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It was nine o'clock in the evening when Charlotte was due to finish her shift on ward 17. It had been a very busy day. "Goodnight Charlotte, it's time we all went home". Dr Vincent Hughes loved Charlotte even though she had broken his heart. "Good night Vincent" said Charlotte, "I hope you sleep well after such a traumatic day". The strikingly handsome Dr Hughes said "I will and what about you? A couple of drinks?" Charlotte thought about this and decided why not. She needed to talk to someone and Vincent was, after all her ex-husband. "Yes, that would be nice Vincent, but all I really want to do is go home and relax in a long hot bath, but on the other hand, I really need to talk to someone". "Meet me in the car park in twenty minutes" said a tired and hungry Charlotte. She was not sure what she was going to say to Vincent but he had been the only one who really understood what she was going through.
Charlotte went into the locker room to get changed and just as she was about to leave a voice hit her like a brick and she froze. "Hello, Dr Beaumont, remember me?" Charlotte couldn't turn around, routed to the spot, she said "Bron, is it really you, or just my imagination?" "Yes, it really is me Charlotte" came the reply. Charlotte turned round very slowly, wanting it to be true, but not quite believing it. The voice was right but Bron had been away ten years. "Oh my God, it is you, what are you doing here?" asked Charlotte, not quite believing her eyes. "I had to come back and find you. I have thought about you for the last ten years and especially the last two, since I've been on my own." replied Bron in that sexy voice that made Charlotte go weak at the knees. Dr Charlotte Beaumont was stunned but composed herself, "Why the last two years Bron, you haven't returned my phone calls or my letters over the last years, why now". "Could we go somewhere private and talk, please." said Bron. At this point Vincent walked in just to make sure Charlotte really meant what she said. "Vincent, meet Bron." "Ah, this is the woman you told me you loved but let go on her wedding day. I presume we are going to forget that drink?" said a bemused Vincent. "Yes, Vincent, Bron and I have a lot to talk to about." "Can we take a rain check?" said a shaking Dr Beaumont. "Of course we can, just let me know when you want to talk." said Vincent as he turned and left the two women staring at each other.
Charlotte took Bron home, as they had a lot to discuss. Once inside Charlotte made two vodkas, "Here you go, Bron, or have you changed your drink in ten years?" "No, I haven't changed drinks, Charlotte, but I've changed in a lot of ways". "What do you mean and why now Bron". "Charlotte, Ben left me four years ago because he said I wasn't good in bed. The fact that he left me for another man was beside the point." "I had to come back and find you. On the day of my wedding you said something that I couldn't get out of my mind. You said you loved me and not to marry Ben, were you joking or were you serious? I need to know and I need to know now." Charlotte thought carefully before answering and when she did she poured her heart out "Bron, I'm sorry, I thought the two of you were very happy, was I wrong, should I have talked you out of marrying Ben? I knew if you really knew how I felt I would be the worst person in the world. I couldn't let that happen. I told you in a joke that I loved you and I was deadly serious. The only thing I could do was let you go away with Ben. I really meant what I said then, and I still do, but Bron, it's been ten years since I saw you. I haven't found anyone yet who made me feel the way you do. Now your back, I don't know what to feel. I haven't had a relationship in ten years. I've had one night stands and feel terrible about it because all I can think about is you. What sort of life is that for me? Why did you come back? And don't tell me because you thought about me all those years. I've been hurt too often Bron, and I don't think I can go through it again. I've been on my own for so long I don't think I'll ever get a proper girlfriend, not someone I love like I love you. I can't take the heartache. Bron, I loved you, I still love you with all my heart, but after ten years of no contact, I don't know how to feel." Bron decided the time was right to tell Charlotte the whole truth. "Charlotte, from the very day you walked into ward 17 I have been checking you out. Everybody believed me to be straight but I've always known that it was women I really liked. Ben took me by surprise and I did have feelings for him, I can't deny that, but on the day of my wedding you confirmed what I'd always felt, women were what I wanted and you especially. I wanted you. After that kiss, I couldn't get you out of my mind but I thought it would go away when I married Ben, little realising that he really wanted to be with a man and he only married me so that he could have children and now that I have two boys and a girl how do I tell them that both their mother and father are gay. I can't just let them be taken away now that Ben has come out and gone off with Peter and he doesn't see them that often. Charlotte I love you, and I have always loved you, can you understand what I'm going though? No you can't. My mother is looking after the kids this weekend but I had to come to see you. You are the love of my life and I want to be with you but what do I tell the kids and my mother?"
Charlotte thought about this and decided "Bron, I've loved you since I saw you and now you're telling me about the kids and the only reason you have them is because at the divorce hearing Ben didn't contest. What am I supposed to do? I want to be with you, I want to share my bed and my life with you but what do we do? Let me think about it. How long do we have together?" replied Charlotte with tears filling up in her eyes. Bron said, "Charlotte we have two days to work this out, please, I want to be with you any way I can, but my children have to come into the equation."
Charlotte thought about this and decided there was only one course of action. "Bron, how would you feel about you and the children moving into my flat, we could still be together with the children here. You take your old job back in All Saints and move in with me. No one would suspect that we are having a relationship because the kids are staying here. Ben may suspect but as he has already made it be known he is living with this Peter, he is not going to object to you living with me, especially as the kids are staying here. There had been enough talking. It was time to have a drink. Charlotte poured two more vodkas. If Bron was telling the truth she wouldn't object or maybe she would try and tell a lie. Now was the time to test what Bron had said. Charlotte positioned herself next to Bron. It was now or never. With one quick movement, Charlotte put her hand onto Bron's breast and stroked gently. The reaction Charlotte got was totally unexpected. Bron moaned and moved her body suggestively making Charlotte respond with convulsions through her body. Bron lifted her head and passionately kissed Charlotte, it was what she had wanted ten years ago and now she had it, she wasn't about to let it go. "Give me your hand Bron, let me show you how much I love you." Bron didn't argue, she let Charlotte take her to the bedroom where they both showed how much they loved each other. The next morning Charlotte awoke to find an empty bed, fearing the worst she got up and put on her dressing gown and went into the kitchen. There she found Bron had made breakfast. They both ate in silence, each starving after the previous evening's exertions, the smiles between them gave away the happiness they felt and once breakfast was over they found themselves back in bed and for the next six hours they enjoyed passionate lovemaking. Both Charlotte and Bron realised that the last ten years had been the worst years of their lives.
It was 8 o'clock and Charlotte had to be in work by nine. The alarm had gone off twenty minutes ago but because Charlotte lived 2 minutes from the hospital they decided there was time to prove, once again, just how much they loved each other.