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Chapter 21

A week later

Charlie's Point of View

Ruby was rarely home for us to talk about what happened at Casey's and what Casey had said about Brax, which meant we were barely talking at all. Bianca had decided to cook us an Italian dish for dinner in which she demanded Ruby stay home. We all sat silently at the dinner table eating. "This is really good Bianca, thank you for cooking. Ruby and I will do the washing up" I suggested. Ruby looked at me before rolling her eyes.

"I was planning to go to Casey's after dinner" Ruby mumbled.

"Well I think its fair seeing as Bianca cooked for us, we should do the washing up" I tried not to raise my voice.

"What ever Charlie!" Ruby got up and stormed into her bedroom. I sighed before looking at Bianca and April sadly.

"I'm so sorry. Excuse me for just a moment" I stood up and walked into the hallway and knocked on Ruby's door. "Ruby I think we need to talk about what happened last week" I said quietly as I walked in and seen her lying on her bed. I sat down and looked at her.

"Talk about what? Talk about how you are sleeping with my boyfriends older brother, yet don't want me to sleep with my boyfriend?" She snapped at me.

"Firstly I'm not sleeping with anyone!" I told her calmly. "And secondly I was worried when I woke up and you weren't in your room…I started to freak out and I am sorry!" I explained to her.

"Well then why did Casey say he seen Brax leave our house with lipstick on his face?" Ruby asked confused.

"I'm not going to lie to you…we kissed, but it was nothing. Do you really think that I of all people would get involved with a River Boy?" I chuckled to my sister.

"That's true I suppose" Ruby laughed as well as she sat up.

"I just want you to be careful Ruby. I'm ok with you and Casey…" I was trying to explain this carefully.

"having sex?" Ruby came straight out with it.

"Um yeah…Its just that you're my little sister so I want you to be careful…if you ever need me to buy you protection or anything then just say so" I explained to her.

"Charlie…if you are trying to have the sex talk with me just don't bother…they teach us all this in school now" She laughed. I chuckled before pulling her into a hug.

"We all good?" I asked.

"Yep…we're all good. Um would it be alright if Casey stayed here tomorrow night? I promise just sleeping and watching movies…nothing more!" Ruby justified herself.

"If its fine with Brax then its fine with me" I smiled.

The next day.

We'd got a call in anonymously that there was a fight going on at the beach between the River Boys and a rival gang. Watson, I and a few other officers quickly headed down to break up the fight. We arrived only to find Brax bashing a guys head in on the sand as blood dripped from his nose. "OI BREAK IT UP!" I yelled as I pulled Brax off this other guy. I felt him push me to the ground before turning around and noticing it was me.

"A woman copper…what a joke!" The other guy spat at me. Brax shook his head and helped me up before punching the guy square in the jaw. One of the male officers grabbed the other guy and arrested him while I dealt with Brax.

"What was all that about?" I asked Brax I pushed him against the police car and cuffed him.

"You asking as a copper or as something else?" He replied.

"What do you think?" I put him in the car and we all drove off to the station. Once again we had all the river boys in one cells and all the members of the rival gang in another cell before we started interviewing each one. "So Mr Braxton care to explain what happened on the beach?" I asked Brax as we sat in the interview room along with another officer. Brax's nose had dried up but he had a nasty bruise and lump on his forehead.

"Nup…nothing happen. Just got into a bit of a blue" He smirked and replied. I shook my head and looked at him.

"So no reason why you guys started fighting?" I asked. He shook his head. "That will be all Mr Braxton. Officer Stevenson will take you back to the cell" I stood up and left. 2 hours and many more gang members later we had managed to interview all of the people we had picked up including a bloke by the name of Jake Pirovic and his little brother Harmen. They looked like tough blokes and I could see why there would be rivalry between their crew and the river boys. Every single person we interview had the same story and didn't want to press charges on anyone, which meant we had to let them go. I watched as both the Pirovic boys smirked at me as they left.

"We're never going to get them for anything!" Watson groaned after they left.

"Its because they don't trust us…but then again we don't trust them" I replied, staring at Brax as he walked out the door. I soon headed home only to find Ruby and Casey home and watching a movie. "Hey guys" I commented as I walked in. Casey looked at me awkwardly. "Um Casey…I just wanted to apologise for what happened last week" I nodded at the teenager.

"Its cool Charlie" He smiled. "I'm sorry too…I shouldn't have said what I did" He replied. I smiled back before walking into the kitchen.

"What do you guys want for dinner?" I asked, looking through cupboards.

"Brax said pizza is on him" Casey chuckled.

"Oh did I hear free pizza?" Bianca walked out from her room. "I've got a heap of marking to do tonight and April is staying at Dex's, so pizza would be great!" Bianca smiled before pouring herself and myself a glass of wine before retreating back into her room. I got changed out of my uniform before heading back out and drinking my wine.

"Hey Casey…I don't mean to pry or anything but what do you know about the Pirovic's?" I asked curiously.

