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DAYS UNTILL WEDDING: ABSOLUTLY NONE
'You look beautiful' Ruby insisted, squeezing her mums hand.
Charlie grinned and stifled back tears
'Don't you cry, or I will have to redo all your make-up' Bianca instructed while hugging Charlie from behind. Charlie nodded and kissed Bianca's cheek.
Bianca had come over early in the morning and began Charlie and Ruby's make-up. They were sitting on tall stools with a full-length mirror in front. Charlie smiled at her reflection and felt exhilarated, this is the day that she had been waiting for her entire life. Brax was at a hotel with Heath and a few of the other river-boys.
'Are you so excited' Ruby grinned. Charlie nodded and touched her face lightly; she stared at herself in the mirror and her reflection shone back at her. 'Its so perfect' she breathed
'My make-up does do wonders you beautiful girl' Bianca laughed while blowing a kiss. Charlie frowned lightly and continued to stare out at nothing. 'The wedding venue is prepared, Brax and the boys are on time, I look amazing and I have two of my favorite girls with me. Its to perfect' she murmered
Ruby refilled Charlie's champagne glass with a fancy French bottle that Brax left for the girls. 'There is no such thing as to perfect' Ruby reminded while passing Charlie her glass back 'there is. Something has to go wrong- It always does at weddings' Charlie exclaimed
'Sweetie, you might just be lucky' Bianca soothed while hugging Charlie from behind.
'No, not today. Something has to go wrong, something is going to go wrong; I can feel it.' Charlie began to get flustered, her palms were sweating, everything had been eerily perfect so far, like a movie. Life isn't a movie- every wedding has a stuff-up.
Ruby glanced at Bianca nervously; they couldn't let Charlie walk down the aisle in this state. Charlie continued to rub her sweating palms down her grey tracksuit pants. 'Hang on. Where is Georgie?' Charlie asked. She spun her head around eagerly searching the room for her friend. 'She had to go to work- someone called her mobile and she literally bolted out the door' Ruby explained
Charlie took a deep breath 'on my wedding day?" she said her voice almost sounding strained. Bianca rubbed Charlie's back amorously 'Well, she will obviously be coming back and…. maybe this is what is going wrong at your wedding' Bianca began to conduct an explanation to lower Charlie's panic.
'Yeah, this is the worst that is going to happen, Georgia is just missing for an hour or so and I bet that any minute she will be back through the door ready to go' Ruby added. Charlie nodded and smiled 'Yeah, you are probably right; can I maybe just call her and check that everything is ok?' Charlie asked, reaching for her mobile. 'Ruby will do that' Bianca instructed nodding in the direction of Charlie's mobile. 'I still have to get your hair done and if you are busy speaking on your phone, it will be lopsided from all your head bopping' Bianca laughed.
'I can keep my head still when I talk on the phone' Charlie pouted innocently but still passed Ruby her mobile.
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Georgia sat at her desk when suddenly she heard a knock at her door. 'Come in' she shouted out.
'Detective C' a handsome businessman greeted her smiling.
'Callum, what are you doing here?' Georgia smiled leaning on her desk
'We, at the government of Criminal Law were just checking up on a few rather strange decisions that have been made by you lately' he began
Georgia waved her hand to stop Callum from speaking. 'If this is about my gun missing, I have already put in a formal request for its where-abouts to be investigated' Georgia explained
Callum frowned lightly, his forehead creased severely 'I'm sorry Detective but this is a little bit more serious than that' he snapped.
Georgia looked taken aback. She knew that with Loren working, things were a bit more hectic but she couldn't think of anything that would require a formal visit from the department.
