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This chapter is a little shorter, but there's a lot of Danny, so I hope that makes up for it... :)

Danny knew. He wasn't stupid, if course he knew. He just hadn't said anything because he was waiting for Charlie to fill him in when she was ready.

But he knew.

He also knows dinner is awkward.

His mother and Miles didn't realize it was awkward, but they hadn't paid enough attention to the other two and how they acted with each other.

Or really how they tried not to act with each other.

But really it was almost painful to watch. The way they didn't let their fingers touch when Bass passed Charlie the salt, or how Charlie all but pushed Miles out of the way so she didn't have to sit beside Bass at the table.

As if the slightest bit of contact and they wouldn't be able to control themselves.

Danny rolled his eyes.

His family was completely clueless sometimes.

…..

"What are you doing?" Danny asked, stopping Bass in his tracks in the hallway.

Bass glanced towards the open bathroom door and back at Danny, one brow raised. "What do you think I'm doing?" Bass asked, a chuckle in his voice.

Danny rolled his eyes. "With Charlie."

Bass lost the smile. "Alright, what do you know?" he asked.

Danny crossed his arms. "I know that you're bigger than me, stronger than me and know how to fight better than me." He said.

Bass furrowed his brows, confused about where this was going, but he remained silent.

Danny shrugged and smirked. "But I also know that if you hurt her, there's one thing, in this particular instance, I have that you don't."

Bass raised a brow. "What's that?" he asked, genuinely curious.

"Miles." Danny said, like it should have been obvious.

Seeing the amusement leak out of Bass's face, Danny chuckled as he turned and walked away. His work here was done.

…..…..

Later that night, after a quick, "Going to hang out with a friend." Charlie left the house.

She smiled as she started the car. Being almost 24 years old really changed the whole "sneaking out" thing, and made it all a lot easier.

She pulled up to Bass's house and lightly knocked on the door. She smiled when he opened the door and walked in without saying anything. He had barely turned around to greet her when he was slammed into the door, as she wrapped her body around his.

"Did you miss me already?" he asked into her hair with a chuckle.

Charlie nodded. "Yes." She said as she placed a kiss on his neck.

Bass walked into the other room, Charlie still wrapped around him, and he smiled when she laughed.

"Hey I have a question for you." He said as she finally unwound herself and put her feet on the floor.

"What?" she asked as they sat together on his couch.

Bass reached a hand out and brushed some hair from her face. "What have you told Danny about us?"

"Nothing, why?" she asked.

Bass raised his brows. "Because he knows, he talked to me about it tonight."

Charlie shrugged. "Of course he knows, somehow Danny just knows things. That's just Danny." She said.

Bass frowned. "He threatened me, and it was actually kind of scary."

Charlie laughed, her smile stretching wide. "Wow really? My mom and my little brother? Those are the ones you're scared of?" she made a face. "You know, you're kind of making me rethink this whole relationship here."

Bass smirked and rolled his eyes. "No, I'm not scared of your little brother. Your mother yes, but not your brother." He said, making her snicker at him. "It was more of the fact that he threatened me with Miles, and I know he's right."

Charlie raised her brows and smirked.

Bass nodded. "Yeah, basically he let me know that if I hurt you in any way, Miles would be on his side." He said. "So you know no pressure here."

Charlie smiled and grabbed his hand. "Well, don't hurt me then. Then you have no reason to be scared of my little brother."

….

Charlie got home in the wee hours of the night, but she knew Danny would still be up.

"So you totally freaked him out." She said as she walked into his room.

Danny put down the book he had been reading and smiled. "Good, that's what I was going for."

Charlie laughed. "Nice touch, using Miles like that." She said. "The idea of mom already has him scared so this just adds to my amusement."

Danny looked unbelieving. "Mom?

Charlie shrugged. "I know, I don't get it either, but he insists that she's scary."

As amusing as she found them, Charlie made Danny promise no more threats before she went to bed.

"Huh." Danny said as he went back to his book. "Mom scary." He shook his head. "I just don't see it."

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