flip the switch back up but she stands in front of it.

"We're not leaving this elevator until we talk about what happened last night." Addison tells me.

"There's nothin' to talk about, Addison." I cross my arms and groan.

"Yes, there is, Charlotte and you know it." Addison replies back and crosses her arms too.

"I don't want to talk about it." I tell her honestly.

"Then, I guess we're going to be in here for the rest of our lives then." Addison tries to joke but I don't laugh. "Please...can we talk about this?"

"I really don't see what the big deal is...it was just a kiss." I say while looking down at the floor.

Addison gives me a weird look. "Just a kiss...are you sure?"

I look up at her with my eyebrows raised. "Yes, I'm sure. Why...? Did you think it meant somethin'?" I ask her and she doesn't answer. "Oh good God...you thought it meant somethin', didn't you?"

Addison stays silent for a moment. "I tried to push the thoughts away, Charlotte. But I couldn't. When I kissed you...it was a mistake. You have to know that I didn't plan it. But once I did it...I couldn't stop thinking about it." She looks down at the floor and after a while, she looks up into my eyes. "I...I like you, Charlotte."

"You like me...wait...you like me?" I ask her with a shocked tone and she nods. "No...no...come on. Why?"

"Do you think I'm happy about this either? You think I'm happy about having feelings for a woman?" Addison asks me but I don't say or do anything. "I just...I can't stop thinking about your lips on mine." My eyes widen when she says that. "I want...I want to do it again." My eyes must look like they're bulging out of the sockets now. At that moment, Addison started to walk toward me. Instinctively, I back up but I hit the back of the elevator. My heart starts to beat faster as she comes even closer. "I'm going to kiss you again, Charlotte. Okay?"

My jaw drops as I shake my head and answer her. "No, you're not goin' to kiss me again... and no, it's not okay! What's your problem?"

"Just go with it." Addison says as she presses her body up against mine. I try to say something but my breath gets caught in my throat. She takes both of her hands to push my blonde hair out of my face and places it behind my ears. She cups my face slowly and looks into my eyes.

"Addison...don't..." I say in a whisper. "Don't do this...it isn't right..."

"But it is right...didn't my kiss make you feel anything at all?" Addison asks while still holding my face gently. I shake my head back and forth. It was a lie. Because the more and more I stood there close to her, I realized that maybe I actually did feel something with that half drunken kiss the night before. But there was no way I could admit that. I don't like women. Before last night, I never kissed a woman in my entire life. I didn't even have any crazy college years where I experimented with girls. There was none of that at all. "Well, how about now?" She asks as she leans forward and places her lips on mine, gentle at first but then, with more passion. Now, I know that there is no way of denying that I felt something. I wrap my arms around her waist to pull her even closer to me. Addison pushes me against the elevator as hard as she could as she takes my arms from her waist and lifts them over my head. She stops kissing me for a moment to smile, while she laces her fingers with mine and continues to hold my arms above my head. "I bet you feel something now." Addison grins as she breathes hot air onto my neck and that just happens to be one of my trigger points.

I swallow hard as she does that and I nod. "Y-yes...I feel somethin'."

Addison looks into my eyes as she grabs me roughly by the waist and pulls me down the wall of the elevator until I was sitting on the floor. "That's what I thought, Charlotte." Addison then went to sit down on me and she wraps her legs around my waist. I suppress a moan as I look down and see her full, voluptuous breasts in her blue button-down blouse. She notices this and grins at me. "Want them?"

My mind says no but out loud I say, "Yes." I look up into her eyes nervously. "Yeah, I do." This was all too much for me. I couldn't take it. A few minutes earlier, I denied having any feelings for Addison because I really didn't have any but now, I'm not so sure. Maybe I'm just having fun. I mean, the closest I've gotten with a girl was a hug and that's it. This was all new territory for me. I really didn't know what to think.

