A/N: Well here is the last chapter, which will be followed by a short Epilogue. I changed the ending from what I originally had, because I wanted to add more fluff rather than smut at the end, because we all want a happy ending. Damnit you know it's true. So if you're reading this... enjoy!

Chapter 4
Blue Eyes
April 16th, 2008

Charlotte sat at lunch looking around the cafeteria. Things had seemed to fall in to place her Senior year at Spenser Academy. She was captain of the Soccer team, she had scored great on her SATs and she had been accepted to Boston University. Things were definitely looking up for her.

She just had one loose end left to tie up and he was staring over in her direction now. She gave him a shy smile and looked back down at her food, until a body sat down in front of her.

She looked up in to the brown eyes of her roommate and best friend; a grin replaced the smile on her face. Corinne smirked at her and dug in to her food, the conversation was light until Corinne noticed Charlotte's attention elsewhere.

"The last one," Corinne stated glancing over her shoulder.

"Exactly," Charlotte sighed looking back at her mashed potatoes that she had been playing with for the last ten minutes of her lunch period. "I don't know how I'm going to get this one…"

"You mean to tell me that you've been like stalking him for a year and you don't know how you're going to pull it off?" Corinne asked biting her bottom lip.

"He's different than the others…" Charlotte confessed trying to keep her attention on her dark haired friend.

"How so, just go up to that fine piece of Blue Eyed goodness and tell him you want to fuck his brains out…" Corinne stated leaning towards her.

"I can't do that… its Tyler…" She stated glancing back over to the boy again, she caught him looking at her and he blushed slightly before going back to talk to Reid who was making a lot of noise about something, as per usual.

"Oh please," Corinne rolled her eyes. "Reid says that he talks about you all the time… apparently Caleb never told them about y'know…" She stated motioning to her friend.

Charlotte smirked, every since the New Year's Party that night, Reid and Corinne had started a 'friends with benefits' relationship, and I worked for them. They had grown closer, which in turn made Charlotte start hanging out with the group a little more.

Caleb was friendly to her, though she felt like he was undressing her with his eyes sometimes, even with his new girlfriend, Sarah, around. Pogue and Kate had loosened up around her; she had explained to Kate that everything that happened between her and Pogue was just because of the alcohol in their systems. Kate, finally secure with their relationship was ok with that.

Reid on the other hand, he still liked to make his sexual innuendos but pretty much kept himself indulged in Corinne whenever they were together. Tyler had shown interest, but he was shy. She could see that.

She had to tread carefully.

"Maybe I should just settle for three out of four," Charlotte stated slipping her fork in to her mouth, tasting the salty mash potatoes for the first time.

"C'mon… you did not come all the way to just bunt the fucking ball when you can hit a grand slam… puhhhlease…" Corinne rolled her eyes. Charlotte stared at her friend for making her sex-life in to a baseball analogy. Corinne blushed and shrugged her shoulders, "Reid had me watching the Red Sox game last night,"

"Oh Jesus," Charlotte rolled her eyes. "You two need to fucking grow a pair of balls and admit that you're dating, everyone else can see it…" She pointed out looking around the cafeteria to see several girls shooting daggers at her friend.

"We're not dating," Corinne stated shaking her head.

"But you're not allowed to fuck another guy…" Charlotte pointed to her with her black plastic fork. "And he's not allowed to fuck any other girls, right?"

"Yeah, but that's just a common courtesy…."

"That's the lame way of saying you're dating," Charlotte took a sip of her water and felt her friend kick her under the table.

Charlotte shot her a look but noticed two people who were now standing behind Corinne. Corinne glanced over her shoulder and bit her bottom lip, hoping to God that Reid did not hear what Charlotte just said.

"Mind if we join you ladies?" Reid asked taking a seat next to Corinne, Tyler scooting in next to Charlotte the tips of his ears pink.

"Like it matters what our answer was," Charlotte snickered and glanced at Reid who puckered his lips out to her.

"You love it," He stated putting his arm around Corinne nonchalantly.

Charlotte gave her friend a look, and Corinne simply rolled her eyes at her. Reid grabbed Corinne's attention by asking her to go to Nicky's with him that night. Corinne agreed without a second thought, and Charlotte scoffed.

"You're supposed to help me with my History paper," Charlotte stated glancing at her best friend.

