Chapter seven

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The two girls came out of the store laughing.

"Something funny?" Steve asked as he leant against his truck.

"Your face." Charlie said.

Kono laughed as Steve feigned fake hurt. "I think you have a beautiful face." Kono put a hand on his chest. Steve raised his eyebrows at her. "That uh came out wrong. I'm sorry Steve."

"Don't worry about it." He said as he put a hand on her waist. Charlie cleared her throat and both adults removed their hands.

"Kono said we could go and get a phone case for my new phone." Charlie said waving the phone about.

Kono dropped her head.

"She did now, did she?" Steve asked.

Kono nodded. "Sorry brah, didn't think you would mind."

"No...I don't. But you have to come school shopping with us then." Steve said.

Kono laughed. "You plan on buying a school?"

"Ah you know. At least if I own it, I can expel any boys that get too close to madam." Steve indicated Charlie.

"Funny." She said. "Please come Kono. Everything will be so much more fun!"

"Uh...look Steve. I don't know? It's not really my place, if anyone Cath should go with you..."

"Yeah but I'm asking you Kono."

Kono looked at the buzzing teenager to her side and her gorgeous father in front of her and couldn't resist. "Well...I guess so yeah."

"Good. Lets go!" Charlie said as she got into the truck.

By four o'clock that afternoon, Steve, Charlie and Kono had decided on a school and Charlie was set to start on Monday, in three days.

"Oh my God. There is just so much to do! I mean, I have to get my uniform and my books and my..." Charlie said to no one in particular as all three of them walked into Steve's house. They walked in and saw Cath sitting on the sofa, watching TV.

"Hey honey..." Steve said as he shut the door behind the other two.

"Hi...I gathered you went to look at schools?" Cath asked, turning the TV off an standing up to face them.

"Yeah. We saw Kono at the drugstore and she came with us! She is just so cool!" Charlie said. Kono went red and stood awkwardly while Catherine tried to smile.

Steve cleared his throat and said, "Charlie go and get dressed for dinner."

"Why?"

"Because I said so."

"But we don't have to for ages yet!"

"Charlotte listen to your fa-" Catherine raised her voice.

"Go on Charlie. Think about it like this; if you listen to Steve, you are more likely to get that laptop." Kono smiled.

Charlie sighed. "I guess...will you come with me?"

"Sure." Kono said as she lead the teenager upstairs after giving Steve a quick look.

"Start saving, Steve." Charlie smirked.

Steve walked into the kitchen and got a beer out.

"What was that?"

Catherine asked him.

"What was what?" He took as swig of the beer.

"That. Kono disciplining Charlotte? You taking her to see schools?" Cath said.

"Kono can discipline her. She's my friend, she works for me...Kono is lien family, Cath. You know that."

"Do I?"

"What do you mean? Of course you do. Kono was at the drugstore so I just thought why not asks her to come? She would know a lot about the schools, she only finished school about eight years ago."

"Yeah you remember that Steve. She is twenty- six, you are thirty-seven." Cath said as she busied herself with the dishes.

Steve laughed sarcastically. "I know that, thank you. And Kono works for me, do you really think I would get involved with her? Especially while I'm with you?"

"With me?" Cath shouted. "What does that even mean Steve? What are we doing here? I told you I loved you for the first time yesterday and got no reaction."

"Cath...love is a big thing, you know that. It's taken you nearly ten years to say that to me." Steve put his arms on her butt and pulled her to him. He leant in and kissed her deeply. She responded with the same amount of passion. But Steve felt nothing. No sparks. No tingles. No emotion.

"Eww that is gross." Charlie said.

"Sorry guys. I uh didn't want to disturb you. I'm going to head home and get changed. I'll see you at dinner." Kono said before rushing out of the house.

"I'm going to get a drink now. Do you think you two can keep your tongues to yourselves until I leave?" Charlie asked walking over to the fridge.

Steve had managed to avoid a fight with Catherine...for now at least.

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