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Joey was behind the bar with aden and Laura one of the barmaids who started working at the club afew nights ago

"hey Jo, who was that guy with kate anyway?"aden asked

"oh thats her brother Hugo"

"the creep with the curly hair?" Laura asked causing joey to laugh

"what makes you say that?"aden asked

"well it took him all of 5 seconds to hit on me"

"you carnt exactly blame the guy"aden said smiling sweetly at her as she smiled back

"he's a creep, trust me"she said

"do you know him Jo?"aden asked

"no not........ really I have met him afew times though and yes he is a creep"

"I hope charlie can handle herself then, in that office with those 3"

"I hope so........I might just go check on her" "I'll be back in a second guys" joey said as she made her way towards the office

"so he's not your type then?"aden asked Laura

she studied him for a second "no............ definitely not"she said giving aden a smile that gave him butterflies, then she went to serve a customer.

Joey opened the door to the office to find charlie sat on the couch in between kate and Hugo looking uncomfortable

"charlie can I talk to you for a minute?" she asked

"yes" she said trying not to sound too eager "thank god"

"hi honey" kate said affectionately to joey knowing she was mad at her

"hi" joey said coldly

"come on Jo.... don't be like that"she said sweetly moving towards her but joey just turned and walked out of the office followed by charlie

"I'll meet you out there charlie" brett shouted

joey and charlie began walking out to the bar

"are you ok charlie you looked abit uncomfortable in there?"

"oh so that was you rescuing me was it?" she asked smiling thinking how grateful she was and how sweet joey was "sweet...really"

" well I know what their both like so I thought I would come and see if you were ok"

"she really is the sweetest" "well thanks, I'm grateful" she said sincerely

"your welcome....but you owe me one now" she said as they got to the bar

"is that right........well what do want"she said smiling as she took a seat at the bar while joey went round the other side

joey looked at her "you" she thought as she got lost in charlies eyes,charlies smile dropped at joeys intense gaze which started to make to feel like her stomach was doing back flips, they were brought out of the moment when brett took the seat next to charlie

"sorry about that" he said not noticing the tension

"sorry for what brett.......letting them make her feel uncomfortable?"joey said when she found her voice glancing at charlie who was studying the bar

"you weren't uncomfortable were you charlie?" he asked but charlie was oblivious "what the hell was that......that was intense.......my palms are sweating ..shit"

"charlie........charlie" brett repeated trying to get her attention

"what...sorry"she stuttered now looking at brett

"joey said they were making you uncomfortable but they weren't were they"he stated rather than asked

charlie shifted slightly looked at joey then back at him "well..........."she ventured hesitantly but joey cut her off

"god... if ignorance is bliss,you must be the happiest person alive brett" brett glared at her

"I'd like to leave you with that thought, but I'm not sure you have anywhere to put it" she said trying to help charlie who looked a little uncomfortable again but was now trying to suppress a grin

"ye well you......your.....oh just get us some drinks joey I'll have a beer"he said angrily at being embarrassed in front of charlie

"keep talking brett, one day you might say something intelligent" she looked at charlie who was silently chuckling as brett went red with anger then excused himself to go to the bathroom

"what do you want ?" asked a smiling joey

"what do you recommend?"

"erm..............orgasm"she said with a twinkle in her eye that didn't go missed by charlie who was quickly turning red

"oh my god...I did not just wonder what she would be like in bed!" with that thought she studied the bar again blushing even more

"um I'll have a white wine.......make it large..please"she said not daring to look at joey, who was grinning from ear to ear when she eventually did

"you don't know what your missing" she said then went to get the wine leaving charlie flustered

brett came back to the bar

"you ok charlie?"

"yes"she said a little too quickly as joey put the wine glass down in front of her

"are you sure you seem a little............

"I'm fine"she said abit too loud causing joey to giggle

"ok.....well lets go get a table shall we"

joeys smile was immediately wiped of her face she felt jealously rip through her "come on Jo she's straight for god sake........but I could swear we had a moment before brett out of the office......no your just imagining it"

"yes ok"

they got up and started to walk to the table, charlie looked back at joey to see kate wrapping her arms around joeys waist and she didn't know quite how felt at that moment but when she say joey push kate away she was happy.

As the time passed while they were talking charlie was watching what she was drinking so she didn't reveal anything she shouldn't and was clear headed enough to make up some lies about her pretend past but brett was getting more and more drunk after switching from beers to spirits. It was getting towards closing time so charlie decided now would be a good time to ask some questions

"so you and kate are business partners?"

"yes....6 years now"

"how did you two meet?

"we met through a guy we were working for,then she got with joey and we haven't looked back since"

"what was the job?"

he looked her as if unsure what to say "oh um this and that"

"so I bet you were pleased when her and joey got together then?"she asked quickly

"yes I was"

"god this is guna be harder than I thought" "so who was the guy you were working for.......a friend"she asked as causally as possible

before he could answer aden was calling time and telling everyone to leave so they took their glasses up to the bar, brett staggered a little as he got up

"Jo give me your keys,I'll lock the office I have to get something.............after how about we go get another drink?"he asked as he looked at charlie

"yes sure"

joey started to clean up with aden and Laura it wasn't her turn but kate was waiting at bretts for her and she didn't want to face her yet

"so I'm having a party tomorrow at my house, if your up for it"aden asked Laura

"I'd love to but I think I'm working" she said disappointed

"oh"aden mumbled

"its ok take the night off, kates guna be here because I'm not so I'll tell her to switch your shift with someone" she offered after seeing the look of disappointment on adens face

"are you sure joey?"hoping she would say yes

"yes I'm sure"she said smiling at her and aden

"your still coming right charlie"he asked

"yes definitely" she said rather excited but then told herself it was work and work only

brett reappeared and they made their way to leave after saying goodbye to everyone leaving a sad joey watching them walk away which didn't get missed by aden

TBC