Okay, my first Home and Away fanfiction written for MelBelle94.
Casey was having lunch at Angelo's with Ruby, Charlie, Heath and Brax when he saw a familiar girl around his age walk through the door.
He quickly tapped Heath on the shoulder and motioned towards the girl. Heath's eyes widened and quickly captured the others attention while Casey quickly slipped out of the booth and walked towards the girl.
"What are you doing here Lilly?" Casey asked the girl.
"I'm here to visit Dad and you guys." Her eyes travelled towards the table. "Who are they?" She asked, referring to Charlie and Ruby.
"Ruby is my girlfriend and Charlie is Brax's." Casey answered..
"Okay, well, time to introduce myself!" She exclaimed happily, smiling as she walked to the table. She couldn't wait to see the Charlie's face as she introduced herself as Brax's daughter.
"Lilly!" Casey ran towards Lilly and tried to pull her away but it was too late.
"Hi." She said when she reached the table.
"Lilly?" Brax asked.
"Who are you?" Ruby asked.
"Uhhh..." Casey stammered.
"Its okay Uncle Case, I'll tell them."
"Wait, Uncle Case?" Charlie asked.
"Lilly, don't..." Heath warned.
"Uncle Heath, don't be such a whine." Lilly smiled happily, knowing that piece of trash Charlie would know who her dad was now.
Realisation dawned on Charlie. She stood up, glaring at Brax. "You have a daugher?" She asked angrily. "And you didn't tell me?"
"I didn't think it was important Charlie!"
Charlie grabbed her bag. "It is important to me Brax, I thought we could trust each other!" She stormed out of Angelo's, leaning against the wall until she slid onto the ground. She couldn't believe how stupid she was to trust Brax, to think that he would tell her everything.
Back in the diner, no-one was speaking. Ruby was staring into space, Brax had gone to talk to Charlie, and Casey and Heath were glaring at Lilly, who was looking at them all innocent.
"That wasn't very nice Lilly." Heath told her.
"I don't care Uncle Heath." Lilly answered, twirling a strand of her hair.
"Well, I'm going to talk to Charlie." Brax announced, standing up. "Make sure Lilly doesn't leave." He ordered Heath and Casey, who nodded.
"I wasn't planning on leaving." Lilly retorted.
When Brax got outside, he saw Charlie sitting against the wall, her head in her hands.
"Hey." He said softly. "I'm sorry Charlie."
"How long have we been going out now Brax?" Charlie asked angrily. "And you didn't tell me you had a daughter?"
"I didn't think you'd understand." Brax explained.
"You didn't think I would understand?" Charlie asked incredously. "Aren't you forgetting about Ruby?" Charlie was seriously getting so angry and upset with Brax, and he knew that.
"Charlie, can I explain?" Brax asked. Charlie nodded.
"When Sophie got pregnant, she wanted nothing to do with the baby. We were sixteen, she wanted to abort the baby, but I wanted the baby. When Lilly was born, Sophie took off, leaving Lilly with me, and I was going to have to raise her on my own. Mum wasn't a lot of help, so I had my aunty help me when I was working 'cause I had to provide for her. She died before Lilly turned ten and I've been responsible for Lilly ever since. Case is only a couple months older than Lilly, but she's had a way rougher life than he has." Brax took Charlie's hand. "I am honestly really sorry. I wanted to see how far this relationship could go."
"I just wished you would of told me." Charlie whispered.
Brax nodded. "And I'm sorry for not telling you." He stood up, holding his hand out to Charlie. "Come back inside?" He asked.
"Okay." Charlie took Brax's hand and they walked back inside to see Lilly sitting next to Casey.
"You alright Charlie?" Ruby asked.
"I'm fine Rubes." Charlie answered, sitting back down next to Brax. "Hey, why don't we all have dinner tonight?"
"Yeah, we could have it at ours, right boys?" Brax answered, looking at Casey and Heath.
"Sure." Casey answered.
Heath shrugged. "No problem."
"Cool." Ruby answered.
"Well, I gotta go for a run, um, what time?" Charlie asked, standing up and grabbing her bag.
"How about seven?" Brax proposed.
"Sure. Bye." She kissed Brax and left, calling "Bye guys" as she walked out.
Written with thanks to MelBelle94.
