Co-Written by RatedrKjErIcHo.
Charlie and Phil walked into the living room and John narrowed his eyes at them. Charlie smiled at her grandmother and hugged her. "Gram!"
"Hey doll. Who is this?"
"Gram, Grampy...this is Phil. He's my boyfriend."
"Nice to meet you both. Charlie talks highly of you both."
"You're Jaycee's brother aren't you?" Her grandmother said.
"Yes Mam."
"I like that girl. She is very sweet." She smiled. "Is she here?"
"No, she's out with a friend." Charlie replied.
"Well maybe next time. Now, are we eating?" Her grandfather said.
Randy and Jaycee arrived at the restaurant and Randy took her hand as they headed in. He looked and saw Maryse and her group there. He sighed. He knew this probably wouldn't go well.
"Do you want to go somewhere?" He asked as they waited for the hostess.
Jaycee looked and saw Maryse. "I would say yes but I have to face them sometime right?" Randy took her hand.
"I'm right here with you. It's going to be fine." Randy said. Jaycee smiled and they headed over to a table. Maryse looked over at them and whispered something to Evan. He laughed."Would you look who is one of the cool kids these days?"
"He always wanted to be." Jaycee said. "I don't want to even think about them. Let's just enjoy our time together." Jaycee said.
Charlie sat next to Phil as they ate dinner. "So Phil, where are you going to go to school?" Her grandfather asked.
"I was actually going to pursue my music. "He said.
"You play in a band?" Her grandmother asked.
"Yes Mam. I'm the drummer." He said.
"You know Charlie's grandfather was in a band too."
"I didn't know that." Phil said smiling.
"Oh, Mom don't forget that the football team has those away games over the long weekend." John said wanting to talk about anything other than Phil.
"I know sweetie. Your father and I are both going. I'm sure Charlie can take care of herself."
"Actually Mom, Phil, Randy, Jaycee and I were thinking of going camping. It would help with my biology thesis."
"I don't know." Her mother said.
"Oh for goodness sake Carol, Charlie is a responsible girl. And Phil seems like a nice young man. She will be alright." Her grandmother said.
"Mom, you can't seriously let her go." John said. "You wouldn't let me go with Mike, Maryse and Nikki to that concert because we'd have to stay in a hotel overnight."
"Yeah, but I'm not sleeping with everything that moves either." Charlie said.
"Nope, just the biggest loser in school." John said.
"Manwhore."
"Enough." John Sr. said. "Both of you quiet. Charlie, your mother and I will talk about it later and let you know."
"Alright."
Randy and Jaycee sat in the restaurant enjoying their dinner. Jaycee put all thoughts of Maryse and her gang out of her head well she tried to anyway.
"Do you think Charlie's mom will let her go camping?" Randy asked as they ate.
"I don't know. Maybe." Jaycee smiled. She looked up and saw Maryse and her gang coming over. "Great, here they come."
"Don't worry." Randy said taking her hand.
"Well, I see you moved from John to this loser." Maryse said to her. "I guess what they say is true. Once you turn into a whore, you will sleep with anyone."
"You would know wouldn't you?" Jaycee said. "Evan, nice to see you I guess." Evan looked at her.
"You better watch your back." Maryse said.
"I don't see how you can tell me to watch my back when it seems you're always on yours. C'mon Randy, let's go for a walk in the park." Randy threw the money down for their meal and grabbed Jaycee's hand smiling at Evan's reaction.
"See ya around guys."
They walked out of the restaurant and got into his car and drove to the park. "I never pictured you as the type to tell someone off." Randy laughed as they pulled into the parking lot and got out.
"I guess it had to come out sometime." She laughed as he took her hand and they walked around the park.
"So I guess you're coming back to school?"
"Yeah I guess so. I will just deal with everything." She sighed as they sat on a bench.
"Jaycee, you're a strong girl. You can deal with the talking and everything else."
She smiled and leaned in to kiss him. "Thanks."
"So camping should be fun." He laughed.
"Yeah, I guess so. Just don't expect anything."
"I would never push you to do anything you didn't want to do, you know that."
"I know. I just wonder if Charlie's parents are going to let her go."
"Phil can be a pretty charming guy. If anyone can convince them, it would be him." Jaycee laughed.
"You have a man crush on my brother?"
"Nope. He's just a good guy." Randy said as Natalie and Lexie, two of Jaycee's friends walked up.
"Jaycee! Oh my God! We missed you at school today." Lexie said as she looked over at Randy.
"Yeah, I just needed a break."
"Those superficial bitches. They are so shallow and jealous. And now they've got Evan under their spell. You know, I do feel kinda bad for Mike." Natalie said. "Where's Charlie?"
"She's having a family dinner with her grandparents and Phil." Jaycee said. "Where are my manners? You guys know Randy right?"
"Yeah. We've seen him around."
"So, are you coming back to school?" Lexie asked.
"Yeah probably tomorrow or the next day. I just hate the talk."
"It will die down. I mean all the other girls who slept with John the talk about them died down."
"I didn't sleep with him. He said that to save face with his friends. I guess."
"I told you she didn't sleep with him." Lexie said turning to Natalie.
"I meant nothing by it Jaycee. I believe you. If you say you didn't, then you didn't."
"Thanks guys." She smiled. "Well, we are kind of on a date."
"Oh right." Natalie replied. "Lexie and I are going to the movies. We will see you later."
"They are nice."
"Yeah." Jaycee laughed. "Well, I wonder if John and Phil have killed each other yet."
Randy laughed. "I hope not."
Charlie and Phil sat in the living room with John, Mike and her grandparents while Carol and Fabo talked in the kitchen. Charlie knew that more than likely they would let her go on the camping trip. She had never given them a reason to worry.
"So how are your grades sweetie?" her grandmother said. Charlie smiled.
"Great. Jaycee and I are tied for valedictorian. But I think I'm going to let her give the speech. And I've decided to go to Wellesley to that way we can be roommates."
"You have no idea how happy that makes me. To have you guys so close. And John are you still going to Boston College?"
"Yes Mam. Mike and I both got football scholarships and we're both going."
"That's wonderful. Maybe you could all come and visit a couple of old people from time to time." She smiled. "So Phil, have you decided where you're going to pursue your music? You know Boston has quite the music scene and I'm sure my husband has some contacts he could get you in touch with if you're interested." Phil looked at her and smiled a little.
"Boston sounds great. And it would give me a chance to be closer to Jaycee and to Charlie. I appreciate the help." John rolled his eyes just as his parents came back into the room.
"We've talked it over and we see no reason why you can't go on the camping trip." Her father said. "We trust you and we know that Randy and Jaycee will be there too. So go and have a good time."
"DAD, you can't be serious." John said jumping up.
"I am and don't you raise your voice to me. Your sister is responsible. She's never given us a reason to doubt her. She didn't show up last year and tell us there was a chance she was going to make us grandparents."
"This is bullshit."
"You watch your mouth." His mother said.
"Whatever. I'm spending the night at Mike's house. I will see you guys after school tomorrow."
They watched as John left with Mike. Fabo and Carol turned to their daughter. "I think that's it for the night. Phil, thank you for coming but you should head home. Charlie will see you in the morning."
"Of course." Phil headed to the door with Charlie following him. She kissed him goodbye.
"See you tomorrow." He nodded and left. He was happy that they were going camping. It would give him and Charlie some time alone.
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