Chapter 6: A night on the town

Alex had it all planned out, with a little begging and her famous 'sad face' Alex was able to get off work at 5:15pm which would leave her 15 minutes to get ready for Charlie and get changed out of this hideous uniform. Charlie on the other hand wanted to see what Alex looked like so she decided to show up a little early. The line at the candy counter was a little busy, which was weird for a Monday evening. Alex barely had any time to look up to see what the customer looked like, she was so busy.

"hi welcome to the movies, what can I get for you?" Alex asked as she repeated the line she was forced to memorize for the job.

"umm yeah, I'll have a pack of sour peaches and an evening with a hot candy counter girl." The customer said. Alex looked up knowing she knew that voice.

"Charlie, what are you doing here? You're like 20 minutes early" Alex said looking down at her watch. For a second there she thought that she was running late.

"well I wanted to see where you worked…" Charlie started but started laughing "… and I wanted to see your lovely uniform" she said touching Alex's visor and laughing even harder.

"alright, you got your laughs, I'll be out in a few minutes hold on" Alex said as she went into the back room to change. A few minutes later she came out in a sexy black skirt, and a white, collared blouse with a loose black tie around it.

"looking good Nunez" Charlie said. Ever since that afternoon Charlie and Alex have been using their last names as nicknames and were getting use to it.

"why thank you Barker. Now let's go have a night out on the town." Alex said as she grabbed Charlie's hand and skipped out the door.

"okay so where first?" Charlie asked.

"umm, well first I'll show you where the malls are and then some places where a lot of my friends hang out and then how about we grab a bite to eat after that?"

"alright cool" Charlie said as she pulled her hair behind her ear revealing two cartilage piercings and one normal piercing. Just then Alex remembered what Marco had said.

Flashback

"Usually lesbians don't wear earrings that dangle down or anything like that, they're more into studs, multiple earrings or in some cases, hoops."

End of flashback

Alex was happy, it was a sign that she was gay but she still wasn't sure because when she went to check Charlie's jewelry she saw that she didn't wear any bracelets but was wearing a beaded necklace that she folded over to look like she was wearing two. Charlie looked over at Alex in the car and noticed that Alex was looking at her jewelry, but she just smiled and didn't say anything.

Alex knew that Charlie saw her looking at her and just smiled awkwardly. After about driving around in Charlie's jaguar for about an hour they stopped at a restaurant to get some food. The restaurant wasn't anything fancy but it was better than the Dot. They got a small table for two that had a candle at the side of the table to provided some extra light. The two girls spent the dinner just casually talking and laughing, thankfully there were no awkward silences, but when it came to the bill Alex insisted she pay for it. She took out some money and gave it to the waiter. While waiting for the change Alex and Charlie continued talking.

"so does you paying for the bill qualify this as a date?" Charlie asked slyly. Alex knew that Charlie was flirting with her a little and at this point in the night, she didn't care if Charlie was gay or not, she liked her.

"no, but this does" Alex said as she leaned across the table and kissed Charlie on the lips. Alex started to pull back from the kiss and sat down in her chair, but before she could Charlie grabbed her by the collar of her shirt and pulled her in for a heavier kiss.

"I hope that answers any questions you had" Charlie said smirking because she knew that Alex was trying to figure out if she was lesbian or not.

Alex couldn't help but chuckle a little because she knew she had been caught. "so I guess you saw me looking at you in the car huh?"

"oh yeah, let me guess, you were checking my earrings and jewelry" Charlie said confidently.

"yeah… yeah I was" Alex said looking embarrassed. The waiter came back with their change, Alex left a few dollars for tip and she and Charlie left the restaurant. It was still early so Alex and Charlie decided to go somewhere else for the rest of the night. Alex and Charlie drove a little out of their way to get to where Alex wanted to go just to get away from the city a little. After about a half hour of driving they finally pulled into a parking lot beside an open soccer/football field.

Alex started to get out of the car and Charlie just followed, "this isn't the part where you tell me your deepest darkest secret and then kill me is it?" Charlie asked.

"no. this is the part where you and me sit on the hood of your car and watch the stars." Alex said as she jumped up on the top of the car.

"oh the stars, how romantic" Charlie said kind of making a joke. After sitting on the hood of the car for a few minutes, as corny and cliché it may be, Alex and Charlie both saw a shooting star.

"make a wish" Alex said looking at the star.

"mine already came true" Charlie said smiling and she leant back on the car. Alex couldn't help but smile knowing what she was talking about. Charlie's jacket fell off the side of the car so she turned to grab it. When her back was facing Alex her shirt rode up a little bit. Alex didn't really think anything of it until she saw something, it was a tattoo of a heart with wings on the sides.

