Charlie woke the next morning and chuckled as she heard Daryl in the next room "daddy why didn't you sleep with mummy?"
She giggled when Brax replied "coz mummy doesn't like my snoring," he said. She got up when she heard him walking out of the room, she smiled as she listened to him "be quiet buddy mummy's still asleep we'll leave her there alright," he said as they took the stairs.
Opening her door she stopped him on the stairs "mummy's awake," she said and walked to them "morning buddy," she said and ruffled his hair.
"Mummy stop," he giggled "oh!" he yelled "I forgots to wake Ruby," he said and ran to her room.
Charlie shook her head and turned back to Brax "what?" she asked when he looked her up and down.
"I know this is your house and all but will you put some clothes on please?" he chuckled.
Charlie giggled and blushed as she looked down at her shirt "only if you put a shirt on."
Brax chuckled and held it up "I just about had time to get my bottoms on before he burst through the door."
Charlie giggled "he's excited," she said and walked back to her room "I'll be down in a minute!" she called and closed her door.
Brax chuckled as Ruby started freaking yelling at him to get out "leave your sister alone Daryl!" he called "come on and I'll make you breakfast!" he said and took the rest of the stairs.
Daryl ran down behind him "coco's" he said and ran to the table.
Brax looked back at him "what?" he asked.
Daryl giggled and got off his chair "coco's daddy," he said and pulled him to a press "in there," he said pointing to it.
Brax opened it and pulled down a yellow box "these?" he asked
"Yes hot milk too," he said and walked back to the table.
Brax looked around until he found the bowls chuckling at the plastic lightening McQueen one, taking it down he poured the cereal into it and walked to the fridge. He pulled out the milk and walked back to the bowl "how long do I put it on for?" he asked as he poured the milk in.
He looked behind him as someone giggled "forty seconds," Ruby said and walked to the coffee pot "he'll want toast too so you should put that on as soon as he gets his coco's."
Brax nodded "right," he said and popped it into the microwave "do you want me to make you something?" he asked and took it out as it beeped.
"No thanks," she replied "I'm not a breakfast person," she said and sat down.
"You sure?" Brax asked as he placed the bowl in front of Daryl.
"Ruby only has breakfast on Saturdays when me and mummy have lunch," Daryl said as he shovelled cereal into his mouth.
Ruby giggled again "he means I only get up at lunch time on weekends."
Brax chuckled and took out the bread "breakfast is the most important meal of the day," he said and dropped two pieces of bread into the toaster.
Charlie scoffed "you're wasting your time Brax I've been trying for years to get her to eat breakfast," she said walking into the kitchen fully dressed.
"Hey you don't eat it either!" Ruby replied "he must get it from you Brax coz none of us eat breakfast."
Brax chuckled "definitely a Braxton thing-food is a big part of our lives," he said and turned back to the toaster "what do you want on this buddy?" he asked.
"Jam and cheese!" He called back.
Brax frowned and looked over at Charlie as she chuckled "disgusting I know but he eats it," she said and walked to the press. Pulling the jam down she handed it to him and walked to the fridge "what do you want to wear today Daryl shorts or trousers?" she asked as she placed the cheese beside Brax.
Brax quickly made his toast "I got something for him out in my car I'll be back in a sec," he said and hurried out the door.
Charlie looked toward the door as he walked back in "I think I got the right size," he said and handed her a bag.
Charlie took it from him and looked into the bag "Brax," she said looking up at him "this is expensive stuff, you didn't have to get it," she said looking at the Tommy Hill figure tracksuit.
Brax shrugged "I thought it was cool you don't have to put it on him if you don't want to," he said and walked to his toast, picking it up he brought it to him "eat up mate," he said and put it in front of him.
Charlie looked over at Ruby when she kicked her "mum!" she hissed "he's trying don't knock him back," she said and stood up "I'm going to get dressed," she said and walked out of the kitchen.
"I'll give you a lift if you want!" Brax called after her.
"Yeah thanks Brax!" she called back.
Charlie walked over to the table and pulled out the tracksuit "look what daddy got you Daryl isn't that cool?" she said holding it out to him.
