funkyshaz57 - it's been a while and you'll find out soon who it is :)

jsco81 - all will be revealed soon......can't give it all away now can I?

sasha - I'm posting as fast as I can but work is 24/7 at the mo so please bare with me :)

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So here we are what's going to happen now.....let's see how Charlie is shall we?

Chapter 7

As Charlie left Ruby's room she let out a sigh. She had already tried to look for Joey and had no luck. Shaking her head she walks to her room and closes the door behind her. Throwing herself effortlessly onto the bed, she has already made her mind up that she has failed. That she had blown her chance at true love and fate wasn't going to strike twice........if at all again. Feeling something she moves bleakly, rolling onto her side she removes the flashing phone from her pocket. She knew it wasn't going to be the person she wanted it to be on the other end, and sighed when she saw who it was.

"Don't tell me I've got to come in?" Charlie barks at the caller.

"No......actually the opposite" Charlie raises an eyebrow whilst listening closer, "I've just received orders for your holiday leave to commence now."

"What?" Charlie questioned. She hadn't put in for leave and not being at the station means less chance of finding Joey.

"Apparently it's the only time you can take it. It is on one condition though" Dubiously Charlie replies, "That doesn't make much sense but I guess I don't really have a choice do I? Plus I could do with a break from Angelo" Her and Watson both have an inner and outer smile from this. Angelo will hate not knowing and Charlie had put in the order so he and Georgie wouldn't be shifted together. He was so far out of the loop now it was so amusing. "Georgie there's just one thing, you know the trouble I was having earlier?"

"Yeah" The other lady replied.

"Well I do need your help, but it's a personal matter," Georgie was giggling under her breathe. She could be the good friend and put her out of her misery or the curious friend. She knew why Charlie was looking, but was dying to see how she was going to phrase it. So she listened intently and posed the question, "I'm all ears Charlie, if you need help I'll do it if I can. So what's up?" Jostling her body so it was now sitting Charlie composed herself, she knew Georgie was okay about her and Joey before, but after all this time would she understand, would she lend that helping hand? Taking in a deep breath she sighed and thought to herself, 'well here goes nothing'

"This has to stay between us okay?"

"Of course it will Charlie but you're starting to worry me now!"

"You don't have to worry Georgie, it's just it's quite personal and to be completely honest I shouldn't have been abusing my power at work." Georgie mused to herself 'you didn't boss, I did!' Charlie continued, stumbling and mumbling over her words, she was so nervous, scared, worried, frustrated she just couldn't cope with having to be this open and honest. She had never felt so alone when asking for help like this before, 'oh wait' She realised. 'I had when I fell pregnant.'

"Charlie are you okay?" Georgie questioned in the silence, she now felt bad for not being truthful and telling Charlie she already knew and had infact arranged for Joey to come back to the bay.

"What? Oh.....yeah....I'm fine....where was I?"

"You were saying how you wanted to make it all better. How you wanted to fix it and that you felt lost until now" Bemused Charlie querried the calmness of Georgie's tone of voice. "I know I should of told you earlier, but I needed to hear, for myself, that I had done the right thing." Charlie rose to her feet and began pacing the carpeted floor. "When you left earlier I tool it upon myself to.......umm.....oh god you're gonna kill me."

"Georgie!" Charlie's impatience showed through her voice, on the other end Georgie was terrified at admitting to her boss what she had done, but she had managed to find her so it might be okay. "I went onto your computer, and checked the history.....I know it was wrong but you looked so upset and angry I thought I could help" Before Charlie had a chance to interrupt, Georgie continued. "And I did it Charlie, I found her!" Silence filled the room as Charlie sunk to her knees, tears welled up in her eyes as she heard the place that had been lucky enough to have the company of her love. Unable to grasp what was going on, the phone dropped to the floor and she broke down into a state of relief and hope.

After ten minutes had passed, Charlie took a deep breath and calmed herself. It was happening so quickly, she had the idea a few hours ago to find her soul-mate but now she was found. Picking herself up off of the floor, she walked over to the wardrobe, removing a few items of clothing. Choosing her most flattering pieces, she wanted to blow her girls mind,vCharlie began packing a bag. Looking at herself in the mirror she decided a shower was needed as her red puffy eyes and scraggy hair wasn't how she wanted Joey to remember her. Gathering a pair of black jeans and a white vest top she made her way to the bathroom. The house was seemily eeirily quiet for this time of night, Leah and Vj were watching a movie, but the sound was low.....she didn't understand why but left them too it. Closing and locking the bathroom door, her eyes look deep inside themselves in the haunting reflection from the mirror. They had hope yet pain, happiness yet sadness, love yet hate. So many different feelings were racing through her mind at that point, so confused as to what everything now meant for her life. Peeling off the crumpled uniform and discarding it upon the cols tiled floor, Charlie opens up the shower door and switches it on, stepping in once the waters warm enough......suddenly her mind flashes back to a happier time, a time when she wasn't alone, in her heart, body or presence. As the tepid water began to pelt against her throbbing rigid body her sunken eyes closed and the images began to play in her mind.

