I'm really sorry about the late update but this chapter is super long! The longest so far, I think! :) Thanks so much to those who reviewed...I really appreciate it. Hope you all enjoy this chapter...
Quick FYI: Cam and Summer are Original Characters. Also my dates are kind of mixed up in this chapter...Oh and there's a small sex scene in this chapter (Just a warning).
And on with the chapter:
Chapter 50
"Finally!" Ruby exclaimed as she jumped out of the car and stretched to soothe her aching limbs. She turned slightly and squinted against the sunlight, watching as Joey and Charlie climbed out of the car "You drive like a snail Charlz"
"I do not!" Charlie protested as she shut her door and leaned against it "I obey the highway code"
"I think you were 'obeying' the wrong code" Ruby grinned "Maybe the pedestrian code? I probably could have walked faster than you were driving"
"You're being overdramatic" Joey said as she walked around to the boot of the car "A slow jog would have probably been necessary"
"Hey!" Charlie exclaimed when Ruby burst out laughing "You're supposed to be on my side Jo!" she walked around the car to join Joey and looped her arms around her waist.
"I am?" Joey grinned "And why is that Senior Constable?"
"Because I said so" Charlie narrowed her eyes playfully at the younger girl though she couldn't help the smile that tugged at her lips.
"Well than how could I argue with that?" Joey teased as she pulled Charlie close and kissed her lightly. Unfortunately for them both the movement off balanced them slightly and they stumbled back against the boot of the car.
"Oh my God" Ruby rolled her eyes at their antics "You two are seriously going to injure yourselves with your inability to keep your hands off each other"
Charlie pulled away from the kiss and grinned at her daughter "I can't think of any better ways to injure myself...How about you Joey?"
"Definitely not" Joey laughed as she straightened up slightly "But I should probably be more careful with your injuries and all...I didn't hurt you, did I?"
"No" Charlie answered reassuringly "Let's do it again!"
"Do I need to remind you we have to unpack this stuff?" Ruby asked as she moved closer to where they were standing.
"Spoil sport" Joey grumbled. She placed one last kiss on Charlie's lips before she spun around and began to pull their bags out of the boot.
"What?!" Ruby laughed at Charlie who was glaring at nothing in particular "You look like a four year old who's been told no"
Charlie responded by sticking her tongue out at the younger girl "Whatever"
"I'm amazed at your maturity" Ruby teased as she poked Charlie lightly in her ribs.
"Shut up" Charlie giggled as she stepped away slightly "Just because you find it amusing to interrupt me making out with Joey doesn't mean you can tease me for sulking"
"But it's fun!" Ruby exclaimed brightly.
"Are you two going to stand there chatting or actually get your stuff?" Joey questioned with a grin as she shut the boot and grabbed a couple of the bags from the floor.
"Do we have a choice?" Ruby asked rhetorically though she too picked up her bags and walked towards the front door mumbling something about hating having to unpack.
"Are you okay?" Joey asked as she watched Charlie pick up her bags from the ground.
"Yeah" Charlie winced as she slung a bag over her shoulder and it collided painfully with the bruises on her back "I'll be fine"
"I can get those if you need me to" Joey offered "It's really no trouble"
"I'm okay" Charlie smiled at her wife's concern "Thanks Joey"
Joey shrugged though she remained concerned as they made their way into the house and dumped their bags at the bottom of the stairs.
"I'm going to unpack this stuff" Joey said as she looked up the stairs where she assumed Ruby had gone "Ruby's probably already up there so you can relax. You've been driving all day...You're probably tired"
"Joey" Charlie stepped forward and pressed her lips gently against Joey's before she pulled back and grinned at her adoringly "As much as I appreciate your concern and your not so subtle plan to get me to sit down...I'm totally fine"
"But..."
"No buts!" Charlie interrupted the younger woman's protest by placing two fingers on her lips "I'm okay and I'm not going to leave you to unpack everything...Got it?"
