So it was brought to my attention by a loyal reviewer that it was unclear just how far Bass and Charlie have gone in their relationship, thus making it kind of hard to determine just how to read them.
Now I just want to say that I had already planned on addressing this in this chapter, but I decided to put a little more focus on it. Now I don't write smut, I have nothing against it, I read it myself, I just don't feel comfortable writing it myself, so usually I just elude to certain things, hint a little. I don't feel, however, that that was good enough here. There's still no smut, you will not find that here if you're looking for it, but I did try to make it obvious just how far things have gone.
That being said, I'm very nervous about this chapter, because it's the first time with this series, that I have written a scene that didn't have either Bass or Charlie in it, but I hope that the things that happen in this scene and the following scene makes up for the lack of Charloe in the beginning of this chapter.
Also this chapter takes place immediately after the last one, just so you know.
Sorry for the very long note...lol I really hope you like this chapter. :)
Rachel walked into her bedroom. Miles was already in there, sitting on the bed with his computer on his lap. She walked over to him and reached out and closed the lid.
"What are you doing?" Miles asked, frowning slightly at her.
Rachel sighed. "No Miles, what are you doing?" she asked. "What do you think is going to happen if you don't talk to them? That everything is suddenly going to go back to how it was? That they'll just stop being in love with each other?"
Miles snorted and Rachel raised her brows. "Oh, so that's it? You don't think they really love each other?" she asked.
He shook his head and sat his computer to the side and drew his legs up so that he was sitting cross legged on the bed, facing Rachel. "I think Charlie's a kid and she thinks she's in love with him, and I think that he's playing at love with her and it's going to blow up in their faces and we're all going to be stuck in the middle, because they're both family and we can't choose sides."
Rachel sat down beside him and placed a hand on his knee. "First of all, she's not a kid anymore." She said. "Charlie has spent more nights at Bass's house in the last month than she has here." She shrugged. "What do you think they've been doing over there? Playing crazy eights?" she asked with a chuckle.
"Plus," Rachel said. "She's older now than what I was when she was born."
Miles frowned but remained quiet. Rachel grabbed his hand and gave it a squeeze. "And secondly," she said. "You've been so busy ignoring them, that you haven't seen the way he is with her. I don't think he's playing at anything, I think he really does care about her."
She took a breath and let it out. "And thirdly," she said. "this isn't something totally new for them, they've been together for almost 6 months now. If it was going to just blow up on them because it wasn't real, it would probably have done it by now, thanks in large part to you." She said.
Miles sighed and looked at her, worry evident in his eyes. Rachel smiled slightly and placed her hand on his cheek, rubbing her thumb across his cheekbone. "I know that you're worried about him hurting her. And I know that you're worried that she'll hurt him." She said.
"I also know that you're worried that in spite of what you already said, you're going to have to choose a side and end up losing one of them." She said as she turned on the bed so she was facing him more. "But right now, ignoring them, all you're doing is losing them both because you're pushing them away."
Miles nodded. "I know." He said, letting his eyes drop from her face.
Rachel dropped her hand and shrugged. "Then talk to them, work this out. Because it's not going to just go away if you ignore it." She said.
Miles raised one brow at her. "How did you get to be so smart?" he asked.
Rachel rolled her eyes. "I'm not that smart." She said. "I just figure things out faster than you do." She said, thinking about her own game of ignore the situation.
Miles chuckled and leaned forward to press his lips to hers. "OK, I'll talk to them."
Rachel smiled. "Good, because I miss our friend. It's been too long since Bass was around for more than a minute to pick up Charlie."
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Charlie hesitated in the hallway. She knew they were up in there, she couldn't make out what they were saying but she could hear them talking. Maybe she would just leave a note.
But just when she had decided to leave a note and not bother her mother, the bedroom door opened and Rachel walked out, closing the door behind her.
"Oh, Charlie, is everything alright? I thought you went to bed?" she said.
Charlie shook her head. "No, actually I was just coming to let you know that I'm leaving for the night." She said as she held up her overnight bag. "I'm going to Sebastian's house." She said.
Rachel nodded and gave her a smile. "Oh, yeah alright, thanks for letting me know." She said. "And tell Bass I said hello."
Charlie nodded as Rachel moved past her and headed towards the kitchen.
Tonight was just getting weirder and weirder.
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Bass leaned against the door frame, his arms crossed over his chest and his ankles crossed, watching as Charlie pulled her toothbrush from the toiletry bag she always brings with her.
After putting the brush into her mouth, Charlie notices him staring and turns to face him. "Whaa?" she said around a mouthful of toothpaste.
Bass smiles and shrugged one shoulder. "Nothing." He said.
Charlie raised a brow and rinsed her mouth out. "What's with the smile?" she asked as she rinsed her toothbrush off and placed it on the side of the sink.
Instead of answering, Bass walked over and picked up her toothbrush and placed it into the cup where he keeps his own.
"I was thinking." He said as he took a step back.
Charlie raised her brows, waiting for him to elaborate.
"You should just keep some stuff here." He said. "After the water incident yesterday morning, it might be a good idea to keep a couple of changes of clothes here." He said, wondering why he always ended up feeling like a stupid teenager when talking to her. He shrugged. "It might make it nicer on the occasional trip home from school over the next few months also."
Charlie looked to where their toothbrushes rested against each other in the cup, and smiled. She nodded her head as she turned back to him. "Yeah, I think you're right." She said.
Bass nodded. "Yeah?"
Charlie smiled a little wider. "Yeah." She said.
Bass smiled a little as he backed out of the bathroom into the bedroom. "Alright, well I don't know about you but I'm ready for bed." He said. Charlie raised her brows and his smile widened. "And not sleepy bed," he said. "fun bed." He said as he waggled his eyebrows.
Charlie laughed as she followed him out of the room, shutting off the light as she went.
OK so there it is, I hope you all enjoyed it, I'm fairly certain Charlie and Bass are...lol
I would also like to say that I had to do a little re-write on the end after watching the latest episode of Melissa & Joey...Basses line about fun bed came straight from Joe. lol! I heard it and knew that was the perfect line to end this chapter on...lol I hope you all agree with me. :)
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