Charlie, Joey and Ruby snuggled close together on the sofa. When they had left the court house Leah had announced a drink at the surf club to celebrate. When they had arrived the whole town was there.
Joey was swept away; the whole town had shut down for her. It didn't feel right, she had enjoyed a glass of champagne with the rest of her friends, even saying that felt strange to her, she had never really had friends before, but now she did; now she had an entire community behind her.
They had stayed a while, talking and laughing with well wishers and congratulators, each one stating they already knew about Charlie and Joey. Charlie had gone to the toilet and when she returned she noticed Joey sat almost asleep on one of the couches.
She walked towards her slowly, brushing the hair from her face lovingly. Bending onto her knees so she was face level she smiled broadly at her girlfriend.
"Come on, lets get you home" Joey didn't need asking twice, she accepted Charlie's hand and within minutes they were exiting.
"Hey where are you two going?" Ruby smiled.
"We're heading home, Joey's beat" Charlie returned the smile.
"Oh thank god! I thought I was the only one who felt dead on their feet, mind some company?" Ruby asked not wanting to invade.
"As long as you don't mind a chick flick, pj's and popcorn, maybe some chocolate and ice cream" Charlie smiled feeling Joey's head feel heavy on her shoulder.
"That sounds like my ideal night!" Ruby smiled, grabbing her things and helping Joey to the car.
And now they were sat there, they had decided to let Joey pick the film, and wished they hadn't when they were being made to watch Titanic again. It had become a family joke between them all, that Joey loved this film and would sit and watch it over and over and over.
Ruby looked over and saw a sleeping Charlie, snoring softly.
"Urgh, how do you sleep next to that every night" Ruby joked.
"Hey, she's beautiful!" Joey defended, truth be told she would defend Charlie against anything, even the Hugo accident.
"I suppose she's not bad… iv seen much better though! Hey are you wanting to go to bed?" Ruby asked, aware that Joey was shattered.
"Nah I'm ok just now, I wanted to talk to you actually. I want to do something special for Charlie, and so far all iv managed to do is stuff I like, but when I ask Charlie I get lame answers like 'as long as your there ill enjoy anything'" Joey sighed.
"You've gotta help me out" She looked pleadingly at Charlie's sister who day by day was starting to feel like her own.
"Ok you want entertaining, romantic, energetic?" Ruby questioned, she didn't want to send them to completely the wrong place.
"Oh I don't know, romantic, but entertaining" Joey added at the end not wanting a day just laid on a blanket somewhere, "I want do to something really special to say thank you" She added.
Ruby sat thinking. "Ok iv got it, you distract her tomorrow, get her to take you out for the day, but be back for sundown ok, all you need to know is your going out for dinner, and you both need to dress nice… leave the rest to me" Ruby smiled.
Joey couldn't help but laugh at the look on Ruby's face; she was defiantly up to something.