Chapter Three
Kay opened the door to the apartment and turned on the light.
Now it was Charlie's turn to look around, her place was nicer than his, it was white and modern but was kinda of a mess
"Through here" She said
He followed her through the door, into a room that had four beds, each corner decorated differently.
The bed that Kay sat on leant against the wall with the door on it, she'd decorated her section with two simple black hearts, one above her head, another above her mirror on her desk, she'd put pictures of her friends on there too.
He sat beside her as she put on the TV "So why are we in here exactly?"
"They'll probably collapse on the couch, safer in here"
"What about Annika?"
"At her Mom's, back in the morning"
He nodded slowly "Ok"
She gave him the remote "You choose"
...
Annika walked through the door and found Aimee asleep on one couch and Sky on the other, she rolled her eyes and went to drop her stuff off in their room
It wasn't until she turned around to leave that she saw them on the bed, cuddled up on top of the covers
She blinked several times to make sure her eyes were correct
Kay lay on the bed with Charlie, her head on his chest, arms around him. He had his arms around her too, his body was turned towards hers, head down, like he was resting it on hers
She went back into the living room to see Aimee, sat up, holding her head
"I. Hate. Booze!" She hissed
"You said that last time" She replied "Anyway, guess who's in there" She pointed to their room
"Kay?" She said groggily
"Kay and...?"
Her eyes opened wide "Charlie?"
In the bedroom, Charlie woke up and saw Kay, a small smile appeared on his face.
He sat up to look at the clock, nine thirty! He started work in half an hour!
He gently but reluctently moved his arms from around Kay, trying not to wake her.
She rolled over and looked at him, "Did we fall asleep?"
"Yeah we did" He pulled his shoes on
"Oh my God, you have work"
He nodded "I'm in the car so I should be ok"
"Do you want me to come over later?"
"Sure"
"Does it matter when?"
"No, just be working, so you'll end up following me round til you get bored"
"Ok, I'll be there in an hour to two hours" She got up
"You don't have to see me out..."
"All three of them are out there" She said "Its for your own good" She opened the door and went out first
"Morning" Aimee and Annika, Sky was still asleep, said
"Morning" Kay and Charlie said
Kay turned to Charlie "See you later"
"Later" He started walking down the steps and she closed the door behind him
"So what happened?" Aimee asked
"We fell asleep watching TV" Kay replied, going into the kitchen to make breakfast
"When I came in, the TV was off" Annika said
"I went to the bathroom in the night and turned it off when I came in again"
"You were cuddled up to each"
"So?"
"So is something going on?"
"No!"
...
Charlie was re-painting the gates when he saw Kay coming, she looked as beautiful as ever...well she always looked beautiful to him...
Kay could see Charlie's toned arms in the white t-shirt he was wearing under his work shirt, sending her stomach in a frenzy
"Hey" She smiled "I got grilled"
He laughed "Grilled?"
She nodded "They were trying to find out what had happened between us"
"What did you tell them?"
"Exactly what happened"
"Should have made something up, see what they did"
"I was tempted" She replied "You coming to the beach tomorrow?"
"Yeah, what time we leaving?"
"Er...ten, I think"
"Need a ride?"
"If you wouldn't mind. Will's coming in Aimee's car so I'd rather not go with them"
"Ok, I'm not sure if we're taking Jason"
She nodded "So what are you planning on doing today?"
"Finish these damn gates, cut the damn hedges, mow the damn grass..."
She laughed slightly "Want me to start on any of those damn things?"
He smiled and said "No, its ok, it'll be nice to not be lonely for a change"
They were together all day, Charlie didn't realise how late it was until the canons went off
"I have to go out for awhile" He said, jumping up from the couch
"Ok...I'll be here when you get back" She said, changing the channel, acting like she didn't know where he was going
When the door slammed shut, she knew it was safe to peer out the window.
He was heading to the forest, to meet Sam obviously, she could tell...and it didn't bother her one little bit
...
Charlie bowled the ball to Sam, but his mind wasn't on baseball, never was these days...
"Are you ok Charlie?" Sam asked "You seem kind of distracted"
"I'm fine" He lied
"You've thrown about ten fowl balls"
"That doesn't mean there's anything wrong"
"Its the girl isn't?"
Damn, he's good at this... Charlie thought. He sighed
"She's back at the house, if you must know"
"You left a girl to come see me?" He said "Real potential boyfriend stuff Charlie"
"Hey, I wasn't going to risk not seeing you"
"Should have brought her along..."
"Kay's the only person left that thinks I'm sane, not the best idea in the world"
"Ok, fair point...but you just left her there?"
"She's fine, I'll grab some ice cream or something and take it back with me" He looked at his watch "I think I better go back now anyway..."
"Only if I can have a look through the window at her"
He sighed "Fine, come on"
...
Kay climbed out of Charlie's car the next morning and pulled out her sunglasses, according to the news report, this would be the last warm day of the year.
Charlie stood beside her and said "Thank God we weren't in their car", pointing at a now kissing Jason and Annika
"Oh for God sakes" She hissed "Can everyone please get a room?"
Charlie laughed, then laughed harder at Will who was desperatly trying to get his surf board out of the car
"Lil help?" He asked
Charlie sighed and went to pull it out, Sky came over to Kay
"So how was the ride?"
"Fine, we just spoke, like we always do"
"About?"
"Sky! Does that even matter?"
"Kay, he really likes you..."
"No he doesn't..."
"Can't you see it?"
"No..."
"Well its gonna hit you right in the face when you do"
Kay rolled her eyes and went back to Charlie
"You coming?" She asked
He nodded and they started walking down to the sand