A/N : Ok so the next two or three chapters are a little long winded and pretty much filler, it seems a little unimportant now but it will be important eventually... basically i know they may be a bit boring but hang in there otherwise you will end up missing something in 10 or so chapters.... again thanks go to Guni for blackmailing this chapter out of me!

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The whole room was dark, there was light, she could see the light, but the room was dark. She could hear voices, but they were muffled, certain words and sentences jumped out and kicked her in the stomach.

She wanted it, She probably did it then her girlfriend found out and she panicked! Liar! I bet she wanted it really! Whore! Slag! Liar! Liar! Liar!

She felt sick, not just ill but felt like her entire stomach was full of just sick and any second she was going to throw up, like some sort of scene from the exorcist or something. She could do this, it was too hard, there was too many people in the room and each one of them would hear exactly what Robbo had done to her, every minute detail, every kiss, every grope, every thrust.

She shivered at the thoughts, the images that returned of Robbo on top of her, his hand over her mouth as he thrust into her over and over again unashamed.

"Joey sweetheart, you look a little pale, can I get you a drink?" Leah asked carefully, she had been sat watching the brunette for some time and noticed her getting paler and paler.

"please" Joey asked sadly, her voice barely audible.

"I cant, I cant do this" Joey mumbled.

"Baby you can, it will all be over soon" Charlie smiled softly, reassuringly stroking her hair softly.

"I need to get out of here" Joey panicked; she felt her stomach contents rise as she looked behind Joey. Her entire being froze as she looked into those eyes.

He smiled smugly at her and all she could do was recoil, he was nowhere near her, yet she cowered away. She felt his eyes bore into her soul and it felt like she was on fire.

"LIAR, LIAR, LIAR, LIAR" The voices screamed in her head, Stamping up and down and the closer he got to her the louder they shouted, the louder they screamed, ripping away every last shred of confidence and self respect she had left.

"Joey, hey Joey your drink" Charlie roused her after following her gaze and seeing the smarmy bastard at the end of it.

"You focus on me or the judge; you don't have to look at him ok?" Charlie smiled softly, but deep down she wasn't smiling, it took every ounce of self restraint to not jump over the barriers and beat Robbo, she wanted nothing more than to feel the satisfaction of her bones connecting with his face, with his blood pouring, making him feel a fraction of the pain he had put her Joey in.

"Joey, we're all here for you" Leah smiled from behind her. Joey looked over her shoulder and saw literally half the bay sat there.

On the row immediately behind her sat Leah, Roman, Aden, Nicole. Ruby and a spare seat for Charlie, who had tried but failed to sit at the table with Joey. Behind her friends was an array of faces. She tried to focus on them all; she figured if she tried to name each person, it would at least take her mind off Robbo if even for a few seconds,

She looked at Rachel and Tony and noticed Martha sat next to them, Xavier and Brendan sat there too, Xavier smiled encouragingly at her when he caught her eye. Hugo was hiding at the side, she didn't mind so much now, she couldn't help but feel like the best woman had won and yeah sure he may have had one night with Charlie but she had the rest of their lives, and anyway from what Charlie had said he should be a little more embarrassed.

He maybe didn't even realise Charlie had faked it, she actually felt quite bad about it. When she had found out, Hugo was all smug, he pretended that he cared but he didn't, the smug idiot… but it turns out the whole time Charlie was fighting to get images of Joey from her mind, she failed and spent the whole experience praying it would just end and after waiting too long she decided to just fake one and get him off her, Poor lad.

Alf was there, and Irene, kirsty and Miles, Colleen, what was Colleen doing there, everything she said was going to be town gossip. She felt her head swimming at the thought of every person in town knowing exactly what he had done to her. She felt sick again. She heard Charlie say something but she couldn't make it out. She felt the grip of her hand on Charlie's release but she couldn't work out why. Everything was black again.

Colleen's voice rang around her head, her brain like a closed cave, the voice echoing from each wall and bouncing around. "Well I heard she wanted to try a man and poor Robbo got caught up in it, little trollop!" "Poor boy, she should be ashamed of herself the little liar" "Whore" "Liar!"

She jumped when she felt Charlie's touch on her arm, she glanced around again and everyone was stood up, so she stood aswell. She glanced back at Charlie who smiled reassuringly at her and lay her hand softly on her back, determined that she would at every possible moment have some sort of contact to make sure Joey remembered that her support was their.

Joey turned and focussed on the Judge who had just been seated. Her mouth instantly dried, she reached for the glass and put it to her mouth, struggling with her shaking hands.

She glanced at Robbo who looked towards her innocently; she could feel it with every muscle in her body that he was going to wow the court with his tales of how she led him on and wanted it. Her heart ached; she wanted to just return to her and Charlie's bubble.