Alex smiled as she rolled over behind Charlie and put her hand on the tattoo and whispered "what's this?" Charlie jumped a little bit when she felt Alex's touch. She turned back over to see Alex lying right beside her with her hand on the Charlie's side.

"just a little 18th birthday present to myself" Charlie said.

"it's cute" Alex replied staring into Charlie's eyes, they were just inches apart. In the heat of the moment Alex and Charlie just started kissing. Alex didn't really notice but Charlie had started kissing her neck and even her shirt a little bit. Not even realizing how late it was, they didn't even care. Alex's hand was still on Charlie's side until it started moving around and feeling Charlie's ass. Alex gave a little squeeze until Charlie pulled away.

"uh uh…" Charlie said shaking her head and putting Alex's hand back on Alex's body.

"uh huh?" Alex said putting her back on Charlie's side. But Charlie just grabbed it and put it back on Alex.

"I don't do more than kiss on the first date" Charlie said wiping a little bit of lip stick off of Alex mouth.

"okay that's fine, we'll just talk instead" Alex said

"oh and talk about what?" Charlie asked.

"just stuff… like what's your favourite colour."

"green, you?"

"red" Alex replied.

"favourite band?" Charlie asked.

"I like Aerosmith, but besides them I don't have one"

"me neither" replied Charlie. "I'm more into listening to random songs, if I like it I'll put it on my iPod."

"I know what you mean, I do the exact same thing" Alex said back.

"favourite candy." Charlie said no longer asking in question form.

"M&M's, yours?"

"I have to say, I have a weakness for fuzzy peaches" Charlie said.

Alex laughed "I'll have to remember that for our next date"

"okay here's a good one, are you out to your parents yet?"

"no..." Alex said "what about you?

"yes." Charlie said.

"how did they take it?" Alex asked

"well they weren't the happiest but I knew my parents would love me no matter what and they soon got over it. Now they're perfectly fine with it." Charlie said

"do they know that we're dating?" Alex asked.

"yes"

"oh and what did they say?" Alex asked

"well they said that if got serious that they want to meet you" Charlie replied

"oh great, parents…" Alex said sarcastically. "how old were you when you realized and or came out?"

"okay, well I realized when I was about 15 or 16, and came out just after I turned 17." Charlie said. "when did you realize?"

"when I fell for Paige" Alex said trying not to make it important.

"how many girls do you think you've dated?" Charlie said trying to change the subject from Paige.

"4 or 5, you?"

"11" Charlie replied a little embarrassed.

"11?!" Alex asked shocked. Charlie just shrugged. "you whore" Alex said jokingly.

"favourite movie?" Charlie asked raising one eyebrow.

"hmm. That's a tough one. I'd have to say the sound of music" Alex replied. Charlie just gasped.

"wow! I never figured you for a musical kind of a girl! Interesting…" Charlie said. "well mine is definitely Chicago." Alex gasped just in a mocking way.

"wow! I would have never figured you for a musical kind of a girl either!" Alex said. Realizing they had so much in common they were all over each other. Alex felt Charlie's touch and wanted more but she knew that it was time to go. Alex and Charlie got back into the car and drove off.

"so where do you live?" Charlie asked. Alex didn't really think of Charlie dropping her off, but she didn't want her to see where she lived so she made up an excuse.

"oh umm, I told Marco I would just come over to his house tonight, I forgot something last week and I need to pick it up. So if you just drop me off at Marco's I'll get a ride from him." Alex said making up and excuse.

"are you sure, cause I could give you a ride home" Charlie said.

"no, no it's alright, just drop me off here." Alex said as she pulled up in front of Marco's house. "great thanks, I'll see you tomorrow." Alex said as she kissed Charlie again quickly and gave her a wink. Before Alex could leave Charlie pulled her back for a second and kissed Alex's white collar.

"here's a little keep sake" she said as she left a perfect imprint of her lipstick on Alex's collar.

Alex just shut the door and Charlie drove off. Alex walked up to Marco's house and rang the door bell. Marco opened the door and invited her in. A few minutes later Alex and Marco were up in his room talking.

"so how did it go?" Marco asked interested.

"it went good…" she said casually.

"so I guess she's gay, huh?" Marco said smiling.

"how did you know?" Alex asked. Marco pointed to spot on her shirt. Alex ran over to the closest mirror to check her collar, she had forgotten that Charlie kissed her shirt. She was examining her collar when she noticed her neck, she had a hickie from when they were making out on the hood of the car.

"oh shit" Alex said rubbing her neck,

"what?" he asked

"this…" Alex said pointing to her neck. Marco's jaw dropped and he burst out laughing.

"oh I can't wait until everyone sees tomorrow." Marco said laughing hysterically.

"shut up" Alex said trying not to break out laughing like Marco.