Awesome reviews once again – thanks to you all!
Rhyleigh – Hope you love this one just as much
Bethers – I think we all like open and honest Charlie in these fics than what H&A are giving us right now...
Kirsty – But where would you be without my usual cliff hanger ending? Um scratch that – this chapter doesn't have one of those lol!
Shopgirl – More support for Gabby/Becca – woo! Kinda love this pairing too and it's sad that I won't get to write for them much longer...
KimmyLove – Ha the cliff hanger Queen never left but she does occasionally take a break!
AuthorW – Glad you like the friendship developed between Joey/Gabby & Charlie/Becca!
DNW – It's possible it could be a yes... And will we get to see 'smug git's reaction to his latest crush rejecting him – well that's very possible!
Lil – Hope you like my song choice here – CJ had their own couples song in "I Promise You" and I think this one sums up the Gabby/Becca pairing. Yes you are right that tragic endings can have a huge effect on love stories but I'm glad you've put your faith in me for once...
JSCO – All they have to do is take a chance...so will they?
Enjoy guys!
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"The Way You Make Me Feel"
"Couldn't feel much better
Than the way I feel tonight
Feel like I could live forever
Feel like I could fly
When I thought I'd got it wrong, yeah
You somehow make things right
That's the way you make me feel
Better than I've ever known it
Better than it's ever been
I can't seem to control it, no
It's the way you make me feel
Like the sun coming up in the morning
Like holding the world in your hands
In a way I could never imagine (yeah)
It's the way you make me feel
Couldn't feel much better
Than when I'm here with you
You make everything seem so easy..
I'm telling you the truth
You never try to please me
But somehow, you always do
That's the way you make me feel
Better than I've ever known it
Better than it's ever been
I can't seem to control it, no
It's the way you make me feel
Like the sun coming up in the morning
Like holding the world in your hands
In a way I could never imagine (yeah)
It's the way you make me feel
The way you make me feel, yeah
It's the way you make me feel
The simple things you do to me
Simple things you say
I sometimes can't believe it's for real
Yeah, that's the way you make me feel
Better than I've ever known it
Better than it's ever been
I can't seem to control it, no
It's the way you make me feel
Like the sun coming up in the morning
Like holding the world in your hands
In a way I could never imagine (yeah)
It's the way you make me feel
It's the way you make me feel
It's the way you make me feel
It's the way you make me feel."
Gabby chewed on her lip and jiggled her foot up and down nervously. Having packed her belongings into her bag, she was now seated downstairs on the couch with Joey. Joey had convinced her not to leave just yet. Gabby had groaned when she realized that Joey was right in that she couldn't just up leave in the middle of the night since she'd taken the bus into the coastal town. She had decided instead that if Rebecca didn't turn up soon that she'd go stay at the caravan park until the first bus left to the City the next morning.
Turning to Joey she complained, "She's not coming." Joey looked up at her, "Give her another five minutes." Gabby rolled her eyes, "You've been saying the same thing for the last twenty minutes now." Joey sighed, "Well another five minutes won't hurt." Gabby looked at her more sternly, "You've been saying that as well every time you want me to keep waiting. What's the point? I knew it was a bad idea to tell you how I felt about her."
"You're waiting 'cause you know she feels the same way about you. She just needs…a tiny amount of time to process her own feelings. You should be lucky…the first time around…Charlie took weeks to process her feelings," Joey revealed. Gabby grunted, "Great so I can expect this to draw out for several weeks. Is that what you're saying?" Joey raised her eyebrow, "No I was kinda pointing out the fact that Becca won't take that long…I hope."
Gabby ran her hand through her hair, "You know I don't even know where we're supposed to go from here. I mean we live together. Am I just supposed to pretend nothing's changed and go back to the way things were? Or will things be too difficult now that I'll have to leave her?" "I really don't think that you have to worry about that…this soon. Just wait until you at least get a chance to talk to her before you go making plans about moving out of the apartment you two share," Joey told her.
Gabby hung her head in shame, "I'm being too…immature about all this aren't I? The second she finds out and I'm thinking about up and leaving here on the first bus out of town then I move straight to the idea moving out and finding a new place to live. I need to stop thinking of myself and start thinking about what she's going through. I need to be patient and wait until I have the chance to talk to her don't I?"
