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Sorry for the late update, I have been swamped with work over the Easter break!

I'm hoping that this chapter will show a lot of friendships (some you know and a few that are less explored...) so, lets get going xxx

Trust me, you will like this chapter! (I hope)

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Heath had left Brax's house after a few hours (and more than a few beers) he decided that dealing with Brax was more of a job for his wife.

Brax was still lieing across the couch, he was clutching the neck of a beer bottle and swinging it around in his hand, the mixture sloshed around inside the glass bottle and licked the rim. Brax was crushed, he had tried so hard to show Charlie that he cared, he had tried so hard to show her that he would wait and all Brax had wanted in return was honesty and even that had been taken away. Charlie hadn't tried to call or contact Brax since their confrontation- it was probably good because Brax wasn't going to open the door for her or anyone for that matter and he was in the mainframe for drinking beer not answering calls.

A small fist hit on his front door, a loud banging echoed into the lounge room and Brax groaned. '***k off' he slurred before taking another swig of his beer

The harsh knocking continued 'Open the door Brax or I will kick it down!'

Brax recognized Georgia's voice 'I said Piss off Georgie!' he called out

Georgia continued to pummel her fist onto the front door; it had turned red from the continuous trauma to her hand from knocking and knocking. 'Open the door baby or its coming down' she called out, her faced was pressed up against the wooden door

'I'll call the cops!' Brax cried, he cracked the lid off another beer and slammed it onto the table

'I am the cops!' Georgia quickly replied 'Now, open the door or I will kick it off its hinges'

Brax didn't reply, he thought that if he just ignored her, she would eventually get the message and go away. He must have forgotten that this was Georgia, there was no way that she would leave him alone.

She took a breath and stepped away from the door, Georgia braced herself before running upto the door with her left foot propelling into the hardwood, with a crash the door flew open and onto the floor. She took a deep breath and walked over the door into the room with Brax. His eyes were still glued to the door- still shocked that she had actually kicked it down.

'You kicked my bloody door down!' He exclaimed breathlessly

Georgia shrugged dismissively and took a seat next to Brax on the couch 'You wouldn't open the door' she defended herself casually, she reached out and took a swig of Brax's already opened beer bottle before relaxing into the couch

'You kicked my door down!' Brax exclaimed even louder, his eyes still wide with shock

'Babe, chill I can fix it' Georgia ' smirked

Brax turned his head to face Georgia 'you, are, crazy! You, kicked, my, bloody, door, down' He repeated, his head still spinning in disbelief

Georgia pouted sweetly and lifted her thin legs over Brax's lap 'No hard feelings?'

Brax was already halfway drunk so he reluctantly nodded. 'You are buying me a new door' he muttered before grabbing his beer bottle out of Georgia's clutch.

'So, what's going on?" Georgia asked curiously, she tugged the beer back out of Brax's hand- he had way to much to drink and she wasn't in the mood for talking to his unconscious body so it was probably best that he stopped now.

'Nothing' Brax sighed

'Baby, I know that you are pissed with me but-' Georgia began

'No, no' Brax murmered 'Not you, Charlie' he corrected

'Ok but, she was trying to protect you' Georgia exclaimed

'She lied to me'

'Yeah ok, she lied to you. Charlie lied to you because she loves you' Georgia replied, she slid closer to Brax and squeezed his hand comfortingly

Brax warily lifted his gaze and he stared out the open space (where the front door had been). 'No' his voice echoed lightly 'She doesn't love me, she doesn't want me, she doesn't even remember me…' Brax stifled back tears

Georgia felt her entire body tighten as she heard the painfully vulnerable words escape his lips.

Georgia captured Brax in a heavy hug; she pulled his body into her slight arms and leant into his figure.

