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RUBY'S P.O.V
I sat with Mum until the early hours of the morning on the lounge. She didn't stop crying the whole entire time. Things were such a mess with her and Brax's relationship and to be honest, I had no idea how they were going to fix things. I gave Charlie a 2 litre tub of ice cream out of the fridge- she basically ate it all, if that's anything to go by how upset she was.
I walked into the lounge room at about 8:30 and saw Charlie lying there in the same position she was in last night. "Mum you should be getting some more sleep; did you manage to get any rest last night?" I asked her.
"No I didn't. I'm going to lie down in my room though." She told me as she moved slowly and weakly towards her room.
I moved into the kitchen and put the kettle on to make myself a coffee. Next thing I knew Brax was standing at the door taping it lightly to let me know he was there.
"Hi…. Look Brax look, you can't be here. Charlie doesn't want to speak to you, she spent the whole of last night crying. You really hurt and upset her. She's trying to get at least an hour sleep."
"Ruby, it was a mistake, the girl came onto me, then I realised it was just plain wrong and pulled away. I need to see her please Rubes?"
No, I can't let you in… But if you just so happened to invite me to dinner at your place tonight, with you and Casey, I'm going to need someone to pick me up, aren't i? Just quietly."
I watched as he smiled and caught on to what I was suggesting. "That can definitely be arranged Rubes. I'll get Casey to pick you up, at about 7, yeah?"
I nodded. "Can we have pizza? I LOVE Angelo's pizza, I don't eat enough of it."
"Of course we can, thanks Rubes I really appreciate it, and I'll see you tonight I guess!"
CHARLIE'S P.O.V
I had to work today. I very, very reluctantly got out if bed and had a long shower. I had a 10 hour shift, luckily I was on desk duty for the day. I had the large office to myself, and no one could see me unless they knocked. I sat at my desk, attempting to do the paper work. My mind, wasn't on the job however, and I literally don't think I achieved very much at all. I got a text from Ruby with an hour before I could head home:
"Hey Mum, going to dinner with Casey at his tonight. Can you please pick me up at about 9:30 or so? Hope you're okay and managed to get some sleep. (Big hugs) X" I rolled my eyes at her message. Fan-bloody-tastic I thought, just the place I want to be picking my daughter up from, the Braxton household. If Brax is there, I honestly don't know how I'll react. The next hour went by slowly. I got up the minute the clock hit 6:00 and left.
BRAX'S P.O.V
Casey and I had Ruby around for dinner. They were both only really doing it to help me out at the end, because Charlie was going to pick Rubes up. I took the time to explain again, my side of the story. Ruby told me, apparently mum was making stuff up. To be honest, I don't know what to believe, I never really gave Charlie the chance to speak. Right now, the only thing I was focused and had my mind on, was winning back the girl I've fallen for.
As the night came to a close, 9:30 was approaching. I was running through something in my head to say to Charlie. I can't remember been so nervous in ages. Normally I was calm, cool and collected, but tonight I was a little on edge and slightly nervous of the outcome. I couldn't lose Charlie.
As I'd expect, Charlie was right on time to pick up her daughter. Rubes, you ready to go?" She asked walking in, after Casey opened the door for her. I came out of my room, probably a little too quickly, and walked towards her. I studied her face and looked angry at me.
"Hey Charlie, can we talk please? I'll take you for a drive or something?" I offered, praying she'd agree to come with me.
"No I can't sorry. I'm picking Ruby up to take her home."
"Mum, you can go if you want. I should have texted you earlier and told you, but I completely forgot- this movie we've been watching for the last couple of hours, has got at least 20 minutes to go. I'd love to stay and finish it, if that's okay with you?" She asked, hopeful. I don't think they were watching the movie, her and Casey just chucked the TV on and found something to set their eyes on for a few minutes when Charlie came.
I watched as Charlie gave Ruby a dirty look and rolled her eyes at me. "Whatever, I'l go and wait outside for you."
I grinned at Ruby and mouthed thank you to her, as I walked out following Charlie out the door.
"C'mon, hop in. I'm going to get to chat to you either way whether it's here or some where else. After a few more minutes of convincing, I drove Charlie and I about 5 minutes up the road to the light house look out point. Charlie didn't say a thing to me, the entire way. I drove right up, so you could see the view of the Bay and the water. Turning the ignition off, I turned and faced Charlie.
"Please Charlie, you've gotta let me talk about everything, at least hear me out, please. Yesterday, I was working at Angelo's, behind the bar. That girl you saw me kissing sat there and watched me work for almost an hour, by herself, silently. She saw me at Heath's beach party, last night and started talking to me. I had enough, and got up to leave. She stood up and kissed me. I pulled away, after like 2 seconds, because I realised it was wrong and I don't want to throw away what we have. You've gotta believe me Charlie."
"Brax, why should I believe you, when you don't trust me to listen to what happened with your mother yesterday, while I was on duty? I did not slap her. She slapped me." She replied staring blankly at me.
"What" I replied, dumb founded.
"SHE SLAPPED ME." She screamed. "I arrested her for assaulting a police officer, but I didn't want that affecting and coming between us in our relationship, so I let it slide. She told me she would go and make sure, i was no longer part of your life."
"Charlie, I didn't know, I'm so sorry for not listening." I pleaded with her.
"Yeah, you'll just listen to whatever your mother has to say, but not me."
"Please Charlie. You're so amazingly gorgeous, smart, caring and funny, I just cant lose you. You've changed my life for the better. I love you, you're the first girl I've actually ever said that too." I decided to take the plunge and put everything on the line. She still wasn't saying anything or showing any expression. I leant in and kissed her lips with as much passion and force as I could manage, considering I was sitting awkwardly in my Ute. She didn't respond at first, but slowly she started too, as she reached her hand out and cupped the corner of my face. She pulled away after a minute or too. "Sorry, I shouldn't of let that happen and keep going"
"Please Charlie, never apologise for kissing me, never." I told her honestly, with a smiling grin on my face.
"Is what happened yesterday, what it's going to be like from now on? You believing your mother over me?"
"Charlie, I didn't realise what mum was playing at, until now. I'm so sorry she hit you her and I will definitely be having words over that. If I have to choose between her and you, I will choose you, though." I paused, staring at her, waiting for her to reply.
"No Brax, I cant do this. Your mum is always going to be there, doing everything she can to separate us. Yesterday can't be taken back. I'm sorry, but I can't be with you anymore." I watched, as she looked away and stared out the window. "The movie would have finished by now, can you take me back please?" She said softly.
And there it was. Through my own stupidity, I had destroyed the best relationship I had ever had. I started up the car, and drove back to my place, without us saying a word to each other. She got out of the car, rounded up Ruby without speaking to anyone else and left quickly. Ruby gave me a confused look as she left.
Casey shut the door after farewelling Ruby and asked what the hell happened. I didn't respond, I took a beer out of the fridge and headed towards my room.
There we go! I know you guys probably hated the ending of this, there's more to come- stick with me Sorry it wasn't that long either, I'll try and make the next one longer! I'm in the middle of writing the next chapter; I'll post that one, either tomorrow or definitely Wednesday.