Chapter Five: First day on the job
Robbie sat in the station with the others who were talking to Charlie explaining everything about the station, what they were about, and basically everything that needed to be know to be part of the RFR gang. Robbie had noticed something as the others talked, Charlie and Travis would look at each other and laugh slightly or make faces that seemed like they were having thinking about something only they knew about. Robbie found this very odd, since Travis had only met Charlie a short time ago like him, Robbie wondered what was going on and why Charlie and Travis were giving each other those looks. He knew he was going to have to ask Travis about it later, but he knew that now was not the time to do it with the others there.
"We need to come up with a name for you, Charlie." Robbie said finally, deciding to get involve in welcoming Charlie to the group.
"Ok, do you have any ideas?" Charlie asked as she looked at the others.
"How about Riot Girl." Travis said looking at Charlie. Robbie noticed the look again between Travis and Charlie. "It's a Good Charlotte song, and since Charlie likes them it could work."
"I like, Riot Girl is one of my favorite songs too." Charlie said
"Ok then, Charlie is now Riot Girl." Lily said with a smile.
Robbie looked at the others they were all smiling and seemed happy; he also couldn't help but smile. Maybe having Charlie around wouldn't be that bad, she did seem like a cool person. Although she had a lot of opinions on things she did seem to be open minded and ok overall.
"Alright listeners welcome back that was Rancid and their song Fall Back Down." Lily said. "Right now we have a special and hopefully a good surprise, for you guys. We have a new DJ, and her name is Riot Girl."
"Hello listeners, I'm Riot Girl and I'm here to make sure that these guys keep things real. Just joking guys." Charlie said with a laugh. "I new girl so I hope you guys like me."
"Aright everyone, we want you to call in and ask any question you have for Riot Girl, because she's willing to give you answers." Robbie said. Travis held up a board that read Ted&Ed line one. "Alright Ted&Ed what's your question for Riot Girl?"
"Thank you Question Mark. We were wondering as scientists who your favorite scientist is?"
"Umm.well I would have to say it's..." Charlie said trying to come up with an answer for a question she thought would never be asked. "Madam Curie; first very well known female scientist of her time."
"A very good choice, thank you."
"Do they always ask questions like that?" Charlie asked Robbie covering her mike.
"Yeah that's Ted and Ed." Robbie answered laughing.
"Alright our next caller is Sunshine." Travis said
"Hey, Sunshine, what's your question for me?"
"Well, Riot Girl, I was wondering you seem as if your own person and I was wondering do you think a person should date someone that they're friends think is under them or if they shouldn't?"
"I'm guessing Sunshine, that you like this guy, right?" Charlie said with a serious look on her face.
"Yeah, I really really do."
"Why do your friends think he's under you as you point it?"
"Well, I'm kind of popular and he's not really popular, he's a skateboarder type and my friends think that he isn't good enough for me because he's not really popular." Sunshine answered
"Ok Sunshine you have two choices. You can one go with what your friends say and do something that you obliviously don't believe or you can follow your heart and choose the guy that you really like, and hopefully if your friends are really your friends then they will be happy for you. Personally I would follow my heart, but its up to you Sunshine, thanks for your question and I hope I helped you."
"Thank you Riot Girl, you have."
Robbie looked at Charlie, and smiled. Things to him didn't seem too bad now; maybe Charlie would make the show even better. Things seemed as if they were starting to look up.
Robbie walked through the door of the station after empty the trash can. As he entered he noticed that Charlie was still in the station. Robbie found this odd since he thought everyone had left, he especially thought that Charlie had left with Lily. This was the perfect time that he could talk to Charlie.
"Hey Charlie I thought you had left with the others." Robbie said as he placed the trash can down on the ground.
"Oh, no; I decided to stay, my brother won't be home until after he closes the shop and my sister-in-law and I aren't the greatest of friends. I hope you don't mind if I stay here." Charlie answered
"No not at all." Robbie said sitting down across from Charlie. "So what does your brother do?'
"Do you know the auto shop on Spruce? Mike and Billy's?" Charlie said
"Yeah, my dad gets his car worked on there."
"Well, Billy's my brother."
"That's cool." Robbie said and then there was an awkward silence between the two. "So I have an idea for what you could do on the show."
"Really what it is?" Charlie asked interested in what Robbie had for her.
"When you were answering the questions today, I noticed that when people, like that girl Sunshine, asked you personal questions, you knew what to say and really helped. I was thinking that maybe we should make you the resident advice giver for RFR. What do you say?"
"Wait let me get this straight; you want me to be like the advice girl on the show."
"Yeah, so will you do it?"
"Of course I will Robbie, so what should it be called?" Charlie said smiling
"I was thinking Ask Riot."
"I like its short, yet right to the point, thank you Robbie thank you so much." Charlie said and then looked at her watch. "Oh shot, I better start walking home; I promised Billy that I would help Jenna with dinner."
"I could walk you home if you want?" Robbie asked standing up.
"That would be nice." Charlie said smiling.
The two then closed up the station and started towards Charlie's house.
