A/N
Hi just posting a new chapter for this story. So sorry you all had to wait for so long, life has been crazy and busy. I will try to do better but as my appology I have written an extra long chapter for you all. Hope you like and forgive me.
I've posted a link for the song so you all can listen.
This Chapter is for Sparkles.
Enjoy and dont forget to review :)
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Chapter fifteen
Charlie found herself parking the car at the caravan park again. She quickly got out of the car. She zipped her jacket up and pulled the collars tight around her neck to shield her a bit from the rain, before she started walking fast, almost running, towards Joey's trailer. She came to an instant halt when she saw Joey running out of her trailer leaving the door open behind her. Joey stopped running the minute she saw Charlie.
In the rain they stood still looking at each other, their eyes never looking away as they slowly walked towards each other. Before they knew it, they stood inches apart looking deep into each other's eyes, both red and swollen from crying, searching for an answer to their confusion.
"Joey" "Charlie" they both spoke out loud at the same time. They both couldn't help but smile at it.
"Joey, I think we should talk" Charlie finally managed to speak, still lost in Joey's big brown eyes.
Joey simply nodded in response to Charlie, she couldn't talk, she was mesmerized by Charlie's beauty. Even though Charlie was soaking wet and her hair hung wet into her face, her eyes red and puffy, she still looked absolutely beautiful to Joey.
She was brought out of her trance when she noticed Charlie tremble and wrap her arms around herself to keep warm. "Charlie you're cold" she said more as a statement than a question.
"Let's go inside my trailer to talk.... if you want to?" She continued and pointed towards the trailer, now realising that the door wasn't closed. She looked back at Charlie, searching for an answer in her eyes, hoping that she would come inside with her.
Charlie stood trying to keep herself warm with her arms wrapped around herself looking at Joey standing, all soaked from the rain, in front of her, thinking to herself that she looked so beautiful even with the tear-stained face and wet hair clinging to it."Yeah sure... let's get out of the rain" she simply replied to Joey's question.
Joey felt very relieved, she smiled nervously at Charlie and turned around and walked back towards the trailer. Half way there she sensed that Charlie still hadn't moved, a little nervous she turned around "You coming?" she asked afraid that Charlie would run away again.
Charlie stood still biting her lower lips nervously watching Joey walk back to her trailer. She didn't know why she was suddenly just frozen to the spot, all the courage and determination she had when she was sitting in her car listening to LeAnn Rimes had disappeared. She heard Joey ask her if she was coming and could see how nervous and scared she looked.
"Oh yeah, of course" was all she could say while slowly walking towards Joey and her trailer. Inside the trailer they both just stood watching each other shyly, neither of them not knowing what to say.
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"You're soaking wet Charlie, let me take you jacket... wait here I'll just get you a towel so you can dry yourself" Joey said thankful that she had been able to break the awkward silence, turning around to get a clean towel for Charlie from the closet.
"Thank you Joey" was all Charlie could say while taking her jacket off.
Giving her jacket to Joey with her right hand while taking the towel Joey was offering with her left, their fingers met briefly and it instantly gave her a tingling feeling and her butterflies returned. Shyly she looked away while starting to dry her hair wondering why Joey could have this effect on her, and at the same time her story scared her.
Charlie watched as Joey hung up both their jackets to dry on the coat hanger mounted on the wall of the trailer, before taking off her wet t-shirt and starting to dry herself with a towel with her back to Charlie. Charlie couldn't take her eyes off Joey's bare back. She noticed a scar on Joey's right shoulder and without thinking she reached out and slowly touched the scar with her fingers, gently stroking it.
Joey froze when she instantly felt Charlie's fingers touch her and start running over the scar on her shoulder. The feeling of Charlie's fingers gave her a tingling sensation through her body. Afraid to turn, she just stood there enjoying the feeling of Charlie's touch.
"What.... what happened to you Joey?" Charlie had now stopped stroking the scar but still had her fingers on it.
