Ruby, meet me at home, its important.

Ruby sighed. She was sitting on the beach with Casey, her head resting on his shoulder.

"What is it?" Casey asked, noticing Ruby staring at her phone.

"Charlie texted me, wanting me to come home." Ruby told him.

"Did she say what it was about?" Casey asked.

Ruby shook her head.

"Do you want me to walk you back?" Casey offered.

Ruby nodded. "That'd be great."

"What is it Charlie?" Ruby asked, sitting next to Charlie on the couch with two glasses filled half-way with orange juice.

Charlie took a slow sip of her orange juice, trying to decide what she was going to say. "Its about me and Brax."

"What about you and Brax?" Ruby asked.

Charlie sighed. "The night of the B&S, a while after I left, he came over."

Ruby nodded.

"And one thing led to another."

Ruby gasped. "Charlie, you didn't! After all the hassle you gave me about Casey, you go and sleep with his brother?"

Charlie turned away, putting her juice on the table. "You don't think this is bad for me? What happens if the station finds out? Not to mention the Riverboys, and everyone else, not to mention that Colleen will have a field day! And to top that all off, Brax won't leave me alone now!"

"So whats going on with you and Brax now?" Ruby asked.

"Nothing!" Charlie exclaimed. "I told him.. I told him that I couldn't do this."

"And?" Ruby asked.

"He's been," Charlie struggled to search for a word. "Pretty... persistent."

Ruby nodded. "So do you like the guy or not?"

"Yeah, I do." Charlie admitted.

"Then? Why don't you give him a chance?" Ruby asked.

"Rubes, its not that easy." Charlie told her daughter.

"Why not Charlie? You like the guy!" Ruby exclaimed.

"I can't be with him," Charlie explained. "But I can't stay away from him either."

"Then whats stopping you Charlie?" Ruby asked gently.

"My job, for one." Charlie answered.

"But Charlie, you can't just sleep with the guy and then reject him!"

Charlie nodded. "Yeah, I know Rubes, but its not that easy, you have to understand that."

Ruby stood up. "Well Charlie, you need to sort this out, and you know it."

"You can't tell anyone about this, not even Casey."

A moment of silence followed.

"Promise me Ruby!" Charlie said, her voice shaking. "If this gets out..."

Ruby gave a slight nod.

Charlie sighed in relief. "Thank you."

"Sort it out Charlie." Ruby said gently, before walking away, leaving Charlie sitting on the couch, mixed emotions and thoughts racing through her mind.

"Case, you know how Charlie and Brax aren't getting along lately?" Ruby asked her boyfriend later that afternoon at the diner.

Casey nodded. "What about them?"

"I'm thinking that we should come up with a way for them to get along."

Casey raised an eyebrow. "We?"

"And maybe Charlie will get off my back about dating you."

Casey nodded.

"Case, you'll support me on this won't you?" Ruby asked.

Casey nodded slowly. "Whats your plan?"

Ruby smiled before leaning foward, excitedly telling Casey of her plan.

"Charlie, you know how we haven't been spending a lot of time together lately?" Ruby asked. It was the next morning, and the two were sitting in the diner before Ruby had to go to school and Charlie had to go to work.

Charlie nodded, turning the page of the newspaper she was reading.

"Well, I thought maybe we should spend some time together," Ruby continued. "Maybe spend the day together this weekend, on Saturday?"

Charlie nodded. "Yeah, definitely, I'm not working."

"You want to?" Ruby asked.

"Yeah!" Charlie answered.

"Great!" Ruby exclaimed. "Maybe a picnic?"

Charlie nodded in agreement. "That would be great." She smiled up at her daughter, who had stood up and was putting her bag on.

Ruby nodded. "Definitely, we could get a picnic basket from here."

"Yeah definitely, do you want me to give you a ride?" Charlie asked.

Ruby shook her head. "No thanks Charlie, I'm meeting Casey on the beach, we need to talk about an assignment that Miles set us."

Charlie nodded. "Okay, well have a good day, yeah?"

Ruby nodded, before walking out of the diner with a smile on her face.

"So, are you doing anything this weekend Brax?" Casey asked his brother, who was wiping down the bar.

"Nah, I'm not, why?" Brax asked.

"Well I was thinking we could surf together this weekend or something."

Brax put his cloth down. "At the beach?"

"Sure, when was the last time we spent time together?"

"Yeah you have a point mate," Brax told his younger brother. "I'm not working untill afternoon on Saturday, so Saturday?"

Casey nodded. "Yup," He turned to walk away. "I gotta go, Ruby wants me to meet her on the beach in five."

"Did he fall for it?" Ruby asked as the two of them strolled along the beach, one hand in Casey's, the other holding her shoes.

Casey nodded. "Yeah, he did. Did Charlie?"

"She totally fell for it!" Ruby laughed.

"So what do we do now?" Casey asked.

Ruby thought for a moment. "We need a picnic hamper, I've already asked Leah about it, she's including wine and other romantic stuff in it, and we need them to not bite each others heads off and not leave as soon as they see each other and know that they've been set up."

"So how do we stop that from happening?" Casey asked.

"We can't." Ruby replied simply.

"Wow, this is gorgeous." Charlie breathed as she pulled up to a grassy part of the bay overlooking a lake.

"I know," Ruby agreed as the car came to a standstill. She got out and saw Brax and Casey getting out of the car, and saw that Charlie was about to turn around and see them, and that wasn't part of the plan. "How about you grab the picnic basket, and I go find a spot?"

Charlie nodded, turning and taking out the picnic basket from the backseat of the car.

Five minutes later, Ruby and Charlie were sitting on a picnic blanket, setting up the food.

"This looks yummy." Charlie commented as she looked through the basket.

"mmm hmm." Ruby answered absentmindedly, looking off into the distance, trying to look for Brax and Casey.

Charlie looked over at her daughter. "You okay Rubes?"

"Huh? Yeah!" Ruby said, causing Charlie to laugh at her daughter's absentmindedness.

"Hey guys."

Charlie looked up to see Casey and Brax, who was looking as confused as she felt.

"What are you guys doing here?" Charlie asked.

"I... don't know," Brax replied honestly. "Casey wanted to go surfing, and we ended up here."

"Ruby?" Charlie queried, turning to face her daughter, who was examining her nails.

"Hmm?" Ruby asked, then seeing Casey and Brax. "Hey guys, do you want to join us?"

Charlie sighed. "Ruby, is there enough food?"

Ruby nodded, rummaging through the picnic basket. "Definitely."

"Um, well, maybe we shouldn't." Brax answered, knowing it was for his sanity.

"Come on!" Ruby protested. "Me and Charlie won't be able to eat all this food."

"Ruby." Charlie warned through gritted teeth.

"Okay, Case," Ruby said, standing up. "Lets go for a walk," She turned to Charlie. "Sorry, will you be alright with the food and packing up?"

"I will have to be." Charlie said through gritted teeth.

"Great!" Ruby said brightly. "Have fun!" She began to walk off, Casey following her, shooting an apologetic look over his shoulder.

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