"So Charlie, I have a question for you that I've been wanting to ask you." Robbie said as he and Charlie walked down the street.
"Ok, shot." Charlie said
"Is Charlie you're real name?"
"Umm yes and no." Charlie said laughing. "My full name is Charlene Marie Rose, but I've always been called Charlie, my whole life. My mom wanted me to have a kind of a boy's name, but my dad didn't want his daughter to have a boy's name on her birth certificate." The two then stopped in front of a medium size house that had dark green shutters. "Well, this is my place. If you want we can stay out here and talk if, you still want to talk of course."
"I would like that." Robbie said as he and Charlie sat down on the steps to her house. "Charlie do you and Travis have something going on? I saw you guys looking at each other what was that about? Are you guys dating or something?"
"No, of course not." Charlie said shocked by what Robbie was asking. "You want to know the truth, but Robbie you can't tell anyone its kind of hard for me."
"I won't tell anyone, I promise."
"I met Travis a couple years ago in Hong Kong. You see my mom's in the army or was well actually both my parents were and my step dad. When I was seven my parents got a divorce, which wasn't a big surprise since they had been together since high school and got married right after graduation. So my mom remarried this guy Rick when I was nine. Rick was a good guy my dad liked him to. Everything seemed to be going fine for about a year, then my dad got sick, we were living in Hong Kong at the time around the same time Travis was, that's when I met him. When my dad got sick, I didn't take it very well, and when he died I basically fell apart. Travis was there for me the whole time, and became a really good friend. He helped me to realize that my dad would always be there for me. So I guess you could say Travis is one of my best friends, he knows almost everything about me. So no I don't have something going on for two reasons, he's dating Audrey and he's like my brother."
"Wow." Robbie couldn't say anything else, he was still shocked by everything he had just heard. "I'm sorry that I even thought that you and Travis might have something going on."
"It's ok, it's not like you did anything a good friend wouldn't do." Charlie said with a smile.
Robbie looked at Charlie, and noticed her smile. It was like no other he had ever seen before. Robbie couldn't believe that he had once thought that Charlie was going to be trouble and that he didn't like her cause of something dumb.
"Umm.Charlie there's this." Robbie started to say but was interrupt by the door to Charlie's house opening.
"There you are Charlie." A young redhead in her mid-twenties said from the doorway. "Billy should be home in a half hour and we have to finish dinner."
"I'll be in, in a minute Jenna." Charlie said as she stood up. "I'll talk to you tomorrow Robbie ok."
"See you tomorrow." Robbie said as he watched as Charlie walked into her house and the door closed behind her. Robbie smiled and started to walk towards his house.
Robbie sat in the station with the others who were talking to Charlie explaining everything about the station, what they were about, and basically everything that needed to be know to be part of the RFR gang. Robbie had noticed something as the others talked, Charlie and Travis would look at each other and laugh slightly or make faces that seemed like they were having thinking about something only they knew about. Robbie found this very odd, since Travis had only met Charlie a short time ago like him, Robbie wondered what was going on and why Charlie and Travis were giving each other those looks. He knew he was going to have to ask Travis about it later, but he knew that now was not the time to do it with the others there.
"We need to come up with a name for you, Charlie." Robbie said finally, deciding to get involve in welcoming Charlie to the group.
"Ok, do you have any ideas?" Charlie asked as she looked at the others.
"How about Riot Girl." Travis said looking at Charlie. Robbie noticed the look again between Travis and Charlie. "It's a Good Charlotte song, and since Charlie likes them it could work."
"I like, Riot Girl is one of my favorite songs too." Charlie said
"Ok then, Charlie is now Riot Girl." Lily said with a smile.
Robbie looked at the others they were all smiling and seemed happy; he also couldn't help but smile. Maybe having Charlie around wouldn't be that bad, she did seem like a cool person. Although she had a lot of opinions on things she did seem to be open minded and ok overall.
"Alright listeners welcome back that was Rancid and their song Fall Back Down." Lily said. "Right now we have a special and hopefully a good surprise, for you guys. We have a new DJ, and her name is Riot Girl."
"Hello listeners, I'm Riot Girl and I'm here to make sure that these guys keep things real. Just joking guys." Charlie said with a laugh. "I new girl so I hope you guys like me."
"Aright everyone, we want you to call in and ask any question you have for Riot Girl, because she's willing to give you answers." Robbie said. Travis held up a board that read Ted&Ed line one. "Alright Ted&Ed what's your question for Riot Girl?"
"Thank you Question Mark. We were wondering as scientists who your favorite scientist is?"
"Umm.well I would have to say it's..." Charlie said trying to come up with an answer for a question she thought would never be asked. "Madam Curie; first very well known female scientist of her time."
"A very good choice, thank you."
"Do they always ask questions like that?" Charlie asked Robbie covering her mike.
"Yeah that's Ted and Ed." Robbie answered laughing.
"Alright our next caller is Sunshine." Travis said
"Hey, Sunshine, what's your question for me?"
"Well, Riot Girl, I was wondering you seem as if your own person and I was wondering do you think a person should date someone that they're friends think is under them or if they shouldn't?"
