Jsco81 – Aden's being a bit of a tw*t I agree. He's been hit hard by his dad's affair :)

Charliefan – Joey has a cheerleader! Yaaaay!

CJ4Eva – Haha well thankyou! Yeah sorry I've been neglecting C/J interaction a bit atm to focus on Aden's problems but just for you I'll add in some more this chapter :)!

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Amelia Louise – Haha, I aim to please! And the one answer is 'now'...obviously lol

blu74 – Thanks for humouring me, you do indulge me so! And sadly I think it's the second option, the boy has really been affected cause his father was like his idol growing up (there's a bit of background info for ya! :P )

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Charlie hesitated outside the bedroom she shared with Joey. It had been half an hour since the row at Aden's house and Joey had stormed back to theirs and shut herself in their room. Taking a deep breath she knocked timidly and entered, shutting the door behind her. Looking round she saw Joey standing by the window staring out at the night sky. Charlie waited but when the other girl said nothing she walked slowly over and tried to hold her hand.

'Jo?' she questioned when the shorter girl refused to acknowledge her touch.

'It was two years ago' Joey stated quietly still staring out the window.

'Jo you don't have to tell me –' Charlie started to say as she realised she had never heard Joey speak of her father.

'Me and Brett were in the house cause mum was working late so my...dad...he said he get us pizza, y'know takeaway' Joey said glancing quickly up at Charlie who was holding her hand tighter in reassurance. 'I remember it so well. I threw the remote at Brett because he wouldn't stop talking throughout my program, Family Guy, so then he changed it just to piss me off. Only it didn't work cause I was so happy that night so I was just laughing at him...I was...I was laughing...'

Joey trailed off and suddenly snatched her hand out of Charlie's. She made her way to the bed and sat down on the side of it playing with her hands. Charlie hesitated for only a second before joining her. Joey took a deep breath before continuing.

'And then...there was this huge crash outside and a load of screaming so we went to see what had happened and...' Another deep breath which Joey gulped in, trying to steady her wavering voice even though tears were already making their tracks down her face 'my dad. He was lying on the floor and...and there was so much blood Charlie, so much blood but nobody was helping him. Brett, he grabbed his mobile and rang for an ambulance but I was in shock. I just stood there Charlie, my dad was dying on the floor and I couldn't even go and look at him.'

By this time tears were streaming down both the girl's faces and Joey was looking Charlie dead in the eye.

'I dunno what it was but something inside me clicked and I just started screaming. Screaming at the top of my lungs and I ran over to him. I held his head and I was begging him not to die y'know? I told him everything would be fine cause you see this all the time on the telly where people get hit by cars but survive. I started telling him about all the movies where it had happened and that we'd watch them together when he got better. And he smiled Charlie, he smiled at me as he died. Brett was beside me trying to put him in the recovery position but it was too late and then all of a sudden we were dragged off by these paramedics. They took my dad from me and I –' Joey's voice finally cracked and she burst into silent tears, deliberately shoving a lamp onto the floor. She stood up and started to pace, fiercely wiping her eyes on the back of her hand and kicking anything that got in her way.

'He was my fucking dad and he died. That's not fair right? It's not like he was a bad guy who deserved it. He didn't do drugs, he rarely drank, he treated us all so good but then because a couple of fucking teenagers think it's fun to joyride with no lights on their car he's gone' Joey continued on her rampage; throwing books off shelves, chucking anything at the walls. Charlie immediately jumped up and ran to her, grabbing her arms she pulled her close and hugged her. At first Joey tried to struggle and pull away but Charlie remained firm and eventually Joey gave in and collapsed against her girlfriend sobbing 'I never told him I loved him' over and over again.

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Aden sat in his room with his head in his hands crying. He felt terrible about how he'd treated his friends. Today had proved one thing to him though. He loved Joey. He'd thought he did before but the way she was so strong about everything made him certain.

'Fucking moron' he swore at himself as he threw a shoe that was lying on the floor against the wall.

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'May it's me. Please pick up...okay look I stuffed up I know I did. I should have told you that me and Joey had slept together before we got together but it didn't mean anything. I swear.' Angelo sighed 'Please just...give me a ring? We need to talk' he clicked disconnect and threw the phone onto his bed. That was the seventh message he'd left for his girlfriend but she still hadn't replied.

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An hour after Joey's outburst the girls were lying on the bed with Joey resting her head on Charlie's chest. Their hands entwined. It had been silent for about twenty minutes until

'I'm sorry -' Joey started to say but was cut off by Charlie straight away

'Hey. You don't ever apologise for crying okay? Ever.' Charlie stated firmly.

'...thanks' Joey whispered

'You're welcome' Charlie whispered back and smiled as she felt Joey snuggle deeper into her stomach.

Okay short chapter I know, it's kinda a filler. Feel free to yell at me for the lack of updates =[ I deserve it.

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