Co-Written by RatedrKjErIcHo.

Charlie and Jaycee sat in Jaycee's room getting ready for the party. Jaycee had curled her blonde hair a little at the ends and pulled it back slightly from her face. She'd done her makeup nicely and made sure to put in her contacts. She wore her blue jean mini skirt and a blue v neck top.
Charlie was standing in front of the mirror straightening her dark brown hair. She was wearing a nice fitting pair of blue jeans and a band t shirt that Phil had given her after they'd had them made. She did her makeup and grabbed her sunglasses and jacket.

"You look so pretty." She said to Jaycee.

"And you look like you're supporting your man." Jaycee whispered causing Charlie to glare at

Her playfully and then laugh.

"Shut up. I don't have a crush on your brother."

"Okay." Jaycee smiled.

"Jaycee, let's go." Phil yelled up the stairs.

"We better go." Jaycee said walking to the door. Charlie followed and they made their way downstairs where Phil and the band are waiting.

They got into two SUVs and started to the party. Phil looked back at Charlie as they drove to the party. She was the only reason he invited Jaycee to come. He knew she would ask Charlie to go. But he had promise his parents he would keep an eye on Jaycee.

He pulled up to the house and saw that kids were already starting to arrive. He and the guys unloaded their equipment and started to get ready to play. Jaycee and Charlie got some drinks and sat down and waited for the party to begin. Maryse and her band of mean girls walked up to them and laughed.

"Aww, look. Someone invited the geek squad." The rest of the girls laughed.

"Wow Maryse, that was pretty good. Did it take you all day to come up with that one?" Charlie said.

"Why are you even here?" Maryse sneered.

"They are here with me." Phil said as he walked up and put his arm around both girls. "That was part of the deal. We could bring whoever we wanted and we get 100.00 for the gig. Have a problem with that, take it up with your boyfriend." Maryse rolled her eyes and her group of followers walked away. Phil laughed.

"Thanks." Charlie said laughing. Phil smiled.

"No problem." John walked into view and rolled his eyes.

"There you are." He said as he walked over to them. He looked at Phil's arm on Charlie's shoulder. "Can you get your loser arm off my sister please?" John said. Phil took his arm of Charlie's shoulder and looked at John. John had been subconsciously checking Jaycee out.

"Can you keep your steroid infused eyes off my sister?" he said as he pushed past John. He looked back over his shoulder. "I'll see you guys later."

"That was awkward." Jaycee said to them.

"John, I think your friends want you" Charlie said to him pointing to where Mike and Maryse and the others were.

"Right." John walked over toward the others.

"Why were you talking to those rejects John?" Maryse asked him with her friends nearby.

"Charlie is my sister."

"Well whatever." Maryse said pushing Nikki toward John. "Nikki here would like a drink."

"She can get one." John said looking around the party.

Nikki groaned and headed to get a drink. She and John had hooked up once and she wanted him to be hers permanently. The band took the stage and soon the party was underway.

Charlie and Jaycee stayed closed to the stage. Jaycee kept roaming the party, her eyes never far away from John. Mike walked over and Charlie smiled at him a little.

"Hey Charlie."

"Mike." She said brightly.

"Listen, I just wanted to say thanks again for helping me out in Mr. Levesque's class. I so wouldn't have passed if you hadn't."

"No problem." Charlie said. "Great party by the way."

"Thanks." Mike looked up at the band and noticed the way Phil was looking at her. He smiled. "So, what are your plans for after graduation?"

"I got accepted into Columbia. Full scholarship. What about you?"

"I'm going to work for my Dad. Ryse and I are...getting married. With the baby coming...oh shit. I wasn't supposed to say that." Charlie looked at him and knew that her hopes of ever being with Mike were completely gone.

"Don't worry. I won't tell anyone. Congrats." She said. She rolled her eyes as Maryse walked up to them.

"Hey baby, can you do me a favor and get me some punch?" Mike nodded and walked away. Maryse turned her attention to Charlie. "What do you think you're doing freak show?"

"I was having a conversation with Mike." She said.

"Make sure that's all it is. I know about your pathetic little crush on him. He's mine. And I've done everything to keep it that way. So you just leave him alone." She said as she tipped the cup in Charlie's hand and dumped punch down the front of her shirt before she walked way.

"Are you okay?" Jaycee asked her.

"Yeah." Charlie said. "Unbelieveable. What a bitch."

"Here we have extra shirts." Phil said handing Charlie the shirt.

"Thanks." She and Jaycee headed to the bathroom. "God, what a bitch."

"Yeah she and her whole group. We knew it would be like this. We shouldn't have even come." Jaycee replied. "They hate us."

"They are just jealous. They are going nowhere in life but to get married and get fat. I'm heading to Columbia while you're heading to Wellesley. We are going to make something great out of our lives."

"Yeah." Jaycee smiled.

"Well, let's go back out." Charlie said once she had changed shirts.

"Did you notice how fast Phil came to your rescue?" Jaycee teased her. Charlie smiled and shook her head but she looked up at the stage anyway. Phil was kinda hot with his tattoos and his lip ring. He looked up and smiled at her giving her a wink and she smiled and looked away. Maybe Jaycee was right. Maybe she did have a slight crush on Phil.

The girls managed to get split up on their way back to the party. Jaycee looked around and didn't see Charlie anywhere. She sighed a little. She'd come to the party with her best friend and now she didn't even know where she was. She kept walking and looked up when she bumped into someone.

"Sorry."

"No worries Jaycee. It's cool." John said. She smiled up at him and he smiled back. "It's kinda hot in here, you wanna go outside and talk?" She nodded. Suddenly finding Charlie didn't seem to matter so much anymore.

They ended up on the patio near the pool. Jaycee was a little shocked that John asked her outside to talk. He rarely talked to her anymore since they all started middle school.

"So, are you heading to Columbia with Charlie?" John asked as they sat there.

"No, I'm heading to Wellesley." She replied with a smile.

"Really? I'm going to Boston University."

"Wow, that's great." She was happy that he would be not that far from her. She took a sip of her drink.

"What do you plan to study?"

"English. What about you?"

"Business." He said just as Maryse and some of the others came outside to use pool. He rolled his eyes when Nikki gave Jaycee a look. "How about we find us a quiet place to talk?"

"Okay." She said as they headed inside. She was handed another drink as she went in. John pulled her into one of the guest bedrooms and he took the cup from her hand and smelled it.

"You don't want to drink this." He said putting the cup on the dresser. He looked over at her. "So Wellesley huh? That's a pretty good school."

"I don't know if you realize this John but uh….I'm actually a pretty smart girl." She said laughing. He smiled and she almost fainted right there.

"Yeah you are. Aren't you scared to be graduating and moving away from home so young?"

"No. Not really. I will miss Charlie though." Jaycee said honestly.

"You'll make friends pretty easily. And guys will be beating down your door."

"Yeah okay." She said.

"Seriously, you're smart, funny, and beautiful." He almost whispered the last word.

"I am so not beautiful." She said softly.

"Yes, you are." He said as he leaned in and softly kissed her on the lips.

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