Chapter Thirty One
Brax's P.O.V.
Hand in hand, Charlie and I slowly walked back to where all the boys were. Surprisingly, they weren't mucking around. As the holes each of the boys were digging got bigger and bigger, they began to empty the large bags out. I watched as the marijuana plants slid out of the bags and dropped into the deep holes. Inside me, all I could feel was guilt. It had hit me hard watching this. As much as I knew that this was the right thing to do, I couldn't help but think about how much money was going down the drain.
Charlie's P.O.V.
It was as if the sky had gone grey and everything was turning upside down. I was paying more attention to Brax rather than looking at how the boys were going with emptying the bags. I highly doubt over ten minutes had passed, yet Brax's smile had turned upside down. Out of the corner of my right eye, I could see the marijuana plants dropping down to the hole. As this happened, I could feel Brax flinching. From the tone of his voice while we were talking to the boys, it assured me that he was all fine with this, however, I wasn't so convinced now.
I wanted to ask Brax what was going through his mind, but I was worried that it may seem like I didn't believe him. As people do say, a good relationship is built on honestly. If two people can't be honest with each other, then everything will go down the hill.
Brax's P.O.V.
Once we reached to where the boys were, I was about to ask if they needed any help so that it could assure Charlie that I wanted to get rid of all the marijuana, but Heath spoke before me. "Enjoy your love fest buddy; you can leave us to it. We can finish this off while you guys go home," he said.
"Are you sure..?" I asked, making it sound like I wanted to stick around.
"Yeah, yeah, we're just about done anyways. We don't want the pigs to see Buckton with us all now do we?" he joked.
"Well it's not like we would be leaving together..." I said slowly.
"Mate, go before I make you stay," he cheekily said.
Charlie's P.O.V.
Seeing as Brax came with the boys to the National Park, and he was leaving before any of them were, I offered him a lift back into town. He accepted, but only on one condition. I was to sit in the passenger seat while he took control of the wheels. Obviously, I expected to this from him as most men would much rather be driving than sitting as a passenger.
As soon as we reached a familiar route which was near the Braxton household, I expected him to turn into the driveway, but he didn't. He drove straight past the intersection that would lead himself to his house and drove towards Leah's place.
"Uh... Brax..?" I began to say, but he started to speak on top of me.
"Well, ya know how we have been apart for quite a bit, I just thought that we should catch up," he said cheekily. I got the drift and smiled at him flirtatiously.
Brax pulled up in the driveway. I told him to stay in the car while I unlocked the door and paced around the house to make sure no one else was home. To keep things even safer, he bent down so that he couldn't be seen from outside of the car. He kept the car doors locked as well.
Before I reached for my keys in my pocket, I knocked on the door to see if anyone was home. I knocked once and waited for a minute or so, yet nobody came to the door. I knocked again, and the same thing happened. Nobody answered. Reaching for my keys in one hand, and holding the doorknob with the other, I unlocked the door and entered into the house. As soon as I went in, there was utter silence. I wandered in and out of several rooms, and fortunately the coast was clear. I went back outside to let Brax inside.
Brax's P.O.V.
A short while later, I heard light footsteps hurrying towards the car. Predicting it was Charlie, I raised my head a little bit higher so that I could see through the window. I looked out, and saw I was right. She had a big cheesy, yet cute smile sprawled on her face. Her mouth started to move, and I tried to lip read. It seemed as if she said nobody was home. I waited for her to come to me instead of getting out of the car myself in case I read her lips wrong.
Before I could pick up what was going on in the outside world; whether anyone was around or not, Charlie's lips were already pressed against mine. I took advantage immediately, and remained kissing her as well. As we were doing so, Charlie slowly edged herself and me closer and closer towards the house. It wasn't until then when I realised we had been kissing in a clearly visible view from the streets.
Charlie's P.O.V.
Brax and I stopped at the front of the door. I felt his hands moving delicately down my face. I could feel my cheeks flushing with redness as he started to rub them. In return, I ran my hands up and down his back smoothly. He gradually started to kiss my neck. Once he stopped, I kicked the front door shut behind us and quickly took him further into the house. I skipped into the living room like an excited little girl, while pulling Brax's hands tightly to follow me.
Brax's P.O.V.
Charlie and I wasted no time as we stood in between the couch and table. Both of us kissed passionately. My body rubbed against hers as we did so. I quickly took my shirt off with ease, just as Charlie gave me a light push. This led to me falling backwards and landing onto the couch. Charlie, being a petite woman, fell onto my stomach lightly. We resumed to kissing each other, and I couldn't help but smile; thinking about how glad I was that we were back to being together like the old times. It felt so good knowing she was with me again.