Sorry for the lateness I had a busy weekend, this chapter is mostly Chax…enjoy
A week had passed since Brax had kissed her, Charlie sat on her sofa with a smile on her face he had been over every day-sometimes twice a day to see Daryl he was so good with him and Daryl just loved having him there. She looked up as she heard footsteps and smiled again when she heard his voice "in here!" she called turning towards the door.
Brax stuck his head in "hey," he said and walked fully in "is Daryl awake?" he asked and sat beside her "I know it's kinda late for him but my phone was flat to call."
Charlie nodded "it's fine it's still early and he is allowed up an extra hour on the weekends," she replied "but no he's not here he's staying at Jack's tonight."
"Oh," Brax said and stood up "alright then, I won't keep you, just wanted to say goodnight to him."
Charlie stood up "I can call Jack and you can talk to him and if you want to you can hang here with me for a bit," she said and walked in to get her phone.
Brax followed her and leaned against the door "yeah, guess I could stay for a while," he agreed.
Charlie picked up her phone and called Jack "hey is Dar still awake?" she asked.
"Yep, I stupidly gave him a soda and now he's bouncing around all hyper," he chuckled.
Charlie chuckled too "I told you not to give him that stuff, anyway, Brax is here he wants to talk to him."
"Alright hold on," Jack said, Charlie pulled the phone from her ear as Jack started yelling "Daryl! Your daddy wants to talk to you!"
"Daddy!" he squealed once he'd taken the phone.
"No baby it's mummy," Charlie said as she walked to Brax with the phone
"Aww Uncle Jack said it was daddy," he grumbled.
Charlie giggled "nice to know you're missing me…here's daddy, bye baby and be good for Uncle Jack and Martha," she said and handed it off to Brax.
"Hey buddy," Brax smiled "you having fun?"
"Yep, me and Uncle Jack played football now we're going to watch a movie," Daryl replied happily.
"Cool what movie are you going to watch?" Brax asked.
"The one Uncle Casey gave me with the mouse," Daryl replied.
Brax chuckled "Stewart little-good movie, anyway I just called to say goodnight, you get back to your movie, I love ya buddy."
"Loves you too daddy I'll see you tomorrow."
"Do you want to talk to mummy?" Brax asked looking over at Charlie.
"Um nope," he giggled "bye daddy," he said and the line went dead.
"Daryl?" Brax said "hello?" he frowned and looked at Charlie "I think he hung up on me."
Charlie giggled "I've been replaced as number one," she giggled and walked by him "coffee?" she asked.
Brax walked up behind her and pulled her back to him "you haven't been replaced," he said and slid his arms further around her waist "you're still number one."
Charlie closed her eyes at the contact, slowly turning in his arms she looked up at him the connection between them was massive she just wanted to kiss him-just wanted to be with him, but things were difficult at the moment "I thought we agreed Daryl came first," she said although her brain was screaming at her to shut up and just go with it.
Brax nodded and stepped closer to her "we did but," he said slowly "things are going great, we're settling in, Daryl is getting used to me being around…I think it's time we spent a little time together-just us."
Charlie nodded "so you wanna focus on us now?"
Brax nodded and lowered his head "and I'm dying to kiss you," he said and brushed his lips across hers. Stepping back he watched her-waited to see what she'd do.
Charlie looked back at him she bit her lip and tilted her head to the side stepping forward she wrapped her arms around his neck "that wasn't a kiss," she said and leaned up on her toes.
Brax pulled her closer and deepened the kiss he couldn't believe the moment was finally here-the moment they had being trying so hard to push away. Slipping his tongue into her mouth he gripped her tighter as a soft moan left her mouth, backing her up against the wall the kiss started to heat up.
Charlie slid her hands down to his shirt and started to pull at it "Brax," she moaned and bit her lip as he moved onto her neck.
"I know right," Ruby giggled causing them to spring apart. Charlie looked over at the door to see Ruby and April come in "hey mum," she smiled "hey Brax, sorry I'm late April couldn't find her phone."
"It's okay," Charlie smiled and glanced at Brax as she walked to the coffee pot "what are you girls doing tonight?" she asked.