Daryl's eyes went wide "Mater and Lightening!" he squealed excitedly "can I wear it today?" he asked excitedly.
Charlie looked over at Brax who watching them with a smile "you sure can but go say thank you to daddy first," she said and hung it on the back of the chair.
Daryl jumped off his seat and ran to Brax "thank you daddy," he said and hugged his legs "I love Mater," he said.
Brax chuckled and ruffled his hair "you're very welcome buddy, now how about we go get dress it's nearly time to leave." He walked over and took the clothes from the chair "I'll dress him," he said and walked to the stairs "come on mate!" he called.
Daryl ran after him "my daddy is the bestest!" he yelled as he ran up the stairs.
Charlie sighed happily and picked up the barely touched toast and an empty bowl, walking to the sink she dropped it in and smiled to herself he was so hands on so helpful any other guy would be freaked after only meeting their son.
…
Brax arrived back with a dressed Daryl "say goodbye to mummy Daryl," he said and placed him on the floor.
Charlie turned to them and smiled he looked so cute in the tracksuit "you have a good day today and no fighting with Brogan," she said and kissed him "bye baby," she said and stood up. She took a cars lunchbox from the counter and handed it to Brax "his lunch," she said "give it to the teacher when you get there, put your bag on baby," she said "I've already put his seat in your car."
"Bye mummy!" Daryl called and ran out the door.
Brax nodded "right…I'm gonna go straight home after I drop him off, I've a lot of packing to do," he said and picked up his keys. Leaning in he kissed her on the cheek "thanks for yesterday," he said and walked to the door "I'll call ya later, bye!"
"Bye," Charlie called after them "call me if starts acting up!"
"Bye mum," Ruby said and hugged her quickly before she ran out after them.
Down at the school Brax climbed out and walked around to the back "daddy are you picking me up later?" Daryl asked.
"I'm sorry buddy I have to go off but I'll call mummy and speak to you later," he said as he lifted him out.
"You're leaving again?" he asked his bottom lip trembling.
Brax got down to his level "no baby I'm not leaving again daddy just has to go move all his stuff into his new house with your uncles," he sighed he wanted to pick him up he wanted to spend the day with him again. He stood up "tell you what if mummy lets me take you me you and your uncles can go for pizza and you can get to meet them," he said as they walked inside.
"All of them?" he asked excitedly.
Brax nodded "all of them mate," he replied "hi," he smiled at the teacher and held out the lunchbox "mummy said to give this to you," he chuckled.
The teacher smiled "first time dropping him off?" she asked as she took it from him.
"Yeah," Brax replied "mummy has been doing it," he said and turned to Daryl "alright buddy you be a good boy, mummy will be here to pick you up," he said and dropped a kiss on his forehead "I love ya!" he called as Daryl ran away.
"Loves you too daddy!" he called back.
Brax chuckled "right I'll be off then…bye" he said to the teacher and walked out the door glancing back at Daryl with a smile.
As he got into his car he noticed the car seat he sighed he'd have to go back to the house she'd need it later. Pulling away from the school he groaned it was hard enough to leave this morning.
Pulling up a few minutes later he saw a blue car behind Charlie's climbing out he grabbed the seat and walked to the back door praying it wasn't her dad or brothers. Getting to the open back door he stuck his head in "Charlie!" he called and walked in.
"Here!" she called back from the living room.
Brax walked in and stopped at the door "I brought back his seat I thought you'd need it later."
Charlie put her cup down and stood up "sorry I should have told you I had a spare," she said and took it from him "Brax you remember Hayley," she said nodding to where she sat
Brax looked over at her "yeah I do," he smiled "you haven't changed either," he chuckled "how've you been?" he asked.
"Happy," she smiled and held up her hand.
Brax chuckled "yeah I heard you were married congrats," he said and looked back at Charlie "I better get going but I wanted to ask you something first," he said and walked into the kitchen.
"What is it?" Charlie asked.
"My brothers will be down later can I take Daryl to meet them?" he asked hoping she didn't say no.
Charlie nodded "yeah that's fine by me what time?" she asked.
