First Fan Fiction involves mostly Charlie Buckton and Darryl Braxton but also does involve some other H and A characters. For the first couple of chapters Roman Harris is involved as well (an old H and A character). The story lines have been manipulated and changed so I know they don't follow the exact Story Lines of the show. Please Review. =)

Chapter 1: Former Flame

Charlies P.O.V

"Charlie, you do realise your break started 10 minutes ago right?" Watson called from Reception.

Shit I thought. "Yeah, I'm heading out now". I quickly responded while neatly stacking away the paper work I had been working on.

"Is your head in the clouds or something? You don't seem the same and you look as if something is on your mind. Do you want to talk to me about something?" Watson questioned.

Truth is I did have something on my mind and it was distracting me big time, Brax and his hot shot lawyer, Hayley. Ever since we hooked up and I found that earring of her's wedged in the seat of his Black Holden Ute he is all I could think about. It hurt that he moved on so quick, and regardless of us not actually being together at the time of his 'hook up' it still hurt.

"No, I'm fine really" I said as I grabbed my wallet and keys from my pigeon hole. "I'll be back in 30 minutes, See ya" I called.

As soon as I stepped into The Diner I saw him I was about pivot on my heel to walk back out but Leah called "Hey Charlie, you here for lunch?" Leah questioned.

Brax was sitting at a table with Casey and Ruby with his back facing me so he obviously couldn't see me, so I was glad that there would be no awkward eye contact. I thought to myself 'I shouldn't have to hide from him, he and I are over and he needs to see I don't care about his relationship with Hayley' Although I clearly did, I thought I might as well pretend if I couldn't be for real about it.

"Um yeah Leah, I'll have the usual and a flat white" I said.

As I was standing there waiting for my order and hoping that he wouldn't see me I heard a loud Wolf Whistle and a male voice loudly call out "Sargent Buckton, aren't you looking hot these days!" I quickly turned my head to see who it was and recognised him immediately.

"Roman!" I squealed.

Brax P.O.V

"Brax are you listening to me?" Casey asked.

"Um, yeah what?" I asked confused.

"What the hell is wrong with you these days? You seem to be out to it?" Casey questioned.

"Nah mate I'm fine, just got a lot on my mind" I replied. As I sat there starring at my coffee, Casey and Ruby engaged in a conversation that was less then interesting, then heard a male's voice call "Sargent Buckton, aren't you looking hot these days!" which snapped me out of my day dream.

I quickly spun my head around to where the voice had come from and saw her, Charlie was obviously confused, but the look her face proved that she knew him.

As she slowly registered her surprise she squealed out "Roman!" and ran towards him jumping into his arms and wrapping her legs around his waist and her arms around his neck. His hand slowly creeped down her back and held her arse as he supported her weight, jealously hit me. Seeing another man holding my girlfriends arse, should I say ex girlfriends arse, and having her dangling from his body made me very anxious and jealous. I just wanted to walk up and rip her tiny frame off his muscular body, although I knew I couldn't.

"What are you doing here!" Charlie asked.

"Thought I'd come back to the Bay and catch some well missed waves. And of course catch up with my favourite girl" He said cheekily as Charlie playfully slapped him on his shoulder "And the rest of my mates I had to leave" he quickly added.

"Omg I can't believe this! How'd you get out?" she asked as she climbed down from him.

"Well it's a long story and I'd much rather discuss it some other time" He said.

Charlies P.O.V

"How long are you staying? We will have to catch up sometime" I said eagerly.

"I'm not sure how long I'll be here for, hopefully a while. I've already been and visited Nicole and Angelo and of course baby George." He responded.

"Charlie your order is ready. Oh my gosh, Roman Hi! How are you?" Leah asked.

"I'm fine Leah, good to see you." Roman said. I went and collected my order and started walking towards the only free table left in the Diner which was also only 4 tables down from Brax's, Ruby's and Casey's table.

"Care to join me? I still have 20 minutes left of break and then I have to get back to the station and work on a case" she asked Roman.

"Yeah sure I'd be glad to" He quickly responded sitting down directly across from Charlie. As soon as she sat down she felt a burning in her back, she knew it was Brax's stare.

Ruby's P.O.V

I looked up at Brax, he looked angry and distant, staring at something. I followed his gaze and saw it was directed straight at Charlie and this mystery man she was sitting with.

"Who's that?" Casey asked.

"I don't know. I can't see his face... Maybe he is a new co-worker..." I said.

"Yeah he looks like a police officer... Dressed in board shorts and a surfer shirt" Casey replied sarcastically. Ruby continued to stare until Charlie moved to the right, displaying the mystery man perfectly.

"Oh my god, I'll be right back Case" Ruby said kissing Casey on the forehead.

