Corridor-5ft wide and 25/30 ft length, pale blue wallpaer on the lower half of the wall, two inch triangle shaped border, top half of the wall is an creamy white colour
Lily And Seb's Room- 15 x 15 room (Standard room) Half of the room is painted Pink (Lily's side) and has a 3ft by 1ft childrens white wooden bed in the corner with a matching chest of drawers next to it. The other half of the room is Blue (Seb's side) and has the same styled bed and chest of drawers as the other side of the room. The bed's and chest of drawers are positioned exactly in line with each other.
Chapter Twenty
"What the hell is going on?" Brooke asked again her body filling up with anger quickly
Joey and Frankee quickly jumped apart both remaining silent, standing shocked that the one thing they had tried to avoid happening was unfolding infront of them and neither of them knew what to say to Brooke, Joey began to rub her left hand up and down nervously on her jeans her face was filled with complete fear. Frankee stood silently looking from Joey to Brooke, she didn't like seeing Joey looking so scared and nervous but she wanted Brooke to find out about them she wanted to rub it in Brooke's face that she had got to have her wicked way with her baby cousin that she loved so much, she knew Brooke and she knew that Brooke would lose her temper with her and that would give her the perfect opportunity to tell Brooke all about her and Mel's affair.
"Well?" Brooke asked raising the volume of her voice slightly, she waited for an answe her fist now in a ball with the anger boiling inside her she was fully ready to beat the hell out of Frankee but she could see Lily in the corner of the room curled up in a ball in her bed now fast asleep. She looked at them and firmly stated "Get out NOW" Both Joey and Frankee did as Brooke said and exitted the room both of them stopped in the corridor waiting for Brooke they knew if they walked off Brooke would come looking for them and that would only succeed in making her even more angry than she was. Meanwhile back in the bedroom Brooke walked over to Lily and placed a soft kiss on her forehead then turned around walking out the room shutting the door firmly behind her. She stopped and looked at them both her hand still on the door handle she slowly released her slight grip on the door handle as she took a deep breath in a spoke
"How long have you two been sleeping together?" She calmly asked trying not to raise her voice again she didn't want to ruin the party or wake Lily up, when there was no answer from either Frankee or Joey she asked again her voice twice as loud as before "How long?" Again neither answered they both just stood looking from Brooke to each other then back to Brooke again this time Brooke couldn't hold it in she shouted at them full volume "HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN FUCKING BEHIND MY BACK?"
The pure volume of Brooke's voice was so shocking that it caused Joey to take a few steps backwards in pure shock and in slight fear, Frankee on the other hand and sensed it coming but was still slightly shocked and took a step backwards. When the anger didn't fade in Brooke's face she went to shout again but before she could Joey finally answered her question "About a month or two"
"Well what is it one or two?" Brooke harshly asked
"Just over two months" Joey honestly replied she didn't see the point in lying to Brooke now that she knew.
"Two months?" she asked looking at Frankee who looked at Brooke and weakly nodded that it had been two months, She looked away from them not able to hide the hatred in her eyes at being lied to by Joey of all people, as she turned back she saw Frankee reaching out for Joey's hand "Don't even fucking think about it not in front of me EVER" She firmly said as the first word left her lips Frankee dropped her hand "So when were you gonna tell me?" When they both looked at each other instead of Brooke she continued "Were you gonna tell me?"
"We don't know" Joey replied still standing a few steps away from Brooke not scared that Brooke would hurt her more scared that Brooke's temper would get the better of her completely "Honestly Brooke we wanted to tell you the moment it happened but there was never the right time"
"Joey's telling the truth we were honestly gonna tell you but it made more sense to keep it between us, we knew you had a lot on your plate and we didn't want to add it especially with everything with Taylor..."Frankee explained before she could continue she was cut off by Brooke
"Don't you EVER use Taylor's illness as some kind of ammo against me this is not her fault or her illness' fault this about neither of you having the guts to walk upto me and say you were together" Brooke paused for a second then continued "And what's all this WE crap is neither of you capable of saying I anymore is neither of you capable of thinking for yourself now your going at it"
"I didn't mean it like that I meant that you had a lot going on and we didn't think you needed more stress"
"Seriously stop with the we crap its getting on my nerves" Brooke bluntly replied not caring about either of their feelings
"Why is it such a problem for you Brooke?" Frankee asked knowing that she was only baiting Brooke even further "Why is me and Joey being together so bad why is it such a problem for you?"
