Here you go guys! I know its been a week! I tend to get busy during the week and by the time i settle in front of the laptop its late.. i hate it! Sorry!
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That week had gone by excruciatingly slow. Both women weren't exactly on speaking terms, only the odd conversation to humour Ruby and make sure she didn't suspect anything. Luckily for them, Charlie was on night shift. So when she got home, Joey was leaving for work. The only time they ran in to each other was in the kitchen or the bathroom.
"Are we ever going to talk about this?" Joey asked while brushing her teeth, as Charlie washed her face getting ready for work.
"Talk about what? There is nothing to talk about. It was clearly a mistake, you ran"
"I ran because I panicked! I didn't know what to do. Why wont you listen to me?" Joey hissed, making sure not to wake Ruby as she followed Charlie into her room.
"And I keep asking you, how can you panic over something like this? You have been endlessly flirting, and the moment I step up you run." Charlie shook her head, putting her work boots on, but not tying them up.
Joey sighed and flopped on her bed. "Charlz, I said I was sorry. I haven't been with anyone in a very long time. Let alone someone as gorgeous and perfect as you. Try it from my point of view. Tell me you wouldn't have run a mile, scared that it was a joke and when you regained your composure you'd be like 'crap what did I do?'"
Charlie walked out of her room and into the bathroom to grab a hair tie. "Don't be stupid, I don't go after people that I'm not certain on. Give me some credit Jo. I like you,"
She went to walk down the stairs, instead tripping over her laces, yelling as she fell from the top and landed on her ankle at the bottom.
"Charlie! What the hell!" Joey ran down the stairs.
"Don't move it, don't move me" Charlie cried as she gripped on to Joey. "Its broken for sure. I heard it snap"
Upon hearing Charlie cry, Ruby woke up instantly and came rushing down stairs.
"Holy shit mum what happened?" She sat next to Charlie holding her hand as Joey called for an ambulance.
"You always tell me not to run down the stairs, what were you thinking?" Ruby tried to make light of the situation to cheer her mum up.
Charlie smiled a little through tears, although she was dreading when the paramedics were to take off her boot.
Down at the hospital, Charlie was finally admitted and was just waiting for the x-ray results. She was dozing on and off, having been given painkillers, holding on tightly to Joeys hand.
She soon woke up once the doctor walked in to the room to give the verdict on the x-rays. "Ok, so bad news, it was a break. The good news, it was a clean break. Although Senior Constable, you will be off work for a good six weeks."
"Six weeks! I cant take six weeks off! I will go crazy!"
"Well I'm afraid that it is either that, or chance coming back for surgery because the ankle hasn't healed properly…"
Charlie grumbled a bit, causing Joey to giggle. She is so gorgeous when she is grumpy
Back home, Charlie was finding it difficult to adjust to a cast on her ankle, and it had only been a day. She was frustrated with herself for falling in the first place. And she was more frustrated that she couldn't do everything on her own. She was, however, secretly thrilled that she got to spend more time with Joey.
Ruby walked in after her day at school and presented Charlie with a chocolate muffin.
"I got you this on the way home, thought you might like it. How are you feeling?" She smiled, kissing her mum on the cheek.
"Aw, thanks Rubz! I'm feeling rather useless. But im glad I have got both you and Jo here, even if I hate not being so independent any more." Charlie frowned slightly.
Ruby smiled and settled down on the couch next to Charlie, deciding to get straight to the point.
"Mum, you and Joey…Whats going on? I know you have trying to be hiding it from me, both of you have. Are you fighting?"
"Kind of…" Charlie sighed. "I … Ok, we had an argument the night you were sick. We got a little heated and I kissed her. She ran. A mile. And we haven't spoken about it since. Not until last night of course. That's how this happened." She pointed a little angrily at her ankle. "I think we need to talk about things though"
Ruby was ready to answer when Joey cleared her throat in the door way to make her presence known. "Yeah I think we do."