Tori burst through the hospital doors with Justin carrying Charlie behind her "help!" she called "I need some help here!"

Nate came running with two nurses and a trolley "here put her down…what happened?" he asked as they hurried to a room.

"She's pregnant and bleeding," Tori started "from what I can see it's just first term bleeds but the pains she's getting are concerning me."

"Nate," Charlie whimpered "am I losing my baby?"

Nate looked down on her and rubbed her arm "I'm not sure Charlie but I will do all I can," he said and turned to a nurse to hand out orders "first we'll get a scan to see what's going on."

Nate took Tori aside "are you a doctor?" he asked

"Yes," she replied "can you help my sister? Is she gonna lose the baby?"

"You're Charlie's sister?" he asked surprised.

"Yes," she replied and looked over as Charlie cried out "just help her please," she asked and hurried to her.

"I can't do this Tori!" she sobbed "it's killing me!"

Justin leaned over her "you listen to me Charlie, this little tyke is not going anywhere, you're upset and under a lot of stress, everything is gonna be okay…I'm gonna go get Brax," he said and kissed her on the head "I love ya, I'll be back soon," he said and hurried off.

Tori moved out of the way as a nurse came in with a scanner, sliding her hand into Charlie's she watched Nate make faces at the screen "what?" she asked.

Nate looked at Charlie quickly before turning to Tori "I can't find a heartbeat," he said sadly.

"No!" Charlie cried and gripped Tori as she sobbed.

Tori rubbed Charlie's head and pulled her closer "Charlie," she sniffed "I'm so so sor…" she trailed off and gasped at a small noise.

Charlie looked at the screen and wiped her face "is that?" she asked and sat up a bit.

Nate smiled and turned the screen to her "yes Charlie, it's your baby's heartbeat, he's still there-he was just hiding."

"Oh thank god," Tori said and hugged Charlie.

Charlie smiled and leaned a little closer "thank you Nate," she said without taking her eyes off the screen.

"Just doing my job...Sid is on his way he wants to see you, get some rest Charlie, you'll be kept over night," he replied and left.

Tori smiled down on Charlie "told you everything would be okay."

Charlie looked up at her "thank you for being there-for acting so quickly…I don't know what I would have done if you weren't there."

Tori hugged her "I'll always be here, how about I got to the shop and get you some real food and a few mags?"

Charlie nodded and sat up a bit "can you check on Justin too? Something tells me he's roaming the halls looking for Ruby's room in a panic," she chuckled.

Tori chuckled and walked to the door "I can picture him looking in every room instead of asking a nurse…won't be long," she said and slipped out of the room.

Charlie lay back and looked out the window, rubbing her stomach she sighed it was so close, this couldn't happen again, she needed to take better care of herself. She jumped as the door burst open and Brax sprang in.

Brax panted as he hurried to her, grabbing her hand he looked up at her with pleading eyes "is he…did we…" he trailed off, he couldn't bring himself to ask.

Charlie smiled and slid her hand onto his "he's still there, he's fine."

Brax closed his eyes in relief "oh thank god…what happened? Justin said you were bleeding and getting pains."

"I don't really know," she replied "you had just left, I just got a crippling pain and dropped to the floor it was really really sore I couldn't get back up, I didn't notice the bleeding until Tori started yelling for Justin."

Brax closed his eyes at the thought of her in pain, sitting up beside her he wrapped his arm around her "what did the doctor say?"

"Nate was here first, at first he couldn't find the heartbeat-scariest minute of my life," she sighed. "He didn't really explain much after that just that the baby was okay and Sid was on his way."

Brax nodded "do you think this thing with Robbie pushed you over the edge?"

Charlie looked down at her hands "I think everything going on the last week has pushed me over the edge, I mean there has been a lot to deal with."

Brax nodded "and half of that is my fault," he sighed.

"None of it is your fault," she said quickly "look Brax no point in looking for someone to blame all that matters is the baby is okay."

Brax nodded and dropped a kiss on her forehead "you're right, I'm sorry I wont mention any of it again…so I guess Tori and Justin know now?"

Charlie nodded "Casey and Ruby too," she said raising an eyebrow.

"How does Ruby know?" he frowned "I mean I had a chat with Casey and told him-but I swore him to secrecy."

Charlie chuckled "Ruby may have been unconscious but she could still hear…I better tell April and the others before it gets back to them."