"Why?, you honestly wanna know why its a problem for me?" Frankee and Joey both nodded at Brooke's question "It's a problem because I know you Frankee we've been friends since we were toddlers best friends since we knew what it meant, I have watched you sleep around with girl after girl woman after woman I've seen you break womens hearts because you can't commit to anyone, I've seen the pain that you cause when you hurt those women how you don't even give a damn that you've probably ruined their confidence and I've let it go because we are best friends I mean I even forgave you for sleeping with Mel when we broke up. I forgave you for that because we are BEST FRIENDS" Brooke paused taking a breath before she could continue Frankee cut in
"And what does any of that have anything to do with me and Joey going out?"
"Because that was different NONE of those women were my family, what about when me and Kaleigh kissed during that game of spin the bottle? You went crazy at me for kissing your cousin but I'm meant to just be ok with you shagging mine"
"Yeah when it's what we both want to happen, and what happened with you and Kaleigh was different it was real different because you were in love with Mel and you would of had no problem sleeping with Kaleigh using her to stop yourself thinking about Mel when you knew that she had real feelings for you one's you didn't share for her"
"Do you really think I'm the kinda person that sleeps with a friend knowing that they have feelings for me, you think I'm the kinda person that would give someone false hope of a relationship"
"No your not Brooke and I know that but this is the same thing except I'm not in love with someone else and sleeping with Joey to get over it"
"And how exactly is this different to every other woman you've ever slept with?"
"What do you mean how is this different?"
"Exactly what I said how do I know that your not gonna break Joey's heart?"
"Because this isn't serious at the moment, we like each other and we have fun together, but if I did fall for her I wouldn't break her heart"
"Brooke please this shouldn't be a big deal, Me and Frankee like each other but right now we're just having some fun, please I'm happy after months maybe years I can move on from eveything, I don' think about her anymore not at all and that's all thanks to Frankee she helped me get pass the final bump in the road" Joey begged Brooke pouring her heart out to Brooke hoping that it would work, as she looked at Brooke she saw her eyes change slightly
"Really?" When Joey nodded she closed her eyes and took a deep breath in not believing she was about to say what she was "Ok, I'm ok with THIS whatever the hell it is, but there are conditions"
"Ok, that sounds fair" Frankee said smiling
"You can drop the smile Frank, Number one if I ever catch you kissing infront of any of my siblings like I just did then I'll through you both out, Number Two you keep whatever this is in your bedrooms you don't flaunt it infront of eveyone. Ok?" When they both nodded she continued "And Number Three is just for you Frankee" When Frankee looked at her confused she explained "If you cheat on her or break her heart in any way I WILL HURT YOU"
Frankee arragantly smirked then laughed at Brooke's statment and said "Ooookkk Brooke, no need for the threat"
Brooke looked at Frankee and thought to herself, Frankee had always been a cocky bitch but normally she knew when she was being serious even Joey was looking at Frankee shocked that she was laughing and smiling at what Brooke had said, Brooke left out a single chuckle looked at the floor to her right trying to hold the anger inside her down but when she heard Frankee laugh again she completely snapped and lunged at Frankee grabbing her by the collar of her t-shirt and throwing her up against the wall as she looked Frankee dead in the eyes she firmly said "Do you think this is some kind of joke?, I am deadly serious if you break her heart I WILL BREAK YOUR NECK" As Brooke held Frankee firmly against the wall Joey tried to pull Brooke of Frankee, as she looked at the pure fear that was now firmly showing on Frankee's face she pulled at Brooke's back arms and waist trying with all her strength, when she was unsuccessful she quickly made the decision to run and get some help from someone downstairs as she rushed down the stairs she immediatley noticed Mel standing with Taylor in the living room she walked quickly up to Mel and placed her hand on Mel's arm quickly stating "I need your help" Mel naturally removed Joey's hand gently from her arm looking at Taylor wondering what was going on, they both shrugged at each other noting the worried look on Joey's face "Jo, what's up you look really worried?" "I am, It's Brooke" Joey quickly replied "Brooke what's wrong is she ok?" Mel quickly replied worry spreading instantly through her body "She has Frankee pinned up against the wall upstairs" Joey said managing to form a full sentence "Your kidding right?" Mel said half laughing hoping Joey was joking "No I'm not she won't let go of her"
