Brax's POV:
I headed back into my bedroom as it had just hit 11am, I was up half an hour ago, Charlie was fast asleep, so I thought I'd make her breakfast, pancakes and orange juice was on the menu, I opened the door to see her sitting up waiting for me,
"Oh, morning you." She said as I entered, "Y'know, it's not very satisfying to wake up to an empty bed knowing there's a very attractive man nearby."
I smirked before heading over to the bed, sporting a pair of jeans but no top.
"Are you coming back to bed?" Charlie asked as she began to unbutton my shirt she was wearing from last night, she opened it fully to reveal her bare chest.
I approached the bed and sat down next to her, facing her. I pulled the ends of my shirt towards me, her lips met mine instantly and she slid her tongue into my mouth, I instinctively pulled away.
"As much as I'd love to, I've made you breakfast, and it's gonna go cold if you don't come out and eat it."
"Aww, how sweet of you, who knew the hard-nut riverboy Darryl Braxton was really a big softie."
I grinned at her before brushing my nose past hers as my mouth moved near her ear,
"Only for you, baby." I whispered before planting several kisses along her neck line before I met her lips again. I placed my hands at the end of my shirt and did up the buttons again, not wanting anyone else present in the house to get a look-in at my girlfriend.
I took her hand and pulled her out of the bed, she got up and followed me to my bedroom door, I dropped her hand as I went to open the door, she wrapped her arms tightly around my waist so her hands were resting on my stomach, she pressed her body tightly into mine to the point where I could barely walk,
"Getting a bit clingy are we?" I asked cheekily, I turned my head slightly to see her smirking, she didn't dignify me with a response, instead, she kissed my nape, around to my neck and up to behind my ear, she proceeded to flicking her tongue out and running it from the cartilage of my ear, down to my lobe, she knew I loved that. I felt myself shiver,
"If you keep doing that, I'll be taking you right back into my bedroom." I said breathlessly.
She pulled away to reply, "Maybe I'd like that." I turned around to face her, this time I placed my hands on her waist, she placed hers on my shoulders.
"Miss. Buckton, I'm deeply upset, are you trying to get out of eating the amazing breakfast I prepared for you?"
She looked at me innocently, "Naw, I just want you."
I placed my hands underneath her bottom and lifted her up, causing her to wrap her legs around my waist, "You can have me, anytime you want, after eating."
She smiled before planting a kiss on my lips, I pulled away and set her down on one of the many seats at the dining table,
"I forgot to tell you, I've taken the day off today so we can spend some time together." I said, a smile covered her face,
"Alright, that makes up for everything baby." I grinned before sitting down opposite her as we ate breakfast.
-Beach, 12:15pm-
Charlie's POV:
Brax and I walked along the beach together, hand-in-hand, both of us, to any passers-by would have probably looked extremely smitten with each other, incredibly happy, and overall, looking like we had had no previous problems in our relationship.
I slid my hand across Brax's stomach and reached for his right hand, furthest away from me, he looked at me suspiciously, I smiled up at him innocently, I tugged his hands and pulled his body into mine,
"What?" He asked, picking up on the stupid grin I was wearing.
"Thank you, for last night and an amazing breakfast this morning."
He grinned at me, "You're welcome." He pulled me in even closer to him, I didn't think it was possible, "Sorry about the interruptions though." He said as he moved closer to me, I locked my lips with his, he dropped my hands and moved them to my waist, I moved mine up to his face, around to his neck and through his hair, we broke apart when we heard Heath's voice,
"So, you two are back together."
Brax and I turned to face him, arm and arm resting against each other,
"You fancy being with a dealer do you, Buckton?"
I kept my eyes on Heath, I saw Brax's head turn out of the corner of my eye and look at me,
"Not a dealer anymore, Heath." I replied.
I saw Brax grin,
"Maybe not, bros before hoes right?" He made another snide comment, I knew he wasn't gonna give up,
"Anytime you fancy some gear, let me know." He said as he walked past and stood behind me, I turned to face Brax.
'Ignore him' Brax mouthed to me, but the anger building up inside me informed me that if I stayed, I might end up hitting Heath, again. I gently shook my head at Brax, he looked at me sadly before I turned and began to walk away.