"Okay," Brax said and stood up as Sid walked in "but not tonight," he added and stepped out of the way.

"Sid," Charlie greeted.

Sid picked up her chart and smiled quickly "sorry I took so long I was finishing off a stitching…how are you feeling?"

"My stomach is a bit sore and bubbly but other than that I'm okay," she replied.

Sid nodded and lifted the sheet "and Dr Cooper stopped the bleeding?" he asked taking a quick look.

"It stopped by itself…do you know why this happened?" she asked.

Sid stepped back and scribbled on her chart "bleeding first trimester is not uncommon, but considering we've been here before I want to see you more, how's once a week sound?"

Charlie nodded "is there anything I can do?"

Sid sat on her bed "Charlie I suggest you take it really really easy-no stress, no working yourself up and no working," he said and handed her a note.

"Bed rest?" she shrieked "Sid I can't take this much time off."

"Yes she can," Brax said taking the note from her "I'll go see Joyce with this."

Sid checked her monitors "you're a little dehydrated, I'll send a nurse in with fluids and check in with you in the morning, the best thing you can do right now Charlie is get some rest," he said as he walked out of the room.

"Thanks Sid!" Brax called after him and walked back to the bed "what's more important?"

"I know," she sighed "I just can't picture myself sitting around for two months doing nothing."

Brax chuckled and dropped a kiss on her forehead "go to sleep."


The next morning Brax knocked on Charlie's door "knock knock," he chuckled and walked to her "morning babe," he said and kissed her "you look miles away."

"Sorry, hey and I am," she mumbled "Bianca finally got back in touch."

"What she want?" he sighed, he'd called her dozens of times when the girls crashed so did everyone else no one was able to reach her.

"Seems she was on some retreat with that guy, apparently there were no phones allowed," Charlie scoffed.

"What did you say to her?" he asked curiously.

"Oh I let her have it," she chuckled "I yelled and yelled…told her not to come, then Nate took the phone off me saying I was to calm down."

Brax shook his head "that explains why April kept cancelling calls and was snapping at everyone last night."

"I warned her not to call," Charlie huffed "April's been through enough."

Brax stood up "uh, I went to see Ruby before I left last night…she heard Justin talking to me outside last night, she's freaking. Do you think you'd be up for a visit from her if I go get her?"

Charlie nodded "yeah, we can lie here together," she chuckled.

Brax chuckled and leaned into her "I'll go get her…I'm so glad you're both okay," he said and kissed her.

Charlie smiled and kissed him quickly "why don't you go home and get some sleep or go for a surf, I'm sure you're sick of this place," she chuckled.

"I'm okay," he yawned "but I am going to call that estate agent guy, Angelo's should be on the website by now."

Charlie's eyes went wide "why don't you leave that for a few days? Just until everything blows over," she added quickly.

Brax raised an eye brow at her quick reply but shrugged it off "I'll just get Ruby then…back in a sec," he said and slipped out of the room.

"Damn it," she sighed and grabbed her phone "Kyle!" she said as soon as he answered.

"Hey, how are you?" he replied "I was gonna come see you last night but Brax said you needed rest."

"I'm fine everything is okay…can you come see me like right now?" she asked.

"Are you that bored?" he chuckled "yeah I can come now."

"Great, and if Brax asks you just dropped in…keep this call between us," she replied.

"Why do I get the feeling you're gonna make me do something?" he asked.

"Because I am, see ya soon, bye," she said and hung up.

….

A while later Charlie sat in her bed with Ruby and April just watching her "you guys wanna ask something?"

April and Ruby looked at one another before Ruby looked back at Charlie "why didn't you tell us you were pregnant?"

Charlie sighed and looked at April "how did you find out?"

"I heard Justin ask Tori was there any news earlier…so?" she asked.

Charlie sighed again "look girls it was too early to tell anyone and after what happened last time I wanted to keep it between me and Brax for a while-just until we were sure everything was okay, then everything happened with you two and now this."

Ruby nodded "okay, we get it…so you're happy? You and Brax are gonna be okay?"

Charlie nodded "I'm happy…what do you mean? of course me and Brax are okay."

April scoffed "don't forget we live there too Charlie-not to mention he stayed at Ash's too."

"Alright," Charlie sighed "you're old enough now…we had some problems-but they're all sorted and wont be happening again."