"Um," Ruby looked at April "we kinda met two guys on the beach today so we're meeting them in the surf club."
Charlie turned back to them "as in dates?" she asked.
"No Charlie," April giggled "we only met them today they said they moved here last week but they haven't been out much, so we're just making them feel welcome."
Brax looked over at the girls "what are their names?"
"Casey and Kyle," Ruby answered "what?" she said when Brax chuckled.
"They're my brothers," he replied "so you two are going out with my brothers?" he chuckled.
Ruby shrugged "I knew Casey looked a bit like you, I just wasn't sure so I never said anything…we're gonna head off I just came back to do my insulin," she said and walked by them.
"And be sure to mention you're Daryl's sister!" Charlie called after her. She looked back to Brax who leaned against the door looking at her "what?" she asked.
Brax shook his head "nothing," he said and walked to her "I better go, if they hadn't come in we would be up in your bed now and I'm not ready for that and neither are you."
Charlie bit her lip and looked at the floor "I'm sorry I got carried away, I shouldn't have gone near your shirt."
Brax tilted her chin up "it was me as well Charlie I just got lost in you," he sighed and stepped back "we need to do this properly we can't rush into it."
Charlie nodded and stepped further away from him "yeah," she sighed "it's not just us to worry about."
"Exactly, we gotta take our time," Brax said and walked to her "I'll see ya later, text me when Daryl gets home tomorrow," he looked down on her for a moment before he lowered his head and kissed her softly " but I am allowed to do that…bye," he said and walked to the back door.
"Bye!" Charlie called after him, as she heard his car start-up she sighed and walked into the living room that was too close.
Two days later Charlie walked along the beach in a daze, she had been on duty and it was a quiet morning, the day after they'd kissed Casey had called to pick up Daryl saying Brax had to meet someone about supplies, and yesterday when Brax stopped by to take him he was in a hurry so she hadn't a chance to speak to him properly. Looking up she couldn't stop the smile that crossed her face as he walked out of the water, she waved slightly as he spotted her and waved and started to walk towards her.
He walked up to her and dug his board into the sand "hello beautiful," he smirked.
Charlie looked down as a blush crossed her cheeks "hey," she said and looked back up.
"What are your plans later?" he asked.
Charlie shrugged "collecting Daryl from my dad's then going home that's about it-you."
"Coming over to you guys, I know I haven't been around the last few days but I had a few things to sort out for Angelo's," he said and looked around before leaning in and kissing her quickly " gotta go now I'm on a break but I'll see you later," he said and picked up his board "be over about six!" he called as he walked away.
Charlie shook her head and started to walk why did that feel so normal?
….
After work Charlie arrived to her dads walking in she walked to the kitchen to see Daryl and her dad at the table eating "hey," she said dropped a kiss on Daryl's forehead before dropping into a seat beside them "what did you two get up to today?" she asked.
"After school we went to the park we fed the ducks and we-"
"And we got ice-cream!" Daryl said excitedly before Tony could finish.
"And we got ice-cream," he chuckled "how was your day sweetie?"
"Yeah the usual fun filled day," she chuckled and stood up "are you and Beth doing anything tonight dad?" she asked as she got herself some coffee.
"Yeah we're going out for dinner and a movie," Tony replied.
Charlie smiled "aww I wish I had someone like you you're such a romantic dad, you're always taking her out."
Tony chuckled and put his hands over Daryl's ears "maybe Brax can take you out and remind you what it's like," he said with a smirk.
"Dad!" she shrieked and looked down at Daryl who looked up at Tony frowning "me and Brax are just friends," she whispered and walked to the table.
"Yeah right," someone chuckled from behind her.
She turned to see Jack coming in the back door "oh shut up you," she said and sat down.
"Hey buddy I got you something nice, go on out to Martha and she'll give it to you."
"Is it sweets?" he asked hopeful.
Jack chuckled "guess you'll have to go and see," he said and sat beside Charlie, he waited until Daryl had ran outside and turned to Charlie "so Brax is taking you out?"
"No," Charlie scoffed "all I said was dad was a romantic and he said that."
