"Ever since I was young, I never really understood anything about the world. And I never understood anything that happened in my life. The only thing that ever made any sense to me was you. And how I felt about you. That's all I've ever known. And that's enough for the rest of my life." Cory Matthews said this so wishfully so sweetly as he looked at Topanga. She was dressed in white and at the pure age of eighteen.

It was strange because as you watched Boy meets world through the years Topanga and Cory went from mortal enemies to true love. And all of a sudden they knew each other since they were kids and he had always loved her, since that one day on the slide.

What if that was what it was like for Charlie Radin and Kale Manning? And they just never knew it. What if they never would know it? That is exactly something that would happen. But as of right Charlie knocked softly on her parent's bedroom and barged in before a word was spoken. "the devil child said you wanted to talk to me." Charlie said sarcastically as she stood with her hand on the door and looked at her mother who was simply watching television. "Him devil child?

And you would have thought she was kidding. But Mrs. Radin kept such a stone cold face Charlie was not mistaken by her seriousness. "…oh yes." She softly as if Emily Radin had forgotten what she had been meaning to say to her daughter. "Umm. First of all where have you been?" She asked obviously still searching her brain for the exact words she wanted. "I was at the school dance." She said mildly. "Alone?" "…with Kale mom, he walked right through the house." Charlie answered harshly.

"How's his mom?" She asked. "Stop saying things like that!" Charlie cried. "You know she is dead, and I swear if you ever do that in front of Kale…" "Charlie." Kevin Radin said almost kindly as he put his hand on her shoulders, making Charlie nearly jump. "It's time for your medicine." Radin said pushing past his sister. "Is there anything else?" She questioned as she rolled her eyes.

"Where's your father." She continued blankly as Radin stood by her side pouring water into a cup and counting out the pills in his hand. "He's outside Mom." "Is he still with that other woman?" Charlie waited a moment and continued coldly. "Yes mom, actually there outside banging right now." "Charlie." Radin hissed. "Kevin, what?" They're mother asked quietly. "She just was making one of her joke." He said handing her the nightly pills prescribed.

"good-night." Charlie bellowed walking down the hall and to the right into her own room and closed the door tightly. A small smile laid over Charlie Radin as she laid down in her bed alone the trees brushing with the wind as she closed her eyes and wrapped the blanket around her body.

In the morning the sunshine poured into Charlie's room like a pure waterfall brightening up for only her too see. The bird chirped loudly outside her window but her loud music over powered them coming from her itunes.

She looked at herself in the mirror oddly as she pulled her tight jeans over her freshly cleaned panties and slipped her shirt over her bra before brushing her hair. She nearly ran down the stairs and landed in the living room. "I'm going out!" She called. "Shut up!" Her father, John Radin, cried as he sat in the kitchen he head being held up completely by his forearm. "Sorry Dad." She muttered as he popped a couple Advil's in his mouth.

Charlie waited a moment for her father to say anything more and he didn't she slowly creaked open the door and purposely slammed it shut before jogging to her car. As Charlie drove down the street further into the neighborhood she remembered years ago when her and Kale were much younger but could have, would have had sex that night, if she wasn't so scared.

They were thirteen so maybe right off the back, they were too young , too inexperienced. It was one night that the two friends were sitting out on the Radin's front porch and Charlie was crying her eyes out. The week before she had been raped by a man she knew a Randy but even at thirteen she wasn't naïve to think that was actually his real name. Yes, perhaps the evil man was randy but Charlie knew for sure it wasn't his name.

The wind brushed away some of her tears as she sat looking down at her lap only getting her skirt wet. "Charlie." Kale had said apologetically as he leaned over and hugged her tightly and she finally gave in. And strangely enough a completely innocent and platonic hug turned into something else. It was completely from Dawson's Creek. Joey and Dawson sit in her dorm room hugging and suddenly it evolves into them sleeping together.

