Charlie Calhoun

Charlie Calhoun is a main character in The Allegra Biscotti Collection series.

Emma Rose
"So then you can't stop now. You handle the fashion stuff. Let me do the other stuff. Come on. It'll be fun. We'll be partners in crime. I mean, really, nothing good is happening around here."

- Charlie, reassuring Emma of their partnership and ability to continue the fashion designer charade.

Charlie is one of Emma's best friends, along with Holly Richardson, and her best guy friend. They have a strong yet strictly platonic relationship, as described many times in the series.

Charlie was the first person to know of Emma's secret, partly because he was there when she made up her impromptu alias on the spot in front of Paige Young. They spent the majority of the first book working together on business and keeping her identity a secret. On multiple instances, when Emma is unsure of what to do in a situation, she seeks Charlie's help and advice, showing she trusts him and his ability to come up with a solution.

Emma has used Charlie as a comparison and basis to Jackson, as in how she doesn't understand the completely divergent feelings she has for two boys her age. The afternoon they were answering interview questions from Paige through text, the soccer team burst through the doors and the ball landed in Emma's lap. She mentions in a paragraph how hesitant she is to look up and see Jackson in front of Charlie, wondering "how is it that I can suddenly be so freaked out—or is it excited?—when Jackson is within ten feet of me...but I don't feel a thing when Charlie is practically sitting on top of me or hanging out in my bedroom?" This verifies what has already been shown, that the two are very comfortable with each other physically, proving their extremely close friendship. In the same scene, Charlie suspects something is going on between Emma and Jackson, but no further mention or inquiry has come from him since. Emma mentions that it could just be the only thing she's hiding from him.

It is highly unlikely the author of the series, Olivia Bennett, will develop their relationship into something more due to its nature and the romantic focus on Emma and Jackson.

Holly Richardson
"You girls are so complicated."

- Charlie, to Emma about her and Holly's relationship.