"And if you fancy dropping your knickers for anyone other than Brax, you let me know."
I knew Brax wouldn't let him get away with making a comment like that, I turned to see him lunge on Heath, delivering a punch that sent him to the ground, his surfboard dropped to the ground, he climbed on top of him, ready to give him another one, and so he did, I ran over to him before he gave him a third,
"BRAX!" I yelled, I knew pulling him off Heath wouldn't work, I ran around and knelt down beside the top of Heath's head so I was facing both of them, I grabbed his face with both of my hands and lifted it up so he looked into my eyes, he stopped attacking Heath, for now,
"Please, stop." I pleaded with him, he glared into my eyes for a little longer before he hopped off Heath, he held out his hand to me, I took it and got up too. Heath got up shortly, he nodded at me gratefully, I ignored him and looked the other way as he picked up his board and left,
"I'm sorry, Charlie." Brax said sincerely, I looked back at him and saw he was upset, but there wasn't an excuse,
"Brax, how do you expect us to be together if you go about acting like this?"
He glared into my eyes, which made me feel even worse for acting angrily towards him, but I couldn't help how I felt.
I turned around and began to walk away when I felt his hand grab mine, I turned around to face him,
"Please Charlie, today was supposed to be our day, until he ruined it, please?"
"You should get this checked out." I said as I held up our hands and glanced at the cuts on his knuckles. I took a few steps closer to him and kissed his cheek, he moved his head to try and catch lips but I stepped back, I flashed him a weak smile before I left the beach and headed home, for a boring day, of wallowing in pity for myself.
-Charlie's house, 6:55pm-
I sat on the couch, swirling my phone around in my hand, watching a stupid TV show that I wasn't paying attention to, I had constantly been checking my phone every two minutes throughout the day, hoping a certain someone would call or text, anything, but he didn't. I sighed before turning the TV off, I placed my phone on the table, I was about to head to the bathroom to have a bath when I heard a loud knock on the door, I sighed again before I went to answer it, definitely not in the mood for visitors.
I opened the door and was slightly taken aback to see Brax at the door, he glared into my eyes with that same stupid grin as always, I looked down at his appearance, he was wearing a navy blue shirt, a black tie, smart trousers, carrying his suit jacket in his hand.
I looked up into his eyes again, they hadn't got their usual spark,
"Truth is, I haven't tried to call or ring you since this afternoon 'cause I figured you might want some space. Also, I didn't know what to say, so yes, I have spent the last 5 hours or so trying to figure out what to say to you." I felt butterflies in my stomach. "So here I go, Heath's a tool, and if you think for a second that I'd hesitate throwing a punch at anyone who implies my girlfriend's a whore, you don't know me at all."
We glared into each other's eyes and I smiled at him warmly, his eyes regained a glint of their sparkle,
"I'm sorry." Was all I could manage to say, it was me in the wrong, and Brax knew that, he probably couldn't be bothered to hang around and wait for me to come to him, I got slightly nervous, thinking he wouldn't put up with my constant miss-treating of him, instead his grin widened, and his eyes sparkled madly.
I leaned forward and planted a soft kiss on his cheek before pulling back,
"Why are you in a suit?" I asked.
He grinned at me, before stepping in the door, he gently pushed me back, closed the door behind him, he placed his jacket on the kitchen counter before picking me up in one swift move and placing me on the counter, I let out a small squeal as he took me completely by surprise.
I opened my legs wider so Brax could stand in between them, "My idiot of a brother, ruined the whole day we should have had together, and so m'love, I am taking you out to a restaurant in the City."
I grinned at him, "So go on, go and get your gear on."
I kissed his forehead before pushing him away from me and jumping off the counter, I slung my arms around his neck and pulled him in for a passionate kiss before I ran off to get ready.
-30 minutes later-
"Charlie, are you nearly done?" Brax yelled.
"Yeah, just a second!"
I had gone for a smoky eyed look make-up wise, straight hair, a blue dress with thin straps, cut just above my knee, and my favourite black heels, I grabbed my clutch bag and left my room, to see Brax casually leaning against the dining table waiting for me, wearing his jacket this time, I stepped out and he glared at me, not saying a thing,
"Oh gosh, it's too much?" My heart sunk and I turned to go back into my room to change,
"You look absolutely beautiful." I turned back around to face him and smiled, I walked over to where he was, I planted a quick kiss on his lips, not wanting it to go any further for fear of smudging my make-up.