'She didn't want to tell you that she remembered me because she wanted to remember you first… she wanted to remember you before everything else in the entire world…' Georgia paused and glanced up at Brax's expressionless face 'and as much as it sucks that she lied to you… I think that you know its only because she didn't want to hurt you' Georgia whispered into Brax's ear

Brax slowly nodded and he sighed before pulling away from her grasp. 'Yeah, I know that… I just… all I wanted was for her to be honest with me but Charlie couldn't help lieing'

'I lie! Everyone lies' Georgia grinned, attempting to lighten the situation

Brax smirked 'Oh yeah?' he gave her a lopsided grin

'Yeah, I lied yesterday when I said I liked your shirt' she winked

Brax scoffed 'Oh ok, well I lied when I said I liked that pizza that you made me on my 14th birthday' Brax attempted to remember a lie he had told her

'That was a great pizza!' she defended while poking Brax in the ribs lightly 'Ok, well I lied to Heath yesterday' she giggled

Brax lifted Georgia's legs back across his lap 'What'd you say?' he asked curiously, a cheeky smile playing over his lips

'I told him that we had run out of beer when he asked for one but… I actually just stashed them away and drank them myself' She admitted

Brax chuckled to himself 'Well, us two were always bound to be the drunks' he nudged her side. Georgia smiled to herself and snuggled into Brax's body. It was amazing that the two of them had remained such close friends even through so much had happened, it just proved that all friendship was one of the strongest relationships of them all.

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Charlie sat on a chair in the diner, she stirred her banana milkshake mindlessly and her mobile sat in front of her, Charlie was waiting for some sort of sign that Brax had forgiven her.

Suddenly she felt a figure come to stand behind her seat. 'Charlie, Hey! My name is Heath' Heath joked, he slid into the seat opposite her as Charlie rolled her eyes at his petty joke

'That wasn't funny' she stifled a giggle 'You should leave the humor to Georgia'

Heath chuckled and nodded in defeat.

'So, why are you here?" Charlie asked, she took a sip of her milkshake

'I think that the question should be, what are you doing here?' Heath asked slyly, he leant his elbows on the small café table in-between their bodies and raised an eyebrow

'I'm drinking my banana shake' Charlie responded innocently, she nodded towards the fluero milky drink and widened her eyes

''Yeah… all right. But, why are you alone?"

'I'm not. You are with me' Charlie responded smartly, she smiled at Heath smugly and bit her straw between her teeth

'Charlie! Why isn't Brax or Charlie or even Ruby with you?' Heath asked directly

'Ruby is at school' Charlie replied obviously 'But, Brax is pissed with me and I think Georgia is with him'

Heath nodded and stroked his imaginary beard 'Ah yes. The code of friendship, Georgia and Brax are a rare breed' Heath spoke in a mock wise-man voice

'Yeah, I am kind of jealous of their friendship at times' Charlie admitted

Heath snorted 'Don't be!' He laughed 'They fight like brother and sister and call each other babe, and baby more than a married couple on their honeymoon!' Heath laughed

Charlie couldn't help but join in- he was actually quite witty; she was beginning to see Heath in a different light.

'I just want to see Brax and explain that what he heard was all a misunderstanding' Charlie exclaimed

Heath nodded before giving Charlie a confused face 'Sorry but I'm confused… what did he hear?'

Charlie sighed 'He overheard me telling Georgia that I remember her… and I lied to Brax earlier, telling him that I didn't'

Heath's eyes widened with excitement 'Wow! So, do you remember me?'

'Its kind of confusing, I remember that Georgia is married to a riverboy and that Brax is your brother but for some reason my mind is blocking out all the details about both of you… especially Brax' Charlie explained

'Just go knock on the front door and walk in the house and tell Brax that you are sorry, it's the only way things will get fixed… you can't skirt around an issue, it needs to be faced head on' Heath offered his advice

Charlie reluctantly nodded 'Yeah, ok… I will'

Heath grinned, obviously chuffed that he had been able to offer some somewhat helpful advice

'Thanks for your help, it was nice of you to keep me company' Charlie smiled; she was glad that someone had wanted to see her.

Suddenly Heath's grin broke into a gritty nervous smile 'Ok, I lied as well.' He admitted 'I had a secret agenda; I came here to see if you could look after Amber for an hour? I have a shift at Angelos and I don't want her to be alone the whole time' Heath asked persuasively, his nervous glance bolted around the diner

Charlie let out a loud laugh and she combed her hands through her loose hair 'I should had known you weren't just here for a chat!' she said in a mock angry voice

Heath shrugged and gave Charlie a sideways look 'So… is that a yes?'