Tony and Jack chuckled "I saw him kiss you on the beach earlier," Tony said.
"Yeah and I ran into Ruby and April last night they said they saw him kiss you in the house," Jack added.
Charlie sighed "I don't know what's going on alright, all I know is I can't stay away from him," she muttered.
"And he can't stay away from you," Jack said and stood up "you pined over him for almost five years Charlie don't waste any more time…I just stopped by to drop this off," he said and placed a box on the counter "see ya!" he called on his way out.
"He's right you know," Tony said.
Charlie looked up "which part?" she asked and looked back down into her cup.
"All of it," Tony chuckled "but seriously sweetie if you both still feel the way you did when you met then go for it."
"It's not that simple dad," she sighed "we have Daryl…what if it doesn't work out-or it was just a holiday fling?"
Tony placed his hands over hers "did you feel the same spark when he kissed you today-no answer me," he said when she groaned.
"This is so embarrassing but yes I did," she muttered.
Tony chuckled and pulled his hand away as Daryl ran back in "then there's you answer," he said and turned to him "what did you get mate?"
Charlie zoned out she didn't even hear Daryl's reply, all she could think about was Brax and what her dad and Jack had said to her, what if they were right-what if they were wrong? Sighing she sat back she couldn't even say wait and see she was too scared to make any move at all in case it was the wrong one.
A few minutes later she was brought from her thoughts by Daryl tugging on her arm "sorry baby," she said and leaned down to him "what did you say?" she asked.
"Can we go home?" he asked "granddad and Nan are going out soon."
Tony chuckled and stood up "I said later mate not now."
"I should go anyway," Charlie said looking at the clock, she stood up "Brax said he'd come over to see us," she said and grabbed Daryl's bag.
Tony walked over to her "remember what I said," he said and dropped a kiss on her forehead "bye sweetie," he said and walked to Daryl "see ya mate, next time we'll go to the water park alright."
"Yay water park! Bye granddad!" he called and ran out to the car.
"Bye dad you and Beth have fun," she smiled and followed him.
Brax walked out of his room and picked up his keys "I'm off I'll be back later," he said to Kyle who sat alone at the table.
"Where are you going now?" he asked "you're never here."
"So?" Brax replied "I'm going to see Daryl," he said and walked towards the door.
"Daryl or Charlie?" Kyle smirked.
Brax stopped and turned around to him "got something you wanna say?" he asked.
Kyle shrugged "just heard Ruby telling some bloke she saw you kissing her mother."
"And who is it you're chasing Ruby or April?" he asked turning the conversation around.
Kyle chuckled "April, so did you kiss Charlie?" he asked.
Brax chuckled too Kyle was well able to handle him "maybe I did," he said and walked out the door.
Arriving at Charlie he's knocked on the door and walked in "hey"! he called, he frowned and walked into the living room when he got no reply and smiled Charlie was asleep on the sofa with Daryl cuddled into her side. Kneeling down beside them he stroked his cheek and leaned in kissing him on the cheek. He stood up again and reached over for the blanket on the sofa throwing it over them he leaned down and kissed Charlie on the head "night," he whispered and stood up again. Sighing he turned around and walked back towards the door-stopping when she spoke.
"You should remember I'm a very light sleeper."
He chuckled and turned back to see her head titled back looking at him "I do remember that you just looked too cute to wake," he said and leaned against the door "want me to go?" he asked.
Charlie shook her head and slid out from Daryl fixing the blanket she walked over to him, leaning up she kissed him quickly "nope," she said and walked into the kitchen.
Brax chuckled and followed her "he's worn out," he said and sat down.
"Yeah he went somewhere with my dad today to play football," she said and sat beside him.
Brax nodded and turned to face her "can I take him over night one of the days?" he asked it had been on his mind the last few days.
Charlie looked back at him she wasn't prepared for that so soon, but she had to remember he was here now he was his dad "uh sure," she said slowly.
Brax chuckled "freaking out?" he asked.
Charlie nodded "a little, but it has to happen sometime right?"
Brax nodded "I've been thinking about if for a few days now, I wasn't sure if you'd go for it or not."