Addison unbuttons all five buttons of her shirt and her cleavage pours out. She smiles while licking her lips. "What are you gonna do about it now?"

"Oh God." I say while breathing rapidly. "Stop it."

Addison chuckles as she takes my hands and puts them on her breasts. "I know you don't want me to stop." I am overwhelmed as she grabs my face, tilts my head to the side and kisses me deeply. I moan softly as I kiss her back even deeper, our tongues interacting together. I run my hands over her breasts slowly as she plays with my hair. "Mhm."

At that moment, I felt sick to my stomach. I didn't know why. This was all happening too fast. I pull back from her kiss with a gasp. "Please...stop." I push her away from me quickly. She drops her hands to her side and stands up. "I can't..."

"You can't what, Charlotte?" Addison asks in a hurt tone.

"I can't do this!" I yell angrily as I stand up, wiping my dress and smoothing it out. "I can't...do this with you!"

"But you like me...don't you?" Addison asks. "I know you do." She looks down and starts buttoning her shirt.

"I don't know, Addison. You can't expect me to know somethin' like that within five minutes." I sigh as I walk around her and start the elevator.

"But Charlotte, I-" Addison starts to say something but I didn't want to hear anymore.

"I still love Cooper, goddamn it!" I scream at her as I hold back tears. "I'm always goin' to love him. That's never goin' to stop."

We both look at each other as the elevator starts up again. A moment later, the doors open up with a ding. I back out of the doors while still looking at her. She shakes her head at me. "You can't run away from every little problem that you face, Charlotte. We're not done with this issue."

"But we are done." I look her in the eyes as I walk out of the elevator. I turn back briefly. "Let's just pretend this never even happened." I notice Amelia at the front desk looking at her files.

"But it did happen, Charlotte!" Addison yells at me and walks out after me.

"What happened?" Amelia chimes in. "I wanna know!"

I groan as she says that and I power walk to my office, hoping that my heels don't give out from under me because of how fast I was going. I was feeling so many things at that moment. I was hurt, sad, angry and mostly confused. I open my office door and close it immediately. I toss my purse on the couch and collapse down into it. I let out a loud groan, close my eyes and cross my arms. I hear my door open and I don't bother to look at who it is. "Okay, seriously, Addison. I don't want to talk about it anymore!"

"If you opened your eyes, you would see that I'm not Addison." I hear Amelia's voice and I open my eyes. She leans against the doorway and grins at me. She was wearing a red blouse, black pants and leopard print high heels that I wanted so badly. "What's your deal with Addison today, anyway?"

"What the hell do you want?" I ask in an annoyed tone, although I shouldn't have.

"Hey now...is that any way to treat your best friend?" Amelia asks and laughs softly. She comes into the room, closes the door and walks over to the couch.

"No...it's not...sorry." I look up at her with a slight frown.

"Hey, it's no problem. I've been a bitch to you in the past so it's okay if you're a bitch to me once in a while." She winks and looks at my body on the couch. I just roll my eyes. "You gonna move over so I can sit down?" There wasn't any space for her to sit. I shake my head. "Okay, fine with me." Amelia lifts my legs up so that they're in her lap. She sits down on the couch and smiles at me. "Now I did the work for ya."

I smile widely at her. "Why don't you massage my feet while you're at it too?" I joke around. She looks at me, then my feet and shrugs. She takes off my shoes, places them on the floor and starts to massage my feet. "Hey, I was only kiddin'."

"Do you want a foot massage or not?" Amelia asks while grinning. I nod while giggling. "Good. Now, tell me...I want to know what's bugging you. And I know it has to deal with Addison, because something is bugging her too."

"It's nothin', Amelia. It's nothin' you really have to worry about." I tell her as I cross my arms over my head.

"You're usually a pretty good liar but you're not today." Amelia says as she looks down at my feet. After a moment, she looks over into my eyes. "You know you can trust me...with anything."