He grinned at me again, grabbed my hand and pulled my towards the door just as Ruby and Casey walked in,
"Woah, look at you guys! Where you goin' all dolled up?" Ruby asked.
"Brax is taking me out to a restaurant in the City."
She raised her eyebrows at Brax and gave him an approving look, "Very smooth." She said, Brax gave her a smug look,
"Smooth's my middle name, kid." He said, I laughed before Ruby shook her head at his cheekiness.
"Well, enjoy!" She and Casey said.
"Bye!" We called as Brax tugged on my hand and pulled me out the door as we made our way to his car and to the restaurant.
-10:00pm-
"Where to next?" Brax asked as we walked out of the restaurant and towards his car,
"Beach?" I questioned. He smiled and nodded,
"Alright." He jogged ahead of me and opened the passenger car door for me, I laughed at him,
I slid into the seat and smiled up at him, "Hm, thank you." I said. He stuck his head in the door and his nose brushed mine,
"Comes with a complimentary kiss." He placed his lips on mine forcefully, we both held in that lock for a while until he pulled away, closed the door and headed to his own side of the car.
I slipped my shoes off and left them in the car, not bothering to carry them with me, Brax and I walked hand in hand along the beach, I turned to my right and looked at him, he turned to look at me and flashed a grin,
"Thanks for tonight." I stated.
"It's alright."
We both turned back and looked ahead, Heath and Bianca laughing and walking towards us, I could feel Brax glaring at me, I gently squeezed his hand and he re-directed his focus to the couple approaching us, Heath stopped in front of us,
"Charlie, I'm sorry about what I said earlier on." He said, I smiled at him, accepting his apology, he returned my smile before glancing at Brax, he simply nodded, his way of saying he'd consider it.
Heath tugged on Bianca's hand as they headed off to wherever they were going, I looked up to Brax,
"I guess that rules out your place then." He laughed at me.
I dropped his hand briefly and ran my right hand up my left arm instead, trying to warm myself up,
"You cold Charlz?" He asked.
"Just a little." I replied, he began to take off his jacket, but I stopped him, "If you give me your jacket, you'll be cold."
He didn't listen, instead he took it off and glared at me, "I'm wearing a shirt, you're wearing a tiny dress, no sleeves at all. Plus, I'd rather freeze than see you cold."
I smiled up at him, and glared into his eyes as he stood in front of me and placed his jacket around me, I leaned towards him and kissed me passionately before pulling back, he slung his arm over my shoulders and pulled me closer to him before walking back the way we came, I placed my arm around his waist.
"How about we get you home?" He asked.
"Yeah alright." I replied, I rested my head on his shoulder as he placed a kiss on the top of my head before we headed back to his car.
We arrived back to my place around 11:15pm, there was a note on the fridge from Ruby:
'Hey Charlz, gone to stay at Casey's, hope you had a good night, thought you two might want the place to yourselves ;)'
I laughed before taking the note off the fridge and handing it to Brax, "Looks like your place is gonna be pretty crowded tonight."
He laughed, "Looks that way." He placed the note on the counter before turning his attention back to me,
I placed my hands on his waist, "Thanks for a lovely evening, you really can play the perfect gent." I said, he smiled,
"You're welcome." He replied. "Anyway, I better get off." He was still playing a gentleman. He placed a soft kiss on my cheek before pulling away, "Night, Charlie."
He walked out the door, I counted down from 10 seconds to 0, expecting him to come back, but he didn't I quickly ran after him to see him on the porch, I coughed to get his attention, he turned around and grinned,
"You forgot this." I said as I took off his jacket and handed it to him, he walked back to me and took it off me,
"Is that it?" He asked.
I considered playing it out for a little longer, but I wanted him, now and couldn't be bothered to play those games, so I let him win.
I hooked my finger around the top of his tie and loosened it, I grabbed the end of it and pulled him back towards the house, I slammed the door shut behind us and brought my lips to his, fiercely unbuttoning his shirt.
"I'm not finished with you yet." I mumbled. I pulled him by his now fully-open shirt and towards my bedroom for desert, number two.
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