Thanks to everyone for all the favorites follows and reviews! You guys are awesome!

This chapter is still a little on the sad side, but we're getting closer to not sad stuff...lol I hope it doesn't disappoint. :)

I'm almost finished with chapter 3 so hopefully I can have that posted before I go to school tomorrow evening (My last class until the fall yay!).


Charlie woke up to an empty bedroom. She looked around and saw a note lying on the table by her phone. She reached for the phone first to check the time and was surprised to see that she had not only slept through the night but also through 3 missed calls from her mother and 2 texts from Danny. The second text telling her he had talked to Bass and not to worry about calling.

She reached for the note next. It said that Bass had gone to the shop and would be back later before lunch. She smiled when she saw that instead of his name he had written a simple, love you, at the end.

Charlie stretched in the bed before getting up and straightening the covers. She then made her way into the kitchen to get a glass of water, grabbing the remote to the stereo and turning on some music on her way.

After filling her glass she brought it to her lips to take a drink as she turned. She let out a little shriek and jumped, spilling half the glass down the front of herself when she found Miles standing behind her.

"What are you doing here?" she asked.

"I'm sorry." He said, both speaking at the same time.

He reached forward and grabbed a dish towel off the counter and handed it to her. "Sorry." He said again as she took the towel.

Charlie shook her head and sat her glass down. "It's fine." She said, dabbing at her shirt. "What ah…what are you doing here?" she asked him again.

"Looking for you, your mother was worried when you didn't answer you phone after not coming home all night, she said you usually tell her if you're not coming back." He said. "I tried calling Bass but he didn't answer either."

Charlie nodded. "Yeah he's at work, sometimes he doesn't get service in the garage." She frowned. "Danny texted and said not to worry about calling back because he talked to Bass."

Miles nodded. "Oh, I guess nobody's communicating very well."

Charlie raised her brows. "Yeah," she said. "it's almost like getting the silent treatment." She said her voice full of sarcasm.

Miles had the good grace to look slightly ashamed but remained quiet. Charlie rolled her eyes and shook her head. "Anyway," she said, changing the subject back to what they were talking about. "We just fell asleep last night and I forgot to call her, I hadn't planned on staying. I'll call her, let her know I'm ok and there's no reason to worry." She said.

"After all," she said. "I was perfectly safe all night, right here, with Bass."

Charlie watched a muscle tick in Miles's jaw but he didn't say anything for a moment. "Right," he finally said. "I'm gonna go." He said as he took a step back.

Charlie sighed and watched him head to the front door, not knowing what to say, but hating the strain between them.

Miles opened the front door and stopped when he found Bass on the other side. A tray with two coffee cups was in one hand, and his other hand hanging in midair where he had been reaching for the doorknob.

"Hey buddy." Bass said, surprised to see Miles in his house.

Miles stepped out around him. "Hey." He said, but kept walking to his car parked a little ways down the road where Bass hadn't seen it.

Bass walked inside and raised his brows in question when he saw Charlie standing in the kitchen in a puddle of water, wet shirt clinging to her stomach and a sad smile on her face.

"Well he talked to me." She said.

Bass walked over and sat the tray down. "What happened?" he asked, taking in the spilled water.

Charlie shook her head. "I forgot to let anyone know I wouldn't be home, and mom sent him over before he talked to Danny."

He nodded. "Well," he said. "I've got good news." He said, hoping to distract her from what was obviously not a happy family reunion. "I got a text Monica when I went to get those." He said, point at the coffee.

Charlie raised her brows as she dropped the towel to the floor and used her foot to swipe it through the water. "Yeah?"

"She invited us to get a drink with her and her boyfriend tonight." Bass chuckled. "Actually," he said. "She invited them to go with us, said it could be my treat, since she saved me butt, her words not mine." He said with another chuckle.

Charlie smiled. "I had wondered when she was going to bring that up again." She said.

Bass chuckled. "What I was wondering was how she got my number?" he asked.

"I have no idea." Charlie said.

Suddenly Charlie looked up at him. "What are you doing here? Is it lunch time already?" she asked, looking towards the clock on the stove.

Bass shook his head. "Not quite, but I have to get back to the shop later, so I thought you might want to get something early?" he asked.

Charlie nodded. "Yeah, I'll just go get dried off." She said, taking a step towards the hallway leading to his bedroom and stopped. "I don't have any clothes." She said.

Bass smiled. "Second drawer on the dresser, you'll probably be able to find a t-shirt that will work for now."

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A few minutes later Charlie emerged, dry, a smile on her face and her shoes in her hand. "Let me just slip these on and then we can go." She said.

Bass looked up from the magazine he was looking through as he waited for her and let out a soft breath. "Wow, I've never made that look that good before." He said, gesturing to the shirt she was wearing.

It was too big for her, so she gathered the extra material in the back and tied it in a knot, showing just a small amount of skin between the bottom of the shirt and the top of her jeans.

Charlie smiled as she sat down to put her shoes on. "You'd probably be surprised just how good you can make a shirt look." She said, making him laugh.

He stood up and held a hand out to her. "Why don't we leave that discussion for later, I skipped breakfast and have a feeling you slept through it, so let's go get some food."

Charlie grabbed his hand and let him pull her up. She was still sad about her failed talk with Miles, but she wasn't going to let him and his grumpiness bring her down and ruin her time with the man holding her hand.


OK I know, Miles kind of sucks right now...I am working on that, he's just being so darn stubborn about them being together. But we all know Miles, he's a bit of a hot head sometimes, but he means well and he usually comes around in the end...and he can never stay mad at Bass or Charlie either one for very long...only like 5 years if the show is anything to go off of...lol

Really though, I wanted to use this chapter to show that even though he's mad at them and not speaking to either of them, he still cares and worries about her and will always make sure she's ok.

New chapter tomorrow, or later today I guess since it's a little after midnight my time right now :)

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