Still not able to turn around, Joey quietly replied "it... it happened when I tried to stop my brother once, but he was too strong"
"What did he do to you?" Charlie asked still having her hand on Joey's shoulder now moving closer dropping the towel, she had in her other hand, to the floor and putting it on Joey's waist trying to turn her gently around.
Joey could now feel Charlie standing really close behind her. She felt Charlie put her other hand on her waist, trying to turn her around. Joey swallowed hard and did what Charlie wanted, turning slowly around keeping her towel in front of her.
Not able to speak she just stood there looking into Charlie's beautiful blue eyes. Tears started to fall silently down her cheeks. She didn't know if she cried because of the thought of what her brother had done or of being so close to Charlie again.
"Ohh Joey, what did he do to you? Please talk to me" Charlie said as she moved her hand to Joey's face, gently stroking Joey's cheeks with her thumb, wiping away her tears. Seeing Joey cry just broke her heart, she felt the need to comfort her. She knew she couldn't stay away from Joey, but she also needed Joey to tell her story to her, so she could understand her and this whole situation better.
"I'm scared Charlie... I can't tell you... I'm scared you'll run away from me again" Joey sobbed.
"Shhhh Joey, I won't run from you again. Just tell me okay" then Charlie took Joey in her arms comforting her and stroking her bare back to get her to relax a little.
"You promise?" Joey cried into Charlie's neck, holding her tightly, not wanting her to run again.
Charlie moved her head back a bit still holding around Joey's waist "Joey look at me. I promise I won't run, but please you need to talk to me, we need to talk about it all okay?"
Still embracing, they stood looking deep into each other's eyes. Without any thought, they both moved their heads towards each other and met in a deep passionate kiss.
They drew back resting their foreheads against each other, both smiling and looking into each other's eyes again, searching for a response, both scared of being let down again, but they both found a look of love and relief.
Suddenly very aware of holding an half naked Joey in her arms, Charlie blushed at the thoughts running through her mind "uhmm Joey perhaps you should put a shirt on and we can talk"
Joey blushed too, now being very aware that the small towel that had been covering her breasts had fallen to the floor when they had kissed. "Oh sorry Charlie... I'll just get dressed"
"You don't have to be sorry, I really don't mind you without clothes Joey, but I don't think I would be able to keep my hands off you if you're gonna be half naked while we talk" Charlie said smiling coyly.
Joey couldn't help but smile back "well in that case I better be getting dressed." She turned to get a dry shirt from the closet. Still a little shy about it all she held her arms in front of her covering her breast as she walked over to put a new shirt on.
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Minutes later they sat in front of each other, both holding a cup of coffee in their hands, and both not sure of how or where to start. Joey sat nervously fiddling with her coffee cup, looking into it as if she could find the answers to life's mysteries in its depths. She felt Charlie putting her hand on hers and as she looked up, she saw Charlie smiling at her.
"Joey please talk to me. Tell me about yourself and your brother, I'm trying to understand this whole vampi... ehmm... vampire thing" Charlie still had trouble saying the vampire word, it just seemed so unreal to her.
Joey took Charlie's hands, entwining their fingers, she sat there looking at Charlie trying to calm herself before she began telling Charlie her whole sad life story.
Charlie sat listening to Joey's story, tears falling down her cheeks. Her story was heartbreaking and sad. Every time Joey started crying, she sat stroking her hands with her thumbs, trying to comfort her, until she was ready to continue.
When Joey had finished telling her story to Charlie, she felt both relieved and scared. She was relieved that, for the first time, she had been able to be honest and tell someone about herself but scared that Charlie would run away again. With tears in her eyes, she looked up at Charlie "So now you know my story, please don't run away from me again Charlie"
"Joey I'm not gonna run away again, I told you that... ok... but I have some questions, is that okay?" Charlie tenderly asked giving Joey's hands a little squeeze.