"Got it" Joey whispered before she pulled Charlie into a loose embrace "Sorry Charlie...I just don't want you to hurt anymore"
"And I love you for that" Charlie smiled warmly when they pulled away from the hug but remained close "You're my hero...Seriously. I don't know what I would do without you"
Joey shrugged modestly "I don't know what I would do without you either"
"So..." Charlie looked towards their bags breaking the loving moment "Should we unpack?"
"I suppose so" Joey sighed and picked up her bags before she began to walk up the stairs with Charlie right behind her "I agree with Ruby...I hate unpacking. It's boring as hell"
"But it has to be done" Charlie groaned when they reached their bedroom and dropped the bags back onto the floor.
"JOEY?!"
Joey jumped slightly as Ruby yelled her name "WHAT RUBY?!"
"COULD YOU COME HERE FOR A MINUTE?!"
"NO YELLING IN THE HOUSE RUBY!" Charlie called.
"SORRY!" Ruby yelled.
Charlie shook her head in amusement "That daughter of mine sure is something"
"Yeah" Joey nodded in agreement and grinned pointedly at Charlie "I wonder where she gets it from" she pressed a quick kiss to Charlie's cheek before beginning to move towards the door "I'll be back in a minute..."
"Joey?!" Charlie called out stopping Joey in her tracks.
"Yeah?" Joey turned around and gazed at Charlie expectantly.
"Missing you already" Charlie grinned.
Joey smiled in response before she turned and walked out of the room.
"Joey!" Ruby exclaimed as the girl in question appeared in her doorway "I really need to talk to you"
"What about?" Joey asked curiously as she walked into the room and sat on the bed next to the teenager "There's nothing wrong is there?"
"Not wrong" Ruby answered nervously "I just need your opinion about something..."
"Okay..." Joey nodded though she still looked confused "What about?"
"I wanted to do something...For Charlie" Ruby said vaguely, her voice slightly hushed "But I don't know if it'll upset her. It could make her feel better but it could also make her feel worse"
"Erm..." Joey frowned in obvious confusion "I have no idea what you're talking about Rubz..."
"It's complicated" Ruby sighed "I want to give her something to show her how much she means to me but I don't want to upset her"
"Oh" Joey nodded slowly "And you want to know if I think you should risk it or not?"
"Yeah" Ruby answered nervously.
"I think...You should go for it" Joey said after a minute "I think that right now Charlie needs all the reassurance she can get Rubz...I think it would mean a lot to her...Whatever you're going to do"
"Okay" Ruby smiled softly "thanks Jo"
"Can I have a clue?" Joey asked hopefully, her curiosity getting the better of her.
"No"
"Please? Just a little..."
"No" Ruby laughed "It's a secret"
"Fine" Joey pouted jokingly as she stood up "I'll leave you to your packing" she ruffled the younger girls hair playfully before leaving the room.
---
"At last" Charlie sighed in relief as she slumped onto the couch next to Joey "We're finished unpacking"
"Which means we can continue with more interesting activities..." Joey smiled before she leaned close to Charlie and kissed her gently.
"Definitely more interesting..." Charlie mumbled into the kiss as she pulled Joey closer.
"Sorry to interrupt again..." Ruby's voice sounded guiltily from the doorway causing Joey and Charlie to pull away from the kiss and look up at her.
"Don't worry about it" Joey said reassuringly as she sat up on the couch and focused her attention on the younger girl.
"I kind of wanted to talk to you Charlie..." Ruby bit her lip nervously as she took another hesitant step closer "But if you're busy..."
"It's fine" Charlie said as she glanced at Joey "What is it Rubz?"
"I have something for you" Ruby said shifting nervously from foot to foot "I don't want to upset you or anything though. And I'm really sorry if I make you cry or something like that because this is just something I wanted to give you..."
"Ruby!" Charlie interrupted her daughters babble her eyes twinkling in amusement "What is it?"
