Chapter number 28. Goodbye to the gossip queen.

The moon shine brightly through the sky along the beach, surrounded by millions of little sparkling stars, it was a spectacular night, there was a nice cool breeze and the beach was empty, except two love struck residence, enjoying the night; Lara and Peter.

"It's so beautiful out here at night" Lara smiled contently, resting her head gently on Peter's shoulder.

"Not as beautiful as you" he whispered softly in her ear.

"That sounds so cheesy" Lara giggled happily, lifting her head up so that she could see Peter's face, "but I love it anyway" she whispered him, gazing into his eyes, "I love everything about you".

Peter smiled happily at her and decreased the space separating them, leaning in and planing a soft kiss on her lips, but before he pulled away, Lara pulled him right in and their bodies moved in one motion to the ground so that they were lying side by side on the picnic rug.

Peter moved his face away slightly so that he could look into her eye's, and one hand reached from it's place around her waist to move a piece of hair back behind her ear. "I love you" he spoke softly.

"I love you too".

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"Wow, I haven't seen any of this in ages" Martha exclaimed when Boyd lifted the lid of a large box that had been dragged out of the basement of the house, in the box were loads of photo's in photo frames.

"Who's that?" Boyd asked, sitting down on the couch next to Martha as she pulled a frame out and looked at it.

"That's my cousin Ric and his wife Cassie" Martha explained, "They used to live in Summer Bay when I did, but they moved to Perth just after I left Sasha's. The last I heard of them was a few years ago when I got a phone call from Cassie saying she was pregnant".

"I never knew you had a cousin".

"Well there's probably a lot of other people's photo's in this box that you wouldn't know" she said, pulling out another one from the box. "That's Sally, she's Ric and Cassie's foster mum, and that's little Pippa. They moved with Cassie and Ric, along with Sally's boyfriend Brad. Oh and there's Kim and Rachael I think they moved to New York. There's Leah and Dan, they still live around in Summer Bay" she continued going on as she pulled more and more photo's out, "that's my granddad Alf and Auntie Morag, you remember meeting them don't you?".

"Yeah, what happened to them?"

"They went to a retirement village in Yabbie creek, I was talking to Leah yesterday, and she was saying Colleen's going there today".

"Really, well at least she'll be doing less gossiping then".

"I doubt it, nothing could stop that woman form sticking her nose in everything" Martha sighed. "Aww look at this one" she changed the subject, pulling out the group photo that was taken at Alf's sixtyth birthday party, "I was only eighteen then".

"Wow, that was a long time ago".

"Hey" Martha exclaimed, playfully hitting him, "I'm not that old, I'm only twenty six!"

"Yeah sorry" he laughed in amusement of her reaction.

"Anyway I better go back upstairs and put Dylan to bed, it's late already".

"Yeah that's probably a good idea, we all know how grumpy he can be when he hasn't had enough sleep".

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"Hello, haven't seen you in a long time" Rose said cheerfully as she pushed Izzy's pram through the door of Jack's cell the next morning.

"Hey, how are you?" Jack smiled, seeming surprised that Rose had come to see him.

"I'm alright, how about you?"

"I've been better, just taking one day at a time" Jack explained as Rose took a seat in front of him on the opposite side of the bars. "I'm guessing this is Izzy then?" Jack asked looking at the pram that sat next to Rose.

"Yeah, it is" Rose told him, pulling little Izzy out of he pram and sitting her on her lap, "Izzy say hello to Uncle Jack".

Jack chuckled, "hey little one".

"Anyway, so are you going to tell me how your really feeling?" Rose asked, putting Izzy back in her pram.

"You know me too well".

"Yeah, I do, which is why your going to tell me everything" she nodded convincingly.

"Alright, you win, but promise me you won't repeat any of this".

"You've got my word" she promised.

"It's about Martha".

"Ok".

"Well... and Serena".

"Oh I see, let me guess, you love them both?"

"Yeah, I know that Martha's fine with me still having a place in my heart for Serena, but I just-".

"Look Jack, the girl only died just over a week ago, no one's expecting you to move on straight away".

"Yeah I know" he sighed.

"Just give it time, things will work themselves out eventually, you'll see" Rose encouraged him.

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"I got it" Jackie exclaimed walking towards the front desk of the police station, flicking through the settings on her digital camera.

"Your crazy" Greg said in disbelief.

"I know".

"So did they see you?"

"Nope, I got it when they came through a minute ago, they were totally oblivious to everything. Now all I have to do is put it in the collum".

"And what exactly do you plan on doing with this collum?" Greg asked, lifting one eyebrow in curiosity.

"I'll put it on the notice boards around the station, just think everyone will know what's going on around this place".

"Yeah, great" he said sarcastically. "Anyway shouldn't you be going, your shifts finished".

"Yeah, soon, after I print this off and put it on the notice board" she said, making her way back to her desk in the room.

"Oh brother" Greg mumbled to himself so that Jackie couldn't hear.

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At the Holden's house everyone was in the lounge room when Beth walked in. "Hey were have you been?" Tony asked.

"Oh, I just went and saw Colleen before she took off for the retirement village".

"So she's really going this time?" Maddie asked.

"Yeah well it seems that way, I don't think she particularly wants to leave, but Leah has convinced her that it's for her own good" Beth explained.

"It's going to be very different without her around" Lucas sighed.

"Yeah it is" Tony added, "when is she leaving?"

"Well" Beth started, looking at her watch, "It should be about now actually".

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"Is that the last one?" Leah asked as she lifted up Colleen's suit case that had been sitting on the step of her caravan.

"Yeah, I think so" Colleen said sadly.

"Come on Colleen, it's going to be great, you'll see all the bowls ladies again, and you'll meet lots of new people" Leah encouraged her.

Colleen sighed, "yeah I guess so pet, it's just a big change thats all".

"Yeah it is, but I'm sure your going to love it, and if you really feel home sick then I'm sure everybody would love a visit from you, and we'll pop round and see you sometimes".

"That would be lovely" Colleen smiled, grabbing her walking stick and hobbling her way to the passengers side of the car, "Well I guess this is it then".

"Yeah, but I'm sure when we get there, your not going to miss it at all".

"Goodbye old home" Colleen whispered before hopping in the car.

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"Well what do we have here?" Peter said out loud as he noticed a picture of him and Lara on the notice board.

"That would be Jackie's new gossip collum" Greg told him as he walked past.

"Well it's actually quite a nice picture" Peter commented, "hey Lara" he called.

"Yeah", she called back walking out of another room.

"Come take a look at this" he said pointing to the piece of paper on the board.

"Jackie's gossip collum" she said out loud as she read it, "Aww look at us there".

"Yeah, it's a nice picture, I'd just like to know how she got it".

"Does it really matter Pete?"

"Well I guess not" he said, kissing Lara on the cheek, "Now the whole world will know that your mine" he smiled.

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