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Pairing: Charlie/Victoria. Others mentioned

Summary: Holding her feels like what coming home should feel like.

home is holding you close

Charlie/Victoria

It feels like home to me, it feels like home to me

It feels like I'm all the way back where I come from

It feels like home to me, it feels like home to me

It feels like I'm all the way back where I belong

Chantal Kreviazuk- Feels like Home

Charlie likes Stanford, he really does. He really likes his Music program and he likes living with his brother. But sometimes, he just misses home. He supposes that he doesn't miss the actual location so much as he just misses his family. His parents for one, they were actually really understanding when he told them that no, he's not on the soccer team and yes, he wants to concentrate on music. He misses Wen, Olivia, Stella, Mo…he even misses Scott (who, okay, despite being friends with Ray Beech, seriously Stella? Ray Beech?, is actually a cool guy) but most of all, Charlie misses Victoria.

His blonde haired, browned eyed, crazy amazing writer girlfriend Victoria. And holy crap, he didn't think he'd like anyone the way he used to like Mo. Except, he finally came to realize that he had a crush on Mo, but he's in love with Victoria.

He doesn't really know how it happened, she beckoned him over one day after school and before he knew it, they were holding hands, sitting next to each other, laughing with one another, introducing each other to family members. His parents love her. Her mother pinches his cheeks. His brother teases them and Victoria's younger sister is thrilled that a celebrity is incorporating their way into the family.

And wow, celebrity. Really? Well, yeah, kind of. It always blows his mind how they exploded onto the scene. And he likes to think that it's Victoria that keeps him grounded.

She's still in Arizona, attending the state university, studying journalism. As if she would do anything else. They talk as often as they can and Charlie misses her something fierce when he sees other couples around campus. His brother does his best to make him feel better and most of the time mission accomplished, but other times, Charlie just wants to wallow. Because he misses actually seeing his girlfriend.

There are girls who try to follow him, they try to talk to him, and he's polite to them, (because Charlie doesn't know how to be mean, despite all the lessons that Stella gave him), but he smiles and nods and blurts, "I have a girlfriend." It usually works, but sometimes there are some girls who just do not get it. That's usually when he brings in Tommy and his friends, who are more than happy to help him.

"I'm going to Stanford." Charlie tells her one night. They're sitting in his backyard, staring at the sky.

She smiles, shrieks with happiness and then throws herself into his arms. "I knew it! I'm so happy for you!" And she is. There is no bitterness, no hesitation when she tells him this.

"Thanks." He grabs her hand and blushes when she cocks an eyebrow at him. "Come with me."

"To Stanford?" She asks. When he nods, she shakes her head. "Oh, Charlie. I wish I could, but I need to stay here. I'm going to Arizona State, this way I'll be close to my mom and my sister."

"I don't want to be away from you."

"You won't be. We'll talk all the time. I can come up and visit and you can come down and we can do this Charlie. People do long-distance relationships all the time."

He bites his lip. "What if you meet another guy?" Oh God. There it is, his fear laid out in the open. He loves this girl, will do anything for this girl (See, Wen, you're not the only one who's whipped) and he doesn't know what he'll do if he ever loses her.

She lets out a loud laugh. "I'll meet a whole bunch of guys, I guess. Maybe, I'll even become friends with some of them, but I will never ever love them like I love you." She leans forward and kisses him on the lips. "You're stuck with me, Charlie."

He grins and pulls her into his lap. "Good. Because you're stuck with me too, Victoria."

"You're acting pathetic." Danny, Tommy's best friend tells him.

Tommy snorts. "Leave Charlie alone, Danny."

"Dude, seriously, it's pathetic. Dude, be a man. Go out, meet some chicks, be friends with them."

"I am friends with girls." Charlie defends himself as he lets out a yawn. "And I don't want to go out. I like sitting here."

"You're whipped."

"It's called love Danny." Charlie corrects him.

"Gag me."

There' a lapse of silence, when there is a knock on the door. Tommy's head snaps up, he grins and then gets up to answer it. Charlie can hear Tommy greet the person at the door, and then Tommy comes back in the room. "You've got a surprise, Charlie!"

Charlie lifts his head and he smiles so widely, he's afraid his face will split open. Victoria is standing next to his brother, her bottom lip caught between her teeth. Charlie gets up and walks towards her when she launches herself at him, arms going around his neck. He grabs her by the waist and spins her around. They're talking loudly and over each other, answering the questions that they can decipher.

Tommy grabs Danny by the elbow and they both leave.

"Dude!" He can hear Danny exclaim before Tommy closes the door, "I'd be whipped too if my girlfriend looked like that!"

"I've missed you." She murmurs against his neck.

And oh God, he inhales her scent, she smells like lilacs and cotton candy. "I've missed you too. More than you can ever know."

It's been hard being away from his family, it's been hard being away from her. But damn it if holding her close doesn't feel exactly what coming home should feel like.

AN: And here's Charlie and Victoria. Victoria is the school editor for the newspaper in Lemonade Mouth. From what I assume, she's the girl who beckons Charlie over near the end of the film. So, because I think that it would be super cute…here it is. Let me know what you all think! Reviews are greatly appreciated!

Much love,

Bex.

P.S. Any mistakes are mine and mine alone, I apologize if they offend anyone!