Mel's heart sank had Brooke found out after they had finally began to make some progress, she put her fears to the back of her mind ,knowing that Brooke had a serious anger problem when it came to Frankee, she didn't want Brooke to lash out because she knew that Frankee being the bitch she was would get Brooke arrested with no second thought, as her brain processed everything she was thinking she quickly moved towards the stairs and jogged quickly up them followed closely by Joey and Taylor as she reached the top of the stairs she arrived just in time to see Brooke pull back her right hand and go to punch Frankee without thinking Mel rushed forward and grabbed Brooke's right hand and pulled her away from Frankee stopping her from connecting with the punch and also breaking the grip that Brooke had on Frankee which in turn caused Frankee to fall to the floor as she was released. As Mel kept a hold of Brooke she looked over at Joey and shouted "Get her out of here" meaning Frankee, but before Joey could react to the instruction Frankee stood up her face full of anger inside all she felt was embarrasment and she had to do something to show she wasn't weak so she did all she knew, she rushed towards Brooke who was now beginning to calm down in Mel's grip by the time she noticed Frankee rushing towards them it was to late all she saw was Frankee's left fist quickly coming in her direction instinctivley she tried to move out of the way but Frankee's fist still connected with a small portion of her chin as she reacted to being punched bringing her hand up to her chin and wiping it to make sure she wasn't bleeding she stood up fully ready to launch at Frankee.
As Brooke straightened up she looked at Frankee and was slightly taken back when she noticed that Frankee, Joey and Taylor, who she had only just noticed, were all standing staring at the floor to Brooke's left she didn't know if it was some kind of trick or not but remembering that Mel was holding on to her not a minute before she quickly turned her attention to her left and was shocked to see Mel lying on her right side with her back to everyone else on the floor holding her hands over her mouth and tears running down her cheeks. The anger immediatley rose inside her again and she felt the urge to charge at Frankee and beat the living hell out of her, but her love for Mel overrode her anger towards Frankee and he quickly knelt down beside Mel and placed her hands on Mel's back and hip as she softly said to Mel "I'm so sorry baby, I didn't want you to get invovled in this. I'm so sorry. Let me see please?" Mel looked up at Brooke carefully moving so she was sitting up straight took her hands away from her mouth allowing Brooke to see her injuries as Brooke looked at Mel's mouth she noticed the deep cut on Mel's upper lip which had began to swell up as she noticed the amount of blood that was pouring from Mel's mouth and covering Mel's and now her own hands her body began to shake from the pure rage that she felt inside, noticing this Mel placed her hands over Brooke's asking her to help her stand up, as Brooke did so Mel got to her feet, at the same time Taylor noticed the damage that Frankee had done to Mel and instantly launched at Frankee shouting at her "Why would you do that?, How could you?" again and again, After her intial shock of Taylors anger Joey moved forwards pulling Taylor of Frankee as she managed to pull Taylor away, Taylor shoot Joey an unimpressed look and quickly ran over to Mel and Brooke quickly latching onto Mel's waist asking her if she was ok, to which Mel replied "I'm fine Tay just a bit shaken up that's all" As Mel replied she looked at Brooke and squeezed her hand signalling that she needed to calm down as Brooke looked at Mel she nodded at her signalling that she would stay calm as she finished her action she looked over at Joey then looked at Frankee and locked her sight on her then she firmly stated "Get your things and GET OUT of my house" Frankee didn't agrue her case she knew full well that Brooke wasn't in the mood and that now was most definatly not the time, not after what she had confessed to Brooke moments before Mel had pulled Brooke of her.
*End of Flashback*
Back in the cafe Joey had finished telling the story from her point of view and was no looking at Charlie waiting for a response to the story, instead Charlie took a sip of her drink and contemplated what she was going to say, she didn't want to be to honest with her thoughts of Frankee because she didn't want to upset Joey, but she knew from Joey's account of events that Frankee was no good for her. Charlie paused for a second then spoke, "So you never told me how Brooke go her lucky pick?"
