Charlie's POV
I never thought I would leave Summer Bay. Summer Bay is, had been my home for the past 3 years. I was sad to say good bye, but it was something I had to do. I had to protect everyone. It was my duty not just as a police officer but as a Summer Bay citizen. I had to leave the 2 most important people in my whole life behind but it was the right thing to do.
I sat on my bed in my new apartment, in the city. It was small and bright. I was thinking about the last conversation I had with Inspector Joyce. I remembered it so very clearly.
Flash Back.
I was sitting at home on the couch eating a late dinner because I had been working an afternoon shift. I had turned off the Television and was getting a glass of water when I Inspector Joyce's voice behind me. "Hello, sergeant. Can we talk?" "Yes, of course." We walked out into the cold night. We drove somewhere and we sat in his car for 2 minutes before he spoke. "Charlie, I'm am so sorry but after receiving many threats about Jake's gang wanting to kill you we have to place you in the WPP. It's for your own safety." "What! You mean to say that I'm going it the witness protection program?" "Yes. Look I know it's a lot to take in but I need to tell you that you will not be able to see Ruby or Brax or anyone else in Summer Bay."
End of flashback.
I got up and got a glass of water. I got my pills that they meaning the doctors said I had to take. It only took one mouthful of water and the pills went down. I walked outside and got the mail. I had an appointment at a hospital in one month time. I went back inside and turned on the television. I flicked through the channels until I found something that looked good. It was getting late I had dinner which was left over redwine pasta sauce and twirled pasta I then went and watched another movie on TV. I slowly fell asleep on the couch, curled up in a little ball with a blanket over me to keep me warm.
Ruby's POV
It has been 4 weeks since Charlie had died. I have dumped Casey because he was looking out for Brax and not me. I knew that Brax would need looking after but so do I. I couldn't, can't get through this by myself. I blame Brax for Charlie's death. If it wasn't for him getting her caught up in all the river boy trouble with Jake and Hammer she never would have killed Hammer and Jake wouldn't have felt the need to get revenge on Charlie.
It was a nice day out so I decided to go for a walk along the beach. I prayed that I wouldn't bump into Heath, Brax or Casey. I really didn't need to talk to them. I hated all of them. I hated Brax the most out of all of them. He hurt me. He slept with some random after Charlie died
Flashback.
It had been week after Charlie's death I was feeling upset so I decided to go over to Brax's house. Heath let me. "Hey mini Buckton" he greeted me. "Hey, Heath. Brax in?" I said walking down the hall to Brax's room. "Yeah, but if I were you I wouldn't go in." He called to me but it was too late. I had already walked in and I saw Brax with his tongue down some blonde's throat. "YOU SAID YOU MISSED MY MUM! HOW COULD YOU IF YOU"RE DOING THIS?" I exclaimed a tear slowly crawling down my cheek. "Rubes, you don't understand." I didn't want to hear it so I turned on my heel and ran out of the house. By now a whole group of tears were streaming down my face. I ran all the way to the beach. I sat down in the sand trying to forget about what I had just seen. I couldn't. How could I forgive Brax? He was sleeping with some other random just a week after his girlfriend had died.
End of flashback
I sat down in the sand just thinking about Charlie. I remembered all the times we had gone to the beach together. I remembered how much fun we had. I remembered her telling her she was my mum. I remembered how much I hated her and resented her. I sat staring at the sand for 3 minutes before looking up at the water. I got up and shook the sand off. I ran down to the water. I slipped of my thongs and threw them up where they wouldn't get wet. I walked into the cool water. It felt nice on my skin. I walked back out of the water. I took of my sky blue and my black shorts. I put them with my thongs before returning to the water. I walked out to where the water got deeper. I started to paddle. I looked around the water. There weren't many people in the water. There were only 3 surfers. I recognized them straight away. I paddled up to where could stand before walking out of the water. I put my shirt and shorts back on and left the beach.
Brax's POV'
It had been 4 weeks since Charlie had died. I missed her so much. I didn't know how I could live without her. I had been watching TV until I got a text that I had been waiting for. I grabbed my surf board and left the house. I walked down to the beach where I saw Heath and Casey walk up to meet me. I walked down and met them half way. "So, how's the surf?" I asked. "It's great." "Well come on then. Let's go." I ripped off my shirt, not literally and walked out to the blue ocean. I paddled my way out to where the waves were coming fast. I looked around to see where Heath and Casey were. I saw Ruby and she saw me. She swam and turned. It looked like she was swimming towards me but she was just turning around. She wasn't that far away I was going to talk to her but I figured it wasn't a good idea so I let her swim back and leave the beach. I hated that she wasn't talking to me but there wasn't anything I could do about it.