I have had this idea in my head for a while so I will be interested to see what everyone thinks. Charlie is not a cop in this story and her family doesn't live in Summer Bay.

Jack is not Jack Holden but I just liked the name

Charlie sighed as she looked at herself in the mirror. Running her hands through her long hair she couldn't believe that she had let herself be talked into this. With hair and makeup done she just about didn't recognise the person staring back at her.

*Earlier that day*

"Trust me we can make you look hot, nobody will even know it's you! Please Charlie we need you" pleaded Madison

"Make me look hot? What am I normally Maddy?" replied Charlie

Madison laughed "Charlie you know you're hot but you just don't like to show it! Please please please say you will do it, if you don't we will have to pull on and Jack will hit the roof."

She had been working at the strip club for a year and half running the office but this was the first time she had ever agreed to dance. They were doing a stag do at a club in a little place out of the city called Summer Bay. Normally they would have more then enough girls to cover it but a couple of girls had called in sick and the others had to stay to cover the club in the city.

Charlie had only taken the job because she desperate for money and was about to lose her apartment. She had to leave her last job when her boss had tried making a move on her. Charlie was only planning to stay for a couple of months until she found another job but it hadn't taken her long to form a relationship with the girls and she had never left. All the girls were close but Charlie and Madison had a special relationship. After 6 months of knowing her Charlie finally told her the truth about why she was living in the city by herself and why she didn't have any contact with her family.

"I left home for good when I was 17 but I had been in and out of home for 2 years before that. My parents didn't understand me"

"Most teenagers feel like that maybe things would be different if you got in contact again?" answered Madison

Charlie shook her head knowing that now was the right time to open up "no my relationship with my parents isn't the same a normal family… when I was 14 I was raped by my boyfriend." A single tear ran down her cheek as Madison took her friends hand. "I didn't tell my parents until I was 4 months pregnant and they made the decision not to tell anyone. It is a small town where everyone knew everyone so they didn't want upset his family. When I was 7 months pregnant we went to stay with my Auntie and we returned home with my new sister. Everyone was a bit surprised but nobody really said much." Charlie took a deep breath, she hadn't told anyone this and knew it was a lot for her to take in.

"She was so beautiful; I would spend hours watching her sleep after my parents had gone to bed. Finally it got to much for me and I had to leave. I thought about taking her with me but I had no idea where I was going and I had no money. When I came to the city I stayed at boarding house until I got a job. I called my parents to let then know I was ok but didn't tell them where I was. I haven't seen them since the day I left... "

"Charlie" called Jack poking his head in the door "come and have drink with us! It will help relax you."

Her boss Jack wanted everyone to think that he was a hard business man but deep down he would do anything for his girls. When he interviewed Charlie for the job he could tell that she needed someone to look over her and guide her. Jack had taken her under his wing and helped her grow into the person she was. Not having any kids of his own Jack thought of Charlie as more of a daughter then an employee.

Charlie walked through the door into the main dressing room of the club. Sarah let out a low wolf whistle causing Charlie to blush "dam girl where have you been hiding?"

Kate walked up to her ranning her hand though Charlie's hair "Maddy you did a great job with her hair. You would never know it was extensions!" One of the first things Charlie had done when she arrived in the city was to cut her hair. She had long hair her whole life and she felt cutting it was the start of her new life.

"Thanks guys, I can't believe I'm doing this!" Charlie felt her hands shaking and she started to wonder if she was going to be able to do this.

Jack placed a shot glass of vodka in front of her "drink this, it will help." He had known her long enough to know that she could do this but could also talk herself out of it just as easily. Unless he wanted to lose business he needed her to do this but he would never have had Madison talk her if he didn't think she was up for it. Seeing that she had finished her shot he refilled the glass.

"So remind me what I'm meant to be doing?" asked Charlie nervously. She had seen the girls do the group routine enough times to know most of the steps and they spent hours that day going over it.

"Charlie you know what you are doing!" exclaimed Sarah "just relax and enjoy it. Trust me when you're on that stage you will feel sexy and confident just go with it. Do you come up with a stage name yet?"

Charlie gulped, she had been so busy since she had yes to dancing that she hadn't even thought about it. "No I haven't had time to think about! Why can't I just use my real name?"

Kate laughed "you have been around so long I keep forgetting that you are new to dancing! You need a stage name to go with your stage personality. The second you step onto that stage you turn into a different person. You could use Bambi, you look like a deer in the headlights right now!" Charlie laughed trying to hide her sadness. Her friends comment reminded her of her baby daughters' big eyes an image that she did her best to forget.

"How about Grace?" suggested Madison sensing Charlie's discomfort. "It's not an over the top stage name but it reminds me of you."

"I'm not sure it makes you sound classy" laughed Jack.

Charlie slapped his arm "you know I am Jacky-boy! Grace is going to rock it tonight with class." Jack smiled the vodka was starting to kick in and her confidence was coming out. He poured her another one and placed the glass in front of her "one for luck Miss Grace." Charlie laughed before downing the shot and giving him a kiss on the cheek.

"Just remember confident and sexy, make every guy in the room want you" said Kate.

Sarah stood in front of Charlie taking her hands "I don't think she needs to worry about making the guys want her as soon as they see her they aren't going to be able to take their eyes off her. She is hot!" Charlie felt herself blushing again, this was all new to her but she was happy to go along for the ride.

"Come on girls it's time for us to do our thing!" said Madison, kissing Charlie on the cheek before leading her onto the dark stage.

"Please welcome to the stage Danielle, Roxy, Lexi and Grace!" came a voice through the microphone. Charlie felt like her heart was going to jump out of her chest.