This is my first FanFic so I hope you all like it. Just letting you know that this happens a year later, Charlie and Bianca are best friends again, and Charlie never got shot by Jake.

Chapter One – A Married Couple To Be

Brax had just proposed to Charlie. She wore a big diamond engagement ring on her finger proudly.
"I can't believe I'm going from a Buckton to a Braxton haha," joked Charlie.
"Haha hey, it's your choice."
"You know I was kidding haha. I love you so much," said Charlie.
"I love you too," replied Brax with the biggest grin on his face.
They had planned to tell everyone the next day, hoping nobody would take it too badly. Everyone in the bay had trusted Charlie seeing as she was the best cop in town, but that kind of went downhill when they all found out she was going out with bad boy Darryl Braxton, who was the leader of the River Boys. The River Boys were always up to no good and hardly anyone trusted them especially after the numerous incidents around the bay involving them.

The morning sun shined brightly. Charlie yawned and looked up at the time. The clock read "10:00am". Good thing she wasn't going to work today or else she'd be really late. She could hardly sleep last night after all the excitement. Obviously everyone at home had gone to sleep when she arrived home well after midnight, so she couldn't tell everyone the good news. While walking into the kitchen, she was interrupted by an excited Ruby.
"OH MY GOSH CHARLIE! IS THAT A RING ON YOUR FINGER? "
"Haha yeah! I was going to tell you all last night, but when I got home, you were all fast asleep!" Charlie told Ruby.
"What's with all the noise?" asked Leah as her and VJ came out of VJ's room.
"The ring!" shouted Ruby.
"Oh Charlie! Congratulations! Who's the lucky man! Brax?"
"Yup!"
"Awh! Congrats Charlie!" they all said.
"Thank you! Glad to know some people are happy about it! Not so sure how everyone else will react haha," replied Charlie.
"No, they'll all be happy for you!" exclaimed Ruby.
"Haha I sure hope so!"
"So when's the wedding?" questioned Leah.
"Um... We haven't decided yet, but we have decided to have it in New Zealand!" answered Charlie.
"I'm assuming it'll be a small wedding yeah?"
"Nope! We'll be inviting everyone in the bay, everyone at the police station, the River Boys, our families and we're hoping to invite back Nicole and Angelo too!"
Ruby was completely surprised. "How will you pay for all this?"
"Brax said he's got it under control."
"He's not that rich is he!" exclaimed Ruby.
Leah looked at her funny. "Where did he get the money from..?"
"No, it's not what you think! There's the money we've saved up, money from the restaurant and we've got a loan from the bank."
"Okay, as long as it's not dodgy money..." warned Leah.
"Leah, we'll be fine," assured Charlie. "Anyway, I'm going over to Brax's house now and then we'll be telling everyone."
"Charlie, hang on! I'm coming with you to see Casey," said Ruby.
"Hurry up then! I can't hold this exciting news any longer haha!"
"I'm coming now!"
"Okay, bye Leah, bye VJ!"

Ruby raced to the Braxton's door, closely followed by Charlie.
"Haha hey Rubes!" greeted Casey. "Oh and Charlie, congrats on the engagement! Brax told me last night!"
"Hey Case!" replied both Ruby and Charlie.
"You were up that late! Haha thank you!" added Charlie.
"No worries."
"Charlie, hey!" Brax said, and he kissed her.
"Hi! Well I think we should go to the diner now."
"Yup, sounds good!"

Brax and Charlie walked along the beach holding hands.
"Did you tell Heath?" asked Charlie.
"Yeah, surprisingly he took it pretty well. He was happy for us haha."
"That's a change of tune!"
"Haha that's good! He has to like you because we'll all be a proper family soon!"
As the diner came closer, the more nervous they were.
"Charlie, we'll be fine. Just act normal," said Brax.
"From what I can see, there aren't too many people in the diner... I'll go get us a coffee."
Charlie walked up to the counter. Okay, so far so good she thought to herself.
"Hey Irene! Can I please get two coffees?" asked Charlie casually.
"Oh my, Charlie! Are you getting married!" said Irene excitedly.

Next chapter:
How will everyone react to Brax and Charlie's engagement?