"Hey girl" Maybeck said as he slowly approached Charlene, who seemed to be busy working on homework. Maybeck had been unsure about coming to her while she was in the library, but he realized she couldn't get mad at him here. Sometimes he loved the code of silence, especially when it came to Charlene's temper with him.

She glanced up and gave him a look "What can I do for you dork?"

"What's with the dork talk?" he threw his hands up in defense. He decided to surrender and explain why he was looking for her. He sat down across from her and said, "I need your help with something" in all seriousness.

"And how can I help you on this fine day?" she said, looking up from her work.

"What'd I do?" Maybeck asked desperately trying to figure Charlene out and her sarcastic comments.

"Sorry, I'll be good. Now, what can I do for you?" Charlene said.

"It's with this girl" Maybeck blushed.

This intrigued Charlene greatly. "Wow, Donnie. I've never seen you like this" she laughed, "this must be some girl."

"She is" Maybeck blushed even more, "I've know her for a few years now and I think we're ready for the next step in our friendship, and I'm hoping relationship."

Charlene's stomach did flip-flops. She had originally thought he'd been talking about her. They'd become close friends, along with the rest of the Keepers. 'Wait a second…THAT'S IT!' Charlene thought. 'It's Jess!'

"Charlie?" Maybeck said as he waved his hand in front of her face.

"Huh?" Charlene snapped out of her daze, "Sorry. So who is this girl?" Maybeck didn't answer, but took notice that her hand was shaking.

He grasped it gently and held it between his hands. "You ok?" he asked, looking concerned.

"Yeah" she took her hand away, "I'm fine."

"Ok, well, can you help me?" he asked, still unsure about Charlene's current behavior.

"If I can," she said.

"Great. So my big problem is, I don't know how to take the first step in asking her out or something" Maybeck paused, "I don't even know how to ask you for help."

Charlene smirked. "Well for starters, you might try finding out if she likes you, although I'm sure you'd be able to tell" she said with Jess in mind. Charlene started going through their Keeper adventures when Jess and Maybeck were together and wondered if she'd missed something between the two of them.

"That's awesome" Maybeck said as sarcastically as he could.

"Why?" Charlene half aware of her surroundings asked.

"I don't know if she likes me or not" Maybeck sighed.

Charlene had finished going through the memories she'd had of their groups of friends and couldn't recall any with Maybeck and Jess. This confused her greatly but she decided she must've missed something.

"You can't be sure unless you ask" Charlene smiled sweetly as she packed her stuff and got up to leave.

"Wait, where are you going?" Maybeck asked frantically.

"Home" she replied, "so should you."

"But what should I do?"

"Go home and think about it. Than call her up and make plans and have a long, honest talk with her. Let me know how it goes."

And just like that, she was gone. Maybeck decided to take her advice for a spin.

Meanwhile, outside in the parking lot, sat a blonde girl, showering her face with tears. Charlene couldn't explain what had suddenly come over her for she'd never felt like this. She just knew that whatever the reason, it was going to be hard to face Maybeck next time.

This isn't going to be a long story…I don't believe it is anyway. I'm thinking 4-5 chapters so yea…let me know what you think? Just came up with this last night. :) -Amanda