Hi guys I've really rushed this chapter because I've got a weekend of festivities planned and probably a couple of days of hangover after that so not sure how long it will be before I post again, thankyou so much for all your comments , please keep it coming, I love reading them and I promise ill put more time and effort into the next chapter,Hope you enjoy .
"Are we ready to go or what" barked Belle who was waiting for the others to finsh getting ready so they could head down the surf club for the evening, "I've been ready for ages" sighed Geoff "and me" came Aiden's voice, "JOEY" they all huffed in unison "What" replied Joey knowing full well what they meant "i'll just be a second and ill be out" she shouted from the bathroom as she tweaked her hair and primmed her clothes. Joey always took the longest to get ready, whilst Joey wasn't vain or anything she did pride herself on her apperance and well being a bit of a player she never knew who she might bump into.
Five minutes later and Joey still wasn't ready and Aden was moaning like a baby that he was hungry, Geoof was getting bored of waiting too, "I'm starving" said Aiden frowning at Belle, Geoff looked at him "Aiden, how can you be starving when you only ate a couple of hours ago" said Geoff frowning at him "well I worked up an appetite didn't I" said Aiden winking in Belle's direction, Belle didn't hear what he said otherwise he may have got a slap. "Jo were going to walk on ahead okay, because were worried Aiden's going to collapse with starvation because he hasn't eaten for a whole two hours" said Belle sarcastically, Aiden flashed Belle a cheeky grin and she couldn't help but giggle a bit. Joey didn't even get channce to answer , they were already out the door.
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Angelo was getting the last of Charlie's bags out of the car, she had arrived earlier that day, Charlie was leaned into the boot of the car looking for something.
"Nice evening" called Angelo upon spotting Aiden, Belle and Geoff walking down the garden.
"sure is" beamed Aiden,Geoff smiled and nodded in agreement, Belle smiled a little bit falseley she was the only one who didn't get why the others thought Angelo was so great, sometimes she thought he could be overly nice a bit too good to be true if you liked, there was definitley more to him than met the eye she thought.
On hearing the boot of the car close all three turned to look in the direction of the noise, Aiden and Geoff's jaws both dropped open at the sight of the young woman walking up the drive, Aiden's reaction didn't go unnoticed by Belle and she threw him an angry look but she had to agree the woman was beautiful.
"Hey this is Charlie" beamed Angelo as Charlie got to where they were all standing "Isn't she beautiful" he grinned
"ANGELO" snorted Charlie telling him off for embarassing her.
"No he's right you are" pipped in Aiden nodding in agreement, Belle threw him the exact same look she had thrown him seconds ago "obviously not as beautiful as my Belle" he said jokingly as he put his arm around his girlfriend, Belle shook her head and laughed at Aiden's ability to be so cheeky and get away with it.
"Belle, pleased to meet you" said Belle offering her hand, Charlie smiled at the pretty girl she already got the impression that she could be quite firey.
"Aiden, Aiden Jeffries" smirked Aiden pushing out his chest, when Charlie went to shake his hand , he immidietley tilted his head down to kiss it jokingly, Charlie laughed slightly, it was quite obvious he was the cheeky one.
"Urm Geoff" coughed Geoff nervously, he barely made eye contact with Charlie as he shook her hand, Charlie smiled at Geoff, he was cute and his shyness was endearing.
They all stood exchanging plesant conversation.
"Where's the other member of the motley crew" joked Angelo as he spotted Joey was absenst.
"Getting ready incase they kop off tonight" laughed Aiden
Charlie giggled
"Honestly Charlie" belle said nodding in agreement " Joey spends more ttime getting ready than the three of us put together"
"Yeah the tart" joked Aiden
All five of them were laughing at one of Aiden's jokes when all of a sudden Joey ran out of the house like a bullet, her feet didn't even touch the steps as she jamp from the porch thinking that she needed to catch her friends up.
The group that had been stood laughing all turned round to look in the direction of Joey who was looking down at the ground running towards them, Charlie looked a bit suprised, she's not sure why but she had just assumed Joey was a boy not a girl.
"wow slow down Jo" came Aiden's voice but it was too late and she ran straight into him, banging her head in the process.
"Ouch" whimpered Joey as she clutched the area just above eye
"Oh my god is she ok " said Charlie lookng a bit paniced when she seen the young girl clutching her eye.
Joey looked up at the unfamiliar voice and was about to say sarcastically 'do I look fine' but she was lost for words, Charlie's breath taking beauty had instantly caught Joey's attention, she didn't think she had ever seen ayone as beautiful, she tried to say something but the words wouldn't come out and all she could do was gawp slightly, Charlie noticed Joey staring but she thought nothing of it and smiled sweetley back 'now she's smiling at me, even her smiles hot' thought Joey to hersef, she grinned akwardly back
"Nevermind her ,what about me" joked Aiden "she could have damaged these beautiful looks" he continued, gesturing to himself whilst stroking his jaw, Belle gave him a playfull slap around the back and told him to pack it in.
