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Joey sat on a chair at the end of the boat, staring out at the water. She felt a vibration coming from her pocket, she got out her mobile and flipped it open, thinking it was a text message, when it was a phone call.

"Hello?"

"Oh, hello, Aden, how..how are you?" Joey stuttered.

"I'm good, well, things could be a little better, but you know"

"Yeah, i know what you mean" Joey mumbled.

"Yeah" *Aden paused* "So how are you?"

Aden's voice was filled with concern, he was genuinly worried about her.

"I'm good thanks" She lied.

"That's good to hear" Aden could tell that Joey had just told him a lie. "So where are you? I've not seen you for a few weeks"

Joey could sense that Aden was hurt, she had left Summer Bay without even saying goodbye to him.

"I'm sorry about leaving Aden, i, i just had to leave, i should have told you i was leaving, you were so good to me, i atleast owed you a goodbye" A tear ran down Joeys cheek, she quickly wiped it away.

"It's okay, i've just been worried about you"

"I'm in New Zealand, I got a temp job on this really awesome boat"

"Wow, that's awesome Jo-co, So is it only a temp job?"

Joey smiled, She missed Aden calling her "Jo-Co", it was the first proper nickname that she had been givin.

"Yeah, Jon, the man that hired me, he only needs someone for 6 weeks, another man that works on the boat, his daughter just had a baby, so he's taken the time off"

"There's a job here for you, if you want to take it when you finish there"

"I can't Aden" She said shakily, she was crying.

"Joey, what's going on, Something happened here that made you leave, Please tell me what's going on?" Aden pleaded.

"It's complicated" Joey sobbed.

"What's complicated?"

"Everything! I love Charlie, and she loves me, But she won't allow herself to be with me." Joey wiped her tears, she hated crying.

There was silence on the phone.

"Aden?"

"Yeah, sorry, i'm here. Wow, i, i didn't even know that Charlie was in to girls"

"She didn't even know. She doesn't know. It's why it's so complicated"

"Didn't you just say she loves you?" Aden sounded confused.

"Yeah. She's confused, she doesn't know what to do. She won't let herself be happy, she always puts others first and worries about what other people will think."

"It must be hard on her" Aden said softly.

"It would be, All her life she has thought of herself as a straight woman. And then i come along. I've made things so complicated for her" Joey closed her eyes to try and stop the tears.

"She didn't seem so good this morning"

"You've seen her?" Joey opened her eyes.

"No, i rang her this morning to ask if she had heard from you, i wanted to tell you about that job. She just didn't seem herself"

"I sent her a letter last week. She text me today"

"What did she say? If you don't mind me asking."

"It was pretty long, but she basically asked me to come back to the bay, she wanted to talk to me face to face."

"Are you going to come back?" Aden asked.

Just as joey was about to respond, her phone dropped out of range. She sighed and laid back looking at the stars.

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Charlie reached over and switched her alarm clock off, She hadn't been to sleep that night and she was sick of laying in bed with a million thoughts swimming around in her mind. She dragged herself in to the shower and got herself ready for work, she didn't have to be there until lunch time, but she didn't want to wait around the house till then.

"Charlie" Ruby knocked at the door.

Charlie went over to the door and opened it.

"You look shocking Charlz, Didn't you sleep well?" Ruby was standing there holding a cup of coffee.

"I didn't sleep at all. Is that for me?" Charlie nodded towards the cup.

"Uhm, yeah" Ruby handed her sister the coffee.

"Charlie.."

"Ruby, just, don't. Please."

Her sister nodded and walked into her own bedroom. Charlie hated shutting Ruby out. But this was just something she couldn't talk to her about, this was something she couldn't talk to anyone about, she wouldn't even know where to begin. Charlie sighed and headed out of the house.

"Charlie wait up!"

Charlie turned around and saw Aden running towards her.

"Aden, hey, how are you?"

"I'm okay. How are you?"

"I'm fine, Just, wish i didn't have work today."

"Are you on your way there now?" Aden asked.

"Nah, i don't have to start till 1. I was thinking about going for a walk along the beach"

"I'll walk with you, i'm heading that way myself."

"Okay"

Charlie wasn't in the mood for company, but she thought that maybe Aden walking with her would get her ind off of Joey.

"Are you sure you're fine Charlie? You look like you haven't slept" Aden was concerned about Charlie.

"Not really, no." Charlie couldn't be bothered lieing once again. "I've had alot on my mind lately"

"Joey?"

Charlie stopped walking. How did he know? Were her feelings that obvious?

"I spoke to her on the phone lastnight" Aden turned and faced Charlie.

"Oh"

"She loves you, you know?"

"Yeah" Charlie spoke softly "I know."

The two stood in silence.

"What else did she tell you?"

"Just everything that has been going on between you two for the last few weeks."

"Everything?"

"Yeah. Charlie, I don't want to intrude, i mean, i couldn't imagine how hard this is for you, But, if you love Joey, you should be with her. Stuff what everyone else thinks"

"I'm sorry Aden, but i've gotta go"

Charlie walked fastly away from Aden.

"Charlie, wait, i'm sorry" Aden walked after her.

"It's fine Aden, please just i need to sort things out"

Charlie ran off down the road and headed for work.

"What are you doing here so early?" Watson asked Charlie as she saw her walk into station.

"I just have some paper work i need to catch up on"

Charlie walked in to her office, shut the door, pulled out her mobile and started dialing a number.

"Hi, it's Charlie"