Chapter 10: Reunions
Brax P.O.V
I was sitting down on the sand with Charlie in between my legs, my arms wrapped around her and my chin resting on her right shoulder. The breeze was choppy and cold, blowing her long hair to the left, the locks tickling my bare arm. As soon as I saw her and as soon as we made amends we made our way down here, so we could talk, or so we could just sit down and cuddle. Only now do I realise I spent 2 to 3 months away from my brothers and I hadn't even said hi to either of them back up at Angelo's, another couple hours or days wouldn't hurt them.
She shivered slightly at the next gust of wind and I constricted my arms around her. She turned her head and looked back at me, a smile playing on her lips, her eyes glistening because of the full moon showering its light down on us. The wind was picking up speed and goose bumps beginning to grow on her skin.
"We should probably get you home." I whispered. She sighed in my arms and she got to her feet, grabbing my hands and pulling me towards her. I wrapped my arms around her again and held her close to me.
"You do know that if we are going to leave you have to stop holding me sometime soon." She laughed as her hands gripped the shirt on my chest. I laughed as I let go of her and grabbed her hand instead, walking up towards the Surf Club.
"I'm going to go get a pizza or something to eat first, I'm starving." I said as I opened the door and let her walk in.
"Brax you're back." Bianca said as she walked out of the gym in her gym clothes, shit.
"Yeah I am." I said, hoping she wouldn't bring anything about us up, even if Charlie did know about me and her I still didn't want to talk about it, I was ashamed. She smiled at me then smiled at Charlie, I still had hold of her hand. Bianca looked down at us and saw my hand linked with Charlie's, she looked back up at me and bit her lip.
"So I guess there is no point in asking if you want to come back to my place tonight." She jokingly asked, as soon as the words left her mouth I felt Charlie's grip on my hand loosen and almost completely let go, I held onto it.
"Yeah sorry Bianca, when I went away I got thinking and I just need to get my life back on track so that includes not being involved with just any girl." I said, she nodded and smiled.
"No hard feelings." She said as she walked back into the gym. I turned and faced Charlie, confusion riddled all over her face.
"I've been back for 2 weeks and I've spent at least 4 days with her and the fact that she got with her dead best friends boyfriend never came up in conversation, who in reality was my boyfriend." She said sarcastically, but I knew she wasn't joking; there was truth behind the words she was speaking.
Charlie P.O.V
I walked past him and up the stairs towards Angelo's I felt him right behind me but when we got to the top of the stairs I walked directly towards Ruby and grabbed my purse, grabbing out a 50 dollar note and handing it to her.
"Pay with this, I'm going home." I said, kissing her forehead.
"Is Brax staying the night?" She questioned. I stood there and thought in silence, I hadn't seen him in ages, hadn't been with him for over a year but I don't know the idea of him and Bianca just made me feel sick.
"You know what, I don't think he is." I forced a smile, before spinning on my heel and heading towards the exit, without Brax.
I walked out of the Surf Club when I saw his ute parked in its usual spot, I sighed and shook my head as I walked over to it and leant against the passenger door. I thought I might as well stop delaying the fight and the explanation because it was inevitable, if I walked home now I could absolutely guarantee he'd be knocking on my door as soon as he found out I had left without him.
I waited about 10 minutes when I saw him walking down the stairs, pizza box in hand and quickly walking towards the doors and to his ute, his eyes on the ground the whole time, and when he began searching through his pocket for his keys and looking up at his car he slowed his walk, because he saw me and he realised I wasn't crying in the corner of my bedroom. Therefore there was no need to be freaking out and running to knock on my door and beg for forgiveness.
"You thought I left didn't you?" I questioned, he put the box of pizza on the top of his car before standing in front of me with his hands in the pockets of his jeans.
"Well I knew you were angry at me but when I turned around and couldn't find you I may have freaked out a little bit." He said, adding sarcasm to the end of it.
"I just find it kind of weird and a bit overwhelming that you were with her only a couple weeks after my supposed death..." I said, staying calm but I could feel my throat tightening up, I wanted to bring up the fact that it only took him a couple weeks to move on, and that that hurt me the most, but I wasn't sure if I should or not. But I went for it anyway, if I didn't ask now and we made up I'd ask it unintentionally it our next fight, only causing more shit to hit the fan.
"But you know what hurt me the most...?" I questioned, he swallowed and looked to the ground, knowing what was coming.
"That the man I loved, and the man I damaged my career for, and the man who was supposedly loved me could move on only a couple weeks after my death. I will never fully understand how you could move on so fast but to be honest it was like a kick in the guts..." I spoke this time with a croaky voice, knowing it was about to break. He looked back up at me, tears forming in his eyes.