"Oh yeah I didn't did I?" Joey replied not saying anymore, just sipping her drink and looking at Charlie, who was waiting for her to continue
"Well, How did she get it then?" Charlie asked genuinley wanting to know that answer
"I can't remember, I was hoping Brooke's birthday would trigger a memory for me" Joey replied blushing slight but still smiling brightly at Charlie who was shaking her head
Before either of them could say another word Alexis clapped her hands together and raised her right hand in the air as she said "Lexi knows, Lexi knows" Looking at Joey and waiting for her permisson to continue
"Go on then Lexi, tell Charlie about Brooke's lucky pick"
"When Jojo came to stay she had a music maker and Brooke lost hers so then Jojo gave hers to Brooke and Brooke started making music with it" Alexis completed looking to Joey who nodded that she was correct as Joey nodded Alexis smiled brightly then continued to slowly drink her milk
"Cool, So who gave it to you then?" Charlie asked looking deep into Joey's eyes
"I brought it when I was on the trawler, it wasn't anything special to me but it helped me think about something that wasn't..."Joey stopped herself from completing the sentence not wanting to drag up the past or upset Charlie or herself
"Me" Charlie completed sensing that was were Joey was going, when Joey nodded confirming that was what she was going to say "It's ok Jo, I know I messed up big time by doing what I did to you and if I could take it back I would in a heartbeat I swear"
Sensing that Charlie was still holding onto some guilt over what happened between them, she slowly moved her hand across the table until her hand was holding Charlie's she gave it a quick squezze and honestly told her "I forgive you Charlie, I won't lie and say I understand why you did it because I don't but I don't hate you so you don't need to hold onto the guilt"
"You don't hate me?" Charlie asked looking nervously away from Joey's eyes and turning her attention onto their hands "If you don't hate me then why didn't you come back before?"
"No I don't, I never did I disliked you and maybe despised you for a while but that wasn't why I didn't come back."
"Then why didn't you?"
"Honestly it was a number of things but I knew you moved on, and Brett didn't care about me anymore so there was nothing here for me anymore. And then I got my monthly call from Brooke and I finally told her everything and she said I was welcome in England so I went"
"What do you mean you finally told Brooke everything?" Charlie asked not sure if she heard Joey right
"She never knew about anything that happened to me at the hands of Robbo"
"You never told her" Charlie replied slightly shocked one thing she knew about Joey was she didn't like secrets
"No I couldn't, I knew that she would be over here in a shot and she had only just got married to Mel and I didn't want to burden her"
"I'm sure you wouldn't have burdened her Joey"
"I know and don't worry I got told off by Brooke for not calling her and telling her straight away about Robbo and Brett."
"So how come your back now, if theres nothing here for you?" Deep down Charlie was hoping that maybe Joey came back to sort things out with her but she knew that was probably never gonna happen
"I got a call from my lawyer saying that Robbo was due in court for the things her did to me and Tanya, and that I would be needed to testify against him so I was under orders to come back to Summer Bay in time for the trial"
"When is it?"
"I have no idea they said it was this month but my lawyer hasn't called with a set date yet."
"Well the sooner that scumbag is sentenced to 25 years or more the better" Charlie firmly said straightening her back. They both fell into a awkward silence they remained holding hands on the table. Joey was about to say something when her iphone began to ring, Charlie smiled when she recognised the ringtone it was LMFAO-I'm sexy and I know it, Joey quickly answered the phone slightly embarrased at the ringtone,
"Hello?, oh hey yeah I'm fine...I don't know I'm looking after the kids at the moment... No she went for a walk you saw her...I'm fine...so you should be...it's fine we can talk later...ok...bye" As Joey completed her conversation she placed the phone back in her pocket as she did Olivia started to move her hands up and down in the air like she was dancing. Joey saw the action and giggled softly at the young girl as did Charlie.
"So I take it that was Frankee?" Charlie asked after a couple moments silence, when Joey nodded in response she continued "Can I ask you something?"
"Sure you can" Joey replied slightly intrigued by what Charlie was gonna ask, but before Charlie could ask her the question Lily started tugging on Charlie shirt trying to get Charlie's attention which she suceeded in doing Joey couldn't help but smile at how Charlie interacted with Lily. She didn't say a word and just watch them interact
"What's up little one?" Charlie said looking down at Lily and smiling
"Cna did see Brooke in sone nad gid sam cudels" Lily said trying to form a proper sentence
"I'm sorry but can you say that in non child please" Charlie said looking up at Joey sending her a smile as she tried to hide the embarrassment of not knowing what Lily said.
