Thanks for all the reviews guys! They kept me on this fic. I'm glad you like it and I'm going to try make my chapters a bit longer, if I can! I really didn't know what to do for this chapter, I have a lot of ideas for future ones, but this one I had some block. Well, here goes anyway, let me know how it is...

Chapter 2

Charlie entered the diner laughing with Ruby about some random thing that had happened at school the previous day. Ruby was trying to get Charlie in high spirits again.

However, they were both brought out of their musings as they took a couple of steps into the diner and heard the high pitched sound of what seemed to be a fork dropping onto a plate, followed by one of the diner chair being knocked right over.

Both girls looked over towards the noise, and it was no mistake that it was definitely Joey's figure they saw rushing into the girl's bathroom, leaving an astonished Aden sitting by the table with Joey's bags.

Charlie and Ruby shared a shocked, surprised glance before Charlie suddenly ran for the bathroom, leaving Ruby twice as shocked as before.

"You might wanna sit down," Aden waved Ruby over.

****

In the bathroom Joey ran for the first cubicle, glad that the bathroom was empty. She harshly pushed the lock on the door and sat down on the closed toilet seat, head in hands. She couldn't believe her own reaction to seeing Charlie again.

God Joey! You knew you we're gonna see her again! YOU WANTED TO SEE HER AGAIN! Just didn't know it would be this soon...

Joey thought to herself, weeping slightly, remembering why she'd left. Why she'd came back. Why she loved Charlie so much. Why she'd reacted in such a way.

Suddenly she was interrupted by the slamming opening of the bathroom door, and she tried to keep herself quiet, hearing the heavy breathing of the person on the other side of the cubicle... half knowing who it was.

"Joey?" a muffled voice came from Charlie's strained voice, she didn't quite know how to carry on after that, or why she'd even ran in after the other woman.

"Joey?" She said again, after no reply.

"Joey please?!" She cried finally letting go of her emotions.

"What?" came Joey's small voice from inside the cubicle, Charlie was relieved to hear the voice of her former lover after over 3 months.

"I...Uh..." Charlie stammered. She didn't know what she wanted. Joey lay her head on the wall on her right inside the cubicle, closing her eyes, not knowing what to do, she had missed Charlie so much, she just wanted to run out and hold her tightly, and never let go, but it wasn't as easy as that. What if Charlie had moved on?

"Can you come out...Jo?"Charlie asked, or pleaded really.

"I'd rather not..." Joey hated herself. She would rather go out, but she was afraid of what she'd do if her emotions took over, seeing Charlie again, after all those months.

"So what? You're just going to sit in there?" Charlie didn't mean to be harsh; she was just frustrated at the other girl's rejection.

Charlie heard Joey's huff, as a reply. Fighting back the tears Joey leaned into the wall further, curling herself up on the toilet.

"Joey will you just come out!" Charlie slapped her hand into the wall, and Joey's eyes opened suddenly at the noise.

"Although it was the other way around, that's ironically familiar." Joey grunted, forgetting the circumstances, and just letting the joke out. Whenever she spoke to Charlie before she left, she was never afraid to say anything; it was a bad habit at certain times like this.

Silence fell and Joey muttered "Sorry..." unaware that Charlie was grinning secretly at Joey's joke behind her growing tears.

"I'm not leaving Jo. You're going to have to come out some time."

No response.

"..Or I'll just have to find my way in then will I?" She tried, hoping Joey would give in, but after no answer again, Charlie had to act on her last words.

Joey didn't think she would try to get in, but she sat upright when she suddenly heard Charlie playing with the lock on the door, and seeing the handle move slightly, she got up and held it in place.

Charlie knowing this sighed thought of an alternative way in. She smiled as she climbed on top of the toilet of the cubicle next door, and edged a look over to find Joey looking up at her, red eyed.

"Joey..." she softly sighed, sympathetically.

"No Jo!" She leapt of the toilet after seeing Joey turn the lock and try to scurry out of the bathroom. She just merely caught Joey by the wrist and Joey spun in Charlie's grip, guiltily.

Both girls said nothing as their eyes connected, reading the hurt, sympathy, pity, and apologies in each other, just pouring out.