Joey took a firmer grip of Charlie's hands simply nodding back to answer her. Scared of the questions to come she started to shiver. Charlie noticed and got up and sat beside her, taking Joey's hands in her own again "Joey you've got nothing to worry about. I'm not going anywhere. I just need to understand it all okay?"
"Jo, do you know where your brother is?" Charlie started her questions.
"No, I can't find him. Why?" Joey, a little confused by the question, asked back. She hadn't expected Charlie to ask that question.
"Because he is a killer and I have to arrest him so he doesn't kill any more girls" Charlie calmly said.
"No Charlie. You can't go after him, it's too dangerous, he will kill you. Please let me try and find him so I can stop him. Please Charlie, promise me that you won't try to find him" Joey said panicking at the thought of Brett harming Charlie in any way.
"Joey it's my job. I have to try and find him and stop him" Charlie calmly said to Joey again, squeezing her hand to reassure her.
"Charlie haven't you heard anything I've told you. He is dangerous, you can't get him, he's too powerful, he will kill you, believe me I have tried, that's why I have that scar on my shoulder" Joey said desperately, tears running down her cheeks again.
"What happened to you Jo? What did he do to you?" Charlie asked stroking Joey's arm to calm her down.
"I found him one evening, he had captured this young girl and was about to feed on her. I tried to stop him, we fought but he was too strong, he threw me through a window and I got cut by a piece of glass that got stuck in my shoulder. He got hurt too. I tried to get up and get to the girl to free her but he was too fast. He grabbed me again and threw me against a wall and the glass cut me deeper. Charlie, I watched him plunge his teeth into the girl and suck the life out of her. I watched him get stronger, while I got weaker. I got scared so I ran. Charlie I've tried to find him and stop him but he is so strong and I can feel he is getting stronger every time he kills another girl. Charlie please promise me you won't try to find and stop him, let me try again please." Joey sobbed feeling awful about not being able to stop her brother's killing and afraid that she would lose Charlie if she went after Brett.
"Joey, is there no way to stop him at all? He is not immortal is he? So somehow we must be able to stop him right?" Charlie put her arm around Joey and pulled her into a hug to comfort her.
"Please Charlie let me try and find him... okay? He is still my brother. Please let me try and stop him again. I don't want you or anybody else to get hurt trying to stop him" Joey said sobbing into Charlie's shoulder.
"Shhhh Jo. It's okay, we will find a way okay?" Charlie said hugging Joey and stroking her back, wondering if Brett could be stopped.
"Joey I have to ask you this, but have you ever killed anybody?" Charlie tightened her embrace, a little scared of Joey's answer.
"God no Charlie, I could never do that. I have only killed small animals. That time I got hurt fighting Brett, I was so weak when I got home and when we feed on fresh blood we heal faster, so before I knew what I was doing I sat feasting on the neighbour's dog. It wasn't until I had recovered a bit, that I realised what I had done. I just sat looking at the name tag, SparkIes, for a long time, before I got up and buried the dog. I kept the name tag, I always carry it around with me to remind me of what I've done. Every time I saw the sad look on the neighbour's children because they couldn't find their dog, or the Wanted poster they had put up all over the neighbourhood, I felt even guiltier, so I decided to move and ever since then I have only fed on small stray animals and then only if it was absolutely necessary. But Charlie I could never take the life of another human being, please trust me?" Joey started crying into Charlie's shoulder holding on to Charlie, afraid that she would leave her now she heard what she had done.
They sat embracing each other for a while. "Jo, is all this the reason why you ran away the evening you came home with Ruby, because both you and Ruby said that there were two guys" Charlie asked pulling away from the embrace looking at Joey.
"Yes they were Brett's goons, they find the women for him. I was afraid to stay that evening, because I didn't know how to tell you the truth and I couldn't lie to you. I'm so sorry Charlie, that's why I've been running away from you. I've been afraid to tell you the truth and afraid that I would turn out like my mother. Charlie I lov... I've never felt like this about anybody before" Joey said searching for a response in Charlie's eyes.