"Char," Corinne gave her a look that pretty much told her to go fuck herself.

"C'mon, you know this shit like the back of your hand, I don't…" Charlotte pouted and Tyler cleared his throat.

"What's it about?" Reid asked her not daring to take his eyes off of Corinne.

"The Salem Witch Hunts and Trials," Charlotte sighed resting back in to her seat.

"Baby boy here will help you, he's good with that shit…" Reid offered glancing at Tyler who looked up at him with shocked blue eyes.

Oh hell, Charlotte thought looking in to his blue pools, could his eyes get any bluer?

"Yeah, I could help you… if you want…" Tyler stated after receiving a death glare from Reid.

"You don't have to, it's not big deal," Charlotte shrugged noticing that Reid had to urge the Blue Eyed God to offer.

"No, really… I don't mind…" Tyler stated as he toyed with his uniform jacket.

"You sure?" She asked him.

"Positive…" He nodded.

"Ok, my dorm… at six?"

The rest of lunch was a bit awkward for Charlotte, but she tried to push away the feeling that was mustering in her stomach. She had to push it away, and not even think about it.

That night she found herself sitting on her bed with books of information all around her, and her paper half blank. She heard a knock at the door and saw the door to the bathroom was still shut.

Groaning she got up and opened the door letting Reid in to the room, he smirked at her as she flopped back down on her bed, looking nothing like the girl that he had gotten in to bed two years ago.

"Don't you think you should put something else on?" Reid asked closing the door behind her.

"Why?" She asked him lifting an eyebrow.

"Oh c'mon Charlie… you're in to Tyler… it's cool…" He grinned.

"I'm not in to Tyler," Charlotte defended.

"I think you are…" Reid stated with a smirk on his face, he fixed the fingerless gloves on his hands and licked his lips. "But he likes you, so it should be pretty easy for you…"

"What the hell are you getting at Garwin?"

"Cori told me about your little… wager…" He stated lifting his chin in the direction of the bathroom.

"That fuckin' little tramp…" Charlotte slammed her fists down on to the bed.

"Look, I would be completely against this if I didn't see you staring at him all the God damn time…" Reid decided, rubbing his chin as the bathroom door opened. "Because the last thing I want is for my best friend to get hurt, but four hundred bucks isn't chump change…"

"You're a sick individual," Charlotte stated as she sat up on her bed, staring at Corinne who looked horrified. "And you, I can't believe your fuckin' told this asshole…" She pointed to the blonde.

"It kind of slipped out one night," Corinne stated as she picked up her purse.

"How the fuck does that just slip out?"

"It was an honest mistake, but I know that you kind of like Tyler… that's why you left him for last…"

"I do not like him, Jesus…" She yelled staring up at the two. "Both of you just drop it and go on your fucking date…"

"It's not a date," Corinne urged.

"It's a fucking date, get over your fucking selves already…" Charlotte stated as she threw her pencil against her open book. "Now go," She pointed to the door.

Reid tried to hide his laughter as he escorted Corinne out of the room. Charlotte burned holes in to the door until it stopped from closing and those startling blue eyes stared back at her.

"Hey," He said softly closing the door behind him.

Her mood changed and she shifted in her seat, "Hey," was her simple response.

"I brought some books that might be helpful," He stated holding up the books that he held in his hand.

"Alright, take a seat… anywhere…" She laughed pointing to the mess around her.

Tyler grinned taking a seat at the edge of her bed, placing the books down. He looked at her nearly blank paper and smirked, "Not getting much done, huh?" He asked.

"Not at all, there's a lot of information… I don't know what to write about…" She pursed her lips together, staring down at her painted toenails, trying to avoid staring in to those unbelievably blue eyes.

Tyler simply nodded his head, realizing that she was avoiding looking at him. He sighed and put his book bag down, shrugging off his jacket and hanging it on the edge of her bed.

"Well, what do you find interesting about that time?" Tyler questioned as she finally looked up at him for a brief moment.

"Ummm…" She shifted her eyes over the open books and pointed to something that caught Tyler's eye.

"Putnam?" Tyler asked carefully, "What's so interesting about him?"