Charlie shook her head and chuckled 'Sure, I'll head over to your house now'

Charlie said goodbye to Heath and walked into the car park before heading over to their house.

She parked in Heath and Georgia's driveway and glanced at the brick house and the enchanting vines that had crawled a rim around the windows. She stepped out of the car and walked up to the front door, it felt quite unusual going to mind Amber- this would be the first time they had actually talked since Charlie had woken up from the coma, so although they knew each other quite well, Charlie still felt unsure about looking after Amber.

Suddenly the front door of the house shot open and a young girl stood in the doorway with a big grin and her hair strung loosely over her shoulders. Amber.

'Charlie!' Amber grinned; she waved her arm happily and skipped down the path into Charlie's unexpectant arms.

Charlie's tense arms relaxed around Amber's body, it felt nice to have someone instigate a hug. Charlie felt Amber breathe against her chest.

'How are you?" Charlie asked as she broke away from the hug.

'Bored' Amber rolled her eyes 'Dad said that I have to finish my homework' she rolled her eyes but let a small smile form over her face.

Charlie began to walk into the house with Amber 'Oh yeah? Well, since it's just us girls for an hour I think we could have a little homework break- hang on. Why aren't you at school?'

Amber walked into the lounge room and snuggled into the corner of the couch 'I have the flu, non-contagious but Mum says I should get better before going back'

Charlie nodded 'Oh, well how about we do something fun?'

Amber nodded, her entire body shook at the force and Charlie felt the couch vibrate under her body. She stifled a laugh 'What would you like to do?'

Amber's eyes glassed over as she tried to think up something to do

'Can we watch a movie?' Amber suddenly asked nodding towards the large plasma screen television on the wall opposite the couch

'Alright, what do you want to watch?"

'You pick, something Disney' Amber replied

Charlie couldn't remember the last time she actually thought about a Disney movie let alone watched one. All she could think of was movies with princesses, talking animals that had eyes bigger than their heads and princes that were perfect in every way.

'How about Ariel' Charlie suggested as she crossed her legs on the couch

Amber nodded 'I think that that movie lies a lot'

'What? Mermaids are real!' Charlie joked

Amber squirmed in her seat uncomfortably 'I mean, everyone lies in it. The dad lies to Ariel but he thinks he is protecting her'

Charlie glanced at Amber; she was surprised that such smart comments had come from such a young girl

'Well maybe he was just trying to protect her. The dad never wanted to hurt her feelings' Charlie realized how similar it sounded to her confrontation with Brax

'Its not protecting if its lieing' Amber said simply and Charlie knew that she was right, even though she had wanted to protect Brax and keep him in the safe side of things, she shouldn't have lied to Brax. He had been perfect to her, so pressure or anything negative and the one time that Charlie had needed to return his graciousness by being honest, she lied.

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Georgia stood up from Brax's couch 'Shit, its like 3:00' she noticed the time on her iPhone

'So what?' Brax asked, he began to pick up all the empty beer bottles and throw them in the bin

'I haven't organized what we are having for dinner yet' she murmered while picking her bag up and swinging it over her shoulder

'Me neither' Brax admitted with a laugh

'Well how about we make a deal?' Georgia asked, a smug smile played over her lips

'What type of deal detective?" Brax asked suspiciously

'I'll organize you dinner on one condition…' Georgia began slyly

'I'm not eating take-away burritos' Brax quickly interrupted remembering Georgia's childhood food crave

'I'm over them now. You just have to eat dinner with Charlie'

'No'

'Yes'

'No'

'Yes'

'No'

'No?'

'Yes'

'Yes!" Georgia grinned; she had tricked Brax into agreeing with her, before he could change his mind she quickly ran out the door (or where the door had been before Georgia had been).

'See you at 7! I'll buy you a door!' Georgia lightly kicked the wooden door that was lieing in the entrance of the house.