Brax's P.O.V

Okay, so the mystery man was called Roman... I don't know why I cared so much. What me and Charlie had is over. Although I was using Hayley to make Charlie jealous, well I still am. Hayley wasn't exactly my type; well she would have been before I met Charlie. But Charlie has raised the bar so high now I doubt anyone will be able to fill her shoes. Hayley just didn't have the X Factor that Charlie had, to me Hayley came across as a ditsy blonde and looked to me like a bit of a tramp, considering that fact that she is a lawyer she still looked so oblivious to the fact that I was just using her for sex and to make my ex jealous. It was either she really didn't know or she just didn't care. Charlie on the other hand was beautiful in every single way wether she was wearing a dress, sweats or uniform she looked amazing. She was strong willed and extremely stubborn. I found this out the day I first saw her at Angelo's. It was such a challenge to get her, months and months of sweet talking and flirting and even after that we only seemed to take 2 steps forward and 3 steps back, but I like strong women. They are dependable, independent and even though she was high maintenance she was the girl I've always been looking for. I knew I still loved her and to see her with this other bloke killed me inside. I watched as Ruby made her way over to Charlie and Roman. She placed her hand on his back and must have said something I was too far away to here.

It had been 5 minutes since Ruby sat down with them and I was getting more on edge every second. "You do know staring is rude" Casey said sarcastically. I finally broke the trance and looked over at him.

"I wonder who he is..."

"Your guess is as good as mine Brax. I don't see why you care though. You have moved on with Hayley... Although if you're jealous. And I know you are. That means you still have feelings for Charlie...?" Casey said fishing for answers. I didn't bother replying I knew I wouldn't be able to keep my composure so I continued to stare and Roman.

Charlie's P.O.V

We sat there talking for a while. Ruby soon excused herself and walked back over to Casey and sat back down, my eyes followed her and as she sat down I caught the gaze of Brax. His stare was so intense it felt heavy and as I stared at him I felt butterflies in my stomach.

"So do you want to go out with me tonight? Maybe get a few drinks and have dinner?" Roman voice snapped me out of the intensive stare off.

"Um, sure where were you thinking?" I asked.

"Well while I was visiting Nic, Angelo told me about the restaurant he opened here. He told me it was a great set up and assuming the current owner kept it up to standards that it should be a nice place to take you" he replied.

Oh great... the one place he wants to take me just happens to be Brax's restaurant. The stare off was so intense now I just couldn't begin to imagine what it would be like if I rocked up at Angelo's with Roman.

"How about we just do something quiet, like I don't know, dinner at Leah's?"

"Okay that's sounds great. I'll bring a bottle of your favourite wine" he replied.

"Great, hey listen my break is just about over so I need to get back to the station. Come around to my place at around 7? I'll get Rubes to invite her boyfriend along so it isn't boring for her. Great catching up with you and I'm so glad you're back." I said happily.

"Yeah, sure sounds great" he said.

I knew Brax was still watching I could feel his gaze like it was an axe hanging over my head so I thought I might as well make him just a little bit jealous seeing he didn't hold back at all. I leant over the table and kissed Roman just slightly, grabbing his hand and walking out of The Diner with him. I couldn't help but feel a little bit smug I caught Brax's gaze and he didn't look too happy. What can I say Payback's a bitch.

Casey's P.O.V

I saw Charlie kiss Roman and I immediately looked over at Brax. His gaze was locked right on her and his saw his jaw clench and his muscle tense. I knew he wasn't exactly happy about Roman being here and trying to get with his ex.

He got into the car and Brax didn't say a word. The tension in the car was wild as we were driving home so I thought I'd say something...

"So, Ruby invited me to her house tonight to have dinner with her and her mum." Brax didn't react. "Oh... and Roman is going to be there to." As soon as I said that Brax's hands tightened on the steering wheel. He was getting so worked up over this; I decided I should leave it until he gets really angry.

I arrived at Ruby's at 7, she greeted me at the door and led me into the dining room where Charlie and Roman were already waiting I sat down and we began to talk... Roman seemed really friendly and he could tell a decent joke, I could see why Charlie was interested. When he stood up he towered over me. He was tall, extremely well built and he obviously surfed, sounded like he could fit in the River Boy gang quite well. Although I highly doubt Brax would let him in with open arms. He seemed pretty pissed that Roman was coming in and trying to cut his grass.

Later on that night we had finished dinner and Ruby and I were washing up, she was cleaning the dishes and me drying them with a tea towel. I looked back into the living room and saw Roman flirting with Charlie. I thought whilst I was here I might as well do some digging and find out some information on this guy so I could tell Brax and maybe put his mind at ease.

"So... Your mum and Roman look cosy" I tried to sound casual

"Huh?" Ruby asked with a confused expression.

