'Hey Leah' Brax smiled, entering the diner

'Hi Brax, how can I help you?' Leah replied

'One coffee' Brax responded

'Type?' Leah asked

'Oh, Flat white. My favorite' Brax replied

'Charlie's favorite is a Flat White as well' Leah babbled

'I know' Brax said, then quickly remembering that he shouldn't know that in front of Leah.

'How do you know?' Leah asked flicking her eyes up at Brax while making his coffee

'Uh..being in the cop station too much means I can remember all their coffee orders' he lied, laughing awkwardly.

'Oh' Leah muttered handing him the coffee 'It's $3.50'

Brax handed her the money, thanked her and took a seat at a table.

Suddenly a woman walked through the door of the diner.

'Oh my god, Joey!' Leah shrieked happily

Brax flicked his eyes up the reunion, he had never heard of Joey before. So he looked away and tuned out of the ladies conversation

'So, why are you back' Leah asked Joey who was perched on a stool

'I realized what I want' She said simply

'What is that?' Leah said, continuing to make coffees

'I want Charlie' Joey smiled

Leah looked up 'Oh…uh' she said not expecting that response

Joey's eyes widened ' Is she seeing someone' she frowned

'Well..no, sorry I just wasn't expecting this' Leah apologized in a fluster

'Great, she soon will be seeing someone'

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Charlie walked into the police station.

'Hey Sargent, Detective Callahan is unable to come in today so we need you at base' A junior officer said as Charlie walked towards her office.

'Okay, I'll be in my office if you need me' Charlie replied.

Charlie spent the first few hours of her day finishing paperwork and signing forms but later in the afternoon she got an unexpected visitor.

'Sargent Buckton, we have Daryl Braxton who says he would like to talk to you, do you have time?' The officer asked opening her door

Charlie peered at the large pile of forms that she still had to complete before tomorrow, but it was Brax.

'Ah, yea I have time' she smiled

The officer nodded and sent Brax in.

Charlie watched as the door slammed shut and she immediately grinned. Brax walked towards her and gave her a winning smile.

'Hey' She said

'Hi' He smiled 'I just wanted to chat, I was bored' he said, sitting on the edge of Charlie's desk

'Ok, well I have heaps of work so can I multitask?' Charlie asked

'Sure…as long as there are a few breaks long enough for me to get some work done' he replied flirtatiously

'A few' Charlie replied giggling and taking her seat.

'What's up?' she asked

'Nothing much, Oh well I almost got caught out about "us" this morning by Leah, but luckily I saved it by bringing up other random stuff' Brax babbled

'Good save' Charlie praised keeping her eye's on her paperwork.

'Yeah, she then got sidetracked by a friend' Brax added

'Who?' Charlie asked flicking her eyes up

'I can't remember, I had already left the counter but Leah was pretty excited to see her I think that she must have just moved here' Brax guessed

Charlie nodded and kept filling in forms.

The two of them kept chatting for hours and hours until a knock at the door came.

'Quick, hide. If my colleagues knew you were still here they would definitely know something is up between us, it has been hours since you came' Charlie whispered to Brax

Brax nodded and quickly hid behind a cabinet at the back of the room.

'Come in' Charlie called out, quickly scanning the room to check that everything looked in place.

The door opened a fraction and Charlie saw Joey slide her body in.

'Hey' Joey said, grinning and waving flirtatiously.

'Uh..hi' Charlie muttered, flicking her eyes to where Brax was hiding.

Joey walked over to Charlie's desk and sat on it, flicking here legs back and forth.

Brax watched from behind the cabinet curiously.

Charlie stared at Joey she couldn't believe that she was back. For so long she had hoped that one day Joey would return, but things were different now. Brax was in love with her and she was in love with him.

'So, why are you back?' Charlie stammered, edging her way back to her desk.

'I am back because I know what I want' Joey said energetically grinning

Charlie coughed 'Oh, and what is that?' she muttered

'Charlie, I want you' Joey said grabbing Charlie's hand in hers

'I can't' Charlie said, pulling her hand away. Joey immediately got off the table and her eyes widened 'Why not?'

'I, I, I don't want to!' Charlie cried, she could feel Brax's eyes burning through her.

'I am still in love with you and I know you are still in love with me!' Joey pleaded 'Give us another chance!'

'Please just go' Charlie whispered, pointing to the door

'Is their someone else?' Joey asked

Charlie opened the door silently and held it while staring at Joey. Joey got the message and she walked out. 'Things will change, you will see that I am the right choice' she called out

Charlie immediately slammed the door shut and stared at Brax who edged out from behind the cabinet.

Charlie didn't know what to say to him.

'I think I should leave' Brax murmered staring at the ground

Charlie stepped towards him

'Don't worry about Joey, You and me, It's not over, It will never be over between us, there is too much to lose and I won't let that happen' Charlie attempted to make Brax happier and more hopeful

Brax looked up at Charlie and turned towards the door.

'I guess I will see you later' Brax said quietly walking out the door.

