Charlie got home and just collapsed on the lounge. Her stomach hurt like crazy and Brax wouldn't leave her alone which made her angry. Every move she would make, even if it was reaching over to pick up her glass of water, Brax would offer to do it for her.
"You know Brax, Once you go back to work. You won't be able to do every little thing for me" Charlie said.
"I don't have to go back to work until these babies are born if you like?" Brax offered.
"I can't ask you to do that and I haven't even asked Leah if you can move in yet…"
"We don't have to move back here, we could move into the share house, I know it's cramped with Heath and Casey there but it would only be temporary"
"But it's not fair on them having to put up with my being lazy every moment of the day and besides there isn't enough room also I don't want to leave Ruby by herself here" Charlie said.
"Alright then, Well I'll go get dinner and some magazines for you?"
"I like that idea" Charlie said kissing Brax. "But I don't want any boring health magazines, I want gossip magazines" She giggled.
"Alright then. No Health magazines" Brax replied.
Brax left and Charlie got up and wandered into her room. She was glad to be home in her safe environment. She walked over to the mirror and examined herself in the mirror. Her hair was all over the place; her face was naked and pale. She hadn't worn make-up in over 3 days. She looked at her huge baby bump; she knew these babies got their size from their father. Charlie carefully lifted her top and examined the healing scars. Tracing her finger over every wound, she hoped they would heal and disappear forever. The rest of the pregnancy really scared her.
"What are you doing?" Brax startled Charlie.
Charlie froze, she quickly ran out of the room and into the bathroom. She didn't want to make Brax worry about her burdens. She sat on the bathroom floor and started crying. This wasn't how this pregnancy was meant to be. Charlie should've of known from the start when she found out she was pregnant that it was going to be a journey. Even her pregnancy with Ruby was better. She had her parents, which were there for her, people that she could always depend on. Sure she had Brax, but with him she could never be so certain that he was always going to be there.
"Charlie? What's the matter?" Brax said knocking on the bathroom door.
"Nothing" Charlie sobbed. She stood up and cleaned her face.
"Please just talk to me? Is it Tegan? Because if it is, she has no chance of hurting you again" Brax said.
Charlie opened the door and stepped forward and collapsed into Brax's arms. She cried even louder. He was confused as hell, but obviously Charlie needed comforting and that's what he was there for.
"How about we go lay on your bed?" Brax said guiding Charlie towards the bedroom. All she could do was nod. Once they were on the bed, Charlie rested her head on Brax's chest. "Charlie, are you going to tell me what's wrong now?"
"I'm, I'm Scared" Charlie said in between sobs.
Brax kissed her forehead. "It's going to be okay."
"How do you know?" Charlie asked defensively.
"Because you're a beautiful, loving strong woman. You have been through worse things than this and pulled through."
"I love you Brax" Charlie said, pulling him in for a kiss.
"I love you too" Brax said returning the kiss. "I think you'll like the magazine's I picked up for you"
"Show me them" Charlie said. Brax picked up the bag and placed it on the bed next to her.
"I'm going to get dinner started." Brax said, he gave Charlie one last kiss before he headed out to the kitchen.
Charlie picked up the bag and started looking at the pile; the first couple of magazines were gossip magazines, which looked interesting. The next book was a book of baby names and the last couple of items were pamphlets and brochures on houses for sale in Summer Bay.
She flicked through the house brochures and circled two different houses she really liked. The first one was not too far from Leah's house. It had 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a bathroom off the main bedroom too. The kitchen was stunning and the lounge/family area was very big.
The second house was just as big but it was on the beach. She knew Brax would love that and so would Ruby and Casey.
"Braaaaaax!" Charlie yelled from the bedroom.
Within 20 seconds Brax rushed into her room. "What's up?"
"Come here" Charlie said smiling.
Brax walked cautiously over towards Charlie and sat down on the bed next to her. The next thing he knew Charlie was kissing him passionately. He broke away from the kiss. "What did I do to deserve that?" he smirked.
"I like this one and this one" Charlie said pointing at the two different houses.
"That's a good thing then, because I like those two houses as well" he smiled at her.
"I think we should go have a look at them" Charlie suggested.
"Are you sure? You're meant to be taking it easy"
"I know but I really don't want to miss out on these houses."
"How about we play it by year, and if you're feeling better, we can go look at your favourite one next week?"
"I think I like that idea" Charlie kissed him once more, this time pulling him down so he was lying next to her.
"I have to get back to cooking dinner Charlie" Brax said. "Otherwise it will burn"
"Okay… do you need help?"
"No, No one likes your cooking" Brax laughed.
"Hey! Well if you don't want help I'll just sit and watch you then"
"Sounds good to me" Brax lifted Charlie off the bed and walked out into the kitchen and placed Charlie on a chair.
Leah walked in and was surprised. "Hey Charlie, your home"
"Hey Leah, Yes Doc said I could come home" Charlie said.
"That's great news, well welcome home"
"Thank you, I hope you don't mind but Brax offered to cook dinner for us?" Charlie pointed at Brax who was busy examining a pot.
"Yea about that, it kind of went wrong" Brax looked up sheepishly.
"What do you mean" Leah asked walking over. "Oh my gosh! Brax, how could you let burn this bad" Leah started to laugh.
"I don't know something must of distracted me" Brax winked at Charlie who was laughing.
"I think we should just get something from Angelo's" Charlie suggested.
Hey Guys! Next chapter i'm talking a little bit about baby names! if you want to suggest a baby name please let me know, more than happy to use them :D
hoped you like the chapter