Charlie smiled "how about Friday night so I can have a few days to get used to it?"
"Alright," Brax replied "so what do you wanna do?" he asked.
"Hey mum!" Ruby called dashing through the house with April, "April is staying here alright we've an assignment due first thing…hey Brax!" she called running up the stairs.
An idea popped into Charlie's head "wanna go out…just me and you?" she asked nervously.
Brax nodded "sure," he smiled "where?"
Charlie thought about her dad "dinner and a movie?" she asked.
Brax nodded "sounds good to me."
Charlie nodded "I'll be back in a sec…can you carry him to his room?" she asked.
"Sure," Brax replied and followed her.
Charlie got the bed ready and walked to Ruby's room, knocking she stuck her head in "hey," she said and walked in, glancing behind her she closed the door over "um I'm gonna go out with Brax now…are you okay to watch Dar- he's already asleep so he won't bother you," she added when Ruby sighed.
"A date?" April smirked.
Charlie bit her lip "I don't know," she said slowly "I kinda suggested it when he asked what did I wanna do."
Ruby chuckled and looked at April "date," they both said "yeah mum that's fine, just leave his door open," she said.
"Thanks," she smiled and kissed her on the head "I'll leave money for a pizza in the kitchen, don't work too hard," she giggled and walked out of the room. Quickly changing out of her uniform she went to the kitchen "ready?" she asked.
Brax nodded "you look nice," he said looking her up and down.
Charlie blushed and looked down at herself she wore a loose singlet and white shorts "it's just shorts and a top," she said.
Brax chuckled "but you still look nice," he said and stood up "and that's what you were wearing when I met you," he added.
Charlie smiled and looked down again "I was…but I didn't wear them to see did you remember I just grabbed them," she added quickly.
Brax chuckled "I wasn't even thinking that, come on," he said and walked to the door.
"Hold on I've to leave money for a pizza," she said and walked to her purse, "shit," she said rummaging through it "I thought I had twenty in here," she said pulling things out.
Brax reached into his pocket and pulled out twenty "here," he said and placed it down.
"No Brax I can't take that, I'll find it," she said and started to look again.
Brax walked over and took it from her hands "let's go," he said and placed it on the counter, taking her by the hand he pulled her towards the door "bye girls!" he called.
As they drove Brax turned to Charlie "where are we going?" he asked.
"Um Yabbie creek?" she asked "there's this little place on the corner of the main street."
Brax nodded "whatever you want," he said and turned up the Yabbie creek road.
…
A few minutes later Brax pulled into a lot and turned off the engine climbing out of the car he walked around to her side and pulled the door open "so is this a date?" he asked when she climbed out.
Charlie leaned on the car beside him "do you want it to be a date?" she asked looking up at him.
Brax chuckled she looked so nervous "how about this is where we go to arrange our date for Saturday," he said and pushed himself off the car.
Charlie did the same and followed them "am I missing something here?" she asked catching up to him.
Brax chuckled "that was me asking you out," he said and turned back to her "so what do you say, me you somewhere nice Saturday night?"
Charlie smiled and nodded "Saturday it is," she said and pulled the door open.
A while later they had eaten and were walking down the main street "what movie do you wanna see?" he asked.
Charlie looked over at the arcade across the street "it's all girlie films so I have a better idea," she said and grabbed his hand. Pulling him across the road she turned back to him "we're gonna have some fun," she said and dragged him inside.
Brax chuckled and pulled her back to him, kissing her quickly he pulled back "you are awesome," he chuckled.
"I know I am," she giggled "pool?" she said and hurried off to the tables.
Just as she set up her phone rang "Rubes?" she said quickly.
"Hey it's April, sorry to call you Rubes asked me to, Daryl woke up and started screaming when she told him you two were gone out he wants to see Brax."
Charlie sighed and looked at Brax "where's Ruby now?"
"She's trying to calm him," April replied "he got that worked up he got sick."
Brax overheard April and took the phone "we'll be home in ten minutes," he said and hung up
"I told him you were coming over," Charlie said and started to walk towards the door.
