Brax woke up that morning and he missed having Charlie next to him. Ever since she found out their baby had died she was much more quiet and Brax had to remind her to take care of herself, it was like she didn't care. With Georgia still in hospital, Heath was still moody so Brax was left with miserable family and friends.
'Oy Heath, how is Georgia doing?' Brax attempted to make conversation over the breakfast table.
'She is allowed to go home today' Heath said, smiling.
'Good, good. Well I think we should do something special for them, to lift their spirits up' Brax suggested
Heath nodded.
'Charlie!' Brax said walking into the station
Brax walked towards her office
'Mr. Braxton, you can't just go in there' Officer Kime said as Brax twisted the door handle.
'Shut-up Kime' Brax muttered walking in
Charlie was sitting behind her desk
'You are not supposed to be at work for the rest of the week' Brax said
Charlie flicked her head up 'How do you know?'
'I asked your doctor' he replied
Charlie rolled her eye's 'I'm fine'
'No, no your not' Brax said, shaking his head. He missed his old girlfriend, the fun, loving Charlie not the moody rebel one.
'I have work to do' Charlie said, turning her face back to the stack of papers infront of her.
Brax looked at Charlie and then left the room, slamming the door behind him.
* * * HOSPITAL* * *
'Miss Callahan, we have your test results' a doctor said walking into Georgia's hospital room.
'Ok' she said quietly, taking the envelope from his outstretched hand.
Georgia's eye's scanned the paper, tears began to fall down her cheeks
'Is this true?' she wept
'Yes, I am so sorry' the doctor said, leaving the room.
What was on the paper?
Heath walked into her room and grinned
'Time to take you home' he said
Georgia tried to smile but she could still feel the tears on her cheeks burning her skin.
'Hey, are you ok?' Heath asked compassionately, walking over to Georgia's side.
He reached his hand out and grabbed hers
'I'm fine' She murmured, not believing her own words and Heath not believing them either.
Brax packed his car with lots of stuff, the boot was stacked up to the brim with everything Heath and he needed for their surprise.
TO: CHARLIE xx
: MEET ME AT MY PLACE, IN ONE HOUR
XX BRAX
Heath was bringing Georgia straight over so he just needed Charlie to respond to the message though due to the previous events of the day he knew that he might be out of luck.
Later that day, the four of them were in Brax's car, Charlie sat next to him in the front and Georgia leaning on Heath in the back. For a minute there was a pure silence, Charlie's hand crept over to Brax's, she softly grabbed his hand and held it tightly.
'Sorry' she mouthed to Brax sincerely
Brax stared at her innocent face and he knew that as long as he had her, it was going to be okay. The car pulled up at a field and on it was a small hot air-balloon.
As Charlie stepped out of the car she squealed and jumped into Brax's arms, he kissed her quickly and then began to walk, hand-in-hand to the hot air-balloon.
Georgia slowly got out of the car, Heath held her hand, as her still shaky body tripped when her feet hit the ground. Her hazel eyes stared at the balloon longingly
'Its beautiful' she murmured, grabbing Heath's hand 'Who would have guessed, you could have pulled this off' she laughed
'No-one, I have to keep my bad-boy image' Heath joked, following Brax and Charlie.
'Very bad-boy' Georgia laughed, kissing Heath's cheek.
The sun hit the wide balloon, the two girls squealed hysterically as they slowly rose off the ground. Heath stood behind Georgia, watching the view, he put his arms protectively around her waist and Brax did the same to Charlie.
Once the balloon was in the air and was drifting through the clouds, the four of them sat on the seats provided.
'Hey, Brax- pass me my bag' Georgia said, pointing to her studded purse on the counter behind Brax.
He nodded and reached for the bag. As he was passing the bag over, a sudden jolt meant that the bag was thrown out of his hand and the contents all over the floor.
'Sorry' Brax apologized, reaching for the items in front of him.
Suddenly he sat up and said 'What are these?' his hand was shoving her bottle of pills in her face.
Georgia gasped and snatched them off him 'Nothing'
'Georgie….' Heath said curiously, turning to face her
'They are just my, my pills' she said, Charlie noticed the shakiness of her voice
'What for?' Charlie asked
Georgia put her head down and ignored Charlie
'What are the pills for?' Heath asked, more slowly
'Are you an addict, or something?' Brax shouted, whacking the pills out of her hand
Georgia's face turned red and she began to cry. Heath moved his chair closer to hers and he wrapped an arm around her waist.
Georgia looked into Heaths eyes
'They are for my cancer, I was diagnosed with stage four blood cancer around one year ago' Georgia admitted quietly.
Charlie's face dropped, she immediately ran to Georgia and hugged her, and Georgia's tears moistened Charlie's shoulder. Brax didn't know what to say.
I wouldn't either! Did you guys suspect this?
'I am so sorry for assuming you were an addict, Georgia' Brax apologized
Georgia smiled but tears still dropped down her cheeks. Then all eye's turned to Heath who was standing as far away from Georgia as he could, his eye's were glued to the ground
'Heath…' Brax said, encouraging his brother to say something
'Babe?' Georgia whispered
Heath muttered something to himself
'What?' Georgia asked
'Take this bloody thing down, now! I want to go back!' He said sternly
'Heath, come on' Brax said, feeling sorry for Georgia who looked clearly distressed
'I am sorry' Georgia whispered
'No. G, you don't need to be sorry' Brax said, putting an arm out, in Georgia's direction
'Take this bloody balloon down, now or I swear I will jump off' Heath said, not moving his eye's from the ground.
The balloon landed to the ground and Heath jumped over the side immediately, before it had stopped fully moving.
Georgia's eye's followed Heath longingly.
'Don't worry Georgia, it will all be ok in the long run' Charlie said, Linking her arm through Georgia's and squeezing her hand amorously.
'No it won't, I am not here for the long run' Georgia muttered
'What do you mean?' Brax asked concerned
'I refused chemotherapy so I have only got around one month left' she whispered, watching Heath's car drive into the distance.
'What?' Charlie said in denial
Georgia stared at both Charlie and Brax 'There is no chance that I will live for longer that one month'
COMING UP:
ANNOTHER CALLAHAN COMES TO TOWN
HEATH GETS JEALOUS
CHARLIE MAKES USE OF THE TIME SHE SPENDS WITH BRAX AFTER LEARNING GEORGIA'S DEVASTATING NEWS
