As they walked towards his house Charlie couldn't help but wonder if Layla had left behind some boyfriend or some guy, they rarely talked about her love life when and if they talked about dating. Though if she was here back in palm beach than that probably meant whoever he was that he was no longer in the picture right? Least he hoped that was the case because he really didn't think that she would be returning if there was some guy waiting for her. Palm Beach hadn't exactly held the fondest memories for the two of them it seemed, well for himself mostly if he was being honest.
Layla glanced over at him," What?" she asked after a second.
"I'm not going to have some crazy boyfriend calling up at the house looking for you or showing up am I?" Charlie finally asked."
"Oh haha funny," she replied. "No you don't have to worry about that. Let's just say guys don't seem to like staying in my life." Most of the few boyfriends that she had had all either didn't want to commit or wound up cheating on her.
"Well they probably weren't good enough for you anyway," Charlie said with a smile.
She couldn't help but smile at that Charlie always had a way of making her smile. This in turn made her super glad that she was finally back though she had really missed him and as she glanced over at him she couldn't help but smile again.
"Why are you so smiley tonight?" he asked with a smirk.
"I'm happy," she admitted.
Charlie had always been amazed at how little it took to please Layla and to make her happy. She wasn't so wound up and high maintance like practically every other girl in PB." As long as I can take credit for that smile on your face," he said with his trademark grin.
Layla laughed," Alright you get credit for it," she said.
"So tell me what brought you back home?" he asked.
"Well I wasn't having much luck getting anything published," she admitted after a second. "Guess I'm not that great of a writer."
"On what planet! You always wrote killer English papers in Highschool."
" Thanks, but no one really reads romance anymore I guess."
" Oh god not that candle light and soft music shit?"
"I think if you read what I wrote than you wouldn't say that. It's not just all candle light and soft music. There is more to it."
" Well unless it's got lots and lots and I mean LOTS of sex in it then it's bound to put anyone to sleep." Layla stopped walking for a second and looked at Charlie." Sorry was joking," he said quickly, not entirely but knowing himself he wouldn't read something sappy so that ruled out any guys that might buy a book.