Caught In The Middle Chapter 22: She Will Be Loved, a home & away fanfic

Loving your ideas for what Gabby should do in regards to catching Angelo 'the douche bag' Rosetta flirting with Becca! Let's see if any of them pan out correctly.

Rhyleigh - Always try my hardest :P

JSCO - Are you loving some violence against Angelo again? :P

Kirsty - Possible wishful thinking...for now...

AuthorW - Ha I do like the idea of Gabby going off at Angelo and him being so clueless as to what's going on :P

Bethers - Is that I challenge I hear for me to make CJ even cuter? Hmm I'll have to see if I can take up that challenge - it's possible they could have some cute moments coming up once the Gabby/Becca storyline plays out...

Funkyshaz - Ooh the 'I can't stand Angelo' fanclub - can I be vice-president oh lovely leader? :P I've just about given up on H&A too - I can't stomach it when the pair of them are in scenes together which is every time Esther has a scene in the show practically - it's called dependency issues H&A! Look into it! Actually wouldn't that be semi-interesting for H&A to follow the pair realizing they are too dependent on one another and how they 'struggle' to deal with it - then the moment they don't spend all their time together they realize they prefer it that way and never want to be together again? Well we can dream!

Keela - Welcome to being an avid reader of my lil fic! Wow you said such nice things! My writing distracting you from housework was grand! If you ever want to avoid housework for a week or two check out my other fics! :P

Lil - You could be on the right path - never doubt your guesses!

Oniz - Major needed drama - are you sure this fic needs more of that lol! We'll see about the double happy ending...

This weeks song choice - .com/watch?v=2QKLdzqmYLA

"She Will Be Loved"

"Beauty queen of only eighteen
She had some trouble with herself
He was always there to help her
She always belonged to someone else

I drove for miles and miles
And wound up at your door
I've had you so many times but somehow
I want more

I don't mind spending every day
out on your corner in the pouring rain
Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
And she will be loved
And she will be loved

Tap on my window, knock on my door
I want to make you feel beautiful
I know I tend to get so insecure
It doesn't matter anymore

It's not always rainbows and butterflies
It's compromise that moves us along(yeah)
My heart is full and my doors always open
You come anytime you want(yeah!)

I know where you hide
Alone in your car
Know all of the things that make you who you are
I know that goodbye means nothing at all
Comes back and makes me catch her every time she falls(yeah)

Tap on my window,
Knock on my door
I want to make you feel beautiful

(Tried so hard to say goodbye)

I don't mind spending everyday

(Please don't try so hard to say goodbye)
Out on your corner in the pouring rain

(Please don't try so hard to say goodbye)
(Please don't try so hard to say goodbye)"

Gabby grunted in disgust as she watched the random guy shamelessly flirting with Becca. It hurt her deeply when Becca suddenly burst out laughing at something the guy just said. Not able to bare another second of watching history repeat itself, with Becca falling head over heels for some charming guy, Gabby fled.

Brushing past a group of guys, she bumped into one of them. Realizing she was still carrying the drinks she'd just bought, she thrust them at the guy without looking at him, "Here take these, they're on me." She rushed past him once the drinks were in his hands and jogged outside.

Wiping several tears from her cheeks, Gabby began walking away from the Surf Club, but spotted Joey and Charlie up ahead. The pair were happily besotted with each other next to the wooden railing making out. Although she was happy that the pair had finally seemed to rekindle their destined love, jealously instead struck her down and she tried to walk past them without them noticing.

Joey was leant against the wooden railing, firmly attached to Charlie's lips. Charlie's hands had begun to wander underneath Joey's shirt, stroking Joey's lower back. Joey felt her skin was on fire under Charlie's touch and forced herself to break their kiss, afraid that things were becoming too serious and wasn't sure if it was the right time for them to be together.

Although disappointed at Joey's hesitance, Charlie realized that it was the right move for them to slow things down. The last few days of them enjoying their newfound romance had made Charlie see just how perfect things were between them, and how much Joey deserved the perfect 'second first time'.

Charlie hadn't told Joey yet but once Joey had gone back to the City in a couple days to collect her stuff and bring it back to Aden's, Charlie was hoping that they could take a weekend away up the coast and hoped that they could take their relationship to the next level then. But of course it was only the start of the week and trying to hold out until then was killing her.

As her hands relaxed back down to Joey's hips, Charlie gently nuzzled her lips against Joey's neck for a moment before gently placing their foreheads against each other. Joey blushed bashfully, "We should…probably head back inside and…"

Joey's eyes suddenly fell behind Charlie to Gabby who was walking past them, "Oh ah hey Gabs. Whatcha doing out here…'cause Charlie and I were…just about to head back inside." Gabby continued walking, too deep in her thoughts to hear Joey. Charlie turned around to her, while Joey placed her arm around Charlie's waist. Joey frowned at Charlie before trying again, "Um Gabs…everything alright?"