"Angelo's?" both asked.

Charlie nodded "like I said, everything is sorted, we've had a long talk about everything and now we're good."

Ruby looked to the door as Kyle stuck his head in "right," she said slowly and turned to April "can you bring me for a walk before I go back to my room?"

"Sure," she said and stood up "we'll be back in a while," she added and wheeled her out.

Kyle walked over to the bed "how you feeling?" he asked and sat down.

"Yeah good…do you know where Brax is?" she asked.

"Asleep at home on your sofa, I dropped the keys into Brody on the way and saw him," Kyle replied "so my niece or nephew are okay?"

Charlie nodded "and keep it to yourself I haven't told my family yet...well some of them."

Kyle nodded and looked around "does me being here have anything to do with Angelo's?"

"Yes," Charlie nodded "I need you to do something for me and Brax cannot find out."

"Brax knows about pretty much everything that happens at Angelo's…what do I have to do?" he asked.

"I need you to go back to the office, check the safe check is desk and check all his file cabinets…I need the deed to Angelo's," she said quickly.

Kyle frowned and was silent for a minute "why do you need the deed?"

"I need to see if my name is on it…if it is he can't sell it unless I agree," she replied.

Kyle raised an eyebrow "I thought you wanted it gone."

"I did," she nodded "but now I see how down he is about it when he mentions it, I've talked to him about not selling it but he's made up his mind and won't listen to me at all. It was the cause of all of our problems-most of them, but I can't let him sell it, he's put so much into it."

Kyle nodded and stood up "I'll go have a look then, do you want me to call or will I wait for you to call me?"

"I'll call you later, I think I'm going home later…just text me if you don't find it, I'll have to go to our lawyer then to get a copy."

Kyle chuckled "can't you just call him and ask are you on it?"

Charlie shook her head "can't risk it getting back to Brax and he talks to him a lot…thanks Kyle, this means a lot to me."

Kyle nodded and hugged her "you just look after yourself, I'll talk to you later then," he said and walked to the door "oh and Charlie?" he said stopping "he's real lucky to have you," he smiled and went on his way.

Charlie sat back and sighed heavily, she needed to do this…even if she felt bad for going behind his back.


Brax arrived back at the hospital that afternoon, after a visit to Ruby and a chat with Sid he made his way to Charlie's room, sticking his head in he smiled at her staring out the window running her hand up and down her stomach "hey beautiful," he said and walked in.

"Hey," she smiled and sat up "what are you doing here? I told you to get some sleep."

Brax kissed her and sat back "wanted to see you…how you feeling now? Has any doctor been in?"

"I'm fine, just bored, Sid was in he said he'd be around in a bout an hour to talk about going home," she replied.

"Great," he smiled "I just talked to him about Ruby, he's gonna run a few tests on her and see if she can come home tomorrow."

Charlie smiled again "that would be great, I can't wait to see the back of this place," she chuckled.

"It will be great to have you both home…your brothers are taking over," he chuckled.

Charlie chuckled "how's Brody getting on in Angelo's?" she asked.

"Great," Brax nodded "he's drummed up a lot of new business with his new menu, he's settling in well-so well that I'm gonna put in the contract he's to be kept on…along with Phoebe."

"Brax," she sighed "I know we've sorta talked about this before bu-"

"I'm not changing my mind," he cut in.

"Why not?" she asked frustrated "you don't want to sell it, you don't need to do it for me, the fact you actually thought about it and said you were going to is enough for me."

"I need to," was all he said.

"Why?" she asked again.

"Because I've gotten my head around it, I'm doing it," he replied.

"Brax, you're miserable whenever you mention it, you don't want to sell you're just doing it for me and I don't want you to!" she yelled.

Brax stood up quickly, he too getting annoyed "look Charlie it was the cause of a lot of problems I'm fixing them, you wanted it gone so it's going I've bigger things to be worrying about now," he said and walked out of the room.

Charlie sighed and dropped back against the pillow, they both needed to calm down. She looked to the door as Sid walked in "hey Sid," she said and sat up.

"Charlie," he greeted "how are we now?" he asked walking to the bed.

"Good," she nodded "I feel fine now-back to normal."

"Any pain? Any bleeding or spotting?" he asked sitting down.

"No everything is fine," she replied.

"Great, I got the test results back from this morning, your blood pressure is a little high," he started.

"Do I have to stay again?" she groaned.

