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Chapter One – Charlie Says 'Doll'

~*Jo's POV*~

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I looked around before coming over to the Duncan's house. I sighed and knocked heavily on the door. I don't really want to be doing this, but Ms. Hayley, our teacher, is making us be partners. Oh well, I kind of like the stupid butt.

And I couldn't believe Teddy, Gabe's older sister, actually figured out that I did have a crush on him.

Gabe opened the door. "Charlie's here… Since my parents and sister went to PJ's concert that he finally went got. So, we also have to take care of her."

I thought of us being older, raising our own kid. I smiled mentally while I put on my best act. "Ugh, fine… But, you must keep in mind that I take care of her better than you do!"

He scowled at me and I scowled back. He let me in and I stared at Charlie. The baby was playing with her toys that she had spread across the room.

"Hey, Charlie!" I cooed, sitting down on my knees. I smiled and glanced over my shoulder to Gabe, who was sitting on the couch. "Okay, fine. Come on, let's just work." I said, sitting down on the couch next to him. I looked at the Word document on his laptop and sighed.

Ms. Hayley had assigned us to videotape a "remarkable story" that we have over the weekend with the partner we were assigned with. I had Gabe as a partner, which I had scowled at the teacher.

But I only scowled because I was smiling inside.

I looked at Gabe who then leaned over. I watched him say, "This is a story that may take forever. I watched Jo sat on the couch with me, after she played with Charlie, my baby sister." I sighed when he froze.

I pushed him away and looked into the webcam. "Yeah, he's pretty boring, isn't he?" Gabe's shoulder touched mine, and I looked away from the camera. I sighed and looked at the brunette when he sighed too.

"I am not boring… I am refusing to do this with her."

"Oh, thanks, stupid. Way to tell that to EVERYONE who's going to be watching this!" I said, a bit hurt at what he said… I'm not sure if he means it, but he sounds like he means it.

Charlie came up to me and sat down next to me. I don't even know how she got up on the couch… did she climb?

"Hi, Charlie!" I said, and Gabe rolled his eyes. "Oh, Gabe, don't be mean! She's your sister!"

"Doll…" Charlie said, and pointed to the closet. I raised my eyebrow.

"What doll?"

"Charlie has a doll that she absolutely loves… She won't leave it alone. I guess it's lost or something." Gabe said and looked at me. I smiled and Charlie repeated her word again. "Come on," Gabe said and grabbed my wrist, closing the laptop.

"What about the assignment?"

"We can use my video camera."

"Okay, fine… Let's go." I said, and Gabe grabbed his camcorder and hit the red button.

We started to search around.

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Chapter One is done! (A special shoutout to Taylar Hender Fan who helped me decide on a name for this growing story!)