"Roman is practically throwing himself at her" I nodded over to where they were sitting. Charlie throwing her head back in laughter as soon as we looked at her.

"Oh yeah... They seem close because they are... Or well they were." She replied hoping I wasn't going to ask any more questions.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Okay Casey seriously I know what I tell you now you're only going to run back and tell your brother and Hey! I'm not judging you I'd do the same thing but it could make things more awkward for Brax." I didn't say anything.

"Okay well... Charlie and Roman were romantically involved with each other for some time. Charlie likes men who can look after her. The brave, muscley and somewhat rebellious type, even though she can look after herself woman always what their man to be a saviour, someone who can look after them, protect them, make them feel safe and secure. Aka Brax or Roman."

Rubys P.O.V

I continued to explain to Casey about Roman and Charlie's situation before he got carted away to Jail.

"Roman was in the S.A.S or Special Air Service and as you know those men are pretty tough and are basically able to kill a man with their bare hands. But that's not what attracted Charlie to him it's the fact that he's smart, brave, tough, independent, family oriented and most of all good looking. Does that sound like a certain brother of yours?" Casey just nodded clearly interested in what I was saying.

"Anyway they lasted for quite a while until he was carted off to jail. Now before you jump to conclusions he wasn't a mass murderer or anything he was over in Afghanistan and one of the soldiers turned on him and his mate, so Roman shot and killed him. They decided that no one would believe them about the situation seeing the man who turned was such a well respected solider they covered up the accident with lies. Soon after Roman came to the Bay he couldn't take the guilt and confessed sending him on a one way road to jail... Or well at least we thought. I don't know how he got out but I'm glad he did. He is a good guy who didn't deserve to have his life ripped away from him."

Charlie P.O.V

"Okay guys, thanks for having me. It was great" Casey said as he was heading towards the door.

"Casey! Wait up I need to ask you something" I shouted loud enough for him to hear me.

"Yes..?" He asked slightly confused.

"Um... Is Brax working tonight? It's just me and Roman want to go get a drink at Angelo's and leave Ruby study in peace but it would just be awkward if Brax was there... I know this is awkward for you seeing he's your brother and all I just think it would be best if Brax wasn't there..."

"Oh... Yeah he's not working tonight. And Charlie trust me I don't blame you for not wanting to be around Brax with what he has done to you. I mean with the whole Hayley thing... He still loves you Charlie, he does. It mighten feel like it or look like it but he does, Hayley is just a phase he is using her to get want he wants..." Casey was looking me in the eye he seemed sincere I knew he wasn't just telling me what I wanted to hear.

"What does he want?" I asked still confused on that.

"You" he said with a smile... "I better go, going to be a long walk home"

"Wait Casey, we'll give you a lift home on our way to Angelo's" "Oh thanks Charlie" he said.

Casey's P.O.V

I opened the door and found Brax sprawled out on the couch drinking a beer. He had obviously calmed down because he greeted me with "Hey Case, How was it?"

"Yeah it was good. I learnt a lot about Roman too..." I said hoping he would ask for more detail. "Oh yeah?" he replied.

"Well he is an ex SAS personal and has been all around that world, seen heaps of awesome stuff and been involved in quite a few wars. He seems pretty cool. He's really nice and funny to".

Brax's P.O.V

I was listening inventively now, wanting to know more about this Roman fella. Casey continued on with "Oh yeah, Ruby also told me that Charlie is a former flame of his and they dated for quite a long time before he left the bay".

"Oh yeah" I replied trying not to act phased by this.

"Anyway Case, why you home so early?"

"Well Ruby had to study so Roman and Charlie offered me a lift home, seeing they were heading to Angelo's for a few drinks" He said.

"Oh okay, Charlie is heading to Angelo's to try and make me jealous, classic" I blurted out.

"Actually no Brax, she asked me if you were working tonight. She said she didn't want to run into you with Roman. She thought it would become awkward".

"Awkward! What does she mean by that?" I could feel myself getting worked up over this again.

"Brax come on, you can't blame her. You hurt her, you hurt her big time with this whole Hayley phase you're going through. I'm not stupid Brax. You were and still are using Hayley to make Charlie jealous. Well guess what? It's not working you have convinced her you've moved on and now she's trying to do the same." Casey argued. I just sat there in silence until Casey left.

I was thinking about what he just said. It was true I was only using Hayley to make Charlie jealous so she'd come running back to me but in reality it's had the reverse effect and now she can't seem to be further away from me.

"I'm going to the restaurant!" I shouted to Casey.

"Brax don't do anything stupid!" He called back to me. As I grabbed my car keys and jacket and headed to the door the last thing that entered my mind was I'm going to get her back.

Chapter 2 Spoilers:

Brax has second thoughts.

Brax learns more about Roman.

Someone ends up with a bruised ego and a broken heart.