Joey smiled, "Yes you do. I don't know how long it could take her to work this out but I have a feeling she won't want to work it out herself…she'll need her best friend to help her. Don't lose hope yet…just give her a chance to…come to her senses." Gabby sighed, "As much as I wished I could have…I can't help but feel that hope is fading fast. I just need to accept…whatever decision she makes…no matter how hard it could be."
Joey nodded, "Yeah you will…'cause you love her and you'll get through this because of that fact…no matter what happens." "No matter what happens," Gabby repeated, then tried to force a small smile on her face, "I just hope I can manage to let her go…if that's what she wants." Joey stared at her and pointed out, "If…that's what she wants."
Gabby suddenly stood up, "I can't just keep waiting here. It's driving me crazy. Right now I'm either gonna…go up bed, fall asleep and pretend none of this is happening…or I can go out there and try and find her so I can finally get my answer once and for all. Which one sounds better right about now?"
As Joey pondered both options and tried to find another way to calm her friend down, the front door to the apartment suddenly opened. Joey and Gabby both glanced up at the doorway. Joey smiled boldly as she saw Charlie walk into the apartment, unable to stop feeling giddy every time she set eyes on her girlfriend. Charlie grinned shyly at Joey as their eyes met.
Gabby, however, didn't bother to notice the way the pair were oogling each other when her eyes set upon Becca who was standing awkwardly in front of Charlie. Gabby took a deep breath, unsure if her feet were gonna make her step towards Becca or force her to run away as she didn't want to face been rejected by the person she loved. Instead her feet remained where they were unable to move either towards or away from possible heartbreaking rejection.
Then before Gabby could say anything, Becca strode forwards. Cupping Gabby's face in her hands, Becca instinctively leant forwards and kissed her passionately.
Gabby was suddenly relieved her feet were frozen to the floor as they held her upright and stopped her from fainting. The feel of Becca's lips against hers was just the way she'd always imagined it to be – perfect.
Although she was still in shock and her eyes were still wide open in disbelief to what was happening, Gabby gently kissed Becca back.
The pair finally parted and Gabby licked her lips anxiously, "Well that was…" Becca leant their foreheads together and creased her eyebrows, "That was just…all wrong."
Gabby pulled her head back swiftly, absolutely crushed by Becca's words. Becca saw the look of grief etched on Gabby's face, and suddenly panicked as she began rambling, "No I mean the kiss wasn't wrong. The kiss was…wow. It's just I did this all wrong. I was supposed to find you and ask you to tell me exactly how you feel so I can hear it in your own words and then I was supposed to tell you about my feelings and then I was gonna kiss you if you felt the same way…but I got too carried away…and jumped straight to the kissing part."
Gabby breathed a sigh of relief and all she could manage was, "Oh." Becca smiled shyly, "I'll try and do this right this time…so how do you feel about me…the truth this time?" Gabby pressed their foreheads back against each other, "I love you…it's always been you that I loved. And how do you feel about me?"
"I think I always loved you too…I just didn't realize how much until today. Sorry for being a little slow and making you wait," Becca confessed. Gabby broke into a small smile, "I think there's ways you can make it up to me." "Well I do have one idea in mind," Becca smirked before leaning in and capturing Gabby's lips again in a sensual kiss.
While the two women were finally expressing their feelings honestly for each other, Charlie had made her way over to Joey and wrapped her arms around Joey's waist from behind. Joey looked up at Charlie and kissed her lightly on the cheek, "Looks like you gave her some good advice." Charlie shrugged, "I just helped her realize that she'd rather be the one making Gabby happy then watch someone else do it…she did the rest of the work to get the courage to accept it."
"Well thank you anyway," Joey whispered, then as she glanced back at the pair happily embraced in a kiss, "Maybe we should go…make us all some coffees…they could be a little distracted for a while." Charlie nodded, and without letting Joey go she followed her into the kitchen.
Did everybody like the cute Gabby/Becca get-together?
Next time: How have the couples settled into their respective relationships?
In the 'final chapter' of the story Gabby & Becca head back to the City and Joey goes along for the ride to collect her belongings to move back to Summer Bay. While 'someone' tries to stand in Charlie's way to go with them – will they succeed or will all the girls get a happily ever after?
Though the end is nigh for this fic I hope you guys enjoy the conclusion