Our Special Connection

[RoRo90]

i cant believe the boys would actually do that to Brax just cause he's with Charlie and I'm even more disgusted in Heath... Am sure Brax as always been there for him and the one time he needs him he just stand there like an idiot and does nothing ... Blood and sand my foot. Hope Charlie convinces him to go to the hospital he seems like he is in a lot of pain... I just hope the town will stop their gossip soon so they can actually enjoy their relationship.

Amazing chapter,cant wait for the next update

[CharlieAndBraxLover]

Thanks for the few reviews everyone Sorry this chapter is short but I wanted to leave it on a bit of a cliffhanger.

Pretty please review, so I know if I should keep going with this story.

Also, I have never written hospital scenes so I'm sorry if the bits Sid said don't make sense or if that doesn't actually happen in real life, it was a bit of a stab in the dark for me haha.

Anyway, hope you like it...

CABL. xxx

Chapter 14:

Charlie had insisted that Brax stayed the night due to his injuries, so she could look after him and make sure he was okay. The entire night had consisted of strictly G-rated activities so Brax could rest, despite his persistant protests.

Charlie woke up the next morning to find herself completely unattached from Brax in bed, which was unusual for them. The only part of her that was touching him, was her left hand which was placed carefully over the top of Brax's belly button.

As her bladder played tricks on her, Charlie quietly got out of bed and made her way to the bathroom, glancing at the clock as she went. It read 8:15am.

She returned from the bathroom and went back over to the bed, Brax appeared to be fast asleep still. She didn't want to wake him because he looked so peaceful, even though his entire body was covered in bright blue and purple bruises.

Charlie was still quite tired. Thankful that she had the day off, she slid back under the covers and drifted back to sleep.

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Being the first to wake up again, Charlie lifted her head groggily and looked at the clock. 10:50am. Gasping at the time she slept in until, Charlie decided it was time for the two of them to get up, even if that only meant going into the lounge room and spending the day snuggling on the couch.

"Brax" Charlie whispered as she laid on the bed, propping herself up on her elbow, nudging Brax slightly with her other hand.

"Babe, wake up, it's nearly eleven o'clock" she said slightly louder this time, stroking his cheek.

Brax still didn't wake up. Brax was a heavy sleeper, but normally after a couple of nudges and pokes he would be awake.

Charlie took a different approach this time, leaning forward and placing a passionate kiss on Brax's lips, then leaving a trail along his cheek and down his neck.

Pulling away, Charlie studied Brax's face. Still nothing. She had had enough of the subtle attemps to wake him.

"Darryl!" Charlie said loudly, shaking him quite rough. Nothing again. Charlie started to worry. 'Why isn't he waking up?' she thought. She tried the same thing again, but he just continued to lay there, eyes shut.

Charlie started to panic, feeling Brax's neck for a pulse and checking his breathing. He was unconscious.

"Oh my god" Charlie quickly rushed over to her desk, grabbed her phone and dialled an ambulance.

After hanging up the phone, Charlie rushed to open up the doors so the paramedics could let themselves in, and she returned back to Brax.

"Brax, babe, the ambulance is coming. You're going to be okay. Please wake up for me, Brax" Charlie urged as she squeezed his hand.

Not long after, the paramedics arrived and took Brax to the hospital, Charlie riding with him in the back of the ambulance.

As soon as they pulled into emergency Brax was rushed into the hospital, doctors and nurses swarming around his trolley. No one was telling Charlie what was happening and before she could ask, they had all disappeared and taken Brax away.

Charlie slumped down onto one of the chairs in the waiting room, covering her face with her hands as tears started to form in her eyes.

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"Charlie" Sid spoke as he walked over and stood infront of Charlie who had her head in her hands still. It had been a couple of hours since they first rushed Brax away.

"Sid! Where's Brax? Is he okay?" Charlie snapped as she rose to her feet.

"He is not great, but he's alive" Sid began.

"We have done some tests, x-rays and a CT scan on Mr. Braxton and the results have just come in. It appears Brax suffered from concussion that was a little more serious than he must have let on. When you sleep, the circulation to the brain slows down, and in Brax's case it slowed down a lot more than it should have, so when he went to sleep he slipped into a coma. We have put Brax on an IV to reduce swelling around the brain and have given him some extra meds. We are expecting Brax to wake up from this coma, but we will not know the full extent of his injuries until he wakes up."

Charlie let out a sigh of relief.

"Can I go see him please?"

"Of course. Just through here" Sid showed Charlie to Brax's room, before she thanked him, and he left.

"God, Brax" Charlie whispered as she walked into his room and saw him laying out on the bed, his bruises as clear as day and tubes going in and out of his body.

Charlie pulled up a chair beside Brax's hospital bed and sat down as close to him as she could. She picked up his right hand and held on to it tightly, bringing it to her mouth and placing gentle kisses on the back of his hand.

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Charlie had drifted off to sleep in her hospital chair, still clutching onto Brax's hand. She hadn't left Brax's side since she was first allowed in to see him.

