DISCLAIMER: I do not own DC or any of the cast or crew. This is purely fictional. :)
A/N: Sorry it took so long for this chapter. Been a little busy and had a case of writer's block. If you have an suggestions plz let me know.
CHAPTER FOUR
Camilla turned the lights off on the truck before pulling up at the trailer and parked beside her dad's Toyota 4 Runner and his police SUV. She cut the engine off and stepped out into the cold. She shivered and closed the door and quickly walked up the steps and was glad the door wasn't locked. She stepped inside and closed the door quietly. She put her grandfather's keys on the kitchen counter, went to the fridge and grabbed a beer and walked down the hall to her room. She sat the beer on the nightstand and changed into her pjs. She opened the beer, took a sip and went into the bathroom. She took her hair down and washed the makeup off her face. She sat down on the bed and turned the t.v. on and dvd player to catch up on DC. She wanted to know more about all her new friends but mostly Capt. Phil. She heard he was a good man, dad and an excellent fisherman. She drank the rest of the beer and fell asleep thinking about her kiss with Jake.
She woke up a couple hours later to banging of pots and pans. She groaned and got out of bed. She went into the bathroom and brushed her teeth and her hair. She pulled it up into a messy bun and slipped on a hoodie and walked down the hall. Her father was in the kitchen busy making breakfast.
"Morning, kiddo." He smiled. "You look rough."
"Gee, thanks." She said rolling my eyes sitting down at the bar. "I've got a hangover, I think."
"Can't hang with the fishermen, I see." He chuckled.
"I guess not."
They shared a laugh and he got aspirin out of the cabinet and handed her two along with a cup of coffee.
"Did you have a good time?"
"I did." She smiled. "They're all really nice."
"Thanks good." He said. "I made you some French toast. You ready to spend the day with me?"
"Of course." She said. "We haven't spent a lot of time together over the years."
"Yeah, I know." He admitted with a nod. "I want that to change. I've missed so much and I promise that I won't ever be out of your life again."
He hugged his daughter. They ate and Camilla done the dishes and she got ready to spend the day with her father. They walked out to get into his 4 Runner and she noticed her grandfather's truck was gone.
"Where's gramps?"
"Beats me." Her father, Carter shrugged. "I swear that old man thinks he's still 30."
Camilla giggled. Her father showed her around the small town, he even took her to the police station to meet his co workers. She heard that the whole town knew her father and grandfather. They seemed to be very popular. They ate at the only diner in town and headed to the bar that I've been to in the last couple of nights. Camilla was surprised at what the bar looked like, for once it was almost empty besides a few customers and the workers.
"Hi, Lt." A woman smiled. "Come for a beer?"
"Yep with my daughter."
"So, you Lt. Sims daughter…I've seen you hanging out with the Harris brothers." The woman smiled. "I'm Lisa."
"Camilla." The young girl smiled returning the handshake.
"She co owns the bar." Carter told his daughter as they sat down at the bar.
"What can I get ya?" Lisa said.
"A shot of Jager and a cherry bomb, please." Camilla told her with a smile.
"And for you, Lt."
"Carter, please."
Camilla did a double take at her father. He was acting weird. He was acting like he liked Lisa.
"Ok, Carter." Lisa smiled shyly.
Camilla's eyes widened. They liked each other.
"A Bud please."
"Oh come on, dad." Camilla sighed. "Live a little. He'll have a shot of Jager too."
"Alright." Lisa chuckled.
"Well, well." Josh Harris smiled coming in. "What are you doing here?"
"Josh." Camilla smiled hopping out of the chair.
She met Josh half way and gave him a hug.
"What are you doing here?"
"We have a day off, which is unusual." Josh smiled. "But I should be asking you the same question."
Suddenly Jake walked in and Camilla's heart rate escaladed. He was looking good in a pair of jeans, a red shirt, black Vans and a brown beanie on top of his short black hair. He smiled when he seen Camilla.
"Hi, Jake." Camilla said nervously.
"Hi." He smiled hugging her with one arm and kissing her cheek. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm here with my dad." She said nodding towards the bar.
Jake and Josh followed her nod and seen Lt. Sims sitting at the bar.
"Lt. Sims is your father?" Jake asked.
Camilla nodded.
"Well, look who we got here." Lt. Sims smiled. "Josh and Jake Harris."