"I don't know," he replied "we have to pack up and move everything down so I'll call you when we're back down here."
Charlie nodded "okay," she smiled "well, have fun moving and I'll talk to you later," she said and walked to the door with him.
"Thanks Charlie," he said and kissed her on the cheek "I'll call ya…bye Hayley!" he called and walked back to his car.
When Brax arrived home he walked into his house and stopped "have I walked into the wrong house?" he asked looking around.
Kyle chuckled "we wanna get down and see Daryl so we started last night," he said as he and Casey brought boxes in and out from their rooms.
"Yeah Brax, me and Heath started yours!" Casey called as he walked back for another box.
"Heath helped?" Brax asked surprised.
"Yes Heath did help, I even settled the bills and told them to cut us off," he said as he walked by him.
"So no tv that's why you're helping," Brax chuckled.
"That and there's no beers," Heath chuckled and walked into the kitchen "are we taking this kettle?"
"No," Brax replied "we have all that leave it all there sofas too I don't want them!" he called as he walked into his room smiling to himself. Now he could surprise Daryl and pick him up with Charlie, all they had to do was finish packing-which thanks to the boys wasn't much, load the cars and get the hell out of here.
Sighing happily Brax grabbed a half full box that Casey had started and opened his wardrobe he couldn't wait to get back down there.
….
An hour later the four boys stood in their almost empty living room "can't say I'm sad to see the back of this place" Heath said as they looked around.
Kyle chuckled "we do have a lot of memories here," he said and ran his hand along the back of the sofa.
Casey smiled "yeah we do but we're moving on to bigger and better things-new memories."
Brax nodded "we sure are mate and I got a cute little son down there," he said and pulled out his key. Looking down on it he smiled "let's hope mum doesn't come back looking to crash here," he chuckled and placed it on the table "won't be needing this anymore," he said and walked to the door. Taking another look he sighed this place indeed held a lot of memories and for him they weren't good, shaking his head as he thought back to one incident involving his drunken dad when he was sixteen he walked out the door not looking back-time for a fresh start "I'll be in the car!" he called.
The other three boys walked to the door "bye house," Casey chuckled and closed it behind him.
…..
Charlie sat at the bench with a magazine and a tub of ice-cream, she'd all her cleaning done and all her clothes put away- she'd even stripped and changed all the beds. Her plan until she had to pick up Daryl was eat the whole tub of ice cream and get lost in scandal stories. Sticking the spoon into her mouth she turned around as footsteps came behind her "hey," she mumbled and frowned.
Brax chucked and walked to her, taking the spoon out of her mouth he sat down beside her "now say that again," he chuckled and took the tub from her.
"Hey that's mine," she said and went to take it back.
Brax pulled it away further "yeah but you like sharing," he chuckled and dug the spoon in.
"Not today I don't," she giggled "why are you back down already-you can't be done that fast," she said and took the tub from him.
"Well my brothers actually used their brains I'm still in a little shock," he chuckled as Charlie made a face at him "when I got home they'd everything packed up, they couldn't wait to come down here and meet Daryl."
Charlie smiled "he'll be so excited to see them," she said and held out the spoon "now I'll share."
"So since I'm here early how about I take you and Daryl for lunch after school?" he asked as he took more ice-cream.
Charlie nodded "yeah but not the diner…I still haven't told my dad or anyone you're here-don't take that the wrong way," she said quickly "I didn't want them all hanging around all day."
Brax chuckled "I knew what you meant, so do you think they'll flip or what…should I be looking over my shoulder," he chuckled.
"Guess we'll find out," Charlie muttered as Peter passed her window.
"Charlz!" he called then stopped "there you are have y…" he trailed off as he spotted Brax "alright," he said and looked at Charlie.
"This is Brax," she said quickly and moved a little closer to him.
Peter nodded and looked him up and down "so you're my nephews dad?" he said sitting beside them.
"I am," he nodded and glanced quickly at Charlie who was looking pretty nervous.
Peter nodded and turned to Charlie "anyway I came by to get the password for you laptop at the station I called you," he said and stood up.
"Yeah it's RubyH.3298," Charlie's eyes widened as she heard her brother Dan walk towards the door on his phone "Pete please don't say anything please," she begged.