….
A few minutes later they pulled up at her house and went inside "Daryl!" Charlie called up the stairs.
April stuck her head over the rail "he's still crying he can't hear you!" she called.
Charlie and Brax made their way up the stairs "aww baby," Charlie said and sat beside Ruby who had him on her lap trying to calm him down.
"Sorry mum nothing worked," she sighed "he just kept making himself worse."
Charlie put out her arms "it's okay sweetie," she said "you coming to mummy baby?" she asked.
"No!" he cried and slapped her hands away "you took my daddy! I don't like you!" he sobbed.
"I'm here mate," Brax said and got down in front of him.
Daryl sprang into his arms "you're my daddy! Mummy's not allowed take you!"
Charlie sighed and stood up as Ruby climbed over her "we just went for a walk baby," she said moving closer to him.
"Leave me alone I want daddy!" he yelled and clung to Brax.
Brax looked up at Charlie he could see the hurt and upset on her face "buddy you have to share daddy with mummy."
"No you're my daddy you stay with me!"
"But daddy wants to spend time with mummy as well as you," Brax tried to explain.
"No!" he yelled again and tightened his grip on Brax.
Charlie stood up "I'll leave you to settle him," she said and walked out of the room she had to get out before she burst into tears.
Brax looked over at Ruby who was looking after her, she looked back at Brax and smiled quickly "I'll go…don't worry she'll be fine this is all new to her," she said and hurried after her.
Brax sighed and looked down at Daryl "mate you can't speak to mummy like that," he said and placed him on the bed "mummy's and daddy's have to spend time together too," he said and sat beside him.
"But why?" Daryl asked and climbed back into his bed.
"Because that's what they do they spend time together without their kids," Brax said and pulled the covers up over him.
"But why?" Daryl asked again.
Brax sighed he didn't know what else to say "because mummy's and daddy's love each other like they love you, mummy spends a lot of time with you doesn't she? So it's only fair she spends some time with me too," he asked.
"Yes," Daryl nodded "so you loves mummy?" he asked and frowned "like you loves me?"
Brax smiled "I do mate," he said and leaned into him "but it's a secret don't tell mummy," he said and dropped a kiss on his forehead "love ya buddy, night, go to sleep," he said and walked to the door.
"Night daddy I loves you too," he said and snuggled into his covers.
Brax looked back and sighed before closing the door over and made his way down the stairs. Walking into the kitchen he found April and Ruby sitting either side of Charlie, he noticed her head was dropped and she was slumped over.
April spotted him and tapped Ruby she looked over at him and stood up "we'll leave you to it," she said and walked by Brax followed by April.
Brax walked over and sat beside her "are you okay?" he asked.
Charlie sniffed and nodded "I'll be fine," she chuckled "just the first time anything like this has happened," she said and wiped her eyes.
Brax scooted closer to her and wrapped one arm around her "it's all new to him too, he doesn't understand- but I did tell him he has to share me with you," he said and rested his chin on her shoulder "so how about you share me now and we watch a movie?"
Charlie tilted her head to him, leaning in she kissed him slowly pulling back she stood up "how about a movie in bed?" she asked.
Brax stood up and turned to face her "is that in invitation to stay over?" he asked raising an eyebrow.
Charlie smirked and walked around him "well we do have a lot to talk about so we may as well have somewhere comfortable to sit," she said and walked through to the stairs.
Brax followed her and stopped at the bottom "you didn't pick a movie!" he called.
"I know!" she called back and kept walking towards her room.
Brax shook his head and followed her, walking to her room he leaned on the doorframe and watched her as she fixed the pillows "nice room," he said and walked in.
Charlie turned to him and shrugged "I like it," she said and climbed onto the bed.
Brax climbed on beside her and turned to face her "so what did you wanna talk about?" he asked.
Charlie rolled on her side "where's your mum and dad?" she asked curiously.
Brax sighed and looked up at the ceiling "mum took off about two years ago and hasn't been in touch since, and my dad is locked up haven't seen him since I was twelve…and I don't wanna see either of them again," he muttered.
