c h a r l i e b e a l e

elyssa: awh, charlie.. i'm sorry to hear that, and gross.. i don't want to hear that cause beca's like.. my step sister now??

elyssa: if jaxon and i were there we'd watch the movie with you. aww charlie..

elyssa: i don't like when you're sad.

elyssa: well shit sounds like your easter is going well while i'm over here with my siblings and jax.

elyssa: saturday? that's too far.. no please come here i really wanna see you and jaxon and i really miss you.

Charlie: hey, if i have to witness it, you have to hear about it. relationships are all about sharing.

Charlie: at least someone cares about my entertainment needs

Charlie: would we really be watching the movie though? ;)

Charlie: i'm okay

Charlie: at least they're keeping things fresh, you know? they're stealing my tv time but making up for it with drama

Charlie: i know i'm sorry :(

elyssa: what's going on over there?

elyssa: i wish you didn't have to go to your parents.

elyssa: hurry home.. when are you coming home?

Charlie: if i'm not being interrupted by my parents fighting then i'm basically being forced to sit here watching chloe with her tongue down becas throat.

Charlie: like, i'm just trying to watch a movie? and they come in and take over like it's cool i wasn't here first or anything.

Charlie: plus everyone steals all the good food first and that's mostly what i'm sad about

Charlie: i probably could've gotten out of it but my mother is very convincing. also i kinda wanted to be here to see daddy's little princess get ripped into for ruining chicagos career lmao

elyssa: doing great, he's great too he misses his daddy.

elyssa: he misses you so much. please do.

elyssa: it's going well, just you know.. not doing much.

Charlie: hey. lazy easters are better than what i'm dealing with.

Charlie: it's so boring

Charlie: it's gonna be such a shitty week without you two

Charlie: how are you doing? how's jax?

Charlie: tell him i miss him and i wanna facetime you guys later.

        hanging out with charlie before the whole pregnancy thing happened, elyssa didn’t think that she would end up like this. getting pregnant with his child, and catching feelings for him through the whole process. it was hard to keep these feelings in, but not as hard, since she hasn’t really told him yet. every so often, the pain of the contractions would hit her again, earning a wince from elyssa. the pain was just intense, but she didn’t want to get medication of it. she wanted to power through and do her best to tolerate it. with her mom’s wedding coming up, she knew she would be needing a plus two besides charlie, and this time adding their baby boy to the invite. a pause then a breath as she glances over at charlie, “uhm maybe a few hours, i’m not entirely sure. depending how much longer it takes for me to get fully dilated.” she said slightly rubbing her belly. she was happy that he was here and didn’t have to wait for him and he would be present for when she would start pushing. 

         feeling the squeeze to her hand, she gave him a tired smile, leaning her head back against the pillow. “i’m just happy that you’re here.” she spoke softly and released a soft breath. she couldn’t believe that in a few hours she would end up being a mother and charlie a father. it would take awhile for her to get used to be a first time mom, and she knew she couldn’t screw around anymore. she had a baby to take care of. listening to his words, elyssa smiled and laughed softly, “you can try, but i doubt that’ll do anything. and i birthed him, so i’m pretty sure i’ll be the favorite parent.” she joked back and smiled feeling his fingers along her stomach and began to speak to their baby. keeping the smile on her face, she looked at charlie lovingly, and fuck did she think it was adorable when guys spoke to their woman’s belly. she giggled softly and bit at her lower lip hearing charlie telling him to hurry up.

          he had never really put much thought into feelings when it came to elyssa.  what they had before they were expecting was nothing more than a friends with benefit situation,  one where he knew he  wouldn’t  have a problem not catching feelings for the girl.  now,  with a baby in the mix,  with her being the mother of his  SON,  he was starting to see her in a new light  --  or more so the feelings he was trying to keep at bay were starting to surface.  whichever way you wanted to look at it.  &  really,  at this point,  openly having feelings for elyssa didn’t seem like the worst thing he could be doing.  they could be a happy little family.   ‘ does it hurt?  like a lot? ’   of course it does,  you goose.   ‘ is there anything i can do for you?  do you want any food?  --  are you allowed to eat? ’   he just has  SO  many questions,  so bare with him.

         hospital lights beamed down onto elyssa, showing many many machines beside her hospital bed, and an iv running through the top of her hand. laying there, elyssa was getting a little bored with waiting and very impatient. with the hospital puns that emily was making, elyssa wasn’t amused by any of it. she didn’t find anything funny, which made emily stop with the puns as they both waited to see what was to happen now. the doctors and nurses came in and out to check on elyssa, to see just how many more centimeters she had left before she would be able to start pushing. hours and hours had passed and she was already halfway there. all elyssa wanted, was for her son to be here already so she could head get the labor part out of the way and hold her son. 

