Charlie's POV
I couldn't get out of his room fast enough. Things were taking a weird turn. It felt like we were connecting. I felt safe and calm being in that room.
The only thing that was making me nervous was worrying about what people would think. What my mother would think and do if she found out where i was at.
When I was sitting next to him on the end of his bed, it took everything in me not to lean into him. The room was intoxicating on its own by his scent, and being near him was making things that much more complicated.
I didn't go in there wanting to tell him the truth about Eddie. I just thought that being honest with everyone was the best way to go. Really, the only way to go. Especially if I didn't want to wreck an eighteen year friendship.
The back stairway was dark an