"I'm guessing Sunshine, that you like this guy, right?" Charlie said with a serious look on her face.
"Yeah, I really really do."
"Why do your friends think he's under you as you point it?"
"Well, I'm kind of popular and he's not really popular, he's a skateboarder type and my friends think that he isn't good enough for me because he's not really popular." Sunshine answered
"Ok Sunshine you have two choices. You can one go with what your friends say and do something that you obliviously don't believe or you can follow your heart and choose the guy that you really like, and hopefully if your friends are really your friends then they will be happy for you. Personally I would follow my heart, but its up to you Sunshine, thanks for your question and I hope I helped you."
"Thank you Riot Girl, you have."
Robbie looked at Charlie, and smiled. Things to him didn't seem too bad now; maybe Charlie would make the show even better. Things seemed as if they were starting to look up.
Robbie walked through the door of the station after empty the trash can. As he entered he noticed that Charlie was still in the station. Robbie found this odd since he thought everyone had left, he especially thought that Charlie had left with Lily. This was the perfect time that he could talk to Charlie.
"Hey Charlie I thought you had left with the others." Robbie said as he placed the trash can down on the ground.
"Oh, no; I decided to stay, my brother won't be home until after he closes the shop and my sister-in-law and I aren't the greatest of friends. I hope you don't mind if I stay here." Charlie answered
"No not at all." Robbie said sitting down across from Charlie. "So what does your brother do?'
"Do you know the auto shop on Spruce? Mike and Billy's?" Charlie said
"Yeah, my dad gets his car worked on there."
"Well, Billy's my brother."
"That's cool." Robbie said and then there was an awkward silence between the two. "So I have an idea for what you could do on the show."
"Really what it is?" Charlie asked interested in what Robbie had for her.
"When you were answering the questions today, I noticed that when people, like that girl Sunshine, asked you personal questions, you knew what to say and really helped. I was thinking that maybe we should make you the resident advice giver for RFR. What do you say?"
"Wait let me get this straight; you want me to be like the advice girl on the show."
"Yeah, so will you do it?"
"Of course I will Robbie, so what should it be called?" Charlie said smiling
"I was thinking Ask Riot."
"I like its short, yet right to the point, thank you Robbie thank you so much." Charlie said and then looked at her watch. "Oh shot, I better start walking home; I promised Billy that I would help Jenna with dinner."
"I could walk you home if you want?" Robbie asked standing up.
"That would be nice." Charlie said smiling.
The two then closed up the station and started towards Charlie's house.
"So Charlie, I have a question for you that I've been wanting to ask you." Robbie said as he and Charlie walked down the street.
"Ok, shot." Charlie said
"Is Charlie you're real name?"
"Umm yes and no." Charlie said laughing. "My full name is Charlene Marie Rose, but I've always been called Charlie, my whole life. My mom wanted me to have a kind of a boy's name, but my dad didn't want his daughter to have a boy's name on her birth certificate." The two then stopped in front of a medium size house that had dark green shutters. "Well, this is my place. If you want we can stay out here and talk if, you still want to talk of course."
"I would like that." Robbie said as he and Charlie sat down on the steps to her house. "Charlie do you and Travis have something going on? I saw you guys looking at each other what was that about? Are you guys dating or something?"
"No, of course not." Charlie said shocked by what Robbie was asking. "You want to know the truth, but Robbie you can't tell anyone its kind of hard for me."
"I won't tell anyone, I promise."
"I met Travis a couple years ago in Hong Kong. You see my mom's in the army or was well actually both my parents were and my step dad. When I was seven my parents got a divorce, which wasn't a big surprise since they had been together since high school and got married right after graduation. So my mom remarried this guy Rick when I was nine. Rick was a good guy my dad liked him to. Everything seemed to be going fine for about a year, then my dad got sick, we were living in Hong Kong at the time around the same time Travis was, that's when I met him. When my dad got sick, I didn't take it very well, and when he died I basically fell apart. Travis was there for me the whole time, and became a really good friend. He helped me to realize that my dad would always be there for me. So I guess you could say Travis is one of my best friends, he knows almost everything about me. So no I don't have something going on for two reasons, he's dating Audrey and he's like my brother."
"Wow." Robbie couldn't say anything else, he was still shocked by everything he had just heard. "I'm sorry that I even thought that you and Travis might have something going on."
"It's ok, it's not like you did anything a good friend wouldn't do." Charlie said with a smile.
Robbie looked at Charlie, and noticed her smile. It was like no other he had ever seen before. Robbie couldn't believe that he had once thought that Charlie was going to be trouble and that he didn't like her cause of something dumb.
"Umm.Charlie there's this." Robbie started to say but was interrupt by the door to Charlie's house opening.
"There you are Charlie." A young redhead in her mid-twenties said from the doorway. "Billy should be home in a half hour and we have to finish dinner."
"I'll be in, in a minute Jenna." Charlie said as she stood up. "I'll talk to you tomorrow Robbie ok."
"See you tomorrow." Robbie said as he watched as Charlie walked into her house and the door closed behind her. Robbie smiled and started to walk towards his house.