Well this is my second CJ story and it only came about because at the moment I'm having a bit of writers block with my other story and I had a little idea for this one so thought I would give it a go. This is a different way for Charlie and Joey to meet and although it is set in Summer bay with all the well known charecters the storyline in this story is going to be totally different to that of the show as you will see from the first chapter. This chapter is only a short one as I'd like to see what people think before I post anymore so if you like it then please review, if you don't like it then feel free also, just don't be too harsh lol! x
Joey sat on the back porch of number five Mathew Street doing her laces up, she lived there with her three best friend's Aden Jeffries, Belle Taylor who was Aden's girlfriend and Geoff Cambell, the group had been best friends since High school and were practically inseprable, all four had lived together for the last six months since returning from University , after having a taste of the independence University brought all had decided that not one of them wanted to live back home and have to abide by certain rules and curfews, Joey definitley didn't want to go back to her overley controlling ,homophobic brother Brett, that was when they all came up with the brainwave of living renting a house together together . Most of the time they would have a ball but there were occassions when they would get on each other's nerves.
If Joey had ever been asked to escribe her housemates she would describe Geoff as slightly shy, definitley shyer than the other's and she would describe him as being the peace keeper of the house, when ever on the scarce occassion that there had been an argument he was always the one to make sure it was quickly sweeped under the carpet. Belle was like the sister Joey never had and although they only met three years ago when Belle and Aiden had started dating they got to know each other quite quickly and it wasn't long before they became great friends, Belle was the most intelligent one of them all and Joey definitley deemed her worthy of being Aiden's girlfriend and last but not least there was Aiden who she had known all her life, they had gone through the same schools and University's together, Aiden was the lovable rogue, always having a laugh and often playfully taking the mick, but he had a huge heart and was a great listener and it made her so happy to see that he had found his soul mate in Belle although Joey counted all her housemates as her best friends it was Aiden who she was closest too and whom she held in the highest regard.
Joey was beautiful, smart ,kind and she definitley had the likeability factor. She peered across to where her neighbour Angelo was cleaning the small pool in his back yard "Hey Angelo" "morning Jo" called Angelo across the fence, Angelo had lived in the city working as a chef until he moved to the bay a month ago to take up a job as a head chef in one of the local swanky restraunts. Angelo had instantly hit it off with his young neighbours,from what Joey hd gathered he seemed like a really sweet, kind,genuine guy and he always let them use the pool whenever they wanted so that had to count for something she thought.
"What's up -you look bored " "yeah, its my first day off in the last two weeks and typical all the other guys are working" sighed Joey , Joey worked down at the local Yacht club doing sailing trips and athough it wasn't what she had spent the last three years in University for she still it enjoyed it nevertheless as it meant she got to combine her two favourite things-boats and the ocean "You can help me clean the pool if you like"joked Angelo "not that bored" laughed Joey "I think you need to bag yourself a girlfriend Joey" said Angelo "who me"said Joey pointing to herself "no way, I'm happy being single and playing the field" she said adamantly , "that's because you havn't met the right one yet" beamed Angelo, he smiled to himself when he thought about his fiancee Charlie, they had been together for the last six years and in Angelo's eyes she was definitley the one and he was looking forward to her joining him in their new home,His fiancee Charlie worked for a big accounting firm in the city and was unable to transfer her job to nearby Yabee Creek straight away so she had decided to stay on in the city while Angelo spent the last month renovating the house and getting it ready, in the time they had been apart he had missed his girlfriend sorely .
"well not long now" he beamed, Joey guessed that Angelo was reffering to his girlfriend as he always had that same glint in his in his eye everytime he mentioned her and it was quite obvious he was head over heels in love with her, Joey had never met Charlie but Angelo was always talking about her and from what he said Charlie sounded like a wonderful person, "right.......I get it ! that's why your cleaning the pool" laughed Joey "your getting it ready for Carly" "if you mean Charlie" laughed Angelo correcting her "then yeah, her transfer from works all gone through now so she's gonna be here some time tomorrow and I want everything looking perfect for her" he said with a smile, Joey smiled back at him it was nice to see a man that was considerate and kind "Well I'm sure she will appreciate it and If you need a hand with anything...............then ask Aden, Belle or Geoff" joked Joey "cos its my day off and after my run, well I intend on doing a lot of nothing much" she said laughing as she skipped down the steps of the porch , Angelo laughed at Joey's sweet sense of humour "well enjoy your run Jo and maybe once Charlie gets here she could join you, she's a fitness freak and keep fit definitley isnt my forte" he said gesturing to his ever so slightly podgy stomach "yeah sure, it would make a change from having to carry Belle home" smirked Joey,Belle had only been out running with Joey a couple of times and that was only after Joey persistantly nagging her, each time thay had been after about half a kilometer Belle would keel over in spectacular fashion and refuse to run a step further and on one occasion she had even insisted on getting the bus home so Joey always ended up practically dragging her the rest of the way home. "Well catch ya later" said Joey as she jogged out of the yard "oh and have fun cleaning the pool" she joked sarcastically,Angelo laughed and carried on with what he was doing.