Peter chuckled "I'm off anyway have fun," he said and walked to the door "alright bro," he said and kept walking.
"Alright mate," Dan called and walked in "Charlz," he greeted and looked at Brax "he still hanging around?"
"Uh yeah, we didn't finish up yesterday…what are you doing here?" she asked.
"Did I leave a blue folder here the other day I've looked everywhere else," he said.
Charlie shrugged "go check my desk I haven't been at it in a while," she replied and shot a glance at Brax.
Dan walked into the living room and came back a few seconds later "got it, I better get back I'll see ya later!" he called and walked out the door.
Charlie looked over at Brax "sorry…I'm not ready to tell him he'll flip and punch you before I could finish what I had to say."
Brax nodded "I understand and I don't blame them for wanting to kill me, if it were my sister I'd be the same," he said and stood up "how about that lunch?" he said.
Charlie looked at her watch "it's only twelve we still have an hour before we collect him," she said and pulled her ice-cream to her, she shoved it away "it's melted," she pouted.
Brax chuckled "I'll get you a new one…we can go for a walk if you want," he suggested.
Charlie nodded "yeah okay then just gimme a sec," she said and ran into the living room.
….
As they walked along the beach Charlie linked her arm with his "after lunch do you want to take Daryl or are you coming back later for him?"
"I'll call the boys and see what state the house is in….I kinda left them to do all the unpacking," he chuckled.
"Brax you're terrible," she giggled and slapped him.
"I'd rather spend my time with you and my son," he said and pulled her closer to him.
Charlie nodded but didn't reply. After a few minutes she stopped and walked in front of him "how about when you're settled I come over…on my own," she said nervously.
Brax was surprised but smiled "yeah I'd like that," he said started to walk again.
Charlie walked behind him thinking, she'd expected more work with Daryl at least a few weeks for them both to get settled with one another, but he seemed to act as if Brax had always been there and Brax was quickly learning all about him. Sighing she caught up with him maybe it was still too soon "um if you don't want me to come over I don't have to it was just a suggestion," she said quickly.
Brax stopped and turned to her "do you want to come over?" he asked.
Charlie nodded "I do but…" she trailed off "too soon for us to work on us?"
"Well it has only been two days," he said and rubbed his neck he didn't think it was too soon but he didn't want to screw things up with her "you can come over if you want to…as a friend," he said "maybe when we're settled into a routine we could work on us?"
Charlie nodded and looked at the ground "sorry I shouldn't have said anything like we agreed Daryl comes first."
Brax stepped to her and tilted her chin up "I'm not going anywhere," he said "Charlie this is gonna be awkward for a while but we'll ease into it, don't assume because I'm getting on with Daryl so well that we have to start right away-take all the time you need," he said and stepped back.
Charlie smiled he always knew just what to say "I'm sorry I'm over thinking," she shook her head "forget I said anything," she said and started to walk.
A while later they arrived at the school Brax jumped out "you wait here I wanna surprise him he's expecting you," he said and jogged inside.
He walked to the classroom and stuck his head in "Oi," he whispered.
Daryl looked up from his car "daddy!" he yelled and ran to him "I thought you had to move," he asked.
Brax picked him up and waved to the teacher "I did buddy but I got most of it done so I could see you," he said as he walked to the car.
"Are we going to see my uncles now?" Daryl asked.
"In a while first we're going to lunch with mummy…where do you want to go?"
"Leah's burgers!" he yelled "hey mummy!" he squealed as Charlie turned back to him
"Hey baby did you have fun today?"
"Yes," he nodded "I know my second name."
Charlie smiled "yeah? What is it?" she asked.
"Holdem," he said proudly.
Charlie giggled "no sweetie it's Holden,"
"That's what I said Holdem," he said confused.
Brax chuckled "not Holdem mate Holden with an N," he said and climbed into his seat.
"Hol-den," Daryl said slowly "Holden…is that it mummy?"
" yes, very good baby," Charlie smiled.
"Daddy are you daddy Holden?" he asked
Brax chuckled "no buddy I got my own name."
