Sorry this chapter is late I had writers block! I'm going to try and put up 3 chapters a week from now on :)
"After we eat. Bub is hungry and I'm not going to make him wait" Charlie took a bite of her meal. "Ok but don't think you are getting out of it. So how is Rubes going with her study?" They continued to make small talk until they had finished their meals. Brax looked at Charlie "right so now it's your turn and no trying to get out of it!"
"So my full name is Charlotte Buckton but everyone calls me Charlie" she smiled at Brax. He was right this was hard. "So um family there is my Mum and Dad. Dad was always at work and Mum spent most of my life trying to make up for it. He missed all the important parts of life because someone needed his help or he had a break in a case. From a young age I felt the need to please him, to make him proud of me. I thought that if I did well at everything he would love me more. When I was 13 I meet Grant and...do I need to go after that again?"
Brax took her hand and shook his head. Charlie smiled lightly at him "thanks. I felt like my life was falling apart after I had Rubes. Even though it wasn't my fault I thought I had disappointed my Dad so I worked even harder to try and make him proud of me. After school I went straight into the police academy and worked hard to be the top of my class. I wanted to be the best cop I could to help people and also to make my Dad proud."
She took a sip of her drink "I have never been good with guys well um actually relationships. After Grant I never really felt like I could trust anyone, I knew that I had to look after myself because no one else would" she smiled to herself thinking about how far she had come. "There were a few guys before I moved to Summer Bay but nothing serious. When I moved here I had my sites set on Roman Harris but the timing wasn't right for us. Then when I worked on Joey's case I feel in love with her." Brax smiled he still found it hard to believe that she was in a relationship with a female.
"Don't smile like that!" she said giving him a little slap. "I really did love her but she was right I wasn't ok about my sexuality. Then there was the one night with Hugo, if I could take that back I would." She looked down for a moment before continuing on "and then of course there was Angelo. I thought I loved him at the time but now I know deep down I really didn't. We went through a lot together and I really owe him but I guess it's like you and Tegan, there was something that just wasn't right."
"Why did you stay with him if you know it wasn't right?" Charlie looked at Brax trying to work out the answer for herself before she could answer "at the time I don't really know there was anything missing. It wasn't until I found true love that I realised what it felt like." She looked at Brax causing him to blush. They smiled at each other before leaning in for a long passionate kiss. Charlie forced herself to pull back before she got to involved, she was still having cravings for sex and would have jumped Brax if they weren't in the middle of a busy restaurant.
"I spent most of my life trying to please my father and it's taken me a while to work out what is important in life. People often get the wrong impression about me, some might even call me stubborn and tenacious." Brax chucked to himself. Charlie smiled before continuing on "but I would do anything for my family and friends." She rubbed her tummy "guess that's even more important now with this little guy. He must be pretty special because I'm not even worried about giving up work for a year."
Brax tried to look shocked "who are you and what did you do with Charlie?" She giggled "I'm serious! When Ruby found out I was her Mum she didn't really need mothering but this baby needs everything from me."
"Don't forget he has me as well" Brax grinned at her. "We are going to give our baby everything. I plan on having another couple of restaurants in the new few years so you don't need to worry about going back to work if you don't want to." Charlie kissed him lightly on the lips before pointing to her tummy "you better watch out we might have a few more of these in the next couple of years aswell."
Brax laughed "watch out babe I might hold you to that! Do you want dessert?" She shook her head "I'm a bit tired would it be ok if you take me home?"
When they reached the door of the house Charlie looked at Brax. "I guess this is good night then" she said with a cheeky smile "don't want to give you the wrong idea by sleeping with you on the first date." Brax didn't say anything but lent in and passionately kissed her. Charlie kissed him back, getting lost in his arms. As she slipped her hands up under Brax's shirt feeling his muscle body underneath, he pulled back with a smile on his face giving her one last kiss "I better go."
"You know I was just joking" said Charlie taking his hand and turning to lead him inside. Brax pulled her back lightly "as much as I want to stay, I don't think it's a good idea." Charlie looked at his in surprise "you don't want to spend the night with me?"
Brax put his arms around her waist pulling her body into his "I really want to spend the night with you but I don't think we are ready to sleep together again. This all got so messy because we put sex before our relationship and this time it's going to be different." He kissed her forehead.
She nodded, as much as she wanted to be with him she could also see his point. "I promise our next date won't be as serious. Good night Charlie" he let go of her and walked away. "Bye" she answered with a smile before going inside.