Sid chuckled "if you'd let me finish, your blood pressure is a little high but I'm willing to let you go home today if you promise to take it easy and by easy I mean sitting on the sofa or in bed."

Charlie nodded "I'm sure everyone will be fussing over me anyway."

"I mean it Charlie, I mean no laundry no cooking no cleaning…just resting," he said and stood up "I'll go get your papers and you should be able to head soon."

"Thanks Sid!" she called after him, she couldn't wait to go home.

A few minutes later she looked over at the door to see Brax leaning against it "you gonna come in?" she asked. She'd decided to leave the whole Angelo's thing and just see what happened with the deed first.

Brax pushed himself off the door and walked to the chair beside the bed "I saw Sid leave are you coming home?"

Charlie nodded "he's just sorting my papers."

Brax nodded "what else did he say?"

"All my test results came back good but my blood pressure is a little high, he said I can go home as long as I rest and do nothing else," she replied.

Brax nodded again and leaned on the bed "I'm sorry about walking off, I just needed to cool off and you can't be getting worked up," he said sliding his hand onto her stomach.

Charlie smiled quickly and slid her hand onto his "I'm sorry too, I shouldn't have mentioned it…will you bring me up to see Ruby before we go?"

"Sure," he nodded and leaned in to kiss her "I'll go gather up the stuff you've collected," he chuckled.

"Not my fault I have so many people that love me," she giggled.

Brax chuckled and leaned into her again "what's not to love," he mumbled and kissed her sweetly.

….

Arriving home a while later Charlie made her way into the living room and smiled at Mason and Justin on the sofa "hey guys," she called and dropped onto the chair.

"Hey," Justin said sitting forward "how you feeling?"

"Good," she nodded "aren't you supposed to be at work…both of you?" she asked raising an eyebrow.

"I'm on break," Mason replied "and Ash sent him on a half day."

"Well I'm sure Justin wouldn't mind walking you back to work and finding something to do so we can have an hour alone," Brax said walking in with Charlie's bag.

"I guess so," Justin said and stood up "good to see you looking better," he chuckled and nudged Mason out the door.

"Did you really have to run them?" Charlie giggled.

"Yes I did," Brax said and scooted closer to her "look Charlie," he started and looked to the kitchen as her phone rang "I'll grab it," he said as she went to stand up.

Going to the kitchen he frowned at Kyle flashing on the screen "Charlie, I'm gonna answer it it's Kyle, he must be looking for me!" he called.

"Shit…okay," she called back nervously.

"Kyle?" he answered.

"Uh…hey," he said and cursed himself for calling her.

"Something wrong?" Brax asked when he didn't say anything else.

"Uh, yeah…I can't remember the code off the storage room door," he said quickly "my mind is gone blank."

Brax chuckled "and you call Charlie instead of asking anyone else there?"

"Uh, yeah…I was down here already no one answered when I called up," Kyle replied.

"So you're just being lazy?" Brax chuckled "it's 9023."

"That's it, thanks, bye," he replied and hung up.

"What was that all about?" Charlie asked as he sat beside her.

"He forgot the code to one of the doors," Brax replied.

Charlie nodded "uh, what were you gonna say before the call?" she asked.

Brax moved closer to her and took her hands "I know you're only out of hospital and the timing sucks but…" he trailed off "I want to stay at Ash's for another while."

"What? Why?" she asked puling her hands away.

"Babe please don't get upset," he said scooting closer to her.

"I thought we sorted everything out, I thought you were coming home for good," she sniffed.

"And I will in a few days, I have a few things I need to sort out with Angelo's, I have all the stuff over there already I'm halfway through it. It makes sense for me to go there than to lug it all over here," he replied.

Charlie sighed "fine," she replied, getting an idea of her own.

"Charlie, Angelo's is what caused most of the rift between us, I don't wanna sit here after everything I said to you and go back to what I used to do here night after night. You're only out of hospital, you need to take it easy…I don't wanna upset you, we both know I'll get lost in it for hours at a time, the sooner I get all this paperwork sorted and sent away the sooner it can be behind us."

Charlie nodded "will I see you in between?"

Brax nodded "of course you will," he said and kissed her "I'm doing this for us babe," he added and kissed her again.

Charlie sighed heavily and hugged him tightly "I'm gonna head to bed for a bit if you wanna take off."