"I just find it interesting that all of these people signed this petition against him with all of these outlandish accusations. I mean coming to some woman as an incubus in her dreams? That's crazy…" She stated her eyes lighting up just thinking about it. "And this… some kind of crazy spell about spiders… what's that about?" She pointed to a page.

Tyler nervously looked at the books and saw the excitement in her eyes, "Ok… well let's go with that…" He stated leaning his elbow on his knee.

Several hours later more than half of Charlotte's paper was completed and she and Tyler were sitting close together reading through one of the books he brought over. Her eyes caught something interesting in the book.

"Hey, that's your last name…" She pointed to the book. "Wait a second, and that's Reid's last name…" She again pointed to the book.

Tyler looked at her and grinned, "You've never heard the stories about our families?" He asked.

"Well, kind of… I mean Cori she knows everything about it… me … I'm not History buff…" She stated with a shrug of her shoulders.

"Well our families came over from England, to get away from the things that were going on in England at the time… they settled this colony…" He told her, his voice low and his eyes darkening a bit. "Putnam was one of the people that came over with them…" He grinned leaning against her bed.

"Wow, that's pretty cool…" She let her shoulder rest against his, not caring that he was staring at her. "No wonder you know all about this stuff,"

"Yeah, kind of hard to outrun the family history, y'know?" He grinned. His blue eyes casted over her and she smiled looking down at her hands.

"Thank you… for all the help…" She stated looking down at her almost completed essay.

"It was my pleasure," He leaned in a bit closer to her. "I like you like this," his voice was quiet, and his breath was now on her cheek.

Charlotte opened her mouth to say something, but nothing would come out, her cheeks grew hot and she turned her head to look at him, her lips brushing his ever-so-slightly. A rush of butterflies rumbled in hr stomach as she stared at him wide-eyed.

"Like what?" She asked him.

"Like this," He blushed slightly motioning to her attire; a pair of her soccer shorts, and a Spenser Academy t-shirt and hoodie. A small smile tugged at Charlotte's face as she glanced over at him.

"I like you like this too," She announced playing with his hair that he had left un-styled and hanging down in to his deep blue eyes.

Tyler was quiet for a minute and he moved a few of the books out of the way, Charlotte watched him pull himself off of the floor and offer her his hand. She gladly accepted it and he helped her off of her backside.

"I uh…" Tyler ran a hand through his messy hair. "I don't really know how to say this…" He mumbled his face turn pink.

"Yes?" She asked a hopeful hint in her voice.

"I really, uh… I really like you, Charlotte…" He stated and those blue eyes stared deep in to her soul.

Charlotte felt her heart pound rapidly in her chest, her breathing was sharp and she felt like she was going to faint at any point and time. Tyler Simms, Mr. Blue Eyes just told her that he liked her… really liked her.

What the hell? Charlotte yelled at herself. This was not supposed to happen!

"Tyler, I uh-…" She fumbled over her words. She had to think quickly. She couldn't like him… no… she couldn't. "I slept with Pogue…" She pointed out.

"Freshmen year, yeah I know…" Tyler stated staring at her oddly. "I think Kate made sure that everyone knew…" He pursed his lips together and shook his head, "You slept with Reid too, and I know that… he gloated about it for nearly a month…" He stated biting his bottom lip.

Oh my god, that is hot… Charlotte thought as she tried to make up another excuse.

She couldn't like this guy. It was the end of the school year and she would never see him again, she couldn't let herself be sucked in to this. No way. She could only think of one thing that he didn't know.

"Tyler… you can't like me…" She stated shaking her head.

"It's a little late for that, Charlie…" He said watching her fumble her hands looking for a good excuse. "And I'm sorry if you don't feel the same way, but I wanted you to know…" He headed for the door.

"God," She muttered under her breath grabbing his arm, she stared him in the eye and felt her entire body shake. "Tyler… I like you too…"

"Then why did you tell me that you slept with Pogue like it was going to make me run away… I've known that for three years…" He stated carefully.

"I just… I haven't really been in very many steady relationships… and the thought that it's the end of the year really makes this hard because in a couple of months we're going off to college and we'll never see each other again…"

Tyler tried to grasp on to everything she had just said. She was scared to like him; a girl was actually scared to like Tyler Simms. He never even thought that was possible. He cupped her face in his hands, and pressed his lips to hers.

