Charlie's POV:
I woke up beside Brax, his arm wrapped tightly around my waist, me snuggled into his chest, I slowly and gently wriggled out of his grasp before rolling out of the bed, all my worries had come rushing back to me. I headed to my wardrobe and pulled out my purple silk dressing gown, I slid into it, before heading out to the kitchen and making coffee. I walked back into the living room and paced up and down, around the table, to the sofa, walking round and round, I sat down on the couch and started hugging my knees, a few tears trailing down my cheeks, I wiped them away before resting my head on me knee caps. I felt somebody sit down beside me, someone's hand pulling my arm away from covering my face, Brax. I tilted my head in his direction and his deep green eyes looked into mine,
"You alright?" He asked me softly.
I nodded slowly,
"I don't know why I bother asking, you're obviously not." I tried to force a smile, he moved closer to me on the couch, he put an arm around me and pulled me closer to him, I intertwined my fingers in his and leant my head on his shoulder, he kissed me softly on my forehead, I stayed there in silence for a while before moving away from him slightly, he withdrew his arm from around me and I reached out and held his other hand. I looked up into his eyes again.
"I just..." I trailed off, Brax squeezed my hands to encourage me to continue, I bowed by head again, "I feel like Bianca and I have no friendship anymore, I feel like I've not stopped lying since you came into my life, and..." I hesitated, "I feel like a criminal." Brax laughed at my last comment, I looked up at him to see him smirking, he soon realised the seriousness of the situation and stopped, he pulled my hands closer to him so that my body moved into his, he wrapped my hands around him before letting them go and embracing me tightly, he didn't say anything, just hugged me, not letting go.
-2 hours later.-
Brax had left to go to work, I tried to cheer myself up but had absolutely nothing good going for me to achieve that, except for Brax, and even that wouldn't work.
There was a knock on the door, I quickly got up and went to answer it, it was Georgina,
"Hey Charlie." She said briskly.
"Hi." I replied.
"Listen, I can't stop for long, actually can barely stop at all, just wanted to let you know that we're off the hook."
I gave her a confused look, "What do you mean?"
"They found the cocaine that was stolen from the police car at a known drug-dealer's house, and, the evidence box was there too, of course he pulled the whole 'I don't know how that got there, I'm being framed!' fiasco, but hey, just thought I should let you know."
"Great, yeah thanks." She smiled at me before leaving, I shut the door behind her, my thought process completely increased, my heart beating faster, Brax had framed someone else, I ran into my bedroom and picked up my phone, with trembling hands, I quickly typed out a message to Brax,
'Meet me at the beach in 10, we need to talk.'
He replied straight away,
'I'll be there.'
I put my phone in my pocket, and grabbed my keys before heading out the front door and towards the beach, I arrived to see Brax waiting for me, the area was quiet, almost desolate. I walked straight over to him, he looked up and smiled when he saw me approaching, I didn't return it,
"How could you?" I asked, just as I stopped dead in front of him.
"How could I what?" He asked.
"How could you plant the evidence box and the cocaine at someone else's place?"
"Charlie." He reached out to take my hand but I stepped back, "I was trying to get us in the clear, we're clear now, we're fine, you're in the clear, baby."
"How are you so cool about this Brax? You've lied, you planted evidence-"
"He was gonna get done for it anyway." He interrupted.
"But who are you to decide whether he gets done for it or not?"
"I was just trying to help you, I was trying to help us."
"It wasn't for you to decide Brax." I turned around and walked away from him,
"Wait, Charlie." Brax called after me, he grabbed my arm, I turned around and put my hand on his chest, I pushed him away but he moved my hands from his waist and pulled me into him. I looked up into his eyes, he looked into mine, we stared at each other for a while before I pulled away from him and ran home.
I slumped on the couch when I got back, stressed out, worried, upset. I was sitting down for no longer than five minutes when there was a continuous knock on the door. I remained on the couch for a minute, my eyes closed, the person continued to knock,
"ALRIGHT, I'M COMING!" I yelled.
I angrily flung open the door to see Brax there, I attempted to slam the door shut but he had stuck his foot in the doorway, he pushed it open again, I stepped back slightly,
"Just hear me out Charlie, please!"
I looked up at him, he looked sincere, "Alright."
"I had to get rid of the evidence Charlie."
I nodded slightly,
"So?" He asked softly, reaching out his hand, it gently brushed across mine, I pulled away.
"So what?" I asked him.
"What does this mean for us?"
"I just, can't help thinking, if we stayed together, would I be living my life further and further outside the law?"
"What can I do Charlie, what can I do to prove I've changed? I'm not a crook, you know that."
"Not anymore, so you say."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Prove to me that you're on the straight and narrow."
"How? You tell me how to do it and it's done."
I looked at him with sad eyes, he looked confused,
"Give up being a riverboy."
His eyes widened and he looked at me sadly,
"Charlie, that's the one thing I can't do."
"Then I can't do this." I began to shut the door, but he pushed it open again,
"Those boys, they're my family!"
"See, it's not so easy now, is it?" A few tears fell down my cheeks, I looked up at Brax one last time before I gently closed the door, and this time, he didn't stop me, I rested my back against the door and slumped down onto the floor, I heard Brax walk away from the door, away from our house, away from me, my tears began falling faster and faster.
Hey guys, sorry it's been a few days since the update, hope you enjoyed this chapter, it was shorter than usual. I'm running low on ideas so if anyone has any, leave a comment under reviews or inbox me please. (: