Okay, so after almost a month of having damn writers block, I am here with a rather long (...well long for me anyway! haha) update!
I was a bit worried I wasn't going to be updating this for a while cause of the writers block,
until two days ago; I got inspiration to write a new story (Which I shall be posting up when this story comes to an end..
or maybe in a few days..we'll see how I'm going with it haha) and then tonight, I sat there and re read chapter 6 and
the next thing I knew, I wanted to write more..so YEY!
Anyway, I am so sorry for not updating in a while!
I hope people will still be reading this =/
Comment me and let me know, hey?
Enjoy!
MissToastie
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Can't Fight This Feeling.
Chapter Seven.
It was nearing 11pm; Charlie was making her way back home; She and Joey had sat talking for hours; they talked about everything; All things that had happened in the Bay whilst Joey was out at sea; Lou dying, Irene being in jail and how she had started drinking again, Roman going to jail, Irene becoming sober and taking control of Lou's boating business, Rachel giving birth to her son, Martha and Hugo dating, Belle getting cancer and how Ruby had taken the news that Charlie was her mum. Joey in return had told her all the details about the long haul and how she had made two good friends in Alex and Kade and planned to stay in contact with them.
Charlie couldn't help but grin as she entered the house; she was one break up away from being with the love of her life.
"10 years later, Charlie!" Ruby jumped up from the kitchen table. "Where have you been? I've been so worried!"
"I'm sorry, Joey and I just needed to talk" Charlie moved to the fridge and opened it. "What did you have for dinner? I'm starving"
"We had pasta bake, there is plenty left over, it's on the bottom shelf" Ruby sat back down at the table "So..."
"So what?" Charlie asked as she placed some pasta bake on a plate and put it in the microwave.
"So tell me everything that happened! What did you guys talk about?" Ruby spoke loudly.
"Is anyone else awake?" Charlie asked.
"What? No. VJ went to bed hours ago, Leah went to bed about an hour ago and Nic is staying around Geoff's so they can finish some assignment...Stop stalling and tell me what happened!" Ruby demanded.
"I wasn't stalling Ruby, but seems as though other people are asleep, keep your voice down." Charlie turned around and took her food from the microwave and sat down at the table. "We spoke about everything. The long haul, things that have been going on around here, stuff like that"
"Charlie, you promised me that from now on you would tell me everything; no lying or keeping things from me!"
"OK, calm down Ruby. I don't know what else to say, we spoke about Angelo and I, we spoke about the possibility two of us getting back together after I break up with him and we spoke about you"
"The whole Mother/Daughter thing?"
"Well, yeah" Charlie nodded and ate some of her food.
"So how did she take the news?"
"Surprisingly well." Charlie said after swallowing the food she had in her mouth.
"You were surprised that she took it well?" Ruby asked. "It's Joey not Hugo!" She added and started laughing with her mother, the two of them remembering how shocked and distant Hugo had became when the news that Charlie was Ruby's mother had came out.
"Yeah, I mean it's not exactly the easiest thing to tell anyone." Charlie said after they had both calmed down. "I know when you left, Joey, that I had a sister, well yeah, she's actually my daughter."
"Your amazing daughter" Ruby grinned.
"Well, yes, Joey seems to think so." Charlie chuckled. "I guess I'm lucky that you're a great kid and not some gremlin child!"
"Ah yes, I am the perfect child!"
"Whose head wont be able to fit through the door if your ego keeps growing" Charlie laughed as Ruby's jaw fell. "I'm glad we sorted things out Ruby...I couldn't bear not having you in my life."
"You're getting all soft on me Charlie" Ruby smiled.
"Sorry" Charlie laughed.
"It's fine. I actually like it. I don't see you soft on anyone else except for me oh and Joey."
"The two people in my life who I care most about" Charlie smiled.
"Well one of those people is going to bed now; beauty sleep is very much needed!" Ruby stood up and kissed her mum on top of her head.
"You don't need anymore beauty sleep miss. But have a good sleep" Charlie stood and hugged her daughter before she exited the room.
"Hey Charlie, how did tonight go?" Leah sleepily asked as she walked into the kitchen.
"Yeah, it went well thanks. Joey and I sorted everything out" Charlie smiled.
"And are the two of getting back together?" Leah asked as she poured herself a glass of water.
"It's a big possibility...I have to end things with Angelo first"
"That's great news Charlie." Leah walked over and hugged her friend. "I'm sorry I wish I could stay up and chat but I am tired"
"That's fine Leah. Enjoy your sleep" Charlie stood up "I think I might hit the hay too"
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"That's great news Jo!" Aden hugged his friend excitedly.
"Yeah it really is. It was so good to just sit and talk with Charlie again...It made me realise I missed her way more than I thought I did, which I didn't even know was possible" Joey grinned.
"I'm so happy for you Jo, you deserve happiness" Aden smiled as he sat down on a stool at the bar at Noah's.