         once the doctors did their check on her, she soon looked up when the door opened. at the sight of charlie, a small smile crept on her face, happy that he finally made it. “hi..” her voice soft and quiet watching as he made his way into her room and pulled up the chair and sat down beside her bed. emily glanced at the two and smiled, “i’ll leave you two.” emily offered so elyssa and charlie could be to themselves. watching her sister leave, elyssa smiled then looked to charlie. “i uh.. he’s okay.. just you know.. playing the waiting game.” her reply slightly in a joking way but also not since she was literally playing the waiting game. “but should be soon. i’m half way there.” she assured him nodding her head, “thanks for coming..”

          he’s not too sure what their limits were at this point.  they had gotten extra close during the pregnancy  &  in his opinion,  they basically acted as if they really were a couple,  which was nice.  but also after a few tips from his mother after calling her up freaking out only a few nights ago,  he’s learned that hey,  she’s in  PAIN  &  he probably  shouldn’t  do a lot of things he wanted to do.  no matter how  cutesy  they were.  still,  he moved his hand from hers only for a moment to gently brush the hair from the girls face with a small smile before returning his hand back on top of hers.  that’s better.   ‘ do they know how long it will be? ’   let’s be real,  he has no idea about this part of a pregnancy.  he  DID  try watching a documentary about it,  which…  didn’t really work out in his favor considering he sat there with his eyes closed for most of it.  childbirth is beautiful they say.  try telling that to the poor boy who went in head first  &  almost ended up with his head in the toilet.  it wasn’t pretty.

@charliebeale​

it had been exactly nine months since elyssa found out about her own pregnancy. it was scary, but she had a great support system. she has her siblings, her best friends, chloe, surprisingly, and charlie. charlie had been there for elyssa the entire time and she was thankful for him. you could even say that she maybe caught feelings for him, although she would never admit that, since she likes to blame the hormones for how she is feeling about charlie. it was the hormones right? no elyssa, pretty sure you caught feelings for him. there’s no way that he could find out. he was there for her and it made her happy, but for all she knew, charlie might not even see her in that light. a few months ago, elyssa was asked if she wanted to know the gender, and they had told her. elyssa is having a baby boy and she couldn’t be more excited about it. walking around the apartment, she cleans up a little bit while emily is taking a nap since she is now on spring break and she’s pretty tired from doing so much. making her way around the apartment, she could feel a few kicks to her stomach and smiled as she rubbed it softly. 

suddenly, she felt it. there was water dripping down her leg as she looked down and felt herself start to panic. her arm is brought around her belly and hurries to emily’s room. “em, emily..” she calls out, waking her sister from her small nap as soon as she hears her sister call out to her. hurrying out of bed, emily opens the door and sees her sister, “hey what’s going on, are you okay?” she questioned and soon noticed she wasn’t looking so good, “i–it’s time.” elyssa breathed out causing emily to gasp and smile, “oh my gosh, oh my gosh, okay uh come on, let’s get you to the hospital.” emily rushed back to her bedroom and grabbed the one bag that they had packed close to the due date and today is that due date. with excitement, emily smiled and hurried to her sister and placed the bag on the couch, running back into the bedroom and grabbed her things. phone keys, and wallet. rushing back out, she felt around herself as elyssa eyed her twin confused like. “uhm.. having fun there?” she breathed out, her arm still wrapped around her belly. 

“i can’t find my god damn keys!’ 

she panicked and hurried around the house until elyssa sighed softly and shook her head, “emily.. you’re holding them.” with that, emily stopped and chuckled a little as she looked at her hands and saw her keys, “ha.. right.. okay come on let’s go.” she hurried her sister out to the car and helped her into the passenger side, then hurried to the drivers side. “i’m gonna text chloe and charlie and have them meet us at the hospital. 

                               emily: elyssa’s water broke.                                 emily: we’re heading to new york memorial hospital.                                 emily: get there as soon as you can. 

she hit send and hurried to the hospital. although, she knew not to speed as much as she wanted to, she couldn’t. emily didn’t want to get pulled over then have to worry about getting a ticket, keeping them from getting to the hospital, otherwise elyssa would end up having the baby in the car. minutes later, they’re at the hospital as elyssa gets placed onto a wheel chair and prepped before getting placed into her room. 