"Charlie please you have to understand that what I had with Bianca, was nothing but a good time, well actually it wasn't even that, it was only sex and I never, ever felt anything more for her. And even though our relationship at the start of just sex, after sex after sex I still was physically attracted to you, and every time I saw you naked or every time we'd lay in bed after it I'd be the happiest man on earth but Bianca... I'd see her naked I'd feel sick and even though I still continued to have sex with her after it I'd get more and more angry and sad. I don't know why I did it, but please you have to know I've only ever loved you. I just needed to feel wanted, to feel loved but it was never the same. " He begged, reaching to take my hands, I felt like pulling them away and I would have if he hadn't have grabbed them so quick. My face was red, my throat tight and my eyes stinging, I just wanted to cry.
I just shook my head and stepped towards him and relief hit his face, and he stepped forward to wrap his arms around me, and I let him. Still not entirely sure what I wanted, or how I felt but just knowing I needed to be close.
Heath P.O.V
I was sitting down on the couch watching some stupid movie that this channel always seems to put on after midnight when I heard keys in the door.
"It's open." I yelled, leaning forward and grabbing my beer and taking a sip.
The door creaked open and I saw Brax coming in with his bag over his shoulder his hand holding it in place and Charlie holding his other hand.
"Hey Buckton." I said as soon as I saw her.
"Hey Heath, Brax I'm just going to go for a shower..." She said as she made her way towards Brax's bedroom. When she was out of sight and when I heard the shower running I looked over to Brax.
"How the hell did you get her to come back here? And where have you been for the past 3 hours." I said whilst checking my watch.
"We were sitting on the beach for a while and then we went up to Wilsons and sat at the park and had something to eat. And we haven't seen each other for a year Heath; I didn't have to ask her to stay." He said, grabbing a beer and sitting down beside me.
"Does she know about Bianca...?" I questioned causally, I knew Bianca had been down stairs waiting for him ever since she got wind of him being back home, I can't blame her. It must have been confusing to have a boyfriend who took off for 2 months without so much as a goodbye, she just wanted to know where she stood, but her and I both knew that as soon as Charlie was in the picture it was a losing battle.
"Yeah she does, a few tears and once she said what she wanted we moved past it." He said as he got to his feet.
"Where are you going?" I asked as he passed me his beer.
"To go get my girlfriend something to wear, because right now she's standing naked in my shower." He said proudly and smugly, walking off to his bedroom.
Charlie P.O.V
I turned off the taps to the shower and stood there dripping wet for a while, not sure about what to do next. I was about to call out to Brax but I heard the bathroom door click open, and footsteps approach the shower.
"Brax...?" I questioned, knowing it was him but it seemed like a sensible thing to ask.
"Yeah babe, I'm grabbing you a towel." I heard him say as he opened up the cupboard under the basin, where the towels were kept.
I stood there again, not sure if he was just going to throw the towel over the top of the cubicle or wait for me to step out. I didn't know where we stood, or how fast we were taking this, or whether we were picking things up from where we left off, I just didn't know. I took a deep breath and decided to take a leap of faith, or maybe more of a step. I opened the foggy glass door and stepped out onto the bath mat, he was kneeling down facing away from me grabbing a towel out of the cupboard, I was waiting to see his reaction and whether he was going to freak out and leave awkwardly, or react like old times where one thing would lead to another and I'd end up on my back in bed, or maybe we would just cuddle for a while, too be honest I prefer the later.
He stood up, still facing away and completely oblivious to the fact that I was standing behind him naked. He stood still for a while before raising his hand and rubbing the condensation off the mirror, bringing me into the mirror image. I could see his face in the mirror a smug smile spreading across his face, as he turned around and opened the towel up and began walking towards me. I stepped into him and he wrapped the towel around me, I grabbed the edge and tucked it in so I could walk freely around without having to worry about it falling down.
I walked past him and into his bedroom, where I walked over to the door and closed it so no one could see in if they walked past. He went to his drawer and opened it up, beginning to dig around.
"I don't know what you want to wear... but I do have some of your old clothes that you left here, I didn't want to get rid of them. Oh and they are clean..." He said as he grabbed and threw a pair of my undies at me. I held them up and smiled and then bent down and slid them on and into place before he walked over and handed me my matching bra. He stood there watching and waiting for me to put it on, I could feel my cheeks getting hot and I dropped my gaze to the ground.
"Are you blushing...?" He questioned, evidently amused. I shook my head and laughed quietly before nodding in agreement.
"I have to say I really did miss that." He said as he kissed my forehead and went to leave the room. Once he turned his back I dropped my towel and slid the bra straps over my shoulders before clasping it closed. I ran over to him just before he reached the door and stood in front of him, putting my hands on his chest and pushing him backwards to the bed, once the back of his knees hit the bed he fell back, a pulled me with him so I was laying on his chest.
Brax P.O.V
It felt like old times, Charlie on my chest, her hands at my neck, her lips at my throat, my hands on her hips, her cute little giggles tickling my throat while she kissed me and her long hair cascading down her back. I quickly rolled her over so she was on her back and I stripped my shirt off, forgetting to undo the top button of my shirt so it got stuck and wouldn't fit over my head, Charlie was laughing hysterically as I felt her hands come up to my neck and help me get it the rest of the way over my head.