"seriously though, are you ok Jo" he asked sincerley, he offered his hand to Joey to help her up off the ground but she was in a world of her own, he looked down at Joey then looked in the direction she was gawping and realising she was gawping at Charlie he looked back to Joey andwithout anyone else seeing he mouthed 'you fancy her' Joey screwed her face up in discontempt then without realising she replied out loud with "as if" "What" asked Belle wandering what she was on about 'you idiot'Joey thought to herself she was only meant to mouth it to Aiden and not say it aloud "I meant as if uh..............as if I could damage Aiden's good looks, I mean you have to have some good looks in the first place for there to be any chance of them getting damaged" she said trying to redeem herself, she glanced quickly back over to Charlie 'oh my god I bet she thinks I'm a right prat' Joey thought to herself , everyone let out a little giggle, everyone besides Aiden who didn't get the joke.
Aiden began to speak "Now that your on your feet can we please get going I'm st.........." "starving" said Belle cutting Aiden short.
"Aiden your always starving" said Joey taking her hand from her face.
"Oh my god your bleeding" said Charlie "you should get a band aid on that" she continued concerened.
"Yeah you should" said Aiden as he blew Joey pretend kisses and motioned in Charlies direction.
Joey coughed for him to stop "Urm no its fine, really, thanks all the same tho" she felt mortified and so embarassed.
"I think Charlie's right Joey" agreed Angelo,
'Charlie is that her name,what a lovely name' Joey thought to herself 'charli mmm I like the sound of that, oh my god Charlie she' s Angelo's Charlie' she quickly shook herself from her thoughts.
"You should let her take a look at it, she's a qualified first aider" said Angelo
"Yeah go on Jo, you won't be missing much anyhow and its better that you stop the bleeding" remarked Geoff.
Joey knew that Geoff always spoke sense and if it meant Charlie would be fussing over her then that's gotta be better than any night at the surf club she thought.
"Oh well, okay" she agreed reluctantly "but you better not have fun without me" she joked "we won't " they all replied simultaneously.
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Once Joey, Angelo and Charlie were inside the house, Joey stood by the door a bit too embarrassed to go any further until she was invited, Angelo went and sat himself in front of the TV while Charlie rummaged around for a medi kit, Joey watched on as charlie entered and left several rooms searching for a first aid kit, Charlie really was stunning she had the most beautifully tanned face and the figure to go with it no wonder Angelo never stops talking about her thought Joey allowing herself to daydream.
"got it" said Charlie interupting Joey's thoughts, Joey shook herself from her thoughts and tried to concentrate
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however hard Joey tried not to she kept finding herself staring down at Charlies cleavage everytime Charlie leaned over her to tend to her eye, she mentally cursed herself for doing it, afterall Angelo was only in the other room and the minor fact that Charlie was straight meant that any attention from Joey wouldn't be recipiated, she kept telling herself to get a grip. Charlie eyed Joey , she wandered what she was looking at , she looked down at her top thinking maybe she had spilt something on there, Joey instantly turned crimson when she realisd Charlie had caught her staring, she felt the heat rise inside her cheeks and she wanted the ground to open up and swallow her
"I better go" she said jumping from the stool she had been seated on "oh, okay then" said Charlie a bit puzzled at Joey's sudden desire to leave "but thanks.......for everything" she smiled. Charlie returned the smile even if she did think Joey was acting a bit odd "thats fine, just remember to look where your going next time" laughed Charlie "Thanks, I will" agreed Joey as she made for the door "Oh and Joey" said Charlie closing the gap between them "I'm Charlie" she smiled sweetly " Charlie Buckton" she said offering her a hand shake "Joey, Joey collins" said Joey imitating what Charlie just said, Joey took her hand and shook it firmly maybe a bit firmliar than she should have, Charlie looked down at her hand and wandered when Joey was going to let it go, Joey realised she was still clutching Charlie's hand and quickly pulled it away.
"Right then" she said "I best get going" she said pointing with her thumb to the door "well nice to meet you" smiled Charlie"lets just hope its under different circumstances next time we bumb into each other" Charlie giggled "sorry no pun intended" snorted Charlie with laughter at what she had just said, Joey laughed nervously "well I guess ill see you round" beamed Joey "yeah I'm sure you will" smiled Charlie softly.
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Joey lay on her bed she didn't even bother to go to the surf club to catch the others up 'Charlie, Charlie Buckton' she kept repeating to herself, she loved how the name sounded on her lips and she couldn't control the smile that spread across her face when she thought about Charlie, Joey knew she was only day dreaming and nothing would ever happen nor would Joey ever instigate anything but she just smiled at the prospect of her and Charlie being friends, afterall what harm could it do.
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Angelo and Charlie lay in bed they had been chatting for about five minutes "Joey seems like a really nice girl" remarked Charlie "Yeah she's pretty cool" muttered Angelo, "cool" queeried Charlie "yeah I mean she prides herself on her individuality" said Angelo "she doesn't follow all the usual trends and she care what people think of her sexuality either" "sexuality"asked Charlie . "Yeah she's gay" said Angelo thinking it must have been obvious to Charlie "Gay oh my god, I'd have never of guessed" said Charlie slightly stunned "weren't the skinny jeans and tight shirt a dead giveaway" laughed Angelo "right, because only lesbians wear skinny jeans" said Charlie sarcastically, she wasn't sure if Angelo was having her on or what. "come to think of it havn't you got a pair of them" joked Angelo, "ha ha" said Charlie sarcastically and they both laughed a little. Whatever Joey's sexuality was it didn't bother Charlie and she was looking forward to making a new friend, afterall what harm could it do?