The little girl looked at her confused not knowing what to do she looked to Joey who smiled at her and suggested "Why don't you say it in Spanish Lily then I can understand?" Charlie looked at Joey with a look of shock and slight confusion on her face the last time she say Joey she only spoke one language. The little girl looked to Joey thought to herself then smiled at looking up at Charlie she said "Podemos ver a Brooke y abrazar le?" ("Can we see Brooke and cuddle her?") as she finished she looked at Joey for an answer as Joey looked at Lily she smiled brightly knowing that the little girl had said every single word correctly something that wasn't easy for her she smiled even brighter and replied "Ella durmiendo ahora pero mañana usted puede abrazarla todo el día" ("She's sleeping now but tomorrow you can hug her all day") as she replied to Lily Joey's eyes wondered to Charlie's eye's as they meet each others gaze they both smiled brighter before they got to caught up in each others gaze Joey turned her attention to Alexis who had finished with her milk and now had an ipod in her hands and was watching something on it which was making her smile and nod her head up and down slightly, Joey smiled then turning her attention to Sebastian who was just staring at his cup like he didn't now what to do with it she softly rubbed his head causing him to look at Joey smile and giggle then squirm slightly in his chair. Joey then looked to Olivia who was sitting in her high chair she was sitting looking at Joey's cup as if willing it to come to her when she saw Joey looking at her she started jumping up and down in excitement holding her arms out to Joey.
As much as she wanted to Joey couldn't resist picking the little girl up out of the high chair as she picked Olivia up the little girl quickly wrapped her arms around Joey's neck and hugged her tightly after a few seconds Olivia still hadn't let go of her so Joey sat back down on her chair carefully making sure she didn't move Olivia from the position she was in. As she sat down she noticed that Charlie was staring at her and was seemingly mesmerized by her. She smiled at Charlie who looked away in embarrasment at being caught out by Joey, neither of them could think of anything to say , Charlie looked down at Lily and finally thought of something to talk about.
"So how comes Lily can speak Spanish but she can't speak English that well?" She asked wondering how that was possible
"Brooke noticed that she was stuggling with her speech and took her to the doctor he said that it was just one of those things that Lily's brain was taking longer to get to grips with some words"
"So did they say why she's taking so long to learn to speak?"
"He said that her brain's functions are perfectly normal but for some reason she's just taking longer to process things than a normal child her age would"
"So how did the learning spanish come about?"
"She kinda picked it up one day, me and Brooke were helping Taylor study for a test and Lily just started to copy, one day me and Brooke were talking in the kitchen and Lily asked for a drink she tried to say it in English but when she couldn't she said it perfectly in spanish, we were just as shocked as you" Joey explained smiling at Charlie then at Lily who was looking at her in intrest and had been since hearing her name being mentioned
"That's really impressive, I can only speak one language and I'm...a lot older"
"Well I can fix that for you" Joey commented flirtatiously, when she realised how that must have sounded she quickly reworded it hoping Charlie wasn't offended "I mean I um...I um can teach you Spanish...if...you...if you want me to that is?" She finished her cheeks now turning red as she lowered her head trying to avoid Charlie's eye contact
"That'd be great Jo, I've always wanted to learn another language" Charlie replied quickly her heart beating faster and her stomach doing somersaults as she imagined spending more time with Joey what made it even better was that Joey seemed to be perfectly happy to spend time with her maybe Joey had been serious when she said she didn't hate her.
Before Joey had a chance to say anything in return, Alexis stood up and started jumping up and down slightly and clapping all the while she didn't take her eyes of the ipod on the table, Everyone turned their attention to Alexis and Joey curiously asked "What are you listening to Lexi?"
"Watching not listening Jojo" Alexis said smiling and sitting back down
"Who are you watching...Brooke?" She asked knowing that Alexis looked up to Brooke and was always listening to music Brooke had recorded especially for her.
Alexis nodded at Joey's comment and then continued "And Jojo" She completed smiling brightly as she refocused her attention on the screen of the ipod touch
Joey looked a little suprised and saw the look of intrigue on Charlie's face she looked at Alexis asking "You have a video of me Lexi?"
Alexis nodded her head at Joey "You and Brooky singing at home...Alexis' Birthday song" Alexis said making sure that she said all the words correctly and in the right order, she looked to her left and smiled at Charlie she looked down at the ipod in her hand and the video playing then she looked to Charlie softly asking "Charlie watch Jojo and Brooky singing" Charlie smiled as the younger girl took hold of her hand that was on the table and placed the ipod in her hand she thanked Alexis and pressed play smiling instantly as she saw that the first person in shoot was Joey who was sitting at a piano looking at the camera and shaking her head she allowed herself to get lost in the video...