The three of them walked over to the bar.
"How are you doing, Lt.?" Josh asked shaking the policeman's hand.
"Good." He smiled then shook Jake's hand. "Jake."
"Lt." Jake said.
"What will it be guys?" Lisa asked the Harris brothers.
"A Coors and a Bud." Josh said looking to his brother who nodded.
"What about a double of Jager?"
They shrugged.
She poured us 5 double shots of Jager and we held them up.
"To new changes and new beginnings." Camilla toasted.
They all toasted and raised their heads back and let the liquid burn down their throats. Camilla made a face as they all sat their shot glasses down.
"I hope you two haven't been getting my daughter plastered and letting her drive home." The older man said looking at the two younger ones.
"Daddy." Camilla complained. "I think I'm an adult and I made my own decisions."
Carter just laughed. Camilla was outspoken just like her mother and maternal grandmother. He was also glad to know that his daughter had a huge heart, which she inherited from him in his point of view. Carter chatted with the boys as Camilla was talking to Lisa.
"Well guys." Carter said finishing his 3rd beer and getting up. "I'm gonna get outta here. Can you guys give her a lift home?"
The boys nodded.
Carter slipped on his jacket and paid Lisa for his and his daughter's drinks.
"See you later, Lis." He said flashing her a grin.
"Dad!" Camilla said following her dad to the door. "Wait."
Her dad stopped at the door and turned around.
"You should ask her out."
"What are you talking about Camilla?"
"I can tell you have a thing for her." Camilla said looking up at her father. "Ask her out."
Carter looked at his daughter in disbelief.
"Ask her out, daddy." She said with a small smile. "You need to have some fun in your life."
He smiled at his daughter and exhaled loudly and stuck his hands in his jacket pockets.
"Alright." He said getting the nerve.
Camilla followed her dad back to the bar.
"Lisa…"
She looked up at him.
"If you're not busy tonight, would you like to go to dinner or something?"
"Sure, ok." Lisa smiled. "I'm off tonight. Pick me up at 8?"
"Alright." Carter smiled.
Camilla, Jake and Josh smiled. Carter looked at his daughter and gave her a small smile.
"Ok, guys…make sure my daughter gets home in one piece."
Josh and Jake nodded. Carter left and Lisa gave them more beers. Jake and Josh were playing pool when the rest of the CM crew came in.
"Thanks, Camilla." Lisa said.
"For?" Camilla asked pretending to be clueless.
"Talking your father into asking me out." Lisa said alittle embarrassed. "I've been in town for 3 years and I've been waiting on him to ask me out."
"Oh." Camilla said surprised. "Well why haven't you asked him out?"
She shrugged popping the top off another beer and putting it on the table for me.
Jake came up to the bar and ordered himself another beer.
Jake, Josh and Camilla loaded up into the rented truck and they dropped Josh off at the boat and Jake took Camilla back to her house.
"You wanna come in?" She asked turning to Jake as they pulling up.
"Sure."
They both got out of the truck and walked up the porch. Jake put his hands in pockets and Camilla smiled. She loved how Jake was so shy, she thought it was so cute. Camilla opened the door and her and Jake walked in. Her grandfather was in the kitchen looking through the fridge.
"Gramps?"
Her grandfather looked up and smiled.
"Hi, sweetie…have a good time today?"
"I did." She smiled. "This is Jake Har…"
"What have you been doing, Mr. Sims?" Jake smiled going up to her grandfather and shaking his hand.
"Good, good." My grandfather smiled. "How are you and Josh?"
"We're hanging in there."
"You know my grandfather too?" She asked turning to Jake.
She knew it was a small town but didn't think her grandfather knew them personally.
"I do." Jake admitted. "We used to get our rain gear at his store before he sold it."
Camilla was dumbfounded. She knew nothing about her grandfather owning ANY store.
"Well I'm happy to know that I'm always the last one to know things." She sighed sitting down on the couch.
"Yeah, the old man and Mr. Sims were close." Jake said.
She shook her head in frustration. Jake and Josh knew both her father and grandfather.
"Ok, so is there anything else I don't know?"
Jake sat down beside her on the couch.
"That's about it." He shrugged.
She hit him in the arm playfully.
"Abusing me already?" He asked with a playful smile.
She rolled her eyes in return.
