Chapter 8: And Charlie knows.

Charlie woke up at 7:00 am. He walked down to Kate's room and knocked on the door with pictures of green day slapped across it. No answer. "Kate?" He called. Charlie poked his head in and saw that she wasn't in her bed. He frowned. Why wasn't she here? He saw her neon green phone sitting on the floor and he snatched it up punching in Jacks phone number. Ring….ring…

"Hello?" Jacks mom answered.

"Good Morning Margo." Charlie brightly to her. Margo laughed softly.

"Good Morning Charlie!" Margo replied. "Anything I could help you with?"

"Is Kate or Jack there? She didn't come home last night." Charlie said. Margo didn't sound as bright when she replied this time.

"Yes, her and Jack were up last night." Charlie gasped on the line. "Talking, Charlie, get your head out of the gutter!" She ordered. "They just went for a walk up to the school, you could probably meet them there!" She said. Charlie thanked her and when he was about to hang up she called him back. "Charlie?"

"Yes."

"Feels like old times doesn't it?" She asked. Charlie laughed.

"Yeah. It kind of does. Expect for Jack and Kate." Margo laughed softly on the other line.

"I missed coming out here." Kate said. She was hanging upside down on the monkey bars and Jack was sitting on the tire swing watching her. "We never came out here unless everyone was here." She said. She smiled at him, red in the face. "That means you." Jack smiled. "So technically we're breaking some big bad rules here, but hey, I'm a rebel." She said swinging down.

"Yes you are, sneaking around behind everyone's back…" He paused. "Naughty girl, Katie." He said. Kate smirked and walked towards him. His bum was sinking though the hole in the tire swing. Kate climbed up and put her legs over his hips and straddled him. Jack grinned. "We are in a very, very interesting position Ms. Austen." Jack said. Kate giggled and bent down and kissed him.

"SON OF BITCH!" Charlie screamed. Kate just about jumped out of her skin, but she did knock both her and Jack from their seats and onto the hard gravel. Jack climbed up as Charlie charged towards him in angry rage. "I'm going to kill you!" Charlie screamed. Kate pulled on Charlie's arms to try and stop him but he didn't. "You better run, Jack!" Charlie said. He grabbed and large stick and started to run.

"Run, Jack!" Kate said in a shrill voice. She watched in horror and even slight amusement as Jack got chased by Charlie who was still holding the stick across a playground they made sandcastles in when they were six.

"Charlie! You're crazy!" Jack yelled.

"Keep your hands off her!"

"Why?" Jack cried sliding down the red slide. Charlie tossed the stick but he missed and Jack started to swing across the flying fox as Charlie kicked at him and he went across the monkey bars.

"I hear her cry in her sleep!" Charlie snapped the stick coming down on Jacks arm.

"ARRG!" Jack screamed and jumped back. Charlie blinked and looked at the stick in shock. Kate was flying to Jack; she knelt down in the gravel and studied his arm, a bruise which was already purple. She looked up at Charlie and pounced, the two were like a tornado rolling around in the gravel as Jack watched in complete amazement. "Guys stop!" Jack snapped. Kate and Charlie separated out of breath.

Kate crawled to Jack. "Baby, are you ok?" She asked letting him rest his head on her lap. Jack nodded. "Charlie. I know you are mad about me and Jack, and I know you know he hurt me badly but you didn't need to interfere! If Jack hurts me again then you can do that." She grinned at Jacks shocked face. "I'm kidding." She said kneeling down and kissing his nose.

"We don't want anyone else to know ok?" Jack asked him. Charlie didn't speak but nodded. "Thank you. We really love…" He looked up at Kate.

"Each other." She finished for him smiling at him.

A/N: Ok. Thank you sooooooo much for reading guys! But, On July 27th I'm leaving for a vaction and won't be back till...Aug 21st I believe, so, I'll see you all later and I may update before I leave. Thanks agian for reading, I love it when you review:D