Brax grumbled to himself, he was not keen on sharing a dinner with Charlie. All he could think of was awkward silences and angry outbursts. Brax had tried to forgive Charlie but he still couldn't handle the consuming pain that he felt now that he knew she had lied. Brax also felt guiltily jealous, he was jealous that everyone else was in Charlie's mind as if they never left but he was still a sketchy drawing, no colour or details- Brax had shown Charlie the most dependence, love and pure support so it hurt him to know that all his actions weren't helping her recover any information directly related to him.

Brax rose from the couch and wandered into the hallway; he found the cupboards hidden within the walls. Brax pulled a large sheet out, the bundles of material spilt over his arms and he heaved the colourful cotton towards the front doorway. Since Georgia had knocked the door down there was a constant salty breeze that was whipping through the open space. Brax would hang the sheet up until Georgia bought him a new door. He reached his arms up and placed the corner of the fabric above the doorframe, Brax grabbed a thumbtack and stabbed it through the sheet and into the plaster of the wall, he did the same to the other corner until their front doorway was now imitating a homeless person shelter with a tacky sheet instead of a normal door. Brax quickly grabbed his mobile out of his pocket and he sent a quick text to Georgia

TO: GEORGIA

BUY ME A NEW FRONT DOOR. NOW.

Around two hours later, Georgia had dropped off a massive feast of food to Brax's house and she had set a romantic table for two people. Brax wasn't sure how he felt about the candles and roses that flooded the intimate table- he didn't want Charlie to think that he had forgiven her just yet; their was still confusion, anger and sadness bubbling in his body.

Charlie was shocked when she got the message sent to her phone from Georgia; it said that Brax wanted her to come over for a dinner date- just the two of them. Charlie had her hopes up, she believed that he must have forgiven her if he was inviting her over for dinner, she may have been more wary if they were sharing the meal with Heath and Georgia as well but if it was just the two of them, she felt her heart flutter as the heavy feeling of guilt escaped her stomach- little did Charlie know, Brax wasn't forgiving her yet. Grudges are a Braxton thing.

Charlie realized that all her clothes were at Brax's house so she wouldn't be able to arrive for the dinner looking sexy and beautiful if she were still in her police uniform. Charlie decided to just borrow something of Georgia's- she was still at their house looking after Amber but Georgia had just walked through the front door.

'Hey beautiful' Georgia smiled at Amber who immediately sprang off the couch and gave her mum a hug 'Hey Charlie, shouldn't you be at Brax's for dinner?' Georgia asked Charlie curiously, her body still in a firm hug with Amber.

'Yeah, I wanted to know whether I could borrow something to wear since my stuff is all at Brax's'

Georgia nodded as Amber released the hug and walked into her bedroom.

'Sure, what were you thinking? Major slut?' Georgia joked with a teasing wink, she perched herself on the couch next to Charlie as she waited for an answer

'Something… nice, I just want to look nice. Since, he has forgiven me I don't want to look like a complete slag' Charlie responded with a chuckle.

'Forgiven you?' Georgia asked quickly, she had practically forced Brax to commit to the dinner with Charlie and he only agreed because Georgia paid for the food- the last time they talked there was no forgiveness in the air.

'Yeah, well I figured that since Brax invited me, he must have realized that I was only trying to protect him when I lied' Charlie explained with a wide grin

Georgia nodded but dodged Charlie's eye contact, she knew that that wasn't true and Charlie would get a rude surprise when Brax was nothing but blatantly rude to her when she arrived.

'Well, lets get you glammed up' Georgia forced a smile before Charlie could sense that something was wrong

Charlie rose from the couch and followed Georgia into her closet. After much deliberation and various trial outfits, Charlie finally found an outfit to wear, it was a short black dress- since Georgia's body was a little bit thinner than Charlie's, the black dress hugged her curves and fit body extremally well, the tightness merely added to how attractive Charlie appeared.

Charlie looked at herself in the mirror, she felt amazing- the black dress looked fabulous against her long tan legs.

'My clothes look hot!" Georgia laughed with a wink as she observed Charlie.

Heath suddenly walked into the room, he stopped in his tracks when he saw Charlie. 'Wow Buckton! You look good' he breathed

'She does' Georgia nodded

'I do' Charlie agreed with a childish squeal, she was excited to show-off her outfit to Brax

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Brax waited in his house, he sat on the couch watching the door curtain and waiting for Charlie to arrive. Brax didn't know how to react when she came, he was still angry with her but underneath that passing anger, Brax still loved Charlie and part of him was slowly beginning to accept that he should forgive and forget.

'Uh, I'd knock on the door… but you don't have one' A shaky voice suddenly called out

Brax leaped off the couch, he suddenly felt nervous; did he look ok? Was his hair ok? Wait, why did it matter?

'Come in… just uh, push past the curtain' Brax instructed lightly. He watched as a figure passed around the cotton sheet, Brax gasped and felt his threat tighten as Charlie entered the room. Brax felt all his anger dissolve, Charlie looked gorgeous.

'You look… stunning' he breathed

Brax felt a smile play over his lips as he saw crimson blush ride up her cheeks from his compliment, he felt honored that his words could have such an effect on her. Brax watched as Charlie slowly took a seat on his couch, she looked so unsure of the situation since neither of them were saying anything.

'Why... I mean… what happened to your door?' she stumbled over her words nervously

'Uhhm, Georgia kicked it down' Brax muttered, he quickly glanced at his watch before sighing and he moved his gaze back to Charlie who was now picking at her nails and fidgeting in awkwardness. Why was it so strained? Normally they would be chatting or kissing on the couch… the only difference was that Charlie didn't remember any of that.

'I'm glad you forgave me' Charlie piped up, she tapped her feet on the floor in a quick rhythm

'I didn't forgive you… I haven't forgiven you' Brax admitted

Charlie's eyes widened and her mouth wavered with confusion and shock. Brax didn't mean for his response to sound so blatant

'Oh' Charlie murmered 'But you… you invited me to dinner?" she said, her voice laced with confusion and sadness

'Georgia forced me to…' Brax further admitted, his gaze sinking to the ground with shame, once he heard the words escape his mouth he realized how low they actually sounded.

Charlie swallowed thickly and she stared at the ceiling, not allowing any tears to form or fall. 'So, you don't actually want to have dinner with me?' she asked self-consciously

'No, no.. I do. I just- there is a part of me that hasn't forgiven you yet' Brax replied, he moved his body further along the couch until his knee's were touching Charlie's. 'I invested all my trust in you, I was so focused on you getting better' Brax added

'I only lied because… I wanted to remember you first and I thought you would be upset because..' Charlie took a strained breath, her voice wavered with tears 'Because, I seem to be remembering everyone except for you when there is no one else I would rather remember' Charlie felt tears run down her cheeks and she could feel her eyeliner slowly smudging and dripping down her face but she didn't care. 'I don't understand why but I feel… so many things for you, love- maybe, I just… I just know that I would trade all my memories for the ones that I shared with you' she insisted

Brax felt his heart break; he couldn't hold the pain any longer. He had been abstaining from love until Charlie remembered, but he could no longer commit to that.

Brax slowly leant a hand forward and he cupped the side of Charlie's face, she stifled back tears and he tenderly stroked her face. He was so tempted to kiss her right then but Brax was adamant on keeping their next kiss until Charlie remembered again, he wanted to feel the love in her lips when they pressed into his. So, until the memory was sustained… the kiss would have to wait.

'I forgive you' Brax whispered to Charlie

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I hope you liked the chapter! I know that there was hardly any CHAX interaction but trust me, next chapter will be what you have been waiting for… maybe ;). Please review, I love when you tell me about which bits you loved/liked/hated, which lines or characters you found interesting! I promise I will try and update soon.

Next chapter, I'm probably introducing the new character/ storyline for Georgia and Heath- SPOILER: Think about why Georgia left Heath in the first place- all those years ago (make sure you read the prequel CHAX), this storyline is going to be an arc and its going to have an affect on all the characters especially Georgia and Heath. But amidst all that Georgia-Heathness (hehe that is my lazy attempt of giving them a couple name), the beloved CHAX will be there to bring us through!

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