Charlene’s Story

This is a story that I wrote for a girl that requested it. Her Opinion on whether it’s good or not is biased so I want to see what others think. Names have been changed to protect who the story is really about. I hope you enjoy.








It was a beautiful spring day in New York City. The sounds of people moving about, cars dealing with traffic, and the occasional subway train being heard through the station entrances. The day couldn’t seem more beautiful for someone who enjoyed the city.

Travis had taken a vacation from work to enjoy the life in the Big Apple again and see a the new Frozen musical that had finally been released. He sat down at a café and relaxed enjoying a drink, sitting opposite of him was Charlene, his date for the night. A short, beautiful girl with dyed red hair and piercing eyes that you could easily forget you’re staring into until she made a noise that you were looking too long. She was a girl Travis from Canada. After weeks of talking to each other, they had planned the trip to have lunch and chat before the show. Which would have been a great first date for them both, if Travis could think of anything to talk about.

He tried to play off the awkward silence by acting like he was just listening to the sounds of the city and enjoying the view of people all around. She wasn’t having any of it and started to laugh before she took another sip of her drink.

“ What? What’s so funny?” Travis asks finally able to speak with her again.

“You look weird when you feel awkward.” Charlene laughs again “It’s like you’re looking for anything to start talking about.”

Travis looks down at his drink and smiles, and starts to laugh at himself.

“Is that so? Ever since I met you at the Airport I just didn’t know what to say. First I thought it was because it was our first time meeting face to face, then I thought it was because you’re so freaking beautiful that I couldn’t find words, I know that wasn’t it.” Charlene shot Travis a playful glare “Now I’m just over thinking things.”

She laughs again and takes another sip of her drink before she moves her chair closer to Travis. He gives her a strange look and then looks back out at the people walking by without saying a word. The next thing he knows, Charlene’s hand is resting high up on his leg. This makes him choke a little on his drink and then look at her again, this time bewildered.

“Oh I’m sorry, did I bother you?” Charlene asks while her hand starts rubbing along Travis’s leg getting closer to something that was getting harder by the second.

“I don’t think it’s a good idea to be doing that here. I thought you just wanted to see the show with me today.” Travis says attempting to move a side a little

“Oh I do, but I also think you look cute when you get flustered like that.”

Travis sighs and smiles at her. Charlene enjoys the her act that made him flustered and leans back in her chair to finish her drink.

Travis gets up and stretches, looking at his watch. They still have two hours before the show starts, so he turned to Charlene to ask her if she wanted to walk around the city for a bit. Before he can get the words out, she stands and hugs him real quick.

“I need to go back to the hotel room real quick.” Charlene says and turns, quickly walking back down the street to where their hotel was.

Travis wasn’t given a chance to speak. He runs after Charlene and gets there in time to reach her at the elevator for the room. She kisses him and pushes him out of the elevator back in the lobby. Travis giving her a strange look make her laugh and kiss him again.

“Wait here. I want you be surprised by this.”

She backs into the elevator and the doors shut. Travis is left in the lobby with a few people giving him strange looks, others look at him and talk about how romantic he was with Charlene. When he sits down at a chair near the front desk, the woman behind the counter walks by him and smiles at him, giving him a wink and walking away. Travis’s confusion rises and he pulls out his phone to write in his notes while he waits.

After twenty minutes of waiting, Travis stands up to get a drink. When he passes by the elevators, Charlene walks out and instantly Travis does a double take and then stands there dumbstruck at how she looks.