"What is it then?" he asked confused again "shouldn't you have the same name as mummy?"
Brax chuckled "not unless we're married mate and my name is Braxton," he replied.
Daryl nodded and sat back in his seat he was totally confused now.
Pulling up at the diner they walked inside "granddad!" Daryl yelled and ran to him.
"Hey mate," Tony smiled and picked him up "mummy getting you a burger?"
"No my daddy is," he said happily.
Tony's mouth fell open he looked behind him at a nervous Charlie beside her stood some bloke. He walked over and placed Daryl on the floor, studying Brax he held out his hand "Tony Holden, Charlie's dad," he said
"Daryl Braxton…Daryl's dad," he replied and shook it.
"So she finally tracked you down?"
"Dad!" Charlie hissed and looked up at Brax "sorry," she sighed this is exactly why she didn't want to come here.
"It's fine Charlie, now's not the time but if you want to meet up tomorrow I will explain everything," Brax said.
Tony looked at him again "you don't have to explain yourself to me mate, as long as my grandson or my daughter don't get hurt we're good."
Brax nodded "alright well I'll see you around then I guess because I'm here for good."
"Glad to hear it," Tony replied and turned to Charlie "I'll call you later alright," he said and walked over to Daryl "I gotta get back to work buddy but I'll stop in tonight okay?"
Daryl nodded "bye granddad!" he called as Tony walked away.
Charlie sighed "I'm so sorry Brax but he's my dad and he's very o-"
"Charlie stop alright it's fine, really I was prepared for this," stop worrying," he said and led her to a table.
…..
Brax pulled up at Charlie's lunch had gone well he had met Leah who was so nice and welcomed him to the family. He turned off the engine and turned to her "will I just take him now the three boys are home?"
Charlie nodded and clipped off her belt "call me if you need me to pick him…or when you're dropping him home," she said and opened the door "bye baby you be good for daddy okay?"
"I will mummy bye!" he called.
"I'll see ya later," Brax said and pulled away from the house.
Pulling up at his a few minutes later he turned off the engine and turned back to him "you're gonna meet your uncles now, but if you feel scared at any time you let me now okay."
"I not scared daddy I happy," he said and bounced in his seat.
Brax chuckled and climbed out walking to the back of the car he shook his head after spotting Casey and Kyle by the window their eyes glued to the back of the car. He leaned in and unclipped him "they can't wait to meet you," he said and walked into the house.
Stopping in front of the sofa he looked down at Daryl as he went all shy and snuggled into him "guys this is Daryl," he said.
All three walked over and stopped a bit away from them, Daryl slowly looked up and looked over at them "Heaf," he said pointing to him he'd reckonised him from the photo Charlie had shown him.
Heath chuckled "that's right little man," he said and ruffled his hair.
Casey stepped forward "I'm Casey buddy," he said and rubbed his cheek "nice to finally meet you," he smiled and stepped back.
Daryl giggled "I not a baby," he said and rubbed the spot Casey had touched.
Kyle stepped forward "and I'm K-"
"Kyle!" Daryl yelled and jumped in Brax's arms.
They all laughed "yeah mate I am," Kyle replied "we have something cool for you shall we go get it?"
Daryl looked up at Brax unsure "it's okay buddy," he said and put him down "you can go."
"Coming?" Casey asked and held out his hand. Daryl ran to him and took his hand.
Brax dropped into the sofa and sighed loudly "he's the double of you," Heath said and sat beside him "defo a Braxton," he chuckled "well done mate, the kid likes ya."
Brax chuckled "he's a great kid," he said and looked towards the bedrooms when Daryl started squealing excitedly.
"Daddy! Daddy! Come see!" he yelled.
Brax stood up "you may as well come too," he said and walked into the room "wow," he said looking at the bed covered in bags "what the hell did you two buy?" he asked.
"We uh kinda went overboard," Casey chuckled.
Brax chuckled "you don't say, mate you're gonna have to leave half of this here mummy will go mental if I bring you home with all that."
"Can I bring these home?" he asked holding up a talking lightening McQueen and Mater.
"Sure buddy but everything else is for when you come over here okay?" he asked.
