While running, Charlie decided to take a detour along the beach on her way home, after noticing Brax there with his surf board getting ready to go into the water.
"Well hello there Mr Hotty Braxton! Glad to see you've got your guns out."
Brax turned around and couldn't wipe the smile of seeing Charlie for the 2nd time this morning off his face!
"How lucky am I, I get to see my favourite person in the world twice in one day. Did anyone catch you this morning?"
"Nope, I didn't want to go back to sleep either and I got bored, so I decided to go for a run and burn all my excess energy off!" Charlie said with a laugh. "I saw Bianca and had a coffee with her just then. I kind of told her about us, I hope thats okay." Charlie was slightly concerned about how Brax would react.
"No thats not a problem, the others are going to find out soon enough anyway!"
Charlie smiled at Brax, before looking at his surf board. "I'd better keep going, I don't want to hold you up, I know how much you love surfing! I'll see you at Angleo's later!" Charlie had a huge grin on her face.
"Charlie, you don't have to go, for you anything can wait!"
"Aww, thats such a lovely thing to say but I'd better get going, Ruby will be wondering where I am." She started walking backwards still looking at him, a big smile appeared on her face as she whispered "I love you!"
Brax nodded and responded "I love you more!" as he watched her start running again before he headed into the water for a surf.
Heath and Casey joined Brax in the water not long after he entered it. They noticed he seemed to be in a very good mood considering he was usually grumpy in the mornings. Heath and Casey couldn't stop laughing as they watched Brax lay in the water day dreaming. "What are you idiots laughing at?" Brax asked curiously as he made his way back to reality.
Heath couldn't resist sticking his nose in: "Who'd you hook up with last night mate- we just watched you daydream for almost 2 minutes!"
Brax just stared at him, wondering how to respond. Eventually he decided they would find out in a matter of hours anyway. "Me and Charlie have worked everything out and we're going to give our relationship a go."
"You and Buckton? Seriously mate, you scored the hot cop!" Heath teased, suprised at what had Brax had just revealed.
Casey who had remained quiet until now added: "Ruby will be happy, she's been trying to convince Charlie to date you for ages!"
Seriously- well I'm glad she finally took Rubys advice!" Brax replied happily.
Meanwhile Charlie had the day off after working 11 hours the previous day. She decided to go shopping and find a brand new dress to wear to dinner with Brax, Heath, Casey and Ruby. She'd found a bright yellow one that showed a lot of cleavage, figuring Brax would really like it. She went to have a pedicure and massage before getting a text from Ruby:
"OMG Charlie, Casey just told me about u & Brax. Can't believe u didn't tell me! So excited for u though! :)
Charlie was left stumped, trying to work out how Ruby had found out. "Did Casey see us together last night or on the beach this morning?" were the question running through her head.
Charlie was anxious to know, so she decided to ring Brax to find out. She tried his phone twice before he rang her back shortly after.
"Hey gorgeous girl, what can I do for you?"
Hey you! I just got a text from Ruby, saying how thrilled she was to find out that you and I are now together. She said that Casey told her, so did he see us last night or something?"
"Charlie, I know that we agreed to tell them at dinner tonight, but Heath and Casey caught me in a good mood this morning and made me tell them why. I'm really sorry I hope your not angry."
"No that's okay... I guess we can have dinner with them another time then. I never got around to asking what Ruby has planned anyway."
"I won't bother asking what Casey is up to then. I think I heard Heath talking about going to see Darcy later."
Charlie thought briefly then quickly suggested: "Why don't you and I have dinner by ourselves then? I'll come to Angelo's at 6:30.. I've brought a new dress- I wanna wear it!"
Sounds like a good plan Charlie. I'm looking forward to seeing your new dress!"
"I'd better go, I'm about to have a pedicure! I see you tonight, I love you!"
"I love you too! Bye Charlie" Brax replied before hanging up.
2 hours later, Charlie was walking through the food court of the shopping centre she was at. While walking past Boost, someone spilt their juice all over the floor, causing Charlie to slip and fall over.
Charlie immediately clenched her ankle and yelled in pain. People around her rushed to her to see if she was okay. They helped her onto a chair before asking if she wanted an ambulance to take her to hospital, Charlie said she'd call her boyfriend and he'd take her.