I drove behind my high school sweet heart Charlotte. It was strange seeing her back in town. I didn't recognize her at first but I really hadn't been paying attention: it hadn't been until I went over to the chocolate chips and got a better look at her that I had noticed it was her… God, she hadn't changed much. My heart was racing, and my palms were getting sweaty. It felt like the first date we had...

I was at the house, and I was nervous as heck. My dad kept telling me to sit down and wait until it was time, but the only thing I could do was pace the floor. The clock struck seven and I grabbed the keys and left the house. I told her I would pick her up at seven ten, it wasn't that long of a drive to her house. When I got there, I was more nervous then ever, and I was scared her dad would give me a huge lecture or something.

I lightly shook my head to get the thought out, then glanced at Pony, only to see a weird smile on his face.

"What?" I asked him with a confused look and I hoped he couldn't hear my heart pounding.

"You still love her don't you?" Pony asked with a grin. I just shrugged, not really wanting my kid brother knowing that I still have feelings for Charlotte. We pulled up to the house and Pony took the few bags inside. I glanced up at Charlotte's house and took a deep breath as she came out of her house to get more bags.

"Be back in a few," I told Pony and went across the street to Charlotte's house. "Need any help Char?" I looked her in the eyes as I wiped my hands off on my pants since they were sweaty. I hoped she didn't see that.

"Um," was all she said at first and I was thinking that she hated me or something, because since she left without a goodbye I wasn't sure if I did something wrong or not: I mean it's been two years since we last saw each other. "I think I got it, it's not that many bags Dar." She smiled at me and my heart raced. She had a beautiful smile.

"You sure? They look a little heavy," I replied to her.

"Yeah, there's only three bags," she told me and I smiled a little at her. God it was so weird seeing her standing there in front of me.
"Maybe we could hang out later?" I asked as I looked her over. She looked the same as she did before, just lighter hair and she was a little taller.

"Sounds good, I could go over to your house for a while or something?" She suggested and my heart skipped a beat. 'Did she really say that?' I asked myself.

"Yeah, sounds good," I told her with a smile and my heart started to slow down back to normal speed.

"Okay, it won't take me long to take care of the groceries so I'll be right over," she spoke softly as she moved a strand of hair to behind her ear. I remembered that was a nervous habit of hers.

"Okay, see you in a few," I replied. I slowly turned and made my way home. My heart was skipping beats I was so nervous.

I got to the house and I slowly opened the door and went inside. Soda was already in the kitchen making a cake, he had his back to the door when I entered. I sat down in my chair with a sigh.

"You okay Darry?" Steve asked from his spot on the couch and I just nodded. I couldn't think of anything to say since my mind was racing with thoughts of Charlotte.

"I see that someone is living across the street from us," Soda said, and smile formed on my face.

"Really?" I asked thinking of Charlotte; her smile lit the room, she could always make me smile if I was having a bad day. There's a lot about Charlotte that made me happy.

"Yeah, there's a truck in the drive way and the lights are on inside the house," he said and I sighed a little.

There was a knock on the door and everyone gave me a weird look as I got up with a sigh. I slowly went over to the door and opened it. The whole time I was thinking, 'Boy's, don't scare her away.' I smiled when I saw it was Charlotte.

"Come on in," I greeted and she slowly entered the house. I was nervous as hell right then. I just hoped the guys wouldn't be rude to her.
"Charlotte?" Soda asked from the kitchen door. My heart stopped for a second.

"Yeah, it's me Soda," she replied and I felt my heart beat more. She smiled her soft smile at him and he smiled and went back to the kitchen.

"It's been a while Char," I told her and she nodded.

"Yeah, it's been two years," she replied and I smiled at her. God she was just as beautiful as I remembered. She went over and sat down in my chair and smiled. I smiled back as I sat on the couch next to Steve.

"How long have you been back in town Charlotte?" Soda asked from the kitchen.

"Just a few hours," she replied to him. I looked over at her and all the feelings of when she told me she was leaving came over me. I was upset as heck when she left, hell I even wanted to propose to her. I had it all planned out on how I was going to ask her. I saw her glance over at me, "You okay Dar?"

"Yeah I'm fine Charlotte, just happy you came back to Tulsa," I replied softly. She smiled and the front door opened.

"Lotte?" I heard and I saw her look up at the door. Hardly anyone called her that.

"Dallas?" she asked kindly. She thought of Dally as more of a brother then a friend.

"How long did you think it would take before I knew you were back?" He asked and I knew he was in a grumpy mood.

"Well probably not long knowing you Dally," she replied and he smirked her way. "What's eating you?"

"Nothing," Dally snapped rudely, and I thought he must have had a run in with Tim or something. I sighed at him since he can be a real jerk when he wanted to be, and I was hoping tonight would be a good night. I went to say something but Charlotte spoke up first.

"Sure, whatever you say Dally." He sighed and shook his head when she said that. For some reason she could get just about anyone in the gang to smile or in Dally's case smirk when they were in a bad mood.