It had been a long day. Charlie was still asleep, but was soon woken up by thw noise of hospital machines beeping like crazy around her.

At first Charlie didn't register what was happening. She was tired and groggy from her sleep, for a short moment unaware of where she was.

Then it clicked. Charlie shot up in her seat, looking at the machine that was beside Brax. It was beeping out of control and had messages flashing up on the screen.

Charlie turned to look at Brax, he was still just lying there, non-responsive.

"Someone help please!" Charlie yelled out the door of the hospital room. She hurried back over to Brax's bed and grabbed his hand and lightly started rubbing his chest with her other.

"Brax" Charlie whispered. She had no idea what was happening.

"Babe."

Suddenly a bunch of doctors and nurses ran into the room.

"Please give them some room" one of the nurses said to Charlie, slightly pushing her away from Brax's bed.

"What's going on? What does all that beeping mean?" Charlie snapped as she tried to go back to Brax, but failed.

"Miss Buckton, can you please just wait outside. Someone will inform you of what's happening shortly."

And with that, Charlie reluctantly made her way into the hallway, the door shutting infront of her.

Tears started to form in Charlie's eyes. She couldn't lose Brax, she wouldn't know what to do if she did.

Charlie stood up against the door, watching every move the doctors and nurses made through the little window.

[Inactive User]

Fab chapter. And whoa at the ending! Hope Brax better be okay. Update soon please xx

[beebee]

OMG .. I hope that Brax is ok ... Poor Charlie thinking he was just asleep

CABL you MUST continue ... I'm loving your fic

Please update soon ... I need to know what happens lol

xxx

[Spotd1]

Loved this chapter CABL!! I really hope Brax is ok..feel sorry for Charlie! Please update soon!! Xx Ps Please, please continue!!

[llywela]

Just found this story, it's amaaaazing! Please do continue wow!! X

[RoRo90]

Wow I hope Brax is ok...

Felt so bad for Charlie being in the hospital with no one to comfort her

I'm still so pissed off at Heath I hope he realises he could have cost Brax his life by not helping.

another great chaoter update real soon please

[Sazzle]

Brax has to be ok!! Bless Charlie looking through the door and just hoping for him to be ok. Heath is solow!

Really looking forward to next update! Fab writing! Thanks!

[CharlieAndBraxLover]

Hey everyone! Thank you to those who reviewed last chapter. I've been tossing up still whether to give up on this or continue writing, that's why it's taken me so long to update.... (sorry i took so long, especially since i left it on a cliffhanger). So here's another chapter, I hope you like it... Pretty please review.

CABL. xxx

Chapter 15:

Charlie stood at Brax's hospital room door for a while longer as the doctors and nurses were moving around the room doing all different things to Brax. After a little while longer, she couldn't bare watching it any longer, and decided to take a seat on the chair directly next to his room.

Sid Walker emerged from Brax's room. Before he could even looking around for Charlie, she was right up infront of him asking how Brax was.

"What happened? What was all that beeping? Is Brax okay? Wh-"

"Cha-Charlie, just calm down. The machines were going off because they were responding to Brax coming out of his coma. Now, we've done some more tests to assess if there's anymore damage, but for now Brax seems to be doing okay", Sid explained.

"Wait, he's awake?" Charlie said, a smile spreading across her face. "Can I go in?" she asked taking a step closer to Brax's room.

"Of course, but just be mindful of what Brax has gone through and go easy on him, he needs lots of rest."

Before said finished his sentence Charlie practically ran into Brax's room, managing to knock over a trolley with bandages on it.

"Crap" Charlie whispered.

The trolley went crashing to the ground, which scared and startled Brax, as he was unaware of Charlie's presence.

She dodged the huge mess on the floor and ran straight over to Brax who was now lying in his bed smiling lightly at her.

"Heyyyy" Charlie said in a high but sincere voice. "You're finally awake. Why'd you go all unconscious on me huh?" Charlie joked. "You scared me".

"Sorry" was all Brax could manage to get out, his voice cracking as he said it.

Charlie sensed he was having a bit trouble talking and gave Brax a drink of water. He smiled thankfully at her.

"Please don't do that to me again" Charlie said.

"I won't".

There was a moments silence.

"You look tired, are you okay?" Brax asked as he held onto Charlie's hand.

"Yeah I'm fine, just a little stressed. Having your boyfriend nearly die infront of you really takes it out of you."

Brax just laughed lightly and stared into her eyes.

"I love you" Charlie stated softly.

"Come here" Brax said, as he held out his arm for her to join him in a hug. She took a step closer before Brax spoke again, "But gentle" he smiled.

The two were involved in a light but meaningful embrace.

"I love you too" Brax said as he rubbed Charlie's back.

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A few days later Brax was discharged from hospital and was about to be taken home by a very willing-to-help Charlie.

"Okay, so all your things are packed, forms have been signed, Casey and Ruby are waiting for you at your place, I think we're all set. Are you ready?" Charlie fussed.

"I've been ready for 15 minutes now, are YOU ready?" Brax laughed.

Charlie flashed a cheeky grin and lightly slapped Brax on the chest. Brax pretended to be hurt and grabbed his chest.

