When Love Takes Over

Three new boys arrive in town, hiding a little secret and to get to the bottom of that secret Sergeant Charlie Buckton goes on a sneaky mission to uncover their secret. Will Love take over? Or will Charlie stay strong and stick by her cops instincts. A Chax Fanfic.

I hope you guys enjoy my latest fan fiction. It's based on the movie How to lose a guy in ten days, but it's not entirely the same thing xo please let me know what you think by reviewing.

The time was late; Charlie had just finished her night shift at work. The shift had felt like it went on forever. Mainly because she had a meeting with Inspectors; a rumour had been circulating the town that the three infamous River Boys were moving to town. Unfortunately for her it meant trouble and keeping Summer Bay a peaceful sea side town was hard enough.

The meeting had been about different strategies to keep the River Boys from creating havoc. Word from other stations was that the River Boys were part of a massive drug trading job; although the River Boys were never caught because they were always one step ahead from everyone. Police teams would be tipped off or worked out about harvest and no sooner did they get there, the crop had been harvested and no traces of people had been left.

Charlie was strolling along the beach, gazing out into the moonlight ocean. She could here footsteps behind her. Turning around she saw the familiar face of her best friend Bianca.

"Good Evening" Bianca said.

"Evening, What are you doing out this late?" Charlie asked.

"Same thing you're doing, thinking"

"What about?"

"Liam. What else could it be" Bianca laughed.

"I can't help you there B. I haven't had a fling since Angelo" Charlie said.

"That long? Really? That's been ages."

"I know it's really hard lately. I have been tied down with work"

"The timing couldn't be more right, tomorrow at Angelo's there is going to be a single's night; you should go"

"What by myself?" Charlie asked, shocked.

"I can't go, I have Liam, but if you sweet talk Ruby, I'm sure she would go with you" Bianca said. "And I heard that three boys that go by the name of the River Boys are going to be there and apparently their hot!"

"There also criminals" Charlie added.

"Let your hair down for once Charlie" Bianca said, playfully hitting Charlie on the arm. "Anyway I'm off. Have a goodnight."

"Bye"

Charlie was left walking along the beach by herself. Thinking about it, Charlie realised something, which would give her a boost in her personal life but also in her professional life.

The next morning

The next morning Charlie hurried into work to share her new idea to the Inspectors.

Charlie knocked on the door of her office. "Inspector?"

"Come in Sergeant" Inspector Joyce's voice boomed.

"Hi, I have a proposition for you." Charlie's voice was shaky; she didn't know how he was going to react. "It has something to do with the River Boy Case."

"What might that be?"

"As you know the eldest Braxton, Darryl is the leader of the notorious gang and to pin him for drug offences, I was thinking of stepping down for a while and acting as a love partner, to get inside of the his life"

"So you're telling me that you want to become intimate and act as girlfriend to a well known criminal?"

"Yes, but it will be entirely professional on my behalf" Charlie said.

"Absolutely not" Inspector Joyce said forcefully. "I will not have a good officer compromise herself with a known criminal even if it means we can pin him"

"Inspector, Please just hear me out" Charlie pleaded. "Just give me 10 days, 10 days and I will have enough information and evidence to put him behind bars."

"Why ten days?" He asked.

"Because 10 days is enough time to get enough evidence and 10 days is too short to fall in love" Charlie said.

"Fine, I'll let you do it. But I hope I don't regret this"

"I promise you, you won't regret this" Charlie said. She left her office and went home. If she was going to get the eldest Braxton's attention, she was going to need to look her best.

Charlie had convinced Ruby to take a night off studying and to come out with her. Even though Charlie was not entirely happy about Ruby being going to a part under aged but it meant that she didn't have to go alone and that was fine with Charlie.

Ruby and Charlie went shopping; Ruby bought a nice floral print maxi dress whilst Charlie bought a beautiful fire red mini dress. It cupped her bust nicely at the top and then flowed out and ended just above her knee. She bought some black heels to go with it. She had to make sure she was looking as sexy as ever, if she wanted to catch Darryl's attention.

The night had finally reached and Charlie and Ruby rocked up at Angelo's looking hot, as they entered a lot of heads turned.

"You ready for this?" Charlie whispered in Ruby's ear.

"Yep, and I hope you don't mind but I see Romeo over there so I might go talk to him" Ruby walked off. Leaving Charlie by herself; this night wasn't going to be easy so Charlie decided what best way to ease her nerves then a glass of champagne.

Once Charlie had gotten her drink she gazed around the room looking for the Braxton's. Hopefully they did show up or it would be a waste of time for her. She had never seen the brothers in person before but had seen plenty of photos.

She waited a while, but they eventually showed up. She did get what Bianca was saying about how hot they were. Darryl the eldest Braxton was the hottest and she was just lucky enough to be given the task of getting to him.

Charlie watched as they walked up to the bar, less than two metres away from them. They were the typical guy ordering a beer. Darryl had glanced at her a couple of times, but it wasn't enough to get his attention. She was going to have to do something more.

The Braxton Brothers met with a group of boys who they seemed to get on well. They were all sitting in the booth, watching the lively atmosphere around them.

"Some smoking hot women here tonight boys" The eldest Braxton brother said.

"Please, you couldn't get any of them" The middle Braxton, Heath replied.

"Mate, I could make any one of these women in here fall in love with me" Darryl said.

"Prove it"

"How do you want me to do that?" Darryl asked.

"I choose a woman, you make her fall In love with you"

"Done, it's a deal. What are the conditions?"

"I choose the brunette sitting over at the bar by herself and you have 10 days to make her fall in love with you"

"Why ten days?"

"Because in 10 days, Mum is holding a BBQ for us and if she is in love with you, then she'll go with you."

"Watch me work my magic" Darryl said as he walked up to Charlie.

Charlie was staring into her empty glass of champagne. Think that she was going to have to be straight forward with Darryl. She felt a light tap on her shoulder and turned around to see Brax standing there.

"Excuse me Miss, but did it hurt?" Darryl asked.

"What hurt?" Charlie replied confused.

"When you fell from heaven?"

Charlie looked at him, and then started cracking up laughing. "As a matter of fact, it hurt quite a lot; I might need you to kiss it better?"

"I'm Darryl, but you can call me Brax." He stuck out his hand.

"Charlie" She said taking a hold of his hand. "Why don't we take this conversation outside?"

"Suits me" Brax replied. Charlie grabbed his hand and pulled him outside. On the wait out Brax looked back at Heath who was shocked that the girl he picked was interested. He picked her because she was one that didn't look like she would fall for the bad boy act.

Charlie had dragged Brax out onto the beach. They started walking along the sand. "So what do you do for a living?" Charlie asked, trying to make small talk.

"I run a furniture import business, hoping soon I can buy a restaurant. How about yourself?"

"Nothing to permanent at the moment" Charlie smiled.

"I'm guessing you're single?"

"Yes, I am single"

"Likewise"

Brax turned around to Charlie and grabbed her waist and pulled her in for a short but passionate kiss, leaving her wanting more. "What was that for?" Charlie mumbled.

"I thought I'd try before I buy" Brax laughed.

"So do I make the cut?" Charlie asked.

"I think so"

"Well in that case, let's take this little talk back to my house" Charlie brushed her lips up against his, tempting him.

Brax kissed Charlie and followed her lead back to her house. He thought to himself, this was going to be the easiest thing to do.