          charlie was on alert pretty much twenty-four-seven lately.  the fact that elyssa could go into labor at literally any point,  it was a scary thought.  the closer the due date came,  the realer all this became.  one minute it was nothing more than  oh,  there’s a baby in there,  but now,  the fact that,  HEY,  that baby is going to be a living,  breathing human being on the outside world in only a matter of time scared the absolute  shit  out of him.  still,  he needed to put all his fears aside  &  step up to be there for both her  &  their son.  

         he was in the middle of a game of call of duty with chicago when his phone vibrated,  not really paying attention to his phone until the match had finally come to an end.  almost without thought,  the controller dropped from his hand as he stood up in an absolute panic,  a little shaky as he continued to stare down at the text.   ‘ shit. ’   without giving his older brother any indication as to what was happening,  he grabbed his backpack before  finally  turning back to chicago.   ‘ she’s having the baby. ’   trust chloe to not be around in his time of goddamn need.  fuck work.

         the only downside to living in new york was the fact  none  of them felt the need to have a car since public transport was so common around the city,  which,  in turn,  meant they had to find their own way to the hospital.  at least an uber wait wasn’t  TOO  long.  though the trip through the traffic was,  &  maybe they should’ve just settled for another way that wouldn’t include sitting in traffic for god knows how long,  but alas.  with chicago in the front seat talking to the driver,  charlie pulled out his phone,  sending a panicking text to chloe to see if she had gotten the same message  &  then one to emily telling her he was on his way.

         it was a good almost  forty  minutes of an exhaustingly stressful uber ride before they finally pulled up outside the hospital.  thanks for literally nothing,  new york.  he grabbed his backpack,  not really waiting for chicago to catch up to him as he rushed in through the doors  &  to the desk,  giving the information before being told he had to go to the maternity ward to find out specific rooms.  again,  thanks for nothing,  new york.  another few minutes passed as he moved to the other ward,  giving elyssas name before  finally  being given a room number.

         “but i wouldn’t randomly joke about it..” she reassured him to let him know that she wasn’t joking with him right now. she needed him since right now, the brunette had no idea what to do or who to talk to about this. she knows this can’t be kept from bryana too long, since the other female would see right through her best friend and would practically get it out of her in seconds, since that’s who bryana is and that’s how their friendship worked. lucie, she isn’t sure how she could tell her right now. listening to him, elyssa looked up at him and nodded her head at the mention of going to a doctor and having them do some tests and check ups on her. all this partying, drinking, drug use has to stop and she knows this. at the mention of talking to someone, there wasn’t any one who came to mind as to who she wanted to tell. when he brought up chloe, her heart race knowing that his sister probably hates her for punching her girlfriend in the face. after all, this is his sister and she has a right to know. “i.. i uh.. y-you can tell her.. d-do you think she’ll.. beat me up?” not like you don’t deserve it, elyssa.  feeling his arms around her, she leaned into his touch and felt tears forming in her eyes nodding her head at his words that they would get through this and they will, right? right?”

          now wasn’t the time to fight, now was the time to figure out what to do and how they were going to go about things. of course she isn’t that far along in the pregnancy for anyone to really notice. let’s be real, the only people she really hangs out with is sitting right next to him, bryana, and lucie. sometimes emily and leejay, but she didn’t really count her siblings as people who she hangs out with. “okay that may sound like something i would do to you, but i wouldn’t do it now especially now.” she confirmed knowing she would joke around like this, but she isn’t really joking right now since she is practically with child, well a growing child in her stomach. she sighed softly and ran her fingers through her hair. “i.. i don’t know.. i took the test and it came back positive.. now i don’t know what to do.” she spoke honestly then shrugged her shoulders, “i don’t know..i don’t know who to tell cause if you think about it, no one here really likes me, so why would they start to care now?” it was true, she had made some enemies, well would they be considered enemies? all she knows is that emilys friends weren’t a big fan of hers. “i.. i haven’t told anyone.. but you..” she spoke softly and shook her head, “no.. i don’t want to go alone..” she admitted and looked down, “i’m scared, charlie..” elyssa junk, scared.. that’s a first. 

         it’s all fun and games until someone ends up hurt, or in this case pregnant. the nights elyssa and charlie hung out, she always ended her nights with him, in bed and them just going at it like a bunch of rabbits. they were protected weren’t they? or did charlie forget a condom at one point of the night in one of these hookups that they had together? after the news escaped her lips, she glanced over at him wondering what he was going to say or do. of course he choked on his donut, this was news to him as well as news to her. this was practically the first person she told about her pregnancy to and wasn’t sure who else she wanted to tell right now. waiting for him to finally speak, she nodded her head when he needed confirmation. “why would i joke about this with you?” she questioned him and sighed softly, “and i cant? look i can’t be a mom as much as you can’t be a dad, alright? i didn’t just wake up one day and say hey i think i wanna be a mom, hey charlie put a baby inside of me.” her tone very sarcastic and angry as she bit down on her lower lip feeling her anger build up, but that could also be the nerves kicking in too.

