Henry was walking around the table putting his hands through his hair with a goofy smile that wouldn't seem to leave his face.

"Henry, wipe that smile off of your face. It disgusts me." A tall girl with long blonde hair said. Henry rolled his eyes at his sister, Piper. She really hadn't changed ever since she was nine. She had somehow gotten ruder ever since she'd gone to high school this past year.

"Yeah, Henry, you should really calm down. It's just Charlotte." Jasper said looking at Henry like he was crazy even though he was the one wearing a handmade orange sweater with a smiling bucket on it. Henry glared at him in response.

"What do you mean it's just Charlotte?! We haven't really seen her since Christmas, and she never has time to talk to us now that she's at Stanford University." Henry said pacing the dining room table looking at the front door every couple seconds unconsciously.

"Dude, what are you talking about? You guys text each other every single day, and you saw her last week."

"Yeah, but Charlotte's gonna be home all summer this time, so we can see her every single day. She gave up an internship in Europe for this, so yeah, it's a pretty big deal." Just as he finished, the front door opened and Charlotte walked in. Henry felt his heart go into overdrive as he saw her. She looked more beautiful than when he saw her last week if that was even possible. Her bright cocoa skin seemed to glow, and her dark brown curls were piled up in a bun on her head. She was wearing black yoga pants that hugged her muscular legs and a large purple shirt that hung off her shoulder with her large nerdy glasses.

"Hey guys, how's it going?" She said with a big smile. Jasper smiled and gave her a big bear hug lifting her off of the ground while Piper looked up quickly from her pear-phone to smile and give Charlotte a wave. Jasper quickly let go of Charlotte.

"So Char, how's Stan.." Jasper started before being pushed out of the way by Henry. Henry picked Charlotte up and spun her around completely focused on her. Charlotte laughed, and it sounded like music to Henry's ears. God, I missed her so much. Henry thought to himself.

"Come on Hen, put me down."

"Nope, it's never gonna happen. I missed you too much. You're never leaving Swellview again." Charlotte blushed and smacked at his hard chest. Henry laughed; his cheeks hurt from smiling so hard.

"That tickles." Henry said leaning in closer towards Charlotte where they were practically nose to nose.

"Did you guys get together, and I missed it?" Piper said finally putting her cellphone away and staring at the two effectively breaking them from their spell. Henry gently placed Charlotte on the ground and straightened his gray and blue plaid shirt.

"I mean they were together in middle school, but they broke up because Charlotte has mouth sores." Jasper chimed in.

"What are you talking about? Henry and I have never been together, but more importantly, I don't have mouth sores!" Charlotte said glaring at him.

"Well then, why did Henry take you to the mouth doctor?" Jasper said looking slightly angry. Henry looked at Jasper skeptically before the memory washed over him. He moved over towards Charlotte to the point where their arms were touching.

"Oh yeahhh, Char, he's talking about that time we pretended to date." Charlotte looked confused for a second before she also remembered. Jasper looked heart broken.

"Wait, you guys never dated? You've never kissed?! Chenry is dead?!"

"No, we never dated or kissed, Jasper. What is Chenry?" Charlotte asked looking confused. Jasper picked up the glass bowl full of gummy bears on the table and spilled it on himself, screamed, and ran out of the door. Charlotte, Piper, and Henry watched him go before shrugging. Jasper had never really mellowed out.

"Ugh, I'm so hungry and tired." Charlotte said falling back on the coach to sit next to Piper who had started texting her friends on her phone again. Henry smiled as Charlotte's still small body sunk into the coach a little. Her height had maxed out at about 5'2 making her the shortest of their whole group. Although she was short, she still managed to boss and lecture everyone with her strong presence.

"Do you want me to get your suitcases out of your car and put it upstairs in the guest room?" Henry offered while leaning over her and taking her car keys out of her hand before awaiting her response.

"Wait, I want to go to Inside Out Burger! I've been craving their Chili Cheeseburger the whole drive from Stanford to your house." Charlotte said eyes lighting up in a way that Henry had really missed since she'd left for college last year. He pulled her off of the couch, and she fell into his chest to look up and glare at him. Henry just chuckled.

"Come on, I'll drive. We'll get you that burger with no pickles just like you like." Henry said wrapping his arm around her shoulder and enjoying the warm tingly feeling he got as a result. He always felt so much happier when Charlotte was around. Charlotte was his voice of reason, his best friend, and the love of his life, but he would never tell her that. There was a part of him that died and ached for her presence when she wasn't around. Even Ray commented that he lacked a certain charm without Charlotte around. Henry opened the passenger side to Charlotte's car which was covered in loose papers, textbooks, and empty cans of Red Bull. Henry glared at Charlotte.

"Char, what have I said about you drinking Red Bull?" Charlotte threw all of the stuff to the backseat before mumbling quietly.

"I'm sorry, I didn't hear that."

"You said it's bad for me, and that'll it'll kill me. But Henry, it was only two cans… today." Charlotte said looking to the side knowing Henry would be upset at her for not taking care of herself. Normally, she would think it was adorable how protective he was of her, but now that she was in trouble, it wasn't that cute. Henry glared at her before walking over to the driver's side of her gray Nissan Altima.