'I am wondering why you had requested Harmon and Jake Pirovic to be allowed bail midway through their sentence' Callum asked
Georgia frowned 'I didn't' she replied confused
'Its ok- we are just wondering why we weren't informed of this decision' Callum said calmly. Georgia's eyes widened and she stood up from her desk 'Callum, I didn't request any bail for them, I haven't even touched their files in months' Georgia explained sternly
'Georgia, these two men are out roaming the streets because of an email that we got from your computer' He defended
'Someone must have hacked my email or gotten into my office' Georgia cried
Callum took a step towards Georgia and whispered harshly 'So, you are telling me that we have two high-level criminals just roaming the streets'
'Do you think it could be related to my gun missing?' Georgia asked
Callum's frown lines deepened and he rubbed his face miserably 'this entire Law enforcement department is corrupted' he muttered
Georgia put a hand on his arm 'Callum. You do believe that I'm not involved in this, right?" she asked
Callum took his hands away from his face and stared at Georgia 'this is a serious issue; we have to find out where Harman and Jake are. We have to find out who is there accomplice is. But, yes I do believe you' He shook his head
Callum turned away from her for a moment but then flicked his head up and stared into her eyes. 'Georgia, someone is doing a ****ing good job of setting you up' he muttered
'I know' she replied
'We need to find them immediately, can you set-up roadblocks on every highway' He instructed
Georgia sheepishly smiled 'I can't, I have a wedding to go to'
Callum rolled his eyes 'Have fun but be careful Georgie'
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Charlie was just about to get into her dress. She kept staring at the door.
'Where is she?' Charlie asked
'I told you that I called her at least 20 times- she didn't answer' Ruby reassured.
At that moment the front door flew open and Georgia ran through the opening, her face was red and puffed. 'I am so sorry that I am late, you look gorgeous sweetie' she smiled at Charlie
Charlie put her hands on her hips and huffed 'I was freaking out' she snapped. Georgia waved that comment away 'I'm here now. Someone get me a very big glass of wine'
Bianca smiled at Georgia before turning back to face Charlie. 'We need you to get changed; There is only an hour left' Bianca then insisted. Georgia sat in the corner thinking, there was no need to tell Charlie and the others about Jake and Hammer missing from jail- it would just worry them; there was nothing that they could do about it.
'Georgie, come help me get this dress on' Charlie called out while waving her hand in front of Georgia's face to get her attention.
Georgia nodded 'Sorry, I was just thinking...about stuff' she murmered before standing up and walking over to help delicately pull the dress onto Charlie's slender body. Charlie was now grinning and clapping excitedly. 'I am almost a married woman'
Bianca laughed 'Yes, you are almost married… but I need you to stay still so that I can make sure this dress is on you properly' she told.
Charlie nodded and attempted to hold her fidgety body still. She watched the cream fabric ride up her legs and hug her skin. It felt different but exhilarating to have such a special day completely dedicated to Brax and her love.
'Georgie, you and Heath are giving the speeches at the wedding remember' Charlie said, running through the procedure of events.
Georgia nodded while tying the silk around her Charlie's slender waist 'Yep. I have the perfect amount of humor, love and crappy Internet quotes to make this speech a success' she laughed
Charlie nodded 'Good. Ok, um…what else do I need to check on?'
Georgia put a hand on Charlie's arm 'Nothing, I hired a wedding planner who is going to make-sure everything is on time and perfect' she promised.
Charlie glanced at the photo frames on the dresser opposite them; they were in a timeline that showed all the Braxton boy's lives. There were photos of Casey with Xavier and ones with him kissing Ruby and tightly hugging her from behind. Heath had photos of him and Georgia when they were both in high school on prom night. Georgia looked even skinnier and prettier- if that was possible. Then there were Brax's photos and Charlie felt a smile form on her lips and she reminisced over the memories. It only just hit her that Brax was the biggest part of her life, she felt absorbed by his presence and loved being with him- I suppose that is why they were taking the next step. Charlie had heard that a lot of people fret over weddings- they have pre-wedding jitters and doubts of whether a married life is really for them but Charlie had no doubts, she was so excited to walk down that aisle that she would have been happy to jump out of bed that morning and marry Brax wearing her silk pj shorts and her old sweater.
Charlie turned her head to face Bianca, Georgia and Ruby. 'I'm fine- I can put my jewelry on myself, you guys go get changed' she said waving the three girls out of the room. Georgia linked her arm through Bianca's and ruby's and they all bustled into Heath and Georgia's old room.
Bianca pulled out the three dresses on a rack. They were a pale purple color, nothing to "disco" or bland, the perfect mix of class and arse.
Ruby grabbed two dresses off the collection and she passed one of them to Georgia. 'These are beautiful' Ruby breathed while feeling the fabric of the dress in-between her fingers. 'Yeah, thanks for organizing the dresses Bianca' Georgia added.
Bianca waved her hand in dismissal and she sat on the bed 'Don't worry about it- It's the least I could do with you organizing the entire wedding' she said smiling at Georgia. The three girls sat on the bed for a minute in silence.
