Thought I'd spoil you tonight with a quick update :P
Funkyshaz - Oh we all hate Angelo - hence why we're here supporting the best relationship H&A ever had! Though I don't think it's possible for him to be as annoying in these fics as to what he is on screen :) Oh and Funkyshaz - feel free to give me an honest answer to my question on Angelo at the end of this - I have a feeling you'll enjoy answering it :P
JSCO - Something tells me you'll love 'drunk' Joey even more after this :P
Kirsty - Well it's possible that Angelo could eventually lead to something good happening for Gabby & Becca :P
AuthorW - That sure is one excuse to make out with your girlfriend :P
Lil - I'll take it on board that you don't mind Angelo getting hurt lol! As for how many chapters left...there are currently four or five left - though I hope you all stay tuned...I might have a few new ideas for fics in the future :P
Bethers - Ha you don't want Gabby & Becca sent back home - big fan of the new characters are we? :P That's one hell of a twist for Gabby to hook up with Angelo to make Becca jealous lol! Oh and CJ in this chapter...even cuter!
On with the story!
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"Dare You To Move"
"Welcome to the planet
Welcome to existence
Everyone's here
Everyone's here
Everybody's watching you now
Everybody waits for you now
What happens next
What happens next
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened before
Welcome to the fallout
Welcome to resistance
The tension is here
The tension is here
Between who you are and who you could be
Between how it is and how it should be, yeah
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened
Maybe redemption has stories to tell
Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell
Where can you run to escape from yourself?
Where you gonna go?
Where you gonna go?
Salvation is here
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself, to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened
Today never happened
Today never happened before"
Charlie and Joey walked down towards the wooden railing that lined the start of the beach. Joey stepped up against it, staring out towards the sea. Charlie stood behind her, wrapping her arms around Joey's waist and placed her chin on Joey's shoulder. Joey entangled their hands in front of her waist, before she suddenly turned to face Charlie.
Joey smirked up at Charlie, "You know I'm barely tipsy right?" Charlie quirked her head to the side, "And why would you have me believe that you are?" Joey grinned as she pecked Charlie on the lips, "To get a moment alone with you. As much fun as tonight's been…even though our match-making skills are severely lacking finesse…I've missed you." Charlie pursed her lips, "Oh my God Joey Collins you totally played me to get me out here alone with you so you can-"
Not letting Charlie finish, Joey leant forwards and bought their lips together in a passionate kiss. Charlie gave into the embrace after several seconds and pulled Joey tightly towards her. Joey smirked at Charlie as they broke apart for several seconds, "Hmm not afraid to make out with me in public…? I see you're growing as a person Ms. Buckton."
Charlie giggled, "Well it is night so there's not many people. Oh who am I kidding…I've had a long day at work and our make out session at mine got interrupted to come out tonight for our pathetic excuse for a double date…all I've wanted to do is this." Joey pressed their lips back together, running her tongue along Charlie's lips and teasing her before breaking apart again, "I know this is all I've wanted too. We're pathetic aren't we?"
Charlie leant her forehead against Joey's, grazing their noses together, "What? 'Cause we can't keep our hands off each other and spend all our spare time making out like teenagers?" "Exactly," Joey chuckled, "I haven't felt this way…since the first time we were together." Charlie pressed their lips together again, "All the time we spent alone? That was so much fun…just like now. God you have no idea how hard you're making it for me to take things slow."
Joey captured Charlie's lips once more, this time entangling their tongues desperately, "Oh I think I do…but as much as I want to…we promised the girls we'd only be gone for ten minutes. And that is definitely not enough time. Let's just enjoy acting like silly teenagers for another evening…and maybe soon we can…stop taking things slow." Charlie nodded in agreement, simply joining their lips together as they continued making out frantically along the beach.
Meanwhile, back at Noah's Bar, Angelo's gaze had now fallen to the two women that Charlie and Joey had left behind. He'd been watching the foursome since he had arrived and Charlie had turned him away. He was curious about the two ladies left on their own.
While he had spent most of his time pining after the women he loved, he couldn't help but recognise a comfortable tension between Charlie and the brunette woman. He assumed that this woman had been Joey's former girlfriend and he couldn't quite understand why she didn't seem quite so concerned that Joey had left her for Charlie.
But the moment Charlie and Joey had left the bar, his gaze fell specifically to the bubbly blonde next to her. And when the brunette left her alone at the booth to get them some drinks from the bar, he saw his chance to make a move.
Becca had barely been on her own at the booth for less than a few seconds when Angelo sidled up to her booth and suavely sat next to her. Then Angelo did something he hadn't done in well over a year – since he'd killed Jack.
He planted a cheeky grin on his face, one that was part of his mischievous personality before his life had been torn apart. He had been a playful, happy-go-lucky guy, and deep inside he wanted to be that guy again. The guy that made girls swoon over his unpredictable nature and love his passion and charm. The guy that no girl could resist.
And he was determined to be that guy tonight. If Charlie was gonna 'shove her new relationship down his throat', he resolved that it was about time he had some fun until Charlie came back to him. And what better way than trying to get back to being his cheeky and lovable self with a beautiful woman.
Angelo grinned at Becca mischievously, "Seems you've been deserted. And as the Sergeant at the local police station…I couldn't ignore my calling and let a gorgeous girl like yourself be all alone. I'm Angelo." Becca smiled shyly at Angelo, intrigued by the attention he was giving her.
Gabby accepted the two drinks from Alf at the bar. Before she turned back to her friend she took a deep breath. She knew exactly why Charlie and Joey had bought them here tonight and why they had disappeared briefly. Okay so she realized the disappearance was more about the fact they couldn't keep away from each other but it was also to give her and Becca a few moments alone.
Since she'd opened up to Joey about her feelings for Becca it had started making it impossible to continue lying to her best friend and she realized she'd never be able to keep her feelings to herself forever. So that left her with only one option – she needed to tell Becca the truth.
She had tried building up the courage to do this since she'd first acknowledged just how deep her feelings were for her best friend but it hadn't worked. So with some time alone with Becca, Gabby decided she wouldn't lay all her cards on the table just yet as it was hardly the best place for an emotional admission.
But she could try and gage Becca's reaction if she casually mentioned that it felt like Charlie and Joey had tried to set them up on a double date. She knew Becca hadn't twigged to the fact that was what tonight was meant to be, so why not casually point it out. It wasn't the same as been honest about what was happening but it was a start, and Gabby decided it would be the bravest thing she could besides admitting the truth.
Gabby's smile fell from her face when she turned around to find the woman she loved happily engrossed with some guy who had made his move to hit on her.
Gabby shook her head in disgust – at herself.
This is what always happens. You try and find a way to be honest with her and while you're sitting back, some douche bag gets in your way…and reminds you why you don't dare make a move on her.
Okay I'd like to thank Drowningnotwaving! She guessed that 'some guy' would come between Gabby and Becca's 'date' - and I was just gonna use some 'random douche bag' but DNW convinced me that Angelo would be the perfect 'douche bag' for the role!
How right was she? Is Angelo the perfect 'douche bag'?
Eh he's gotta be perfect at something right?
Next time - How will Gabby react to Angelo moving in on 'her girl'? And what about Becca - what the hell is that girl thinking?