Chapter two! YAY! Thank you all for the positive responses. It means so much to me. :)


"Stella, we're trying to get the band back together, not recreate some insane Navy Seals mission!" Charlie said as he leaned back in his seat. The pizza in front of him lay half eaten. It didn't feel right to Charlie to eat at Dante's while the band wasn't together. This was one of their spots.

"Well I think my plan is amazing. We can accurately-"

"Stella..." Charlie warned. Stella groaned and rolled her eyes. Her plan was perfectly okay. Maybe there was a slight 89% chance of it going terribly wrong and having the band never even be in the same state again but what were the chances of that happening?

"Charlie, it is foolproof!" Stella exclaimed. She picked a broccoli off of her pizza and placed it in her mouth. She nodded her head as the faint ringing of a bell was heard when a couple entered the restaurant and pretended to listen to Charlie as she let her mind wander. The school lunches are so meaty. She could possibly strike a deal with Principle Brenigan to get more vegetarian friendly lunches. Or maybe-

"Stells… Stell? Stella!" Charlie said, snapping his fingers in her face. Stella quickly swatted his hand away.

"What?" she asked innocently. Charlie just laughed and poked his pizza with a fork. Stella watched as the utensil left its marks across the cheese. "What's up with you?" she asked. Charlie looked up, startled. He shrugged, as if to say nothing but Stella raised an eyebrow at his actions. The dark haired boy let out a sigh and opened his mouth to speak.

"I'll have water," a sweet voice said. It was merely a table away from them that the voice had spoken. There sat a girl with long, black hair. Stella and Charlie reached for their menus in a flustered fashion and hid their faces from sight. They watched as the girl tucked some hair behind her ear, revealing a gold, dangling earring, and look around the restaurant curiously, waiting for the waitress to leave. Across from the girl sat a boy whose hair stood up in numerous directions. A smile graced his face as the girl talked to him about her day once the waitress left.

"Stella! Is that-" Charlie began to whisper to Stella before she kicked his shin. He groaned in pain and instinctively dropped his menu to clutch his leg. "Stella…" he whispered harshly. Stella's eyes widened as the girl started to move her glance towards their table. Stella leaned over the table, pulled Charlie up by his shirt so he sat straight, and hid them both behind her menu.

Charlie looked everywhere but Stella's face. He had never been this close to Stella, let alone any other girl not related to him, and he wasn't sure what to do. He took a chance and looked at Stella to find her trying to stay behind the menu while staring down the other table. Charlie's expression changed to one of questioning as he spoke in a whispered voice. "Wait." Stella let out a frustrated breath and looked at him.

"What? Can't you-"

"Why are we hiding from Mo and Scott if we're planning to get the band back together?" Charlie said in a low voice, cutting off Stella once again. She really needed to talk to that boy and his manners. Stella opened her mouth to respond but quickly closed it. She didn't actually know what to say. Charlie was amused as he watched Stella's face change expressions a mile a minute. He let out a laugh which in turn, caused Stella to laugh.

Her head fell onto her arm on the table. She tried to quiet her laughter but it was useless. When was it the last time she laughed this hard? Stella had a hard time remembering. Not only did she miss Lemonade Mouth with every fiber of her being but she missed just having a friend around.

Charlie covered his mouth with his hand to attempt to quiet his laughter. They definitely did not need the attention right now. Stella lifted her head and wiped a tear from her eye. "That wasn't even funny," she said, ending with a laugh. Charlie couldn't help but smile. He missed having Lemonade Mouth around just as much.

Stella still held the menu up, blocking anyone from seeing them. Charlie picked up his menu once more and hid behind that. He felt uncomfortable being in such close quarters with a girl, especially one that he saw as his best friend, and needed some space. "Look," Stella said, bringing Charlie back to reality. "We can't start the plan when: one, the entire band isn't here and two, we don't even have a plan really because you rejected my idea!"

"Stella, you're plan probably isn't legal."

"Since when have I cared if it's legal? This calls for desperate measures!"