'Wait. We shouldn't leave the bride by herself. She may get drunk and dance down the aisle like that crazy YouTube video' Georgia suddenly said
Bianca nodded 'Oh yea. True, I 'll go wait with her and then when you two are dressed we can swap' she said
Ruby nodded as Bianca quickly walked out of the room.
'This is surreal, I honestly never thought that Charlie would get married' Ruby told Georgia, making polite conversation as they both began to take off their clothes. 'Ha-ha, I used to think that I was miss Anti-commitment as well' she laughed in response. Ruby then suddenly watched Georgia pull on her dress; she grabbed her gun from her handbag and stuffed it down the side of her dress.
'I thought that you lost your gun' Ruby said blankly watching Georgia fumble with the zip of her dress.
Georgia flicked her head up 'Huh, oh well my gun was stolen I didn't lose it. I don't lose things like that' she replied
Ruby blushed, she felt awkward for implying such a thing 'No, I know. I guess I'm just wondering why you are bringing…a gun…. to a wedding' Ruby laughed dryly
Georgia stood up stiffly 'I have a loaned gun until mine is found' she said patting the gun in her side. 'I am just bringing it to be careful'
Ruby looked confused 'what is their to be careful about? Do you want to catch the bouquet that much that you are going to shoot down every other woman' Ruby giggled
Georgia looked at the ground 'Sure' she muttered before walking out of the room. Ruby could tell that something wasn't right. Why did Georgia need to take a gun?
The next few moments went quickly, Bianca got changed, a photographer came around and took the girls pictures together, it was all a mix of blown kisses, hugs and dresses that Ruby forgot about the gun, Georgia tried to forget about Jake and Hammer but she still could help scanning the area- as if Hammer and Jake would just pop up somewhere, It would actually be easier if they would because it would mean that Georgia could stop being paranoid about the whole situation and she could dump their scheming asses back in jail.
'Ok girls, the limousine will be here in 20 minutes, go touch up on your make-up and what-ever else and I will meet you there' the wedding planner instructed. Charlie nodded and squealed to herself. Bianca, Georgia and Ruby joined in and they all linked arms before pouring a final glass of champagne, pressing it to their lips and pouring the bubbly mixture down their throat in a mix of excitement and giggles.
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Brax waited at the alter, Heath stood behind him grinning at the waiting crowd of people.
'You have the rings, right?' Brax muttered to Heath
'For the one-millionth time yes, I do! Georgia forced me to literally sticky-tape them to my jacket pocket' Heath whispered back.
Brax chuckled to himself; trust Georgia to get Heath to do that Brax took a deep breath and he faced the end of the aisle. Brax was craving to see Charlie walk down it, he couldn't wait to hold her hands in his own and kiss her soft lips once they were pronounced married.
Suddenly a long drawn out violin noise began. The music echoed out into the sea breeze. Brax grinned; he knew that by the beginning of the soft music, Charlie would be here soon.
Amber began down the aisle, her small fingers fluttered white and purple petals around. People in the aisles of seats cooed and grinned at the small girl.
Bianca began to walk down the aisle next, she gracefully took her place up the front, Georgia followed behind, her hair had began to grow back after the chemo and she was able to style it like Twiggy- the petite model from the 60's. She winked at Brax before standing next to Bianca.