"Oi nurse! This lady is hitting an ill man over here" Brax joked as he tried to get the attention of any doctor or nurse walking by his room.

Charlie just laughed at his lame attempt at a joke, moved closer and kissed him passionately. 

"Idiot" she said as they broke apart.

"You love it" Brax replied as he grabbed Charlie by her waist and started to pull her closer to him for another kiss.

"Hey down boy. Let's get you out of here first, yeah?"

And saying that, Charlie lead Brax out of the hospital, their hands intertwined. Charlie kicked up a fuss about carrying Brax's bag to the car for him, but Brax blantantly refused. He couldn't have his girlfriend doing everything for him now, could he?

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"Hey, you're home" Casey smiled as Brax entered their house, Charlie in toe. "How are you feeling?"

"I'm fine, it's good to be out of the hospital ey" Brax replied.

"Oh thank god you're okay, you gave us all a scare" Ruby said as she entered the lounge and hugged Brax.

"Thanks Rubes" Brax smiled. "Is uhhh, is Heath here?" he asked reluctantly. Charlie sensed Brax was uneasy and rubbed his back reassuringly.

"Uhh, nah, haven't seen him since a couple of days ago. Why?" Casey asked, completely oblivious to the fact Brax was in hospital partly because of Heath.

"The boys did this to me" Brax signalled to the bruises on his face.

"What? Why?" Casey shouted, Ruby grabbed his hand and squeezed it to calm him down.

"They were runnin' their mouths about Charlie, I grabbed Sam, they fought me off him and then laid into me." Brax explained.

"So, why do you need Heath then? To get revenge on them? Because that's not a good idea Br-"

"Look, can you just drop it Case" Brax sighed. "I'm gonna go lay down" he said and walked down the hallway in the direction of his room.

Casey sighed and looked to Ruby and then to Charlie.

"Hey, don't take it personally Case, he's just had a rough few days" Charlie smiled softly. "I'll go check on him" she said as she made her way into Brax's room and shut the door behind her.

"It's not Casey's fa-" Charlie started before Brax interrupted her.

"Yeah, yeah I know. Can we not do this please Charlie?" Brax snapped. He was seated on the end of his bed.

"Brax, I'm not having a go at you. Casey is just worried about you, that's all. And so am I."

"Well no one needs to worry about me, I'm fine, everything's fine" Brax said firmly again.

Charlie sighed, she knew there was a whole lot more to this than him just being sore and tired. She made her way to Brax and sat down next to him on the bed, grabbing his hand in hers as she did so.

Brax raised his eyesight from the ground and into Charlie's eyes. He could see she was only worrying because she cared about him.

"Sorry" Brax whispered, squeezing Charlie's hand. Charlie smiled warmly to let him know she wasn't angry.

Brax leaned forward and placed a kiss on Charlie's lips. He pulled away to see her smiling still. Brax read that as a sign to keep going, so again he leaned in, his kiss being a little more forceful. Their tongues slowly moved around one another, and Brax pushed Charlie down onto the bed and started pulling at her shirt.

"Brax, no" Charlie reluctantly pulled away. She knew Brax was really hurting, physically and mentally. She could see it in his eyes. But Brax ignored her comment, thinking she wasn't being serious, moved down on top of her and kissed her over and over again, entering his tongue into her mouth.

"Br-Brax, Brax" Charlie tried to speak but he kept kissing her. Charlie pushed him back a little bit so she could talk.

"Brax, stop!"

"Why, Charlie? Please, I need this, come on" he almost begged.

Charlie gazed into Brax's eyes, he was upset and definitely needed comfort, but this wasn't the right way to go about it.

"No Brax, not now. You've only just got out of hospital. I know you Brax, you're hurting, talk to me" Charlie sat up and rubbed his arm.

"Charlie I said I didn't want to talk! If you don't want to do this, then just, just leave me alone" he snapped. Brax regretted what he said straight away. He knew it wasn't Charlie's fault and he shouldn't speak to her like that, but he was angry and caught up in the moment of being rejected.

Charlie scoffed. "Fine, whatever" she said as she stood up and went to leave his bedroom.

Brax exhaled, "Charlie, I'm sor-" but Charlie had already left the room and slammed the door shut. Brax laid back down on the bed and rubbed his face with his hands.

Charlie stormed down the hallway and into the lounge to collect her handbag. Ruby and Casey were sitting on the couch watching a movie when they heard her angrily stomping around the room.

"Charlie, are you okay?" Ruby asked.

"I'm going home, don't be late back tonight" Charlie replied as she left the house.

"Wow, what was that all about?" Casey questioned as he looked at Ruby's stunned face.

"I don't know, probably something to do with Brax though."

"Mmm, probably" Casey replied. He knew there was something bothering Brax, but for now he thought it was best to just leave it be.

[Spotd1]

Another amazing chapter CABL! I know Brax is hurting and he regretted it straight away but Charlie is only looking out for him..he has some major sucking up to do! Please update soon CABL, you are an awesome writer! Xx