Charlotte nearly died as those cushion of pink velvet pushed themselves against her mouth. His hands were so soft, and his kiss was gentle, but fierce, if that was even possible. She felt the want, the need to push him on to the bed and have her way with him, but she couldn't find the strength in her to actually do it.

Had it been any other guy, any guy but Tyler Simms she would be in his pants right now. But no, not with him. What the hell was wrong with her?

"You don't have to worry about it…" Tyler stated as he pulled away.

"But-"

Tyler kissed her again to shut her up, "Just be quiet for a second, will you?" He asked her. Charlotte's eyes widened at his tone, it was deep and authoritative and really sexy. "I'm not going to take no as an answer…"

Was this the same person that was having a hard time spitting out the fact that he liked her? He wasn't going to take no for an answer, what the hell was that about? Where did this sudden confidence come from?

She felt her knees go week staring up at him like she had just found her soul mate. Maybe she had… but the look on his face was almost a mirror image of Reid, and she blinked a few times before pulling herself together.

"Ok," She agreed.

"Tomorrow night, seven thirty?" He asked her. Her eyebrow rose and he gave her a quick kiss on the lips, "Dinner tomorrow night…"

"Uh… sure… yeah…"

Tyler gave her a wink before he left the room; Charlotte leaned against the door and closed her eyes. This couldn't be happening. This wasn't right.

The next day at lunch Charlotte sat staring off in to space, not even bothering to notice her best friend who sat down in front of her, a huge grin plastered on her face. Corinne waved her hand in front of her face and the brunette snapped her attention up at her.

"Hey," Her tone showed that she had obviously not been paying attention.

"Hey, for the twelfth time…" She licked her lips and glanced over her shoulder at Reid and Tyler who were talking and looking their way. "So rumor in the Ipswich circle is that you're going out with Tyler tonight?"

Charlotte looked down at her food and let out a heart felt sigh; giving Corinne all the answer she needed.

"What happened to you not liking him?"

"How can I not?" She asked glancing over at the handsome boy that lifted his chin in her direction. He seemed to be more confident and outspoken at the table than she had ever seen the youngest Son.

"You lied to me you little wench," Corinne slapped her on the arm.

"You fuckin' told Reid about the bet…" She stated in a hushed tone, hitting Corinne back with a glare.

"Ok, fine… so we're even…"

"I think I'm going to back out of the bet," Charlotte stated after a long pause.

"What, why?" Corinne asked looking at her as if she had lost your mind. "Tyler asked you OUT! I'm practically handing your four hundred bucks…"

"I know, but it just feels wrong…" Charlotte stated rubbing her arms. "Because I actually like him… like, like him, like him…" Charlotte stated with a worried glance at the Sons' table.

"Who cares, no one has to know about the bet but you, me and Reid… that's it… go on with making sweet, mad, passionate love with the man and coolly put four hundred bucks in your pocket…"

Charlotte looked at her dully and rolled her eyes, "You don't get it…" She stated standing up and putting throwing away her trash, not really wanting to sit there any longer.

May 17th, 2008

Spenser Academy Prom

Booze had lifted the spirits of many of the kids in Ipswich, as they all partied under the make-shift stars that adorned the auditorium, making it look like a 'Starry Night'.

It had been about a month since Tyler had asked her out on their first date, and she agreed. And then she agreed again… and again… and now they had been going out steadily for about three weeks.

They had decided to go to Prom together and Tyler wanted to make the night special for her, and he already had by surprising her with their own limo and a fantastic dinner with the rest of the 'group'.

They had both been drinking with dinner, as had the rest of the group, so by the time they got in the limo with the champagne, things were getting interesting before they even stepped foot in to the auditorium.

Tyler's hands had gone places that Charlotte wasn't even sure he knew existed on her yet. They had teased and taunted each other the entire trip from the restaurant to the school.

She was on top of Tyler when the limo came to an abrupt halt; Tyler tilted his head back and groaned. Charlotte ignored it and continued her assault on his mouth, her hands slipping under his white pressed tuxedo shirt, feeling his lean muscles under her fingertips.

"Babe, if you don't quit we're never going to make it in there," Tyler laughed against her lips.

"Who cares, it's a bunch of people we barely like, and we'll never see again in like two weeks…" She stated pressing her lips against his again.

