Charlie surveyed the area, taking in all the new stuff that Barry's money had bought them and wondering where the hell it all came from. His internal queries were interrupted by the sound of Collins approaching, and he was prompted to redirect his focus onto her. "Hey," his eyes flickered behind her where Kie was leaning against the doorframe, he raised his hand in greeting. "How's it going, Kie?"
"Earth's still spinning." The girl replied with a little shrug. "As of now."
"What are you doing here?" Collins asked him, not in an accusatory way but in a genuinely curious manner because she had no clue why Charlie would be there in the first place. 
Reaching into his back pocket, Charlie fished out an envelope and handed it over to Collins. "Opened that this morning from the mail that came yesterday. Seemed important."
Collins fished for the letter inside and unfolded it out in her hands, her eyes scanning across the paper and processing the typed words. Kildare County High School... guidance counselor Mr. Wilks... fall semester schedule. It was school registration time already?
The letter mentioned that she come in as soon as it was convenient for her, but to come by at least the end of the month. "They want me to come to the school. Probably to pick my classes for the semester."
"Better get that taken care of then." Charlie said, fiddling with his helmet and retreating back to his bike. "I'm already kinda late for work, otherwise I'd drop you off but I figure you'd want to stop home and change or whatever." His eyes scanned over the clothes on her body, primarily on the shirt she wore which was unfamiliar and much too big on her. But then again, Collins liked her tees big like that so he couldn't exactly make the conclusion that it was one of the boys' shirts on that evidence alone. He could however, pinpoint his suspicions based on the fact that when he'd been standing in front of her, she'd smelled like she'd been doused in a can of cologne. 
Still, there were too many possible explanations for why she would be wearing another boy's shirt instead of her own, and Charlie did intend on getting to the bottom of that along with how a whole ass jacuzzi appeared on John B's front lawn when he was broke as fuck and living at the Cameron estate. Too many suspicious things going on at once. 
Wrapping her arms around herself as Collins was suddenly made conscious about JJ's shirt on her body in front of her older brother, she nodded feebly with a slightly embarrassed smile on her lips. "Yeah, I'll do that. See you tonight?"
"You're on dinner duty." Charlie pointed at her before starting his bike up again. Putting her in charge of dinner ensured that she would be present at home and not away with her friends again. It would serve as the perfect opportunity to finally catch up on everything that was going on with her that Collins hadn't been sharing with him lately. The night before had been the first time in a long time that she'd opened up to him about something happening in her life. Before that summer, she used to tell him everything. Charlie missed that between them. 
Collins waved as Charlie started moving back towards the edge of the road on his motorbike, dropping her hand to her side once he'd fully turned away and left them with a plume of dirt and exhaust behind him. Looking back at Kie behind her, Collins was just about to start saying her goodbyes when Kie started shaking her head, still looking out at the road wistfully. 
"Collins, your brother is seriously sexy." The girl lusted, still reeling from his perfect head of brown curls and earthy green eyes. 
"Ew!" Collins exclaimed, cringing at the idea and shrinking her shoulders. "Do not use words like that in association with my brother. It's vomit inducing."
"I can't tell a lie." Kie giggled, backing up to go sit on her chair on the porch. 
"Please try for my sake." Collins scoffed, disappearing to the living room to pick up her bag and clothes before heading back out. "I'll see you later to work on the pulley. This thing at the school shouldn't take me too long."