Authors note—No one is out of character, this chapter is just a little different and well, things happen. Everything will be back to normal in chapter 5.

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Chapter 4: Night

(Dean's POV)

Charly liked to walk. It didn't matter if it was only twenty degrees outside, she just liked to walk. Right now she ahead of us and on the phone. I looked up at Sam and he had a funny expression on his face.

"What's wrong with you?" I asked. He just sighed.

"We are going out with a bunch of dancers…." He said slowly. I was confused.

"You say that like it's a bad thing." I replied. He just shrugged. "Sam what do you know that I don't?"

"When I was in school, Jess had a couple friends who were dancers. We went out with all of them a couple times and let's just say…. They aren't as conserved as they all look… in fact, they aren't very conserved at all." He told me.

"Ok is that a good or bad thing?" I asked. From his tone I really couldn't tell.

"Well for you, probably a good thing… but it is just awkward, I mean it is a bunch of girls with maybe one or two guys who may or may not be considered a guy… you just never know, the night can get very unpredictable." He said. I just laughed.

"Definitely sounds interesting." I said smirking some. It took us a while to get where we were going, and once we did, I think I understood what Sam was talking about.

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(Charly's POV)

"Charly!" Monica screamed as I walked up. Even though I had just seen her three hours before, she ran up and hugged me. I laughed and walked over to her and the others.

"Hey who are they?" Lynn asked as she pointed to Sam and Dean.

"Oh, sorry. These are my friends Sam and Dean… guys this is Monica, Lynn, Karmen, Andrea and Callie, the other guys should be here later so you don't have to feel so.. well strange." I promised them.

"Six girls, trust me I don't feel out of place at…" Dean started, and then I hit him on the arm. He got the point.

We went inside and all ordered drinks. Monica and I pretty much just ignored everyone else and talked amongst ourselves, or at least until Jace got there.

"Hey Char!" He said when he spotted us. He walked over to me and Monica and sat down. "Are those the guys the ones from practice the other day?"

"Yeah, they are old friends. They're staying with me for a while since their in town and all." I told him.

"The tall one looks like he feels a little out of place…but the other one, it looks like him and Karmen are getting along." Monica pointed out. I looked over and saw what she was talking about. Dean and Karmen were flirting… well from the looks of it, Karmen had actually started it. I don't know why, but when I saw how intense this flirting had actually gotten a little spark flew in my stomach.. almost like jealousy which was absurd since I wasn't into this guy. But I decided to let it go. Plus from what I knew about Karmen, in about five minutes he would be done with her.

"Give it a couple minutes… he will back off." I said.

"How are you so sure?" Jace asked.

"Well, I'm pretty sure she will let her age slip in a second and I don't think he will go for a girl who is barely legal." I told them. I started to listen to their conversation and just like clock work, I heard it.

"So how old are you Dean?" She asked.

"Twenty six, you?" He replied. Her face was crimson.

"Umm, eighteen." Yup, he made up some polite excuse and came over to sit by me.

"You saw all of that right?" He asked. I gave him a dumb smile.

"I don't know what you're talking about." I replied. Jace and Monica were trying to hold back their laughter.

"Me, talking to your friend over there! Why didn't you tell me she was only eighteen? And how the hell did she even get in here?" He asked. This time none of us held back the laughter.

"We helped her make a fake ID a long time ago, but come on, it isn't like she told you that she just turned eighteen last week…" I said letting the whole truth come out.

"Last week! Aww man…" He said. I threw my head back in laughter then took another drink of my daiquiri.

"Hey I love this song!" I said completely changing the subject.

"Come on… lets go dance!" Monica exclaimed as she grabbed mine and Jace hands.

The rest saw us head to the dance floor and decided to follow.

"Seriously guys, we dance for a living, so why not make it fun?" Lynn said. We all agreed and did what we did best, just in a completely different way.

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(Dean's POV)

Sam was right. Hanging out with them was like hanging out with Vampires. They traveled and packs and acted completely insane. It was fun, but almost to much which made it tiring, but there was no way I was leaving yet.

"Ok Sam, loosen up. You can at least try to have fun." I told him.

"It just isn't that easy…" He said, he obviously wasn't letting go of something, and I wasn't going to push it out of him.

"Ok whatever dude." I said and took another drink. About that time the group came back from the dance floor and they were all laughing.