"C'mon… we promised Reid and Cori we'd meet them inside…" He stated as the limo door opened.

"Fine," She huffed taking the last sip of her champagne and hurrying out of the limo, adjusting herself so that she wasn't falling out of her top.

Tyler grinned as he too took a long sip of his champagne and followed his girlfriend out of the limo. He grabbed her sides, resting soft kisses on her exposed neck.

"Don't pout babe," He murmured in to her ear. "I'll make it worth it later," He promised her.

"Promises, promises…" She muttered as he dragged her in to the auditorium.

He had been true to his promise; Tyler didn't take her back to his dorm. Nor did he take her back to her dorm. His black Hummer pulled up in front of a large Estate, and she gave him a look.

"My parents are gone until graduation…" He stated taking the keys out of the ignition.

He was about to get out of the truck when her conscious kicked in, she grabbed his arm and stopped him from getting out, "Tyler… I have to tell you something,"

Tyler sat back in his seat and looked at her, closing the door. Her face showed that she was serious, and he was a bit concerned, "What's wrong?"

"I haven't exactly been completely honest with you," She stated swallowing hard.

"About?" Tyler's eyebrows slammed together.

"Uh, a couple of things," She stated fidgeting with her finger nails, a trait Tyler had picked up as her nervous habit.

"Like what, Charlotte?" He asked his jaw set tightly.

"About everyone I've been with…" She stated closing her eyes as Tyler's eyes grew darker.

Tyler had asked her the questions during a game of twenty questions between the 'new' couple. She had asked him provocative and personal questions, and he was reciprocating with ones just as bad.

"What's that supposed to mean?" He asked confused.

"I left someone out of the list…" She bit her lip and glanced up meeting his angry gaze.

"Someone? Someone like who?" He questioned.

"Caleb," She answered glancing down at her hands.

Tyler was silent as she stared at her hands, feeling completely awful. She felt her stomach twist in knots waiting for Tyler to respond, waiting for him to say something, or react to what she had just told him.

That's when she heard him chuckling. Her head snapped up to look at him, and Tyler's eyes were shut tight, and he was actually laughing. Her face was riddled with confusion as the blue eyed boy settled down.

"Is this about the bet?" He asked her.

Charlotte's jaw literally hit the floor as she stared at him. He knew about the bet? How the hell did he know about the bet? He KNEW that she slept with Caleb and didn't say anything the night they played tag with questions.

"It is…" He grinned opening the door and getting out. Charlotte's green eyes watched as he came around to her side of the truck and opened the door. "I've known about the bet…"

"How the hell did you know about the bet?" She asked him completely slack jawed.

"Come on, Reid is my best friend… like he doesn't tell me everything…"

"Why didn't you ever say anything?" She asked.

"I figured it wasn't that big of a deal…" Tyler shrugged his shoulder.

Charlotte got out of the SUV and stared at him stupidly, "Not that big of a deal, you don't find it offense that I went out with you so I could screw you and get four hundred bucks?" She asked.

Tyler shook his head, "You didn't have to date me…" He pointed out. "You didn't date Pogue, Reid or Caleb…"

"It doesn't bother you?" She asked confused again.

"Look," He turned to look at her. "I knew about the bet when Reid offered my assistance with the paper…" He shook his head. "I really did like you so I figured what the hell…" He took out his keys. "That's why I was nervous about telling you that I actually liked you because I was afraid it'd be a one-night stand thing… but when you wouldn't tell me you liked me back… and instead told me you slept with Pogue… I figured that you really did like me… you were trying to fight it…"

"How the fuck do you know this?" She asked shaking her head.

"I'm really good at reading people," He stated with a mischievous smirk. "So after I found out you really did like me, I wasn't going to take no for an answer… let you realize that sometimes it's ok to have your cake and eat it too…"

Charlotte looked at her boyfriend and was shocked; here he was… the real Tyler Simms. Blue Eyes and all. She jumped in to his arms just as he was turning around after opening the front door.

Her lips pressed hard against his and he stumbled back a bit, holding her up with his strong arms as he kicked the door shut. That night she didn't fuck Blue Eyes, she gave herself to her boyfriend, Tyler Simms, for the first time.

I want my cake and I want to eat it too damnit it... Tyler's a sexy mo'fo... and I heart him.

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