Hey guys, Thank you once again for all of the reviews. I really appreciate them.
Oh and this is kind of random but I just wanted y'all to know that I probably won't be writing an um...Love scene (As in sex scene lol...I'll most likely just hint at it) because I've never attempted to write one before and I may be really bad at it. Unless of course anyone really wants me to write one in which case I might consider embarrassing myself :)
So yeah...Hope you all enjoy this chapter...
Chapter 10
"Hey" Joey smiled softly as she slipped her arms around Charlie's waist and placed a gentle kiss on her shoulder "You're up early"
"Not really" Charlie responded as she leaned back into Joey's embrace and released a relieved smile "its 9am"
"Mmhmn" Joey nodded "It's also Saturday"
Charlie turned around in Joey's embrace and grinned at her "Admit it Collins. You just want me in your bed"
"Hmmn" Joey smiled brightly "You could be right there"
"Oh I know I'm right" Charlie whispered flirtatiously as she leaned even closer to Joey "Jo?"
"Uh-huh?" the younger girl asked distractedly against Charlie's lips.
"I'm going out for a while" Charlie pulled back slightly.
"Huh?" Joey opened her eyes to look at Charlie "But...you...I..." she pouted when Charlie burst into giggles "That was incredibly mean of you"
"I'm sorry" Charlie apologised unable to stop the smile that tugged at her lips "You're just too easy sometimes"
"I'm easy?" Joey questioned raising an eyebrow at her girlfriend "Are you calling me a slut?"
"What?!" Charlie's eyes widened in shock "No! I didn't mean that kind of easy. I just meant..." she stopped when she noticed that Joey was attempting to suppress a grin "You're messing with me..."
"Guilty" Joey shrugged "But it serves you right for teasing me"
"Yeah, Yeah" Charlie grumbled light-heartedly "I really do have to go out for a while"
"Why do you have to?" Joey questioned softly as she stepped closer to Charlie leaving no space between them "You could just stay here"
"As tempting as that is...I can't..."
"You're no fun" Joey whispered, tightening her hold slightly on the older girl.
"That's not true" Charlie protested "I'm very fun. You just don't know it yet"
"If ya say so" Joey shook her head in amusement "So where are you going?"
"Just for a run down to the beach" Charlie answered "I'm feeling kind of claustrophobic in here"
"Are you sure you should be doing that?" Joey asked in concern "You only got out of the hospital like a week ago. You might hu..."
Charlie cut her off with a soft kiss "Stop worrying so much"
"Are you going to kiss me every time I worry?" Joey smiled "Because if you are I think I..."
"Joey?"
"Yeah?"
"Shut up and kiss me" Charlie spoke softly.
"Demanding...I like that" Joey grinned before she pulled Charlie forward slightly and kissed her passionately.
"Woah" Charlie gasped when they finally pulled away "Okay I have to go now"
"Fine" Joey pouted "Go"
"I'll be back soon" Charlie promised as she leaned forward and kissed Joey tenderly. She pushed the younger girl gently away from her and moved towards the door "I love you!"
"I love you too" Joey called out watching Charlie leave the house. Her mind flashed back to the letter hidden safely in her room and she smiled to herself.
"Why should we dwell in the past?" she mumbled to herself.
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"Charlie!" a male voice sounded.
Charlie came to a stop and turned around to see Hugo jogging towards her.
"Great" she muttered under her breath.
"Hey" the man grinned as he stopped next to her breathing slightly heavier than normal.
"Hi" Charlie smiled politely as they began to walk slowly down the beach.
"How have you been?" Hugo questioned feigning concern "I haven't seen you since before the accident and we didn't really have a chance to talk when I saw you a couple of days ago..."
"I've been okay" Charlie shrugged "Everything's healing okay"
"Uh-huh" Hugo nodded as he stuffed his hands into his pockets "What about you and Joey? How are you two doing?"
"We're fine" Charlie answered firmly confused at Hugo inquisitiveness "Great actually. Everything's going really great now"
"Yeah?" Hugo asked "That's...good. I must have been hard for both of you after what happened..."
"After what happened?" Charlie echoed in confusion "You mean the attack?"
"No" Hugo shook his head "You know what I mean...Before the attack. It must have taken her a while to forgive you after what you did"
"What the hell are you talking about Hugo?!" Charlie exclaimed in annoyance as she stopped "What did I do?!"
"You don't know?" Hugo questioned in surprise. He stepped back slightly and narrowed his eyes at her "Joey didn't tell you? What about your sister, didn't she tell you?"
"Tell me what?!" Charlie questioned irritably "You're really annoying me!"
Hugo didn't appear to be listening to her as he nodded to himself and rubbed thoughtfully at the stubble on his chin "Yeah...This makes sense now. That must have been why Joey didn't want you to talk to me..."
"I have no idea what you're talking about" Charlie huffed indignantly.
Hugo's eyes finally met hers "I don't know why she wouldn't have told you though..."
"TOLD ME WHAT?!" Charlie yelled. She quietened her voice down in an attempt to draw attention away from them "What did I do Hugo?"
Hugo shrugged "I'm not going to tell you if you don't already know" he took a step back and grinned smugly at her "Later Charlie" he winked at her before he turned and rushed off.
Charlie kicked at the sand irritably and exhaled deeply "Could he be anymore childish?"
