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Can't Fight This Feeling.
Chapter Six.
"Hi girls, where's Charlie?" Leah asked as she entered the lounge room and saw the two girls sitting on the couch watching TV.
"She went to find Joey, they had a fight at lunch" Nicole looked up from the TV.
Leah sat down on the couch, joining Ruby and Nicole. "Does Charlie still love Joey?"
Ruby and Nicole nodded.
"I hope they get back together then" Leah reached for the bowl of popcorn and started eating some.
"Me too"
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Charlie sat on the sand staring at the ground, she was biting the inside of her mouth; trying to figure out how she could explain to Joey about being a mum to a sixteen year old. Her hands were sweating; she really was nervous, she didn't want to scare Joey off.
"Charlie?" Joey spoke, jolting Charlie out of her thoughts; they had sat in silence for almost 10 minutes and Joey was beginning to grow impatient.
Charlie looked up at Joey; wanting to tell her something, anything, but no words would come out.
"Have it your way then" Joey shook her head, stood up and began to walk away.
"Joey, wait!" Charlie stood up and walked after Joey; grabbing her by the arm and forcing her to stop. "Can you please stop running off...we need to talk" Charlie pleaded.
"I've been waiting for you to talk Charlie! I sat there for 10 minutes waiting for you to talk!" Joey yelled in frustration.
"This isn't easy for me Joey!" Charlie yelled back with the same tone Joey had used.
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Angelo walked up the path and knocked on the door; it had been 4 days since he and Charlie had spent any real time together and he needed to see her.
"Charlie isn't here" Ruby said as she answered the door.
"Do you know where I can find her?" Angelo asked his girlfriend's young daughter.
"Nope" Ruby started to close the door; Angelo put his hand up and stopped it from closing completely.
"I know you don't like me much, but I think you should at least try for your mother's sake."
"You're right; I don't like you much" Ruby said as she opened the door a little more. "Never have and I doubt I ever will; you're not good enough for Charlie"
"I don't think that's your call to make, Ruby. I mean, I seem to make Charlie happy"
"Ha!" Ruby cut Angelo off. "You don't make her happy, Angelo. You've just been in the place at the right time. Charlie needed someone and she went with the first person who threw themself at her. Seriously, how does it make you feel knowing that the only time you can get Charlie to be with you are when she is either really drunk or vulnerable?"
"If I do recall correctly; we've been together for 4 months; she hasn't been drunk or vulnerable this whole time" Angelo smirked.
"No; you're right, she's just been in love with someone else the whole time, wishing she was with them instead of you. You know, Charlie told me that it makes her feel sick to the stomach even thinking of sleeping with you."
"Do you like causing trouble Ruby? What's wrong; not getting enough attention from mummy dearest so you try to break things up between her and her boyfriend? Your boyfriend broke up with you because he couldn't stand being around you any longer; you weren't giving him anything to keep him satisfied and he got bored spending all those nights alone and decided to ditch you to go with girls who would give him what he wanted." Angelo let out a little laugh.
"You're way out of line Angelo" Leah said as she appeared at the door. "I think you should leave"
Angelo glared at Leah. "Tell Charlie I called around" Angelo said before he turned and left.
"Are you okay Rubes?" Leah asked as she closed the door and walked over to the young girl standing against the wall.
"I really don't know what Charlie sees in him; He's a pathetic excuse for a human being"
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Once again; Charlie and Joey were sat down on the sand; they had both calmed down and Joey decided she would sit with Cha rlie until she was ready to talk to her. This time Joey had sat with her back to the water and Charlie sat facing the water; which she stared in to trying to re arrange the words she were about to speak.
"It all started when I was 12 years old. I thought this 14 year old boy Michael was extremely cute; He had move in next door to where I grew up and we started hanging out everyday, I was very fond of him, I followed him everywhere he went. One night we had a sleep over at his place and he started telling me all this stuff he and his ex used to get up to. A lot of the things he spoke about were sexual and I hadn't heard about them before, he said that we should do them sometime." Charlie paused and looked up at Joey to make sure she was still listening; she was, so she continued on with the story.