Charlie nodded and she could tell that something had changed.

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Heath wandered over to Georgia who was sitting on the beach. Her head flicked up as he got closer.

'Hey' she smiled

Heath grunted a reply and Georgia's smile slowly disappeared.

'I just came to tell you that Brax has organized for us both to visit Amber today'

Georgia nodded 'Uh..okay do you want to..uh ride in the same car?' she asked awkwardly, they could both feel the tension in the conversation.

'Yea alright, I'll drive' Heath muttered kicking the sand with his feet.

'Do you want to go to see her now?' Georgia asked peering up at Heath

'Okay, my car is parked at the surf club' Heath muttered.

Georgia stood up and followed Heath up to his car.

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Heath and Georgia had driven to the orphanage in silence, Heath was still angry with Georgia and Georgia didn't want to pressure him. Now, the two of them were standing out the front of Amber's room, just waiting.

Georgia peered up at Heath 'You will like her, she looks just like you'

Heath stared at Georgia 'Really? I wouldn't know' Heath whispered harshly

Georgia responded by nodding lightly and pressing open the door.

'Amber?' Georgia said opening the door.

'Mum! I mean Georgia' Amber replied standing from her bed smiling

'Its okay sweetie you can call me mum' Georgia murmered

Amber nodded and blushed. Heath edged through the door and stared at Amber.

'Baby, this is your father' Georgia said pointing to Heath.

Ambers face lit up 'Heath…right?' she murmered

'Yea, Amber' Heath smiled stepping forward.

'My dad' she repeated smiling

Heath grinned and blushed.

'Amber, sweetie I need you to know something' Georgia said suddenly

Amber nodded and sat down. 'I am so sorry about hardly visiting and for…for giving you up in the first place' Georgia frowned

Heath felt sorry for Georgia, he couldn't stand to see her look so upset.

'I understand' Amber nodded quietly.

Heath looked up at the brave little girl, Amber's face looked up at the two of them and she attempted to smile. 'I am really happy that you two decided to visit me, I really…I really miss you' Amber's eyes began to water and Georgia's face sunk.

Heath watched both the girls begin to cry. He grabbed their hands and pulled them into a hug.

Amber began to giggle as Heath squished her into his body in a hug. 'Let me go' she squealed happily as Georgia joined in and wrapped her arms around them both.

Heath released his grip and stared at her smiling. 'Make sure you don't forget about me Amber said

Heath bowed his head 'I will never, I promise you that, ok? I will visit'

'And you need to visit as well…mum' Amber turned to face Georgia clinging onto her arms

Georgia nodded 'We both will'

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As Amber's door shut behind them Georgia turned to face Heath. 'She is amazing, our child is amazing' Georgia grinned hugging Heath.

Heath shrugged Georgia's arms off him and he took a step backwards 'Just because we had a good time today doesn't mean anything has changed between us, Georgia we are not going to get back together' Heath said

Georgia faced the ground and walked out of the orphanage in silence.

Heath followed;

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Meanwhile Brax walked home where he saw Casey.

'What's up with you?' Casey asked as Brax slammed the front door shut behind him

Brax peered up. 'Nothing'

'Is it Charlie?' Casey asked warily

'No its Joey' Brax snapped sitting on the couch

'Ohh' Casey said understandably

'You know about Joey?' Brax asked in shock

'Yea, Rubz told me about her this morning. We saw her at the diner while we were having a late breakfast'

'What did Ruby say?' Brax asked

'She said that Joey and Charlie dated each other for a while and that it was Charlie's first…you know….gay relationship. But after Joey left town Charlie went back to dating men, it was like it was a phase'

Brax nodded 'Well Joey wants Charlie back' Brax added

'Woah, Brax you have some competition' Casey laughed half joking

Brax punched his arm playfully 'Joey doesn't even know that she has to compete, she thinks that Charlie is single'

'Exactly. what do you have that Joey doesn't?' Casey asked

'Uh…. do you really want me to answer that?' Brax asked confused

'What! No, not that. Charlie! Your advantage is that you already have her' Casey exclaimed

'Ohh…well still I don't know what to do' Brax muttered

'Talk to her'

'Talk to Joey?' Brax cried

'Yes. Tell her to back off from your woman' Casey laughed

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The diner was almost empty except for Leah serving, a few customers and Joey.

Brax confidently walked up to her. 'It's Joey right?' Brax asked sticking his hand out.

'Yeah' she replied warily shaking his hand

'I'm Brax, an uh..friend of Charlie's' he smiled

'Oh cool, have a seat' she pointed to the seat opposite her.

Brax obeyed and took a deep breath.

'Has she told me about me?' Joey asked him

'Who' Brax asked

'Charlie. Does she talk about me?'

Brax stared at Joey 'No. Never. I heard about you from my brother and Ruby'

'Ah, Ruby. Charlie was always so dependent on her sister' Joey laughed

'What do you mean, Ruby is Charlie's daughter' Brax said

'What?' Joey asked completely shocked

'Ruby is Charlie's daughter, I'm pretty sure that she has been for her whole life' Brax joked

'How could she not tell me?' Joey cried

'Maybe she didn't trust you' Brax suggested, feeling excited that Joey was having doubts.

