OK I don't want to give anything away about tonight's episode...so I'll say the same thing here that I said on Facebook. Duuuuuude... nothing was really surprising, but it still surprised me...if that makes sense...lol

anyhoo...lol There will be one more chapter after this. I had originally intended to end it with this chapter, but these characters had other ideas, so there will be one more chapter for tomorrow :o)

I hope you like it, thanks for reading!

He didn't want to wait for tonight to see her, he wanted to see her as soon as possible. Which is why Bass found himself parked outside of the Matheson household on Friday afternoon, right before they were to head to the airport.

Bass was just getting ready to knock on the door when Miles opened it. Both stopped and startled back a little.

"Oh hey." Bass said.

Miles chuckled a little bit at the unexpected scare. "Hey, what are you doing here?" he asked as he headed out towards the mailbox."

Bass shrugged, walking along with him. "Nothing, I just didn't have anything going on this afternoon and I knew you were off today, so I thought I'd come over and see what you had going on." He said, trying to act casual.

Miles nodded absentmindedly while leafing through the mail. "Actually, we're uh, getting ready to leave to go get Charlie, her flight gets in in just a few." He said. Miles looked up at him. "You can come along if you want to, if you don't have anything else to do." He said.

Bass nodded. "Yeah, I think I'll do that." He said, hoping Miles was to distracted to really hear how stupid he sounded right now. "Got nothing else to do."

Miles nodded. "Ok you want to ride with us or just follow along?"

"I'll just follow you." He said as Danny and Rachel walked out of the house.

Danny stopped and frowned at him, surprised to see him there. Charlie had filled him in on their plans to meet up later.

"Hey," Bass said. "Danny can even ride with me if he wants to." he said, looking at Danny with his brows raised.

Miles and Rachel both looked at Danny, who nodded. "Yeah, sounds good." He said, and headed for Bass's Camaro.

…..

"What are you doing?" Danny asked as soon as Bass got in and shut the door.

Reaching for his seat belt Bass sighed. "I don't know, probably something stupid." He said, looking over at Danny. "Your sister makes me stupid." He said.

Danny chuckled and shook his head. "I'm sorry to tell you this, but I believe that was a higher power did that before she ever came along."

Bass rolled his eyes and started the car. But he couldn't disagree.

…..

They all stood around waiting, it was taking longer than they had thought it would and they were all a little anxious for her to get here.

Miles looked over at Bass where he stood leaning against an ATM machine. "Well you picked a good day to hang out with the family, we have all kinds of excitement here today."

Bass smirked and let out a breath that was almost a laugh. "Still better than hanging around the shop, hopping somebodies car breaks down."

"Hey, there she is." Danny said, drawing everyone's attention.

Bass stood up straight and took a step forward, not paying attention to the others any longer. She was here, she was home. She had come back to him.

…

Charlie walked forward through the crowd, searching around for her family. She saw Danny first and smiled at him as he got the others attention.

But what drew her eyes was the unexpected presence standing to the side of Miles.

Her smile grew. He was here, he had come for her.

They were supposed to see each other later that night but she was so glad that he hadn't been able to wait. And as he smiled at her, forgot about her mother and uncle standing nearby, and the fact that Bass was only supposed to be a family friend.

She forgot about everything in that moment but him. And she dropped her bag and ran to him. Throwing her arms around his neck and holding on tight. Sighing into his shoulder as his arms came around her and he picked her up slightly off the floor, holding on to her just as strong as she held onto him.

"Oh I've missed you so much." She said.

He sat her down and pulled back, framing her face with his hands and he smiled. "I've missed you too." He said.

Danny cleared his throat.

They both turned and looked at him, and remembered where they were and who they were with.

Rachel had a confused look on her face as she looked between the pair.

Danny looked amused.

Miles looked right at Bass.

"What," Miles asked. "was that?

Bass held out his hands in front of him in a 'keep calm' manor. "Miles." He said, but that was all he got out before Miles took a step towards him.

"I'm going to kill you." Miles said calmly, which only added to the panic Bass was starting to feel.

"Miles wait, I can explain." Bass said.

Rachel put her hand on Miles arm. "Explain what? Miles what's going on here exactly?" she asked, as she looked, once again, between her daughter and the man that she has considered family for years.

She knew the answer of course, anyone who had just witnessed that little reunion would know the answer, but she had to ask anyway.

Miles turned to look at her. "What's going on?" he asked. "I'll tell you all exactly what's going on." He said, sounding calm still and forcing a smile onto his face. "We're all going to get into the car and go home, and then when we get there," he said, looking back over to Bass. "I'm going to kill you."

Charlie and Bass looked at each other. "Fine." Charlie said. "Let's go home."

She reached over and grabbed Bass's hand and he reached down and picked up her bag.

Then hand in hand they walked past her family, their family, and headed outside, Danny following along behind them after shooting Miles and Rachel a shrug.

Things were about to get interesting.

Yeah I had originally planned on being mean and ending it with Miles saying he was going to Kill Bass...the first time he said it...lol but they wouldn't let me end it there...lol

So you'll get one more chapter for this and then I'll be taking a little break for about a week probably because I have finales this next week. But I will try to work on the next installment as soon as I can because I can't get enough of writing for them. :o)