Gabby finally heard Joey's voice, "Oh…ah hi. I'm just…leaving." "What? How come? I thought tonight was going great," Joey replied surprised. Gabby stopped walking away and shrugged, "Yeah well things change." "Meaning what?" Joey asked confused. Gabby sighed and looked at the couple in front of her, "Meaning your plans for a double date tonight failed epically and I'm going back to Aden's…probably to pack and head home as soon as possible."

Charlie grimaced, "It wasn't…really a…double date." Gabby rolled her eyes, "Oh as if Joey didn't tell you what's going on between me and Rebecca…or not going on." "We thought we could help," Charlie whispered. "Yeah well great job. Turned out exactly how most of our nights out do," Gabby told them. "You just got too afraid of your feelings and couldn't tell Becca so decided against doing so?" Joey asked hopefully.

Gabby grunted, "Yeah and then the second I turned my back she got hit on by some douche bag, and making it quite clear that she'd be more interested in some idiotic moron who doesn't deserve her." "What douche bag?" Charlie asked curiously.

Gabby sighed turning back towards the Surf Club entrance, only to find Becca exit the Surf Club with Angelo by her side, "Just as I suspected…can't even fight off some jerk's affections." Charlie shook her head in disgust as she watched Angelo and Becca talking, with Angelo clearly trying to make moves on the young woman, then whispered, "I'm gonna kill him…or at least knock him unconscious."

Joey squeezed Charlie's waist, trying to calm her down but she herself was also sure that Angelo had hit on Becca purposely after seeing them hanging out together, "Look I'm sure it's nothing serious. She's just talking to him and Angelo's got to be a bigger idiot than I take him for if he thinks he's got a shot with…"

Joey trailed off and chewed on her lip as the three of them watched Angelo lean in and kiss Becca. They all immediately looked away, unable to keep watching. Charlie made a face, while Joey grimaced. Gabby shook her head and turned back to them, "See what I mean. Another stupid attempt to fall for a guy who doesn't deserve her. Don't know why I even bother. I'm outta here."

"No Gabby don't just take off," Joey begged, "Please Becca's probably just been nice to him. Angelo can be a right pushy bastard sometimes."

Gabby tried to swallow her pride, "I always let her do this to me. Something happens and I think maybe…just maybe she feels the same way. Then before I get the courage to tell her how I feel…I find her with some moron that doesn't know the first thing about her. I've known her my whole life and she's the only person who makes my life feel right. She makes me feel…

What does it matter? I don't make her feel anything. The truth is I was right when I thought I didn't have a shot with her. This just proves what I've been saying all along. It's nothing but unrequited love. I'm thankful…that you guys tried to help us. But I think all you did was made me accept that I need to move on…for real this time. You girls should go back inside and enjoy the rest of your night. I'll see you later."

Before either of them could protest Gabby turned around and fled. Charlie looked down at Joey worried, "Should we go after her?" "Give her a minute to calm down and then we'll go see how she's doing," Joey decided.

The pair looked up to see Becca walking towards them, "Hey guys." Becca stared after Gabby, "Hey Gabs. Why'd you take off? I thought you were at the bar getting us drinks and then I panicked when I couldn't see you anywhere s came out here to find you. I thought we were having…fun. You alright? Gabs? Gabby?" Gabby didn't answer her and just kept walking off, so Becca turned back to the other pair, "How come Gabby just ran off and ignored me? She alright?" "She's just…a little upset," Joey admitted.

Becca frowned, her deep concern etched on her face, "Is this about tonight? About seeing the pair of you together so soon after the break up? She's been insisting that she's fine about it the past couple days but she really didn't want to come out tonight. I knew I should've listened to her. I should go check if she's okay."

Charlie suddenly took a step forward, "I…don't think that's what she needs right now. This doesn't have anything to do with the breakup. She doesn't have any hard feelings against us for Joey ending their relationship. Gabby had her own reasons for the breakup too. And she ran off 'cause you-" "Charlie," Joey whispered urgently, stopping her from revealing too much.

"Why is it that you two seem to know what's best for her and what's going on here? What reasons are you talking about? And she ran off 'cause of me? What did I do? Tell me what's going on with her. I deserve to know, I'm her best friend," Becca whimpered sadly. "That's the problem," Joey whispered without thinking.

Becca stared at them confused. Charlie stared behind them in the direction that Gabby had fled, then turned back to Becca, "She just…saw you making out with that…lunk head over there…and she ran off okay?"

"Why?" Becca asked weakly, already sensing the answer. Joey looked up at Charlie, who nodded at her to answer, "'Cause it's hard being so in love with someone you can't live without them…and it's almost impossible when you believe you can't be with them."

Next time: Why did Becca really kiss Angelo? And how will she react to Joey's little bombshell? Does she feel the same way about Gabby or is it really just unrequited love?