What I saw made my stomach cringe. Jace had his arms wrapped around Charly from behind and was about to pick her up and carry her. For some reason this made me feel some kind of anger… and I didn't know why. I mean I knew I had started to like Charly but she had made it very clear that we were never going to be anything. So why did this make me want to punch this guy out?

"Hey guys…" She said panting a little. I just looked at her and gave her a small smile.

"Aww Dean, you don't look like your normal self. Is something wrong?" She asked. She wasn't quiet drunk, but she wasn't quiet sober. But the barrier she was in right now made her have some kind of glow about her. The walls were still there, but some had come down and she just let loose. In two days, I had never actually seen her smile, until now.

"Nothing…" I said, almost losing myself in her eyes. She noticed and blushed a little.

"Hey lets go dance!" She exclaimed as she grabbed my hand.

"But I thought…" I started but she cut me off.

"Hey, friends can dance together right?" She asked with the smile again. I couldn't help but smile back and nod. Then the fast song changed to something slow. She just exhaled.

"Good! I didn't know if I could handle moving that fast right now." She said as she wrapped her arms around my neck. I slowly placed my hands on her waist and looked down at her.

"Good boy, you didn't try anything…" She joked. I just laughed at her.

"You know, your friends at a lot of fun. Tiring, but fun." I told her.

"Yeah I'm sure you thought that about Karmen…" She teased. I cringed… I had hit on a girl barely old enough to have graduated high school.

"Hey how did she get into your company at seventeen?" I asked.

"Because she is damn good. She is from California, they scouted her and brought her here on scholarship. She is also like a genius or something and graduated high school when she was sixteen." She told me.

"So all of you are close? What about that Jace guy?" I couldn't help but ask.

"He is my partner, and best friend. I may not trust anyone, but if I did, he would be as close as it got." She said. I could tell she was serious about that.

"So you guys aren't like…" Charly got what I meant and busted out in giggles. I liked the way it sounded, she sounded innocent and carefree.

"No... Not at all. I mean, he is more like a big brother then anything." She said. This made me feel better.

"Good… I mean…uhh…" She just giggled more and that helped me relax.

"Look, I know I have been hard on you for the past couple days. But like I said, I don't trust anyone. But still, we did decide to be friends, and I would feel bad if you didn't tell me things…" She said. "I can't help it if you are…well…"

She struggled for a minute before finishing. "Well, attractive maybe? I mean…" She just blushed. "Anyways… just thanks for being cool with the friends thing."

"Well of course I think you're attractive, what guy wouldn't?" I told her smiling some.

"Thanks…" She said quietly. I could tell there was something wrong but I wasn't going to push it.

The song ended and we headed back to the bar with the other. That is when Charly started doing something that made the rest of the night completely different.

A few drinks later, and she was gone. Completely wasted and out of it. We were walking back to her place at about two and she had to lean against me just to keep walking.

"You guys are fun… after we kill this… whatever… well you should stay a while." She slurred out. Okay, so I wasn't the soberest thing, I wasn't as bad as her, but I wasn't good either.

"I wish…" I said. Sam just looked at us and laughed.

"What are you laughing at?" She said as she turned her head in a funny way to look up at him. I stumbled a little and that is when Sam decided to take over.

"Ok, so I am going to take her from here before you both fall on your faces." He said as he grabbed Charly's arm and held on to her. She looked back up and him and smiled.

"Hi Sam." She said. He just laughed.

"Hey Charly." He replied, still laughing.

"Did you have fun?" She asked.

"Yeah I did." He told her. She just smiled more.

"I know he did…" She said as she pointed to me. I just turned.

"Hey don't talk about me behind my back!" I exclaimed even though I wasn't serious.

"Aww I'm sorry… can I make it up to you?" Charly joked.

"Oh I can think of many ways…" I said walking over to her and Sam.

"Ok we are here, both of you go to sleep…" Sam said as he unlocked the door. He went back to his room and went to bed and Charly and I stayed in the living room. She jumped into her favorite chair and sat there. Then she stared into space for a while before bursting out into laughter.

"What?" I asked laughing some myself.

"You're really cute…" She said, still laughing.

"So are you." I replied. She motioned with her finger for me to come over to her, which I did.

"We are friends right?" She whispered.

"Yeah, why?" I replied.

"Because… I…" She stuttered some. "I'm cold…"

I looked into her eyes and she looked back into mine. Then with out any warning, we just kissed each other.

It was more then a kiss, with in moment it became a very intense make out session which continued into her room and onto her bed. Some how our clothes ended up all over her floor… and I'm figuring you can guess the rest…

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