"I um...Just wanted to give you this" Ruby stepped forward and handed Charlie an envelope "I erm...yeah"
"Okay" Charlie looked from the envelope to Ruby and back again. She hesitated for a moment before opening it slowly and pulling out a card "Oh My God..."
"I figured that since its mother's day..." Ruby said as her cheeks turned slightly pink "And you haven't had one of those for a while...I just wanted to give you something to show you how much you mean to me" she was caught slightly off guard as Charlie jumped off the couch and pulled her into a tight hug.
"Thanks Rubz" Charlie whispered tearfully "You have no idea how much this means to me..."
"You're welcome" Ruby smiled lightly as she pulled away. Her smile faded somewhat however when she noticed tears on Charlie's cheeks "Damn...I made you cry"
"Happy tears" Charlie reassured her quickly.
"Oh...Good" Ruby beamed "I didn't want to upset you"
"You didn't" Charlie said sincerely "Not at all"
"Okay" Ruby hugged Charlie once more before pulling away "I'm going to leave you guys to it than" she glanced at Joey and smiled warmly "thanks for the advice Jo"
"Anytime" Joey smiled in response before Ruby turned and walked out of the door.
"Advice?" Charlie asked curiously as she sat back on the couch next to Joey.
"she wanted to know if she should risk upsetting you" Joey explained as she wrapped an arm around Charlie's shoulders "I told her she should risk it since whatever she was doing would obviously mean a lot to you"
"It does" Charlie beamed happily as she leaned into Joey's embrace. After a moment she turned slightly and pressed a soft kiss to the younger girls' lips "Thanks Jo...I know I've said this before but I don't know how I would have gotten through the last month without you"
"Anytime" Joey responded sincerely "You know I would do absolutely anything for you Charlie"
"Yeah" Charlie smiled lightly "I know" she leaned up slowly and pressed a slow kiss to Joey's lips, allowing her own to linger for a long moment. The kiss deepened after a moment and Joey pulled Charlie gently closer to her so that she was practically straddling her lap.
"God, I want you so much" Joey panted when they finally pulled away breathless.
"Then take me" Charlie winked before she shifted forward and captured Joey's lips with her own in a passionate kiss. Joey moaned softly and allowed her hands to move under Charlie's shirt to caress soft skin. She shifted slightly and they managed to stand up from the couch without breaking the kiss.
"Come on" Joey grinned when they finally pulled away for air "We need to go upstairs because if I get my way you're going to be naked in about ten seconds..."
"I like the way you think" Charlie managed to say before Joey reclaimed her lips and they started towards the stairs. They stumbled a couple of times but eventually made it to the bedroom where they flopped back onto the soft bed. Charlie sighed in contentment when Joey averted her hand to the buttons of her shirt and began to undo them slowly. After a moment she noticed the younger girl fumbling and pulled back.
"Jo?" she raised her eyebrows in question.
"Damn button won't undo" Joey huffed complete with an irritated pout as she tried to loosen the offending button. She looked at Charlie hopefully "Hey do you mind if I..."
"As sexy as that would be you're not ripping this shirt" Charlie grinned "It cost a fortune...I'll let you do it tomorrow though"
"It won't come off!" Joey whined as she continued to struggle with the button. After a moment it loosened and she grinned in triumph "A-ha!"
Charlie laughed at Joey's ecstatic grin and sat up slightly to pull her shirt off seductively slowly and toss it across the room. As soon as the shirt left her fingertips her lips were captured in a passionate kiss and she fell back onto the bed.
"God you're so beautiful..." Joey muttered as she trailed soft kisses from Charlie's neck to her chest causing the older girl to arch against her.
"Joey!" Charlie panted as Joey captured a nipple in her mouth "I need you right now..." a moment later she moaned softly and her eyes slammed shut when she Joey pressed a light touch to her centre. A gasp escaped her as the younger girl inserted two fingers into her in one fluid motion and she found herself moving in time with Joey's motions.