"Charlie. I don't want to do this right now." Joey spoke as she saw a single tear fall down Charlie's cheek.

"When did you get back?" Charlie merely replied to the darker haired girl.

"Like under an hour ago." Joey looked away, fighting the temptation to wipe the now multiple tears away from the other woman's face.

"I've been waiting on you, Jo" Joey was caught off guard at Charlie's sudden openness. "I've missed you. Like hell."

"I...Uhm. Charlie." She sighed and gave in as another tear streaked down Charlie's face, raising her right hand and wiping it away with her thumb softly.

Charlie leaned into Joey's raised hand, closing her eyes, and gave out a sorrowful sob. Joey immediately brought Charlie into a well needed embrace of pure comfort, for herself and the other woman.

Charlie held on tightly to Joey's waist, indulging in the comforting feeling of her well-shaped body again, while Joey's arms held on to the top of Charlie's back, and her neck, taking in her well missed smell.

"I missed you too Charlie." She sobbed into Charlie's neck. "So much."

*****

"Do you think their ok? Maybe I should go in?" Ruby questioned Aden as she stood up, only to be pulled back down gently.

"I think you should give them time Rubz. It's been a while, after all."

"Yeah..." She agreed, frustrated at not knowing what was happening behind the closed doors.

*****

10 minutes later and Charlie and Joey were leaning by the wall in the bathroom, still clutching at each other.

"Did you love him?" Joey asked, referring to Angelo.

Charlie had spent the last ten minutes spilling to Joey of her past relationship, she didn't want to keep it from her any longer, even though Joey had only been back an hour and a bit. She was in the long run, hoping for Joey to take her back, and didn't want to have to speak about anything other than the future after this.

"NO! Joey, I told you, I broke up with him." Charlie moved a stand of Joey's dark hair behind her ear. "I couldn't make myself feel things for him, not even a bit. I tried, I'm not going to lie. I tried like hell to try and feel something, but whenever I tried to bring out any emotions, I kept being brought back to the love I had- still have, for you Jo."

"Y-You still love me?" Joey glanced up at the still gorgeous, but red eyed figure.

"Obvcourse! And- and if you give me time, to prove it to you! I will I'll prov-"

"-I love you to Charlz" She was cut off in her rant by Joey's statement, and was met by Joey's dazzling smile.

"Really?"

"Really."

"So..." Charlie wondered out loud, looking into Joey's eyes. "Where does that leave us?"

"I have no idea."

"Well I guess I don't know, after what I did. I mean why you left, is friend's taking too fast or-"

"Charlie." Joey gripped Charlie's shaking hand. "I came back for a reason. I forgive you. I've spent three months thinking about this. And if I came back, and you had moved on, I swore to myself I'd leave it there, and I'd know that you didn't feel as strongly about this as I do-"

"I haven't moved on Joey, I haven't-"

"That's why I was wondering, if you wanna..." Joey tried to find the right words. "Be friends, or whatever we are, just see where it goes from there. I want to try make this work Charlie. So much"

"So do I." Charlie smiled.

They were interrupted as some random woman came into the toilet, and upon noticing them, she whispered a small apology and left.

They both stood up in unison, helping each other up from the wall, untangling themselves.

"Where are you staying?" Charlie asked, casually.

"Uh. Brett's, I think. I called him about three days ago, he said it was fine, he's going to be away off and on, at work, so most of the time I'll be myself." Joey shrugged.

"Oh." Charlie muttered. "If he gives you hastle, or anything, let me know, Leah wouldn't mind you staying at ours."

"Thanks Charlie. But as I said, I don't suspect he'll be around a lot anyway." She offered her great smile again, yawning.

"Better get going."

"Yeah, I bet Ruby's worried sick about you, she always does if I remember correctly" They walked outside the door seeing Ruby glancing up.

Joey saw Charlie's face fall beside her. "Oh crap. Ruby."

"What? Charlie what's wrong with Ruby?" Joey looked worried.

"I forgot. While you were away... There's something you don't know Jo." Charlie looked up at Joey, worry in her eyes. She feared to think of how Joey was going to react to her news.

To be continued?...