Charles "Chip" Potts

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Adam knew that Charles was a bit uncomfortable with him, he deserved it after how he’d treated his staff and he felt horrible about it. But he truly was trying to be better. “You are welcome.” He said quietly. Staring at the ceiling for a moment when he found himself looking back to Charles with a frown. “What do you mean, sorry I was the only person available? I’m glad it’s you that is coming with me to the store.” 

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“Well, I guess I just mean there’s probably other people you’d rather have to go on a shopping trip with.” he shrugged a little as he grabbed one of the lower level boxes. They were always good for stashing the less healthy items for when others came over. “Don’t tell my mom about these, okay?” he said adding them to the cart. “Really? You are?” 

Henrik: Gym clothes, a towel, water are the main things you need. There's facilities for a shower afterwards so if you want to do that then bring whatever else you need.

Chip: Got it. Thanks.

It wasn’t often that Adam relied on other people, he just was used to deal with the messes alone. Often his own. Yet his therapist told him that people weren’t things he should fear, well not completly and certainly not those that had proven to be loyal to him. Even if that basically went against everything his fiancé had taught him. 

He watched Chip struggle with the granola and waited for him to ask for his help. When that didn’t come he just picked it himself, quietly and handed it over. “That’s the one you wanted right?”

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“Oh umm yeah” he nodded taking the granola from him “Thanks” There was a small part of him that wanted to say he could have gotten it, but he left it at the sentiment of gratitude. Something that was definitely more appropriate. “Sorry I was the only person available to do this with.” The boy was pretty certain there were a number of others Adam would rather be doing this with. 

Henrik: That;s okay take you're time

Henrik: Just wanted to make sure and check you were okay

Chip: Is there anything I should bring?

Chip: I've never been to a gym before

If someone had once said that he would be shopping for groceries with Adam Legrand, Chip wouldn’t have believed them. Yet, here they were,  the shopping cart already with a decent amount of items in it. They were in the process of picking up some bulk items for the cafe, that the latest delivery had failed to either bring or hadn’t brought enough of, as well as Chip grabbing a few things here and there for himself and his mom. “Really?” he groaned, looking to see that the brand of granola he was supposed to pick up for home was no longer on the middle shelf, but rather the top one out of reach. 

Henrik: Hey, I don't know if you forgot your appointment or if you meant to cancel but I'm messaging to check to see if you're attending the personal training appointment you scheduled?

Belle felt awful for making Chip feel uncomfortable “Oh don’t be sorry I’m sorry, I should have kept the front door locked. It’s my fault I just go into auto pilot when opening but with the new hours it’s messed me up. I really should put a reminder on my phone to not unlock them right away.” she said before looking over at him and smiling “merci, Chip, thank you that’s very kind of you.”

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“Are you okay?” he asked a little concerned as she mentioned the hours messing her up. Were the new hours the result of a good thing or a bad thing? Moving closer he set the bag down “whatever you don’t want I can take back or you could keep them for whoever else is working with you today. Sorry I don’t have any coffee or tea for them. If you want I could take an order and come back with some”

Belle was on cloud nine, she could have danced in the street on the way to the Library, but she couldn’t celebrate just yet, she had to breathe and work more on the novel before she could even think about it being published, but the fact that she had a potential publishing company wanting to potentially publish what she considered the greatest love story of all time, the love story between her mother and father, it was enough for her whole day to be 1000 times better than it could have been, nothing could trample on her good morning. She skipped into the Library bent down to feed, Webster and Dewey before she went to the front desk and began to write again when someone came into the entrance “Hello, we aren’t quite open yet, but you are welcome to come back in a half hour?” 

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“Oh sorry” Chip said quickly “the door was open, so I thought - “ he bit his lip a little “Oh umm my mom said I should stop by and see if you wanted these” he held up a bag, suddenly remembering why it was he was there “They had some leftover bakery items from the cafe yesterday. They’re still good, but we just can’t sell them two days in a row, so she took some to give out.”

The weekend had always been Chip’s favorite, especially every other Sunday. Of course if you asked any kid, they’d probably tell you they preferred the weekend to the weekday, it meant no school for two days, but for Chip it had always meant spending at least an hour or two with his dad. Mr. Potts spent most of his time at the office, coming home late a lot of the nights which meant that Chip was already in bed by the time he’d finished up a late dinner. What made every other Sunday special was that it was time that was always just Chip and his dad. Chip’s dad would send his mom out for a day to relax. Go to the spa, get a massage,  get her nails done, eat at a nice restaurant, have a girl’s day with her friends, etc. 

Cody: dude my moms are like obsessed with you since the valedictorian thing came out

Cody: im pretty sure theyre hoping itll rub off onto me or something

Chip: really? that was nothing really. i mean half of it is cause i had to keep my grades at a certain level to stay on the wrestling team.

🌧- For a heavy, emotional secret

- Chip was the one with his father when he died

🙃- For a lighter, slightly embarrassing secret

- Chip wet the bed at a sleepover once when he was younger and blamed it on the dog.

🌟- For a secret wish or desire of theirs

- To have more friends

📲- Talk about someone/something you dislike, but only pretend to like

“watching most sports. I like to play some of them, but watching other people play has always felt boring to me”

👁‍🗨- Talk about someone/something you like, but pretend to dislike

“I - hmm, oh, I know - no wait....can I get back to you on this one?” (when the answer is boys)

🍻- For something bad/mischievous you did as a child or teen that your parents don’t know about

“drank a beer, maybe. I don’t think I’m very mischievous”

“I think I’ve been so focused on graduating and wrestling that I haven’t really thought about this. Cody, maybe. There’s some girls that are kind of cute that come into the cafe all the time that are from school. Like I said though I haven’t really had time to think about it much”