"Okay," Daryl said "can I play in the living room?" he asked.
"Sure," Brax replied chuckling when he ran out of the room before he'd even finished.
…..
Over at Charlie's she lay on the sofa catching up on her tv she'd rarely have time to sit down and watch something "hey sweetie!" she called when the door opened.
Dan walked into the living room and chuckled "it's me," he said and walked to the sofa "where's Daryl?" he asked and sat beside her.
Charlie sat up screw it she thought he'd have to find out she turned to face him "I want you to listen to me before you freak out."
Dan's face dropped "is he hurt- is he okay- has something happened?" he asked quickly.
"He's fine Dan relax," Charlie said squeezing his knee.
Dan sighed in relief "Jesus don't do that to me Charlie," he said holding his chest "so where is he?"
"He's with his dad…but before you say anything," she added quickly "I know what I'm doing, I didn't just let him take him we've been spending time together-all of us, he's great with him, Daryl loves having him around-he's happy," she said and looked over at him.
Dan sat there staring at her "say something," she said nervously a few minutes later.
Dan stood up "that guy wasn't for the job was he?"
"No," she replied "I was caught off guard I didn't know what to say…I'm sorry," she mumbled at least he wasn't yelling she said to herself.
Dan chuckled "did you not think I'd work it out myself?" he asked and sat back down.
Charlie looked over at him "so you knew?"
Dan chuckled "I saw the photos of him I know what he looks like."
Charlie nodded "so why didn't you say anything?"
"Figured you'd tell us all when you were ready," he replied.
Charlie sighed "you're not mad?"
Dan shook his head and pulled her into him "I'm not mad because I know how much you've wanted this."
"So I won't see him with any bruising or marks?" she giggled.
Dan chuckled "no but he may get a warning or two."
"Dan," she groaned "dad already got to him."
He chuckled "nah I'm kidding…I'm happy for ya Charlz-both of you."
Charlie smiled "yeah me too," she said and looked back at the tv.
Over at Brax's they had just finished eating their pizza Brax looked down at Daryl as he snuggled into him "you tired mate?" he asked.
Daryl yawned and nodded "can I go to bed?" he muttered sleepily.
"Sure buddy but I have to bring you back to mummy's," Brax replied.
"But I wanna stay here," he whimpered.
"Mate you have nothing here," Brax sighed.
"But I want to stay here!" he cried.
"You can come back tomorrow mate," Heath said and tapped his knee.
"Yeah we can do something fun," Casey said.
Daryl looked over at Kyle "can we go and build castles?" he asked.
Kyle nodded "of course we can," he smiled.
"Kyle is the best at building castles," Brax said and stood up, grabbing his keys he turned back to him "say bye mate," he said.
Daryl hugged them all "bye uncles!" he called and ran after Brax
"Bye!" they all called with a chuckled.
When they arrived at Charlie's he had already fallen asleep, Brax lifted him out and walked in the back door "hello!" he called.
Charlie walked into the kitchen and smiled "wore him out?" she asked peering down at him.
Brax chuckled "yeah he had a ball they were running around for hours," he said and walked by her "is his door open?" he asked.
"Um don't think so," she replied and ran ahead of him. Opening his door she walked in and pulled back his covers "just let him sleep in his clothes I'll sort him out later."
Brax placed him down and pulled the covers up around him "night mate I love ya," he whispered and dropped a kiss on his forehead.
They both made their way back down stairs "do you have to take off or do you wanna stay for a coffee or something?" Charlie asked as they walked into the kitchen.
Brax looked out to his car then back to her "sure I'm not in a rush," he said and walked to the door "I have stuff in my car for him from my brothers," he said and walked out to it. Gathering the stuff he'd forgotten to give Daryl yesterday along with the stuff from his brothers he walked back inside.
"Wow," Charlie gasped "did you rob a toy store?" she asked taking stuff from under his arms.
Brax chuckled and place the bags down "I just started picking up things…you should see half of the stuff Casey and Kyle got him-to be left at my house," he added when she raised an eyebrow.
"Brax," Charlie said "you lot are spoiling him," she said and peeked into a few of the bags "aww Brax he'll love all this thank you."
