Disclaimer: I do not own Home and Away or its characters
I really love Casey and Denny together but I'm not so good with romance and i didn't want to ruin the couple for anyone.
This is my first Fanfiction ever and i hope you like it as much as i enjoyed writing it. i would encourage criticism so i can improve for other stories
Casey woke up to the strangest surroundings. He woke up to peace and quiet. Having no family drama or tragedies in the Braxton household was extremely rare. He got out of bed freshened up and got into his gym uniform. He entered the living room to see Ricky at the table with a cup of coffee and Heath on the couch.
"Morning sleeping beauty" Heath commented sarcastically. He looked at Heath and looked back at Ricky. She understood his confusion as Heath had moved out with Bianca, Darcy and Harley weeks ago.
"They had a fight" she said simply finishing her explanation with a gesture of speech marks in the air saying "it's over" as she rolled her eyes. Heath and Bianca fought and claimed it was 'over' almost every other day. Casey nodded and grabbed his shoes from beside the couch.
"Hey, want me to make you breakfast or a cuppa?" Ricky offered
"nah thanks though" Casey answered clearly far away. Ricky would have worried about his behaviour but she felt it was expected considering the news about his father being Johnny Barrett having such an aftermath. As Casey left he heard Ricky "Alright come on you, let's get this sorted..."
Casey walked into the gym and began his routine for opening up. The day was slow and dreadfully taking its time to finish. After the gym cleared out Casey sat his desk in the office deep in thought when Denny walked in.
"Hey you, what's got you so lost" she asked with a massive smile. Denny was the only thing allowing Casey not to have a breakdown. Other than his tattoo and fights with Andy he hadn't even began to express the anger, confusion and hatred towards everyone. Casey put on a weak smile and got up. Hugging Denny he assured he was okay and after kissing her on the forehead they left hand in hand. They walked across the beach and sat under a tree for what felt like a few minutes but was actually hours. Casey walked Denny home and after being interrupted in the middle of their very passionate kiss by Oscar, Casey made his way back home. He walked in to see Kyle and Phoebe snuggled up into each other on the couch and Ricky and Heath were at the table playing cards with a bottle of beer each. Brax was working late at Angeles as normal.
"Aren't you supposed to be Angelos?" Casey questioned Kyle. "Slow night, so he let us off" he shrugged.
Casey walked to the sink and got himself as glass of water. He was walking to the couch when he had a dizzy spell. He held on to the edge of the chair in an attempt to steady himself.
Ricky noticing first, asked "Hey Case, you alright?"
"Umm yeah. Yeah just- nothing I'm fine" he said quickly unsure of what was happening himself. At this point everyone in the room was staring at him. As soon as Casey let go of the table and took a step forward only to have dots invade his vision and the world spin furiously. His knees soon buckled and having stepped away from the chair he had nothing to grab on to. Casey fell to the floor and hit his head with a bang that got everyone in the room out of their shock and into action.
Just as Heath stood up with a force that got the chair flying, Kyle and Phoebe jumped off the couch and Ricky ran towards Casey. Brax walked in to see his youngest brother on his back on the floor eyes closed like he was merely taking a nap. Without questions Brax moved forward, looked at Ricky "Call Nate!" Ricky got her phone out as Brax kneeled at Casey's head.
"Casey! Case!"He said lightly tapping his cheek but got no response. Heath hovered on the other side of Casey and Kyle by his side. "Mate come on wake up! What happened?" asked Brax looking up more confused than angry.
"He got dizzy said it was nothing and then fell" Phoebe said quickly before anyone else had the chance to answer. "Nate's on his way" Ricky interrupted.
"Alright help me get him on the couch" Brax said to Heath. Together they lifted him up and draped his arms around each of their necks. They took a few steps gently laid him on the couch, and then Ricky carefully placed a pillow under his head. Brax sat on the coffee table right beside him. Not more than two minutes later Nate walked in with a black bag over his shoulder.
"What's happening?" he said as he walked to Casey. Brax stood up giving him way and looked at Kyle to explain.
"He just collapsed" Kyle said simply. Brax looked at him and turned back. "He hit his head too" Heath added.
