"So you really ended up eating it?" Luckily for Alexa her little incident went pretty well. Charlie left to go find some tape for her shoe while Alexa sat and watched Don finish setting the table.

Alexa nodded laughing so hard that she almost spat out her water. "Yeah well, it wasn't like I had a choice you know? It was the polite thing to do." She watched as Don made a disgusted face which only made her laugh harder, her chest began to ache. Charlie walked in smiling, holding Alexa's shoe in one of his hands.

"What's so funny, I know Don's cooking is pretty bad but you don't have to laugh about it," Charlie winked at Alexa and for a brief second Alexa found herself transfixed by Charlie, she never realized how cute he was. Alexa watched as Charlie kneeled down and placed the shoe on her foot. His hand touching her skin made her jump slightly, she had become a little jumpy lately but when he touched her she felt something, something different. His curls bounced as his head lifted so that he could meet her gaze, still on the floor. "Looks like it's a perfect fit,"

She wanted to scream with giddiness but smiled widely giving off a small laugh as Charlie stood and looked at Don who was now watching the two with amusement. "Dinner's done!" he said with great pride, "I think I did a good job if I do say so myself," from what Alexa could tell there was a little of everything from each food group, although she doubted he made everything.

"It looks wonderful, I'll go and get your father," Don waited until the sound of Alexa's shoes tapping the floor died.

"So when do you plan to ask the princesses hand in marriage, prince?" Don smirked as he passed Charlie the napkins.

Charlie nodded, and pointed his finger at him, "very funny, but it looks like she thought what I did was cute. She did smile didn't she?"

Don nodded in agreement, "Yeah she did smile, probably trying her best to not laugh at how idiotic you were." Charlie just stood there with his mouth open in surprise.

"You like her," Charlie finally said.

"What?" Don asked.

"You like her, that's why you were upset when I did that little thing before, you like Alexa." Charlie smiled widely going over to Don.

"I do not, and stop acting like a kid" Don sat down on a chair his hands covering his face in frustration. "Will you just drop it?"

Charlie looked a little set back for a moment but answered, "Okay," with a small smile playing at his lips. At that moment his father, with Alexa trailing behind him entered the kitchen.

"Dinner smells wonderful, now let's dig in."