My Emerald

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“So..”Nancy poked, side eyeing Charlotte as they began the journey back home, “spill what is the inside of their estate like? I’m thinking very traditional, wainscotting, wallpaper, real wood floors, ohh marble?” Charlotte laughed, Nancy wasn’t just interested in fashion choices, but her whole lifestyle had to be ‘put together’ as she’d refer to it. Charlotte was actually surprised she didn’t ask to be her plus 1 just to get a peek, but they had not actually known the family estate was such an ESTATE.

“Yes Nancy you hit the nail on the head, it was Daphne’s Aunt and Uncles Uncle's place and it's incredible. Rose, the Aunt, has this AMAZING library with a fireplace and so many first edition books, I could have hid in there the whole night had it not been for Will, and the Garde…”

“WOAH WOAH wait a minute, Will? Who is Will?” Nancy interrupted as soon as she heard the man’s name.

“Will is their son and the owner of the company my father is having me intern at.” Charlotte said as nonchalantly as possible, she did not want the girls finding out it was THE William Hartford, especially after their recent club run in.

“Oh so some old business dude in publishing, got it, ok continue you said something about their Gardens?” Nancy asked putting her focus back onto the road. Charlotte filled her in on the details of the property the rest of the way home. Not long after, she got a text from her mom saying she was covering for a co-worker in the morning, so she was going to skip on going out but to have fun and call if they needed her.

Becca was waiting at the apartment for them when they arrived with an outfit change, “Party time girls!” she exclaimed. “I can’t believe our baby is finally 18!! Eeek” Charlotte had hoped the other girls had forgotten about going to The Valley, but apparently not. After the evening she had with Gerald and Daphne, she wasn’t up for celebrating her birthday, but was up for drinking to forget it. She didn’t even fight Becca and Nancy on her outfit this time, they had prepared her hair already and Nancy made some slight changes to her make up before they headed out.

“I doubt they’re here again you know,” She leaned in to tell Nancy as they made their way into the club this time.

“Who?” Nancy asked,

“Those guys that took us home last weekend.” Charlotte didn’t want to give out names for Nancy to tie together what she had found out earlier this afternoon.

“How could you possibly know that?” Nancy asked shrugging her off, “Either way were here to celebrate you! Come on lets grab some drinks!” Making their way back to the bar, they noticed the bartender head straight back to Charlotte,

“White wine and patrone shot?” HE asked.

“Uh yeah actually, plus their drinks.” Charlotte gestured to the group. “Of course, ladies and gentleman what can I get you>” HE set off to make their drinks as Nancy turned to Charlotte,

“So wanna tell us what that was about?”

“What?” Charlotte asked confused herself how this bartender remembered her drink order from a week ago.

“Char he remembered your drink order! I know you’re not looking for a relationship outside of your fiction books, but I’d say he’s a great present to yourself.” Nancy replied, winking, collecting their drinks off the bar they headed to find a table. William and David had arrived and instantly spotted the girls' backs at the bar. ‘At least she has more clothes on this time’ Will thought to himself as he took in Char's appearance. He had expected her to come in the same attire she wore to the party, but to his surprise she had changed. While he had never seen a more appealing body, Char didn’t come off as the type whose style was ‘sexy’. He pictured her in more relaxed clothes curled up by the fire as he had seen her earlier in Rose’s library. However, he would never deter this option either.