As cascading waterfall of warm water trickles down their entwining bodies, as urgent hands feverishly caress eachother. Blue eyes met brown and see only lust inside, a deep yearning for closeness and need to bring their loved one to the highest point of ecstacsy. To take them to another plain of euphoria. Joey leans in and softly brushes her lips against Charlie's, pure electric flows through them both as Charlie deepend the kiss. Pressing her lips harder, Joey parts her mouth inviting Charlie's tongue inside. As tongue touches tongue, tingling sensations send more desire and need, Charlie's hands drop to Joey's waist and pulls her body closer to hers as she slightly squeezes, Joey raises her hands and entangles them in Charlie's matted soaking hair. Tongues dance together and both let out a hungry moan as they relish the taste. Slowly they part and pull back, Joey's thumb rubs Charlie's cheek as her face begins to blush.

"I love you so much Charlie. I want to make love to you, kiss you, hold you forever, if you'll let me.....will you let me?" Joey's question is more of a plead and an aknowledegement that she may continue.

"Joey, I am and will be forever yours" Charlie kisses Joey tenderly, halting the kiss she then picks up the shampoo and asks, "May I?" Joey slowly nods as Charlie flips the lid and pours out a small amount onto the palm of her hand. Placing the container back she places her hands upon Joey's head and begins to massage in the shampoo as it forms a lather. Guiding Joey under the water and tilting her head back, Charlie rinses the lather from the younger girls hair, being careful for none to fall into those eyes she can get lost in for hours. Once it was all dispersed Joey reached for the container only to be stopped by Charlie, "I think you need cleaning up first!" She winked. Charlie reached out and squeezed the gel into her hand. The smell was exhilerating to Joey as it was placed upon her skin,

"I can't wait to wake up and smell of you in the morning" Joey let slip out as her eyes closed and lips curled, slightly blushing with embarasement.

"Baby you will smell of me for the rest of your life" Charlie said with a husky lust filled voice.

Using the tips of her fingers, charlie trails Joey's skin, softly stroking over untouched bare flesh. Caressing Joey's neck, to her shoulders and over her back as far as she could reach while keeping her lips millimetres from Joey's. Bringing her hands back to the shoulders, Charlie lowers her hands letting suds fall upon the pert buds before her. Rubbing them with her thumb she feels aroused that her touch can bring forward such a thing of beauty, massaging her lovers breasts whislt still tending to the hightened nipples, Charlie can no longer hold back. Lowering her head she takes the left nipple between her lips and gently gnaws upon it with her teeth, tightening her bite she pulls back slightly pulling at the erect point. Joey gasps and writhes enjoying the slight pain, she places her hands upon Charlies shoulders and grips tightly. Charlie teases the nipple with her tongue, flicking it and circling it before suckling upon it, she kisses Joey's brest and looks up at Joey. Joey is so filled with anticipation she is biting her lip, this fuels Charlie and she now repeats the process with the right breast, this time dropping her right hand so it runs up and down Joey's left thigh. Pushing Joey back against the wall softly, Charlie uses her right hand to spread Joey's legs apart, scraping at the inside of her thigh as she does. Joey's hands attempt to grip at the wall and failing she returns them to Charlie's shoulders. Moaning and writhing, bucking and arching, Joey is aching for the touch, the touch that will send her over the edge, and she knew no matter what she wouldn't beable to hold on for long. Charlie begins to kiss her way down, licking a trail down and biting ang kissing toned, tanned skin. REaching her destination charlie slowly slides her hands to rest upon the pert bottom of Joey's slightly digging her nails in as she kisses the throbbing nub before her, sucklikng on it, sliding her tongue down through the moist haven that she loved so much she felt Joey quiver and so tightened her grip, as she did so Joey moaned and dug her nails into Charlie's shoulder deeper.

"God Charlie............Please.........I...need...you....." Joey's voice trailed off as she felt Charlie's tongue slide in perfectly, Joey thrust her hips in time and moaned louder as she felt the orgasm begin. Charlie thrust in deeper and deeper, licking and flicking the swollen nub before delving deeper inside again, tasting the juices of her lover she too was close to achieveing orgasm...............................

BANG.............BANG.................BANG........................the noise rang out as Charlie opened her eyes, feeling flustered and aroused she took a moment to compose herself. "WHAT?" She yelled over the noise of the water, awaiting a reply.

"Charles it's Watson on the phone, she says it's important." Ruby tells her mum, she didn't want to disturb her but Georgie was addiment.

"Tell her I'll call her in..." Charlie had to think now as she needed a cold shower and a wash, "15 minutes okay?"

"Okay, she says thats fine just don't forget ok?" Ruby hated being the go between but thought it was the only way. "Okay" Charlie replied.

After getting out of the shower Charlie gathered her bag and went in to see Ruby explaining that she was going to go away for a couple of days with a work thing, they hugged and said their goodbyes, both forgetting the phonecall that had to be made. Charlie left the house and got in her little blue car and set off to see the woman her heart desired. Driving along the main route out and feeling sleepy she glanced at a passing car, when she was a few hours out and it was about 5am....."no it couldn't be" She said to herself, "I know I'm tired but I swear I didn't just dream that?" Acting on instinct she turned the car around and headed back to see if she was going crazy or not.

TBC