Video Setting (Brooke's studio booth in England)
The camera makes a suffling sound as it is focused in on Joey sitting at the piano in the booth of the studio as they camera comes closer to Joey, the person behind the camera pans the camera to the left until it reaches Brooke who smiles at the camera and says "Good morning people" as she walks past the camera she walks over to Joey hugging her from behind "How's it going baby cus?" When Joey replied that she was ok Brooke turned to the camera looking directly into it she began to speak "For those of you who don't know who this lovely woman at the piano is, this is Joey, and incase your wondering why she looks so much like me that's because she is my baby cousin from Good Ol' Aussie land" Brooke winks at the camera and continues "And she's here to give me a hand with this song and because she is rubbish at winning bets, so anyway it is a very special persons birthday today, so I hope you all like this song this is an acoustic version of Better in time by Brooke Carter featuring Joey Collins on piano exclusively on Fifth Element's You tube channel and this is for a Leona Lewis fan my baby sister Lexi" As Brooke walked out of shoot the camera moved backwards until the piano and Brooke who was sitting on a stool which had a microphone in front of it and was positioned next to the piano and Joey sitting at the piano were in full view of the camera, Brooke winked at Joey nodding her support, once Joey nodded back smiling brightly she began playing,
Boyce Avenue-Better in time
Brooke and Joey both smiled as the music faded and stopped, Brooke stood up carefully placing her guitar in a stand which was a few inches to Brooke's right in front of the piano after she had placed the guitar down Brooke turned around and walked over to Joey who was closing the lid as Joey turned around she saw Brooke, as the two hugged lovingly Brooke whispers something in Joey's ear (not caught by the camera) to which Joey nods, as they both pulled out of the hug they kissed each other on the cheek at the exact same time causing them both to laugh softly. As they walked towards the door of the booth Brooke looked back and shouted at the camera " See you next time people" Then saluted the camera as she finished the salute the video finished
Back in the cafe
Joey sat nervously waiting for Charlie to react to the video she released a sigh of relief when Charlie looked up at her and smiled brightly stating "That was really good Jo, I had no idea you were so good at playing the piano" Joey smiled back at her happy that Charlie didn't think she was completely rubbish she took a sip of her drink as Charlie asked her "When was it filmed?"
Joey placing her cup back down on the table she replied "It was filmed May this year (2012)"
"Are there anymore videos of you?" Charlie asked smiling brightly, she hoped there were loads more videos of Joey she loved watching Joey she didn't care what she was doing, and she had to admit to herself that Joey looked extremely sexy in the video she didn't know if it was because of the figure hugging clothes Joey was wearing or if it was because she had learnt something new about her
Even though she knew there were plenty more videos of her and Brooke singing or playing guitar and piano and of them just messing around Joey fully intended to answer Charlie's question with a simple 'NO' though everyone said the videos were entertaining and that she looked ok in them she wasn't entirely sure that they were being honest and she didn't want Charlie to see them incase Charlie thought that they and mainly she was rubbish, she knew it was stupid because she had no problem with Frankee seeing them but she also knew that deep down it was because she didn't feel as much for Frankee as she did for Charlie even now instead of making up with Frankee she was sitting with Charlie, But before she had a chance to reply Lexi replied to Charlie question,
"Uh Huh, two more of Jojo and in one she sings like an angel" Lexi proudly said looking over at Joey who though she didn't want to couldn't help but smile at how Lexi described her singing ability "Does Charlie want to see?" Alexis asked smiling at Charlie
"Yeah I do that would be great" As Alexis reached over Charlie's arm to get the video up on the screen Charlie softly said to her "Thank you"
"Your welcome Charlie Buckton" Alexis replied smiling brightly
"Um shouldn't you be getting back home or to work Charlie?" Joey asked pointing to the uniform, as she perpasily took Charlies attention away from the video
"No, I've finished for the next few days so I'm in no rush" Charlie replied noticing the slightly red cheeks Joey was now sporting she realised that Joey was slightly embarrassed about her seeing the video, before she could say anything further Joey pulled the ipod touch out of Charlie's hand, as the shock spread on Charlie's face she instantly said "Hey why'd you do that I was gonna watch your video?" reaching over trying to get the ipod back from Joey
"Because you should be talking to me not watching a video"
"Nice try Joey, come on hand it over" When Joey shook her head at Charlie she continued "Do I have to come and get it?" She asked raising her eyebrows at Joey
"You wouldn't dare I have a child in my arms" Joey replied even though she didn't mean it to it sounded like a challenge, she watched Charlie's features trying to predict a reaction, when Charlie rose from her seat with a smile on her face she walked the few steps to Joey's side of the table and carefully extracted Olivia from Joey's arms, she quickly and carefully placed Olivia back in the highchair smiling even more when the little girl looked up at her and laughed making numerous noises that a baby does. Charlie then turned her attention back to Joey who was now looking up at Charlie intentley watching her to see what her next move would be she was desperately trying to hide the smile what was urging to break out across her face. As Charlie moved closer and closer to Joey she mentally told herself not to be to forward or over the top but the truth was she knew with Joey she couldn't control herself, Joey made her heart beat just that little bit faster than it naturally should she made her palms sweat through nerves and she made her blush for the simplist of reasons.