After that Brax saw Charlie at the end of the aisle, it seemed to stretch for miles as she slowly began her walk; Ruby's arm was loosely threaded through Charlie's. Brax and Charlie couldn't keep their eyes off each other. It was like no one else was even around. She had a beaming smile on her face; nothing could take this moment away from either of them. Charlie kissed Ruby's cheek lightly before taking a final step until she reached Brax. 'Hi' he whispered while taking her shaking hands in his own. Charlie smiled back at Brax, she could smell wafts of his aftershave 'You smell nice' she whispered, and Brax mouthed back 'So do you, beautiful'
The minister coughed lightly before beginning. 'Friends and family, we are gathered here today to celebrate and witness the marriage of Daryl Braxton and Charlie Buckton'
Brax stared deeper into Charlie's eyes, he had subconsciously blocked out the ministers voice, all he could think of was Charlie who was currently staring at Brax. Brax gave her hands a small squeeze. Charlie responded to that by softly drawing shapes on Brax's palm with her index finger. Charlie shot her mind back into reality when she heard Brax begin his vows. 'Ok, lets be honest. Charlie, when we first met. You hated me' this caused a lot of laughter from the seated guests 'its ok, it made me like you more. I fought to get your attention and to keep it. I love everything about you Charlie Buckton and I am in awe that you have allowed me into your life. You have managed to make me laugh and for the first time, to love. I was scared at first that I felt so strongly about someone but after a while I realized that I couldn't mess this up. Whenever I think about you Charlie, the future comes to my mind. I imagine raising a family with you and spending every moment with you' Brax took a shaky breath and he stroked Charlie's cheek lightly. Charlie closed her eyes for a split second and she leant into Brax hand. Charlie then straightened up and began her own vows. 'Bra- Daryl, You were a handful. I have never been with anyone like you before; you have to ability to make me trust you- it sometimes would scare me that I relied on you for so much. I used to dodge commitment, I was afraid of being hurt but once I met you I knew that committing to you would be the, the' Charlie stifled back tears 'best decision I could make. I made you work for my love, at first I never gave in to your flirting- but your persistence was what proved to me that you had no desire to give up anytime soon. You have made me appreciate tattoos for more than just a symbol of toughness, you have made me take risks and most importantly you, you have made me fall head over heels in love with you' she ended in a whisper. Brax smiled back at Charlie. ' I love you to' he mouthed back.
The minister then asked for the rings. Heath pulled them out of his suit jacket pocket and he made a tremendous big deal of ripping off the sticky tape.
Georgia couldn't help but let-out a small laugh. Heath rolled his eyes at her before handing the rings to the minister. Charlie shed a few tears as they exchanged rings. Her body was slowly drifting towards Brax's.
'I can now pronounce you man and wife' the minister declared. The atmosphere exploded with cheers and Brax grabbed Charlie's body, he lowered his mouth to hers and kissed her lips softly.
Suddenly the crowd went quiet and Brax pulled away from Charlie.
There was a faint echo of clapping coming from the back of the ceremony and Georgia's mouth sprung open in shock as she saw both Hammer and Jake walk casually down the aisle. Hammer was holding the gun that belonged to Georgia in his hand and Jake was clapping wildly.
'What are you doing here?' Georgia asked stepping down from the small stage that the ceremony had taken place on. Brax grabbed Charlie's hand and Hammer spun the gun around in his fingers.
'You let us out on bail, remember Detective' Jake winked at Georgia who shuddered in response.
Georgia slowly reached into the side of her dress for her gun.
'Don't move' Jake spat at her. Georgia continued to slowly reach for her gun.
'Don't you ****ing move Detective!' He shouted even louder. This sudden raise in tension caused several members of the guests to whimper and try to squish their bodies further away from Hammer and Jake.
'Put the gun down' she said slowly
'Hammer! Put the gun down' Heath echoed, he was obviously nervous for his wife's safety.
Hammer shook his head 'Nup' he took a few steps forward, his eyes glued to both Brax and Charlie.
Brax tried to step in front of Charlie but she resisted against him so that they were standing together.
'What are you doing here?' Charlie called out
'It's a wedding. I love weddings' Jake replied smiling at Charlie icily.
'Leave' Brax instructed
Hammer shook his head and pointed the gun at Charlie.
'No!' several voices cried out as they watched Hammer flick the lock off the gun.
'Yes' Hammer replied to the voices. The trigger was pulled and the sound of a single firework cracked through the atmosphere. Someone had been shot.
Brax breathed heavily. He turned and faced Charlie who was crying, tears were streaming down her cheeks. Who had been shot? Hammer and Jake had fled the scene and Brax looked down.
Georgia was now lieing in a pool of her blood, she had jumped in front of the gun and saved both Brax and Charlie's lives.
'Oh my god' Brax cried, his voice ripped through the silence and threw everyone back into reality.
Brax, Heath and Charlie all ran to her side
'Mum! Mum' Amber cried, tears poured out of her eyes. She let out a blood-curdling scream and Ruby immediately pulled her into a hug and away from the blood. She didn't need to see her mum like that.
Brax stroked Georgia's hair and Heath lifted her head onto his lap.
'Georgie, come on. Come on' Heath whispered preying for her eyes to open.
Charlie watched Georgia's crimson blood slowly stain her dress, tears streamed down her cheeks as she dialed for an ambulance.
Brax placed his hand over the bullet hole, blood still streamed through his fingers 'I can't stop her from bleeding ' Brax said tearfully.