"It started off with kissing and touching, we did that for several weeks and then one night, one thing lead to another and the next thing I knew we were having sex." Charlie cleared her throat and continued. "After the first time he told me I couldn't tell anyone because everyone would get angry because we were too young and at that time in my life, I hated being treated and called young; so I agreed not to tell anyone. After almost 2 months of sleeping together, I started to wake up feeling sick. Mum thought I was coming down with the flu, so she made me stay home for a few days; I wasn't allowed to see anyone. One morning mum came in and told me that Michael and his family had moved houses; I was completely crushed. I spent weeks moping around the house and eating a lot of junk food. I noticed about 3 months after Michael had left that my stomach was getting bigger, I thought I had really been eating a lot, but Mum knew it wasn't that; She sat me down and asked me if I had had sex with anyone. I thought back to what Michael had said about keeping things quiet...I almost didn't tell her but then I remembered that he had just left without saying anything, so I told her everything. She wasn't that angry at me; she took me to get a pregnancy tester, I took it and it was positive." Charlie paused and looked at Joey who had moved to sit down next to her, placing her hand on Charlie's arm.
"Go on" Joey smiled, encouraging Charlie to continue.
Charlie took a deep breath.
"Dad was so disappointed; He couldn't even look at me. Mum told him that I were too far along to do anything about it and they decided between the two of them to keep the baby once it was born. Mum was very supportive through out the pregnancy, she was always there for me. Dad told me I couldn't have any of my friends around and I were to not leave the house unless it were for a check up." Charlie ran her fingers through her hair and stared out at the water. "The afternoon I went in to labour was terrifying, Mum was out and I was home with Dad. He raced me to the hospital and called Mum. Dad kept making it clear that once the baby was born, I was to treat he or she like a brother or sister. I was too afraid to tell him I wanted to be a mother to my baby, so I kept my mouth shut. When I had the baby, a little girl, Dad asked the doctors if it was okay for them to take her home and they reluctantly agreed. Mum could see I was depressed when I got discharged from the hospital 2 days later, I hadn't even seen what my little girl looked like. Dad kept the baby away from me when I got home but when he went to bed, Mum came in my room, holding my little girl in her arms. She let me hold her; I took one look at the little girl I held in my arms and cried." Charlie wiped her eyes as tears had started to fall down her face. "Mum asked me if I wanted to name her; I don't think I've nodded as fast as I did that night. I named her Ruby" Charlie placed her head in her hands and cried.
Joey stared at Charlie; taking in all the information she had just been told.
"Does Ruby know?" Joey asked.
"She found out a few months ago after Dad had died; He wrote me a letter in his will telling me to tell Ruby otherwise she would receive a letter on her 18th birthday from him telling her everything...So I had to tell her; I didn't want her finding out through a letter"
Joey nodded and leant in and rested her head on Charlie's back, placing her arms around her waist.
"I thought telling you that would have made you run a mile" Charlie spoke as she sobbed.
"You can't get rid of me that easy, Charlie." Joey tightened her arms around Charlie's waist.
"I meant what I said earlier Jo." Charlie said lifting her head up from her hands, causing Joey to have to sit up as well.
"Which part?" Joey looked confused.
"The part where I said that I still love you"
"I still love you too" Joey leaned over and wiped tears away from Charlie's cheek.
Charlie smiled and leaned in to kiss Joey.
"What about Angelo?" Joey asked as she moved her head back from Charlie.
Charlie closed her eyes and moved back; she had forgotten about him.
"This isn't fair on him"
Charlie opened her eyes and looked at Joey.
"You're right." Charlie nodded. "I'll break up with him"
Joey couldn't hide the grin that appeared on her face. "Are you sure you want to do that?"
"I am positive." Charlie smiled and placed her hand on Joey's thigh. "I want to be with you"
"I want to be with you too. It's not going to be easy; you're going to have to earn my trust back, but I'm willing to give it a try"