I'm going to post a new story next so I hope you like it. It's called 'Rebellion' and it's set outside of the 'Home and Away' storyline. For now, I hope you enjoy this chapter. Love, IJKS xxx

Chapter Seven

It had been an interesting week to say the least. With the evidence linking the River Boys to the pot plantation being extremely thin, the police had reluctantly had to put it on the back burner. But it was not something they were planning on forgetting about.

And to their credit, the surfing gang had been keeping them exceptionally busy with other things. One guy had abducted a local woman called Colleen Smart in her mobile home and dumped her outside of town. Charlie and Joey had made the arrest but he'd been let off with a caution when he sincerely apologised. Also, some sort of River Boy Law had also come into play because by the time he'd apologised, he'd had seven bells knocked out of him.

There had also been all number of fights and disturbances in and around the Bay and the local police force, including Joey and her colleagues were being kept very busy.

"So, I got some news today," Charlie announced in their morning meeting on Friday.

With the Detective around, there were a lot more meetings than there would normally be and although Joey had very much resented it at first, she actually thought regular checks-ins with each other made them all work better.

"And it looks like you're going to be stuck with me for a while," Charlie informed them.

Joey kept her face impassive. Her housemates had commented on that fact that she was warming to their new boss but she didn't feel the need to broadcast it. She and Charlie had had several pleasurable encounters over the last few days and she was secretly pleased to know that it could continue for at least a little while. She hoped she was being careful not to get too invested but every day, she found Charlie to be more infuriatingly wonderful.

"That's great," Angelo said.

He had done his best to get along with the Detective and he hadn't tried to hide it either. It hadn't occurred to him that she might not be into men but if it had, Joey doubted it would make him stop flirting anyway. She'd feel sorry for him if his vain attempts at getting Charlie to notice him weren't quite so obvious and quite so amusing.

Charlie smiled at the rest of the crew.

"Right then," she said. "Let's get to work."


"Hey, Charlie, are you busy tonight?" Joey asked, poking her head around the office door.

The Detective put her pen down and swung her chair round to look at the woman she was having a secret romance with.

"Why?" she asked in a tone that made Joey shiver with excitement. "What do you have in mind?"

Watson walked innocently past the door. Joey stepped into the room and shut them in.

"The guys wanted to take you out for a drink," she explained.

"Why?" Charlie asked, immediately cagey.

She was not one to make friends at work. She even kept Joey at a distance, at least on an emotional level.

"Because you're a longer term part of the team," Joey told her. "They wanted to be friendly."

She smirked at her.

"Do you know what that means?"

Charlie chuckled and leant back in her chair.

"I think I've been pretty friendly to you," she remarked.

Joey stepped closer, perching on the edge of the desk. Charlie stood to meet her, pulling her into her arms and offering a searing kiss.

"Does the door lock?" she whispered, running her hands up and down Joey's spine.

Joey nodded, extracted herself and hurried to lock the door. Then she eagerly returned to Charlie's arms, allowing herself to be lain back on the impeccably tidy desk. They kissed passionately, forgetting about where they are and caring only about each other.


A short while later, having had to hurry for fear of getting caught, Charlie and Joey fumbled to rearrange their clothes.

"So, are you coming out with us tonight?" Joey asked, tucking her shirt back in and trying not to look quite so flushed.

Charlie looked uncertain. She didn't really get along with people.

"Oh, come on…" Joey coaxed. "It'll be fun."

"Really?" Charlie asked, her voice full of scepticism.

Joey grinned, slipping her arms around her waist.

"I'll make it worth your while," she whispered.

Needing no further convincing, Charlie kissed her.


Next time… while Charlie and Joey get up to no good, the River Boys cause more trouble…