"Oh God" Charlie muttered her movements speeding up as she felt herself fast approaching the edge. With a loud cry of pleasure she dropped back against the pillows, her heart thudding loudly wildly.
"Hey" Joey said quietly as she gathered Charlie in her arms and pressed a soft kiss to her forehead "Are you okay? I didn't break you, did I?"
"I'm great" Charlie grinned when she was finally able to speak "But now...It's your turn" with that said she leaned up and kissed Joey passionately.
---
"Wow" Joey panted as she curled into Charlie's arm an awed expression on her feature "That was...you're just...wow!"
"Speechless huh?" Charlie giggled softly "I must be something"
"You" Joey leaned up and kissed Charlie gently "Are amazing"
Charlie blushed brightly at the statement "You're not so bad yourself"
Joey smiled adoringly at the older girl before she settled back into Charlie's embrace and inhaled deeply.
"I love you" Charlie said quietly as she dropped a kiss onto Joey's head.
"I love you too" Joey responded sincerely "So much more than I can say"
---
Charlie hummed happily to herself as she walked slowly down the beach later that day, her thoughts filled with Joey. Her gaze fell upon two people further down the beach who were looking around, clearly lost. She walked over to them slowly noticing that she didn't recognise either of them "Hey" when they glanced at her she offered a wave and a warm smile "You look lost...I'm Charlie Buckton. Senior Constable of the town"
"We are lost" the older of the two girls with blonde hair and blue eyes answered with a shy smile "I'm Cameron...This is my sister Summer. We're new to the town"
"Oh" Charlie nodded in understanding when she noticed the difference in accent "So what brings you to Summer Bay?"
"Work" the younger girl responded in a bored tone "It's all work, work, work with my sister!"
"Sum!" Cameron nudged the girl and sent Charlie and apologetic look "We needed a change of scenery and I needed to come here for work so..."
"What do you work as?" Charlie asked curiously.
"Believe it or not I'm a cop" Cameron answered with a soft laugh "I've had some time off lately though"
"Right" Charlie nodded slowly "Well I can show you to the diner if you want?"
"That would be great" Cameron smiled "As long as you don't mind..."
"I don't mind at all" Charlie said as they began to walk "So you're not from around here than?"
"How did you guess?" Summer laughed "Our accents? That's what most people tend to notice about us first"
"Yeah" Charlie nodded and flashed a smile at the younger girl "I'm assuming you're from Britain?"
"Uh-huh" Summer answered, taking an instant liking to the cop "We move around a lot though"
"Okay..." Charlie responded thoughtfully as she led them into the diner "Can I get you guys anything?"
"You really don't have to...." Cameron began to say before Charlie interrupted her.
"I want to though...Coffee?" at Cameron's small nod she turned to Summer "Summer? I'm guessing...Milkshake? Strawberry?"
"How did you know that?" Summer laughed.
"I'm psychic" Charlie grinned "Why don't you guys grab a table?" she watched as they walked away before turning to Colleen who had been watching the interaction with interest "2 coffees and a strawberry milkshake please Colleen"
Colleen nodded "New residents?"
"Yeah" Charlie answered as she looked to where the two newcomers had sat at a table "They looked lost so I figured I should help them out"
"That's nice of you" Colleen said with a smile "If there were more people like you the world would be a better place Charlie dear"
"Thanks Colleen!" Charlie grinned at the unexpected compliment "We'll just be over there..." she motioned in the general direction of the table before she turned and walked towards it.
"Not to seem nosy or anything..." Summer spoke up after a moment "But you look kind of banged up"
"Sum!" Cameron shot her sister a glare and looked at Charlie apologetically "Sorry...She can be kind of outspoken sometimes...she didn't mean anything by it"
"Its okay" Charlie smiled reassuringly "My daughter's actually the same way. And this..." she motioned towards herself "Is kind of her fault. She felt into a river and I jumped in after her"
"Ouch" Summer winced slightly "Sounds...Painful"
"It is" Charlie laughed.
