Chapter Eleven

Charlie's P.O.V.
After Brax left, I went straight into my room. The afternoon had been perfect, but I think when Ruby came in, that's when it hit Brax that this could be dangerous. I wanted to keep going like this, but lying to my family and friends didn't help. Also, this was Leah's house. What would she think if she knew I was bringing Brax into the house? My thoughts were interrupted when Leah came knocking on my door.
"I didn't know VJ wore such big clothes?" she said.
I looked up, and there she was, holding Brax's t-shirt. How could he have forgotten to take it home? It's like he's purposely leaving his belongings so that people would find out, or he might not have noticed because he usually walks around town half naked. I tried to hide the panic in my face and voice.
"Uh... Aren't you the one who buys clothes for him?" I asked, pretending I didn't know anything about the shirt.
"Yeah, that's exactly why I'm telling you. Do you know who this belongs to?"
"No," I lied.
"Well did anybody come in while I was at work? You were the only one home this time."
"I don't know, sorry."
"Fine. Once you feel like talking, I'll be here, but please get rid of this before VJ gets home," she said to me firmly.

Brax's P.O.V.
I was surprised to see Charlie on my doorstep. Heath and Casey were both facing the door and raised an eyebrow when they saw that she wasn't in her police uniform.
"Mr. Braxton, can I have a talk with you outside please?" Charlie said, trying to sound professional.
"Yeah, sure," I replied.
I could hear Heath and Casey laughing in the background.
"Wanting to talk to your brother is quite amusing boys?" Charlie said to my brothers.
"Uh... Well it's hilarious how you're trying to act like you have power over him, even when you're not on your shift Buckton," Heath replied.
I shot him a dirty look. He knew better than to mess with me so he dropped it. I followed Charlie out of the house and into her car.

Charlie's P.O.V.
Double checking that Heath and Casey weren't being nosy and weren't trying to peek out of the windows to see what was going on, I pulled Brax's top out of my car.
"This," I said to him. "This was left on my couch and Leah found it."
His face turned bright red. "I'm so sorry Charlie, I didn't mean to. I completely forgot about it! What did she say when she found it?"
"Well she suspected that I'd invited some bloke in."
"Uh... You kinda did."
"No kidding. I'm sure she would've been pleased if I said 'Yeah, that's Brax's shirt. I invited him over and we made out on your couch.'"
Brax raised an eyebrow at me. "You're kidding right?" he said.
"No, not at all," I said sarcastically. "Look Brax, what I'm trying to say is that you've got to be more careful. I'm surprised Ruby didn't find it when she came into the house."
"I will be, I promise. I'll double check that I've got everything before leaving."
"No you won't," I said.
He looked at me in utter surprise. "What do you mean? I thought you said you'd give this a go?"
"Not now. Ruby's got her trials coming up and she'll need the house in peace more than ever."
"Can't you come over to mine? You're here now."
"In case you've forgotten, Casey also has his trials."
"He can study with Ruby!"
I glared at him. "They both need to concentrate on their own. They wouldn't get very far studying together."
"How about the motel?"
"I completely forgot about that! Yeah, okay, but only the motel, ya here me?"
"That's better than nothing," he said.
"Let's go there now," I winked.
Brax climbed into my car and we drove off into the distance.

Heath's P.O.V.
"What do you think is taking Brax so long?" I asked Casey.
"Why don't you go and see?" he answered.
And so I did. I opened the front door and peeked around the corner. Buckton's car was gone, and Brax seemed to be as well.
"Bloody pigs!" I yelled while I walked back inside.
Casey gave me a confused look. "What do you mean?" he asked.
"Looks like Buckton's taken him. Neither of the two can be seen."
"But Charlie wasn't in uniform? She can't just take him can she?"
"I don't know Case, I don't know what Brax gets up to half these days," I told him.
"But you and the boys always know what Brax is up to-," Casey began to say but stopped. His eyes widened and he began to talk again. "Please tell me he doesn't have any drugs on him?"
"Who knows?" I said.
"I'm going to find Ruby," he said and took off.

Ruby's P.O.V.
I was about to unlock the front door of Leah's house, until I heard someone panting straight behind me. I turned around to see Casey almost out of breath.
"Woah bro, calm down," I said to him. "Did you just complete a triathlon?" I joked.
"Haha, very funny," he replied sarcastically. "Do you know where Charlie went?"
"Well if you let me unlock the door, I can see if she's inside."
"Charlie! Are you home?" I shouted.
Nobody responded. I told Casey to wait in the doorway while I walked through the house to see if anyone else was home. As I thought, no one was.
"Come in Case," I said. "What's up? Why do you want Charlie?"
"She came over before, wanting to talk to Brax."
"About what?" I asked.
"I have no idea. One minute they were talking, and the next, well they were both gone."
"Maybe she needed to talk to him about a case she's working on?" I suggested.
"Yeah, you'd think..."
I was slightly confused. Did he know what was going on? "What do you mean?" I asked.
"Charlie wasn't in her uniform."
"Maybe she was about to go into the station? I can give her a call?"
"Yeah, good idea."

Third Person
Charlie and Brax were lying on the motel room's bed. Charlie's phone was ringing on the bedside table, but neither of the two noticed. They were both leaning into each other, kissing passionately. Charlie was feeling all over Brax's body. She felt up his shirt, and took it off unintentionally. To square it up a bit, Brax pulled off Charlie's singlet. He felt up her back and slowly began to unbuckle her bra. He started to feel around her nipples and kissed her down her neck.