Authors' Notes:
Sorry if I got anyone excited about a new chapter. I deleted the one that was formerly here because I made some plot changes to I Love You Anyway that didn't fit with this chapter. I will try to get a new one up as soon as I can but this story is not my top priority right now. I will however give you a teaser of a possible future chapter to keep any readers happy. Also, I Love You Anyway may change titles soon, keep a look out for a poll on it at my profile and please vote when there is one. So here is the teaser:
Charlie is 11: First day at camp.
'Pfft' Charlie blew her bangs out of her eyes and sat on the bunk. Looking around she noticed she was lucky to even have a bunk. Two kids had made some sort of nest of blankets on the floor and were playing cards. A girl with short red hair was watching, messing around with something in her hands. Charlie gritted her teeth and slid over to them. She hated trying to make new friends. She wanted to be home with Toby. The redhead looked up and nudged the boy to her right. He glared at her and then noticed Charlie. He poked the other girl who looked about nine, she didn't even look up, just shook kept staring at her cards.
"Who are you?" The boy asked kindly. He appeared a couple years older then her, maybe thirteen. He had light blonde, almost white hair and dark eyes.
"Charlie Walker." Charlie replied, looking at the other girls. The younger girl had black hair and the same eyes as the boy. The redhead had bright blue eyes and looked about Charlie's age.
"I'm Mark Daniels, and this is my sister Tara." The younger girl nodded politely. "That's Cassi Columbine, and yes, that is her real name." The redhead grinned and waved one hand, the other was busy holding what looked like a ball of pink fire.
"Wanna play?" The dark girl, Tara, asked.
"Sure, you playing poker? I'm not real good at poker." That was a lie. Charlie could beat her grandpa poker with her eyes closed, and he had worked at a casino for thirty years. But where was the fun in telling these kids the truth right away? The boy, Mark, dealt her in and informed her that they were not playing for money because they didn't have any. That put a damper on things but as they played Charlie decided she thought it was easier to make friends with a girl who played with fire and two very bad card players then her classmates at the four schools she'd been to combined.
OK, so tell me what you think. I didn't want it to be really long so it ends differently then it will in the real chapter but I think you'll get the basic idea.