Charlie's POV:

I finally managed to pull myself together and stop crying, I told Bianca I had to sort things out with Brax, and that's what I intended to do, I slowly began to walk up to Angelo's. When I arrived there was no sign of Brax,

"Oh, hey Charlie." Liam said.

"Hey Liam, have you seen Brax?"

"Er, not since he went home, can I take a message?"

"Em, could you just tell him I'm looking for him please."

"Sure." I smiled and then I left.

As I walked out of the surf club I decided to walk back down to the beach, as I did so, I noticed Brax running towards me, even though I had previously gone to look for him, I felt like I couldn't speak to him, but I needed to, and I wanted answers, despite the fact I wanted to run away at the same time,

"Hey!" He said softly as he approached.

"Hi."

"Look Charlie, I'm sorry."

"For what?"

"Brodes."

"How did you know about that?"

"Heath mentioned it." I rolled my eyes,

"He would, wouldn't he?"

"He was worried."

"About what?"

"You, me- us."

"Are you serious Brax, after this, you really think there's an us?"

"Charlie, please."

"WHAT? Please what Brax? Please listen to some more lies you wanna feed me?"

"Listen to why." I looked at him, unsure if I should let him carry on but I did,

"Go on then."

"The day he escaped, he came straight to me, at Angelo's. 'Round about the same time you came in."

"Go on."

"He hid behind the counter, he overheard the entire conversation we had."

"So?"

"So, he knew we were together from the way we spoke to each other, and, as if he needed confirmation, when we kissed, he knew that happened."

"What's this got to do with you helping him escape?"

"Blackmail, look Charlie, he was gonna tell your bosses, alright? You would have lost your job."

"I'd rather have lost my job rather than let him walk free!"

"You don't mean that."

"Yes I do Brax, it's called being a police officer."

"Don't I know it."

"You've had your time to explain and truth is I'm sick of it." I could feel tears start to brim, Brax took a step closer to me, "Sick of the lies, the hurt, the manipulating. You can never just be honest with me, not once."

He took a further step towards me so we were nearly touching.

"I didn't lie to you about one thing, and that's for sure."

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah. I loved you, I still love you, and I want to be with ya." He reached out and took my hand, I pulled back and ran off the beach, ran away from Brax, and out of his life.

I got home to see Ruby on the couch, I was hoping to be alone, I was sobbing uncontrollably and was not in the mood to explain myself to anyone, least of all Ruby.

"Charlie, what's up?"

"Everything."

She ran over to me and hugged me,

"Brax?"

"I just found out he helped Brodie escape, even though I asked him a number of times to be honest with me, even though he promised there'd be no more lies."

There was a knock on the door, my head shot up,

"Don't worry Charlie, that's just Casey coming over to study."

"Alright, well, I'm gonna go for a shower."

I walked into my room and just sat with my back against the bed, and started crying again, I hated how Brax had the power to make me feel so weak, and upset.

Thanks again to those of you who have taken the time to review, if you've got any ideas of something I could do before Brax and Hayley come to TV, you can inbox me or leave a comment. (: I'll also try to update my other fanfic too, and might wrap that one up.