Driving dangerously fast, Charlie arrives at the wharf. Her heart is beating as fast as the day she kissed Joey. What she wouldn't do to kiss those lips again, hold her close to her body and never let go. She gets out of the car and makes a mad dash up to the pier. Joey is taking her bags on board and talking to the captain of the boat. From the corner of her eye she sees Charlie approaching.

A shy smile appears on Joey's face as she is seeing this beautiful gazelle like creature run towards her. She couldn't help but tear up as she wanted so badly to see the love of her life one last time. Charlie's long legs, her hair bouncing on her shoulders and the look of determination came fast approaching, Joey waited for her on the pier, she only wished that her arms were wide open for Charlie. But the hurt and betrayal were still fresh and deep, like a cut that still hasn't started to heal.

"Joey! Joey! Please wait!"

An out of breath Charlie started to plea from a few meters away. Tears had already started to run down her face, the emotions she was feeling were to great to bear. She only hoped and prayed that Joey could give her another chance, could give their love another chance.

"Joey, please don't go. Please stay here with me and give me another chance, give us another chance. I swear I'll spend the rest of my life making it up to you!"

"Charlie...., I need time and space away from you to heal and mend my broken heart. I can't be near you right now. It just hurts too much!"

"But, do you physically have leave town in order to stay away from me?"

"Yes, Charlie! I need a fresh start, this town has emotionally and physically drained me out for the past few months. I feel that if I stayed here for another day I'm going to drown in my own sorrow"

"Joey, I love you so much, I just want you to know that! And I'm never going to stop loving you! What I did was stupid, rash and unforgivable, I know. But I swear to you that it meant nothing and I am ready to walk over fire, swim with sharks get in a rink and fight everyone that has ever hurt you including myself in order for you to love me again!"

"Charlie, I haven't stopped loving you, that's why this hurts so bad. I don't think I'll ever hate you. Right now, you have a lot of issues to work out. I blame mostly myself for expecting and wanting so much from you. I think.... I'm more responsible for you ending up with Hugo than all the alcohol you had that night."

"Joey!"

"Charlie this job is for three months you can write to me and we can keep in touch, but I want you to take this time away from me to find out what you really want and once you have your answers, you let me know."

The captain tells Joey that it's time to go. This isn't a conversation that one can have in only five minutes, but it's a start in the right direction for the two of them. Charlie grabs Joey and gives her a hug and whispers in her ear. "It's you that I want!" Joey hugs her back and whispers "Oh, Charlie", kisses Charlie's cheek and she turns and starts to walk back to the boat.

The tears are running like a flooded stream from both their eyes, hopefully the tears are purifying their souls and washing away the pain. Charlie is left standing on the pier with her arms crossed, almost as if she was trying to hold herself up. Joey was on deck looking at her, the beautiful woman that had saved her, loved her and freed her in her short life. But most importantly there stood the woman that she loved more than life itself. Joey, sheepishly raised her hand and waved to Charlie and yelled I'll write! Charlie waved back and she smiled, knowing that their love wasn't totally over. There was hope and this gave her strength and courage to continue to fight for her.