"Not to seem rude or anything..." Cameron started timidly "But you seem kind of young to have a daughter"
"That's most people's general reaction" Charlie responded quietly "I ran into some trouble when I was younger"
"Oh" Cameron nodded in understanding.
"So you're married?" Summer asked curiously her gaze dropping to the ring on Charlie's finger.
"You'll have to excuse my sister" Cameron said as she nudged the younger girl lightly "She's incredibly Nosy sometimes"
"Something tells me you and my daughter would get on like a house on fire" Charlie smiled at Summer "In answer to your question...Yes I am married. Her name's J..."
"Charlie!" Leah exclaimed as she walked over and placed their drinks on the table before throwing her arms around the other girl "Are you Okay? God, we missed you when you were away"
"I'm fine Leah" Charlie laughed when Leah pulled away. At Leah's slightly concerned expression her smile faded "I'm coping with that"
"What happened to you?" Leah asked when she noticed the younger girl's cuts and bruises.
"Long story" Charlie answered "Ask Ruby when you see her..."
"Oh!" Leah turned to the two newcomers and offered them a small smile "I'm sorry...I'm Leah"
"Cameron" Cameron responded with a soft smile "This is my sister Summer"
"They're new" Charlie explained to Leah.
"Well it's nice to meet you" Leah nodded before she turned back to Charlie "Make sure you tell Joey and Ruby that I want to talk to them okay Charlie?"
"Got it" Charlie nodded as she watched Leah return to her work.
"You're married to a girl called Joey?" Cameron frowned.
"Um...Yeah" Charlie nodded in response "Do you have a...Problem with that?"
"No" Cameron shook her head quickly "Not at all. Definitely not. I just knew somebody around here called Joey, that's all"
"Besides" Summer grinned as she sipped at her milkshake "that would be rather hypocritical of her wouldn't it Cam?"
"Erm...Yeah" Cameron nodded shortly and looked down at her coffee.
Charlie sank back into her chair and watched the blonde girl carefully, somewhat intrigued by her behaviour. She was beautiful, there was no doubt of that but she seemed somewhat shy. Charlie's attention was drawn toward the girl's hand which was fidgeting nervously with a necklace around her neck attached to which was a gold ring.
"Thanks for doing this" Cameron said suddenly as she looked up into Charlie's blue eyes "You really didn't have to"
"It's no problem" Charlie reassured her sincerely.
---
"I met this girl today..." Charlie called as she sprawled out on her bed.
"Yeah?" Joey grinned as she walked into the bedroom "Should I be worried?"
"Definitely not" Charlie pulled Joey down next to her and kissed her quickly "She seemed nice...She just moved here with her sister"
"What was her name?" Joey questioned tiredly as she wrapped her arms around Charlie and snuggled close to her.
"Cameron" Charlie responded "Her sister's name was Summer" she found herself slightly surprised when Joey tensed against her "What? What is it?"
"Uh...Nothing" Joey managed to speak through her shock "I just find it kind of funny...Summer. Moving to Summer Bay"
"Yeah" Charlie chuckled lightly "Apparently Cameron's gay too...Summer said something"
"Oh" Joey nodded though her mind was focused on something else "What did she look like?"
"Blonde hair, Green eyes...Kind of shy" Charlie said as she closed her eyes sleepily and leaned further into Joey's embrace "I remember she kept playing with a necklace which I think had a wedding band on it"
"Oh" Joey nodded slowly.
"I'm kind of tired" Charlie yawned sleepily.
"Then go to sleep" Joey pressed a soft kiss to Charlie's head and pulled the covers over them.
"Hmmn..." Charlie hummed in contentment as she snuggled closer to Joey "'Night Jo...I love you"
"I love you too" Joey whispered as she held onto the older girl tightly. She lay awake thinking long after Charlie had fallen asleep.
Why are you here Cam?
TBC