"We'll talk about this later. I won't lecture you on your caffeine addiction today because I'm so happy to see you." Henry said before starting the car and waiting for Charlotte to get in. Charlotte let out a breath that she didn't know that she was holding. Thank God he didn't ask how many I had this week. She thought to herself before climbing in her car.

After they had gotten their chili cheeseburgers, they got back into Charlotte's car. Charlotte quickly took the burger out of the box and took a large bite, chili spilling down her chin as she moaned. She threw her head back and closed her eyes. Henry stared at her with his mouth open his mind getting murky before he cleared his throat and looked away.

"So, uh, Charlotte, h-how were finals?" He said starting the car and driving out of the parking lot.

"They actually went pretty well. I met this Sophomore named Taylor, and he was amazing. He had the best study techniques since he took most of my classes last year, and I think I aced my Political Science final. I should send him a picture of my burger. He's the one that reminded me of them. He's actually from Swellview too, and he loves Inside Out Burger." Charlotte said in between mouthfuls of burger. Henry felt his heart drop into his stomach. Who the hell is Taylor?! He barely managed to stop himself from swerving on the road. His grip on the steering wheel tightened significantly, and he started to grind his teeth.

"Hen, are you okay? You look mad. Is this about the Red Bull? Because if you're really this mad, I'll switch back to coffee." Charlotte said her eyebrows crinkling in concern and her brown eyes staring right at him. Henry could feel his heart pick up and his cheeks redden. Why is she so beautiful even when she's not trying? I can't believe that some idiot named Taylor got to look at my Charlotte.

"No, I'm not mad. I'm just surprised that you think that you would ever fail an exam. I mean you're Charlotte Bolton. You invented the Scream Machine and found out I was Kid Danger in like less than a month." Henry said smiling at her before looking back to the road. Charlotte blushed.

"You're so sweet, but Stanford is really kicking my butt. I barely have over a 3.5 GPA, but enough about me, how's Swellview's favorite sidekick turned superhero?" Charlotte asked him happily waiting for tales of crazy villain schemes. She always made sure to watch Swellview's news feed to make sure that her friends and family were safe, but no one told the story better than Henry did.

"Well, I mean nothing has happened since I last called you, but Ray's talking to me about retiring his position as Captain Man and moving to Hawaii. He says that I should turn Kid Danger into Mr. Danger." Henry said. Ever since Henry had gotten his superpowers, Ray had sent him out on more missions by himself, but now, it was mostly just Kid Danger instead of Captain Man and Kid Danger. Henry had been waiting to talk to Charlotte about it before he told Ray whether or not he would take over the job and the store.

"Really?! Henry, that's amazing! Is he going to give you the store too?" Charlotte asked looking excited. Henry nodded.

"You don't think that I should focus on my studies instead? I mean what are my parents gonna say?" Charlotte laughed and poked him.

"Henry half of what you do is online already, and even if you did quit school, I think your parents would be okay with you quitting if you own your own business. You're an amazing superhero, Henry. You're even better than Ray, but don't tell him I said that. This town needs you." Charlotte said resting her hand on Henry's shoulder and squeezing before smiling at him. Henry felt his heart melt in her hand. Watching her out of the corner of his eye, he felt his love for her multiply. After a few minutes of comfort silence and munching, Henry drove into his driveway and turned off the car. Henry and Charlotte both got out of their seats and slammed the doors shut.

"I'll grab your bags from the trunk." Henry said while unlocking her trunk and grabbing her three suitcases with ease. Charlotte couldn't help but to stare in awe as he lifted her suitcases out of the trunk and easily carried them into the house.

"You comin' Char?" Henry said from his front door. Charlotte shook the thoughts of Henry's muscles out of her head as she jogged up to the front door and stepped in the house to find Piper in the living room not looking like she had moved an inch since they left and Henry moving her suitcases to the guest room upstairs. She followed after him stopping to step into Henry's room which was uncharacteristically clean with no hoodies on the floor or shoes randomly discarded. She flopped on Henry's twin bed face first and sniffed his sheets. They smelt like Henry, and he always felt more like home to Charlotte than anything else. The smell of vanilla, men's soap, pine, and something uniquely Henry somehow mingled together into an intoxicating scent that Charlotte couldn't get enough of. As Henry walked into his room, he laughed as he heard Charlotte take a big whiff of his constellation sheets.

"Are you smelling my sheets, Char?" Henry said while lying next to her on the bed. The bed was obviously too small for the both of them, so their bodies were mushed together.

"Ugh, get off of the bed. You're ruining the scent. You smell like Inside Out Burger." Charlotte said attempting to push him off, but it just amused Henry instead.

"So you were smelling my sheets? It's my bed, so we're just going to have to share. Scoot over." Charlotte groaned before complying. Henry started talking to her, but she was having trouble listening. The drive over was so long, and the bed was so soft, and Henry was so warm. She felt her head move to his chest and her arm wrap around his waist, and some part of her realized that she wasn't supposed to be cuddling with her best friend, but she was so tired she didn't care. Now that she was even more comfortable, she easily fell asleep.

Henry couldn't stop smiling even though he'd been smiling for like an hour straight. He was cuddling with the love of his life. He was forcing himself to stay awake to remember the way that she felt on his chest and the way her body fit perfectly curled up in his arms, but he felt his mind drift off. He hadn't slept well the past week having to take care of petty teenagers trying to vandalize the high school, so despite his mental protests, he fell asleep in Charlotte's arms.