"You're such a dork." She laughed as she threw the shirt off the bed and began fumbling with my belt, I didn't react I just stayed in the same leant over position watching her intently.
"A dork..." I asked with a shocked voice, those words ripping my testicles off my body. No man wants to be called a dork, especially when they are leaning over this beautiful, smoking hot, sexy half naked woman, it's so demoralising.
"Did I forget to mention my sexy, muscley, hunk of a man who looks great with clothes on, even better with on boardies but the best when he is completely butt, naked?" She questioned cheekily, I smiled at her.
"Yeah you did." I said, as I rolled off her and lay on my back, my hand sneaking under her back. I felt her laugh quietly and she rolled onto her belly and got on all fours, she straddled me, sitting on my hips. She ran her hands up my chest and stopped when she reached my tattoo, the pad of her thumb tracing over the words. I smiled up at her, still not believing that she was back and safe and sitting on me, her skin touching mine, what I was begging for during the last couple months.
"Anyway I could make it up to?" She asked seductively, beginning to fiddle with my belt again, this time getting it undone and started playing with the button on my jeans. I felt myself beginning to get hard, and usually a girl just getting my pants off wouldn't make me this excited but when it's all I've been dreaming about, and wishing for I just couldn't help but get a little overwhelmed.
"Aren't you getting a little bit ahead of yourself?" She asked, clearly amused looking down at the growing bludge in my pants.
"Of course not, I'm a pillar of self control." I said sarcastically. She raised her eyebrows, as she finally released the button.
"Oh really?" She questioned, a smile spread across her face as she began tugging the jeans down my body, her face getting closer and closer to my boxers, once she got them off and her hands trailed up my legs lightly, she ran them up the inside of my thighs and ventured underneath the material of my boxers. She was in control; I was just along for the ride.
She pulled her hands out of my boxers and ran them up her chest; I placed my hands on her hips and flipped her over so I was on top. I smiled down at her as I moved to get more comfortable, and so my weight wasn't on her before I began to kiss her neck slowly. Her hands began to tangle in my hair and she moaned as my hand trailed down her body.
"After a whole year of being apart are you really going to be a tease?" She moaned, grabbing her shirt and ripping it over her head, breaking our kiss. I looked down at the body I had been missing for the past year, even though I remembered it all by the photos on my phone and the mental image that was embedded in my brain. She was so tan, and toned, her body so tiny undermine except this time, she wasn't a photo and she wasn't a memory I could actually touch her, feel her and love her. If she had kept her shirt on, I would have played the tease game until she was begging me for it, but now with her shirt off and her body nearly naked under me I just couldn't wait.
Charlie P.O.V
As soon as I ripped my shirt off, her stilled looking down at the space in between our two bodies, and within a few seconds he had made up his mind and his lips were upon mine, kissing me gently but with passion and lust all at the same time. One hand held my neck as we kissed and the other moved down between my breasts and towards my belly and to my hips where his big fingers explored under my denim shorts, only to come back out shortly after and to undo the button on my shorts, I lifted my knee's up so his body was in between them and I let him slip them off, so I was under him just in my under wear.
I broke the kiss and put my lips to his neck as I felt his hand snake under my back and pulled me up towards him. We somehow managed to sit up awkwardly and he found his way to the clasp on my bra he took no time in undoing it and throwing it to the floor.
Brax P.O.V
I was lying on my back, Charlie asleep in my arms her head resting on my chest and her arm limp over my body. After we both had finished we just lie here together, just talking and cuddling but she fell asleep not long after and to be honest I was exhausted, and wanted nothing more than to sleep, but I was afraid I'd wake up tomorrow and she'd be gone. As if it was some sick, cruel twisted dream, my mind giving me what I wanted only to rip it away again.
I missed this, missed it so much. She looked so beautiful in my arms, her eyes closed and her face relaxed, her breathing slow and tickling my chest as she breathed out. I leant to the side and shoved my hand under my back, pulling out something that I was laying out. I was dark so I held out the object in front of my face to see it was her tiny purple panties, the ones I had stripped off her in a hurry. I laughed slightly as I dropped them on the floor and settled back into a comfortable position, she snuggled up closer to me and her eyes fluttered open.
"What are you doing...?" She questioned her eyes red and her voice stricken with sleep.
"Nothing go back to sleep babe." I said softly as she rolled over further, most her body weight lying on me. I rolled over and wrapped my arms around her, my hand resting on the cold skin of her hip. I reached down and grabbed the blanket, the one that managed to ride further and further down the bed as we made love. I pulled it up over her shoulders, she snuggled her head into my chest and I felt her little hand sneak up my belly and over my side, resting on my hip.
"I love you." She whispered. I smiled to myself and leaned down to kiss her hair.
"You have no idea how happy I am to hear that, I love you too." I laughed, rubbing my hand up and down her back.