Charlie scooted closer to him "I'm sorry Brax I didn't mean to bring it up, you talked about your mum when we met I just assumed you got on."
"It's fine we did back then but things change," he said and turned to face her "do you wanna watch a movie now?"
Charlie could tell his parents were a touchy subject "sure," she smiled and rolled off the bed. Walking to her tv she picked up the few dvds she had beside the player "fast and furious good with you?" she asked.
"Yeah," Brax replied.
Sticking the dvd in she walked back to the bed and climbed on beside him, snuggling into him she turned on the tv and threw the remote down.
Halfway through the film Charlie tilted her head up to find him looking at the ceiling "what's on your mind?" she asked.
Brax looked down at her "you, just you," he smiled.
Charlie smiled and moved closer to him kissing him she pulled back "liar," she said and kissed him again.
Brax chuckled and wrapped his arms tighter around her "partly you," he said and pulled her closer "I'm thinking what Daryl is gonna be like when we tell him we're going out together on Saturday."
Charlie sighed and lay on his chest "we'll have to sit him down and talk to him."
Brax got an idea "how about I get my brothers to watch him at my place- all three of them? Casey and Kyle will do heaps with him Heath loves all the kids movies so he'll watch a few with him."
Charlie looked up at him "we'll see how you get on Friday night."
Brax nodded "we'll see," he said and looked back at the film "didn't realise it was so far in," he chuckled.
Charlie giggled "because you were off in another world for most of it."
Brax chuckled and pulled her closer again "just thinking about you like I already told you," he said and started to tickle her.
"Brax stop!" she giggled and wriggled under him "please stop," she asked through laughs.
Brax chuckled "I remember you were very ticklish," he said and flipped them tickling her harder
"Brax please I'm begging!" she laughed and wiggled again.
Brax stopped for a minute and looked down on her pulling her arms over her head he held them there "like you were the night we ended up in my bed?" Charlie bit her lip as she blushed furiously he chuckled and lowered his head kissing her softly.
Charlie moaned into his mouth as the kiss deepened, pulling her hand free from his she slid it down his back and pulled him closer.
Brax slid his hands down her sides and rested them on her hips, moving onto her neck he began to slide his hand under her shirt-kissing her harder when she moaned again.
As her hands slid to his belt he pulled back and looked down on her "Charlie we can't!" he panted "we can't do this."
Charlie leaned up on her elbows as he sat back "you don't want me?" she asked.
Brax saw the worry flash across her face "no I do," he said moving closer to her "you know I do but it's too soon everything is different "we have a kid, we lost touch for a very long time we can't just jump back into it," he said and rolled fully off her.
Charlie rolled on her side and closed her eyes "you have no idea how you make me feel Brax, how you make me feel when you kiss me-how great I feel now you're around again."
Brax smiled and scooted closer to and pulled her against him "I know I get shivers and tingles all over my body when I see you-even think about you." He smiled and dropped a kiss on her shoulder "that first day I met you- after I left you I did not stop thinking about you until I saw you again, you looked so beautiful."
Charlie smiled and rolled to face him "I did not stop talking about you, Hayley and Bianca even pretended to bed asleep so I'd shut up."
Brax chuckled and kissed her quickly "you know I watched you on your board that morning, I sat there the whole two hours just watching you."
Charlie smiled and snuggled into him "I know, I saw you."
Brax looked down on her "and you just forgot to mention it?"
Charlie giggled "no coz I did the same thing that afternoon."
Brax chuckled "I know, I saw you," he said and pulled her closer.
…
As they both fell into silence Brax thought back to the night he walked her home a smile crossed his face she was wasted- a happy drunk he had called her.
FLASHBACK; Brax and Charlie bid goodnight to the others and started to walk towards the flats "so Brax," she drawled and fell against him "do you always hook up with girls the first night?"
Brax chuckled and grabbed her as she stumbled "no," he said and pulled her against him "only the really hot ones- and I'm not hooking up with you," he added.
"Hey I am hot!" she squealed and slapped his chest.
He chuckled again "yes you are," he said and turned her to face him "but there's something about you Charlie-something special," he said and slid his hands around her waist "which is why I'm gonna leave you here," he stepped closer "but I will leave you with this," he murmured as he lowered his head kissing her softly.
