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'Thank god you are not seeing one of those women aye' Brax said whilst gesticulating rather heavily to hide his nervousness. Heath could not spill the beans about his relationship with Charlie to his mother. With all the drama that has happened the last couple of weeks, Brax was glad that he finally got some good times ahead with Charlie, Heath was not allowed to ruin that. 'Yeah' Tegan said 'Thank god YOU are not seeing one of those hu'. Brax looked at Tegan with a stern look, 'Why did she have to put emphasis on 'you'?' He thought to himself. Luckily for Brax, his mother was didn't notice Tegan's latest attempt to get under Brax' skin and she continued questioning Heath about Bianca. 'For god's sake Heath, you couldn't find something better aye?' Cheryl yelled 'She will never step a foot in this house, do you hear me?'. 'Mum' Heath tried, but Cheryl didn't want to listen. 'Don't you mum me, if you continue to run after her, that is fine, but you are going to have to look for another place to crash then' Cheryl said. She immediately regretted her last sentence because she knew she didn't stand a chance against a hot long-legged blonde. 'That is totally unfair' Heath yelled 'You don't even know her, besides I thought you missed us, that is why you arranged this bloody dinner-thing, no?'. Cheryl started boiling with rage. Someone had to change the subject (for probably the 10th time this evening), but no one knew how…
Cheryl managed to keep herself together. She had looked at Darcy and saw a terrified look on her granddaughter's face. She may not like Darcy's mother, but she has grown to be quite fond of her granddaughter. Besides, Cheryl kept telling herself that no woman would ever be good enough for her boys… not Tegan and especially not Bianca. However, Cheryl didn't want to lose her son over someone like her, so she decided to handle this situation very calmly. 'Why don't I start the dishes?' Cheryl said 'You can watch some television and maybe Darcy can give me a hand?'. Darcy was still pretty scared of Cheryl, but Brax knew it would be good for her if she started to like Cheryl a bit… It would make events like this less painful for the little girl. 'Yeah Darcy, why don't you help grandma? There might be some ice-cream waiting in the kitchen to be eaten by one particular eight-year-old…' Brax said, trying to calm Darcy. 'Well, if that is not a coincidence… I have just turned eight.' Darcy replied with a big smile on her face. 'What are you waiting for then?' Brax asked his niece, causing Darcy to run to the kitchen followed by her grandmother.
'Let's watch some telly aye' Casey said whilst leading Ruby to the couch. Brax came along with the young lovebirds and decided to sit on the other couch. Heath had decided he needed some air and Tegan got bored so went outside with him. Brax, Casey and Ruby were watching a movie, but only Casey was actually listening to what was said. Brax thought about Charlie, he wished she was there with him. No, scrap that… he wished he was there with here. 'There' being wherever his gorgeous girlfriend might be. He got his phone out of his pocket and started texting her. 'Hey, what are you doing? This is a dinner from hell…' he send Charlie. Charlie was home alone and had decided to read a book, but a big smile appeared on her face when her phone vibrated on the table… she knew she got a text from her boyfriend. Charlie was happy she wasn't invited to the dinner-party and replied to Brax 'Poor thing, why is it that bad?'. Charlie got another message, this time it was from Ruby. 'Mum, can you help me to get out of here, this is the worst night of my life' Ruby had send her mother. Charlie knew her daughter was exaggerating and answered 'I'm sure you will survive sweetie, Casey is there, no? Try to have some fun now you are taking a break from studying'.
Charlie's phone vibrated again. 'I am so popular today' Charlie thought to herself. This time it was Brax again 'There is constant tension, Tegan showed up and her and Heath are having a field day hinting to my mother about you, about us… Don't worry though, she hasn't got a clue!'. Charlie was relieved, she couldn't deal with Cheryl knowing just yet. Charlie put her self-phone down as she heard the house phone ring. She picked it up, and heard it was Leah. Miles, Leah and VJ were having dinner at Miles' old place with Marilyn and Elijah and phoned Charlie to tell her they were staying there for the night. Of course, Charlie didn't mind… on the contrary, she was happy the house wasn't going to be so crowded in the morning. Charlie picked up her phone and decided to make the night a bit more interesting for Brax. 'Well, it looks like you could use a distraction aye… maybe you could come over after dinner? I might have a surprise for you… If you are thinking about refusing the offer… please be aware that I am now completely naked!' Charlie send her boyfriend, knowing he could never refuse an offer like that. 'Oh no, this can't be…' Charlie bit her lip, she felt really embarrassed. With all these texts she got the last couple of minutes, she got confused and she had send her latest text to her Ruby… Ruby opened the message she got from Charlie was stunned, she pressed her lips together to stop herself from laughing. When she could no longer restrain herself, she hid her mouth with her hand. Casey noticed his girlfriend's sudden amusement and turned his head trying to read the text. Ruby showed it to him and he managed 'Oh my god, why are you never sending me texts like this?'. 'What is wrong?' Brax asked, coming back to reality. 'It looks like I may have received a text that was probably meant for you, otherwise you might have a problem.' Ruby said. She stood up and handed Brax her phone. Brax didn't know how to act once he had read the message. Ruby, on the other hand, felt pretty uncomfortable as well, but she has gotten used to awkward moments like this, so she said 'If you are coming over to our place tonight, remind me to sleep somewhere else tonight!'. 'No Ruby, you can stay… you haven't heard us in the past, so you know we can be quiet' Brax laughed. 'Oh god, I am feeling sick' Ruby replied 'I am going to talk a walk'. Brax and Casey stayed in the house: Brax was thinking about Charlie's text, whilst Casey was just trying not to think about that text.
Meanwhile, Darcy and Cheryl were having fun in the kitchen. Once Darcy starts talking, she never stops, Cheryl is already aware of that. They had talked about surfing, boys, swimming and now Cheryl thought it was time to question her granddaughter about her father. 'So' Cheryl asked 'Have you met Bianca?'. 'Uhu, I have' Darcy answered 'she looks a bit like my Barbie doll, but then bigger'. Cheryl smiled at Darcy's answer. 'Do you like her?' Cheryl asked. 'Well' Darcy said 'She was nice, but I have only seen her for a few minutes, she was at the beach with a friend of hers and that lady stayed with me while daddy talked to Bianca'. 'So they left you alone with someone you didn't know' Cheryl asked rather skeptically. 'I do know her, I can't remember her name but daddy said she was a friend of Brax. I remember because she was at the hospital when mummy and me visited Brax, mummy doesn't like her though…' Darcy said innocently. 'Why doesn't your mother like her? Do you think she was nice?' Cheryl continued. 'Uhu, I really liked her, we had fun at the beach while daddy and Bianca were talking'. 'Then what is the big deal?' Cheryl replied. 'Daddy said mummy doesn't like her because she is playing with something that mummy wants to play with as well…' Darcy said. 'But I don't know what the problem is, why can't they play together with it?' Darcy said very seriously. Ruby, who was already back from her walk because it was way too chilly outside, had overheard the conversation between grandmother and granddaughter and started laughing at the little girl's comment.