Nate had just started checking over Casey, when Casey stirred and groaned "Case!" Brax said moving forward. Nate put out his hand to stop Brax coming closer "Casey? Casey can you tell me what's wrong. Are you in any pain?" Nate asked
"Just dizzy" "when was the last time you ate Casey?" after a moment of silence Casey simply answered "Can't remember".
He brought his hand to his head and groaned. Nate checked on Casey's vitals and made sure he didn't have a concussion from his fall. Nate looked towards the hovering family and said with a sigh "seems like dehydration and a lack of food. Just get him to eat something when he fully comes around" "will do. Thanks doc" Brax said as he walked passed Nate to get to Casey.
Nate added before walking out "if he gets any worst call me or take him to the hospital alright"
Casey looked at Brax and then everyone around him, he turned red in embarrassment from all the attention and tried to sit up only to have Brax grab his arm and pull him up. Heath came and sat himself down next to Casey with a beer in his hand and passed a glass of water to Casey "idiot" Heath muttered, when Casey looked at him Heath added "why haven't you eaten you big goose" Casey just shrugged
"alright come on, what'd you wanna eat?" Ricky asked "don't mind" Casey replied simply.
Phoebe and Ricky went to the kitchen sensing the brotherly tension. "This hasn't got to do with the Johnny Barrett thing does it" Phoebe asked as she entered the kitchen just loud enough for everyone to hear and Kyle rolled his eyes at Phoebe's lack of keeping her mouth shut at times.
"Oi what's all this Case" Brax asked. All brothers looked at him "Nothing. I just forgot to eat. Won't happen again" he snapped. Heath looked at Brax and then at Casey, he sighed and placed his beer on the coffee table
"If this has anything to do with the Johnny Barrett thing, Case, you're over thinking it. It doesn't change anything alright. We're all still your brothers no matter what mate" Heath said in an angry tone to keep up with his non-emotional character but what he said gave Casey the reassurance he's been needing. Braxton's in general were never the emotional kind Heath especially and something like that coming from him meant the world to Casey.
Kyle nodded and added on "it's true Case. We'll always be here for you no matter what" "get a load of these blokes eh" Brax said grinning. Casey let out a genuine laugh allowing the rest to join in.
Ricky and Phoebe brought in two sandwiches and left it on the coffee table with another glass of water. While watching some TV Ricky and Brax sat together Kyle and Phoebe and Heath drank his second beer that night. Casey had eaten three quarters of his food when he put the food down. Brax fussed over him until Casey convinced him to let it go. However his point was crushed when he stood up to leave and had to hold onto the armrest to steady himself. Kyle got up and grabbed his arm preventing him from falling again. Casey put his arms up. "I'm fine. I'm fine" he said as he walked to him room.
Heath and Bianca's bickering had woken Casey up. He walked downstairs after changing his clothes and when he walked into the living room they both stopped and stared. "Don't let me interrupt" he said as he grabbed a glass of water from the kitchen.
"How you feeling squirt?" Heath asked when he walked back "I'm fine"
"You sure sweetie?" Bianca added "Yeah. What's going on here? Where is everyone?" he asked changing the subject.
"Urm Brax is at Angelos with Phoebe and Kyle and Ricky's looking after Harley for a while" he added on quickly "what can I get you for breakfast" "Nah I'm not hungry" Casey replied grabbing his surf board.
Heath raised his eyebrows and Bianca added with worry "Case do you not remember what happened last night"
Casey scoffed "It's not a big deal. But don't worry I'll grab something before my surf" he said walking out. Casey was walking towards the beach when he heard the bushes behind his rustle. He turned around to see nothing but the minute he turned back to continue walking when a bit of bat came up close to his eyes and then everything went black.
Casey could barely opened his eyes with the splitting headache he had. He groaned and brought his hand to put pressure on his head in an attempt to lessen the pain.
"That's nothing compared to the pain you're gonna feel over the next couple days" the voice was of an older man and seemed oddly familiar to Casey. He knew he wasn't home or surrounded by anyone he specifically knew but that voice sounded oddly familiar and for some reason brought chills down his spine. He opened his eyes ever so slightly to see the one person that scared him till today. His father - well the man he thought was his father. Casey closed his eyes and allowed blackness to engulf him yet again.