Charlie's POV:
I woke up to the sun streaming in through the curtains, I felt Brax's body against mine, his arm loosely around my waist, his head nuzzled into the crook of my neck, his breathing was heavy, he was obviously still asleep, I tried to creep out of the bed but I felt his arm tighten around me and he began to plant kisses on my neck,
"So you are awake then?" I muttered before turning to face him,
"Yeah, you're about as subtle as a gun." He said cheekily,
"Oi! I'm not that bad." He grinned at me, "You look tired." I continued.
"Do you wonder why? You had me up till the early hours of this morning, what can I say? You were very energetic."
"Well, I'd thought I'd make the effort, it was your birthday after all." He grinned at me again before placing a soft kiss on my lips, I used my index finger and began to trace over my tattoo on his arm,
"This is my favourite one." I looked up at him and he glanced down at the tattoo on his arm before looking back up at me and smiling,
"Why's that?" He asked.
"I don't know, I just do." I replied. "How old were you when you got them?"
"My first was this one." He pointed to the 'Blood and sand' tattoo, "Got it when I was eighteen." He continued, "Second was this one." He pointed to the one on his arm, "I was nineteen." Then he pointed to the one on his stomach, "This one and the one on my back when I was twenty."
"Interesting." I replied, "Did they hurt?"
"Not at all." He replied smugly,
"You can't fool me, Braxton, I've been exposed to your softer side."
"Oh have you now?" He replied seductively, before grabbing my waist and pulling me on top of him, I nodded slowly before leaning even closer to him and placing several long kisses on his lips,
"Mhm." He mumbled, as we continued to engage in our passionate embrace.
-2pm, surf club.-
Ruby and I were outside the surf club, we had just come out from the ladies changing rooms when Heath approached me angrily,
"You're a real home-wrecker, y'know that Buckton?"
"What Heath?"
"Forcing Brax to move to the city with you!"
"I'm not forcing your brother to do anything, Heath."
"Yeah and Casey's coming with us Heath." Ruby added.
"Hold on, how'd you know that? Heard from him lately?"
"Well I got a letter." She replied.
"Easy to lie in one of those, he's probably not even interested in a girl like you anymore." Ruby looked upset before walking off,
"You're a real piece of work, Heath."
"Yeah, we'll see who he chooses in the end, some whore over his own brother." Heath said slyly.
"Yeah Heath, we will see." I replied angrily before heading after Ruby.
-7pm, Charlie's place, dinner.-
Charlie's POV:
Brax, Ruby and I were sitting at the dinner table eating,
"Y'know what, I think I'm just gonna go to bed, I'm tired." Ruby said.
"Honey, you haven't finished your food." I said to her.
"I just don't feel up to it after what Heath said, sorry."
"It's fine sweetie, are you sure you're okay?"
"I'm fine, thanks Charlie, night." She said quietly before getting up and heading into her room, I put my knife and fork down on my plate,
"What'd Heath do?" Brax asked after Ruby had left. I looked at him before sighing, I got up and went into the kitchen.
"Hey, hey what's wrong?" Brax asked, he could tell I was upset, he walked closer to me, placed his hand under my chin and lifted my head up gently, attempting to look into my eyes, he dropped his hand back down to his side,
"Charlie, look at me." He said softly, I looked up at him,
"What'd Heath say?" He repeated.
"Nothing." I said shortly.
"Are you really gonna do this?"
"Do what?" I played dumb.
"Charlie, please, just tell me what happened, I can't help you if you don't tell me what's wrong!" He shouted.
"YOUR BROTHER CALLED ME A WHORE, THAT'S WHAT!" I found myself shouting back, my eyes found their way back up to Brax's face, it turned to anger,
"He did what?" He yelled.
"Please keep your voice down, I don't want Ruby to get any more upset."
"Sorry." Brax mumbled, we both looked into each other's eyes for a while,
"He came and had a go at me for 'being a home-wrecker', he said I was forcing you to move away with us to the City-"
"Well he's wrong!" Brax interrupted,
"Good, 'cause I don't want to be responsible for breaking the two of you apart." I said sadly.
"You won't be, anyway continue." Brax said.
"With what?"
"You can either tell me why he called you a whore, or I'll be much less forgiving and go over and ask him myself." Brax backed towards the door, I moved closer to him and grabbed his hand,
"No, don't." I pleaded with him.
"Then tell me what happened, Charlie." I dropped his hand,
"He just said, and I quote, 'Yeah, we'll see who he chooses in the end, some whore over his own brother'."
Brax looked at me apologetically, "I'm so sorry." He said.
"Well it's not your fault is it?"
"No, but still, he's not exactly gonna be apologising anytime soon."
I smiled lightly, "You alright?" Brax asked.
"Yeah I'm fine." He placed his hands on my waist and pulled me closer to him and placed a few soft kisses on my forehead.
-Few hours later, Charlie's.-
I checked my phone and saw a message from Brax:
'Just fired Liam.'
I replied immediately:
'What?'
'Pressure with Bianca's too much, plus, selling the restaurant I don't need a barman, and what with Angelo's being a ghost town at the moment.'
'Alright, so long as you're okay?'
'I'm fine, might finish up early today and come and see ya x'
'Kay, see you then x'
I put my phone back down on the table when I heard a knock on the door,
"Liam." I said as I opened the door,
He barged past me and into the living room, "Come right in then." I mumbled under my breath, I left the door open and followed Liam into the living room,
"Charlie, what on earth is happening between you and Bianca?" He asked.
"You'd be better asking her."
"Well I'm asking you, and I'm not leaving here unless you tell me!" He shouted,
"Hey! What's all the shouting about?" I relaxed when I heard Brax's voice, Liam turned around to look at him,
"Can someone please tell me what Bianca's hiding?" Liam yelled.
"Look mate, go and speak to Bianca about it." Brax said coolly.
"She won't tell me anything." Liam replied.
"Tell her that you know it's got something to do with the accident, and if she gives you grief, tell her that's what Brax said."
"And if she refuses to tell me?"
"You come and ask me and I'll tell you what's going on, but don't ever come and have a go at Charlie again, y'understand?"
Liam nodded silently before leaving and shutting the door behind him, Brax looked over to me,
"My hero." I said sarcastically,
"As always, I've always been a sucker for a damsel in distress."
I laughed at him, he moved closer to me,
"You alright?" He asked kindly, I nodded,
"Things are just so complicated." I said.
"I know." He intertwined his fingers in mine, "But as long as we do this together, we'll get through it fine, alright?"
I nodded before I wrapped my arms around Brax and hugged him tightly, burying my head in his chest, I felt comfortable in his company, like I hadn't got any cares in the world, he could make all my worries go away, and that was one of the many reasons why I loved him so much.
Hey guys, took a little longer than usual to get this one up as I'm a little busy aha, but I hope you enjoyed, thanks again for reading and reviewing my lovelies!x