She tried to block out the voices in her head and tried to focus on the proceedings. The judge was saying something about it being a sensitive case and until both sides were heard, all judgement should be held. Her heart was in her mouth.

The judge was on his side! He was going to walk away a free man while she would be left living in hell, always watching her back because she knew he would come after her.

She watched as Robbo walked confidently towards the stand, he took his oath and then seated himself comfortably. She let her eyes run over him and felt a shiver run through her. He was sat there in a suit; he'd had his hair cut and had obviously groomed that morning.

She felt her body stiffen as she heard the words leave his mouth. She had seen movies where they would over elaborate sequences with slow motion and she always believed them to be unrealistic, but as she sat watching him, her skin crawling she couldn't help but realise how realistic it was.

Consensual? Consensual? How the hell could it be consensual when she was fighting him off, when she begged him not to? She felt her world fall apart as Robbo described the experience as a romantic tender moment.

All faces spun around when Joey heard Ruby shout from behind "Oh come on that's bull!" and had to smile when she saw Charlie's stern look. She loved that look, it always made her look so sexy, but she couldn't think about that right now, she had to keep Charlie out of her head, so she turned to see the judge asking for quiet and warning of outbursts.

She tried to follow as closely as possible, but she failed as she kept losing focus, she tried to focus on not throwing up even though her whole body screamed out to. Robbo's words rang in her ears and she heard his lawyer's speech.

"So you see ladies and gentlemen of the Jury, the actual victim here is my client, he made love to a woman he cared for, whom he was led to believe shared his feelings and was distraught to discover that said woman had filed for rape"

Joey felt her legs weaken and she couldn't help but feel relieved that she was already seated. She felt her breathing hitch and tried to fight to regain it, but the harder she strained against it the harder it became to breath.

It felt like someone had tightened a belt around her chest. How could she be made out as the bad guy, she hadn't wanted any of this, she hadn't wanted him. She couldn't believe that toff in a suit had described the violent rape she had lived as making love. Those two words swam around her head. Make love. Make love.

Did anyone really believe that her and Robbo had made love? The sentence repeated in her head. Me and Robbo made love. Made love. Made love. Made love.

She felt herself buckle as she finally emptied her stomach contents. She had fought it back all day but she couldn't any longer. She felt soothed as she heard Charlie's voice behind her. She felt her hand rubbing her back lovingly. She knew it were Charlie, she would know that touch anywhere.

She wiped her mouth and tried to sit back up straight, determined not to let Robbo have this effect on her. She looked towards him and saw the corners of his mouth twitch into a smile. Everyone else had their eyes focussed on her, that smirk was meant just for her. He knew he was getting in her head and he loved every minute of it.

The court called a recess while they cleaned up the room and Joey fled to the toilets. Charlie ran in behind her and caught her throwing cold water over her face. She rinsed her mouth out and caught Charlie's eyes in the mirror. She smiled weakly and felt her legs weaken again.

She was relieved when she felt Charlie's strong arms wrap around her waist. The feeling of this woman being enveloped around her soothed her instantly.

"Baby its ok" Charlie whispered as the tears formed in Joey's eyes.

"He's winning" Joey said almost in audible.

"Stop that, the courts see these things every single day, they will see through his act. I promise" Charlie said more confidently than she felt.

"how could they say we made love?" Joey sobbed quietly. Both women turned to see Ruby enter the room smiling worriedly.

"Hey, they are ready for us, when your ready" She said putting her hand on Joeys shoulder. She smiled to Charlie sadly. The pain of the situation hitting all three of them.

"Hey come on, no one defeats the three bucktoneers, all for one and one for all!" Ruby stood straight, her attempt to lighten the mood only working slightly.

"Jo, he's not going to get away with it… trust me, everyone in that room, every single person is seeing right through his pathetic little escapade. In a few hours this will all be over" Ruby said seeing the two women before her relax a little.

"Just keep telling yourself that yeah? After today he has a life being some murderer's bitch and you get to come home and start your life without him in it. You get to leave here today without this hanging over you and you get to bucktoneer for life… the only thing he's getting for life is jail!" Ruby smiled softly at her friend.

"Don't let him wear you down, don't let him think he's won, because if you think that… he has. You put on your brave face, and the three of us march out there and we show him… if he tries to take down one of us… he has to take down us all… are you with me" Ruby stood straight, her confidence building in the other two women.

Ruby took hold of Joeys hand and motioned her to the door, she stood looking scared for a few seconds but when she saw the look of confidence in ruby's eyes and the look of support and love in Charlie's, she grabbed both hands and began walking towards the court. The three of them walked in together, Ruby and Charlie still holding Joey's hand, determined they wouldn't let her waiver.