Chapter 4

Both Charlie and Amita were sleeping peacefully, when a shill sound rang into the darkness waking Charlie- it was his cell phone.

"H-hello?" Charlie said stifling a yawn

"It's dad. Don should be there in a few minutes"

"What!" Charlie said a little louder then he intended waking Amita.

"Hmm…are you on the phone?" Amita said putting her head up to look at Charlie

"Yeah, its my dad" Amita's hand flew to her mouth and she put her head back down. There was no way Alan couldn't have heard me

"Charlie? Who's there with you?" Alan questioned

"Amita. I was helping her with her thesis. We knew the library would be empty so we set up shop"

"Why didn't you drive home?"

"We um didn't realize it had started raining until it was too heavy to leave" Charlie admitted sheepishly

"Well Don's on his way. He'll pick you both up and bring you back to the house. Then maybe if it's not raining too hard he'll drive himself home"

"Ok. We'll get ready to leave"

"See you soon" Charlie hung up and then sighed. Back to reality

"Oh god, I'm so sorry Charlie" Amita exclaimed her head buried in his chest

"I didn't hear that, pick your head up"

"I said I'm sorry"

"For what?" Charlie asked truly confused

"For getting you stuck here and for being so scared and probably killing you by falling asleep on you and-"

"Amita, stop. I'm glad I was stuck here with you, I am sorry you're scared, and don't worry about falling asleep on me. I've had Don fall asleep on me. Speaking of which, he should be here pretty soon so we have to get up"

Amita reluctantly rolled off and stood up, instantly missing the warmth and feel of Charlie's arms around her. Charlie stood up and quickly took Amita's hand. They made their way back to the table where all their stuff was. As Amita packed, Charlie looked at the window. It was still raining, the thunder had abated (a little), but it was considerably lighter out. After trying to make sure they didn't leave anything, Charlie and Amita headed for the door. A few bumps (which Charlie knew would be bruises tomorrow) and they were outside again. Charlie took a deep breath. He wasn't lying when he said he loved the smell of rain. He pulled out his cell and dialed Don's number

"Eppes" Don answered briskly

"It's Charlie. Where are you?"

"I just pulled into the parking lot. I can't get closer. You're going to have to make a run for it. And really do run, it's starting to rain harder"

"Okay" Charlie spoke, then hung up. He looked out onto the abandoned campus and noticed that it indeed had started to rain harder "You ready?" Charlie said turning to look at Amita. He noticed how pale she had gotten

"S-sure I'm r-ready" Amita stuttered

"Come here" Charlie put his arm around her and they made a mad dash for the parking lot. Well, that wasn't the complete truth. They tried to make a mad dash, but the thunder, as if sensing Amita's fear, had decided to increase its frequency again. By the time the car was in sight both Charlie and Amita were quite wet and Amita was so scared she was crying again. Don seeing them, unlocked the doors and leaned to open the back doors. Amita climbed in first, crying and Charlie close behind her

"Shh…Amita, its ok. We're in the car now. Nothing's going to happen to you. I won't let it" Charlie said wrapping his arms around Amita. As he did she buried her head in his chest. After a few moments the crying subsided into a steady breathing and both brothers knew she had fallen asleep