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Charlie sat on her desk at work, she couldn't stop thinking about what Heath had said earlier that day. Brax is going on a date, probably with that blonde lawyer named Hayley. She remembered how she saw them kissing, it wasn't passionate, but it broke Charlie's heart. She lost him, she had to deal with the consequences… if only that wasn't so god damn hard. 'Hey sarge, we've got a complaint about sound pollution, lets go' one of the other officers told her. Charlie got up from her desk and was brought back to reality. She looked at the piece of paper where he had written the address on, it was right across Brax' place. 'Great' she thought to herself 'Can this day get any worse?'.
The officer and Charlie drove through the street where the noise should have come from according to the complaint. They didn't hear any noise, the merry-makers probably knew they were coming to decided to keep low profile for a while. Charlie knew what standard procedure was: asking the neighbours if they had heard something. They had knocked on every door in the street, except the Braxton house. Charlie was dreading this moment. 'Please, don't let him be home… or worse, don't let "her" be there' she thought to herself. They knocked, they heard a noise, someone was home, that is for sure. 'Officers, how can I help you?' a surprised Brax asked after he opened the door. 'I am sorry to bother Mr Braxton, but we had a complaint about sound pollution, we were wondering if you had heard anything' the other officer replied. 'No, not that I know of' Brax wasn't going to help them, the neighbours told him politely that they were having a party tonight and that there is no party without music. Brax told them not to worry about it, he didn't mind.
'Can we come in?' the other officer asked. 'Why would you want that?' Charlie thought to herself whilst looking at him in a confused way. 'We think they will go back to making noise as soon as we left, if we can hide here for a while, we can be here on time to catch them' Charlie's colleague continued. 'Do I have a choise?' Brax asked, he didn't want his neighbours to get into trouble, after all they were just starting to get along. 'No, sorry' the officer answered. Brax opened the door further and Charlie was scared to walk in, to find "her" there, she didn't want to walk in on them having a romantic night. She couldn't deal with that, her hands trembled.
'Hey, what is going on?' a voice said. 'Nothing sweetie, these people are just visiting us' Brax answered. Charlie sighed in relief… Darcy sat on the couch. 'As long as you don't mind that we are watching Cinderella? I love that movie, it is my favourite' Darcy said. Charlie smiled, not sure if it was because of what the little girl said or if it was because it was only Darcy who was there. 'Uncle Brax is making chocolate mousse' Darcy continued. 'Are you almost ready, I am hungry' she asked Brax who had gone to the kitchen. 'In a minute hunny, patience is not your main quality is it?' uncle Brax replied. Darcy gave him a fake annoyed look, she was really happy she could spend some time with her uncle. He had spend time with her in the past when he was still together with her mum, she thought of those times and it made her sad. Brax had just returned from the kitchen and when he looked at Darcy, he could she was getting tears in her eyes. 'Hey, what is wrong sweetheart?' he asked her whilst putting an arm around her. 'Nothing' Darcy replied. Brax could see she was lying and he knew she had to open up to someone about her feelings. Brax decided to bring up the subject that everyone tried to avoid the last couple of weeks.
'You miss your mum, don't you?' Brax asked and you could hear the sadness in his voice. 'I do, I mean, I am glad I have dad now, and you and Cheryl, but…' Darcy told him, tears strolling down her cheek. 'It is not the same aye?' Brax said to comfort the little girl. 'No, it is not… it used to be only me and her, me and her to face the world' Darcy said looking Brax in the eye so he could see her pain. 'Now, I miss her so badly, I know you and dad are saying she is in a better place now, but why did she have to leave me?' Darcy asked as the tears continued to flow. 'Honestly sweetie, I don't know, your mum had a terrible accident and I wish I could turn back time for you, but I can't' Brax told her, not knowing if it would help. 'Your mum would have wanted you to have a great life' Brax continued 'She is probably watching over you right now, wishing she could ease the pain you are feeling right now'.
'You think so, is she still thinking about me?' Darcy asked. 'Of course she is, she loved you more than anything in the entire world, you were her world and is probably really proud of you right now' Brax said trying to reassure the little girl. 'Why?' Darcy asked. 'Because you have been such a good girl lately, you know you are the one making this house a happy place… I had been talking to your dad today about how great it is to have you here, your smile lights up a room' Brax said. 'I love being here as well, grandma is nice… but she is so old and boring' Darcy said. 'Maybe me and your dad can arrange with your grandmother that you can come here more often then, would you like that?' Brax asked her. 'Really? I would love that!' Darcy replied whilst throwing her arms around his neck out of gratitude. 'Me too angel, me too' Brax said with a big smile on his face. He continued to stroke her hair and he heard she had stopped crying. He pulled her arms away from his neck and said 'Lets watch the rest of the movie aye? I want to know how it ends'. 'Really?' Darcy said 'We have watched it like five times before, you know how it ends'. 'Then I must have forgotten' Brax joked. He knew it was Darcy favourite movie and that watching it would cheer her up. Darcy smiled and pressed the resume button, she crawled into Brax' arms and felt safe again. Brax was happy he could comfort her. After all, just like Heath, he would do anything for that beautiful little girl.
Charlie had watched and heard the whole scene. The other officer kept his eyes on the house across the street, but Charlie's attention was drawn to Darcy and Brax. She got a tear in her eye as well. Charlie didn't like Tegan, but she to admit Tegan had one very special daughter. Charlie felt so sorry for the little girl but also for Brax. She thought about the time where Brax thought he was Darcy's father. Even though that was a very confusing time, Brax loved being a dad. He loved to do things with Darcy, he loved to take care of her and just be there for her. Now, he knows he isn't her father, but he is still there for, trying to be the best uncle he possible can. Brax would be such a great dad one day. He talked to her about kids before. She didn't know how it was possible, but on that moment outside the Braxton the house when Casey had just run away from home, she fell even more in love with him. Now, at this exact moment where Brax was comforting his little niece, Charlie got a lump in her throat… and again, she fell even more in love with that wonderful man.
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