"This is weird," Bass commented.

"What?" Charlie questioned as she opened her eyes to look over at him. "Not used to sharing the bed? What? Are you used to running off right afterwards? Or do you usually just kick girls out?"

"I've had girls spend the night before," he defended himself. "I meant this whole just sleeping thing."

Charlie closed her eyes again as she told him, "You're the weird one."

She knew that Bass saying things like that was a big part of what made her mother and uncle so against even the idea of something happening between her and Bass. Charlie knew that like she knew it was the reason that she hadn't wanted to fall for his tricks. Still, even though she knew all about his reputation, she found herself drawn to him.

She wasn't stupid though. She was being careful and taking things slow, but her family members apparently didn't trust her judgement. The part that bothered her the most was that Miles had turned on her and ratted her out to her mother before she had gotten the chance to try to break the news a little easier. And it wasn't like Miles had caught them sneaking around either. Charlie had kissed Bass in front of her uncle because she wasn't trying to hide anything and she trusted him. Or at least she had before he'd gotten her thrown out of her house.

"You coming back tonight?" Bass questioned after tugging a t-shirt on over his head. "You can stay here as long as you're kicked out."

"I don't know," Charlie told him from where she was seated on the corner of his bed.

She wasn't sure what she was going to do. She knew that staying at Bass's place would only make matters worse, although in a way that only made the idea seem more appealing, but she was still pissed at both her mother and her uncle. The idea of having to deal with either of the pair did not appeal to her.

She needed to talk to Danny. She didn't want to leave him at home alone with a crazy Rachel and she knew that, when their mother was angry at one person, everyone around her suffered the consequences.

Charlie had shown up to work, but she'd spent the entire day icing out her uncle. Even when forced to talk to him, she'd just respond with minimal words and shoot him a glare to make sure he knew that she was still mad at him.

The work day was finally coming to an end, after what felt like an infinitely long day of doing absolutely nothing, when her brother called her.

After Charlie left to take the call away from the other two, it was just Miles and Bass left in the former's office.

Miles made it pretty clear that he did not want to talk as he pretended the other man wasn't even there, while he drank by himself and offered none to the model.

"Rachel threw her out last," Bass told his friend as he decided that things would probably go a lot better if Miles found out from him instead of getting surprised by it later. "She stayed at my place last night."

Miles jaw clenched, but he remained silent. He continued to ignore the other man as he took a long swig of his drink.

"I figured you'd rather hear it from me first."

"Are you coming back tonight?" Danny asked.

"I'm not sure what I'm doing yet," Charlie responded. "But I'm finished here soon and then I'll be home before Mom gets there either way. I'm not sure if I'm staying or just grabbing some more clothes though."

"So you'd rather be homeless than stay away from Monroe?" He questioned.

"It's not like I'm sleeping in the streets or on a park bench," she pointed out. "I stayed at his place last night. In a bed."

"I don't want to hear about you in his bed," her brother told her.

"Relax. We just slept," she assured him. "Contrary to popular belief, I'm being careful... It's not like I'm rushing into things blind."

"…So… Dating a model, huh?" Danny asked her. "What's his IQ?"

Charlie let out a laugh. "Right. Because asking that was the first thing I did after he asked me out."

"You didn't ask him for his number?" Danny joked.

"Asking for someone's number doesn't mean IQ points, but you should try that on girls sometime. I'm sure it would work out real well for you," Charlie responded. "He isn't stupid though."

"Are you sure you know what you're getting yourself into Charlie?" Danny asked as Charlie spotted a familiar face turn into the hallway.

"No. But I'm trying to figure that out," she told him. "I've got to go, but I'll see you after work."

Nora reached Charlie just as she was putting her phone back away.

"What are you doing here?" Charlie questioned.

"Came to check if Miles has killed Bass yet," she responded. "And to hopefully prevent it if he hasn't."

"I take it you've heard about what's going on then," the younger girl commented. "Do you think I'm an idiot for giving him a chance?"

"Normally, I would answer anybody asking me that question with an immediate yes," Nora responded. "But not you. If I'd thought that, then I never would have told him to just ignore Miles and ask you out already."

"You told him to ask me out?" Charlie asked in disbelief.

"Someone had to," Nora told her. "I've never seen him like this."

"Like what?" Charlie questioned.

"Hung up on you."

Charlie hesitated for a moment before asking her, "Did Miles tell you that he called my mom?"

Nora nodded her head. "I would have stopped him if I could have."

"She freaked out and told me that I either stay away from him or don't live there anymore," the younger girl admitted. "So I left and stayed at Bass's place last night."

"Does Miles know?" Nora questioned.

"I don't know. I'm trying not to talk to him right now," Charlie told her with a shrug. "Can you tell him that I'm leaving early? I've got to go grab some more clothes before my mom comes back and he'll probably take it better from you than if I go tell him that I have to go early to grab stuff to take to Bass's."

"Sure. No problem."

A/N: Please read and review! A huge thanks goes out to Hollywoodlove09, Dark-Supernatural-Angel, driver picks the music, LemonSupreme, IceonFire7, RevolutionReader, ToTheSkyAndBack, JM2788, ThreeMagpies, and the anonymous guest for reviewing last chapter! :)