"We're not that desperate."

"Charlie…"

"Stella…"

"Hey guys!" a voice said. Stella and Charlie practically jumped in their seats and dropped their menus. Charlie followed Stella's gaze and turned around to see Jules walking over to Ray and Olivia? Moving to face Stella again, Charlie was speechless.

"I think I'm gonna be sick," Stella said at the sight of Jules and Olivia greeting each other with a hug. She watched the group more closely only to see Olivia sit very close to Ray. Charlie watch, dumbfounded, as he and Stella saw Ray put his arm around Olivia.

"Are they… dating?" Charlie asked Stella. She turned her head to look at him. How much had the people from their old group change? Stella sighed and shrugged. Did the break-up of Lemonade Mouth really cause each of them to practically forget each other? Stella knew how awkward it was for her to walk down the halls and see some of her ex-band mates look the other way and completely ignore her. For the first time in her life, Stella had allowed herself to grow close to people and it ended in pain.

"Georgie, go find a seat with Sydney," yet another familiar voice said by Stella and Charlie's table. They turned to face other in shock. Did the heavens decide that Lemonade Mouth needed to be reunited too?

"Charlie!" Stella whispered in a hurry. Charlie leaned closer just to hear what she was saying. "Who cares about a plan? This is our chance! This is fate!" Charlie nodded and followed Stella as she stood up. He rushed out of the booth with her… and right into a waitress. Stella stopped rushing towards the nearest ex-Lemonade Mouth member and watched, as if in slow motion.

The water that Mo had ordered was on the tray the waitress was carrying, along with Scott's Mountain Dew. The sudden crash with Charlie caused the waitress to stumble backwards and the drinks to land behind her… on Olivia. Charlie covered his mouth, half the reason being his shock and the other half because he was trying not to laugh. Stella, on the other hand, let her shocked laughter be known. Mo turned around in her seat to see what the commotion was about. Her mouth dropped open when she witnessed Olivia's skirt soaked, Jules handing her napkins, and Ray screaming at the waitress.

Wen, along with Scott, stood up to see what was happening. As if struck by lightning, the six people looked at each other and the world seemed to go silent.

Stella's eyes scanned the faces of her old band mates. Did a few months change them this much? Did it really cause them to be sitting at opposite sides of Dante's? Her eyes connected with everyone else's. Stella was not one to know what someone felt just from their eyes but from the expressions everyone wore, she knew that they missed Lemonade Mouth as much as her. When she blinked her eyes, the sound of the outside world came rushing back and it seemed as if reality hit the others as well. With a quick glance at the others and then to the floor, Olivia shoved Jules' hand away and pushed past Ray to get to the bathroom. Ray stopped yelling and watched as Olivia rushed by him.

"Maybe fate changed its mind…" Charlie whispered to Stella as they stood, side by side, watching as Wen dejectedly sat back down and Mo and Scott slowly returned to their table. Mo watched Stella and Charlie from the corner of her eyes. Stella began urging Charlie to the exit, making him throw the amount of the bill onto the table.

"Oh shut up," Stella spoke as she rushed them out of the doors and away from the chaos that was waiting to start.


I feel that the scene between Stella and Charlie behind Stella's menu shows how inexperienced Charlie is with girls in general and how he doesn't know how to act around them in close quarters. Also, since this is mainly from a Stella/Charlie third person point of view, I feel they wouldn't know why Olivia is friends with Jules and Ray now but...

I'll be mean and make you find out later on. Feel free to guess why, though.

I want to make clear that the only couple I am semi-certain about is Wen/Olivia. As for the others, I don't know yet. For all the Stella/Charlie and Mo/Charlie shippers out there, I don't who will end up with who yet. So, don't freak out on me... yet. I want establish how Stella and Charlie are like the outcasts now and are slowly becoming best friends. But Charlie/Stella shippers, don't get your hopes up yet! Still have no idea about the couples.

Now that I wrote that out... Hope you enjoyed this chapter! Next one coming your way soon! :)