         honestly right now elyssa was in no mood for company, nor was she in the mood to entertain what little friends she has in her life right now. obviously most of emily’s friends despise her, and that was her own doing. you shouldn’t go and punch someone just because they made emily sad, can’t fight all her battes for her, elyssa. while she was sitting on the couch, contemplating on what to do, the voice was so familiar to be recognized knowing it was charlie. soon the door was opened before she could tell him to even go away. she glanced up at him and looked straight at the donuts, then bit down on her lower lip. this here, this guy right here, is the father of your child that is now growing inside of you. should you tell him? or should you leave him in the dark. barley listening to what he was saying, she was soon snapped out of her thoughts and shook her head a little, “sorry. yeah i’m.. fine.” don’t lie, elyssa. it’s better to tell him than to leave him in the dark. “actually.. i’m not..” a pause, then a breath, “charlie… i’m pregnant.. and i’m pretty sure you’re the father..” good choice of words.

the test was taken, the two marks showed up on the stick, it was done and it’s now a thing. it happened, and she was pretty sure she knows who the father is of this child that she is now carrying. moving to new york, she hadn’t slept with anyone besides paxton and that didn’t end well, and then she had hung out with charlie a few times. sighing softly, elyssa sat on the couch as she inhaled deeply and felt herself tear up. soon she heard the door knock causing her to jump a little, “emily’s not home..” she called out to whomever was standing outside that door, not really in the mood for company.

“i mean no it’s great, yeah chloe and charlie are just getting high and you know.. can’t really do that because if i smoke any little bit of weed i’ll get kicked out of the military. and let me tell you, i’m not really wanting to get kicked out. it just sucks i guess.” he replied with a shrug to the person beside him as he sipped his coffee. he did wish he could just smoke weed a few times with charlie so he could hang out with his brother, but that wasn’t possible, now was it?

       charlie and elyssa had this weird friendship, but they were both able to tolerate each other. that hadn’t happened since her and lucie became really good friends and are now best friends. now her and charlie are.. kind of getting there, just in a weird way? “gross that means i’m stuck with.” she called out to him once she heard his comment about him being here indefinitely. obviously as a joke, since they both had grown accustomed to each other, and just being around one another. it kind of helped that their siblings were in the same singing group which also brought them closer. when she was ready, she slipped on some heels and walked to the fridge pulling out something to drink before they could leave. “okay, weirdo.” she chuckled shaking her head, “well let’s go.” she said to him and walked out of the apartment with him.

        if someone were to flirt with elyssa, she’d catch on straight away, but with charlie, for some reason couldn’t tell if he was flirting or being annoying. while getting off the bed, she went to her luggage and rummaged through her clothing and glanced over at charlie with a glare, “ha so funny. you’re so funny.” she joked with him and shook her head with a chuckle and the rolling of her eyes before she finally picked out an outfit to wear. as much as she wanted him to watch her change, she knew they probably wouldn’t get anywhere if it were to happen. “yeah good idea.” she said to him and nodded her head waiting for him to leave the room. when he was gone, she finally stripped from her sweats and sweater and slipped on a more sexier outfit to wear out. when finished, she walked out and looked for charlie, “you ready to go?”

         chilling and hanging out with charlie made her night better than the day she had. it was pretty crappy, but getting to watch netflix and just lounge around was helping her feel better. although at the mention of going out, elyssa was down for anything. she didn’t want to spend her entire evening just being inside all night. while looking over at charlie, she gave him a playful glare, “are you telling me i look like crap and need to shower?” elyssa inquired to the younger male who was laying beside her on the bed. “please, i don’t need them to know where i’m going and what i’m doing, it’ll be fine.” the brunette assured him and got herself out of bed so she could slip into something more revealing? or something to make her look good.

 of all the responses she expected, she is not certainly not expecting - “brother.” superb response, beca. and is that weed? ( good for you, chlo. ) she doesn’t get a proper look at it before he invites himself in. and she just stands there for a few moments in a stupor of shock. he already has the beale lack of personal space and social conventions down pat. “okay. come in i guess.” shutting the door behind him, she watches as she he accesses the place. “we live with my best friend. she takes up a lot of the space.” but definitely harder than chloe. “usually in a few hours. it depends if she’s working overtime or if it’s puppy training day.” a pause and then she looks at him. “so are you and chloe - close?” time to make small talk then, becs. ( she’s just curious. he seems to know enough about her and yet she knows nothing about him. )