Chapter Twenty One

"What?" Sam exclaimed "Your dad was here?"

Charlie made a shushing sound "We don't know if she can hear you yet. But yes my dad was here"

Sam looked down at Sammy "What did he want and what did you call the baby?"

"Just to see me I think...not that I gave him much chance to explain himself"

"Why?"

"Because he's an ass who needed telling how much he screwed me and mom up"

"How has he screwed you up?"

Charlie hadn't actually been looking at Sam that whole time, he'd been looking at Sammy, he looked up at him now

"Thats not important"

"Yeah, yeah, you're right. You can tell me another time" Sam looked at Sammy again "She's whats important right now"

Charlie nodded and took Sammy off Kay, he moved slightly further forward, to the edge of the sofa "Sam meet Sam...well we call her Sammy"

"You named her after me?"

"Samantha Micheala"

"And I'm Samuel Micheal"

Charlie nodded "If she was a boy we would have used your actual name but I was kinda stumped when we found out we were having a girl because I had no idea, but Kay came up with converting your name into the nearest girl form"

"Would you have prefered us to have waited until we had a boy?" Kay asked

"No, no" Sam insisted "I'm grateful that she has the girl versions of my name"

"Really?" Charlie smiled

"Yeah" Sam smiled back

"You know tonight should really be the night we make Sammy?" Kay said as Charlie got in bed beside her

"I know but I'm happy with the way things have turned out"

Kay nodded "Me too" She kissed Sammy's head as she looked up at her with her big blue eyes "Charlie..."

"Yeah?"

"I'm sorry I never said anything"

"Its ok" He pulled them both closer to him "You were shy, like me" He stroked Kay's face with one finger "But we have each other now"

"I couldn't stop thinking about you the whole time I was away"

"I thought about you every day"

Kay snuggled further into Charlie's chest, which was kind of hard as she was still holding Sammy "I thought about that night a lot"

Charlie's grip tightened "Me too"

The night before Kay left, she had snuck out of her parents house and down to Charlie's...

'"Kay?" He had said "What are you doing here?"

"I wanted to be alone with you one more time before I left" She said

"Ok, sure" He stepped a side "Come in"

Kay looked around the living room, taking a mental picture. She turned to Charlie who was behind her

"Drink?" He asked

"Yeah, thanks"

"Wanna come see what there is?"

"Ok" She followed him in to the kitchen

He stuck his head in the refridgerator, he rolled off the list of drinks (The alcholic ones he'd got off twenty two year old Joe as they were only twenty at the time)

"Beer, wine, whisky, malibu..."

"Malibu please"

Charlie pulled the bottle out and got two glasses out the cupboard

"So you all packed?" He gave her drink to her

"Yeah" She took a sip and put it behind her on the table "Just got to pack what I'm wearing now"

Charlie nodded "You staying here tonight?"

"If thats ok"

"Of course it is" He went to hug her but didn't know if he'd be able to let go

He wanted to kiss her while he still had the chance...but he couldn't...he wouldn't...

He nodded towards the living room, offering her his hands. She took it and followed

"What do you wanna do?" He asked

"Pull out the couch in to the bed like we usually do?"

He gave her his drink and pulled out the couch so that they could lay on it

"Its kinda late so I'll grab the cover off my bed incase we fall asleep"

Kay watched him go upstairs, trying to stay calm, wanting him to come down to her again.

Charlie threw the cover from the stairs and managed to make it land on Kay's head, she laughed and took it off

Charlie smiled at how she laughed at that, any other girl would have freaked out about her hair

"Sorry" He moved some hair out of her face

"It's ok" She looked up and saw him looking at her, their eyes met for a few seconds

He rested his head on hers and put his hands on her hips.

Kay's lips tingled, wanting hers to touch Charlie's, she was struggling to control them.

Charlie's were doing the same, their lips were like magnets, but they were trying to repel each others

Kay lay her hands on his chest, partly steading herself and partly so she could feel his muscles

They broke at the same time, their lips touched, and not just for a second, for a long time.

Charlie's hand slipped up her shirt, carassing each of her ribs with his fingers.

Kay ran her fingers through the ends of his hair, touching the dip in the back of his neck

Charlie broke away "Wait, wait" His breathing was fast "Did those welcome health packs we get at the beginning of every year have condoms in?"

She nodded "Go get them"

Kay's heart was racing, she knew this what she wanted from tonight, but was it really about to happen, a night she'd always remember? She knew she was suppose to wait for someone who loved her too but she had to let Charlie know how she felt, even if it was too late...

Charlie ran down the stairs, two at a time, before she could change her mind. If he didn't have the guts to tell her, maybe he could show her...

As soon as Charlie was sat, they were kissing, tops off, chest against chest...'

"I just loved Sam's reaction the next day" Charlie made his voice slightly higher and said "'Hi Charlie, thought I'd...ahhh! Kay's in bed with you and she's naked!'"

Kay laughed "I remember, that was probably the best part of the day, you know besides when you kissed me before we left for my parents house"

"Joe can never know about that night, he'll kill me"

"I don't think Sammy wants a dead daddy"

"No I don't think she does"

The next day, Charlie headed out to the yard, the head of the enviorment council was getting at him again as the hedges were too long apparently.

As he shut the door, Joe was stood behind the door, making Charlie jump

"Will you stop doing that?"

"Doing what?" Joe asked innocently

"Hiding behind doors so that when I close them you're there"

"I don't know what you're talking about" He changed the subject "So what did your dad want?"

"Don't call him that, he's Robert"

"Okkkk...what did Robert want?"

"To explain himself, see me. I didn't give him much chance, I was too busy nearly yelling at him"

"Nearly?"

"Sammy was asleep"

"So you keeping in contact?"

"I have his nunber incase of a real emergency"

Joe nodded "So chances of you calling him are...?"

"Very small"

"I can't really blame you to be honest"

"Glad you think so" He passed him a set of sheers "Come on, we've got work to do"

"Charlie!" Sam grinned as his brother came in to the clearing

"Hey" He grinned back but he knew that Sam would want to know about his father too

"Got any time restrictions tonight?"

"Er..." Charlie looked at his watch "Three quarters of an hour, only because Kay can't juggle holding Sammy and making dinner"

"I could come back with you couldn't I?"

"Sure, if you want"

They started to throw the ball to each other, Charlie knew when Sam was going to ask him.

"Why did your dad screw you and mom up?"

Charlie sighed "He got mom pregnant and ran, she was still practically a kid herself. And maybe if he'd been around when you died I might not have gone quiet as you know, kinda like switched off from everyone" He threw the ball to him, hoping this conversation was over.

"Do you wish mom and your dad were still together?"

Charlie shook his head "Well, yes and no, I was ok while your dad was around, I had someone to throw a ball with and kick a soccor ball around. But once he'd left, I kinda hoped my dad would come back...but he never did"

Charlie looked at his watch "I might head back now, you coming?"

Sam nodded and he and Charlie left the forest