Author's note: I don't own Home and Away or Detective Peter Baker (Unfortunately) But the character of Charli Kingston is entirely my own…Hope you enjoy :) Think of Charli as sort of being Claire…but, not. Please read and review…

Chapter One

Detective Senior Sergeant Charli Kingston was making her way towards Summer Bay. She was a 24 year-old woman from the city, Sydney, and one of the best undercover detectives around. She had been assigned to the stalker case in Summer Bay, alongside Detective Peter Baker. Her Peter Baker. The two of them had been at the Academy together, and had been together physically aswell, until she up and left. He didn't know why, but she did. For Charli, it was something that she had to do.

She walked into the station and tried to find someone who could possibly help her.

"Hey," Charli said to a uniformed officer "I'm Charli Kingston…I'm after Detective Baker." The officer looked at her, and then lead her through another door, along a corridor and left her just outside a small office.

"He's in there." The officer stated, and left.

Charli was stunned by the officer's sharpness, but quickly brushed the comment aside and knocked on the door in front of her. She was nervous. It had been two years since she had seen him. He had tried to contact her on many occasions, but she hadn't answered her phone. She wanted to, oh how she wanted to talk with him, but she couldn't.

"Come in." She heard. That was definitely Peter's voice. It sent shivers up her spine, it was ridiculous that a man like him could still do that to her.

She quietly opened the door and stuck her head around the corner. Peter was still transfixed with his papers and didn't bother looking up.

"You're desk's over there." He said, pointing.

"Thanks." Charli said, and walked over to her new desk and placed her bag on the desk.

Peter recognised the voice. He hadn't heard it for nearly two years. It couldn't be…could it?

He looked up and saw her. Charli…He had to supress the urge to run to her and kiss her. What was she doing there? His Charli. Back with him, after all this time.

"Charli." Peter said, barely above a whisper. Yet she still managed to hear, and turned around to face him.

"Hello Pete. How are you?" She asked politely.

Peter felt rude just sitting down, so he stood up and walked over to her.

"I'm good, better…now you're here." He told her, looking her over…as if he couldn't believe it was really her.

"What are you doing here?" He asked.

"I'm here to help with the stalker case. It looks like I might be here for a while Peter." She told him, truthfully.

"That's good to hear. It's great…fantastic to see you again. I've…I've missed you Charli." Peter told her. Truthfully, she had missed him too. Peter didn't know what impulsed him to do what he did next, but he pulled her into a hug and wrapped his arms around her tightly. He didn't ever want to let her go…and still he didn't know why she had left him in the first place, but hopefully the truth behind all that would be revealed in the time that she was there with him.

When Detective Charli Kingston left the city, Peter Baker was devestated. Little did he know that she harboured a secret. Now she's back working on the stalker case...will the truth behind why she left finally be revealed? Peter Baker/other character

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