Chapter 1

When things were so tough for Joey, he had always been there for her but now business was not doing so well and Brett couldn't afford to keep his sister on.

"I'll work for free, I'd do anything. Please Brett I need this job" Joey begged.

"I'm sorry, I'm letting go of all my staff and I'm going to move to another town and try business there. There is too much competition here for us to survive"

"But I can't move away from Mum and Dad and my friends"

"Do you mean you can't move away from your little girlfriend?" Brett joked

Joey didn't bite back but deep down she smiled at the thought of Tracy . This was her partner of almost 2 years but it still seemed like yesterday that they got together. Joey hadn't realised she was gay and still didn't know what to class herself as. She had definitely thought her brothers girlfriends were attractive but she often found herself dreaming about how things would be if she was with a guy. Brett and all his friends were so supportive of Joey and her work dreams where as Tracy would be much happier with her in an office doing a girls job. However she never talked about that with her.

"How about I have a talk to some of my friends and see if I can get you another job here for a few months and then when I'm settled in and raking in the money and you have convinced your Misses to move then you can come and join me" Brett explained secretly hoping Joey would have left Tracy as he never felt she was quite good enough for his sister.

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Joey came running over to her brothers truck which was all packed up. He had got her the dream job and she would be leaving tomorrow on a 3 month long haul trip. And even more exciting was it was going to dock into his new home town of Summer bay towards the end of her journey weeks. She has always wanted to do this and her parents had even agreed it was great timing.

Joeys mother had last week gone to visit her children and had walked into wake up Joey to take her to lunch only to find her in bed asleep with Tracy. Brett had confirmed the relationship and all Kelly could think of is how much she had let her daughter down. She had been brought up in an abusive house which Brett had rescued her from when she was 16. This was all her fault that she was gay, and all her fault that she wouldn't act like a normal girl doing a normal girls job.

Joey had often asked her parents to help her get a job on a fishing trawler but they had always made many excuses to why she couldn't, mainly saying she is too young at 18. She didn't ask any questions when they had said yes to this job and it didn't cross her mind once that maybe they were trying to get her away from Tracy.

"I'll see you in a few months and make sure you get a flash apartment with a room for me, I'll write to you for when we dock to get supplies" Joey hugged her brother goodbye before he drove off into the sunset to start his new life.

Joey left for her own new adventure in 12 hours and she was yet to break the news to the love of her life. It brought a tear to her eye just thinking about it but she was sure that Tracy would understand.

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"How could you? Brett organised all this for you didn't he? I knew he didn't like me, but I never realised it was this bad." Tracy cried

"He loves you like a sister! He asked you to move in here and he wants you to move to Summer Bay with us both after this trip."

"I can't move Joey. I have my family, my friends, my job and my life here!"

"I don't feel like fighting tonight. I want to enjoy my time with you. I will be back in 3 months and we will discuss where to go from there. That's if you want to stay together?" Joey pleaded with the older lover. She had always found older people more attractive and nothing had put her off with the 8 year age difference.

"Of course I do. Now be quiet and lets make the most of the night"

Joey carefully jumped out of bed, quietly grabbed her bags and before walking through the door placed a kiss on Tracy's cheek and lay a note in her place on the bed.

I can't believe I'm doing this. Last night was wonderful and I walk away with tears rolling down my face. I will miss you but I know you will always be there for me. You are the most Loyal person I know and I look forward to our next moments together. Forever and Ever Babe. I love you Joey.

As Joey walked to the docks with tears in her eyes, Tracy stirred and jumped up realising that Joey had gone. She read the note and smiled to herself. Tracy certainly knew of someone as loyal as herself. And that was Joey. She never had anything to worry about while she was in this relationship. While so she thought anyway…..

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