Charlie giggled into the kiss and wrapped her arms around him pulling him closer.
Brax pulled back and looked down on her "hope you don't have too bad a head in the morning."
"Why?" she giggled and leaned back against the door.
Brax stepped back to her "because I'm hoping to see a bit more of you tomorrow," he said and leaned against the door beside her.
Charlie turned her head "lucky for you I can handle my drink," she said and pushed herself up off the door "but right now if I don't get to bed I'm gonna puke."
Brax chuckled and opened her door for her "you better get to bed then."
Charlie giggled and kicked off her shoes "you know I could do one more drink…with the right company," she flirted.
Brax shook his head and walked to her "which room is yours?" he asked sliding his hands around his waist.
"That one," Charlie said nodding her head behind her, sliding her hands around his neck she stood up on her toes "you gonna keep little old me company?" she asked and bit her lip as she looked at his and darted her eyes quickly to meet his.
Brax groaned and stepped closer to her she was driving him crazy, lowering his head he kissed her hard. As the kiss heated up he walked her backwards until she hit the door, lifting her onto his hips he opened the door and threw her onto the bed. Climbing on top of her he started to slow the kiss down before pulling back "night Charlie," he murmured and rolled off her-there was something about her something he couldn't put his finger on- all he knew was he was smitten already. He chuckled when he looked down on her she was gone already, pulling the covers up around her he walked to the door and stopped. Looking back he smiled he couldn't wait for tomorrow-sighing he had to physically remove himself from her place, all he wanted to do was climb in beside her and hold her all night-but this had to be done properly. Taking one last look at her he closed the door and walked out closing the front door behind him.
As he walked back to his place he couldn't get her out of his head she was amazing so much fun so easy to talk to. He chuckled as he remembered the look on Heath's face when she sat down beside them-nearly choked on his drink when Bianca sat beside him "all worked out well," he said as he let himself into his place END OF FLASHBACK.
He looked down on Charlie "do you remember the first night I walked you home?"
"Oh my god I made an idiot of myself in that flat please don't remind me," she groaned and threw her hands over her face.
Brax chuckled "you know you drove me crazy that night it took all I had to walk out of there."
"Sorry," she said and looked up at him "you should have just opened the door and ran," she giggled.
Brax chuckled and kissed her quickly "then I wouldn't have got to kiss you the second time."
"You know I woke up the when the girls came in wondering if I dreamt you taking me into the bed."
"Carrying you to bed," he corrected "aww you were so cute, but I will admit I was a little hurt you fell asleep while I was kissing you."
Charlie giggled "the slow kissing was relaxing and I just got too comfortable," she blushed. She looked over at the clock on her bedside locker "that is not the time!" she said.
Brax looked over "half elven yeah it's right," he said and turned back to her "do you wanna go to bed?"
"You're not staying?" she asked as he sat up.
Brax looked over at her "do you think we can control ourselves?"
Charlie sighed "no guess not," she said and sat up "I'm on early tomorrow so Ruby is gonna be taking him to school and if I can't collect him my step-mum will, do you want me to drop him over when I'm finished?"
Brax leaned over and kissed her "fine you persuaded me to stay," he said and pulled back her covers "but the clothes are staying on," he said and climbed in.
Charlie rolled off the bed "I'm not sleeping in denim shorts," she said and walked to her dresser "back in a sec," she said and pulled pyjamas out and walked into the bathroom.
A minute later she returned in the pyjamas and walked back to the bed climbing in she turned off the tv and snuggled into the covers "night," she yawned.
"Night," he replied already half asleep, turning to face her he pulled her against him "I'll bring them to school and collect him don't worry about him."
"Thanks," she yawned again and closed her eyes she loved the feeling of him beside her she felt so much more relaxed, thinking back to the morning after he walked her home she bit her lip to hold down a giggle.
FLASHBACK; Charlie walked back to her flat after going to the shop to get a very large orange juice she groaned when someone called out her name. She turned around and smiled as Brax walked towards her with Heath and Sam "hey guys," she smiled.