Brax nodded and stood up "you go up I'm gonna make you something to eat and bring it up…hey!" he called as she took the stairs "I love ya," he smiled as she looked back.

Charlie smiled back "love you too," she said and took the rest of the steps.


Later that evening Charlie text Brax to see where he was, once her replied that he was at Ash's she quickly made up a reason for texting him and called Kyle "hey, what did you want me for earlier?"

"To let you know I've looked everywhere and I can't find it anywhere," he replied.

"Damn it, okay…um," she trailed off "maybe it's in his office here…can you come help me look? We'll be quicker with the two of us."

"And what happens if Brax's comes home and finds me there?" Kyle asked "he's not here so I'd say he'll be home soon."

"He's at Ash's he won't be home tonight…please?" she asked.

"Fine," he groaned "I'm off at nine I'll be over then…gotta go," he said and hung up.

Charlie looked at the clock and groaned it was just after seven now. Going to Brax's office she pushed the door in and groaned he never was very organised, walking to the desk she sat on the chair and started to go through the papers on the desk. Knocking some on the ground she groaned and bent down to pick it up, seeing a receipt for a jewellers she frowned. Picking it up her eyes went wide "two hundred and eighty dollars!" she yelled "who the hell is he spending that on?" she yelled angrily.

Sitting back she tried to remember if it was his mums birthday or something…still, he wouldn't spend that much on her, he barley talked to her. 'Maybe Case borrowed it for Ruby-or Kyle for Phoebe, he wouldn't cheat on me he just wouldn't' she thought trying not to jump to conclusions.

"Charlie!" Brax called out "where are ya babe?"

"In here!" she called back.

Brax walked to the office and stuck his head in "hey, what are you doing in here?"

"Thought I heard a noise in here…then I saw the mess, what are you doing here?" she said and stood up.

"Your text was a bit strange I wanted to mkae sure you were okay, you're not supposed to be cleaning or anything, besides it's an organised mess," he chuckled. When Charlie just stared at him he frowned "are you okay?" he asked.

Charlie swallowed hard and walked out from behind the desk clutching the receipt "I'm only gonna ask once and please don't lie to me," she whimpered.

"Babe what's wrong?" he asked taking a step to her.

Charlie held up the receipt willing her hand to stop shaking "who and what is this for?"

Brax took the receipt and looked down on her, now he knew what she was thinking "babe no," he chuckled and looked over at her "I know what you're thinking but it's fo-"

"How do you know what I'm thinking?" she yelled cutting him off, she'd held it in as long as she could "who is it for Brax? Who did you spend that much money on? Are you cheating on me?" she whispered.

Brax stared back at her totally gob smacked, he could not believe she thought that-after everything they'd been through, after everything they'd said to one another yesterday. Instead of yelling back at her like he wanted to he stopped himself keeping the baby and what Sid had said in mind. Waking to the safe he opened it and pulled out a box looking down on it for a minute he walked to the desk.

Looking at her for a moment he dropped it down "it's for you," he said and walked to the door "you know I love you so much, you know I'd never hurt you…I'm a little hurt that you would ever think that about me," he said and walked off.

"Brax wait!" she called and hurried to the door, sighing when his car sped away. Wiping her eyes she walked back to the office and sat on the chair, opening the box she pulled back the wrapper and gasped "oh Brax," she whimpered and took it out. He had gotten her a silver bracelet with two love hearts noticing something on them she pulled it closer, she smiled as her initials and her birthstone was on one and his were on the other with the word forever underneath. Sniffing she picked up the phone and called him-not surprised when he cancelled it "you really are an idiot," she muttered and stood up.

Hurrying to her room she grabbed her shoes and keys before running down the stairs "hey Pete, bye Pete," she said and hurried by him as he walked in the back door.

"Whoa!" he called stopping her "just where do you think you're going? Are you cleared to drive? Weren't you told to take it easy?"

"Yes dad," she said walking back to him "I am fine I don't need to be cleared to drive…what are you doing here?" she asked.

"Saw the others down Angelo's and Brax passed me so I knew you were alone, I wanted to make sure you were okay," Peter replied.

"I'm good…and just on my way out," she said as she backed to the door "thanks for coming over Pete but really you don't need to worry about me."

"Charlie," he said and walked to her "what's going on? First you fail to tell anyone you're pregnant, you kick the boys out and now you're running away from me…what is it?"