Charlie sat still, looking at Joey. Her heart was beating hard in her chest, she couldn't believe that Joey had almost said that she loved her. A huge smile spread across her face "Joey I'm in love with you, my feelings for you are so strong, you're all I can think about, I can hardly breathe whenever you're around, but I don't wanna rush things okay? Let's take it slow, figure out how to stop your brother first and see what happens, okay?"
Joey smiled through the tears "I would like that Charlie. I feel the same way about you"
Charlie took her hands cupping Joey's face, stroking away the tears on her cheeks with her thumbs, before pulling her in for a tender and soft kiss. After a while they both pulled apart smiling. They sat with their foreheads resting against each other enjoying the feeling of being so close to each other, listening to the iPod that was still playing in the background, which neither of them had noticed before now.
Charlie sighed and moved away from the embrace, immediately missing the feel of Joey's body "Joey I really need to go home and get a couple of hours sleep before I have to be back at work, but can we still meet up for lunch tomorrow?"
"Of course, I would love that" Joey said smiling but feeling a little sad that Charlie was leaving, she was going to miss her.
She stood near the door watching Charlie put on her jacket getting ready to go home. Both not really ready to be apart yet, they just stood there in silence watching each other, holding hands. A new song started to play on the iPod.
"I know you've suffered,
But I don't want you to hide,
It's cold and loveless,
I won't let you be denied
Soothing,
I'll make you feel pure,
Trust me,
You can be sure
I want to reconcile the violence in your heart
I want to recognize your beauty's not just a mask,
I want to exorcise the demons from your past,
I want to satisfy the undisclosed desires in your heart"
They were both listening to the song, both feeling as they were written for them. Suddenly the both plunged towards each other kissing hard. Charlie turned Joey around pushing her against the wall, kissing along her neck to her earlobe and back.
"You trick your lovers,
That you're wicked and divine,
You may be a sinner,
But your innocence is mine
Please me,
Show me how it's done,
Tease me,
You are the one
I want to reconcile the violence in your heart,
I want to recognize your beauty's not just a mask,
I want to exorcise the demons from your past,
I want to satisfy the undisclosed desires in your heart"
Joey couldn't hold back, she wanted to feel Charlie closer so she grabbed her around the waist pulling them closer to each other. Their legs entwined. She could feel Charlie's thigh rubbing against her, it turned her on even more and she started to take off Charlie's jacket. Charlie kissed her harder and started to lift up her shirt. Within minutes both their shirts were off, tossed to the floor. The feel of Charlie kissing and nibbling down her neck and collarbone, while at the same time cupping one of her breasts, set her insides on fire.
By now the song had faded into the background, she could only focus on Charlie. She took Charlie's face in her hands and started to kiss her again. With a swift move Charlie had picked her up and started to carry her towards the bed. She put her legs around Charlie's waist, kissing her feverishly, letting their tongues dance in each other's mouths.
Charlie put Joey down onto the bed, still kissing her. She started to kiss Joey's neck again moving down towards her beautiful breast, when she heard Joey speak. "Charlie wait… please wait a minute"
She looked up at Joey a little confused "What is it Jo?"
"Charlie it's just that … ehmm… it is just that this is my first… you know… and I'm a little scared okay. I don't know what to do" Joey whispered.
"Ohh Joey, I'm your first woman?" Charlie asked gently kissing Joey's lips
"No Charlie, you're my first everything and I'm a bit scared. I don't want to mess everything up" Joey answered unsure of where to look, feeling a bit embarrassed.
"Joey look at me. It's okay. Nothing to be embarrassed about okay, this can wait until you're ready. I'm not going anywhere ok?" Charlie softly spoke while turning Joey's head back so she could look into her eyes.
"Okay. Thank you. Can we just stay like this for a little bit" Joey asked quietly
"Of course Jo" Charlie answered, giving Joey a soft kiss before lying down beside her and cuddling into her.
They lay wrapped around each other listening to the music playing, relaxing and enjoying the feel of being so close to each other's bodies, and before long they were both fast asleep.