HEY THERE! Yes i am still alive! and very, very guilty as i have not updated in so many months its unbelievable! SOSOSO Sorry! Anyway, since i haven't really been into my two H&A stories lately, i have kinda lost track, bad times! but i still know where i want to take the stories, good times! So this will really just be a filler chapter to let you all know i'm back and hopefully for good!

Chapter 7

After a long, unsuccessful surfing lesson, Charlie and Joey lay on the sand on their towels side by side. Aden, Geoff, Jai and VJ were kicking a football around the beach while the girls all chatted away watching. Everyone laughed as Geoff had to make his way into the sea, again, to get the ball that VJ had kicked deliberately in that direction.

"Hey why don't you all get off your lazy butts and come join?!" Geoff said on his way out the water.

"Lazy heh? I've kicked your butt at this so many times at football Geoff, do you really want everyone to see?" Joey smirked playfully.

"What makes you think your on the opposite team Collins?" He smirked back, even though defeated by her comment.

Joey grinned and stood up, eyeing Charlie. "Come on?"

"Yeah right!"

"Scared al beat ya?"

"..." Charlie sighed. "Your on!"

In the end Martha and Rachel decided to sit out, it just wasn't their thing, whereas Charlie was the active type. Leah decided to referree, that way she could make the numbers even, and make sure VJ was alright as well. The teams were set up as Joey, Geoff, Ruby, Nicole and VJ on one team, with Belle, Aden, Jai, Annie, and Charlie on the other. At each side of their made pitch (with t-shirts as goal posts) they were in team hudles, having team talks). Martha, Rachel and Leah watched on laughing as Geoff, being the team captain for one team chanted "Who's gonna bring that blood and pain!" like 'shes the man'. When out of their huddles, both teams parted out into their positions. The sun was still burning down from the sky and all boys had their shirts off whilst all girls were in bikini top and shorts. Geoff and Nicole shared sneaky glances at one another, unknown to them that Charlie and Joey shared the same.

Leah tossed the ball into the centre randomly, caught by Aden's feet to passes behind him to Jai. Jai then ran up the wing with the ball until he was stopped by Nicole who stood right infront of him, blocking his space to run, but he swiftly passed it to Annie who was on the run up the centre of the sandy pitch. A couple of seconds later, Annie was tackled by a laughing Ruby who tumbled soon after gaining possetion of the ball. Joey ran in as Charlie did to reach the ball first, and as she saw Charlie coming, she put her hands on each side of her waist and spun her lightly round so that it was easier for herself to get the ball, unknowingly to Leah. Both heart rates of Charlie and Joey had quickened in them quick few seconds, and Charlie watched on as Joey ran and scored the first goal, waving her hands and grinning in victory as she did so. She then turned around in her victory and eventually winked at Charlie to was a little flustered still in her previous position.

After about 10 minutes the ball had been passed to every team mate on each team, and the scores were 3 -2 to Joey's team. Leah called half-time.

They all indulged in some well needed ice water that Martha had fetched for them. "OI no conversing with the opposite team!" Aden laughed as Joey and Charlie began giggling with one another and Charlie hit her lightly for her little trick earlier. Nicole herself was getting engrossed in talking with someone too, however it was Geoff, mutch to Annie's amusement as it's her brother she only just met again!

"So do you like him then?" Ruby asked Annie.

"Ruby he's my BROTHER!" Annie whispered loudly, disgust on her features.

"Not HIM Dumbass! Jai!" Ruby laughed, much to Annie's sudden embarresment.

"Oh em... not really thought about it."

"Yeah right!"

"Okay maybe a little bit!" Annie agreed, letting her eye's wander else where as some tall blonde guy walked past them winking at her. She blushed away.

"oh my god, how hot is he?! Annie he's coming over..!" Ruby whispered a little loudly.

"Hey, I was wondering when the sun was going to dissappear?" The boy asked Annie.

"Wha.. huh?" Annie asked, confused.

"Well i kinda put it down to your smile that's lighting up the sky, so i thought you'd know." He smiled as Annie blushed, and Ruby sighed internally giggling as she started talking to Belle. "I'm Romeo." He stuck out his hand.

"Is that your real name?"

"Yeah, i know, kinda coincidental isn't it." he grinned.

"If you say so." Annie got a little more confident, she felt comfortable in the boy's presence. "Annie." She shook his hand.

"You on holiday?"

"Yeah, Cruise, you?"

"Snap." His smile was contagious.

"What's the ship?"

"Summer blue, yours?"

"Same one!" Annie was elated.

"Well Annie, i may see you on there sometime!"

"Yeah, you might." She smiled as the boy walked away, still smiling at her.

"Uh ohhhh." Ruby came up behind her.

"What?" Annie was brought out her daze.

"Competitionnnnnn!"

Annie groaned, agreeing.

The game of football had been active again for the past few minutes and it had turned into almost a no rules game as noone was listening to Leah, so she sat down and laughed away anyway. Aden basically rugby tackled his way through the other team to score the equilizer, and then it was claimed that next goal would be the winner. Joey, who was dribbling the ball, passed to VJ, who easily got passed Belle as they were taking it easy on him. He then passed back to Joey who turned her body away from an aproaching Charlie. From behind Charlie tried to tackle Joey to get the ball which Joey was successfully shielding from her access. As Charlie got closer, pressing her body into Joey's back, still trying to get the ball, Joey's heart rate rapidly increased and he footwork faltered. She quickly tried to turn and pass Charlie but she was too quick and she took the ball straight off of a shocked Joey. Suddenly Joey pounced back into action, trying to tackle Charlie from the right, which knocked both of them off their feet.

Joey landed on top of a surprised Charlie who was beginning to become light headed knowing Joey's legs were basically straddled around her stomache, her head buried in Charlie's neck. Joey lifted her head up to find Charlie's blue eye's taking her away to a far away place, drowning her in unknown waves of feeling's she couldn't understand as her breathing esculated. They stayed there looking at each other intently until suddenly they came out of their trance with the high sound of Geoff cheering with joy as he scored the winning goal, and Joey became all too aware of the position her and Charlie was in. She removed her hands from where they had fallen on each side of Charlie's head and slowly stood up. She offered her hand to Charlie who was looking around and was sure noone had seen the connection they just had, it felt like it had lasted minutes, but only seconds had went by.

Charlie took Joey's soft inviting hand, and raised herself off the ground, smiling at Joey as they got lost in each other's eyes again, quickly averting them as people began to talk around them.

"Time to get back to the ship i think!" Aden announced, "We need to get ready for our show tonight."

"Yeah we better get ready for dinner." Martha said. "Fancy having dinner with us tonight?" She asked the entertainers.

"Yeah sure." They all said, and everyone smiled at the idea of spending more time with their new friends, and they all began to put their clothes back on and head up to the ship, where a great evening awaited them...

SO WHAT DID YOU THINK? AGAIN SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG, BUT IS IT WORTH CONTINUING? Review!