Brax looked back to Heath and Sam "I'll catch up," he said and stopped beside Charlie.
"Yeah and not another two hours Brax!" Heath called as they walked on.
Brax turned back to her "you don't look too bad considering the state you were in," he chuckled.
Charlie winched "did I make a fool of myself?" she asked and looked at the ground "I don't normally get that drunk I was just having so much fun."
Brax chuckled "do you normally fall asleep when a guy is kissing you?"
"Do you normally leave and leave girls all hot and bothered?" she asked trying to hold back a smirk she may have been totally wasted but she did remember him pulling the covers over her and saying goodnight.
Brax chuckled again "you were asleep and I already told you I wanted to see you again."
Charlie chuckled "I'm kidding I'm glad I woke up alone…not like that," she added when he raised an eyebrow.
Brax nodded "so what did you mean?" he chuckled.
"I meant I like you and I would rather wait until we get to know each other a little better before anything like that happens…if you can handle me," she giggled.
Brax stepped closer to her "I think I can manage, so what are you lot up to today?" he asked.
Charlie scoffed "those two won't be up for hours yet, I'm used to getting up early so I'll be sitting around waiting for them then we'll probably go for a surf."
"Why don't you grab your board and come down with us?" he asked.
Charlie thought about it "alright if your mates don't mind," she said and started to walk.
"They won't care," he said "they won't even notice they'll be too busy arguing over who got the better waves."
Charlie giggled "I do that too, just give me a sec to throw this in," she said nodding to the bag she had in her hand.
"Well you can argue with me," he chuckled.
"I'll win by a mile," she giggled as they got to her door, she stopped and looked in surprised "my god you're up."
Bianca looked up from the table "you better have lots of crap in that bag for me."
"Yeah or you can stay outside," Hayley added looking just as bad as Bianca did.
"I do," she giggled "um," she said and looked at Brax, she'd only been here a day and she'd spent most of it with him-they were there but they may as well have not been she was too busy with him.
Brax chuckled he knew what she was asking "I'll leave you girls to it then," he said sticking his head in the door "hope you girls feel better, we're doing it all over again tonight, see you down the beach," he said and picked his board up "see ya Charlie," he said and smiled at her before he walked away.
Charlie leaned against the door and watched him go sighing when she couldn't see him anymore she walked in and closed the door "junk food as promised," she said and dropped the bag on the table and dropped beside them "what?" she asked when both smirked at her.
"What?" Bianca asked and raised an eye brow "you're obsessed with the guy already."
"I am not!" she shrieked.
Hayley chuckled "Charlie you could not shut up about the bloke last night we had to pretend to be asleep."
"Right," Charlie nodded trying to remember "what was I saying?"
"Oh you only told us he was gorgeous about a million times," Bianca said and started to rummage in the bag.
"And he kissed you and he kissed you again and he said he wanted to see you again," Hayley chuckled joining Bianca.
"So?" she blushed "oh shut up," she said when they both giggled "you two know what I'm like when I get that drunk."
"Yeah you're more fun," Bianca giggled and stood up "you don't care about anything you just have fun," she said and went back to her bed with a juice and a bag of crisps.
Hayley giggled and stood up "what she meant to say was you let your hair down, we like seeing that Charlie," she said and followed Bianca to the bed.
Charlie sighed and stood up grabbing a bag of crisps herself she walked in and joined them on the bed "so are we going out with them again?"
"Oh yes his brother his hot," Bianca said quickly.
Hayley chuckled "yeah his mate's not too bad either," she said and lay back.
"So that's a yes then?" Charlie asked.
"Don't worry Charlz you'll get to see Brax," Bianca giggled and lay back.
Charlie lay down and looked up at the ceiling she didn't know if it was the drink from last night or the butterflies in her stomach but she was nervous but yet couldn't wait to see him later END OF FLASHBACK.
Charlie giggled and snuggled closer to him, sighing happily she closed her eyes things were slowly starting to fall into place. As soon as Daryl…and her got used to them being together things would be perfect-now she was glad she took her dad and Jack' advice.