"We've four years to make up for," Brax replied.
Charlie walked to the pot and poured to cups out "Dan was here a while ago."
"Yeah?" Brax said and took the cup from her.
"Yeah," Charlie nodded "I told him about you," she said and sat beside him "he didn't flip…he already knew who you were."
"Well that's one less thing to worry about I suppose," he replied.
Charlie nodded "yeah that's everyone now….apart from my step-mum," she said.
Brax frowned "thought you had three brothers?" he asked.
"I do…Jack was here yesterday while you were upstairs," she said when he looked back at her.
"Right," Brax nodded "now all I gotta do is prove to them I'm here for good."
Charlie placed her hand on his "you got nothing to prove to them Daryl is your son not theirs."
Brax smiled "yeah but it's your dads daughter and their sister I'm gonna be taking out."
…
An hour later Brax stood up "it's getting late I should head," he said and moved to the door.
Charlie nodded and walked over with him "I'll bring him to school in the morning you have a lie-in in your new house," she said and leaned against the door.
Brax chuckled "yeah could do with it," he yawned "I have to see Angelo anyway, but I will pick him up…night Charlie," he said and leaned in to kiss her on the cheek-she turned her head and he caught her on the lips.
She stepped back and bit her lip looking up at him she tilted her head to the side, stepping forward she leaned up on her toes and kissed him softly "night Brax," she whispered and stepped away.
Brax pulled her back to him before she could get too far away leaning in her kissed her deeply-he couldn't help himself.
Charlie closed her eyes as the kiss deepened, moving closer to him she wrapped her arms around his neck.
Brax slid his hands onto her hips and pulled her closer, needing air he pulled back "I'm sorry I should have left it at the last one," he said and took a step back his whole body was tingling.
Charlie bit her lip shaking her head she smiled up at him "don't overthink it I wanted it too," she said and stepped back to him "we just can't get carried away here."
Brax nodded "I better go…night again," he said and dropped a kiss on her forehead he smiled at her before he walked off to his car.
Charlie nodded "night…text me when you get home!" she called and closed her door and leaned against it she sighed and dropped her head back, no way were they gonna last she knew there was going to bed more incidents like this. Groaning she pushed herself off the door.
When she got to her room after changing Daryl she dropped onto her bed and lay looking at the ceiling, a smile crossed her face as she went back to the day she had met him.
FLASBACK; Charlie and the girls had pulled up to their flat that would be their home for the next three weeks. Bianca and Hayley ran inside already arguing over beds "Charlz! Grab the camera it's in the case in the back!" Bianca called as she ran inside.
Charlie walked to the back of the car and pulled the boot open "shit!" she squealed when bags started to tumble out, she grabbed them knowing Bianca and Hayley had laptops and other expensive stuff in their bags "hey guys! she called "help me!" she yelled and moved closer as they moved again. "Hayley! Bianca!" she yelled when they still didn't answer.
She looked up as an arm reached over her "need a hand?" a guy asked and took two bags from her.
"Uh thanks," she smiled and grabbed another bag, she looked over at him wow he is so hot she said to herself he was tall dark absolutely gorgeous.
He stepped back "want me to bring them inside?" he asked.
"Um sure, thanks," she smiled and started to walk "I'm Charlie by the way," she said turning back to him.
"Brax," he replied.
"What kinda name is that?" she chuckled and placed the bags on the floor.
He chuckled "it's a nickname my name is Daryl Braxton but Brax," he said and walked back out with her.
"You been here long?" Charlie asked as they got back to the car.
"Nope, got here about an hour ago, I'm here with my brother and a mate-you?" he asked.
"Two mates," she smiled "where's your brother and your mate?" she asked.
Brax chuckled "I drove so they drank on the way up they're sleeping it off."
Charlie closed the boot and leaned against "so you've been checking the place out?"
"Yeah," he replied and leaned against the car beside her "the beach looks awesome…do you surf?" he asked
"Yeah," she nodded "not as much as I used to though."
Brax nodded "maybe I'll see you on the water then."
Charlie nodded "you will," she said nodding to her board on the roof.