Just as Charlie was doing Joey was mentally telling herself not to go to far with any reaction to what Charlie was going to do she knew that the chances of Frankee actually having stayed away from the hospital knowing that Charlie was there were very low and the last thing she needed was for Frankee to start another arguement they'd any many over the last few weeks and she was sick of them, and if she was honest she was sick of Frankee all together. As Charlie inched closer and closer to her Joey slowly got up if she was being truthfully honest with herself she didn't mind how close Charlie got to her the closer the better in her opinion. Charlie continued to get closer to Joey as she did Joey half heartedly warned her "Charlie, whatever your thinking don't do it"
"Ok, if you give me the ipod so I can watch the video" Charlie replied as she got a little closer to Joey, who she noticed didn't seem to be to conserned about how close she got to her. She moved closer to Joey until she was right in front of her as she reached for the ipod, which was in Joey's right hand, Joey moved her hand out of Charlie's reach causing the front of Charlie's body to press against Joey's back with her hands on Joey's waist, as they both thought about weither they should move out of the position incase the other felt uncomfortable unknown to each other they both decided that they wouldn't move out of the position until the other moved. As Charlie enjoyed the embrace a little more than she probably should have she remembered why they had ended up in the position in the first place as she reached for the ipod Joey turned her back into Charlies front even more which Charlie was fully aware, she mentally told herself to keep her hormones under control as she felt Joey's bum pressing against her clit even though it was only a slight connection it was sending sparks of passion and pleasure through Charlie's whole body. She pushed them to one side as she tried to make sure Joey didn't realise that she was feeling what she was, although unbeknown to her Joey was feeling exactly the same thing she knew from the conversation her and Charlie had in Brooke's room that there was still a spark between them that they both still had feelings for each other but she had no idea how strong the attraction between them was still it felt like her body was on fire even from such a small exchange between them.
As they both continued to fight the feelings inside them, Charlie was the first to move again as she reached for the ipod which was still in Joey's right hand as she did again Joey moved her bum pushing even more onto Charlie, out of pure instinct Charlie wrapped her left arm around Joey's waist so she couldn't move from her position as her arm wrapped around Joey's waist she tightened her grip so that Joey couldn't wriggle out of her grip. As she again pushed the thrills aside she used her right hand to reach for the ipod as Joey tried to get out of Charlie's grip, Charlie finally retrieved the ipod from Joey's hand, Joey quickly half laughing and half seriously said "Charlie give it back" They both laughed softly at how childish Joey had sounded Charlie quickly responded "No way Jo, I wanna see this video" Even though she now had the ipod Charlie kept hold of her grip on Joey as she was in the process of thinking of what to do next Joey turned quickly in Charlies arms, as they came face to face every thought in Charlie's head disappeared completely as her eyes meet with Joey's, her right arm which was holding the ipod fell naturally to rest softly on Joey's waist.
As they both looked into each others eyes they became very aware that the spark that there used to be between them was still very much there, Charlie subconsiously pulled Joey closer to her until their stomaches were pressed against each others neither of them was aware that all the kids had now focused their attention on the two of them all of them trying to work out if they were still playing or not. Slowly the moved closer and closer together until their lips were centimetres apart neither of them planning on pulling apart the continued to inch closer and closer...
Coming up:
-Brooke and Joey have an honest talk about their feelings
-Taylor opens up...but to who?