Disclaimer: I do not own anyone you recognize. I only own Charlie and my friend owns my other oc Elizabeth.

Note: I don't know if I'm spelling the names right of the guys that are at John's friends, but if they're misspelled I'm sorry. I don't know if John has a dog or if it's named what I named it. Remember ITS FICTION! Also for clarification if it says Mark…with a K then it means Mark Jindrak. If it says Marc…with a C then it means Marc Predka or as everyone else calls him Trademarc.

Chapter 4

"I wanted to…hell I was started to. Then he called and you were so excited they were all coming. I got distracted…"

"By what?"

John's grin grew as he noticed her cheeks redden. He knew what she got distracted by.

"You know damn good and well what I got distracted at Cena."

John wrapped his arms around her waist and nodded. He leaned down and gave her a quick kiss before jumping off the counter. He pulled her outside and motioned for everyone to follow him so they could all enjoy the barbecue. It was then Charlie noticed cameras, crewmen, and lots of other people. She stopped walking immediately causing Elizabeth to walk into her.

"It's called walking Max…you put one foot in front of the other."

Marc noticed the nervous and scared look on Charlie's face and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"You ok Max?"

"What's with all that?"

"Oh we're forming our video for our next single today. Well we're filming tomorrow too. We wanted a relaxed yet fun video. I mean the song is about our lives and we wanted the people in our lives in the video."

"Um…"

"Camera shy Max?"

"Honey I told you Max hates bein on that side of the camera. That's why she is the one who operates the camera."

Marc nodded and waited for someone to somewhat distract Charlie before he could go talk to John. When Mark, Randy, and Marcus began talking with her, he stepped over to where John was talking to the director. The director nodded to something John said and then went over to his crew. John turned to see his cousin and smiled.

"What's up man?"

"Were you plannin' on Charlie bein in this?"

"Well yeah. I mean we wanted people that were in our lives in this…she's my girl. Why what's wrong?"

"She's camera shy dude. She's scared out of her mind and has been since she saw that crew over there."

John sighed in frustration and looked at where his girlfriend was standing talking to Randy, Mark, and Marcus. Marc noticed he looked a little angry.

"Ok what's pissed you off?"

"I know he's her dad's girlfriend's son…but still man. He's my friend and all…"

"But you don't like how close they are."

"Yeah."

"Dude she's not like the others man. She doesn't want you for all of this…"

John nodded as his cousin gestured to the camera crew and those with the crew.

"She doesn't want you because you're famous. She just wants you. She's not a cheater either. She's been in the shoes of people who've been cheated on. She'd never make someone hurt the way she has."

John nodded and realized he needed to go talk to Charlie before they were ready to start shooting the video. He came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. He placed a kiss on her shoulder as she relaxed into his embrace.

"You alright ma?"

"Yes and no."

John lightly tugged on her hand pulling her into the kitchen through the back doors. She followed him and took a seat on the counter as he stood in between her legs. He placed his hands on the counter on each side of her.

"You don't like cameras do you?"

"I don't like being on the side that isn't operating them no."

Charlie noticed this was somewhat upsetting him and sighed.

"Do you want me to do this?"

John looked up in surprise. He'd never expected her to ask that. Maybe his cousin was right. Charlie wasn't like the others, although he knew that the moment he'd met her.

"No…"

Charlie's face fell as he said that.

"No I don't want you to do it if you don't want to. I'm not gonna be mad at ya if you don't wanna do it."

"That's not what I asked John. I asked if you wanted me to do the video."

"Yes I do. I want you there with me. All those people out there…my friends and family…they're part of who I am. You're part of that too baby girl."

"I don't know you like they do though."

"No you're right about that, but you're my girl and I want you there with me and them."

Charlie knew this was important to him. She didn't really wanna do the video with him, but she knew in relationship compromise was needed.

"Ok…I'll do it. Just don't get used to me agreeing to be on this side of the camera ok? I like the side I'm on."

John nodded and wrapped his arms around her waist pulling her close to him. Charlie felt chills up her spine as he whispered thank you in her ear. John placed a quick kiss on her lips before helping her off the counter.

"Let's do it."

Charlie stood next to Elizabeth talking in between shots. Some of John's female friends walked up and Charlie suddenly became nervous.

