Alright you lovely people, here is the first chapter to the first sequel for Red Camaro. This one should be about 4 chapters long, maybe 5, I'm not sure yet.
Title is from the Keith Urban song of the same name...I don't know what it is, but his last album has been a great source of inspiration for me.
Thanks for reading, I hope you like it.
Disclaimer: I don't own Revolution, in fact I own very little in this world...So please don't take it away from me :)
"You should go home." Bass said as he pulled away from Charlie.
They were sitting on an old blanket that he had had in the back of his car, in the middle of a field on the outskirts of town.
She sighed and pouted a little. "I don't want to go home." She said and he laughed.
"I know, but your mom and Miles are both going to wonder where you've been if you stay out much later." He said as he brushed a lock of hair behind her ear. "So unless you're ready to tell them about this," he said, waving a hand between them. "Then it's time to go."
"We should just tell them." She said. "I mean, it would be different if this didn't mean anything, but it does."
Bass smiled and leaned in to kiss her. "Anytime you want to tell them, I'm all for it, but you need to be sure." He placed a hand on her cheek. "That's not a bell you can unring, it's going to change things once they know."
Charlie nodded. "I know, but this isn't going to just go away." She frowned slightly. "Is it?" she asked.
Bass shook his head. "No." he said firmly. "No it's not."
Charlie nodded. "Alright then, tomorrow night, come over for dinner and we'll tell them." She said and smiled.
Bass smiled and stood up and reached a hand down to her, pulling her up from the blanket they had been sitting on as they watched the stars. "Alright. Tomorrow night.
….
Bass dropped Charlie off at her car; an old Jeep that he had helped Rachel pick out as a surprise for Charlie after her old Impala had to be put down; when Miles called him.
"Hey Charlie just talked to Rachel, said she's on her way home and they decided to have a girls night, whatever that entails. You want to grab a drink?"
Bass watched Charlie start her Jeep and smile as she pulled away. "Yeah, meet you at the bar in 15?"
"Sounds good." Miles said before hanging up with a goodbye.
Bass sighed as he hung up the phone, hoping that he could get through tonight without throwing up. Tomorrow night he was going to tell his best friend he was in love with his niece. That should make small talk super easy.
…..
"I think Charlie's seeing somebody."
Miles and Bass were sitting in their regular spots at the bar, each with a bottle of their usual beer in front of them, watching some old football highlights on ESPN, when Miles shared what he thought to be news.
Bass raised his brows and lowered his beer as he looked at Miles on the stool next to him. "Really?" he asked.
Miles nodded as he took a pull from his drink. "Yeah, I think that's why she turned down the trip this summer."
Bass frowned. "What trip?"
"A couple of her friends from school wanted her to go to Thai Land with them and backpack through Asia for a couple months this summer." He said. "It's actually something she's always wanted to do, but she said no."
Bass sat his bottle down, taking his time, not wanting to blurt out something that would get him in trouble later. "She give a reason?" he finally settled on asking.
Miles shrugged. "Said it wasn't the right time. Whatever that's supposed to mean."
Miles set his beer down. "The thing is, if she really doesn't want to go, that's fine, but if she's only staying for some guy, she's going to regret that."
Bass nodded. "Yeah." He said. "She is."
…..
Later that night Bass leaned against the side of his car while he waited for Charlie in the parking lot of the gas station down the street from her house.
When she pulled into the spot next to him, she hopped out and came around the jeep smiling, only to lose her smile when she looked at him.
"Hey, what's wrong?" she asked.
Bass sighed as he looked down at the ground before meeting her eyes. "I don't think we should tell them tomorrow." He said. "We should wait."
Charlie frowned. "Why what's going on?" she took a step closer to him and laid a hand on his arm. "You said whenever I was ready you would be there, what happened to change your mind?" she ask.
Bass ran a hand through his hair and looked her in the eye. "Why didn't you tell me about Asia?" he asked, ignoring her question.
Charlie rolled her eyes. "Because it's not important because I'm not going."
Bass nodded. "Miles has a whole theory about that, by the way, and it doesn't sound too farfetched, pretty believable actually."
Charlie sighed and leaned against the car next to him. "What is it?"
"Me." He said.
Charlie raised her brows and Bass shrugged. "He didn't know he was talking about me, but he thinks you're not going because you're seeing somebody, and don't want to leave them for that long."
When Charlie didn't say anything Bass turned to face her. "Please tell me he's wrong and you're not giving up an opportunity to do something that you've always wanted, for me."
Charlie raised her hands and framed his face. "I don't want to go and be away from you for that long." She said. "We've already talked about how we were going to get to spend the whole summer together, and now I'm supposed to just leave for most of it?"
Bass smiled at her. "Yeah, you are." He put his hands on her shoulders, making sure she was really paying attention. "You are supposed to leave for 2 months, go have a blast doing something you've always wanted to do, and then come back to me."
He smiled again. "We'll still have a month or so before school starts again." He leaned forward and pressed a kiss to her forehead. "You'll have a great time." He said.
"Plus," he added as he leaned back. "It'll give you a chance to miss me."
Charlie rolled her eyes. "I already do miss you, I just got here." She said but she thought about what he said. "You know I would leave at the beginning of the week, that's in like, 4 days." She said.
Bass nodded. "I know," he said. "and I will miss you like crazy. But Charlotte, I don't want you to ever not do something you want to do, because of me." He said. He smiled at her again. "I love you enough to want you to do whatever it is that makes you happy."
Charlie smiled. "You do?" she asked. She knew he cared about her, but that was the first time he had said the L word to her.
Bass nodded. "Yeah," he said. "I do."
Charlie sighed. "Alright, I'll go." She chuckled. "And I guess I'll have fun," she said. "Even if you're not there."
Bass chuckled. "That's my girl." He said.
Charlie leaned back against the car once again and frowned. "But why should we wait to tell them just because I'm leaving?"
Bass raised his brows. "Because if you think we're going to tell them and then you're going to leave me here by myself with them," he said. "you're delusional."
Charlie laughed. "Alright." She said. "But I already told my mom you were coming over tomorrow, so you still have to have dinner at my house."
"You didn't tell her it was for anything important did you?" he asked. "Because the only important thing I've got is you."
Charlie rolled her eyes at that cheesy line, but smiled anyway. "No, I told her that I saw you out earlier and invited you over."
Bass nodded. "Ok good, because seriously, I've got nothing to offer them." He said with a laugh.
A few minutes later, after getting everything worked out, Charlie was getting back into her jeep to go home.
"Hey." She said, as she rolled down the window.
Bass leaned down to look at her through the passenger side window. "What?" he asked.
She smiled at him. "I love you too."
This story will be a little different than the first one, it's going to have a few more people in it and take place over a longer period of time, but it's still going to be light and fluffy and full of goodness :o)
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