'No, she did. Well, I can talk to her about it tonight, I am going to surprise her at her house for dinner' Joey said excitedly

Brax felt his body tense up 'I wouldn't do that'

'Why?' Joey asked

'Her boyfriend will be there'

'Boyfriend? Who is that?' Joey asked

'Me' Brax replied 'So stay away from my girlfriend' he stood up from his seat and walked down onto the beach.

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Heath met up with Brax on the beach.

'Oy Heath!' Brax called out, running down the sand

Heath stopped walking and waved at Brax.

'How was Amber?' Brax asked

'Perfect' Heath smiled

'How was Georgia?' Brax attempted to bring up the subject

'She was really excited to see Amber'

'How was you and Georgia…together?'

'There is no me and Georgia' Heath muttered

'She didn't mean to lie' Brax insisted

'Tell that too the 5 years of my child's life that I missed out on ' Heath cried

'Yea alright, but don't tell me to stop hanging out with her, she is still my best friend' Brax replied

'How can she be? She lied to you as well' Heath insisted

'Its called forgiveness, she's my girl so I was able to understand, try it sometime Heath'

Heath just shrugged.

Suddenly Hammer and his gang wandered up to Heath and Brax on the beach.

Hammer stopped in front of Brax 'Darryl and Heath Braxton just the boys I wanted to talk to' he smiled

Heath stiffened and Brax crossed his arms 'What?'

'Well I got out of jail a few days ago, bail is a beautiful thing. And I still don't like knowing that the riverboys have a Sargent and detective on their side'

'I'm not dating Detective Callahan anymore' Heath muttered

Hammer smiled 'Well then I guess I have a shot of getting it on with a detective, I always liked the way she looked in her uniform. Plus she has nice legs, they are so long and fit…don't you think Heath?' Hammer teased

Heath stared at Hammer and Brax could tell that he was getting very angry. 'Calm down unless you want Georgie to arrest you' Brax whispered

'I can imagine just touching her' Hammer added, egging Heath on.

Heath shoved past Brax and he raised his fist punching Hammer in the face. Hammer fell to the ground and Heath continued to punch his face vigorously.

Brax suddenly felt a blow to his stomach from Hammer's friend. This meant that both Braxton's were suddenly involved in a punch-up with Hammer and his friend. After a while Charlie and Georgia arrived on scene.

'Break it up' Charlie cried, trying to pry Heath off Hammer

Georgia decided for a different approach, she raised her hand and slapped Brax across the face.

'What the hell Georgia?' Brax said shocked

This worked to Georgia's advantage as Brax released his grip on Hammer's friend's neck while turning to face Georgia.

'Sorry my hand slipped' Georgia laughed grabbing Brax and pulling him away from the fight.

Suddenly there was a loud cry as Hammers fist missed Heath and hit Charlie's stomach.

'Charlie!' Brax called out, running towards her. The fight stopped as everyone faced Charlie who was sitting on the beach clutching her stomach.

'I'm fine' Charlie snapped, grabbing Georgia's outstretched hand and pulling herself up. Brax stared at her concerned

'You are all under arrest' Georgia said

'Georgia' Brax whined

'All of you' Charlie enforced, glaring at Brax.

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Brax sat opposite Charlie in the interview room.

'What was the fight about?' she snapped

'Heath got pissed at something Hammer said' Brax admitted

'What did Hammer say?'

'Just some dirty shit about G' Brax replied

'Then why did you get involved?' Charlie cried

'Heath is my brother!'

'Brax this is exactly why we can't go public, you get yourself in these sort of situations' Charlie said

'Well I'm sorry that I'm not up to your standards Charlie' Brax said sarcastically, slamming his hand on the table.

'Exactly! My standards are not that high, I didn't expect much.' Charlie cried

'Great, so I'm just the last choice guy' Brax spat

'No, you weren't. I love you for so much! but you just seem to be so stupid with your choices sometimes'

'I'm so sorry for standing up for my brother' Brax snapped

'Stand up for me! Don't get in fights, please' Charlie insisted

'I do stand up for you, I have so many times, you just don't realize' Brax insisted

'When?' Charlie snapped

'Uh..today, Hammer was being a douche about you as well as G' Brax replied

'I don't want you to fight for me!' Charlie pleaded

'Well Charlie, we don't always get what we want, do we' Brax muttered

'No we don't, we are over' Charlie mumbled walking towards the door

Brax was left alone. He took a breath, what had just happened?

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wow. Loads of drama in that chap ;) not very much happy chax, sorry but please review, trust me I have some happy scenes just around the corner for someone…

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COMING UP:

DOES BRAX WANT CHARLIE BACK?

GEORGIA SPOTS BRAX ON THE BEACH WITH A GIRL…IS IT CHARLIE?

CHARLIE MAKES A DECISION