Well, they hugged for a long time bodies close to each other and Kale's hands moved up her back. The sexual tension rose between the two and Kale couldn't stand it anymore and made the first move; he pulled away slightly and kissed her cheek. "Do you want to go upstairs?" he asked quietly. And for a few moments a young Charlie actually considered going upstairs, but she couldn't bare, she couldn't bare to do things that had been done to her forcefully so soon beforehand.

"I cant…" she said softly standing up. "I'm sorry Kale." He waited a moment and looked annoyed but his facial expression quickly lightened as he looked as Charlie not further away then ever. "Are you okay Chase?" he asked using a nick name given to her a long time ago that only Kale had used, he was the only one allowed. Charlie nodded softly and walked inside her house pretending nothing was wrong.

Things were different now that was apparent as Charlie parked in the Manning's driveway and got out of the car just walking directly in the house as usual. "Charlie!" Lauren said with glee as Charlie walked by her bedroom, she turned right and stood in the opening of the room.

"Hey Lauren." She said looking at Lauren. Her eyes were a striking blue like Kales but her hair was much darker now, then it usually was, obviously died. "How are you?" Charlie continued. "Ah. Pretty good, but I have a question." Charlie nodded.

"How old were you when you um… lost it?" Charlie's face turned warm and blushed quickly as she looked at the fifteen year old. "err – sixteen." She lied. Lauren nodded in return. "That's what I thought." Charlie quickly cocked her head to one side looking at Lauren oddly. "How about you?" she shot back boldly. "Saving it for marriage missy." Lauren said sarcastically. "Everything but… is my motto." Charlie nodded sarcastically waved off and walked towards Kale's bedroom nervously. "Hi." Charlie said as she walked into his bedroom crossing her arms as he buttoned his shirt down the front of his chest. "Hey Charlie." He said quietly. She climbed onto his bed and pulled her knees to her chest as she sat firmly in the corner.

Charlie scratched the top of her hair as he came past her shoulders. "So um…" Kale began just as Charlie's cell phone began to ring. "Sorry." She said quickly as she picked it up. "Hello?" she asked awkwardly. "Hey." A muffled voice said. "Hello." Charlie replied again not knowing who called and the receiver hung up.

She narrowed her eyes brows and hid her phone away. "They hung up." She said sweetly. Kale nodded as he sat on the opposite side of the bed and Charlie instinctively inched towards him slightly. "Is your head alright?" he asked with a grin. "yeah." She grinned. "Should have taken one of my dads Advil's." she continued. Last night having Charlie come over the next day had seemed like such a good idea to Kale but now it seemed misguided.

"Ummm." Charlie hummed under her breath. "About last night." They both continued simultaneously. Charlie giggled nervously and for the first time looked Kale in the eyes as he did to her and they locked, tightly none the less. She inched towards him again.

"I think…" He stammered slowly. "I think it was maybe the right thing to do." He continued blurting out the words a quick pace. "You do?" Charlie replied almost surprised. He nodded at her with a look of willingness and hope.

"Enough to do it again?" she asked with a smirk, almost a laugh coming around her voice. He nodded leaning towards her and was now sitting right in front of her, kneeling. Kale was in a trance almost and all he could think about was how last night was the right thing, he repeated it over and over again as he inched towards Charlie. "Kale…" she muttered with a sense of urgency in her eyes.

"Chase." He said softly calling Charlie by her given nickname. "yeah." She said softly really questioning him. "I'm going to kiss you and if you don't want me to then you can turn away, we can never speak of it again." He spoke in soft hush tones. "But if you want me to, and I think you might, then kiss me back." Kale looked at her for a second longer before closing his eyes and moving towards her pressing his lips against hers and with in a moment Charlie closed her eyes as well and kissed him back.

They twisted and turned around each other not once removing their lips from the other as she landed on his lap straddling across his waist. He quickly lifted her shirt off her back as he kissed her neck smoothly. "Do you have pro.." Charlie questioned as she had the night before. "of course Chase." He said sternly looking at her before moving closer one again as they swiftly undressed one another.

