All of a sudden the air shifted, it went from mildly warm to freezing cold, in a matter of seconds. Charlie shifted around her sleeping bag trying to get comfortable, but she just couldn't fall back asleep. Charlie jumped abruptly after hearing a wolf hollering in the distance.

"Go back to sleep Charlie. It's only a wolf and he is far away." Nate said leaning up against a tree.

Charlie ignored him; she had made her intentions known to him that she wanted nothing to do with him. She appreciated his help finding her brother, but she knew she just could not completely trust him. Charlie stretched and then grabbed her jacket, "I'll start my shift early, and you can get some sleep."

They all took watch throughout the night so they could all get some sleep. Charlie walked over to the tree and sat down; she tied her hair up into a high bun. "You look nice, with your hair up." Nate said very quietly almost as a whisper.

"Nate, go to sleep."

"I'm not tired. Am I annoying you, Charlie?" He said with his usual snarky way.

"Leave me alone." Charlie said in almost a whimper.

Nate moved his hand to touch her face, but she moved away from him. "Charlie, I'm sorry if I've angered you. I just want to protect you."

"I don't understand you. You say you want 'to protect me' but all you are doing is making me insane. I don't know a single thing about you, you confuse and anger me. The worst of it, you work for the militia. The very same group that killed my father and kidnapped my brother, and now they with your help want to take my uncle. So please tell me Nate, what do you want from me." Charlie said in almost of a yell, which left Nate silenced.

He then stood up and walked off. Charlie still fuming chased after him. "You are the most..." Before any other words could escape her mouth his lips were on hers.

Charlie pushed him away and put her hands on her mouth, utterly shocked that he just kissed her. She looked into his eyes ready to swing. Something inside her changed and she pulled him back in for another kiss. They were instantly stopped by the sound of a wolf howling in the distance, they could barely catch their breath when Nate broke the awkward silence.

"I need to go get some sleep." Nate said pulling her away.

After awhile, Charlie returned to the camp and sat back by the tree. She immediately looked at Nate who seemed to be asleep. She thought he couldn't have been asleep this soon, she wondered why he had run off. Why he even kissed her, she was even more in a daze than before.

That had been Charlie's first kiss, and in all honestly she never thought about boys before. There was no one really her age in her village, besides; she was much to busy with hunting.

Charlie touched her lips with her fingers and couldn't help but to smile. Her eyes drifted back to wear he was sleeping and she wanted nothing more than to kiss him again.

"Charlie I'm up, you can get some sleep now." Nora said rubbing her eyes. "You okay Charlie."

"Yea...yes...Umm, night." Nora seemed at a loss, but didn't press it. Charlie laid down on her sleeping bag and closed her eyes, but her mind just wouldn't shut off. She kept thinking about the kiss, her mixed feelings for Nate, and every so often hoping that Danny was safe and unharmed." Charlie soon fell asleep at didn't wake up until the early morning.

Everyone else was already awake except for Aaron, who was sound asleep. Charlie shook him awake and laughed when he jumped awake, "I'm not going to be late mom, I'm up."

"Good morning, Aaron." Charlie said handing him his glasses. She almost forgot about Nate she immediately then looked for him.

Miles was gathering supplies and asked Nate to go down to the lake that was a down the hill and fill up the water bottles. "I'll help." Charlie said entering the conversation. She thought this was the chance to talk to him and figure out what that kiss was about.

"That's alright, I can manage." He said looking straight into her eyes. His eyes seemed so cold and nothing like how they looked last night.

Nate went over and grabbed all the water canteens, when Charlie smacked them out of his hands. "Stay away from me."