Want to know what's going on with Charlotte and Jacque while the other pack is getting settled? I do so hopefully this will make this "one shot" more interesting….

Keeping the title "A Little Too Excited" though…it just sort of fits….

Anyway I don't own any of Annette Curtis Klause's characters mentioned in this story but I do own everything else, Charlie, Jacque, Madge, Isaac, etc. Green Mountain Valley, the town…

A Little Too Excited

Chapter 2: Hysterical Mom

Charlie's PoV

When I arrived home that night mom was having a fit, Dad was trying to calm her but he could only do so much, when she saw me I thought she was going to give birth to a cow right there on the living room couch.

"You're back!" She squalled when she saw me, and all the ranting and raving that she was doing when I came in only got worse and this time it was directed at me. Where was my attention seeking twerp of a little brother when I needed him?

"Yes mom, I'm back." I said dully starting toward the stairs for my bedroom.

"Oh no you don't! Charlotte Ann Grant get your toosh on this couch right now!" Her voice reached sonar levels as she continued, "He ripped apart the entire store again and you still ran off with him. That store is your family's only source of income and if you don't care about what he is then you should at least care about that!" I had heard this time and time again, I could swear dogs were barking down the street this time.

"You are only sixteen…" blah, blah, I rolled my eyes, blah, I could not count how many times in the last year I had heard this one sided argument. But I would not respond, the bigger person always let the irrational ones rave and I was too tired and defeated to care to even try and look like I was paying attention tonight.

I sat through about an hour of this before Dad finally got her clamed down and Simon finally made his presence known, I loved the little guy but sometimes I think he waited until after mom was finished yelling at me to come and show his solidarity, the little coward.

If you have never experienced a hysterical, raving mother than you do not know the pain that is inflicted upon me daily, if it wasn't my loup-garou boyfriend, it was my loup-garou best friend, if it wasn't her then it was that I wore too many "showy" clothes or that I wasn't in enough school activities. I think my mother wanted to recreate her youth through me and make me do everything her way but that was not going to happen anytime in the near future.

I was finally able to hug my parents, ruffle Simon's hair, and head to bed unfortunately my mom called up the stairs "Don't you want supper honey?"

"No, I already ate with him." Jacque's name was not uttered in this house.

"Okay sweetie." Dad called back but I could already hear her on her soap box again before I could even walk two steps 12 year old Simon was rushing past me on the stairs, "She's at it again." was all that was distinguishable from the blond blur as it sped past me. Now if that isn't shady parenting when your kids run away from you, I don't know what is.

I entered my room and shut the door hard signaling I wanted to be left alone, and locked the door besides. I went to my bedroom window, opened it and threw one of the many rocks I had in the old cleaned up butter container on my desk, sat down on my desk chair prepared for a long chat with my best friend.

Adelaide opened the window before I could through another one.

"Hysterical mum?" She asked.

"Tell me about it." I said as shouting erupted in the kitchen below, it was going to be a long night.

So how did you like it? I finally found Charlie's personality and internal voice, she's got a very dry humor and I love it!! Hope you do too.

Read and Review!! I want to know if its more interesting now that you're starting to get to know the characters, I plan on some chapters in Jacque's perspective too so you know him better, he's actually a very honorable guy and my new fan girl crush (though I created him, so I don't know what it would be called then…)

R&R!! melissaturkey