"I know that..." I start to say. I really did know that. Amelia was there for me through all of the tough things I've went through and I can't thank her enough for that. She was there for me after my rape and even when Cooper and I broke up. But what's happening with me and Addison is still confusing on its own, and I didn't want to bring another person into it. At the same time, I didn't want to not tell Amelia about this, because I didn't want her to think that I didn't trust her. "You're gonna laugh at me...or think I'm weird...or both." I look at her nervously.

"I already think you're weird, Charlotte! There's no way you can get any weirder!" Amelia teases me. "I swear, I won't laugh."

"You promise?" I ask her.

"Sure!" She smiles. "I mean, come on...is it that bad?"

"Ehh...I dunno. I'll let you be the judge." I say truthfully. "I don't know how to say it..."

Amelia gives me a weird look. "Oh my God, what happened, Charlotte?"

I sigh then take a deep breath. "I kissed Addison..."

Amelia sits there for a moment and looks at me. "Oh..." I see her lips quiver as she looks away. She coughs out a high-pitched laugh. "Oh my God, that's a good one." Amelia laughs even more and continues laughing until she sees my straight face. "Oh God, you're being serious?" When I don't say anything, her jaw drops slightly. "Oh...oh! Well...uh...how was that?" I just glare at her. "What? I'm just asking. I mean, she looks like a good kisser...so do you too!"

"You're teasin' me...you're really teasin' me right now? Come on!" I cover my face with my hands and groan. "This is why I don't tell people anything! And that's why I always seem like a cold and insensitive little bitch!"

"I'm not teasing you! I'm just trying to understand...you and Addison?" Amelia says in a semi-shocked tone. "But you're not a lesbian!" She says loudly. "And neither is she!"

I put my index to finger to my lips, as to shoosh her. "Hey! Why don't you announce it to the whole world while you're at it too?"

"Sorry!" Amelia apologizes and lowers her voice. "When did this happen?"

"Well, the first time was last night." I start to explain. I take a deep breath to tell the story and Amelia interrupts me. "I-"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. First time?" Amelia asks me curiously. "Damn girl, how many times did you kiss her?" I raise my eyebrows at her and glare. "Okay, sorry, I'll shut up."

"That'd be nice..." I grin at her and sigh. "Okay, I went to the bar last night for a few drinks and I saw Addison there. She was goin' to walk home alone so I offered her a ride home, 'cause she was drunk. When I got there, she invited me in for drinks. I didn't think it would hurt." I stop for a moment. "I poured my heart out to her about Cooper and everything. I couldn't help it. She brought up her love life so I started to talk about mine. Then she just...she just kissed me. And I made it worse by kissin' her back." I look at Amelia and she just blinks a few times. "Ugh, yep, I'm screwed."

"Did you talk to Addison about it?" Amelia inquires while still rubbing my feet. I might have actually felt relaxed if my mind wasn't racing out of control.

I nod as I play with my fingers. "Yes, because she got to work the same time as me this mornin'. The damn woman chased me down and trapped me in the elevator." I stay silent for a moment as I remember what happened in that elevator.

"So...what did she say?" Amelia asks. "I don't have all day, you know." She grins at me.

I stick my tongue out at her. "She stopped the elevator and said that we're not leavin' until we talked about it. I told her it was just a kiss and..." I zoned out as I thought about what Addison said again. I like you, Charlotte. The words repeat in my mind over and over again.

"And...?" Amelia urges me to continue and realizes I was zoning out. "Yo! Earth to Charlotte! Hey!"

My eyes met hers after a while. "Sorry..." I rub my fingers on my temple.

"Tell me what happened, woman. I don't like cliff hangers." Amelia smiles encouragingly.

"She said that she liked me...liked me." I say in a whisper while putting emphasis on the second "liked". "Jesus, Amelia. What am I gonna do? This is so horrible." I cover my face with my hands and shake my head. "I have no idea what to do."