"I did not kick the boys out!" she yelled "me and Brax wanted a bit of time to ourselves, I didn't tell anyone because it was too early and I was scared after I lost the last baby-I wanted to wait until the big scan. Now I've had an argument with Brax that's totally my fault I need to fix it, I gotta go Pete," she said and hurried off before he could reply.

"Just drive safe!" he called after her and shook his head "always drama with them two" he muttered and locked up her house since she forgot to.

Arriving at Ash's she jumped out and hurried to the door, knocking she took a step back and waited she smiled as Ash appeared "hey, is Brax here?" she asked-she'd forgotten to check if his car was there on her way in.

"Yeah," he said stepping out and closing the door "I don't know what's happened he's in a right mood, he won't tell me anything…I think you should leave him to cool off for a bit-you're only out of hospital."

"Thanks for the concern Ash but he's my husband I'm sure I can handle it," she replied.

"Okay," he sighed and moved out of her way " he's in the kitchen, I'm gonna head the diner, call me if you need me."

"Okay, thanks, see ya!" she called as he walked to his car, opening the door she walked along to the kitchen and leaned against the door "hey," she said.

Brax took a sip of his beer and looked up "what are you doing here?"

Charlie walked in and threw her keys on the counter "I'm here to talk to you," she said leaning on it beside him.

"Well you've wasted a trip, go home," he said and stood up.

"Brax," she whimpered and grabbed his arm.

Brax sighed and sat down again "why would you think I was cheating on you?" he asked calmly.

"We were going through a rough time, I was treating you like crap, you spent a lot of nights away…it made sense when I put it all together," she said and slid her hand onto his "I'm sorry I panicked, I was scared and upset and angry…the thought of losing you Brax kills me, the thought of you with anyone else but me breaks my heart," she whimpered. "I know you'd never hurt me or even think about cheating on me, I just found the receipt it knocked me for six…I'm sorry."

Brax pulled his hand away and turned in his chair so he was facing her "you know I only wanna be with you, I love you you idiot no one else-no one else will ever come close to you."

Charlie wiped her eyes and moved closer to him "do you think you can forgive me?"

Brax chuckled and held out his arms "it's forgotten," he chuckled again as she dived on him. Wrapping his arms around her he held her tight "that box was for when I came home I know it's not your birthday or anything, I just wanted to do something to cheer you up after everything you've been through."

Charlie moved back "just you that's all I need, just you," she said and leaned in to kiss him. Pulling back she smiled down on him "but I do love it, it's so thoughtful, thank you."

Brax stood up and slid his hand onto her neck, without a word he leaned in and kissed her deeply. After a minute or two he started to lead her back towards the bedrooms.


A while later they lay wrapped up in one another Brax dropped a kiss on her forehead "do you wanna stay here with me tonight?"

"I'd love to," she said and looked over at the clock "but I gotta get home, Kyle is dropping over with a pizza and a movie after his shift, besides," she said and rolled out of the bed "I'll only distract you."

Brax sat up "why is Kyle dropping over?" he frowned-they weren't that close.

"Because I rang to order a pizza and he started whining that he'd nothing to do so I told him to come over…problem?" she asked as she got dressed.

"No, just a little jealous he gets to spend time with you," he chuckled "but you're right you will distract me and I've loads to do."

Charlie giggled and leaned over the bed "then don't let me distract you anymore," she said and kissed him deeply.

After she pulled back Brax rolled out of the bed "I'll walk you to the door," he said and pulled his clothes on.

Charlie stopped at the door and kissed him "I love you," she said wrapping her arms around him.

"Love you too babe," he smiled and kissed her again "call me when Kyle leaves if you're not to tired."

"I'll call," she said and kissed him quickly "I better go," she said without moving.

"So go," he chuckled.

Charlie giggled and stepped closer to him "night then."

Brax tightened his hold on her "night babe," he said and kissed her deeply.

Charlie groaned and pulled away "I better go or you'll be back in the bedroom."

"You won't hear me complaining," he chuckled and pinched her butt "but yeah, you better go."

"Stop that," she giggled "right, I really have to go," she said and kissed him again "I love ya and I'll call ya later…bye," she said and walked to her car before she changed her mind.

"Love ya too babe! Just call me when you get in so I know you're okay!" he called after her.

"Okay," she called back and waved before she pulled away.