"Where's dad?"
"He had to run to the station."
Jake couldn't believe he was actually spending a lot of time with Camilla. She seems like a great girl and Jake was determined not to screw it up. He has never fallen for a girl this fast and he loved the feeling. He didn't really want to admit it but he was falling for this girl. A southern beauty from Alabama.
Jake stayed a couple of hours and chatted with Camilla and her grandfather. Camilla walked Jake out to the truck.
"You'll be pretty busy the next couple of days, huh?" She asked pulling her jacket closed.
"Yeah, getting ready for what we do best." He said. "How about I pick you up at 8 and we grab something to eat and then go to the bar?"
"Ok." She smiled.
He gave her a quick peck and she went back inside and he left.
"Jake, huh?" Her grandfather asked with a chuckle. "You're gonna end up with a fisherman after all."
"Gramps, we're just friends."
"Sweetie, keep telling yourself that." He said turning on the t.v. "I seen how you two look at each other."
What was she supposed to say to that? In all honestly she was starting to fall for Jake, hard. She knew that she didn't know much about Jake Harris, but what she did know, she liked.
Camilla watched a movie with her grandfather and went to her room to figure out what to wear. Well she didn't have much of an options, jeans and a jacket was a must. She decided on a cute gray, white and pink plaid shirt, dark blue skinny jeans and white and pink DC sneakers. She got ready, applied her makeup, and straightened her hair. She slipped on her clothes as she heard Jake talking to her grandfather. She sprayed on some perfume and hurried down the hall.
Jake was standing in the livingroom wearing a white and green plaid shirt, light blue jeans and his black and white DC shoes.
Camilla kissed grandfather on the cheek and they walked out. Jake opened the door for her and she got in. They headed to the diner and got a table.
"So, why are you in Dutch?" Jake asked as they were waiting for their food.
Camilla was glad that the restaurant wasn't extremely busy and they were sitting at a corner table.
"Well after I graduated, I was looking for a job but the economy's so bad, that even in Alabama you can't find work. I worked full time while going to school but the business closed and I lost my job, savings is drained and I had to give up my apartment. My mom got remarried a couple years ago and moved to central Alabama…."
"You sound like you don't like your mom's husband, why?" Jake asked lightening a cigarette.
"Greg tries to act so nice but I see straight through him." Camilla said with disgust. "He's so demanding, he craves attention from my mom. It's like if she's gone 5 minutes, he's got to know where she's at, who was she with, how long she was going to be gone, etc. He was so involved in my life that he completely ignored what his kids were doing. It was like he was trying to tear my mom and me apart. Well congratulations because he accomplished it. My mom and I don't hardly even talk let along see each other. We talked before I came up here though, she told me that I was insane to come up here and that I'd be just another fisherman's wife stuck with a bunch of kids and wishing I was anywhere else but here. The only thing that my mom's concerned really though is her husband."
Jake didn't really know what to say. The only thing he could think of was reaching across the table and taking her hand in his.
"Well I know that your dad and grandfather can't replace your mom." He said. "And you don't want to be here. If it makes you feel any better, I'm glad you're here."
"Why?" She asked looking up at him.
"You lightened this town up." He said suddenly getting nervous and trying to find the right words to say. "You've made me smile, something I haven't really done in months."
They smiled at each other and had dinner. They pulled up in the parking lot of the bar half an hour later. Camilla reached for the door handle but Jake stopped her. She looked at him with a questioning look.
"Camilla…" He said with a sigh running his hands through his short hair. "I wanna tell you something."
"Oookkkk." She said skeptical.
"I like you." He said turning to look at her. "A lot. I know that we just met but I've never felt this strongly about anyone. Ever."
"I like you too, Jake." Camilla smiled.
They leaned closer together and their lips met. At first it was a sweet kissed and it turned into a heated passionate kiss. They pulled back for air and jumped when someone banged on the window. They turned to see Ryan and Josh making fun. Jake glared at them which made them laugh harder. He didn't laugh until Camilla giggled. Ryan opened the passenger door and helped Camilla out. Jake got out and joined his crew. Ryan put his arm on Camilla's shoulder.
"So, is it my turn?" Ryan asked Camilla.
"Get outta here, Simpson." Jake said pushing his friend. "Before I kick your ass."
The group laughed before heading into the bar.