"You must be Charlie. I'm Natalie. This is Mikayla, Nicole, and Gina."

Charlie told each woman hi as she shook her hand.

"We would've come and introduced ourselves sooner, but John's been tryin to hide you from us all day."

"Why?"

"We've all grown up together. He knew we'd want to make sure you're ok for him."

Charlie swallowed nervously as they gave her the once over.

"You'll do. I've noticed a good change in him this morning. Some of the girls his friends have brought with them tried hitting on him all day and he just said he wasn't interested. Not saying John's a cheater…cause he's not. But normally he'd at least talk to them even though he knew we'd kick his ass later for it…ok I'll quit talking now cause I don't think I'm makin any sense."

Charlie couldn't help but smile. They weren't there to hurt her. They just wanted to make sure she was ok for their friend.

"I understand what you meant. It made sense to me. He's mentioned you when we looked at pictures last night. It's nice to finally meet yall."

The girls all got to know Charlie during the next few breaks and she was glad she'd know some people if she decided to move down here. Soon though it was just Charlie and Elizabeth again.

"So do you have any specific things you're doing Max?"

"John just told me that they'd probably show him holding me or something when it comes to the line 'to my girl let's get it on like the slow jam'. Other than that I'll just be in the background and stuff."

"Same here with Marc. I'm glad he wants to share this part of him with me though."

"You really love him don't ya?"

"Yeah Charlie I do."

"Ok I know you're not lying cause ya called me Charlie."

"How do you feel about John?"

"I fall for him more and more as the time passes. My mom called and wants me to introduce him to her and dad."

"Well at least you know he'll get along with your dad."

"Yeah. You know shit's gonna hit the fan soon though."

"Why?"

"Dad's serving mom with divorce papers while I'm here. He left a message on my voicemail earlier. I'm not surprised. But what's worse about that is it will leave my mom and sister with like hardly any of his money. Mom never signed a pre-nup. She didn't want to."

"Damn."

"Yeah. I can't introduce her to John while all that is goin on."

"She'll hate him no matter when you introduce them Max."

"I know and that's not fair. Well like you said at least my dad will like him. That's all that matters."

"Yeah cause mom's don't really do anything in weddings. They just sit there and cry. The dad has to give the man permission and then walk the bride down the aisle."

Charlie laughed at her friend's comment. She could always count on Elizabeth to cheer her up.

"I've given moving here some serious thought."

"Really?"

"Yeah. John and I were talking about it last night. He said there's a nice apartment complex close by. Plus I won't have to worry about not knowing anyone. That was what was really holding me back when you first mentioned it to me."

"Wow. This is gonna be so great. Now I'll have my best friend to hang out with when the guys are all hangin out. We can have girls' night again."

Charlie nodded and smiled. She couldn't wait to move here. She'd be away from her mom and close to John, Elizabeth, and her new friends.

"What about your dad? Is he gonna move too?"

"Yeah he's actually bought a house close to Mark's. That way they can all be close. When I called him back earlier I told him about wanting to move here, so he's decided to buy a house in Boston as well."

"Wow."

"Yeah I think it's cause he's hoping there will be a wedding soon and by buying the house will give us all somewhere to spend Christmas together."

Charlie soon joined in with Elizabeth's laughter. By the time the video was done shooting overall Charlie was more than glad it was over. John had kept bringing her in front of the camera with him even though he knew she didn't want to do more than what they agreed on. And that explained why she was staying at Elizabeth and Marc's house now.

"Max your cell phone is ringing!"

Charlie ran to Marc's guest room and looked at the caller ID on her cell phone. She sighed sadly. She was hoping it was John since they hadn't talked since the fight. She'd tried calling him only to get his answering machine or voicemail. The person calling was her friend in New York, Darla. She didn't know if she wanted to take the call because she couldn't tell Darla about John. They'd decided the night he asked her out that only immediate family and very close friends would be who'd be told. They'd decided that because Charlie didn't want to be in the limelight and John wanted to keep his private life private…well at least until the video for Right Now was released.

"Hey girl."

"Hey Charlie. What's goin on?"

"Oh nothing. Just chillin with Elizabeth. What about you?"

"Guess what!"

"What?"

"Our favorite wrestler John Cena and his cousin Trademarc are doing a signing here tomorrow."