Watching her pull away he waved and sighed happily, waiting until she was gone he went back inside and closed the door "time to get onto this agent and find out why he's not doing his job," he said and walked back to his paperwork.

….

A while later Kyle pulled himself up from another file cabinet "Charlie we've been at this for almost two hours now I don't think it's here."

Charlie looked up from her pile "we just have one more drawer and the safe to go through."

Kyle's eyes went wide "Charlie," he groaned and threw his head into his hands "it's an important document."

"So?" she frowned.

"So don't you think he'd put it somewhere safe, like I don't know maybe a safe!" he yelled.

"What are you yelling at me for?" she yelled back.

"Because we've been sitting her for two hours when you should have checked the safe first," he said pulling her up off the floor.

"I thought you checked it it's on your side," she replied.

"It doesn't matter," he said waving his hands "go check it now."

Charlie punched in the code and opened the door, going through a few envelopes she stopped at one that wasn't marked "maybe this is it," she said walking back to him.

Kyle took it from her "maybe…open it," he said handing it back to her.

Charlie turned it over "if we open this he'll know I was routing."

"He won't notice, it's been opened before anyway…open it," he said again.

Charlie nodded and opened it carefully, taking out the paper she unfolded it and read the first few lines "thank you!" she yelled.

"That's it?" Kyle asked hopeful "well?" He asked after she nodded "are you on it?"

Charlie read on quickly "okay, Brax and me," she said happily "this is it-I can stop him."

"Thank god for that," Kyle said and took it from her "you better call that agent guy tomorrow and tell him the sale is off."

Charlie nodded "you want food or anything?"

"Charlie we just ate a pizza," he said nodding to the box "I'm gonna help you tidy up and head home."

"Oh yeah," she chuckled "forgot, thanks for this Kyle and remember, not a word to Brax."

"What are you gonna say to him?" he asked as they started to tidy up.

Charlie shrugged "I don't know yet I'm sure I'll think of something."

Another while later Kyle had gone, April and the others had arrived home, after talking to them for a bit Charlie excused herself and was now climbing into her bed with her phone in her hand. Settling in she called Brax and settled back against the pillow "hey," she said happily.

"Hey babe," he sighed.

"You don't sound happy, what's wrong?" she asked.

"Ah nothing, I was onto that agent about Angelo's not being on the website yet."

"Oh?" she said panicking "and what did he say?"

"That there was a backlog and he'd get to it as quickly as he could."

Charlie sighed in relief "so why are you so mad?" she asked "obviously they're just busy."

"I just want it done as soon as possible, I want all this over and done with."

Charlie felt so bad, she bit on her lip as she thought of what to say "is this really what you want Brax?"

"Charlie, we've been through this already, yes it's what I want," he said frustrated.

"Okay," she said deciding to leave it alone, last thing she wanted was another argument "I'll let you go then, I'll talk to you in the morning and hopefully you'll be in better form…you should get some sleep."

"Babe, wait, don't go, I'm sorry everything is just getting to me," he replied.

"It's okay, I'm not mad I just think you need a good nights sleep," she said.

"I know but I wanna talk to you, I miss you," he groaned.

"I miss you too," she chuckled "Buddy is keeping me company," she said patting the dogs head.

"I'm getting a bit worried about you and that dog," he chuckled "am I gonna have to sleep on the floor?"

Charlie chuckled "he's just keeping the bed warm for you, he's only following me coz I give him food all the time."

Brax chuckled and yawned "did you have fun with Kyle?"

"Yeah, we watched Chappy, you know that robot they programme to have human feelings and emotions?" she lied she'd heard Mason telling April about it earlier.

Brax chuckled "and he becomes all gangster yeah I've seen it with Heath," he yawned.

"Babe get some sleep," Charlie said "you've yawned about ten times now."

"I wanna talk to you," he yawned.

"And I'll still be here tomorrow, you need sleep, don't forget Ruby will be home tomorrow," Charlie said.

"I know, okay then you win," he chuckled "I'll call you in the morning."

"I'll be waiting, go on I love ya, hope you get a good sleep."

"Love you too babe, night," he replied and hung up.

Charlie sighed and put her phone down, lying down she looked up at the ceiling what did she say to him? How did she explain to him that he cannot sell without her permission without him flying off the handle?

A/N hope you all enjoyed this one, see ya soon JJ.