Brax's Pov

I woke up to no Charlie beside me, the space where she slept, cold without the warmth of her body. It led to me thinking about how sad and lonely I'd feel without Charlie in my life. How much I needed her, how desperate I was for her to be apart of my life forever. It reminded me of all the failed relationships in my time (and trust me, there were a few) and how different things were with Charlie. I imagined how perfect life would be waking up as Mr and Mrs Braxton and how joyous the sound of little pitter- patters running up and down the hallway would be. 'Jesus, Heath was right, I'd gone all soft'. When I was with Charlie my hard exterior didn't exsist, I was just a hopeless romantic.

'Charlie, Babe' I called from our room

'In the kitchen' she replied

I walked out to find her in nothing but her skimpy little single top and panties with very flimsy material. ''Control Yourself' I told myself over and over again

The mood was quickly ruined as I realised she was cooking, I really didn't want to die of food poisoning at such a young age. I ran upstairs to get dressed so I could leave the house, Babe, Breakfast is almost ready' she replied lovingly.

Charlie had many amazing talents, cooking was just not one of them

'Um I'm not really hungry babe, I've gotta meet Heath so I'll see you later' I said kissing her cheek

'Braxton, get your ass back here, Heath is out of town with Bianca and Teesh' she said

'Shit, now you're really in for it, you needed a quick escape, and that's the first thing that came to mind' I told myself

'Did I say Heath, I meant Casey, sorry gorgeous, I've just been really forgetful lately' I said going in for a kiss

'Nice Try matey, sit down and eat your breakfast' she said cheekily plonking herself on my lap.

'You were trying to escape having to eat breakfast, because I cooked it, weren't you little Braxy' she said squeezing my cheek

Great now there was no escaping I was just going to have to eat it and pretend I was enjoying it.

After we had finished eating/disposing the inedible food and cleared away the table we began the dishes.

Charlie's Pov

Brax was washing and I dried whilst we stood there and talked flirtatiously. He was going on about some stain he couldn't get off the dishes, but my mind was elsewhere. I whipped him with my tea towel, and stepped away smirking. He looked at me with the biggest grin on his face, 'Really Charles, is that the way you want to play this, I just stood smirking at him. He pushed me up against the kitchen fridge as we shared a passionate kiss. 'You know Charlie, we are gonna have to 'push ourselves harder' to burn off that crap we just ate' he said huskily after we pulled apart. I began nibbling on his earlobe before whispering sexily' why don't you tell me what you have in mind' but Brax being Brax was too smart,'I don't need to tell you when I can just show you' he said before carrying me over and placing me on the kitchen bench.

45 minutes later

We were both entirely out of breath, I lay on Brax's chest as he continued kissing my neck

'This bench is going to need to be thoroughly disinfected, aye Babe' he chuckled

I was just about to kiss him when Casey barged through the door. I quickly jumped off the kitchen bench along with Brax, trying to think how we could make ourselves decent.

'Ewww, that is disgusting, you do realise that is why bedrooms were invented, USE ONE, and for goodness sake get some bloody clothes on' he said frustratedly before sitting down on the couch.

'Uggh Case, Brax and I said in unison, Brax finishing the sentence, 'I ummm probably wouldn't sit there if I was you' he said before winking at me.

''Jesus Christ for once, could you just not have sex, kiss or anything else of the sort, I'm sick to death of all the lovey dovey shit'' Casey said angrily

Brax went to run after him, but I pushed him back

'I'll go''

Brax's Pov

Case acted totally out of character but Charlie being Charlie would definitely sort him out. Whilst she wasn't here I decided to quickly give Heath a ring and inform him of my plans to propose to Charlie, after all I was going to need his and Bi's assistance in finding the perfect ring.

'Sweet man, thanks so much, so will hit the shops at about 9 ish tomorrow, awesome thanks Heath and tell ya Mrs she's a legend'...

I was so excited I was finally going to ask Charlie to marry me and after much thinking I had devised the perfect way to do it.

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Casey's Pov

I know I shouldn't have treated Charles and Brax the way I did but I'm just so angry and I'm really hurting I took it out on the easiest people to blame. I sat soundly by the water, letting my thoughts go crazy.

''Case, are you alright' said a voice I knew as Charlie's

'I'm fine' I said as she sat down beside me

''Wow your actually not with Brax for more than 10 seconds'' I said with a hint of cheekiness

'Haha, very funny, Mr' she said slapping my back, but this isn't about your brother and I, it's about you'

'Seriously, everything's good, you can go'

'Well, tough, I'm not leaving, you're forgetting I used to be a police sergeant and I know you're lying so spill' she said sternly

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'Wow Case, so you'll be staying in summer bay for awhile' she asked

I nodded my head sadly. After talking to Charlie about Tamara and I being over for good I felt much better

'Promise me you won't tell Brax' I said knowing that she'd still go straight to him; there ain't one secret between the two of them

'Case, she looked at me' as if to say I can't get secrets from my pumpkin

'Promise me Charlie', I pleaded with her

'Okay, I won't tell' she said

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Charlie's Pov

That night Brax and I lay cuddled up in bed, wrapped around each other as usual; I wanted to bring up the conversation of buying a house together. ''Hey Brax, there's something I wanted to ask you,'' I said but he cut me off. ''Actually Babe, I have something I want to ask you'' he said

'You go first' I said eager to see what he had to say

'Will you accompany me to a romantic dinner for two?'

I'd love to, I said getting excited, but romantic dinners are so expensive

Your worth every single penny babe' he said lovingly before kissing up my neck slowly with steady, sensual movement.

I decided I'd bring up the house conversation I had more important matters to tend to... If you know what I mean

''So Babe, what did you want to ask', he said continue to kiss my neck

'My train of thoughts has disappeared I said' bringing my own lips to meet his

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