"Oh...well, that's...weird." Amelia replies. "Addison doesn't like girls...at least I don't think she does."

"Well...why the hell does she have to like me for?" I ask her in an annoyed tone. Amelia just shrugs. "Why would she even like me...why would anyone?"

"Hmm...well, if you kiss me, maybe I'll end up liking you too." Amelia starts to lean in close to me and laughs softly.

I sigh. "You're not helpin'."

Amelia leans back and smiles at me. "Well, Addison likes you, so what? Maybe she has liked you for a while, who knows." I shake my head directly after she says that. Addison couldn't like me like that...not before last night anyway. "But the question is...do you like her, Charlotte?"

"What?" I question her in a surprised tone. "Why would I?"

"Come on, Char. It's okay if you do. It's okay to like women." Amelia explains. "I was with a few women in my lifetime." My eyes widen at that. "What? It's true!" That surprised me but at the same time, it kind of didn't. "Do you like her?"

I stare at her for a moment. I didn't want to admit it. "I'm still in love with Cooper."

She nods. "I know that. But that doesn't mean you can't like two people at the same time. If Addison likes you after one kiss, seeming as she's one of the straightest people alive, chances are you might have some kind of feeling for her now too."

"I don't know..." I sigh softly and start to bite my nails. I tried not to do that but sometimes, I just couldn't help it.

"Hmm..." Amelia starts to say. "You said you guys kissed more than once...when was the second time?" I didn't have time to answer before Amelia figured it out herself. "You guys kissed in the elevator, didn't you?"

"How...how did you know that?" I ask her surprisingly.

"Oh, I know these things." Amelia winks at me. "Is that all you did...kiss?"

"Well...we made out..." I admit in a low voice. "And I..."

"You touched her in inappropriate places? Or did she do the touching?" Amelia grins widely. "I bet you were like "Oh, Addison, touch me!"" She mocks my Southern accent. I exhale with a glare as I throw a pillow at her. "Ow, hey!"

"No, I wasn't like that!" I retort and cross my arms. "...I touched her boobs, okay?" I close my eyes.

"Whoa girl! You got a little touchy feely with her, I see." Amelia chuckles.

"She unbuttoned her shirt!" I say with a grimace.

"It doesn't mean you had to touch them..." Amelia jokes around once again. "Okay...I'm sorry. I don't mean to be joking with this. Maybe I should be more serious."

I shrug. "It's fine...I just...I don't know what to do." I stare up at the ceiling. "I can't like Addison...I don't like women, Amelia! Maybe I only liked the kiss because...I don't know...because it was my first time kissing a girl?"

Amelia waits a few seconds and then shrugs. "Possibly. But if you think you may like her, don't deny those feelings. Because the heart wants what the heart wants."

"But my heart still wants-" I begin to say.

"Cooper, I know." Amelia nods. "I think you should keep talking to her about it...because avoiding her by hiding in your office isn't going to help anything."

"I know that...it's just...so confusin'." I reply back truthfully. "So damn confusin'...just kill me."

"Alrighty." Amelia says. "How do you want me to kill you?" She asks with a serious face but then laughs. "But please, don't avoid her. It'll make it worse."

"Okay...I'll talk to her." I say honestly. "Thanks for talkin' to me...and thanks for the foot rub." I laugh. "Don't tell a soul about this, I mean it."

"Oh, I won't. Cross my heart, hope to die." Amelia grins. "If you ever need to talk, let me know. I'm here for you, babe." She pats my legs as she stands up from the couch.

I nod while smiling. "I know. Same for you too." I wink at her.

"I'll see you later, chica!" Amelia says as she gives me a small wave and walks out of my office.

"See ya!" I wave back and sigh. I knew that I would have to talk to Addison again eventually. I was just so nervous about this whole situation and I honestly didn't know what to do. Even though Amelia suggested something, didn't necessarily mean that I had to do it. Although my mind was on a rampage, somehow I managed to fall into a deep sleep.

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