Chapter Twenty Nine
Brax's P.O.V.
I kept holding onto the hug. I didn't let her pull away, and it seems as if she didn't let me pull away either. A huge grin was spread across my face. I wanted to kiss Charlie so badly, but I had to fight the urge not to in case it made things worse. I didn't know if this meant if we were back together or not. I know I was the one who broke things off in the first place, but I'm not too sure what's going through Charlie's mind at the moment. I wanted to ask her, but I didn't want to ruin the moment.
Heath's P.O.V.
I left the boys in the middle of the crop and wandered back to where Brax was. It was hard to see what was going on as there was a massive tree right in front of him and Charlie. All I could see was his big back. I walked closer to them, and that's when I realised he had his arms tightly around Charlie. I was about to speak up until I noticed how peaceful it was around them. You could only hear the birds chirping. The wind was blowing Charlie's hair, and I have to admit, they did look incredibly cute. I turned around and walked back the way I came from; deciding that it was best to leave them as they were.
"Where's Brax?" The boys shouted at me, as soon as they saw me return.
"Uh..." I didn't know how to say this, although I guess Pee Wee already knew. "He's with Charlie near the mini rainforest," I told them.
"With Charlie..?" Brodie repeated.
"Brax is sleeping with a pig," Pee Wee said. I shot him a death stare.
"Don't jump to conclusions buddy," I said, but they could all see through me.
"He is, isn't he?" Mick asked.
"I don't know... They were hugging before and I didn't want to interrupt them," I explained.
"Let's go to them now," Pee Wee said, and started leading the boys away.
"Boys, don't. He'll get worked up," I said firmly, but they wouldn't listen. They continued with making their way towards Brax.
Brax's P.O.V.
Eventually Charlie pulled herself away from me. She gazed up at my eyes and smiled. She kissed me lightly, and I immediately returned a much longer and sloppier kiss. "I've missed you," she whispered.
"I have too," I said. "I'm sorry for what happened between us."
"Me too. I'm sorry for everything I said to hurt you and your family. I didn't mean to," she said softly.
"It's alright. As long as I have you by my side, it's all that matters," I told her.
"So uh... Does that mean we're back-" I kissed her on the lips again, which stopped her from finishing her question.
"Does that answer your question?" I asked her cheekily. Instead of replying, she smiled at me widely.
Heath's P.O.V.
I followed the boys and told them to not do anything that would embarrass Brax. Fortunately they listened to me as Brax was the leader of us boys, and we all knew better than to get on the wrong side of him. We all knew what he was capable of. Once we reached to wear Brax was, I noticed that he and Charlie had moved forwards a little, so that they were at a more viewable sight. This time, the two of them were kissing. Some of the boys started whistling. I gave Mick, who was closest to me, a little nudge, and he stopped immediately. Obviously Brax had heard them, and he and Charlie pulled away from each other. He tried to regain his River Boy side, but none of the boys took him seriously. "Uh... Boys... What are you doing here?" he asked.
None of the boys hesitated at all. "We could ask Buckton the same question," Pee Wee, Brodie and Rob said in unison.
Brax and Charlie kept exchanging glances, but none of us knew what was going through their minds. Charlie leaned over to my brother and whispered something into his ear. Brax nodded in reply and began to speak. "So um... There's something we want to tell you, but you guys have to keep it a secret."
"Are you two getting married?" Mick joked. Charlie shot him a glance and he kept to himself straight away.
"Uh... Not quite yet mate," Brax responded. "We're going out," he announced.
The boys, who had seen the whole kiss, weren't surprised at all. In fact, there were a few compliments at hand. "Quite the cute couple, ya know..." Rob said. Some of the younger boys muttered in agreement.
"What's funny is that one of you is a fat big and the other, well, is smoking," Brodie said. Brax walked over to him and gave him a friendly punch.
"You've definitely got one of those statements right," he said. "Although the idea... It's quite the opposite actually." We all smirked at how ridiculous he was being.
Charlie's P.O.V.
I was actually quite surprised at how well the boys responded to this. My initial thought was that they would start threatening and criticising me. I finally decided to speak up. "You guys are alright with this?" I asked.
"Well you are one of them... A pig..." Brodie started. I saw Brax giving him a good old glare.
"Nah, you're alright. Yeah, you have been having a go at us but at least you're hot," Pee Wee said. "Although I'm not too sure what us boys would've done if Brax was sleeping with Watson," he continued.
"Haha hey, don't have a go at my colleague!" I said, in Georgina's defense.
"Eh... You know we were only joking," Brodie said, trying to wave it all off.
"Yeah, yeah," I kidded.
"You're not too bad out of the uniform," Heath said. "You've been pretty good to Casey too... Wait, hang on!" he said suddenly. "No wonder you two are so close with Case and Ruby! They know, don't they?"
"They knew before the break up," Brax said.
"You guys broke up..?" Heath asked.
Brax looked at me, literally telling me to take charge and explain the story. "Well we were together, then we fought, and now we're back together," I said, in the simplest term.
"How long have you been together?" they asked.
"Hey, hey, stop interrogating her!" Brax shouted. I grinned at him.
"Nah, it's all good babe," I replied.
"So why did you come here?" asked Leo.
"Well actually, Casey was the one who wanted me to come. He was the one who wanted me to stop you guys from doing this..." I said slowly.
"That's too late now..." replied Heath.
"Mate, there's no way we're leaving all this stuff behind. The cops will find it," Brodie shouted.
"They already have, idiot," said Pee Wee.