"Um…not much really. Brax doesn't really involve me in River Boy stuff, but I do know that both Brax and Heath hate them. Brax told me about the fight today. He didn't look so good when he got home. I think that bump on the head really did some damage" Casey sounded concerned.

"He was fine at the station…did he go to a doctor?" I asked also concerned.

"Nah he said he could handle it" Casey brushed it off and continued watching the movie.

"I might go for a walk down to the beach…I'll be back later" I slipt on some sandals and headed out the door. I couldn't help myself. I had to check if Brax was ok. I know he wasn't in my good books at the moment but I still felt like it was my duty as a police officer to check if he was all right. I quickly headed next door and knocked on the front door. After a few moments and no answer I opened the door slowly only to find Brax standing there ready to open the door. He had an ice pack on his head and a glass of what looked like bourbon in his hand.

"What do you want?" He muttered.

"I came to check if you were ok" I walked closer and took the ice pack from his head to assess the damage. "Brax you need to see a doctor!" I looked at him.

"I'm fine Charlie" he mumbled pushing me away.

"No, you're not. Is Heath here…I want him to take you to see a doctor!" I grabbed his cheeks in my hands and made him look at me.

"No one is home and I don't want to see some fucking doctor" He sculled down his drink before slamming the glass on the table.

"Fine, if you're not going to see a doctor, at least go to bed and get some rest" I sighed.

"Only if you join me" A small smile appeared on his face.

"You're clearly delusional if you want me in your bed" I chuckled back; helping him into his room and watching him get into bed. "I'm going to go get you some painkillers" I walking into the bathroom and started looking through the cupboards.

"You're not going to find any in there" Brax's arm suddenly wrapped around my waist and pulled me out of the bathroom. "Kitchen" He made me lead him into the kitchen. "Top cupboard above fridge" He leant against the bench in what looked like pain.

"Get back into bed!" I pointed towards the bedroom before watching him grab his bottle of bourbon and slump away. I grabbed some painkillers and a glass of water and headed back into the bedroom only to find Brax taking off his shirt and jeans and hopping into bed. "I don't think this will help you" I took the bottle of bourbon off the bedroom table and gave him the pills and water. "Take these and rest…I'll try find Heath to come and watch you" I told him, not wanting him to be alone.

"Stuff Heath…he would have no idea of what to do and you are much more attractive" Brax chuckled. I rolled my eyes before looking at him.

"Fine…I'll just let Ruby and Casey know I'm here" I sighed before headed back home.

"Um, guys…I've just popped into see Brax and he's not too well so I'm just going to stay with him for a while cause he doesn't want to see a doctor" I told Ruby and Casey who looked at me confused.

"Is he alright though?" Casey stood up.

"Yeah he'll be fine…he just needs to chill out for a bit" I smiled.

"And you're sure nothing is going on between you two?" Ruby asked with a small smile.

"Oh I'm positive…I'm just being neighbourly" I chuckled before walking out. I walked back into the bedroom only to find Brax pouring himself a glass of bourbon. "Hey, bourbon, me now!" I glared at him. He smirked before sculling the glass down and passing me the bottle. "Thank you!" I snapped. "I really think you should go see a Doctor" I gently placed my fingers over the bump. He flinched a little at my touch.

"Charlie I'll be fine" He looked into my eyes. "Why did you come over here anyway?" He asked, sitting back against his pillow.

"Casey said you didn't look so good and I thought I'd come to make sure you were ok" I sat on the edge of the bed and looked into my lap.

"So you do have a heart in there ay" He chuckled. I looked at him before smiling.

"Just get some rest" I whispered before standing up and walking over to the armchair in the corner of the room.

"Tegan…Tegan…somebody help me! Tegan!" I got woken up suddenly to a voice yelling. I got up and seen Brax thrashing around in his bed wailing. He must have been having a nightmare.

"Brax…Brax" I stood over him and grabbed both his arms, shaking him. "Brax…wake up!" I said sternly. He kept thrashing around. "Brax…wake…up!" I got on top of him to keep his legs down. He suddenly opened his eyes and looked at me.

"What…what's going on?" He asked, sitting up with me still on his lap.

"You…you must have had a nightmare. Who's Tegan? You were yelling her name." I was now confronted, my face centimetres away from his.

"No one…doesn't matter" he broke eye contact with me.

I placed my hands on his cheeks and looked him up and down. "You're sweating…are you alright?" I asked, placing a hand on his forehead to see if he had a fever.

"No…I'm fine. What are you still doing here?" He asked.

"I must have fallen asleep…I'll go if you want" I got off him.

"No…Charlie it's the middle of the night. Stay" He patted the empty space beside him. I looked at him and smiled before taking off my skirt hesitantly and hopping into bed next to him. "Thanks for everything" He smirked, looking into my eyes.

"No problem" I pulled the blankets up over my torso before feeling Brax's arms snake around my waist and pull me close to him. "Brax" I chuckled as he moved his head into the crook of my neck. I could feel his lips on my neck, making their way up my jaw line. "Brax…I'm serious" I sighed before his lips were upon mine and his hands were on my cheeks.