Thank you to all of the lovely reviews so far, I love the chemistry between Charles and Molly and you could see the spark from the first episode, I can understand the direction they took with him and Georgie as it was to show how much PTSD, impacted him in both in career and personal life, but I am glad he went back to Molly in the end,

Chapter 4

Saturday came around all too quickly, she began to feel really nervous but excited, she had just looked out of the window for the 50supth/sup time when she saw his car pull up, and tried her hardest not to open the door before he knocked but she did anyway she was standing on the doorstep as he was coming up the path up to her Nan's house, "Hey Moll you look beautiful" Charles beamed, "you don't look too shabby yourself. Even without your limp" Molly Chuckled remembering the exact same comments that they made on their first dates in Bath back in 2014, Charles kissed her cheek and asked if she was ready she replied she was ready to go, whilst in the car they kept the conversation light as they knew the conversation they had coming up was going to be a tough one but before long they had arrived at the restaurant, Molly and Charles was shown to their table and waited for the waitress to come and take their order.

Molly took a deep breath before speaking "Charles I want to know what you want for us for the future?" Charles looked at Molly before taking her hand and spoke "Molly I'm going tell you the truth and I don't know about you but I regret the way I treated you after that fateful tour in Afghan, but at the time I couldn't help but feel guilty about Elvis dying, I was still dealing with what happen on our tour to Afghan, Kenya with Mansfield getting shot, Georgie being kidnapped by terrorists, and thought the best way I could protect mum, dad, Sam but especially with you was keeping you at arm's length as I thought I needed to protect Georgie more because she kept getting herself in trouble, you had told me you wanted a divorce and Georgie had just been in a explosion, she came in to my cabin and before we knew it, one thing lead to another and you know what happened after, it wasn't until I hit the water in Bangladesh knew I screwed up again, knew I needed help so I finally opened up to Beck and he got me sorted after months of counselling I finally feel like my old self, I still want you to be the last thing I see, but I also know you may not want it" sighing afterwards.

Molly was trying so hard not to let the tears fall from her eyes, she gulped and said " Charles you left me months before you slept with Georgie, I said what I said because I wanted you to chose me like you promised all them years ago, but I feel the same I also think we were a bit of a whirlwind first time around I mean we was married within a year of me returning from my second tour, I want us to work but I think we need to go on a few dates, maybe some marriage counselling and then make a judgment and if we do decide to stay together then we need to make decisions together." Charles was so surprised by Molly's response he couldn't help but nod in agreement saying he was in agreement, looking at Molly smiling at him and she asked "how would you like to be my plus one at Finger's wedding?" just as Charles took a sip of his coffee which meant he had to choke out his reply "Are you sure Moll? I mean Georgie will be there?", Molly looked at him and said "Course, Fingers is one of my best mates, and he's never let me down and I'm sure there will be enough of the lads around to avoid her and plus if we are going to work we need to show a united front", Charles couldn't believe how much Molly had grown since they had split, Charles thought about what she had said for a few moments before he spoke "I agree Molly with everything you said and I would be happy to accompany to finger's wedding, when is it?" "Two weeks today in Manchester" replied Molly, Charles nodded in agreement before saying "maybe we can go halves on a travel lodge" to which they both giggled and ate their meal.

Charles and Molly had return back to her Nan's and her Nan was home from seeing Belinda and the Dawes kids, Dave was down the pub as usual, when Molly called out "Hi Nan" "Hello yous two, everything sorted?" Liz replied and Charles and Molly just nodded and smiled at her as Liz had updated them on the Dawes clan, saying that her sister Jade had a new chap and was going to a wedding with him in a few weeks. Charles had left early evening at he was due to have Sam for the day on Sunday, Rebecca had changed the custody agreement when he kept going off on tour, as Sam used to get upset despite Molly trying her best to maintain contact, it had taken Charles months to be able to have Sam on his own for the entire day as Rebecca had only allowed a few hours every month at neutral place so she could be in the background, so he was going to enjoy out in Weston-Super-Mare, it wasn't ideal being middle of February but it was a start and Charles had hoped that once he proved to Rebecca he could have every weekend seeing as he's job only requires him to work Monday to Friday.

Molly spent the evening catching up with Jackie and the lads on the 2 section what's app group that was set up after the first tour in Afghan in 2013/2014, Charles wasn't a part of the group despite not being in charge of the section anymore he was still an officer and didn't want them to feel like they was being watched and didn't really do social media, Molly had informed them that her and Charles were going to try again, abet they were going to take it slow and would be attending finger's wedding together, Dangles and Jackie had announced they were getting engaged, Brains mentioned that he had proposed to his girlfriend Alyssa and Baz had informed them that he was bringing his new girlfriend Jade, and that they all excited to finger's who none of them thought would ever settle down as he wasn't really the settling down type, except Molly who knew it that if the right one came along it he would.

The day of Fingers and Marie's wedding and they had travelled up the night before, although Fingers and Monk were going to be dressed in the NO2's, they had asked the guest to come smart casual, they had arrived at the church fairly early they had greeted all the lads and their partners, they was catching up when Molly realised Baz was missing, laughing she said " Jeez, Baz would be late for his own funeral" they were still laughing when Baz came around the corner with his new girlfriend who none of the original 2 section knew, it wasn't until Baz and his girlfriend got closer that Molly's eyes widened and realised she knew her, "Jade?" she spluttered, "Molly" Jade screamed both running up to each other to have a hug, Charles stood there with a smile on her face and hoped it mean that Molly would have a least one more member of her family back, Baz looked bemused "do you two know each other" he asked "of course I do, she's my sister you cockwomble" Molly laughed

The Wedding was beautiful and the reception was in full swing and everyone was catching up, specially Molly and Jade, they were telling each other about what they had missed over the last six years although Jade left out the information about their parents, Jade also mentioned on how she met Baz, apparently Jade had needed her car servicing and took it to the garage Baz owned with Nude-nut, they had been on a few dates and completely fell for each other, Although Molly was shocked she was happy for them as Baz was a good guy and like a brother to her.

Molly and Charles were just on the way back to their seats from having a breath of fresh air, when they bumped into Georgie, "sorry" Georgie said as she bumped into a couple as she was exiting the function room as the song was playing was hers and Elvis's song, as she stopped she looked up "shit, hello Charles, Molly", Charles just stared at her until Molly broke the silence "hello Georgie, Georgie are you okay" noticing the state her former friend was, "yea just being chased by ghost" she said letting a small laugh, Molly was just about to say something in reply she spotted Kingy heading in the same direction so with a brief nod to him they left her in his company and headed back to the table.

As the party was drawing to a close, Monk, Kingy, Fingers said that they wouldn't be seeing them for a few weeks as they were going on tour back to Afghanistan to training and security, but when they got back the would have a get together, and they had all said goodbye and headed back to their hotels, although they had joked about going halves on a travel lodge, Charles had booked them in to a luxury hotel and told Molly to pack her swim suit and P.T kit as the hotel had a swimming pool and gym they could use, Molly had got through basic, phase 2 training and tours without learning to swim, she knew when Charles found out on their first holiday together in 2015 she knew he would make her learn, which he did but drew the line at teaching her to drive, now she knew how to swim she love it, Molly took her driving theory and driving test after returning from her 2supnd/sup tour and had passed 1supst/sup time, as Molly found learning more easier than she did at school./p