….
She spoke to him for ages-an hour and a half to be precise, Hayley and Bianca had come out and asked her was she coming-her declining opting to stay and talk to Brax. He looked down at his watch "wow is that the time?" he said and stood up "I better go wake these two up…nice to meet you Charlie I'm sure I'll see you around later."
"Oh you will," she said before she could stop herself she closed her eyes as she felt her face burn "um," she said and opened her eyes to see him smirking at her "what?" she squeaked out.
"Nothing," he shrugged "you're just very beautiful is all," he said "how about you meet me at the bar just off the beach say eight?" he asked and took a step back "bring your mates…see ya Charlie!" he called as he walked away.
"Yeah see ya!" she called, she stood there watching him he was staying about ten places down…not that she had counted sighing she walked into the house and shut the door counting down the hours until eight o'clock. END OF FLASHBACK.
Charlie giggled as she thought about that night in the bar, she had never in her life been that drunk it was a great night- she'd even gotten a good night kiss. She looked down at her phone as it beeped opening the message she burst out laughing home safe…I'm so not sorry for kissing you xx replying she sighed happily and climbed under her covers.
Over at Brax's he had just rolled into his bed when his phone beeped picking it up and opened it he chuckled I'm not sorry you kissed me either…maybe I will come over when your settled, night xx he chuckled again and threw the phone down things were moving along and he was happy with that, sighing again he went back to about two and a half weeks after he'd met her-the night he'd slept with her.
FLASHBACK; Brax looked down and smiled as Charlie snuggled against him, since day one they had been joined at the hip. Sighing happily he pulled her closer and closed his eyes-tonight had been amazing.
"Brax?" she asked a few minutes later.
"Yeah?" he replied.
"What's gonna happen when we have to go home?" she asked.
Brax shrugged "we'll just have to find the time to meet up."
"Where do you even live?" she asked.
Before Brax could reply the door flew open and a very drunken Sam and Hayley fell in wrapped around one another "Oi!" he yelled "into the other room," he said when Sam threw her on the bed.
"Sorry mate," he chuckled and pulled her up.
"Yeah sorry Charlz," Hayley giggled and pulled Sam out of the room.
Charlie giggled "what are the chances of all three of us hooking up with the three of you."
"Yeah but there's a difference between us and them," he said and turned back to her.
"And what would that be?" she asked.
Brax lowered his head and kissed her "I'm gonna stay in touch with you, I am gonna take you out on a proper date, to them this is just a holiday fling they'll forget all about your mates-won't even get numbers," he said and lay back.
"How can you be so sure?" she asked "I mean we're getting along, we're talking about meeting up again, we want to make something of this, they could be doing the same thing….and that was a proper date," she chuckled.
Brax chuckled "without my brother, mate and your mates sitting beside us…I know them-trust me it's all about holiday sex for them, once we get home they'll move on."
"And you?" she asked looking down at the floor, she had being trying not to get too invested in him she knew these type of things very rarely worked out.
Brax tilted her chin up to meet his eyes "it's fair to say you got me Charlie," he said and lowered his head kissing her softly.
Charlie pulled him down to her and deepened the kiss "just so you don't forget me and move on," she giggled when they broke apart.
"Oh I'll never forget you," he said and kissed her again "and I'm pretty sure I won't move on," he said and kissed her again.
Charlie snuggled back into him "I don't wanna go home," she sighed.
Brax wrapped his arms around her "we still got four days," he said.
Charlie nodded "we better make the most of it then-night," she said and closed her eyes.
"Yeah we better…night Charlie," he said and pulled her closer-he couldn't wait to see what was in store for them once they went home. END OF FLASHBACK.
Brax sighed if only he'd answered that damn question then instead of when he was legless she might have found him sooner "stupid Sam," he muttered and rolled on his side.
A/N hope you enjoyed the flashbacks there will be a few more, I'm trying to throw in a few bits about how they met and how they got so close so quick…might be a few of them after they got back-Brax realising Sam threw away her number-Charlie finding out she's pregnant…sure we'll see where it goes, thanks for all the reviews glad you're all enjoying it.