"Thanks" Joey smiled as she sorted a drink for Aden. "Charlie told me about Belle" Joey passed Aden his drink. "Why didn't you tell me what happened?"
"I haven't really been...able to talk about it" Aden said as he swirled the straw around in the cup.
"I'm so sorry Aden" Joey placed her hand on Aden's arm. "She was an amazing girl"
"Yeah...she really was" He looked up at Joey with tears in his eyes "I miss her so much Jo" He broke down crying.
"Oh Aid" Joey moved around from behind the bar and hugged her friend as he cried.
"She was too young, She shouldn't have died, she had her life to live, we had our life to live" Aden sobbed into Joeys' arms.
"Why don't the two of you go for a walk, I'll hold the fort 'til you get back" Martha, who was sat on the couch with Hugo, walked behind Joey and suggested.
"I'm sorry" Aden lifted his head and wiped his face with his sleeve.
"Don't apologise Aden, its fine." Martha smiled sympathetically and walked behind the bar.
"Do you want to go for a walk?" Joey asked Aden.
Aden nodded and the two of them exited the Surf Club.
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"Hello Beautiful, I was wondering if I were ever going to see you again. I'm glad you called" Angelo grinned as he stepped inside Charlie's house.
"Yeah, sorry, I've been rather busy" Charlie looked to the ground as she walked into the lounge room, Angelo following suit.
"That's fine, I've missed you" Angelo said as he joined Charlie in sitting on the couch and placed his hand on Charlie's knee.
Charlie smiled nervously.
"So what have you been busy with?" Angelo asked.
"Errrm" Charlie moved her hair behind her ears. "Look, Angelo I am really sorry but I can't do this small talk with you"
"It's Joey isn't it?" Angelo asked as removed his hand from Charlie's knee.
"Yes" Charlie whispered and looked at him.
"You're getting back with her"
"Hopefully. I just" Charlie began
"Have to break up with me first" Angelo finished her sentence "So I guess Ruby was right, you've been in love with Joey this whole time"
"Yes" Charlie nodded. "I'm so sorry Angelo; I never meant to hurt you"
"Why did you date me, Charlie?" Angelo asked.
"I don't know" Charlie spoke softly.
"You just wanted someone to string along while you sorted out your sexuality" Angelo stood up.
"It wasn't really like that, Angelo"
"No? Because that's exactly what it looks like for me Charlie. I hope things work out for you and Joey but don't come crawling back to me if you realise she is never going to be enough for you" Angelo went to exit the room.
"She is going to be enough for me Angelo" Charlie spoke loudly and clearly.
"No she's not. No one ever will be. You can't commit to a relationship Charlie, you're pretty much going to be a player for the rest of your life."
"Get out of my house now Angelo" Charlie snapped.
"Truth hurts doesn't it?" and with that, Angelo walked out the house, slamming the door as he left.
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"Are you sure you're going to be okay?" Joey asked Aden as the two of them stood out front of the Surf Club.
"I'll be fine" Aden smiled at his friend. The two had spent an hour talking about Belle dying and how Aden wasn't coping as well as he tried to tell himself he was. "Thank you, Joey, for being there. I really am glad you're back. I needed someone to talk to, and, it just comes easy talking to you." He stepped forward and hugged her.
"Anytime" Joey smiled. "I'll call you later then, yeah?"
"Yeah, that'd be great. Talk later" Aden turned and walked away.
"Thank you so much for covering for me Martha" Joey said as she walked over to the bar.
"No worries at all. I know Aden needed someone to talk to" Martha paused. "But, you don't have to stay, I don't mind closing up"
"No, that's fine, I don't mind" Joey smiled.
"I think it's for the best...Angelo came in and said that Charlie broke up with him for you and now he is drowning his sorrows...I don't think you want to be here when he gets drunk" Martha nodded her head toward Angelo sat drinking at a table.
"Oh...yeah, okay...Thank you Martha" Joey smiled and left the Surf Club. She stopped outside and sat at a table and texted Charlie.
'Hey beautiful, heard you broke up with Angelo, hope it went well. Fancy meeting me The Diner for lunch? X' Joey hit the send button.
Joey sat watching the little kids running around on the beach, two kids would run in to the water when the tide came on to the beach whilst one would run away crying. She laughed to herself. She felt her phone vibrate, she had one new message, clicking into the message she smiled as she read Charlie's reply. 'Hey u, yeh I did. tell u more Diner, B there in 5. luv u. xxxx' She got up and made her way to The Diner.
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Joey was sat at a table reading the menu when she saw Charlie out the corner of her eye, she waved to get Charlies' attention and smiled when Charlie noticed and made her way over to her.
"Hello" Charlie grinned as she joined Joey at the table. "How are you?"
"I'm great thank you and your gorgeous self?" Joey was grinning as much as Charlie was.
"Better now I've seen you" Charlie leant in to kiss Joey, Joey moved her head back. "Okay, I'm starting to get the feeling you don't want to kiss me" Charlie moved back.