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"Hey!" Joey exclaimed as Charlie entered the living room "You're back"
"Yep" Charlie nodded stiffly as she slumped down onto the couch "It seems like it"
Joey frowned at her girlfriends rather dramatic change in mood "What's wrong?" she took the other girls hand only to have her pull away almost instantly.
"Nothing" Charlie shook her head "Absolutely"
"Riiiight" Joey sat back slightly and looked at Charlie in disbelief "I'm not stupid Charlie. And I'm not blind either. I know that something's wrong!"
"Are you hiding something from me again?!" Charlie blurted out "Is there something that you're not telling me Joey?!"
"Uh..." Joey was silent for a moment before she regained the power of speech "Why would you think that I'm hiding something from you?"
"I ran into Hugo at the beach" Charlie finally looked towards Joey "He seems to think that you're not telling me something"
Joey shook her head hesitantly "I'm...Not..."
"Right" Charlie nodded "I don't believe you"
"Charlie..."
"Joey!" Charlie snapped as she stood up "I know that you're keeping something from me. I've suspected it for a long time what with you and Ruby always being so...secretive"
"But..."
"If you decide that you want to stop lying to me" Charlie interrupted "I'll be around somewhere. But I can't be around here right now..."
"Charlie, wait!" Joey yelled as she watched the other girl leave "Damn it..."
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"Shit..." Joey swore as she searched through her Jacket pockets frantically "Where the hell is it...?!" she looked up when she heard the door slam shut and rushed out of the bedroom "Charlie?!"
"Nope" Ruby shook her head as she sunk down onto the couch "It's just me" she glanced up at Joey and frowned in concern "What's wrong?"
"She knows that we're keeping something from her!" Joey exclaimed in panic.
Ruby shook her head "This has nothing to do with me. I'm all for telling her. You however..."
"Ruby!" Joey exclaimed.
Ruby looked at the other girl closely to see she was close to tears.
"Okay" she sighed "Just calm down okay Joey?"
"I can't calm down!" Joey responded as she began to pace "She saw Hugo and he told her that I'm keeping something from her and she left a few hours ago. I went to look for her but I couldn't find her and I don't even know if she's been back and...."
"Whoa!" Ruby held up a hand "Joey you really need to calm down!"
"I...Where is the letter?!" Joey questioned suddenly.
"Letter?" Ruby echoed blankly "What letter?"
"You know...the letter" Joey answered "The letter she wrote me when I left"
"I don't know" Ruby shrugged "I thought you had it"
"I did" Joey nodded "But I didn't read it. And now it's gone"
The teenager exhaled deeply and stood up. She pushed Joey gently down onto the couch "You need to calm down..."
"I am calm!" Joey responded slightly hysterical.
"You call this calm?" Ruby asked quietly.
"Fine" Joey took a deep breath and looked up at Ruby "What do we do?"
"Why are you asking me?" Ruby questioned "I don't know..."
"What if she finds out?" Joey stressed.
"What is she going to do?" Ruby asked incredulously "Leave you because she cheated on you?!"
"She might leave me because I lied to her" Joey offered quietly.
"Would now be a bad time to say I told you so?" Ruby inquired "You shouldn't have kept this from her..."
"Not helping" Joey groaned.
"Sorry" Ruby apologised "I was just saying though..."
"I need to tell her myself" Joey said firmly "I need to find that damn letter..."
"This letter?" Charlie's voice sounded.
"Charlie..." Joey stood up next to Ruby "You didn't read that, did you?"
"Why shouldn't I have read it?" Charlie questioned softly "I did write it after all, right?"
"You read it..." Joey muttered in realisation.
"Yeah, I did" Charlie confirmed slightly tearful "So this is what you were both keeping from me?" she looked directly into Joey's pain filled eyes "That I was screwing around?"
"Charlie..." Joey stepped forward.
"Stop!" Charlie spoke firmly shaking her head "I don't deserve your sympathy Joey. I don't deserve anything from you..."
Ruby looked up at them as her mind flashed back to before Joey had returned.
"Stop!" Charlie exclaimed as she pulled away and practically leaped off the bed "Stop it...I don't deserve comfort or...or sympathy! It's all my fault..."
"I didn't want you to find out like this..." Joey spoke up in a choked voice "I didn't..."
"You didn't want me to find out at all" Charlie countered painfully "I don't know how you could stand to be with me after what I did to you...And I can't believe that you didn't tell me..." she turned her gaze to her sister "You knew?"
Ruby nodded numbly "Yeah"
"But it wasn't her fault!" Joey defended quietly "I made her keep it from you...This is my fault"
"No" Charlie shook her head causing unshed tears to cascade down her cheeks "This is nobody's fault but my own..." she closed her eyes momentarily before she looked back at her girlfriend and her sister "I have to go...I need to think..."
"Charlie wait!" Joey yelled for the second time that day as Charlie rushed away from them. She sighed when Charlie ignored her.
"Joey!" suddenly Ruby was right next to her clutching her hand in a vice like grip "You can't let her go! It's really dark and...There's a psycho out there!"
"Fuck!" Joey swore before she pulled her hand from Ruby's and rushed after Charlie.
"Wait...Joey!" Ruby yelled "I didn't mean..." she exhaled heavily and sank down on the couch feeling the beginning of a headache "This is just great!"
TBC