Sometime later, the deed was done and Charlie lay in Kale's arms as she had the night before. She inched away and hugged the blankets around her as she stared back into Kale's deep blue eyes as he was doing to her. "Kale…" Charlie began softly. "What are we doing?" There was a sense of urgency and question in her voice that was obviously mistaken as Kale hurriedly looked down upon her bare body. Charlie reliantly leaned her hand forward and pulled his head up softly by his chin and he looked back at her. "Charlie, I don't know." he said softly. "You don't know?" she asked rather angry and outraged. "do you?" he asked quietly. She waited and moment and turned over onto her back, the silence was all they needed.

"Charlie…why are you so worried about protection" Kale began slowly after minutes of silence at a time. Charlie's eyes widened sarcastically looking at him, wondering why he would ask a stupid question. Shouldn't he be just as worried? "I would never do anything bad to you or hurt you…I mean why…" Kale slowly trailed off. Charlie twitched and sat up in the bed leaning her back against the wall as she pulled the sheets with her.

"I don't know." She said softly looking at the window. "I mean it not like you ever had sex with Ian." Kale said pushing her buttons. This was what was tearing there friendship apart the lies and the secrets. And here they were lying in bed together and naked and Kale brings it up. He knew everything, but Charlie wasn't aware of this. And was way to afraid to come out and say.

She couldn't bare that. She didn't want to think about it rather then talk about it. "Come on Kale." she pleaded. "I'm just saying." Charlie leaned her head down and rested her forehead on her kneecaps closing her eyes. "if you didn't have sex with Ian then I would be your.." "stop it!" Charlie cried hugging her self tightly. The harshness and cruelty in Kales voice came to a halting stop. "stop talking about him." She continued. "Hand me my clothes." Kale leaned over the bed and handed Charlie her clothing calmly and got up himself only in boxers and began to get dressed.

The silence was harsh and rasps. Slowly but surely the tension grew. "I'm sorry Chas – I'm sorry Charlie." He said after he stern eye met his. She scratched her head quietly. Charlie had to go to the bathroom but she knew if she left them room she would have to come back and things would be much worse.

She sat in the corner of the room sitting in front of the television with Kale, watching some stupid show, nothing worth of her thought and traditionally time or effort. "we did…" She finally said maybe a half hour later, leading us to believe that she had been thinking about the spat earlier. "did what?" Kale asked confused. "I did have sex with Ian…I mean of course I did."

"oh…" Kale said oddly because he had already pushed the fact that he knew. He didn't want to ruin there time together anymore. "I should go." Charlie said getting up. "Charlie." Kale said getting up and following her to the door grabbing hold of her wrist. "what?" she asked angrier because at the tightness of his grasp.

"I just want to make sure we're okay." He said softly looking at her. Charlie nodded slightly as he let go of her arm. "We're fine Kale…I just don't know what were doing." She said quietly. He nodded in agreement. "Do you want to stop?" She shrugged. "I don't think I can now… I…" she trailed off. "Look I'll see you at school tomorrow." She piped up before darting a false smile at Kale and walked back down the hall.

When you were a kid things were easily miss interrupted, or maybe you just understand. But for both Kale and Charlie they usually didn't understand why things were happening to them through out their life's. Mrs. Manning's death, Charlie's rape, Mrs. Radin's mental illness or Mr. Radin's constant cheating or Charlie's abortion. While Kale often sat in his house wondering what happened to his family and his life. Charlie would sit in her own comfortable house wondering why she had to have all this happen to her, why she had to carry the burden. They both just wanted one thing they could understand one thing they could count on.

Well it just so happened that throughout these past seventeen years they had always had each other, they were each others one thing. And that was always fine, that was always good. But Ian got in the way of that more complicated bond. That more intimate bond that Charlie and Kale now shared was interrupted. Some people believe that a interruption is something meant to test you, test of what you really want and how much you want it. But then there are others who believe an interruption is meant to shield you from the biggest mistake of your life.