Chapter Two
Joey quickly placed the piece of paper she was looking at back in her pocket and double checked that she was actually seeing Charlie standing at the counter, the same Charlie that cheated on her and was the main reason of many that she left Australia altogether, she turned her body so that her back was facing the counter, she pulled her mobile out of her pocket and dialed Brookes number.
Under the pier, Brooke couldn't help thinking that she knew the policewoman's name from somewhere, but Terri wasn't letting her come up for breath let alone letting her think, To Brookes relief she heard her phone ringing and pulled away from Terri's embrace,
"Sorry, I've got to take this" She said moving away from Terri and out from under the pier so she had a view of the diner "Hey, Jo, what's up?"
"Charlie's here?" Joey explained slightly panicked
"What?"
"Charlie, The Charlie, is in the diner now, What if she sees me, what should I do, Brooke?"
"I knew I recognized the name on her badge, Look don't do anything I'll be a couple seconds"
"Okay see you in a sec" Joey hung up the phone placing it back in her pocket
After Joey hung up Brooke jogged quickly towards the diner, hoping Joey wouldn't be noticed by Charlie...
Meanwhile, Charlie was at the counter waiting for her Colleen to return, after a couple minutes Colleen approached the kitchen, walking in and placing the dirty dishes she was holding into the sink, she then re-approached the counter...
"Good Afternoon Charlie, what can I get you?"
"Afternoon Colleen, I'll have the usual please"
Colleen prepared the coffee and handed it over to Charlie "Here you go"
"Thank you Colleen" Charlie politely said handing Colleen the money for the coffee
"I'm surprised that you're not staying to chat with your friend over there" Colleen said motioning towards where Joey was sitting
"I'm actually quite busy at the moment; I've got to get back to the station"
Charlie walked out of the diner, not thinking to ask Colleen who she was referring to when she said 'your friend'. As Charlie was getting to the door, Brooke was also at the same spot, she stopped to let Charlie through now knowing exactly who she was, and she also gave her a look of disgust. She rushed over to where Joey was sitting with her back still facing the counter.
"Hey, it's cool, you can turn around she just left"
Joey turned back into the position she was sitting in before and looked at Brooke, who was slightly flustered from rushing into the diner
"Thanks for coming so quickly, I don't think I could have faced her yet, Can we just go back to the hotel please?"
"Sure, but we aren't staying there anymore"
"How comes you, have we been kicked out or something?" Joey asked slightly confused
"Nope, I found a place I'm interested in buying around here, and I thought if you don't mind, seeing as you know this area, you could help me evaluate it, that's if you don't mind"
"No I don't mind, where is it?"
"It's like 15 minutes from here by car; I've put the address into my sat nav already"
"Okay, How comes you're buying a place around here anyway thought you were a born and bred brit"
"I am Jo, but everyone loves a bit of sun now and again, plus I thought with all this trail stuff coming up with you, it would be nice if you didn't have to live out of a suitcase"
"See, the rumors about you aren't true"
"Rumors what rumors?" Brooke quizzed raising her eyebrows
"That your and I quote, 'Heartless and devoid of human kindness' "
"Well you know me Jo, I'm a very private person, therefore people don't get to see the real me"
"What, no you're not"
"Yes, I am"
"If the queen was with us right now you would tell her all about your little 'chat' with Terri and the dozens upon dozens before her" Joey looked at Brooke who was looking at her trying to think of a comeback for Joeys comment "Well..."
"Yeah, your right I would" Brooke confessed, her and Joey got up out of their seats paid for their food and drinks then walked out of the diner and walked to the car together, as they walked towards the car neither of them could stop themselves from giggling at the thought of Brooke talking to the queen about her sex life, as they finally managed to stop giggling Joey asked Brooke about Terri, as they got into the car Brooke continued telling Joey what had happened with Terri, "I'm being serious, Jo" She said as she turned the engine on and drove out of the car park following the sat nav instructions
"Really, she really wanted to in front of everybody walking by?"
"Yeah, she said to that she wanted me to go down on her, right there and then"
"In the middle of the beach, didn't she see the police car?"
"Oh, she saw it I think it turned her on"
"That's creepy and extremely weird"
"I know your telling me, when she said it I felt like I entered the twilight zone or something, I'm glad that you called when you did"
"What if I hadn't called you?"
"Huh?" Brooke asked looking at the road, pretending not to hear the question
"You heard me, would you have gone you know on her"
"Would I have gone down on her on the beach" Brooke pause for a second "No"
"Ohhhh, you wouldn't, Brooke..."
"Okay, yes I would have"
"Ewww, that's disgusting"
"What? I was in the mood"
"You're always in the mood"
"Exactly, I've got to relive the tension somehow"
"Whatever you say Brooke, but the gym is there for a reason"
"Ha ha ha, Look seriously are you alright?"
"What do you mean?"
"After seeing the infamous Charlie Buckton"
"Yeah I'm okay, I'm just glad that she never noticed me" Joey paused for a second or two "Thanks for asking though"
"No probs, it's what I'm here for"
Brooke looked at the sat nav and noticed they were one left turn away from the house they were going to view, she turned left and leaned forward trying to find the house number she was looking for, after a couple minutes driving up the road the sat nav deemed that they had reached their destination, they both got out of the car, Joey instantly realized where she was and become instantly nervous, seeing the look on Joeys face, Brooke enquired into why Joey seemed so nervous
"What's up Jo?"
"Nothing, why?"
"Because you look like your nervous"
"It's just that Charlie lives a couple minutes' walk away"
"Oh, well we don't have to look at this one; I can always find another one instead"
"No, I'll be okay, I swear"
"Cool, but if you wanna go let me know"
"Sure thing, let's go house hunting then"
Joey and Brooke walked towards the house in front of them which thankfully they knew was the right house because there was a for sale sign outside. As they walked towards the house Joey playfully pushed Brooke, looking at Joey, Brooke mouthed "That's how you wanna play huh?" She returned Joeys playful push, she continued until they reached the front garden then Joey placed a friendly arm on Brooke's waist, in return Brooke placed her arm around Joey's shoulders, they walked to the front door and rang the bell.