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CJ4Eva-this is still charlies future with angelo and so was the last chapter


"joey"

ruby looked at her mum upon hearing joeys name and frowned at the shocked look on charlies face

as joey spotted them and walked towards them charlie began to panic internally she had no idea how she was supposed to act then joey turned to her smiling and said hello

"erm... hi joey" "what were friends"

ruby pushed out the chair opposite charlie "join us"

joey looked at charlie as she sat down noticing the strange look on her face "are you ok charlie?"

"yeah..I'm great... you...are you ..ok" she stuttered

joey and ruby exchanged a confused glance "yeah I'm ok"joey said turning back and smiling at charlie

"oh that smile...didn't think I'd be seeing that here" she thought as she smiled back

"so whats new rubes" joey asked turning her attention to ruby

"xavier asked me to marry him" she said not looking up from the menu she was now studying

"wow thats erm..."she glanced at charlie who was staring at her but she couldn't read her expression "is that not good?" she asked as she looked at ruby again

ruby shrugged "I don't know Jo"

joey lay her had on top of ruby's giving it a little squeeze and a sympathetic smile while charlie watched the interaction with a smile thinking "their still close in either life"

"anyway lets not talk about that.....were is becky?"

charlies face dropped "who the hells becky"

joeys smile got bigger "oh she's gone for a run,she shouldn't be long now"

"how long have you been together now, 3/4 months and you still that dopey look at the mention of her name" ruby teased

"I do not" joey protested while trying to stop herself from grinning

charlie felt the cold stab of jealousy and quickly jumped to her feet making her way towards the entrance while calling out that she would be back in a minute to a confused ruby and joey.


When charlie got outside she walked towards the fence over looking the beach

"thanks for the heads up" charlie said while watching the waves

"didn't think you cared" angel said as she stepped up to the side of her

charlie quickly turned her head to look at her "you know I do thats why I'm here isn't it" she snapped

angel kept her gaze on the beach as charlie apologised for snapping

charlie turned to look at the sea again "how far in the future is this from the day you sent me on this little journey"

"three years, joey came back a year ago after brett had an accident at work that left him unable to look after himself for a while and joey being joey agreed to help him but after he was back on his feet she never ended up leaving because she realised how much she missed the place......... and the people in it"

"so what me and her just became friends..... just like that" charlie said in disbelief

"god no you've only just got to this place were there are no awkward silences and your not avoiding eachother"

charlie sighed and studied the floor "how did she take it when she found out about me and angelo?"

angel laughed "well she wasn't surprised if thats what you mean"

angel apologised as she saw the hurt look on charlies face

"and this becky?" she asked even though she didn't want to know

"well after some not so serious flings she met becky and they have been inseparable since"

"guess she's totally over me then" she said sounding disappointed

charlie noticed angel shaking her head "what?"

"some things never change do they"

"what does that mean?" charlie asked sounding a little annoyed

"its always all about you,you want the truth....... it hurt her when she came back and you were married to him, even after all that time she thought all those feelings for you were dead and buried but turns out they weren't so she had afew flings and then she met becky and finally started moving on. you don't get to play the victim charlie.....you moved on first"

charlie shook her head "this can't be right...if she wanted to be with me then why am I still with angelo?"

angel smiled at charlies statement even though charlie didn't seem to pick up on what she had just said "she never told you because you're married"

"so what does that matter"

angel rubbed her head in frustration "you broke her heart when you cheated on her charlie and she promised herself she would never cause anyone that kind of pain"

charlie lowered her head processing everything that had happened so far


joey stood at the door for a moment watching charlie looking troubled before she walked towards her "whats wrong charlie?"

charlie started looking around for angel which only made joey more concerned so she repeated the question

"I'm fine" she said unconvincingly

"I thought we were friends now" she said with a small smile

charlie spoke before she thought about what she was saying "we were never really friends"

joeys smile quickly fell into a frown "I thought you wanted us to be friends?"

charlie turned to look out to sea "what am I doing"

when joey was met with silence she stepped closer and put her hand on charlies shoulder "whats going on charlie?"

"nothing" she turned and began to walk towards the diner "you coming?"she called over her shoulder as joey watched her walk away wondering why she was acting weird


back in the diner ruby was sat eyeing her mum and joey wondering what all the awkward silence was about until she noticed becky coming through the door

"hi rubes" becky said as she made her way towards the table

charlie looked up to see becky with her arms around joeys neck kissing her face and with that she felt a wave of jealousy run through that she had never felt before

"hi charlie" becky said as she removed herself from joey and pulled out the chair opposite her

charlie studied her "pretty I guess if you like the whole blonde hair blues eyes thing......physically fit....hairs probably a dye job......those boobs are probably fake too....stop it charlie" she was brought out of her thoughts by beckys voice

"are you okay......lost you for a second there" she said smiling

"oh yeah I'm fine"

ruby was frowning at her mother "she's been weird all morning........more than normal that is"

becky laughed and reached for joeys hand on top of the table,charlie watched their hands then looked up to see joey studying her and quickly averted her gaze to see angelo walk in the diner

he made his way over and pulled up a chair,everyone at the table had the same thought

"great"

TBC