"I do, I really, really do. But are you sure you want to kiss me here? What about Colleen and everyone else?" Joey asked.
"Stuff everyone else, I want and need to kiss you" Charlie leaned in and kissed Joey on the lips, lightly at first, but the kiss developed passionately very quickly, the two had soon forgotten where they were, their kisses had intensified, tongues danced around in each others mouths, causing Charlie to moan softly, she hadn't been so turned on by a kiss since Joey had left.
"Err, girls, I am really glad to see you two back together" Leah spoke, interrupting the two girls "but this is a family restaurant and yeah" Leah laughed when she saw Charlie and Joey's faces turning crimson.
"Uh, yeah, sorry" Joey bit her lip, trying to not laugh from embarrassment.
"That's fine." Leah grinned. "Are you two ready to order?"
"Actually, I'm no longer hungry" Charlie grinned at Joey. "I think we might just, you know, get out of hear and have something to eat at home"
"Ah, yeah, I'm not hungry either." Joey grinned also.
"Okay then...Well have fun" Leah blushed as she walked away, knowing very well what the two girls were going home to do.
"Poor Leah" Joey laughed.
"She'll be fine, let's get out of here" Charlie stood up and pulled Joey with her.
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"Poor Aden, I'm glad you stepped in love, sounded like he really needed to get a lot off his chest" Alf stood talking to his granddaughter. "Are you sure you're going to be alright with this for the rest of the afternoon?"
"I'll be fine granddad" Martha smiled.
"In that case, I'm going to go check how Aden is, assuming he went back to work" Alf kissed Martha on the forehead before leaving the diner.
"Another one" Angelo slurred as he stumbled to the bar.
"I think you've had enough, Angelo"
"I don't care what you think Martha, just give me another beer" Angelo slurred loudly.
"Martha's right Angelo" Hugo stood up and walked over to the bar. "You should go home and sleep it off"
"Don't tell me what to do" Angelo said as he moved closer to Hugo.
"C'mon mate, let's get you home" Hugo grabbed Angelo by the arm.
"Get off me" Angelo pushed Hugo back. "I can get out of here myself"
Angelo left the Surf Club and stumbled out in to the car park, fumbling for his keys in his pocket when he reached his car.
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"Aden, you about?" Alf called out when he arrived at the Blaxland.
There was no answer.
Alf shrugged his shoulders and walked around to the other side of the boat, stopping in his tracks when he noticed Aden laying flat on his back.
"Aden?" Alf yelled as he ran over to the young guy who had blood oozing from his head, Alf checked for a pulse; finding a very slight one. He grabbed his phone from his pocket and called an ambulance.
"If you can hear me mate, hang in there" Alf spoke as he tried not to move Aden.
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"Mmm, I can't wait to get you home" Charlie spoke to Joey.
"Really?" Joey played it cool.
"Really really" Charlie leaned in and kissed Joey on her neck.
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After several minutes of trying to put the key in the hole, Angelo was now driving out of the car park and on to the road, he was in no condition to drive after having so much to drink, but today, Angelo didn't care.
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"So what are we going to do when we get back to your place?" Joey asked. "Watch a movie, bake a few cookies, do the washing?" She teased; she knew exactly what Charlie had planned to do when they arrived back at her home.
"I am going to do to you what I've been wanting to do for months and months" Charlie grinned.
"And that is what?" Joey asked as she also grinned.
"Oh, you'll have to wait to find out" Charlie winked.
"That's so not fair. I want to know now" Joey pretended to pout.
"Patience is a virtue" Charlie smiled as she broke away from Joey's hand and bent down to tie her shoes.
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Angelo drove along, swaying from one side of the road to the other; he looked up and saw Charlie and Joey laughing on the side of the road.
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"Come on, Slow poke!" Joey laughed as she walked on to the road.
"Wait on!" Charlie laughed as she finished tieing her shoe.
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Thoughts of how he and Charlie once used to be came in to Angelos' mind. He really loved her, how was he going to live without her in his life? He noticed Joey standing in the middle of the road. "Stupid bitch"
He sped up.
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"Seriously Charlie, you take forever to tie one shoe lace up!" Joey laughed.
Charlie looked to the right of her where she saw a car speeding up.
"Joey, get out of the road!" Charlie ran and pushed Joey out the road.
Joey fell back on to the road, watching as the body of the love of her life tumbled over the top of the car and landing on the road. The car stopped.
"Charlie!" Joey yelled as she got up and moved closer to her girl who lay twisted on the road. "Oh my god, don't do this to me" Joey cried as she shook, She got out her phone and called for an ambulance.
"Please, you've got to help me, m-my my girlfriend has been hit by a car, please help me" Joey sobbed in to the phone. "Bayside Road, Summer Bay, near the park" Joey was shaking as she placed her fingers on Charlies neck, trying to find a pulse. "She has one but its really weak...I won't move her...please hurry" Joey hung up the phone and held the hand of her girlfriend who lay on the road, helpless.