Georgia's eyes suddenly flickered open lightly. 'Hey…' she whispered painfully
'Oh god, Georgie' Heath exclaimed, stroking her face
'I took a bullet for you' she whispered to Brax 'Just like that terrible Bruno Mars song says' she laughed in an excruciatingly painful whisper. The life was slowly draining out of her body. 'I love you guys. You were always my favorite' she breathed closing her eyes again.
'Open your eyes, beautiful' Brax whispered
'God Dammit! Georgia wake-up' Heath cried, tears spilt from his eyes.
Georgia drifted back into consciousness. 'Promise that you will read my speech that I was going to read today- It was bloody awesome' she smiled at Brax and Charlie whom had now returned to the scene. 'We promise' Brax whispered
'I have had so much fun this year, seriously. I ****ing beat cancer, I got married and I have my best friend back and I made new friends as well' she said so quietly that It was almost impossible to hear. 'I love you so much' she whispered to Heath. Heath smiled at her and kissed Georgia's forehead 'I love you to, but you are going to be ok' he whispered back. Georgia flicked her glance to Charlie and she opened her mouth to speak before letting out a small scream of pain, her eyes clenched shut. 'Just hold on. The ambulance will be here soon' Charlie promised.
Georgia nodded in pain but continued to speak 'Become a detective Charlie- you will be an awesome one. Not as awesome as me…but close' she smiled. Charlie nodded; not opening her mouth, as she knew that if she did, words would only make the situation worse.
'Brax' Georgia began trying to find the energy to grin in her weakened body.
'Hey Georgie-girl' Brax whispered while continuing to stroke her hair.
'You are my favorite friend and I know that I was probably really annoying at times but I love you' she added
'You are my favorite friend as well' Brax breathed
Georgia smiled before shutting her eyes again.
'Georgia' Heath whispered 'Georgia! Wake-up, Georgia' he began to cry out
'Georgia!' Heath shook her pale body.
Brax pulled his brother into a tight hug 'She is gone mate. She is gone' He whispered.
Everyone had left the scene and the four friends all sat together, tears fell out of everyone's eyes. They waited in silence. The siren of the ambulance forced Heath to sit back up. 'Its to late, Its to damn late' he muttered.
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Charlie walked upto Brax in the hospital.
'Are you ok?' she asked snuggling into Brax's arms.
'Yeah, I just read Georgia's speech' he told her.
Charlie nodded. She was unsure of what to say.
'It was awesome or as she would say-' Brax paused for a moment.
'The perfect balance of humor, love and crappy internet quotes' Brax and Charlie said together.
'I miss her already' Brax muttered
'We all do' Charlie added 'A cop came and told me that Loren was the one involved in helping the Pirovic's- apparently she stole Georgia's gun and Sent the request for bail'
Brax nodded and pulled Charlie closer into his arms. 'I doubt that anyone will ever forget her' he muttered
Charlie smiled 'I don't she would let us'
Brax then turned to look into Charlie's eyes. 'Apart from this day ending in…tragedy. I am so glad that we are married now.' He whispered
'Me to' Charlie nodded.
'This entire year has been such a long ride of adventures' he laughed, thinking back to everything that had happened.
'Yeah' Charlie agreed 'Plus, I have something to tell you' she smiled
'What?' Brax asked
'While the doctor was checking me out for injuries, he found something' Charlie built up to the surprise.
'What did he find?' Brax asked concerned
'Brax, I'm pregnant' she smiled. Brax's eyes widened in shock and he immediately kissed Charlie's lips passionately. This was the beginning to a new chapter.
Brax stood up 'Charlie, we never got to have our first dance' he said
'Lets have it here' she replied standing up.
Brax took Charlie's hands and he pulled her close. They wrapped their arms around each other and took their first dance together as a couple. A married couple.
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RIP. GC
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The end.
Wow. Such a rollercoaster of emotions. This is my final chapter for this fanfic. I hope you like it and the way that it ended. I know that Georgia's final words may have seemed slightly casual and strange but throughout this story she is known for keeping the calm and being crazy but relaxed and very brave. I think that she went out perfectly. Please review and I hope you check out my future stories, I already have ideas for heaps more fanfics, home and away ones and lots more!
LONG LIVE CHAX!
XXX you guys are so amazing, Thankyou for following my ff from the start. There is a chance that I will write another ff continuing on from this story or maybe an alternate ending...I honestly don't know. What do you think?
